Proverbs 15 Cross References - ACV

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger. ² The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly. ³ The eyes of LORD are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good. ⁴ A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit. ⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence. ⁶ In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble. ⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so. ⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight. ⁹ The way of a wicked man is an abomination to LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness. ¹⁰ There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die. ¹¹ Sheol and Abaddon are before LORD. How much more then the hearts of the sons of men! ¹² A scoffer does not like to be reproved. He will not go to the wise. ¹³ A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. ¹⁴ The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. ¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart has a continual feast. ¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it. ¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox and hatred with it. ¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife. ¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway. ²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. ²¹ Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight. ²² Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established. ²³ A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is! ²⁴ To the wise man the way of life is upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath. ²⁵ LORD will root up the house of the proud, but he will establish the border of the widow. ²⁶ Evil devices are an abomination to LORD, but pleasant words are pure. ²⁷ He who is greedy of gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes shall live. ²⁸ The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. ²⁹ LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. ³⁰ The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news make the bones fat. ³¹ The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise. ³² He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who hearkens to reproof gets understanding. ³³ The fear of LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and before honor is humility.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply. ² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

³ And when I saw that ye did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed opposite the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. ⁵ And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are thou an Ephraimite? If he said, No, ⁶ then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth, and he said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right, then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are? ¹² So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. ¹³ And David said to his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage.

²¹ Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him, and he has returned me evil for good. ²² God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertains to him by the morning light so much as one man-child. ²³ And when Abigail saw David, she hastened, and alighted from her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. ²⁴ And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. ²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou sent. ²⁶ Now therefore, my lord, as LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, since LORD has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this present which thy servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. ²⁸ Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of LORD, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. ²⁹ And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall come to pass, when LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel, ³¹ that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid. ³² And David said to Abigail, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, ³³ and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

¹³ And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, ¹⁴ and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ¹⁵ So the king did not hearken to the people, for it was a thing brought about by LORD, that he might establish his word, which LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.

¹⁵ By long-suffering a ruler is persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.

²⁵ He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

²² An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

¹ My heart overflows with a good matter. I speak the things which I have made concerning the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

⁷ Behold, they belch out with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, for they say, Who hears?

²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

¹⁶ Every prudent man works with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly.

²³ A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

²⁸ The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

²³ The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is apples of gold in a network of silver. ¹² An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

⁴ The lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

⁹ For the eyes of LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward him. In this thou have done foolishly, for from henceforth thou shall have wars.

⁴ Does he not see my ways, and number all my steps?

²¹ For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his goings. ²² There is no darkness, nor thick gloom where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of LORD, and he makes level all his paths.

¹⁷ For my eyes are upon all their ways. They are not hid from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

²⁴ Can any man hide himself in secret places so that I shall not see him? says LORD. Do I not fill heaven and earth? says LORD.

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings,

¹³ And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.

²² And LORD God said, Behold, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever- ²³ therefore LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from where he was taken. ²⁴ So he drove out the man. And he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way of the tree of life.

² Thy tongue devises wickedness, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ³ Thou love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. ⁴ Thou love all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

²² for I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

¹⁸ There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

⁸ The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?

²² The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

² But to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise with healing in its wings, and ye shall go forth, and frolic as calves of the stall.

³ If any man teaches something different, and does not associate with wholesome words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to piety,

⁷ He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat from the tree of life that is in the midst of the paradise of my God.

²³ And he said to them, Why do ye such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. ²⁴ No, my sons, for it is no good report that I hear. Ye make LORD's people to transgress. ²⁵ If one man sins against another, God shall judge him, but if a man sins against LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they did not hearken to the voice of their father, because LORD intended to kill them.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared for him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. ² And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was so, that, when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. ³ And Absalom said to him, See, thy matters are good and right, but there is no man appointed by the king to hear thee. ⁴ Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or case might come to me, and I would do for him justice! ⁵ And it was so, that, when any man came near to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. ⁶ And on this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹¹ Now, my son, LORD be with thee, and prosper thou, and build the house of LORD thy God as he has spoken concerning thee. ¹² Only LORD give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, so that thou may keep the law of LORD thy God. ¹³ Then thou shall prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Fear not, neither be dismayed.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee, but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, nor be dismayed, for LORD God, even my God, is with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of LORD be finished.

⁵ Let a righteous man smite me, as a kindness. And let him reprove me, as oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.

²³ Turn back at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you. I will make my words known to you.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

¹ A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke.

¹⁸ Poverty and shame are to him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

³¹ The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise. ³² He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who hearkens to reproof gets understanding.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

¹² An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

¹³ This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

¹⁹ For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. ²⁰ Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights. ²¹ There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him. ²³ When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.

³ Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

²¹ that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.

²² The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

⁸ Better is a little, with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

²⁰ There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.

⁶ Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.

¹⁰ He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. ¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes? ¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep. ¹³ There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: Riches were kept by the owner of it to his hurt. ¹⁴ And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

²⁶ Having esteemed the vilification of the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he focused toward the recompense of reward.

¹ Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ² Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

³⁰ The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

² Thou are fairer than the sons of men. Grace is poured into thy lips. Therefore God has blessed thee forever.

¹³ Then I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted to thee. ¹⁴ Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation. And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. ¹⁵ O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

¹⁵ My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers. ¹⁶ I will come with the mighty acts of the lord LORD. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. ¹⁷ O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now. ¹⁸ Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.

² I will open my mouth in parables. I will utter dark sayings of old, ³ which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. ⁴ We will not hide them from their sons, telling to the generation to come the praises of LORD, and his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done. ⁵ For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their sons, ⁶ that the generation to come might know, even the sons who should be born, who should arise and tell to their sons,

¹³ With my lips I have declared all the ordinances of thy mouth.

²⁰ The tongue of a righteous man is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is little worth. ²¹ The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly-words of truth.

¹¹ Thy lips, O my bride, drop the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

²⁷ What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light, and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

¹⁸ And Jesus having come, he spoke to them, saying, All authority in heaven and on earth was given to me. ¹⁹ After going, make ye disciples of all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, as many as I commanded you. And lo, I am with you all the days, until the end of the age. Truly.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Having gone into all the world, preach ye the good news to the whole creation.

⁹ And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent, ¹⁰ because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.

¹⁴ How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching? ¹⁵ And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of peace, of those who proclaim good news of good things. ¹⁶ But not all were obedient to the good news, for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed our report? ¹⁷ So faith is from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

¹⁸ For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work, ¹⁹ in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a Spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good news of Christ. ²⁰ And thus having aspired to proclaim the good news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man, ²¹ but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

² And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

¹⁷ I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, offer willingly to thee.

¹ Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry. Give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips.

²⁹ LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination. How much more when he brings it with a wicked mind!

⁹ He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.

¹ Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.

¹⁴ O my dove, who are in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the steep place, let me see thy countenance; let me hear thy voice. For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

¹⁰ Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. ¹¹ What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats. ¹² When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand-to trample my courts? ¹³ Bring no more vain oblations. Incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-I cannot bear iniquity and the solemn meeting. ¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates. They are a trouble to me. I am weary of bearing them. ¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you. Yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear; your hands are full of blood.

⁸ For I, LORD, love justice. I hate robbery with iniquity. And I will give them their recompense in truth. And I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

³ He who slaughters an ox is as he who kills a man. He who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck. He who offers an oblation, as swine's blood. He who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.

²⁰ To what purpose does there come to me frankincense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

²¹ Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat ye flesh. ²² For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. ²³ But this thing I commanded them, saying, Hearken to my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. And walk ye in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.

²¹ I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies. ²² Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

²⁴ God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

⁶ For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

⁸ LORD opens the eyes of the blind. LORD raises up those who are bowed down. LORD loves the righteous. ⁹ LORD preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

⁴ A high look, and a proud heart, even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

⁸ The way of him who is laden with guilt is exceedingly crooked, but as for a pure man, his work is right.

²¹ He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

⁷ The way of the just is uprightness. Thou who are upright directs the path of the just.

¹ Hearken to me, ye who follow after righteousness, ye who seek LORD. Look to the rock from where ye were hewn, and to the hold of the pit from where ye were dug.

⁷ Hearken to me, ye who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law. Fear ye not the reproach of men, nor be ye dismayed at their revilings.

⁴ However I sent all my servants the prophets to you, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not do this abominable thing that I hate.

³ And let us know, let us follow on to know LORD. His going forth is sure as the morning, and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

¹³ Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

¹³ Enter ye in by the narrow gate, because wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter through it.

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness.

²² And flee juvenile impulses, but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel?

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee because thou have sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of LORD.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, there is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, Micaiah the son of Imlah, but I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

¹² and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

¹⁷ He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs.

¹ He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.

³⁵ They have stricken me, thou shall say, and I was not hurt. They have beaten me, and I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

⁵ Why will ye still be stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ⁶ From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it, but wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes. They have not been closed nor bound up nor soothed with oil.

¹³ In thy filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed thee and thou were not cleansed, thou shall not be cleansed from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my wrath toward thee to rest. ¹⁴ I, LORD, have spoken it. It shall come to pass, and I will do it. I will not go back. I will neither spare, nor will I relent. According to thy ways, and according to thy doings, they shall judge thee, says the lord LORD.

²⁰ For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.

⁷ The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

⁷ But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For LORD sees not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.

³⁰ then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou know, (for thou, even thou only, know the hearts of the sons of men),

⁶ Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

⁹ O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

²¹ will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

⁸ If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou are there.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and the eyes of man are never satisfied.

¹⁰ I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

²⁴ But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men, ²⁵ and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

¹⁷ He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

¹⁸ and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.

²³ And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you-to each-according to your works.

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of LORD, but I hate him. For he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil; the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

¹⁴ And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

⁷ He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise. ⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁰ There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.

¹⁰ They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.

¹⁸ He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed. ²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.

³ For there will be time when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but they will accumulate teachers to themselves according to their own desires, who tickle the ear,

² And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

²⁵ Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil, but he who is of a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

²² A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

¹ Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.

¹² For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.

⁷ so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.

¹⁰ For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou have shown to thy servant David my father great loving kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee. And thou have kept for him this great loving kindness, that thou have given him a son to sit on his throne as it is this day. ⁷ And now, O LORD my God, thou have made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am but a little child; I know not how to go out or come in. ⁸ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou have chosen, a great people that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. ⁹ Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to judge this thy great people? ¹⁰ And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹ And God said to him, Because thou have asked this thing, and have not asked for thyself long life, neither have asked riches for thyself, nor have asked the life of thine enemies, but have asked for thyself understanding to discern justice, ¹² behold, I have done according to thy word. Lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there has been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like thee.

⁹⁷ O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.

¹⁰⁰ I understand more than the aged because I have kept thy precepts.

⁵ that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

⁹ Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁵ The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

¹⁰ who say to the seers, Do not see, and to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things. Speak to us smooth things. Prophesy deceits.

²⁰ He feeds on ashes. A deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

¹ Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. And they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

¹¹ But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.

¹⁸ But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him is the glory both now and into the day of the age. Truly.

³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and he said, For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning. And his father wept for him.

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

⁷ For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled. ⁸ Thou have set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath. We bring our years to an end as a sigh.

¹³ A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

²⁵ Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

² through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God. ³ And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,

¹¹ And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

¹² rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,

⁵ Because, as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so also our encouragement abounds through the Christ.

¹⁰ as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

⁶ In which ye greatly rejoice, although made sorrowful in various trials. Since it is now necessary for a little while, ⁷ so that the proof of your faith, much more precious than gold that perishes, and though proven by fire, may be found for praise and esteem and for glory at the revealing of Jesus Christ. ⁸ Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

¹³ But rejoice in so far as ye are partakers in the sufferings of the Christ, so that also at the revealing of his glory ye may rejoice, having exceeding joy.

⁶ Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

¹⁰ And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor. ¹¹ Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do, and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹⁸ And I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who shall be after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity. ²⁰ Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun. ²¹ For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet he shall leave it to a man who has not labored in it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. ²² For what has a man of all his labor, and of the striving of his heart in which he labors under the sun? ²³ For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief, yea, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

¹⁰ He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity. ¹¹ When goods increase, they are increased who eat them. And what advantage is there to the owner of it, except the beholding of them with his eyes? ¹² The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

⁶ But piety with contentment is great gain,

¹ Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! ² It is like the precious oil upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that came down upon the skirt of his garments, ³ like the dew of Hermon, that comes down upon the mountains of Zion. For there LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

⁴ Again he sent forth other bondmen, saying, Speak to those who were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding festivities.

²³ And having brought the fatted calf, kill it, and having eaten, we will be cheerful,

¹ If therefore any exhortation is in Christ, if any encouragement of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

¹⁶ And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

⁸ And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brothers. ⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. If the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if the right hand, then I will go to the left.

²⁴ And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity, and let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy handmaid. ²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou sent. ²⁶ Now therefore, my lord, as LORD lives, and as thy soul lives, since LORD has withheld thee from blood guiltiness, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this present which thy servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. ²⁸ Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid. For LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of LORD, and evil shall not be found in thee all thy days. ²⁹ And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall come to pass, when LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel, ³¹ that this shall be no grief to thee, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that thou have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. And when LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thy handmaid. ³² And David said to Abigail, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me, ³³ and blessed be thy discretion, and blessed be thou, who have kept me this day from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand. ³⁴ For in very deed, as LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from hurting thee, unless thou had hastened and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one man-child. ³⁵ So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. And he said to her, Go up in peace to thy house. See, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. ³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. ³⁷ And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass about ten days after, that LORD smote Nabal, so that he died. ³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil, and the evil-doing of Nabal LORD has returned upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him to wife. ⁴⁰ And when the servants of David came to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to him to wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. ⁴² And Abigail hastened, and arose, and rode upon a donkey, with five of her damsels who followed her. And she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. ⁴³ David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they became his wives, both of them. ⁴⁴ Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be had first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

²⁹ He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

¹ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a grievous word stirs up anger.

²⁸ A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.

²¹ As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rises up against thee, leave not thy place, for deference allays great offenses.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God.

¹ Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance. ² And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables. ³ Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need. ⁴ But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word. ⁵ And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch,

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried, and the people wept that night. ² And all the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would that we had died in this wilderness! ³ And why does LORD bring us to this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will be a prey. Were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

⁷ And they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. ⁸ If LORD delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey. ⁹ Only do not rebel against LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense is removed from over them, and LORD is with us. Fear them not.

⁸ Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of my enemies. Make thy way straight before my face.

⁸ Good and upright is LORD. Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. ⁹ The meek he will guide in justice, and the meek he will teach his way.

¹² What man is he who fears LORD? Him he shall instruct in the way that he shall choose.

¹¹ Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

⁹ They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge.

⁵ Thorns and snares are in the way of a perverse man. He who keeps his soul shall be far from them.

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

²¹ And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

⁸ And a highway shall be there, and a way. And it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed, the wayfaring men. Yea fools shall not err in it.

¹⁴ And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way. Take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.

¹² Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which LORD thy God gives thee.

³ Every man shall fear his mother and his father. And ye shall keep my sabbaths. I am LORD your God.

⁴⁸ And also thus said the king, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one of my seed to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.

⁹ Now therefore do not hold him guiltless, for thou are a wise man, and thou will know what thou ought to do to him, and thou shall bring his hoar head down to Sheol with blood.

⁷ And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be LORD this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine. ¹⁶ Yea, my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things.

²² Hearken to thy father who begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

³ He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.

¹⁷ The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

²² But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child to a father, he served with me for the good news.

²⁸ And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

¹⁰ The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and all who act accordingly have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.

¹² He who despises his neighbor is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding holds his peace.

⁹ Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

¹⁶ A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

¹⁸ As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, ¹⁹ so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?

¹⁵ Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom.

¹⁴ Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

⁶ For to every purpose there is a time and decision, although the distress of man is great upon him.

¹⁴ A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

²⁶ He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.

¹ For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

¹¹ Thou made known to me the path of life. Thou will fill me of joy with thy countenance.

²⁴ and see if there is any wicked way in me. And lead me in the way everlasting.

¹⁸ (for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead;

⁵ Her feet go down to death. Her steps take hold on Sheol,

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁴ Thou shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Sheol.

⁸ And thou shall say to this people, Thus says LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

¹⁴ How narrow is the gate, and restricted the way, that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

⁶ Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.

²⁰ For our citizenship exists in the heavens, from which also we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ If therefore ye were raised with the Christ, seek the things above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. ² Think on the things above, not the things on the earth.

¹⁷ For LORD your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who regards not persons, nor takes reward. ¹⁸ He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.

¹⁴ Thou shall not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shall inherit, in the land that LORD thy God gives thee to possess it.

¹¹ Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger, and look upon everyone who is proud, and abase him. ¹² Look on everyone who is proud, and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand. ¹³ Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

¹ Why boast thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God is continual.

⁵ God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. ⁶ God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁶ For though LORD is high, yet he has respect to the lowly. But he knows the haughty from afar.

⁹ LORD preserves the sojourners. He upholds the fatherless and widow. But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

¹¹ The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark. And enter not into the fields of the fatherless,

¹² For there shall be a day of LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low,

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne. And they took his glory from him,

²⁷ Pure religion and undefiled from God and the Father is this, to go help the orphaned and the widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

⁵ Likewise younger men should be subordinate to the elder men. And all being subordinate to each other, clothe yourselves with humility, because God sets himself against the haughty, but gives grace to the lowly.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my rock, and my redeemer.

³⁰ The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

¹⁶ There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him: ¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

⁹ The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou may be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.

¹⁹ For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings.

²¹ Moreover thou shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain, and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens,

⁸ And thou shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

²⁶ And thou shall not bring an abomination into thy house, and become a devoted thing like it. Thou shall utterly detest it, and thou shall utterly abhor it, for it is a cursed thing.

¹⁹ Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

¹⁸ But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is set apart, lest when ye have set it apart, ye take from what is set apart. So ye would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

¹¹ Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff. ¹² Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies because they have become accursed. I will not be with you any more unless ye destroy what was set apart from among you.

²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us? LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

³ And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah. ⁵ And they said to him, Behold, thou are old, and thy sons do not walk in thy ways. Now make for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

²⁷ The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

¹⁹ He who is steadfast in righteousness comes to life, and he who pursues evil comes to his own death.

²⁹ He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. And a foolish man shall be servant to a wise man of heart.

²¹ An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.

¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.

⁴ By justice the king establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts overthrows it.

⁸ Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, till there is no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! ⁹ In my ears says LORD of hosts, of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. ¹⁰ For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield but an ephah.

¹⁵ He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil. ¹⁶ He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

¹¹ As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

⁹ Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! ¹⁰ Thou have devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul. ¹¹ For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

³ Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole land. For everyone who steals shall be cut off on the one side according to it, and everyone who swears shall be cut off on the other side according to it. ⁴ I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

²³ Then the king said, The one says, This is my son that lives, and thy son is the dead. And the other says, No, but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. ²⁴ And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. ²⁶ Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine. Divide it. ²⁷ Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and by no means kill it; she is the mother of it. ²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

¹⁹ Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

² The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

¹¹ A fool utters all his anger, but a wise man keeps it back and calms it.

²⁰ See thou a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

² Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Therefore let thy words be few.

⁶ Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. ¹⁴ A fool also multiplies words; yet man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

¹⁰ For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision, ¹¹ who must be muzzled, men who subvert whole houses, teaching things that they ought not, for sake of ugly profit.

⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species. ⁸ But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. And always be ready for a defense to every man who asks you a word about the hope in you, with meekness and fear.

¹⁸ For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,

¹ Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?

⁴¹ They cried, but there was none to save, even to LORD, but he answered them not.

¹⁵ The eyes of LORD are toward the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. ¹⁶ (The face of LORD is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.) ¹⁷ They cried, and LORD heard, and delivered them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸ If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear. ¹⁹ But truly God has heard. He has attended to the voice of my prayer.

²⁷ For, lo, those who are far from thee shall perish. Thou have destroyed all those who go a whoring from thee.

¹⁸ LORD is near to all those who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

⁸ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says LORD. ⁹ For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

⁴⁶ And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

³¹ And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.

²⁶ And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. ²⁷ And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mentality of the Spirit, because he appeals to God for the sanctified.

¹² that ye were at that time independent of Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and alien of the covenants of the promise, having no hope and godless in the world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus ye, being formerly far off, became near in the blood of the Christ.

¹⁶ Confess ye the trespasses to each other, and pray for each other so that ye may be healed. A working supplication of a righteous man is very powerful. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. ¹⁸ And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

¹² Because the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears to their supplication, but the face of the Lord is against men who do evil things.

⁸ And now for a little moment grace has been shown from LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound. They walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

⁸ It will be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

²⁵ As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun.

¹¹ And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

¹⁰ And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be to all the people, ¹¹ because to you was born today in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ Lord. ¹² And this is the sign to you: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a feed trough. ¹³ And suddenly there came to be with the agent a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, ¹⁴ Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill among men. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, as the agents went away from them into heaven, that the men (the shepherds) said to each other, Let us indeed go through as far as Bethlehem, and see this declaration that has come to pass, which the Lord made known to us. ¹⁶ And having hastened, they came and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the feed trough. ¹⁷ And when they saw it, they informed about the declaration that was told them about this child. ¹⁸ And all who heard it wondered about the things that were spoken to them by the shepherds. ¹⁹ But Mary kept all these proclamations, pondering in her heart.

²³ And the city has no need of the sun, nor of the moon, so that they might shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it, and the light of it is the Lamb.

⁵ And there will be no night there, and they have no need of a lamp and the light of sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them. And they will reign into the ages of the ages.

⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹ Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

³ Incline your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul shall live. And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the faithful holy things of David.

³ Now ye are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴ Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.

¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they were of us, they would have continued with us, but-so that they might be made known, that they are not all of us.

¹⁸ If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken to them,

²⁰ And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice. He is a glutton, and a drunkard.

¹⁷ since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?

⁷ The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

²⁴ Because I have called, and ye have refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man has regarded, ²⁵ but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof, ²⁶ I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes, ²⁷ when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. ²⁸ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they shall not find me, ²⁹ because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD. ³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. ³¹ Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. ³² For the backsliding of the simple shall kill them, and the careless ease of fools shall destroy them. ³³ But he who hearkens to me shall dwell securely, and shall be quiet without fear of evil.

¹¹ and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ¹² and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof. ¹³ Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!

³³ Hear instruction, and be wise, and do not refuse it. ³⁴ Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For he who finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of LORD. ³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

¹⁴ The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

²¹ Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight.

¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

¹ He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

⁵ Why will ye still be stricken, that ye revolt more and more? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

³ O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.

²⁴ Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶ And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.

¹⁵ Looking carefully lest any man fall short, away from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness sprouting up would cause trouble, and by this many may be defiled,

²² But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD.

¹³ The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.

⁶ Put not thyself forward in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men. ⁷ For it is better that it be said to thee, Come up here, than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen.

²³ A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

¹¹ Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

⁵ Indeed have this way to think in you, that also was in Christ Jesus, ⁶ who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal to God something to seize and hold. ⁷ But he emptied himself, having taken a form of a bondman, having become in a likeness of men. ⁸ And having been found in a form like a man, he lowered himself, having become obedient until death, even of death from a cross. ⁹ Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name above every name, ¹⁰ so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly, ¹¹ and that every tongue should acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹⁰ Be ye made lower in the sight of the Lord, and he will lift you up.