Proverbs 26 Cross References - ACV

¹ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. ² As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, so the curse that is causeless does not alight. ³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. ⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him. ⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. ⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks injury. ⁷ The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. ⁸ As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool. ⁹ As a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. ¹⁰ As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by. ¹¹ As a dog who returns to his vomit, is a fool who repeats his folly. ¹² See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him. ¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. ¹⁴ The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed. ¹⁵ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. It wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason. ¹⁷ He who passes by, and meddles with strife not his, is like he who takes a dog by the ears. 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? ²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. ²¹ As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife. ²² The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts. ²³ Fervent lips and a wicked heart are an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross. ²⁴ He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him. ²⁵ When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ Though his hatred cover itself with guile, his wickedness shall be openly shown before the assembly. ²⁷ He who digs a pit shall fall in it, and he who rolls a stone, it shall return upon him. ²⁸ A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

⁷ And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried out, and said to them, Hearken to me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken to you.

²⁰ But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo, and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.

⁵⁶ Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers. ⁵⁷ And God requited all the wickedness of the men of Shechem upon their heads. And the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them.

¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to LORD that he may send thunder and rain, and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of LORD in asking a king for you. ¹⁸ So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel.

¹ After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the rulers that were with him. ² And all the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down, nor do him reverence. ³ Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why do thou transgress the king's commandment? ⁴ Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not hearken to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. ⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down, nor do him reverence, then Haman was full of wrath. ⁶ But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. ⁷ In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. ⁸ And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from those of every people, nor do they keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to endure them. ⁹ If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed. And I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. ¹⁰ And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. ¹¹ And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to thee. ¹² Then the king's scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it. And there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the rulers of every people, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus it was written. And it was sealed with the king's ring. ¹³ And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little sons and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. ¹⁴ A copy of the writing that the decree should be given out in every province was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day. ¹⁵ The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

⁶ So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

⁹ And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

⁸ The wicked walk on every side when vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

⁴ in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear LORD, he that swears to his own hurt, and changes not,

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

⁷ Excellent speech is not appropriate to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.

¹⁰ Luxurious living is not fitting for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over rulers.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

⁸ As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

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

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler: ⁶ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place. ⁷ I have seen servants upon horses, and rulers walking like servants upon the earth.

⁸ How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied?

⁴ because they met you not with bread and with water on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. ⁵ Nevertheless LORD thy God would not hearken to Balaam, but LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing to thee, because LORD thy God loved thee.

²⁸ Then one of the people answered, and said, Thy father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day, and the people were faint. ²⁹ Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See, I pray you, how my eyes have been enlightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

⁴³ And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that thou come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

¹² It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for his cursing of me this day.

² because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them. However our God turned the curse into a blessing.

²⁸ Let them curse, but bless thou. When they arise, they shall be put to shame, but thy servant shall rejoice.

⁸ As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

⁵ And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian. ⁶ And the rulers of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we should give bread to thine army? ⁷ And Gideon said, Therefore when LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

⁹ Become ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, else they will not come near to thee.

¹³ In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

¹⁰ A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

²⁵ Smite a scoffer, and a simple man will learn prudence. And reprove him who has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

²² Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

²¹ What do ye want? Should I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of meekness?

⁶ and having in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.

² I have told you before, and I say in advance, as present the second time, and now absent, I write to those who have previously sinned, and to all the others, that if I come to it again, I will not spare,

¹ And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did thou pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire. ² And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon, and when I called you, ye did not save me out of their hand. 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.

⁴¹ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over the Jordan, and all David's men with him? ⁴² And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then are ye angry for this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's cost, or has he given us any gift? 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.

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.

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.

⁸ Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look each other in the face. ⁹ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And a wild beast that was in Lebanon passed by, and trampled the thistle. ¹⁰ Thou have indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up. Glory by it, and abide at home, for why should thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou should fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

²¹ But they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

²¹ For ye were called for this. Because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, so that ye should follow his footsteps. ²² Who did no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. ²³ Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

⁹ But Michael the arch-agent, when he disputed with the devil, contending about the body of Moses, dared not bring a railing judgment, but said, May the Lord rebuke thee.

²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of LORD go from me to speak to thee? ²⁵ And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shall see on that day when thou shall go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son, ²⁷ and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in peace. ²⁸ And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like to him.

¹² See thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope for a fool than of him.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own conceit, but a poor man who has understanding searches him out.

²¹ Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did thou write all these words at his mouth? ¹⁸ Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

¹ Then scholars and Pharisees from Jerusalem come to Jesus, saying, ² Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread. ³ And having answered, he said to them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, because of your tradition?

¹ And the Pharisees and Sadducees who came, testing, demanded him to exhibit to them a sign from the sky. ² But having answered, he said to them, When it becomes evening, ye say, Fair weather, for the sky is red. ³ And at morning, Bad weather today, for the sky is red, being gloomy. Hypocrites! Ye indeed know how to discern the face of the sky, but the signs of the times ye are not able. ⁴ An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet. And having left them behind, he departed.

²³ And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him while he taught, saying, By what authority do thou these things? And who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ And having answered, Jesus said to them, I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And having answered Jesus, they said, We know not. He said to them, And neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

¹⁵ Then the Pharisees having departed, they took counsel how they might trap him in his talk. ¹⁶ And they send out their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and it is not a concern to thee about a man, for thou look not to the personage of men. ¹⁷ Tell us therefore, what does it seem to thee? Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not? ¹⁸ But Jesus having known their wickedness, said, Why do ye tempt me, ye hypocrites? ¹⁹ Exhibit to me the tribute money. And they brought to him a denarius. ²⁰ And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? ²¹ They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. ²² And when they heard it, they marveled. And having left him, they departed. ²³ On that day Sadducees came to him, those who claim to be no resurrection. And they questioned him, saying, ²⁴ Teacher, Moses said, If some man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. ²⁵ Now there were with us seven brothers. And the first having married perished. And having no seed left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise also the second, and the third, until the seventh. ²⁷ And last of all, the woman also died. ²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her. ²⁹ But having answered, Jesus said to them, Ye are led astray, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as agents of God in heaven. ³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, ³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not God of the dead, but of the living.

¹³ And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me. ¹⁴ But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you? ¹⁵ And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him. ¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

²³ And a certain man said to him, Lord, are they few who are being saved? And he said to them, ²⁴ Compete to enter in by the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able. ²⁵ From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from, ²⁶ then ye will begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou taught in our thoroughfares. ²⁷ And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness. ²⁸ There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out. ²⁹ And they will arrive from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And behold, there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.

⁷ And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her.

²⁶ But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes? ²⁷ He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples? ²⁸ They reviled him, and said, Thou are a disciple of that man, but we are disciples of Moses. ²⁹ We know that God has spoken to Moses, but this man, we know not where he is from. ³⁰ The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes. 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. ³² From the age, it was not heard that any man opened the eyes of a man who was born blind. ³³ If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.

²⁵ For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.

¹⁶ thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,

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

³¹ But the men who went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

¹⁷ A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health.

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

¹⁶ But to the wicked man God says, What have thou to do to declare my statutes, and that thou have taken my covenant in thy mouth, ¹⁷ since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee? ¹⁸ When thou saw a thief, thou consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. ¹⁹ Thou give thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frames deceit. ²⁰ Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son. ²¹ These things thou have done, and I kept silence. Thou thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself. But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

⁸ So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them. All who see them shall wag the head.

⁹ As a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

⁴ Or how will thou say to thy brother, Let me take out the speck from thine eye, and behold, the beam in thine own eye? ⁵ Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck from thy brother's eye.

²³ And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland.

¹ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

²² For a servant when he is king, and a fool when he is filled with food,

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.

³¹ Behold, a righteous man shall be recompensed in the earth, how much more the wicked man and the sinner!

⁶ who will render to each man according to his works,

¹⁵ But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart, and did not hearken to them, as LORD had spoken.

⁴⁵ Then it goes, and takes with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, they dwell there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So it will also be to this evil generation.

²² But that of the true proverb has happened to them, The dog returning to his own vomit, and the sow that washed to wallowing in mire.

²⁹ See thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can render a reason.

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

³¹ Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that the tax collectors and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

⁴⁴ And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gave no water for my feet. But this woman has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.

¹¹ Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.

¹⁸ Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness,

¹ And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia, ² that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity,

¹⁷ Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

¹⁹ The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is made a highway.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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

⁹ How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

²⁷ The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting, but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

¹² so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

²⁴ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.

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.

¹¹ An evil man seeks only rebellion. Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

³ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.

¹⁴ But he said to him, Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbitrator over you?

²³ But shun foolish and uneducated questions, knowing that they breed quarrels. ²⁴ And a bondman of the Lord must not quarrel, but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,

²³ The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and persecute him,

²³ till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

¹⁸ A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

¹¹ Behold, all ye who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves about with firebrands, walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This ye shall have from my hand. Ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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

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

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

⁴ also indecency, and foolish talking or jesting, things not befitting, but thankfulness instead.

¹³ getting back a wage of unrighteousness. Men who consider soft living in the daytime to be pleasure, spots and blemishes reveling in their deceitfulness, feasting together with you,

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

¹⁰ Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

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

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.

¹ And there happened to be there a base fellow whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O Israel.

² And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, ³ and they sent and called him), that Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,

²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David, but only the tribe of Judah.

⁴ Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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.

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

³³ For the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood, so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.

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

¹⁹ He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

⁹ Slanderous men have been in thee to shed blood, and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains. In the midst of thee they have committed lewdness.

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰ But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. So he smote him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again, and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

¹⁸ He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

⁴ Take away the dross from the silver, and there comes forth a vessel for the refiner.

³¹ And they come to thee as the people come, and they sit before thee as my people. And they hear thy words, but do not do them. For with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their gain.

²⁷ Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

³⁹ And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.

⁴⁷ While he yet spoke, behold, a multitude, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them. And he came near to Jesus to kiss him. ⁴⁸ But Jesus said to him, Judas, thou betray the Son of man with a kiss?

⁶ And if he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

¹ A false balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are just. The counsels of the wicked are deceit.

¹⁷ He who utters truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.

²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but joy is to the counselors of peace.

⁸ The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

² They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

³ Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

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.

² Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. ³ And they bend their tongue-their bow-for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says LORD. ⁴ Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders. ⁵ And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity. ⁶ Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD. ⁷ Therefore thus says LORD of hosts: Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people? ⁸ Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies wait for him.

⁶ For even thy brothers, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee, even they have cried aloud after thee. Believe them not, though they speak fair words to thee.

⁵ Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lies in thy bosom.

²³ Then if any man should say to you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here, believe ye not.

⁸ And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and killed him.

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to thee for a wife. Only be thou valiant for me, and fight LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shall this day be my son-in-law a second time.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. ²⁸ And afterward, when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. ²⁹ Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house. And let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread. ³⁰ So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

²² And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. ²³ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. ²⁴ And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant has sheep-shearers. Let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. ²⁵ And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he pressed him. However he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ Then Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. ²⁸ And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

²¹ His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. ²² (Cast thy burden upon LORD, and he will sustain thee. He will never allow the righteous man to be moved.) ²³ But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

¹⁵ He has made a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. ¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.

¹⁵ The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.

² In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

⁶ They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. They are fallen into the midst of it themselves. Selah.

¹⁰ He who causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit. But the perfect shall inherit good.

⁸ He who digs a pit shall fall into it, and he who breaks through a wall, a serpent shall bite him.

²⁴ to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the stranger's tongue.

⁵ that they may keep thee from the interloping woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.

²¹ With her much fair speech she causes him to yield. With the flattering of her lips she forces him along. ²² He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, ²³ till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.

²⁰ And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth,

⁴⁰ But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

⁴⁴ Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and the father of it. ⁴⁵ And I, because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which of you convicts me about sin? And if I speak truth, why do ye not believe me? ⁴⁷ He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God. ⁴⁸ Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon? ⁴⁹ Jesus answered, I have no demon, but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

³² Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me? ³³ The Jews answered him, saying, We stone thee not about a good work, but about blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, make thyself God.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.