Job 22 Cross References - Brenton

¹ Then Eliphaz the Thaemanite answered and said, ² Is it not the Lord that teaches understanding and knowledge? ³ For what matters it to the Lord, if thou wert blameless in thy works? or is it profitable that thou shouldest perfect thy way? ⁴ Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? and will he enter into judgment with thee? ⁵ Is not thy wickedness abundant, and thy sins innumerable? ⁶ And thou hast taken security of thy brethren for nothing, and hast taken away the clothing of the naked. ⁷ Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry. ⁸ And thou hast accepted the persons of some; and thou hast established those that were already settled on the earth. ⁹ But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans. ¹⁰ Therefore snares have compassed thee, and disastrous war has troubled thee. ¹¹ The light has proved darkness to thee, and water has covered thee on thy lying down. ¹² Does not he that dwells in the high places observe? and has he not brought down the proud? ¹³ And thou has said, What does the Mighty One know? does he judge in the dark? ¹⁴ A cloud is his hiding-place, and he shall not be seen; and he passes through the circle of heaven. ¹⁵ Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden? ¹⁶ who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream. ¹⁷ Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us? ¹⁸ Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him. ¹⁹ The righteous have seen it, and laughed, and the blameless one has derided them. ²⁰ Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, and the fire shall devour what is left of their property. ²¹ Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; then thy fruit shall prosper. ²² And receive a declaration from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. ²³ And if thou shalt turn and humble thyself before the Lord, thou hast thus removed unrighteousness far from thy habitation. ²⁴ Thou shalt lay up for thyself treasure in a heap on the rock; and Sophir shall be as the rock of the torrent. ²⁵ So the Almighty shall be thy helper from enemies, and he shall bring thee forth pure as silver that has been tried by fire. ²⁶ Then shalt thou have boldness before the Lord, looking up cheerfully to heaven. ²⁷ And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows. ²⁸ And he shall establish to thee again a habitation of righteousness and there shall be light upon thy paths. ²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes. ³⁰ He shall deliver the innocent, and do thou save thyself by thy pure hands.

¹³ to keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and his ordinances, all that I charge thee to-day, that it may be well with thee?

¹⁵ What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?

⁶ and if too thou hast transgressed much, what canst thou perform? ⁷ And suppose thou art righteous, what wilt thou give him? or what shall he receive of thy hand? ⁸ Thy ungodliness may affect a man who is like to thee; or thy righteousness a son of man.

^{2 (15:2)} I said to the Lord, Thou art my Lord; for thou has no need of my goodness.

¹³ Blessed is the man who has found wisdom, and the mortal who knows prudence. ¹⁴ For it is better to traffic for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her: she is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value. ¹⁶ For length of existence and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left hand are wealth and glory: ^(3:16A) out of her mouth proceeds righteousness, and she carries law and mercy upon her tongue. ¹⁷ Her ways are good ways, and all her paths are peaceful. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁸ Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee; ⁹ that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight.

¹² Son, if thou be wise for thyself, thou shalt also be wise for thy neighbours; and if thou shouldest prove wicked, thou alone wilt bear the evil. ^(9:12A) He that stays himself upon falsehoods, attempts to rule the winds, and the same will pursue birds in their fight: ^(9:12B) for he has forsaken the ways of his own vineyard, and he has caused the axles of his own husbandry to go astray; ^(9:12C) and he goes through a dry desert, and a land appointed to drought, and he gathers barrenness with his hands.

^{11 (7:12)} Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun. ^{12 (7:13)} For wisdom in its shadow is as the shadow of silver: and the excellence of the knowledge of wisdom will give life to him that has it.

¹⁷ And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.

¹⁰ For he knows already my way; and he has tried me as gold. ¹¹ And I will go forth according to his commandments, for I have kept his ways; and I shall not turn aside from his commandments, ¹² neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.

^{1 (38:1)} For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.

^{3 (118:3)} For they that work iniquity have not walked in his ways. ^{4 (118:4)} Thou hast commanded us diligently to keep thy precepts. ^{5 (118:5)} O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances. ^{6 (118:6)} Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.

^{59 (118:59)} I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

^{10 (146:10)} He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man. ^{11 (146:11)} The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.

¹ False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

²⁰ Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

²² Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.

⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.

¹⁷ ye that have provoked God with your words. But ye said, Wherein have we provoked him? In that ye say, Every one that does evil is a pleasing object in the sight of the Lord, and he takes pleasure in such; and where is the God of justice?

¹² Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?

¹⁹ For indeed he is strong in power: who then shall resist his judgment?

³² For thou art not man like me, with whom I could contend, that we might come together to judgment.

³ Hast thou not taken account even of him, and caused him to enter into judgment before thee?

^{21 (16:22)} Oh that a man might plead before the Lord, even as the son of man with his neighbor!

²⁹ Do ye also beware of deceit: for wrath will come upon transgressors; and then shall they know where their substance is.

⁶ Though he should come on me in his great strength, then he would not threaten me; ⁷ for truth and reproof are from him; and he would bring forth my judgment to an end.

²³ For he will not lay upon a man more than right.

^{11 (38:11)} Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.

^{6 (75:6)} At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, the riders on horses slumbered.

^{16 (79:16)} It is burnt with fire and dug up: they shall perish at the rebuke of thy presence.

^{3 (129:3)} If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? ^{4 (129:4)} For with thee is forgiveness: for thy name's sake

^{2 (142:2)} And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹⁴ The Lord himself shall enter into judgement with the elders of the people, and with their rulers: but why have ye set my vineyard on fire, and why is the spoil of the poor in your houses? ¹⁵ Why do ye wrong my people, and shame the face of the poor?

⁷ Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed? ⁸ Accordingly as I have seen men ploughing barren places, and they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves. ⁹ They shall perish by the command of the Lord, and shall be utterly consumed by the breath of his wrath. ¹⁰ The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched. ¹¹ The old lion has perished for want of food, and the lions' whelps have forsaken one another.

⁶ Then shall he declare to thee the power of wisdom; for it shall be double of that which is with thee: and then shalt thou know, that a just recompence of thy sins has come to thee from the Lord.

¹⁴ if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

⁵ Thou art guilty by the words of thy mouth, neither hast thou discerned the words of the mighty. ⁶ Let thine own mouth, and not me, reprove thee: and thy lips shall testify against thee.

³¹ Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity. ³² His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish. ³³ And let him be gathered as the unripe grape before the time, and let him fall as the blossom of the olive. ³⁴ For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.

²⁷ So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me:

³ And he was also very angry with his three friends, because they were not able to return answers to Job, yet set him down for an ungodly man.

^{12 (18:12)} Who will understand his transgressions? purge thou me from my secret sins.

^{12 (39:12)} For innumerable evils have encompassed me; my transgressions have taken hold of me, and I could not see; they are multiplied more than the hairs of my head; and my heart has failed me.

²⁶ And if thou take thy neighbour's garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.

^{6 (24:8)} Thou shalt not take for a pledge the under millstone, nor the upper millstone; for he who does so takes life for a pledge.

^{10 (24:12)} If thy neighbour owe thee a debt, any debt whatsoever, thou shalt not go into his house to take his pledge: ^{11 (24:13)} thou shalt stand without, and the man who is in thy debt shall bring the pledge out to thee. ^{12 (24:14)} And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge. ^{13 (24:15)} Thou shalt surely restore his pledge at sunset, and he shall sleep in his garment, and he shall bless thee; and it shall be mercy to thee before the Lord thy God. ^{14 (24:16)} Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities. ^{15 (24:17)} Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee. ^{16 (24:18)} The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, and the sons shall not be put to death for the fathers; every one shall be put to death for his own sin. ^{17 (24:19)} Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of the stranger and the fatherless, and widow; thou shalt not take the widow's garment for a pledge. ^{18 (24:20)} And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee from thence; therefore I charge thee to do this thing.

³ They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

⁹ They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast. ¹⁰ And they have wrongfully caused others to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.

¹⁹ And if too I overlooked the naked as he was perishing, and did not clothe him; ²⁰ and if the poor did not bless me, and their shoulders were not warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

⁷ and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked;

¹² and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,

¹⁶ and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,

⁸ And binding their clothes with cords they have made them curtains near the altar, and they have drunk wine gained by extortion in the house of their God.

⁷ And if there shall be in the midst of thee a poor man of thy brethren in one of thy cities in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, neither shalt thou by any means close up thine hand from thy brother who is in want. ⁸ Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thine heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give to him, and thou shalt lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and thou shalt not grudge in thine heart as thou givest to him, because on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all things on which thou shalt lay thine hand. ¹¹ For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

¹⁷ And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan;

³¹ And if too my handmaids have often said, Oh that we might be satisfied with his flesh; (whereas I was very kind:

^{9 (111:9)} He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

²⁴ There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less. ²⁵ Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

¹⁷ He that has pity on the poor lends to the Lord; and he will recompense to him according to his gift.

⁷ Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.

¹⁰ and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

^{11 (20:11)} And the men of his city, the elders, and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezabel sent to them, and as it had been written in the letters which she sent to them. ^{12 (20:12)} And they proclaimed a fast, and set Nebuthai in a chief place among the people. ^{13 (20:13)} And two men, sons of transgressors, came in, and sat opposite him, and bore witness against him, saying, Thou hast blessed God and the king. And they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, and he died. ^{14 (20:14)} And they sent to Jezabel, saying, Nabuthai is stoned, and is dead. ^{15 (20:15)} And it came to pass, when Jezabel heard it, that she said to Achaab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, who would not sell it to thee: for Nebuthai is not alive, for he is dead.

⁸ Or will ye draw back? nay do, ye yourselves be judges.

⁷ When I went forth early in the city, and the seat was placed for me in the streets. ⁸ The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and all the old men stood up. ⁹ And the great men ceased speaking, and laid their finger on their mouth. ¹⁰ And they that heard me blessed me, and their tongue clave to their throat. ¹¹ For the ear heard, and blessed me; and the eye saw me, and turned aside. ¹² For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. ¹³ Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. ¹⁴ Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. ¹⁵ I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. ¹⁶ I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

³⁴ (for I did not stand in awe of a great multitude, so as not to declare boldly before them:) and if too I permitted a poor man to go out of my door with an empty bosom:

^{8 (11:8)} The ungodly walk around: according to thy greatness thou has greatly exalted the sons of men.

³ the captain of fifty also, and the honourable counsellor, and the wise artificer, and the intelligent hearer.

¹⁵ the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

³ they prepare their hands for mischief, the prince asks a reward, and the judge speaks flattering words; it is the desire of their soul:

²¹ And ye shall not hurt a stranger, nor afflict him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. ²² Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan. ²³ And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice. ²⁴ And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

¹⁹ Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

²¹ For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.

¹² For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. ¹³ Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me.

¹⁶ But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. ¹⁷ And if too I ate my morsel alone, and did not impart of it to the orphan; ¹⁸ (for I nourished them as a father from my youth and guided them from my mother's womb.)

²¹ if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his:

¹⁵ Break thou the arm of the sinner and wicked man: his sin shall be sought for, and shall not be found.

^{17 (36:17)} For the arms of sinners shall be broken; but the Lord supports the righteous.

^{6 (93:6)} They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

¹⁷ learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

²³ Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.

² perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgement of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.

⁷ In thee they have reviled father and mother; and in thee they have behaved unjustly toward the stranger: they have oppressed the orphan and widow.

²² Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against Pharao king of Egypt, and I will break his strong and outstretched arms, and will smite down his sword out of his hand.

⁵ And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.

⁴ For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, whose violence drinks up my blood: whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me.

²¹ Withhold thine hand from me: and let not thy fear terrify me.

⁸ His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net. ⁹ And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction. ¹⁰ His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

⁶ Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, and has raised his bulwark against me.

^{6 (10:7)} He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

²⁷ yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.

²⁵ And thou shalt not be afraid of alarm coming upon thee, neither of approaching attacks of ungodly men. ²⁶ For the Lord shall be over all thy ways, and shall establish thy foot that thou be not moved.

¹⁴ In the day darkness shall come upon them, and let them grope in the noon-day even as in the night:

⁶ His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

¹⁸ Let one drive him from light into darkness.

⁸ I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: he has set darkness before my face.

³⁴ And wilt thou call a cloud with thy voice, and will it obey thee with a violent shower of much rain?

^{7 (41:7)} Deep calls to deep at the voice of thy cataracts: all thy billows and thy waves have gone over me.

^{1 (68:1)} For the end, a Psalm of David, for alternate strains. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul. ^{2 (68:2)} I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

^{4 (123:4)} verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent. ^{5 (123:5)} Yea, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

²² and they shall look on the earth below, and behold severe distress, and darkness, affliction, and anguish, and darkness so that one cannot see;

² He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not into light.

⁵⁴ Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off.

² for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist: a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been from the beginning one like it, and after it there shall not be again even to the years of many generations. ³ Before them is a consuming fire, and behind them is a flame kindled: the land before them is as a paradise of delight, and behind them a desolate plain: and there shall none of them escape.

^{3 (2:4)} Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.

⁸ Heaven is high; and what wilt thou do? and there are deeper things than those in hell; what dost thou know?

³ For I will regard the heavens, the work of thy fingers; the moon and stars, which thou hast established. ⁴ What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

^{3 (114:3)} But our God has done in heaven and on earth, whatsoever he has pleased.

^{16 (114:16)} The heaven of heavens belongs to the Lord: but he has given the earth to the sons of men.

^{2 (5:1)} Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who dwells on high for ever, Holy in the holies, is his name, the Most High resting in the holies, and giving patience to the faint-hearted, and giving life to the broken-hearted:

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what kind of a house will ye build me? and of what kind is to be the place of my rest?

¹¹ For he has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he has turned away his face so as never to look.

^{7 (58:7)} Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard?

^{5 (63:5)} They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

^{11 (72:11)} And they said, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the Most High?

^{7 (93:7)} And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand. ^{8 (93:8)} Understand now, ye simple among the people; and ye fools, at length be wise. ^{9 (93:9)} He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?

¹⁵ Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

¹² And he said to me, Thou hast seen, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel do, each one of them in their secret chamber: because they have said, The Lord see not; The Lord has forsaken the earth.

⁹ Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Juda is become very exceedingly great: for the land is filled with many nations, and the city is filled with iniquity and uncleanness: because they have said, The Lord has forsaken the earth, The Lord looks not upon it.

¹² And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will search Jerusalem with a candle, and will take vengeance on the men that despise the things committed to them; but they say in their hearts, The Lord will not do any good, neither will he do any evil.

⁹ He keeps back the face of his throne, stretching out his cloud upon it.

²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

^{14 (32:14)} He looks from his prepared habitation on all the dwellers on the earth;

^{2 (96:2)} Cloud, and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

^{1 (138:1)} For the end, a Psalm of David.O Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me. ^{2 (138:2)} Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up-rising: thou understandest my thoughts long before.

^{11 (138:11)} When I said, Surely the darkness will cover me; even the night was light in my luxury. ^{12 (138:12)} For darkness will not be darkness with thee; but night will be light as day: as its darkness, so shall its light be to thee.

²⁴ Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

^{5 (6:6)} And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually,

^{11 (6:12)} But the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with iniquity. ^{12 (6:13)} And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth. ^{13 (6:14)} And the Lord God said to Noe, A period of all men is come before me; because the earth has been filled with iniquity by them, and, behold, I destroy them and the earth.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the flood-gates of heaven were opened.

¹⁷ And the flood was upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and the water abounded greatly and bore up the ark, and it was lifted on high from off the earth. ¹⁸ And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water. ¹⁹ And the water prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and covered all the high mountains which were under heaven. ²⁰ Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains. ²¹ And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man. ²² And all things which have the breath of life, and whatever was on the dry land, died. ²³ And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark. ²⁴ And the water was raised over the earth an hundred and fifty days.

¹⁹ The waters wear the stones, and waters falling headlong overflow a heap of the earth: and thou destroyest the hope of man.

³² His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.

^{23 (54:23)} But thou, O God, shalt bring them down to the pit of destruction; bloody and crafty men shall not live out half their days; but I will hope in thee, O Lord.

^{24 (101:24)} Take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are through all generations.

^{17 (7:18)} Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.

¹⁰ Their cow does not cast her calf, and their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry.

¹⁴ Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways. ¹⁵ What is the Mighty One, that we should serve him? and what profit is there that we should approach him?

⁶ Many say, Who will shew us good things? the light of thy countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us.

¹¹ and turn us aside from this way; remove from us this path, and remove from us the oracle of Israel.

¹⁴ Ye said, He that serves God labours in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?

⁷ The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; he brings low, and lifts up.

⁶ even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.

¹⁶ For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.

¹ Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

^{14 (16:14)} because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

² Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; thou art near to their mouth, and far from their reins.

²³ For the worthless die, but the righteous are laughed to scorn.

^{11 (47:11)} Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

^{6 (51:6)} And the righteous shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him, and say,

^{10 (57:10)} The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance of the ungodly: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner.

^{8 (96:8)} Sion heard and rejoiced; and the daughters of Judea exulted, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

^{42 (106:42)} The upright shall see and rejoice; and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

¹⁰ In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:

²⁴ And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.

¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burnt up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds like wise; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee.

⁷ Remember then who has perished, being pure? or when were the true-hearted utterly destroyed?

³ Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; or will he that has made all things pervert justice? ⁴ If thy sons have sinned before him, he has cast them away because of their transgression.

³⁰ Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

¹⁸ He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow. ¹⁹ For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not.

²⁶ And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.

²⁷ So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me: ²⁸ so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly?

⁹ And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.

^{10 (33:10)} The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

⁵ I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,

¹⁹ peace upon peace to them that are far off, and to them that are nigh: and the Lord has said, I will heal them. ²⁰ But the unrighteous shall be tossed as troubled waves, and shall not be able to rest. ²¹ There is no joy to the ungodly, said God.

¹ And now, Israel, hear the ordinances and judgments, all that I teach you this day to do: that ye may live, and be multiplied, and that ye may go in and inherit the land, which the Lord God of your fathers gives you. ² Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, and ye shall not take from it: keep the commandments of the Lord our God, all that I command you this day.

⁶ And these words, all that I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart and in thy soul. ⁷ And thou shalt teach them to thy children, and thou shalt speak of them sitting in the house, and walking by the way, and lying down, and rising up. ⁸ And thou shalt fasten them for a sign upon thy hand, and it shall be immoveable before thine eyes. ⁹ And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates.

¹² neither shall I transgress; but I have hid his words in my bosom.

^{11 (118:11)} I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee; ² thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. ³ For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding, ⁷ and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way; ⁸ that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him. ⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement; and shalt direct all thy course aright.

⁴ who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

²¹ that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart.

¹⁶ consume them; and thy word shall be to me for the joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name has been called upon me, O Lord Almighty.

¹³ Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you. ¹⁴ And ye shall all be gathered together by your tribes in the morning, and it shall come to pass that the tribe which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by families; and the family which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring by households; and the household which the Lord shall shew, ye shall bring man by man. ¹⁵ And the man who shall be pointed out, shall be burnt with fire, and all that he has; because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and has wrought wickedness in Israel. ¹⁶ And Joshua rose up early, and brought the people by their tribes; and the tribe of Juda was pointed out.

⁵ But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty. ⁶ If thou art pure and true, he will hearken to thy supplication, and will restore to thee the habitation of righteousness.

¹³ For if thou hast made thine heart pure, and liftest up thine hands towards him; ¹⁴ if there is any iniquity in thy hands, put if far from thee, and let not unrighteousness lodge in thy habitation.

¹⁴ If he should cast down, who will build up? if he should shut up against man, who shall open?

¹⁵ It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

²² And the Lord shall smite the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear them, and thoroughly heal them.

⁶ Turn, ye children of Israel, who devise a deep and sinful counsel.

¹⁵ He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgement of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice.

⁶ Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you, ⁷ let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.

^{4 (38:4)} For I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet take thy timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.

^{1 (14:2)} Return, O Israel, to the Lord thy God; for the people have fallen through thine iniquities. ^{2 (14:3)} Take with you words, and turn to the Lord your God: speak to him, that ye may not receive the reward of unrighteousness, but that ye may receive good things: and we will render in return the fruit of our lips.

³ And thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn to me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn to you, saith the Lord of hosts.

³ And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

²⁹ and Uphir, and Evila, and Jobab, all these were the sons of Jektan.

²⁸ And they came to Sophira, and took thence a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon.

²¹ And all the vessels made by Solomon were of gold, and the lavers were golden, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; there was no silver, for it was not accounted of in the days of Solomon.

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⁵ And the brazen altar which Beseleel the son of Urias, the son of Or, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation enquired at it.

¹⁰ And the servants of Solomon and the servants of Chiram brought gold to Solomon out of Suphir, and pine timber, and precious stones.

²⁷ And the king made gold and silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as the sycamore trees in the plain for abundance.

²⁵ and if too I rejoiced when my wealth was abundant, and if too I laid my hand on innumerable treasures:

^{9 (44:9)} with which kings' daughters have gladdened thee for thine honour: the queen stood by on thy right hand, clothed in vesture wrought with gold, and arrayed in divers colours.

¹² And they that are left shall be more precious than gold tried in the fire; and a man shall be more precious than the stone that is in Suphir.

¹ And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

^{5 (15:5)} The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me. ^{6 (15:6)} The lines have fallen to me in the best places, yea, I have a most excellent heritage.

^{2 (17:2)} The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in him; he is my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

^{11 (83:11)} For the Lord loves mercy and truth: God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them that walk in innocence.

⁶ They shall be delivered up to the law: our salvation is our treasure: there are wisdom and knowledge and piety toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

¹⁰ Fear not; for I am with thee: wander not; for I am thy God, who have strengthened thee; and I have helped thee, and have established thee with my just right hand.

¹⁵ For thus shall thy countenance shine again, as pure water; and thou shalt divest thyself of uncleanness, and shalt not fear.

¹⁰ has he any confidence before him? or will God hear him as he calls upon him?

⁹ For thou shouldest not say, There shall be no visitation of a man, whereas there is a visitation on him from the Lord.

^{1 (24:1)} A Psalm of David. To thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

^{4 (36:4)} Delight thyself in the Lord; and he shall grant thee the requests of thine heart.

^{4 (85:4)} Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for to thee, O Lord, have I lifted up my soul.

^{8 (142:8)} Cause me to hear thy mercy in the morning; for I have hoped in thee; make known to me, O Lord, the way wherein I should walk; for I have lifted up my soul to thee.

³ As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.

¹⁴ then shalt thou trust on the Lord; and he shall bring thee up to the good places of the land, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

²⁶ And he shall pray to the Lord, and his prayer shall be accepted of him; he shall enter with a cheerful countenance, with a full expression of praise: for he will render to men their due.

²⁸ so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.

^{14 (49:14)} Offer to God the sacrifice of praise; and pay thy vows to the Most High. ^{15 (49:15)} And call upon me in the day of affliction; and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Pause.

^{12 (55:12)} The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.

^{13 (65:13)} I will go into thine house with whole-burnt-offerings; I will pay thee my vows, ^{14 (65:14)} which my lips framed, and my mouth uttered in my affliction.

^{17 (65:17)} I cried to him with my mouth, and exalted him with my tongue. ^{18 (65:18)} If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me. ^{19 (65:19)} Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. ^{20 (65:20)} Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.

^{15 (90:15)} He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him.

^{1 (115:1)} Alleluia. I am well pleased, because the Lord will hearken to the voice of my supplication.

^{14 (115:14)} I will pay my vows to the Lord, in the presence of all his people.

^{4 (5:3)} Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.

⁹ Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

^{9 (2:10)} But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of my salvation.

³ As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

^{4 (19:4)} Grant thee according to thy heart, and fulfill all thy desire.

^{17 (89:17)} And let the brightness of the Lord our God be upon us: and do thou direct for us the works of our hands.

^{11 (96:11)} Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

^{4 (111:4)} To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

²¹ and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

³⁷ Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it.

² But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

¹⁹ Six time he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee. ²⁰ In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword. ²¹ He shall hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou shalt not be afraid of coming evils. ²² Thou shalt laugh at the unrighteous and the lawless: and thou shalt not be afraid of wild beasts. ²³ For the wild beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. ²⁴ Then shalt thou know that thy house shall be at peace, and the provision for thy tabernacle shall not fail. ²⁵ And thou shalt know that thy seed shall be abundant; and thy children shall be like the herbage of the field. ²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe corn reaped in its season, or as a heap of the corn-flour collected in proper time. ²⁷ Behold, we have thus sought out these matters; these are what we have heard: but do thou reflect with thyself, if thou hast done anything wrong.

² I will be glad and exult in thee: I will sing to thy name, O thou Most High. ³ When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.

^{14 (90:14)} For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name. ^{15 (90:15)} He shall call upon me, and I will hearken to him: I am with him in affliction; and I will deliver him, and glorify him. ^{16 (90:16)} I will satisfy him with length of days, and shew him my salvation.

^{9 (91:9)} For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. ^{10 (91:10)} But my horn shall be exalted as the horn of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy. ^{11 (91:11)} And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.

^{6 (137:6)} For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.

²³ Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.

² For all these things are mine, saith the Lord: and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the man that trembles at my words?

²⁶ Thou hast taken off the mitre and put on the crown, it shall not have such another after it: thou hast abased that which was high, and exalted that which was low. ²⁷ Injustice, injustice, injustice, will I make it: woe to it: such shall it be until he comes to whom it belongs; and I will deliver it to him.

²⁶ And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes. ²⁷ And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes. ²⁸ But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five. ²⁹ And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake. ³⁰ And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake. ³¹ And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty. ³² And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

⁷ And it came to pass after the Lord had spoken all these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Thaemanite, Thou hast sinned, and thy two friends: for ye have not said anything true before me, as my servant Job has. ⁸ Now then take seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and he shall offer a burnt-offering for you. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will only accept him: for but his sake, I would have destroyed you, for ye have not spoken the truth against my servant Job.

^{20 (17:20)} And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands will he recompense me.

^{4 (23:4)} He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

¹⁵ When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

¹² And thy old waste desert places shall be built up, and thy foundations shall last through all generations; and thou shalt be called a repairer of breaches, and thou shalt cause thy paths between to be in peace.

¹ Run ye about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if ye can find one, if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, saith the Lord.

⁹ And now intreat the face of your God, and make supplication to him. These things have been done by your hands; shall I accept you? saith the Lord Almighty.