Proverbs 26 Cross References - Brenton

¹ As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool. ² As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause. ³ As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation. ⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him. ⁵ Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit. ⁶ He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways. ⁷ As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools. ⁸ He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool. ⁹ Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools. ¹⁰ All the flesh of fools endures much hardship; for their fury is brought to nought. ¹¹ As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. ^(26:11A) {\I There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame {\I that is glory and grace.}} ¹² I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he. ¹³ A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets. ¹⁴ As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed. ¹⁵ A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth. ¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message. ¹⁷ As he that lays hold of a dog's tail, so is he that makes himself the champion of another's cause. ¹⁸ As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; ¹⁹ so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest. ²⁰ With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases. ²¹ A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife. ²² The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite even to the inmost parts of the bowels. ²³ Silver dishonestly given is to be considered as a potsherd: smooth lips cover a grievous heart. ²⁴ A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit. ²⁵ Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies. ²⁷ He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself. ²⁸ A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.

⁷ And it was reported to Joatham, and he went and stood on the top of mount Garizin, and lifted up his voice, and wept, and said to them, Hear me, ye men of Sicima, and God shall hear you.

²⁰ but if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Sicima, and the house of Bethmaalo; and let fire come out from the men of Sicima and from the house of Bethmaalo, and devour Abimelech.

⁵⁶ So God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he wrought against his father, in slaying his seventy brethren. ⁵⁷ And all the wickedness of the men of Sychem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.

¹⁷ Is it not wheat-harvest to-day? I will call upon the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; and know ye and see, that your wickedness is great which ye have wrought before the Lord, having asked for yourselves a king. ¹⁸ And Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunders and rain in that day; and all the people feared greatly the Lord and Samuel.

¹ And after this king Artaxerxes highly honoured Aman son of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends. ² And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance. ³ And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king? ⁴ Thus they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shewn to them that he was a Jew. ⁵ And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged, ⁶ and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes. ⁷ And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month which is Adar. ⁸ And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone. ⁹ If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver. ¹⁰ And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews. ¹¹ And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt. ¹² So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their several languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. ¹³ And the message was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. ¹⁴ And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day. ¹⁵ And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

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⁹ So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words.

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

^{4 (14:4)} In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.

^{1 (51:1)} For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day

⁷ Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

¹⁰ Delight does not suit a fool, nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.

³ As a whip for a horse, and a goad for an ass, so is a rod for a simple nation.

⁸ He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

¹⁶ A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler. ⁶ The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one. ⁷ I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth.

⁸ How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

⁴ because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee. ⁵ But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

²⁸ And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread to-day. And the people were very faint, ²⁹ and Jonathan knew it, and said, My father has destroyed the land: see how my eyes have received sight now that I have tasted a little of this honey.

⁴³ And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? {\I and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.} And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

¹² If by any means the Lord may look on my affliction, thus shall he return me good for his cursing this day.

² because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.

^{28 (108:28)} Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.

⁸ As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.

⁵ And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam. ⁶ And the princes of Socchoth said, Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host? ⁷ And Gedeon said, Therefore when the Lord gives Zebee and Salmana into my hand, then will I tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness, and the Barkenim.

^{9 (31:9)} Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee.

¹³ He that brings forth wisdom from his lips smites the fool with a rod.

¹⁰ A threat breaks down the heart of a wise man; but a fool, though scourged, understands not.

²⁵ When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.

²⁹ Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.

²² Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

¹ And the men of Ephraim assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire. ² And Jephthae said to them, I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand. ³ And I saw that thou wert no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me? ⁴ And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye are of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse. ⁵ And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Galaad said, Art thou an Ephrathite? and he said, No. ⁶ Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

⁴¹ And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brethren the men of Juda stolen thee away, and caused the king and all his house to pass over Jordan, and all the men of David with him? ⁴² And all the men of Juda answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king's food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion? ⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

¹⁴ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁶ And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

⁸ Then Amessias sent messengers to Joas son of Joachaz son of Ju king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. ⁹ And Joas the king of Israel sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle that was in Libanus sent to the cedar that was in Libanus, saying, Give my daughter to thy son to wife: and the wild beasts of the field that were in Libanus passed by and trod down the thistle. ¹⁰ Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So both thou wilt fall and Juda with thee.

¹⁴ Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

⁵ Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

²¹ And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

²⁴ And Sedekias the son of Chanaan came near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord has spoken in thee? ²⁵ And Michaias said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an innermost chamber to hide thyself there. ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, Take Michaias, and convey him away to Semer the keeper of the city; ²⁷ and tell Joas the king's son to put this fellow in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace. ²⁸ And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.

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

¹² I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

²¹ Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.

^{17 (43:17)} And they asked Baruch, saying, Where didst thou write all these words? ^{18 (43:18)} And Baruch said, Jeremias told me from his own mouth all these words, and I wrote them in a book.

^{31 (13:32)} But the men that went up together with him said, We will not go up, for we shall not by any means be able to go up against the nation, for it is much stronger than we.

²⁶ As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.

¹⁷ A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.

¹³ As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.

^{16 (49:16)} But to the sinner God has said, Why dost thou declare my ordinances, and take up my covenant in thy mouth? ^{17 (49:17)} Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee. ^{18 (49:18)} If thou sawest a thief, thou rannest along with him, and hast cast in thy lot with adulterers. ^{19 (49:19)} Thy mouth has multiplied wickedness, and thy tongue has framed deceit. ^{20 (49:20)} Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, and didst scandalize thy mother's son. ^{21 (49:21)} These things thou didst, and I kept silence: thou thoughtest wickedly that I should be like thee, but I will reprove thee, and set thine offences before thee.

^{8 (63:8)} and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled;

⁹ Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

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

²² if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

³⁵ And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

³¹ If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

¹⁵ And when Pharao saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord spoke.

²⁹ It is fit that an observant man and one diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.

¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

²⁰ If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.

¹⁹ The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.

¹⁵ Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.

¹³ The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

⁹ How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? ¹⁰ Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

²⁴ The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

²⁷ A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession.

³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

²⁴ He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.

¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels.

¹¹ Every bad man stirs up strifes: but the Lord will send out against him an unmerciful messenger.

⁶ The lips of a fool bring him into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death.

³ It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; but every fool is entangled with such matters.

²³ Against whom men taking evil counsel reproached him, and the archers pressed hard upon him.

²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

¹⁸ As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

¹¹ Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

²³ A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

⁹ The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.

²¹ The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

²⁸ A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.

¹⁰ Cast out a pestilent person from the council, and strife shall go out with him; for when he sits in the council he dishonours all.

²² The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite even to the inmost parts of the bowels.

¹ And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.

² (OMITTED TEXT) ³ And the people spoke to king Roboam, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy;

²⁰ And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only.

^{4 (119:4)} Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.

¹⁸ A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. ^(15:18A) A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs them up.

²² A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.

³³ Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.

⁸ Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

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⁹ There are robbers in thee, to shed blood in thee; and in thee they have eaten upon the mountains: they have wrought ungodliness in the midst of thee.

⁹ And Joab said to Amessai, Art thou in health, my brother? and the right hand of Joab took hold of the beard of Amessai to kiss him. ¹⁰ And Amessai observed not the dagger that was in the hand of Joab: and Joab smote him with it on the loins, and his bowels were shed out upon the ground, and he did not repeat the blow, and he died: and Joab and Abessai his brother pursued after Sabee the son of Bochori.

¹⁸ Righteous lips cover enmity; but they that utter railings are most foolish.

⁴ Beat the drossy silver, and it shall be made entirely pure.

³¹ They approach thee as a people comes together, and sit before thee, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for there is falsehood in their mouth, and their heart goes after their pollutions.

^{6 (40:6)} And if he came to see me, his heart spoke vainly; he gathered iniquity to himself; he went forth and spoke in like manner.

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

⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are true judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits.

¹⁷ A righteous man declares the open truth; but an unjust witness is deceitful.

²⁰ There is deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.

^{2 (11:2)} Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

^{3 (27:3)} Draw not away my soul with sinners, and destroy me not with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbours, but evils are in their hearts.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just; ¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, — are hateful to God. ¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

² Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men. ³ And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord. ⁴ Beware ye each of his neighbour, and trust ye not in your brethren: for every one will surely supplant, and every friend will walk craftily. ⁵ Every one will mock his friend; they will not speak truth: their tongue has learned to speak falsehoods; they have committed iniquity, they ceased not, so as to return. ⁶ There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord. ⁷ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will try them with fire, and prove them; for I will do thus because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people. ⁸ Their tongue is a wounding arrow; the words of their mouth are deceitful: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour, but in himself retains enmity.

⁶ For even thy brethren and the house of thy father, even these have dealt treacherously with thee; and they have cried out, they are gathered together in pursuit of thee; trust not thou in them, though they shall speak fair words to thee.

⁵ Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.

⁸ And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us go out into the plain; and it came to pass that when they were in the plain Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling-block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.

²⁷ And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab. ²⁸ And David heard of it afterwards, and said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord even for ever of the blood of Abenner the son of Ner. ²⁹ Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread. ³⁰ For Joab and Abessa his brother laid wait continually for Abenner, because he slew Asael their brother at Gabaon in the battle.

²² And Abessalom spoke not to Amnon, good or bad, because Abessalom hated Amnon, on account of his humbling his sister Themar. ²³ And it came to pass at the end of two whole years, that they were shearing sheep for Abessalom in Belasor near Ephraim: and Abessalom invited all the king's sons. ²⁴ And Abessalom came to the king, and said, Behold, thy servant has a sheep-shearing; let now the king and his servants go with thy servant. ²⁵ And the king said to Abessalom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, and let us not be burdensome to thee. And he pressed him; but he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ And Abessalom said to him, And if not, let I pray thee, my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ And Abessalom pressed him, and he sent with him Amnon and all the king's sons; and Abessalom made a banquet like the banquet of the king. ²⁸ And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and slay him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

^{21 (54:21)} They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts. ^{22 (54:22)} Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee; he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. ^{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.

¹⁰ So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.

¹⁵ He has opened a pit, and dug it up, and he shall fall into the ditch which he has made. ¹⁶ His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

¹⁵ The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

² While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

^{6 (56:6)} They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause.

¹⁰ He that causes upright men to err in an evil way, himself shall fall into destruction: transgressor also shall pass by prosperity, but shall not enter into it.

⁸ He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

²⁴ to keep thee continually from a married woman, and from the calumny of a strange tongue.

⁵ that she may keep thee from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail thee with flattering words.

²¹ So with much converse she prevailed on him to go astray, and with the snares of her lips forced him from the right path. ²² And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: ²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

⁵ He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.