Proverbs 29 Cross References - Brenton

¹ A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy. ² When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn. ³ When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth. ⁴ A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it. ⁵ He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it. ⁶ A great snare is spread for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness. ⁷ A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind. ⁸ Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath. ⁹ A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not. ¹⁰ Bloody men hate a holy person, but the upright will seek his soul. ¹¹ A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part. ¹² When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors. ¹³ When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both. ¹⁴ When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony. ¹⁵ Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents. ¹⁶ When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned. ¹⁷ Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul. ¹⁸ There shall be no interpreter to a sinful nation: but he that observes the law is blessed. ¹⁹ A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey. ²⁰ If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he. ²¹ He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself. ²² A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin. ²³ Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour. ²⁴ He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it, ²⁵ they fearing and reverencing men unreasonably have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe. ²⁶ Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord. ²⁷ A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.

²⁵ If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.

³⁴ And this which shall come upon thy two sons Ophni and Phinees shall be a sign to thee; in one day they shall both die.

¹ And Eliu the prophet, the Thesbite of Thesbae of Galaad, said to Achaab, As the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be these years dew nor rain, except by the word of my mouth.

¹⁸ And Eliu said, I do not pervert Israel; but it is thou and thy father's house, in that ye forsake the Lord your God, and thou hast gone after Baalim.

^{42 (21:42)} And he said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast suffered to escape out of thine hand a man appointed to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

^{20 (20:20)} And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger; ^{21 (20:21)} behold, I bring evil upon thee: and I will kindle a fire after thee, and I will utterly destroy every male of Achaab, and him that is shut up and him that is left in Israel. ^{22 (20:22)} And I will make thy house as the house of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and as the house of Baasa son of Achia, because of the provocations wherewith thou hast provoked me, and caused Israel to sin. ^{23 (20:23)} And the Lord spoke of Jezabel, saying, The dogs shall devour her within the fortification of Jezrael.

²⁰ And the Lord said, Who will deceive Achaab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall in Remmath Galaad? and one spoke one way, and another another way. ²¹ And there came forth a spirit and stood before the Lord, and said, I will deceive him. ²² And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him, yea, and shalt prevail: go forth, and do so. ²³ And now, behold, the Lord has put a false spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord has spoken evil against thee.

²⁸ And Michaias said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me.

³⁴ And one drew a bow with a good aim, and smote the king of Israel between the lungs and the breast-plate: and he said to his charioteer, Turn thine hands, and carry me away out of the battle, for I am wounded. ³⁵ And the war was turned in that day, and the king was standing on the chariot, against Syria from morning till evening; and he shed the blood out of his wound, into the bottom of the chariot, and died at even, and the blood ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. ³⁶ And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land, ³⁷ for the king is dead. And they came to Samaria, and buried the king in Samaria.

¹⁶ And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, have I made thee king's counsellor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

¹⁰ And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they hearkened not.

¹³ in that he rebelled against king Nabuchodonosor, which he adjured him by God not to do: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart, so as not to return to the Lord God of Israel.

¹⁵ And the Lord God of their fathers sent by the hand of his prophets; rising early and sending his messengers, for he spared his people, and his sanctuary. ¹⁶ Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nought his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy. ¹⁷ And he brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, and did not spare Sedekias, and had no mercy upon their virgins, and they led away their old men: he delivered all things into their hands.

²⁹ And thou didst testify against them, to bring them back to thy law: but they hearkened not, but sinned against thy commandments and thy judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them; and they turned their back, and hardened their neck, and heard not.

²⁴ Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed; ²⁵ but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs; ²⁶ therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you: 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. ²⁸ For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me. ²⁹ For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord: ³⁰ neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

¹⁵ Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin.

¹⁸ He that walks justly is assisted: but he that walks in crooked ways shall be entangled therein.

¹³ therefore shall this sin be to you as a wall suddenly falling when a strong city has been taken, of which the fall is very near at hand. ¹⁴ And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.

⁴ I know that thou art stubborn, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy forehead brazen.

²³ But they hearkened not, and inclined not their ear, but stiffened their neck more than their fathers did, so as not to hear me, and not to receive correction.

³ In the thirteenth year of Josias, son of Amos, king of Juda, even until this day for three and twenty years, I have both spoken to you, rising early and speaking, ⁴ and I sent to you my servants the prophets, sending them early; (but ye hearkened not, and listened not with your ears;) saying, ⁵ Turn ye every one from his evil way, and from your evil practices, and ye shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers, of old and for ever.

^{3 (33:3)} Peradventure they will hear, and turn every one from his evil way: then I will cease from the evils which I purpose to do to them, because of their evil practices. ^{4 (33:4)} And thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my statutes which I set before you, ^{5 (33:5)} to hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send to you early in the morning; yea, I sent them, but ye hearkened not to me;

^{13 (42:13)} Thus saith the Lord, Go, and say to the men of Juda, and to them that dwell in Jerusalem, Will ye not receive correction to hearken to my words? ^{14 (42:14)} The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the word which he commanded his children, that they should drink no wine; and they have not drunk it: but I spoke to you early, and ye hearkened not. ^{15 (42:15)} And I sent to you my servants the prophets, saying, Turn ye every one from his evil way, and amend your practices, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell upon the land which I gave to you and to your fathers: but ye inclined not your ears, and hearkened not. ^{16 (42:16)} But the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command of their father; but this people has not hearkened to me.

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. ⁴ And be ye not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus saith the Lord Almighty: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they hearkened not, and attended not to hearken to me, saith the Lord. ⁵ Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever? ⁶ But do ye receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.

¹¹ But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear. ¹² And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty. ¹³ And it shall come to pass, that as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty. ¹⁴ And I will cast them out among all the nations, whom they know not; and the land behind them shall be made utterly destitute of any going through or returning: yea they have made the choice land a desolation.

¹⁵ And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

¹⁵ And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.

^{1 (71:1)} For Solomon. O God, give thy judgment to the king, and thy righteousness to the king's son; ^{2 (71:2)} that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. ^{3 (71:3)} Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: ^{4 (71:4)} he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser. ^{5 (71:5)} And he shall continue as long as the sun, and before the moon for ever. ^{6 (71:6)} He shall come down as rain upon a fleece; and as drops falling upon the earth. ^{7 (71:7)} In his days shall righteousness spring up; and abundance of peace till the moon be removed.

¹⁰ In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers:

¹² By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

²⁸ In the places of ungodly men the righteous mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.

¹ For, behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgement. ² And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Sion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

⁵ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth. ⁶ In his days both Juda shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely: and this is his name, which the Lord shall call him, Josedec among the prophets.

⁸ Remove thy way far from her; draw not near to the doors of her house: ⁹ lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers;

²⁶ For the value of a harlot is as much as of one loaf; and a woman hunts for the precious souls of men.

¹ A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

²⁰ A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.

¹⁷ A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;

²⁰ A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.

¹⁵ Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart;

²⁴ A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

¹¹ Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.

⁷ A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonours his father.

¹⁹ He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.

¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; for thou hast not kept my command, which the Lord commanded thee, as now the Lord would have confirmed thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

¹⁵ And David reigned over all Israel: and David wrought judgment and justice over all his people.

¹² And Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was established greatly.

¹⁸ And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, who led Israel to sin. ¹⁹ In his days went up Phua king of the Assyrians against the land: and Manaem gave to Phua a thousand talents of silver to aid him with his power. ²⁰ And Manaem raised the silver by a tax upon Israel, even on every mighty man in wealth, to give to the king of the Assyrians, fifty shekels levied on each man; and the king of the Assyrians departed, and remained not there in the land.

⁸ Blessed be the Lord thy God, who took pleasure in thee, to set thee upon his throne for a king, to the Lord thy God: forasmuch as the Lord thy God loved Israel to establish them for ever, therefore he has set thee over them for a king to execute judgment and justice.

^{14 (88:14)} Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

^{4 (98:4)} And the king's honour loves judgment; thou hast prepared equity, thou hast wrought judgment and justice in Jacob.

¹⁵ By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

¹² An evil-doer is an abomination to a king; for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

⁸ Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence.

¹⁴ When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.

⁷ His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgement and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

⁸ Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I succored thee: and I have formed thee, and given thee for a covenant of the nations, to establish the earth, and to cause to inherit the desert heritages:

¹³ He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward. ¹⁴ Thou hast built for thyself a well-proportioned house, airy chambers, fitted with windows, and wainscoted with cedar, and painted with vermilion. ¹⁵ Shalt thou reign, because thou art provoked with thy father Achaz? they shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for thee to execute judgment and justice. ¹⁶ They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord. ¹⁷ Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thine heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.

²⁰ And there shall arise out of his root one that shall cause a plant of the kingdom to pass over his place, earning kingly glory: and yet in those days shall he be broken, yet not openly, nor in war.

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:

¹⁷ And the woman said, If now the word of my lord the king be gracious, — well: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king, to hear good and evil: and the Lord thy God shall be with thee. ¹⁸ And the king answered, and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the matter which I ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king by all means speak. ¹⁹ And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab in all this matter with thee? and the woman said to the king, As thy soul lives, my lord, O king, there is no turning to the right hand or to the left from all that my lord the king has spoken; for thy servant Joab himself charged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid. ²⁰ In order that this form of speech might come about it was that thy servant Joab has framed this matter: and my lord is wise as is the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. ²¹ And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done to thee according to this thy word: go, bring back the young man Abessalom. ²² And Joab fell on his face to the ground, and did obeisance, and blessed the king: and Joab said, To-day thy servant knows that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, for my lord the king has performed the request of his servant. ²³ And Joab arose, and went to Gedsur, and brought Abessalom to Jerusalem. ²⁴ And the king said, Let him return to his house, and not see my face. And Abessalom returned to his house, and saw not the king's face.

⁵ He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children.

⁹ For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

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

¹⁷ for nets are not without cause spread for birds.

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.

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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.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.

¹³ MEM. He has sent fire from his lofty habitation, he has brought it into my bones: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and mourning all the day.

¹ Hear these things, ye priests; and attend, O house of Israel; and hearken, O house of the king; for the controversy is with you, because ye have been a snare in Scopia, and as a net spread on Itabyrium,

¹ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

⁷ Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him. 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 (10:7)} He shall rain upon sinners snares, fire, and brimstone, and a stormy blast shall be the portion of their cup.

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

^{15 (117:15)} The voice of exultation and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.

^{16 (131:16)} I will clothe her priests with salvation; and her saints shall greatly exult.

²² Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

⁵ Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. ⁶ The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

¹³ For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. ^(12:13A) He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.

¹² For surely man also knows not his time: as fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as birds that are caught in a snare; even thus the sons of men are snared at an evil time, when it falls suddenly upon them.

¹⁴ And if thou shalt trust in him, he shall be to thee for a sanctuary; and ye shall not come against him as against a stumbling-stone, neither as against the falling of a rock: but the houses of Jacob are in a snare, and the dwellers in Jerusalem in a pit. ¹⁵ Therefore many among them shall be weak, and fall, and be crushed; and they shall draw nigh, and men shall be taken securely.

⁹ So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David. ¹⁰ And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master. ¹¹ And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?

¹⁶ I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not.

¹³ And if too I despised the judgment of my servant or my handmaid, when they pleaded with me;

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

^{7 (30:7)} I will exult and be glad in thy mercy: for thou hast looked upon mine affliction; thou hast saved my soul from distresses.

^{1 (40:1)} For the end, a Psalm of David. Blessed is the man who thinks, on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

¹³ He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.

⁸ Open thy mouth with the word of God, and judge all fairly. ⁹ Open thy mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.

²⁸ and they have transgressed the rule of judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

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.

²⁹ That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger. ³⁰ And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not. ³¹ So I have poured out my wrath upon her in the fury of mine anger, to accomplish it. I have recompensed their ways on their own heads, saith the Lord God.

¹ And he shall say, Hear now these words, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye remnant of the house of Israel; is it not for you to know judgment? ² who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones: ³ even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided them as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot, ⁴ thus they shall cry to the Lord, but he shall not hearken to them; and he shall turn away his face from them at that time, because they have done wickedly in their practices against themselves.

¹⁰ And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation. ¹¹ And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm? ¹² Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people, ¹³ remembering Abraam and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it for ever. ¹⁴ And the Lord was prevailed upon to preserve his people.

⁴⁸ And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.

¹¹ Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest has caused my wrath to cease from the children of Israel, when I was exceedingly jealous among them, and I did not consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.

¹⁸ And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which ye sinned in doing evil before the Lord God to provoke him. ¹⁹ And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord hearkened to me at this time also. ²⁰ And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.

¹⁶ And the angel of the Lord stretched out his hand against Jerusalem to destroy it, and the Lord repented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough now, withhold thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite. ¹⁷ And David spoke to the Lord when he saw the angel smiting the people, and he said, Behold, it is I that have done wrong, but these sheep what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, be upon me, and upon my father's house.

^{11 (11:10A)} but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.

¹⁴ The anger of a king is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him.

¹⁴ Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected: ¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Lord, even the Lord, Behold, I lay for the foundations of Sion a costly stone, a choice, a corner-stone, a precious stone, for its foundations; and he that believes on him shall by no means be ashamed. ¹⁷ And I will cause judgement to be for hope, and my compassion shall be for just measures, and ye that trust vainly in falsehood shall fall: for the storm shall by no means pass by you, ¹⁸ except it also take away your covenant of death, and your trust in Hades shall by no means stand: if the rushing storm should come upon you, ye shall be beaten down by it. ¹⁹ Whenever it shall pass by, it shall take you; morning by morning it shall pass by in the day, and in the night there shall be an evil hope. Learn to hear, ²⁰ ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered. ²¹ The Lord shall rise up as a mountain of ungodly men, and shall be in the valley of Gabaon; he shall perform his works with wrath, even a work of bitterness, and his wrath shall deal strangely, and his destruction shall be strange. ²² Therefore do not ye rejoice, neither let your bands be made strong; for I have heard of works finished and cut short by the Lord of hosts, which he will execute upon all the earth.

¹ And the Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before my face, my soul could not be toward them: dismiss this people, and let them go forth.

³⁰ And I sought from among them a man behaving uprightly, and standing before me perfectly in the time of wrath, so that I should not utterly destroy her: but I found him not.

² And it came to pass when he had finished devouring the grass of the land, that I said, Lord God, be merciful; who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. ³ Repent, O Lord, for this. And this shall not be, saith the Lord. ⁴ Thus has the Lord shewed me; and, behold, the Lord called for judgment by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and devoured the Lord's portion. ⁵ Then I said, O Lord, cease, I pray thee: who shall raise up Jacob? for he is small in number. Repent, O Lord, for this. ⁶ This also shall not be, saith the Lord.

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

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

⁵ but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷ Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him. 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.

¹¹ I have repented that I have made Saul to be king: for he has turned back from following me, and has not kept my word. And Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord all night.

³¹ For so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die. ³² And Jonathan answered Saul, Why is he to die? What has he done? ³³ And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to slay him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to slay David.

¹¹ And the king sent to call Abimelech son of Achitob and all his father's sons, the priests that were in Nomba; and they all came to the king. ¹² And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Achitob. And he said, Lo! I am here, speak, my lord. ¹³ And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessae conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day? ¹⁴ And he answered the king, and said, And who is there among all thy servants faithful as David, and he is a son-in-law of the king, and he is executor of all thy commands, and is honourable in thy house? ¹⁵ Have I begun to-day to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against thee whole of my father's house; for thy servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small. ¹⁶ And king Saul said, Thou shalt surely die, Abimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. ¹⁷ And the king said to the footmen that attended on him, Draw nigh and slay the priests of the Lord, because their hand is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and they did not inform me. But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to fall upon the priest of the Lord. ¹⁸ And the king said to Doec, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests: and Doec the Syrian turned, and slew the priests of the Lord in that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod. ¹⁹ And he smote Nomba the city of the priest with the edge of the sword, both man, and woman, infant and suckling, and calf, and ox, and sheep. ²⁰ And one son of Abimelech son of Achitob escapes, and his name was Abiathar, and he fled after David. ²¹ And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord. ²² And David said to Abiathar, I knew it in that day, that Doec the Syrian would surely tell Saul: I am guilty of the death of the house of thy father. ²³ Dwell with me; fear not, for wherever I shall seek a place of safety for my life, I will also seek a place for thy life, for thou art safely guarded while with me.

^{20 (20:20)} And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here for us to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is yet one man by whom to enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy concerning me for good, for all his days are for evil: this is Michaias the son of Jembla. And Josaphat said, Let not the king say so.

¹⁵ Hear ye, and give ear, and be not proud: for the Lord has spoken. ¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and ye shall wait for light, and behold the shadow of death, and they shall be brought into darkness. ¹⁷ But if ye will not hearken, your soul shall weep in secret because of pride, and your eyes shall pour down tears, because the Lord's flock is sorely bruised.

²⁰ Forasmuch as evil is rewarded for good; for they have spoken words against my soul, and they have hidden the punishment they meant for me; remember that I stood before thy face, to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

^{14 (47:14)} and said to him, Dost thou indeed know that king Beleissa son of Ammon has sent Ismael to thee to slay thee? But Godolias believed them not. ^{15 (47:15)} And Joanan said to Godolias secretly in Massepha, I will go now and smite Ismael, and let no man know it; lest he slay thee, and all the Jews that are gathered to thee be dispersed, and the remnant of Juda perish. ^{16 (47:16)} But Godolias said to Joanan, Do not the thing, for thou speakest lies concerning Ismael.

¹⁷ Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men.

¹⁶ A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace.

²³ An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.

³³ There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.

¹¹ A merciful man is long-suffering; and his triumph overtakes transgressors.

¹³ Therefore the prudent shall be silent at that time; for it is a time of evils.

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

⁸ That ye are conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessae, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me, that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day? ⁹ And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jessae as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest. ¹⁰ And the priest enquired of God for him, and gave him provision, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

¹⁹ And the Ziphites came up out of the dry country to Saul to the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the narrows in Caene in the hill of Echela, which is on the right of Jessaemon? ²⁰ And now according to all the king's desire to come down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the hands of the king. ²¹ And Saul said to them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, for ye have been grieved on my account. ²² Go, I pray you, and make preparations yet, and notice his place where his foot shall be, quickly, in that place which ye spoke of, lest by any means he should deal craftily. ²³ Take notice, then, and learn, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass that if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Juda.

⁷ And Saul had a concubine, Respha, the daughter of Jol; and Jebosthe the son of Saul said to Abenner, Why hast thou gone in to my father's concubine? ⁸ And Abenner was very angry with Jebosthe for this saying; and Abenner said to him, Am I a dog's head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman? ⁹ God do thus and more also to Abenner, if as the Lord swore to David, so do I not to him this day; ¹⁰ to take away the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to raise up the throne of David over Israel and over Juda from Dan to Bersabee. ¹¹ And Jebosthe could not any longer answer Abenner a word, because he feared him.

⁵ And Rechab and Baana the sons of Remmon the Berothite went, and they came in the heat of the day into the house of Jebosthe; and he was sleeping on a bed at noon. ⁶ And, behold, the porter of the house winnowed wheat, and he slumbered and slept: and the brothers Rechab and Baana went privily into the house: ⁷ And Jebosthe was sleeping on his bed in his chamber: and they smite him, and slay him, and take off his head: and they took his head, and went all the night by the western road. ⁸ And they brought the head of Jebosthe to David to Chebron, and they said to the king, Behold the head of Jebosthe the son of Saul thy enemy, who sought thy life; and the Lord has executed for my lord the king vengeance on his enemies, as it is this day: even on Saul thy enemy, and on his seed. ⁹ And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, As the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction; ¹⁰ he that reported to me that Saul was dead, even he was as one bringing glad tidings before me: but I seized him and slew him in Sekelac, to whom I ought, as he thought, to have given a reward for his tidings. ¹¹ And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house on his bed: now then I will require his blood of your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth. ¹² And David commanded his young men, and they slay them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Chebron: and they buried the head of Jebosthe in the tomb of Abenezer the son of Ner.

^{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.

⁶ And Ju wrote them a second letter, saying, If ye are for me, and hearken to my voice, take the heads of the men your master's sons, and bring them to me at this time to-morrow in Jezrael. Now the sons of the king were seventy men; these great men of the city brought them up. ⁷ And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy men, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezrael.

^{2 (51:2)} thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. ^{3 (51:3)} Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. ^{4 (51:4)} Thou has loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.

^{5 (100:5)} Him that privily speaks against his neighbour, him have I driven from me: he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart, — with him I have not eaten. ^{6 (100:6)} Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walked in a perfect way, the same ministered to me. ^{7 (100:7)} The proud doer dwelt not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight.

²³ The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

²⁵ And if thou shouldest lend money to thy poor brother who is by thee, thou shalt not be hard upon him thou shalt not exact usury of him. ²⁶ And if thou take thy neighbour's garment for a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before sunset.

³⁵ And if thy brother who is with thee become poor, and he fail in resources with thee, thou shalt help him as a stranger and a sojourner, and thy brother shall live with thee. ³⁶ Thou shalt not receive from him interest, nor increase: and thou shalt fear thy God: I am the Lord: and thy brother shall live with thee. ³⁷ Thou shalt not lend thy money to him at interest, and thou shalt not lend thy meat to him to be returned with increase.

⁵ And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the nobles. ⁶ And I was much grieved as I heard their cry and these words. ⁷ And my heart took counsel within me, and I contended against the nobles, and the princes, and I said to them, Should every man demand of his brother what ye demand? And I appointed against them a great assembly,

^{3 (12:3)} Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

² The rich and the poor meet together; but the Lord made them both.

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. ¹⁸ And I said, My age shall continue as the stem of a palm-tree; I shall live a long while.

^{2 (71:2)} that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. ^{3 (71:3)} Let the mountains and the hills raise peace to thy people: ^{4 (71:4)} he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

^{12 (71:12)} For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper. ^{13 (71:13)} He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy. ^{14 (71:14)} He shall redeem their souls from usury and injustice: and their name shall be precious before him.

^{2 (81:2)} How long will ye judge unrighteously, and accept the persons of sinners? Pause. ^{3 (81:3)} Judge the orphan and poor: do justice to the low and needy.

^{2 (88:2)} For thou hast said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy truth shall be established in the heavens.

²⁸ Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness.

⁵ Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

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

⁴ A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it.

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

⁶ For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him. ⁷ His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: it shall be upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it, and to support it with judgement and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

⁴ but he shall judge the cause of the lowly, and shall reprove the lowly of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the word of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he destroy the ungodly one.

¹⁶ They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.

^{27 (4:24)} Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.

⁶ And his father never at any time checked him, saying, Why hast thou done thus? and he was also very handsome in appearance, and his mother bore him after Abessalom.

⁵ A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.

²⁴ He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.

²¹ and the heart of a fool is grief to its possessor. A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; but a wise son gladdens his mother.

²⁵ A foolish son is a cause of anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.

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¹⁵ Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

¹³ Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. ¹⁴ For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

¹⁷ Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul.

²¹ He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.

^{34 (36:34)} Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are destroyed, thou shalt see it.

^{36 (36:36)} Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

^{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 (90:8)} Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe and see the reward of sinners.

^{9 (91:9)} For, behold, thine enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

^{11 (91:11)} And mine eye has seen mine enemies, and mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.

^{8 (111:8)} His heart is established, he shall not fear, till he shall see his desire upon his enemies.

² When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.

¹⁵ Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.

²⁵ And when Moses saw that the people was scattered, — for Aaron had scattered them so as to be a rejoicing to their enemies, —

¹ And the child Samuel ministered to the Lord before Heli the priest: and the word of the Lord was precious in those days, there was no distinct vision.

¹⁹ For the Lord humbled Juda because of Achaz king of Juda, because he grievously departed from the Lord.

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. ² But his pleasure is in the law of the Lord; and in his law will he meditate day and night.

^{11 (18:11)} For thy servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them there is great reward.

^{9 (73:9)} We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more.

^{2 (118:2)} Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.

¹⁶ He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall perish.

⁶ My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and as thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

¹¹ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send forth a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the word of the Lord. ¹² And the waters shall be troubled from sea to sea, and from the north to the east shall men run hither and thither, seeking the word of the Lord, and they shall not find it.

¹⁶ I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated him.

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

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

²⁹ A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

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

¹¹ A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part.

^{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.

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

¹⁷ A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.

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.

¹⁹ A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

²⁴ Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man:

²¹ A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.

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.

² And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no. ³ And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.

¹⁶ who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

²⁵ But Ezekias did not recompense the Lord according to the return which he made him, but his heart was lifted up: and wrath came upon him, and upon Juda and Jerusalem. ²⁶ And Ezekias humbled himself after the exaltation of his heart, he and the dwellers in Jerusalem; and the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Ezekias.

¹⁰ And the Lord spoke to Manasses, and to his people: but they hearkened not. ¹¹ And the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, and they took Manasses in bonds, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon. ¹² And when he was afflicted, he sought the face of the Lord his God, and was greatly humbled before the face of the God of his fathers;

²³ And he was not humbled before the Lord as his father Manasses was humbled; for his son Amon abounded in transgression. ²⁴ And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his house.

²⁹ Because thou hast humbled thyself; and thou shalt say, Man has behaved proudly, but he shall save him that is of lowly eyes.

^{12 (40:7)} Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly.

² Wherever pride enters, there will be also disgrace: but the mouth of the lowly meditates wisdom.

³³ The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith.

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

¹² Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.

¹¹ For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

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:

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?

^{30 (4:27)} the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory? ^{31 (4:28)} While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, saying, To thee, king Nabuchodonosor, they say, The kingdom has departed from thee. ^{32 (4:29)} And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the wild beasts of the field, and they shall feed thee with grass as an ox: and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and he will give it to whomsoever he shall please. ^{33 (4:30)} In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor: and he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hairs were grown like lions' hairs, and his nails as birds' claws. ^{34 (4:31)} And at the end of the time I Nabuchodonosor lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised him that lives for ever, and gave him glory; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom lasts to all generations: ^{35 (4:32)} and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done? ^{36 (4:33)} At the same time my reason returned to me, and I came to the honour of my kingdom; and my natural form returned to me, and my princes, and my nobles, sought me, and I was established in my kingdom, and more abundant majesty was added to me. ^{37 (4:34)} Now therefore I Nabuchodonosor praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all his works are true, and his paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride he is able to abase.

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his honour was taken from him. ²¹ And he was driven forth from men; and his heart was given him after the nature of wild beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; and they fed him with grass as an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the most high God is Lord of the kingdom of men, and will give it to whomsoever he shall please.

¹ And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and he is a witness or has seen or been conscious, if he do not report it, he shall bear his iniquity.

² And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver which thou tookest of thyself, and about which thou cursedst me, and spokest in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it: and his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord.

^{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. ^{22 (49:22)} Now consider these things, ye that forget God, lest he rend you, and there is no deliverer.

¹¹ If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: ¹² and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth: ¹³ let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils: ¹⁴ but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch: ¹⁵ go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths: ¹⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ¹⁷ for nets are not without cause spread for birds. ¹⁸ For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

³² But the adulterer through want of sense procures destruction to his soul.

³⁶ But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

³² He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul.

² The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.

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

¹¹ And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman. ¹² It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see thee, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall slay me, but they shall save thee alive. ¹³ Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.

² And Abraam said concerning Sarrha his wife, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the city should kill him for her sake. So Abimelech king of Gerara sent and took Sarrha.

¹¹ And Abraam said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

⁷ And the men of the place questioned him concerning Rebecca his wife, and he said, She is my sister, for he feared to say, She is my wife, lest at any time the men of the place should slay him because of Rebecca, because she was fair.

²² And Aaron said to Moses, Be not angry, my lord, for thou knowest the impetuosity of this people. ²³ For they say to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this man Moses, who brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what is become of him. ²⁴ And I said to them, If any one has golden ornaments, take them off; and they gave them me, and I cast them into the fire, and there came out this calf.

²⁴ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and thy direction; for I feared the people, and I hearkened to their voice.

¹ And David said in his heart, Now shall I be one day delivered for death into the hands of Saul; and there is no good thing for me unless I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul should cease from seeking me through every coast of Israel: so I shall escape out of his hand.

¹¹ And I have not saved man or woman alive to bring them to Geth, saying, Lest they carry a report to Geth against us, saying, These things David does. And this was his manner all the days that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

³ And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee to the land of Juda, and he left his servant there.

²⁰ and they prevailed against them: and the Agaraeans were given into their hands, they and all their tents: for they cried to God in the battle, and he hearkened to them, because they trusted on him.

^{29 (68:29)} I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.

^{14 (90:14)} For he has hoped in me, and I will deliver him: I will protect him, because he has known my name.

^{8 (117:8)} It is better to trust in the Lord than to trust in man.

^{1 (124:1)} A Song of Degrees. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he that dwells in Jerusalem shall never be moved.

²⁰ He who is skillful in business finds good: but he that trusts in God is most blessed.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.

²⁵ An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.

⁵ For all the words of God are tried in the fire, and he defends those that reverence him.

^{18 (7:19)} It is well for thee to hold fast by this; also by this defile not thine hand: for to them that fear God all things shall come forth well.

¹¹ Through dread of whom hast thou feared, and lied against me, and has not remembered, nor considered me, nor regarded me, yea, though when I see thee I pass they by, yet thou hast not feared me.

²⁸ And king Nabuchodonosor answered and said, Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants, because they trusted in him; and they have changed the king's word, and delivered their bodies to be burnt, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

²³ Then the king was very glad for him, and he commanded to bring Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and there was found no hurt upon him, because he believed in his God.

¹⁴ And my God give you favour in the sight of the man, and send away your other brother, and Benjamin, for I accordingly as I have been bereaved, am bereaved.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; ²⁸ and has given me favour in the eyes of the king, and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.

¹¹ Turn not away, I pray thee, O Lord, but let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and cause him to find mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cup-bearer.

¹⁶ Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast ye for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.

^{9 (19:9)} O Lord, save the king: and hear us in whatever day we call upon thee.

^{12 (61:12)} and mercy is thine, O Lord; for thou wilt recompense every one according to his works.

^{7 (16:5A)} The beginning of a good way is to do justly; and it is more acceptable with God than to offer sacrifices.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.

¹ As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out.

⁹ and remember the former things that were of old: for I am God, and there is none other beside me, ¹⁰ telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned: ¹¹ calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought him; I have created and made him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

⁴ Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgement with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

^{35 (4:32)} and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done?

^{115 (118:115)} Depart from me, ye evil-doers; for I will search out the commandments of my God.

^{21 (138:21)} Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hate thee? and wasted away because of thine enemies?

⁹ The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.

¹⁰ Bloody men hate a holy person, but the upright will seek his soul.

⁸ And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.