Proverbs 20 Cross References - CAB

¹ Wine is a mocker, and strong drink full of violence; but every fool is entangled with them. ² The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul. ³ It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing, but every fool is entangled with such matters. ⁴ A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed; so also he who borrows grain in harvest. ⁵ Counsel in a man's heart is deep water, but a prudent man will draw it out. ⁶ A man is valuable and a merciful man precious, but it is hard to find a faithful man. ⁷ He that walks blameless in justice shall leave his children blessed. ⁸ Whenever a righteous king sits on the throne, no evil thing can stand before his presence. ⁹ Who will boast that he has a pure heart? Or who will boldly say that he is pure from sins? ¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are an abomination before the Lord, and so is he that makes them. ¹¹ A youth when in company with a godly man, will be restrained in his devices, and then his way will be straight. ¹² The ear hears, and the eye sees; even both of them are the Lord's work. ¹³ Love not to speak ill, lest you be cut off: open your eyes, and be filled with bread. ¹⁴ (TEXT OMITTED) ¹⁵ (TEXT OMITTED) ¹⁶ (TEXT OMITTED) ¹⁷ (TEXT OMITTED) ¹⁸ (TEXT OMITTED) ¹⁹ (TEXT OMITTED) ²⁰ The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyes shall see darkness. ²¹ A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end. ²² Say not, I will avenge myself on my enemy, but wait on the Lord, that He may help you. ²³ A double weight is an abomination to the Lord, and a deceitful balance is not good in His sight. ²⁴ A man's steps are directed by the Lord: how then can a mortal understand His ways? ²⁵ It is a snare to a man hastily to consecrate some of his own property: for in that case repentance comes after vowing. ²⁶ A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them. ²⁷ The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searches the inmost parts of the belly. ²⁸ Mercy and truth are a guard to a king, and will surround his throne with righteousness. ²⁹ Wisdom is an ornament to young men, and gray hairs are the glory of old men. ³⁰ Bruises and contusions befall bad men, and plagues shall come in the inward parts of their belly.

²¹ And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house. ²² And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and he went out and told his two brothers outside. ²³ And Shem and Japheth, having taken a garment, put it on both their backs and went backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their face was backward, and they saw not the nakedness of their father.

³¹ And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who shall come in to us, as it is fit in all the earth. ³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father. ³³ So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up. ³⁴ And it came to pass on the next day, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept last night with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and you go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose. ³⁶ And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunk. And she told him nothing great or small till the morning light. ³⁷ And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, that his wife told him these words. And his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

¹³ And David called him, and he ate before him and drank, and he made him drunk. And he went out in the evening to lie upon his bed with the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

²⁸ And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Take notice when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and kill him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

¹⁶ And he went forth at noon, and the son of Hadad was drinking and getting drunk in Succhoth, he and the kings, even thirty-two kings, his allies. ¹⁷ And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they sent and reported to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria. ¹⁸ And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive; ¹⁹ and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them ²⁰ killed each one the man next to him; and each one a second time killed the man next to him. And Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Hadad, the king of Syria, escaped on the horse of a horseman. ²¹ And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and attacked the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

²⁹ Who has woe? Who has trouble? Who has quarrels? And who complains and disputes? Who has bruises without a cause? Whose eyes are livid? ³⁰ Are not those of them that stay long at wine? Are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them openly. ³¹ For if you should set your eyes on bowls and cups, you shall afterwards go more naked than a pestle. ³² But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. ³³ Whenever your eyes shall behold a strange woman, then your mouth shall speak perverse things. ³⁴ And you shall lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. ³⁵ And you shall say, They struck 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?

⁴ Princes are prone to anger: let them then not drink wine:

²² Woe to the strong of you that drink wine, and the mighty that mingle strong drink;

⁷ For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink; the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred; this is their vision.

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¹¹ The heart of My people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

⁵ In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

¹⁵ Woe to him that gives his neighbor to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts. ¹⁶ Drink also your fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon you, and dishonor has gathered upon your glory.

¹⁰ nor covetous, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor abusive people, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹ envies, murders, drinking bouts, revelries, and the like; which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ And do not get drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,

³⁸ of these sinners against their own souls, and make for them hammered plates as a covering for the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.

²³ And King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if it be not that Adonijah has spoken this word against his own life.

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

¹⁴ The anger of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify him. ¹⁵ The son of a king is in the light of life, and they that are in favor with him are as a cloud of latter rain.

¹² The threatening of a king is like the roaring of a lion, but as dew on the grass, so is his favor.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your place; for soothing will put an end to great offenses.

¹⁰ I will go after the Lord: He shall utter His voice as a lion. For He shall roar, and the children of the waters shall be amazed.

⁸ A lion shall roar, and who will not be alarmed? The Lord God has spoken, and who will not prophesy?

¹⁰ You have devised shame to your house, you have utterly destroyed many nations, and your soul has sinned.

⁹ And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife; and the wild beasts of the field that were in Lebanon passed by and trod down the thistle.

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

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

³² A man slow to anger is better than a strong man, and he that governs his temper better than he that takes a city.

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

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

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

²⁴ A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest, and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.

⁸ Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest you repent at last. ⁹ Whenever your friend shall reproach you, retreat backward, despise him not; ¹⁰ lest your friend continue to reproach you, so your quarrel and enmity shall not depart, but shall be to you like death. ^(25:10A) Favor and friendship set a man free, which you shall keep for yourself, lest you be made liable to reproach; but take heed to your ways peaceably.

⁶ to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved. ⁷ In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace ⁸ which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and insight,

³² And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as also God in Christ forgave us.

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

¹ From where come wars and disputes among you? Is it not from here, from your lusts, which war in your members?

¹⁰ You sleep a little, and you rest a little, and you slumber a short time, and you fold your arms over your breast a little. ¹¹ Then poverty comes upon you as an evil traveler, and your need as a swift courier. ^(6:11A) But if you be diligent, your harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

⁴ Poverty brings a man low, but the hands of the vigorous make rich. ^(10:4A) A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.

⁴ Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

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

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

³⁴ But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your need like a swift courier.

¹³ A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the road, 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.

³ Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them, ⁴ but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ⁶ And at midnight a cry was heard: 'Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!' ⁷ "Then all those virgins arose, and they trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' ⁹ "But the wise answered, saying, 'No, lest there should not be enough for you and us; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.' ¹⁰ "But as they went away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut.

²⁴ "Then the one having received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you, that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. ²⁵ And being afraid, I went off and hid your talent in the ground. Look, you have what is yours.' ²⁶ "But his lord answered and said to him, 'You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter. ²⁷ Therefore you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what is mine with interest. ²⁸ Therefore take the talent from him, and give it to him who has the ten talents.

⁵ But also for this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge, ⁶ and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control perseverance, and with perseverance godliness, ⁷ and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love. ⁸ For if these things belong to you and are increasing, it makes you neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For he who lacks these things is blind, being shortsighted, having forgotten the cleansing of his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at any time. ¹¹ For in this way the entrance will be supplied to you richly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

⁶ They have searched out iniquity; they have wearied themselves with searching diligently, a man shall approach and the heart is deep,

⁴ A word in the heart of a man is a deep water, and a river and fountain of life spring forth.

¹¹ For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

¹ For the end, A Psalm of David, upon the eighth. Save me, O Lord; for the godly man has failed; for truth is diminished from among the children of men.

¹⁴ As winds and clouds and rains are most evident objects, so is he that boasts of a false gift.

² Let your neighbor, and not your own mouth, praise you; a stranger, and not your own lips.

²⁸ which my soul sought after, but I found not; for I have found one man of a thousand; but a woman in all these I have not found.

¹ Run about in the streets of Jerusalem and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you can find one, if there is anyone that executes judgment, and seeks faithfulness, and I will pardon them, says the Lord.

² For the godly has perished from the earth; and there is none upright among men: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict everyone his neighbor.

² Whenever therefore you do charitable giving, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by men. Assuredly I say to you, they receive their reward in full.

⁸ I tell you that He will execute justice for them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

²⁸ Then Peter said, "See, we have left all and followed You."

³³ But he said to Him, "Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death."

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!"

¹¹ I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me! For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing have I been inferior to the super apostles, though I am nothing.

⁷ And I will establish My covenant between you and your seed after you, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be your God, and the God of your seed after you.

² He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

¹ A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence; and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

¹¹ But I have walked in my innocence; redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

²⁶ He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

² His seed shall be mighty in the earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

²² A good man shall inherit children's children, and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.

² He that walks uprightly fears the Lord, but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonored.

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

³⁹ And I will give them another way, and another heart, to fear Me continually, and that for good to them and their children after them.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

³⁹ "For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call."

¹² For our boasting is this: the testimony of our conscience, that we have conducted ourselves in the world in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God, and especially toward you.

¹¹ For the saving grace of God has appeared to all men, ¹² teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

³ For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and witnessed to the truth which is in you, just as you walk in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear that my children are walking in truth.

³ And the men of David said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judea; and how shall it be if we go to Keilah? Shall we go after the spoils of the Philistines? ⁴ And David inquired yet again of the Lord; and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hands.

⁴ And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, from the light of which the Lord passed on, and as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth.

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.

⁹ For behold, Your enemies shall perish; and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

⁴ And the king's honor loves judgment; You have prepared equity, You have established judgment and justice in Jacob.

⁶ My 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 He that is proud dwelled not in the midst of my house; the unjust speaker prospered not in my sight. ⁸ Early did I slay all the sinners of the land, that I might destroy out of the city of the Lord all that work iniquity.

¹² An evildoer is an abomination to a king, for the throne of rule is established by righteousness.

²⁶ A wise king utterly crushes the ungodly, and will bring a wheel upon them.

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

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

¹ For behold, a righteous king shall reign, and princes shall govern with judgment.

⁴⁶ If it be that they shall sin against You, (for there is not a man who will not sin) and You shall bring them and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them to a land far or near,

³⁶ Whereas if they shall sin against You, (for there is no man who will not sin) and You shall smite them, and deliver them up before their enemies, and they that take them captive shall carry them away into a land of enemies, to a land far off or near;

⁴ For who shall be pure from uncleanness? Not even one;

¹⁴ For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? Or who that is born of a woman, that he should be just?

⁴ For how shall a mortal be just before the Lord? Or who that is born of a woman shall purify himself?

⁵ For behold, I was conceived in iniquities, and in sins did my mother conceive me.

²⁰ For there is not a righteous man in the earth who will do good, and not sin.

⁴ For I am conscious of nothing, but I have not been justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.

² For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a mature man, able also to bridle the whole body.

⁸ If we claim that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we claim that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

³⁵ You shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.

²⁵ You shall burn with fire the graven images of their gods: you shall not covet their silver, neither shall you take to yourself gold from them, lest you should offend thereby, because it is an abomination to the Lord your God. ²⁶ And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, so should you be an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly detest it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.

¹³ You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light. ¹⁴ You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. ¹⁵ You shall have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that you may live long upon the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance.

¹ False balances are an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is acceptable unto Him.

¹¹ The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord, and his works are righteous measures.

²³ A double weight is an abomination to the Lord, and a deceitful balance is not good in His sight.

⁴ Hear now this, you that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth, ⁵ saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair? ⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit. ⁷ The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.

¹⁰ Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that with the pride of unrighteousness? ¹¹ Shall the wicked be justified by the balanced, or deceitful weights in the bag,

⁸ But the cowardly, and unbelieving, and sinners, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and drug users, and idolaters, and all who are false shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

³ Sinners have gone astray from the womb; they go astray from the belly; they speak lies.

⁸ To the crooked, God sends crooked ways, but as for the pure, his work is right.

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

¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grape clusters from thorns, or figs from thistles?

¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, while still in his mother's womb.

⁶⁶ And all those who heard them kept them in their hearts, saying, "What kind of child will this be?" And the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ Now it came to pass that after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them and questioning them. ⁴⁷ And those who heard Him were astonished at His understanding and His answers.

⁴³ "For a good tree does not produce rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree produce good fruit. ⁴⁴ For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes from a thorn bush.

¹¹ And the Lord said to Moses, Who has given a mouth to man, and who has made the very hard of hearing, and the deaf, the seeing and the blind? Have not I, God?

⁹ He that planted the ear, does He not hear? Or He that formed the eye, does not He perceive?

¹⁸ Unveil my eyes, and I shall perceive the wondrous things of Your law.

¹³ Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: 'Hearing you shall hear and by no means understand, and seeing you shall see and by no means perceive. ¹⁵ For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes have closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, lest they should understand with their hearts and turn back, that I should heal them.' ¹⁶ "But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the authority of Satan to God, in order for them to receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, ¹⁸ the eyes of your heart having been enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,

⁹ How long will you lie, O sluggard? And when will you awake out of sleep?

¹¹ He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. ^(12:11A) He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonor in his own strongholds.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard. ³¹ If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. ³² Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction. 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. ³⁴ But if you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your need like a swift courier.

⁶ And the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, Why do you snore? Arise, and call upon your God, that God may save us, and we perish not.

¹¹ not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

¹¹ And do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for us to be roused out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

³⁴ Awake to righteousness, and do not sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

¹⁴ Therefore He says: "Awake, you who are sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone is not willing to work, neither let him eat!

¹⁰ Who is he that shall speak and say, Behold, this is new? It has already been in the ages that have passed before us.

⁷ As for Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize. ⁸ And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment for myself. None of his labors shall be found available to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.

⁶ that no one should transgress against and to defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger concerning all, just as we told you before and solemnly testified.

¹² But where has wisdom been discovered? And where is the place of understanding? ¹³ A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. ¹⁴ The depth said, It is not in me, and the sea said, It is not with me. ¹⁵ One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. ¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and crystal shall not be equaled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. ¹⁸ Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned, but do you esteem wisdom above the most precious things. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equaled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.

¹⁵ And she is more valuable than precious stones: no evil thing shall resist her. She is well known to all that approach her, and no precious thing is equal to her in value.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones; and no valuable substance is of equal worth with it.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is choice silver, but the heart of the ungodly shall fail. ²¹ The lips of the righteous know sublime truths, but the foolish die in want.

⁷ The lips of the wise are bound by discretion, but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

²³ A bad man will by no means obey counsel, neither will he say anything seasonable, or of good report.

¹⁶ The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

²¹ Men call the wise and understanding evil, but they that are pleasing in speech shall hear more.

²⁴ Good words are like honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

¹² In an earring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.

⁹ And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught men excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth. ¹¹ The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails firmly fastened, which have been given from one shepherd by agreement.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear apart from a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, of those preaching the gospel of good things!"

²⁹ Let no corrupt word proceed from your mouth, but only what is good for edification, that it may give grace to them that hear.

²⁶ And if you take your neighbor's garment for a pledge, you shall restore it to him before sunset. ²⁷ For this is his clothing, this is the only covering of his nakedness; how shall he sleep? If then he shall cry to Me, I will hearken to him, for I am merciful.

¹⁶ to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake you,

³ for honey drops from the lips of a harlot, who for a season pleases your palate;

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

¹⁰ and the woman meets him having the appearance of a harlot, that causes the hearts of young men to flutter.

¹⁵ A bad man does harm wherever he meets a just man, and he hates the sound of safety.

²⁶ Become not surety from respect of a man's person. ²⁷ For if those have not anything to give compensation, they will take the bed that is under you.

²⁷ For a strange house is a vessel full of holes, and a strange well is narrow.

¹³ Take away the man's garment, (for a scorner has passed by) whoever lays waste another's goods.

^{6 (3:7)} And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to contemplate, and having taken of its fruit she ate, and she gave to her husband also with her, and they ate. ^{7 (3:8)} And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves coverings to go around them.

¹² Though evil be sweet in his mouth, though he will hide it under his tongue; ¹³ though he will not spare it, and will not leave it, but will keep it in the midst of his throat: ¹⁴ yet he shall not at all be able to help himself; the gall of an asp is in his belly. ¹⁵ His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house. ¹⁶ And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him. ¹⁷ Let him not see the milk of the pastures, nor the supplies of honey and butter. ¹⁸ He has labored unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow. ¹⁹ For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men, and he has plundered a house, though he built it not. ²⁰ There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire.

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with the wine of transgression.

¹⁷ Take and enjoy secret bread, and the sweet water of theft. ¹⁸ But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. ^(9:18A) But hasten away, do not delay in the place, neither fix your eye upon her; ^(9:18B) for thus shall you go through strange water; ^(9:18C) but abstain from strange water, and do not drink from a strange fountain, ^(9:18D) that you may live long, and years of life may be added to you.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart blameless, but not in the sight of your eyes: yet know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

¹⁵ ( { ε}) VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, He has drenched me with gall. ¹⁶ And He has dashed out my teeth with gravel, He has fed me with ashes.

²⁵ choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary pleasure of sin,

¹ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? ² And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁹ If only this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech, and I would say to him, Multiply your host, and come out.

⁷ Behold, all you are children of Israel; and consider and take counsel here among yourselves.

¹⁸ And they arose and went up to Bethel, and inquired of God. And the children of Israel said, Who shall go up for us first to fight with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first as leader.

²³ And the children of Israel went up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we again draw near to battle with our brethren the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Go up against them.

²⁶ And the children of Israel and all the people went up, and came to Bethel. And they wept, and sat there before the Lord; and they fasted on that day until evening, and offered whole burnt offerings and perfect sacrifices before the Lord, ²⁷ for the ark of the Lord God was there in those days, ²⁸ and Phineas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron stood before it in those days; and the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall we yet again go forth to fight with our brethren the sons of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Go up, for tomorrow I will give them into your hands.

²⁶ And Abner called Joab and said, Shall the sword devour perpetually? Know you not that it will be bitter in the end? How long then will you refuse to tell the people to turn from following our brethren? ²⁷ And Joab said, As the Lord lives, if you had not spoken, even from the morning the people had each gone up from following his brother.

¹⁷ And Amaziah king of Judah took counsel, and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, and let us look one another in the face. ¹⁸ And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife; but behold, your wild beasts of the field that are in Lebanon shall come. And the wild beasts did come, and trod down the thistle. ¹⁹ You have said, Behold, I have defeated Edom, and your stout heart exalts you. Now stay at home; for why do you implicate yourself in mischief, that you should fall, and Judah with you? ²⁰ Nevertheless Amaziah hearkened not, for it was of the Lord to deliver him into the enemy's hands, because he sought after the gods of the Edomites. ²¹ So Joash king of Israel went up; and they saw one another, he and Amaziah king of Judah, in Beth Shemesh, which is of Judah. ²² And Judah was put to flight before Israel, and they fled, every man to his tent. ²³ Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

¹⁴ They that have no guidance fall like leaves, but in much counsel there is safety.

²² They that honor not councils put off deliberation, but counsel abides in the hearts of counselors.

⁶ War is carried on with wise counsel, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counselor.

⁸ Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest you repent at last.

³¹ Or what king, going to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

¹⁶ You shall not walk deceitfully among your people; you shall not rise up against the blood of your neighbor: I am the Lord your God.

¹³ A double-tongued man discloses the secret counsels of an assembly, but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

³ He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life, but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

²⁹ A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, and leads them in ways that are not good.

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

²¹ My son, fear God and the king, and do not disobey either of them.

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 a railing man for the tumult of strife. ²² The words of a talebearer are soft; but they strike even to the inmost parts of the bowels.

¹⁸ For such people do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and through smooth speech and flattering, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹² Honor your father and your mother, that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the good land, which the Lord your God gives to you.

¹⁷ He that reviles his father or his mother shall surely die.

⁹ Every man who shall speak evil of his father or of his mother, let him die the death; has he spoken evil of his father or his mother? He shall be guilty.

¹⁶ Cursed is the man that dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, So be it.

⁵ But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up. ⁶ His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

¹⁸ Let one drive him from light into darkness.

⁹ The righteous always have light, but the light of the ungodly is quenched. ^(13:9A) Crafty souls go astray in sins, but just men have pity, and are merciful.

²⁰ For the evil man shall have no posterity, and the light of the wicked shall be put out.

¹¹ A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

¹⁷ The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonors the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

⁴ For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who curses father or mother, with death let him die.'

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up hands and feet, take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die.' ¹¹ But you say, 'If a man says to his father or to his mother, "Whatever you might be profited by me is Corban"--' (that is, a gift), ¹² then you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or for his mother, ¹³ thus nullifying the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down. And many similar things you do."

¹³ raging waves on the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars for whom the darkness of the netherworld has been reserved forever.

¹⁶ Even if he should gather silver as dust, and prepare gold as clay, ¹⁷ all these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess His wealth.

⁴ If you are poor, measure not yourself with a rich man, but refrain yourself in your wisdom.

⁸ He that increases his wealth by usury and unjust gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.

²⁰ A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed, but the wicked shall not be unpunished.

²² An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him? And a proverb to tell against him? And they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! How long? And who heavily loads his yoke.

⁴ And I will bring it forth, says the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by My name, and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

² If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to My name, says the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yes, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because you take this not to heart.

⁹ But those desiring to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many senseless and harmful lusts which sink men in destruction and perdition.

³⁵ In the day of vengeance I will recompense, whenever their foot shall be tripped up; for the day of their destruction is near to them, and the judgments at hand are close upon you.

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

¹⁴ Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!

³⁴ Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see it.

¹³ Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not be removed from his house.

²⁹ Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that in which he has injured me.

³¹ but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

²⁵ ( { θ}) TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for Him; the soul which shall seek Him ²⁶ is good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation from the Lord.

³⁹ But I say to you not to resist an evil person. But whoever shall slap you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

¹⁷ Repay no one evil for evil; providing that which is good before all men. ¹⁸ If possible, as much as depends on you, keeping peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but give place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord.

¹⁵ See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue that which is good, both for one another and for all.

²³ who, being verbally abused, did not return verbal insults, when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

⁹ not rendering evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called for this purpose, that you may inherit a blessing.

¹⁹ Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are an abomination before the Lord, and so is he that makes them.

¹⁰ You shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just bath for measure.

⁷ As for Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.

⁵ saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?

⁴ Show me Your ways, O Lord; and teach me Your paths.

¹² Who is the man that fears the Lord? He shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.

²³ The steps of a man are rightly ordered by the Lord; and He will take pleasure in his way.

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

^{9 (16:5C)} All of the works of the Lord are done with righteousness, and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

⁶ I will send My wrath against a sinful nation, and I will command My people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make dust out of them. ⁷ But he does not mean so, neither did he devise thus in his heart; but his mind shall change, and that to destroy nations not a few.

²³ I know, O Lord, that man's way is not his own; neither shall a man go, and direct his going.

²³ And you have exalted yourself against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before you the vessels of His house, and you, your nobles, your mistresses, and your concubines have drunk wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.

²⁸ for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'

¹⁵ The soul which shall be really unconscious, and shall sin unwillingly in any of the holy things of the Lord, shall even bring to the Lord for his transgression, a ram of the flock without blemish, valued according to shekels of silver according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for his transgression in which he transgressed.

¹⁰ And no stranger shall eat the holy things: one that sojourns with a priest, or a hireling, shall not eat the holy things. ¹¹ But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread. ¹² And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary. ¹³ And if the daughter of priest should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her father's house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father's bread, but no stranger shall eat of it. ¹⁴ And the man who shall ignorantly eat holy things, shall add the fifth part to it, and give the holy thing to the priest. ¹⁵ And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord.

⁹ And if it be from the cattle that are offered as a gift to the Lord, whoever shall offer one of these to the Lord, it shall be holy. ¹⁰ He shall not change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he shall change it, a beast for a beast, it and the substitute shall be holy.

³⁰ Every tithe of the land, both of the seed of the land, and of the fruit of trees, is the Lord's, holy to the Lord. ³¹ And if a man should at all redeem his tithe, he shall add the fifth part to it, and it shall be his.

² Any man that shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do. ³ And if a woman shall vow a vow to the Lord, or bind herself with an obligation in her youth in her father's house; and her father should hear her vows and her obligations, wherewith she has bound her soul, and her father should hold his peace at her, then all her vows shall stand, ⁴ and all the obligations with which she has bound her soul, shall remain to her. ⁵ But if her father straitly forbid her in the day in which he shall hear all her vows and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul, they shall not stand; and the Lord shall hold her guiltless, because her father forbade her. ⁶ But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, in respect of the obligations which she has contracted upon her soul; ⁷ and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her in the day in which he should hear, then thus shall all her vows be binding, and her obligations, which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand. ⁸ But if her husband should straitly forbid her in the day in which he should hear her, none of her vows or obligations which she has contracted upon her soul shall stand, because her husband has disallowed her, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless. ⁹ And the vow of a widow and of her that is put away, whatsoever she shall bind upon her soul, shall stand to her. ¹⁰ And if her vow be made in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath, ¹¹ and her husband should hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and all the obligations which she contracted against her soul, shall stand against her. ¹² But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her lips in her vows, and in the obligations contracted upon her soul, shall stand to her; her husband has canceled them, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless. ¹³ Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it. ¹⁴ But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations which she has bound upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her. ¹⁵ And if her husband should in any wise cancel them after the day in which he heard them, then he shall bear his iniquity. ¹⁶ These are the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in her youth in the house of her father.

⁷ A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

⁴ Whenever you shall vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay, therefore, whatsoever you have vowed. ⁵ It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. ⁶ Do not allow your mouth to lead your flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error; lest God be angry at your voice, and destroy the works of your hands.

⁸ Will a man insult God? For you insult Me. But you say, How have we insulted You? In that the tithes and firstfruits are with you still. ⁹ And you do surely look off from Me, and you insult Me. ¹⁰ The year is completed, and you have brought all the produce into the storehouses; but there shall be the plunder thereof in its house: return now on this behalf, says the Lord Almighty, see if I will not open to you the torrents of heaven, and pour out My blessing upon you, until you are satisfied.

³³ "Again you have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'You shall not swear falsely, but you shall pay your oaths to the Lord.'

⁹ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon 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 killed him in Ziklag, to whom I ought, as he thought, to have given a reward or his tidings. ¹¹ And now evil men have slain a righteous men in his house, and on his bed. Now then, I will require his blood from your hand, and I will destroy you from off the earth. ¹² And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet; and they hung them up at the fountain in Hebron. And they buried the head of Ishbosheth in the tomb of Abner the son of Ner.

³¹ And he brought forth the people that were in it, and put them under the saw, and under iron harrows, and axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus he did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

⁵ Him that secretly speaks against his neighbor, him have I driven from me; he that is proud in look and insatiable in heart — with him I have not eaten.

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

²⁷ For the black poppy is not cleansed with harsh treatment, nor will a wagon wheel pass over the cumin; but the black poppy is threshed with a rod, and the cumin shall be eaten with bread; ²⁸ for I will not be angry with you forever, neither shall the voice of My anger crush you.

⁷ And God formed the man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

⁸ but there is a spirit in mortals, and the inspiration of the Almighty is that which teaches.

³⁰ Bruises and contusions befall bad men, and plagues shall come in the inward parts of their belly.

¹⁵ who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience witnessing with them, and among themselves their thoughts accuse or even defend them),

² but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor falsifying the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience before God. ³ But even if our gospel is hidden, it is hidden among those who are perishing, ⁴ among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them. ⁵ For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ Because it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

¹² For the word of God is living and effectual, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And there is no creature hidden before Him, but all things are naked and open to His eyes, to whom we must give an account.

¹⁹ And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. ²⁰ Because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and He knows all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God.

⁷ For the king trusts in the Lord, and through the mercy of the Highest he shall not be moved.

⁷ He shall endure forever before God. Which of them shall seek out His mercy and truth?

¹ A Psalm of David. I will sing to You, O Lord, of mercy and judgment; I will sing a psalm,

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⁵ And a throne shall be established with mercy; and one shall sit upon it with truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and earnestly seeking judgments, and hastening righteousness.

³² You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and shall fear your God: I am the Lord your God.

³¹ Old age is a crown of honor, but it is found in the ways of righteousness.

²³ Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth; ²⁴ but let him that boasts boast in this: the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercises mercy, and judgment, and righteousness upon the earth; for in these things is My pleasure, says the Lord.

¹⁴ I wrote to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

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

⁹ Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I have taken away his sin; when they have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off.

⁵ But He was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and by His stripes we are healed.

¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days were disciplining us, as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, in order to partake of His holiness.