Proverbs 13 Cross References - LEB

¹ A wise child hears the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke. ² From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire* of the treacherous, wrongdoing. ³ He who keeps his mouth guards his life;* he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him. ⁴ The soul* of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied. ⁵ The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and _⌊disgrace_⌋.* ⁶ Righteousness will guard the upright of way, but wickedness will overthrow sin. ⁷ There is one who acts rich but _⌊has nothing_⌋;* another who pretends to be poor but has wealth. ⁸ The ransom of the life of a man is his wealth, but the poor does not receive a threat. ⁹ The light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out. ¹⁰ Only by insolence is strife set up, and wisdom is with those who take advice. ¹¹ Wealth gained from haste* will dwindle, but he who gathers _⌊little by little_⌋* will increase it. ¹² Hope that is deferred makes the heart* sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ¹³ He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded. ¹⁴ The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, in order to avoid the snares of death. ¹⁵ Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse. ¹⁶ Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly. ¹⁷ A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful brings healing. ¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace belong to him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored. ¹⁹ A desire _⌊fulfilled_⌋* will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil. ²⁰ Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm. ²¹ Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous _⌊will be rewarded with prosperity_⌋.* ²² He who is good will leave an inheritance to _⌊his grandchildren_⌋,* and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner. ²³ There is much food in the field of the poor, but _⌊it is swept away_⌋* by _⌊injustice_⌋.* ²⁴ He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him _⌊gives him_⌋* discipline. ²⁵ The righteous eats to satisfy his life,* but the belly of the wicked will lack.

²⁵ If a man sins against a man, then God can intercede for him. But if a man sins against Yahweh, who can intercede for him?" But they did not _⌊obey_⌋* their father, because Yahweh wanted to kill them.

¹ Children, listen to the instruction of a father, and be attentive in order to know insight. ² For I have given you good instruction; do not forsake my teaching. ³ When I was a son to my father, tender and alone before my mother, ⁴ he taught me and said to me, "May your heart hold fast to my words; guard my commandments and live. ⁵ Get wisdom and insight; do not forget and do not turn from the sayings of my mouth. ⁶ Do not forsake her—then she will guard you; love her and she will keep you. ⁷ The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! With all that is in your possession, gain insight. ⁸ Cherish her and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. ⁹ She will give a garland for your head; she shall bestow a crown of glory upon you." ¹⁰ Listen, my child, take my sayings, and the years of your life shall be great. ¹¹ In the way of wisdom I have instructed you; I have led you in the path of uprightness. ¹² _⌊When you walk_⌋,* your step will not be hampered, and if you run, you will not stumble. ¹³ Seize the instruction! Do not let go! Guard her, for she is your life. ¹⁴ In the path of the wicked do not go; do not walk in the way of those who do evil.

²⁰ My child, be attentive to my words; to my sayings incline your ear. ²¹ May they not escape from your _⌊sight_⌋;* keep them in the midst of your heart. ²² For they are life to those who find them and healing _⌊to the entire body_⌋.*

⁷ He who corrects a scoffer gains abuse for himself, and he who rebukes the wicked _⌊gets hurt_⌋.* ⁸ Do not rebuke a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke the wise and he will love you.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom, but there is none, but knowledge _⌊comes easily to him who understands_⌋.*

⁵ A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.

²⁰ A child of wisdom will make a father glad, but a _⌊foolish person_⌋,* he despises his mother.

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of Yahweh, men of mockery, rulers of these people in Jerusalem: ¹⁵ Because you have said,
"We have _⌊made_⌋* a covenant with death, and we have made an agreement with Sheol.
The overwhelming flood, when it passes through, will not come to us,
for we have made lies* our refuge, and we have hidden ourselves in falsehood."

⁸ For there is a cup in the hand of Yahweh with* wine that foams, fully mixed, and he pours out from this. Surely all the wicked of the land _⌊will quaff it down to its dregs_⌋. *

¹¹ Do not let a _⌊slanderer_⌋* be established in the land; as for the man of violence, let evil hunt him quickly.

¹¹ If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.* ¹² Like Sheol,* we will swallow them alive and whole, _⌊like those who descend to the pit_⌋.* ¹³ We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses with booty,

¹⁸ They lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives.

³¹ They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,

¹⁷ For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.

¹¹ A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.

¹⁴ From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he is filled with good, and the reward of _⌊a man's labor_⌋* will return to him.

²⁰ From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach will be satisfied, as for the yield of his lips, it will satisfy.

²⁷ "And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Drink and become drunk, and vomit, and fall, and you must not rise because of the _⌊presence_⌋* of the sword that I am sending among you." ' ²⁸ And it will happen, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "You must certainly drink! ²⁹ For look, on the city that is called _⌊by_⌋* my name I am beginning to inflict harm, and you indeed, will you go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh of hosts.' ³⁰ And you yourself shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them:
'Yahweh will roar from on high, and from _⌊his holy dwelling place_⌋* he will give his voice. He will roar mightily against his settlement, a jubilant shout like those who tread grapes, he will answer against all the inhabitants of the earth. ³¹ The rage of battle will resound to the end of the earth, for there is a lawsuit of Yahweh against the nations. He is entering into judgment with all wicked flesh, he will give them to the sword,' _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh."

⁸ Because you plundered many nations, all the remaining nations will plunder you on account of the blood of humanity and violence against the land, and against cities and all who live in them.

¹⁷ For the violence of Lebanon will cover you, and the destruction of wild animals will shatter them on account of the blood of humanity, and the violence against the land, against a city and all the inhabitants in it.

⁶ because they have poured out the blood of the saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; they are deserving!"

¹ For the music director. For Jeduthun.* A psalm of David.*
I said, "I will guard my ways _⌊that I may not sin_⌋* with my tongue. I will keep a muzzle over my mouth as long as the wicked are before me."

¹⁹ In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

¹³ By the transgression of lips, evil is ensnared, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.*

²¹ Death and life are in the _⌊power_⌋* of the tongue, and those who love her* will eat of her fruit.

¹⁹ He reveals a secret, he who walks about with gossip, and do not associate with a babbler's lips.

²³ He who guards his mouth and his tongue, he guards his life* from danger.

³⁶ But I tell you that every worthless word that they speak, people will give an account for it on the day of judgment! ³⁷ For by your words you will be vindicated, and by your words you will be condemned."

²⁶ If anyone thinks he is religious, although he* does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.

² For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual,* able to hold in check his whole body also. ³ And if we put bits in the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we also guide their whole bodies. ⁴ Behold also ships: although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot wishes. ⁵ So also the tongue is a small member of the body* and boasts great things. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire! The world of unrighteousness,* the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire _⌊the course of human existence_⌋*, being set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every species of animals and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is being tamed and has been tamed by the human species, ⁸ but no human being is able to tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless the* Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. ¹⁰ From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so! ¹¹ A spring does not pour forth from the same opening fresh and bitter water, does it?* ¹² A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to produce olives, or a grapevine figs. Neither can a saltwater spring produce fresh water.

¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or as a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!"

¹⁴ They will still prosper in old age. They will be fat and luxuriant,*

² in order to incline your ear toward wisdom, then you shall apply your heart to understanding. ³ For if you cry out for understanding,* if you lift* your voice for insight, ⁴ if you seek her like silver and search her out _⌊like treasure_⌋,* ⁵ then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, and the knowledge of God you will find. ⁶ For Yahweh will give wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. ⁷ For the upright, he stores* sound judgment, a shield for those who walk uprightly, ⁸ in order to guard paths of justice and keep* the way of his faithful ones. ⁹ Then you will understand righteousness and justice and uprightness—every good course—

³⁴ Happy is the person who listens to me, in order to keep watch at my doors day by day, in order to guard the frames of my entrances.

⁴ A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

²⁵ A person of blessing will be enriched, and he who gives water also will be refreshed.

¹¹ He who works his land will have plenty of food, but he who follows worthless things lacks _⌊sense_⌋.*

²⁴ The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

¹³ A lazy person says "A lion is in the road! A lion among the streets!"

²⁵ The _⌊greedy person_⌋* will stir up strife, but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

¹¹ And Yahweh will lead you continually, and satisfy your soul in a barren land, and he will strengthen your bones, and you shall be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water whose water does not fail.

²⁷ Do not work for the food that perishes, but the food that remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has set his seal on this one."

¹¹ And we desire each one of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the full assurance of your hope until the end,

⁵ and for this same reason, and by* applying all diligence, supply with your faith excellence of character, and with excellence of character, knowledge, ⁶ and with knowledge, self-control, and with self-control, patient endurance, and with patient endurance, godliness, ⁷ and with godliness, brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love. ⁸ For if* these things are yours and are increasing, this does not make you useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For the one for whom these things are not present is blind, being nearsighted, _⌊having forgotten the cleansing_⌋* of his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, be zealous even more to make your calling and election secure, because if you* do these things, you will never ever stumble. ¹¹ For in this way entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied for you.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood; I love your law.

³⁵ They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

⁸ Keep falsehood and a _⌊lying word_⌋* far from me; do not give me poverty or wealth; provide me with food only for my need.

⁹ And your fugitives will remember me among the nations to which they were taken captive, that I was shattered by _⌊their adulterous heart_⌋* which departed from me, and by _⌊their adulterous eyes_⌋* which went after their idols, and they will feel loathing _⌊for themselves_⌋,* for the evil that they did, for all of their detestable things.

⁴³ And you will remember there your ways, and all of your deeds _⌊by which you were made unclean_⌋,* and you will feel a loathing _⌊for yourself_⌋* for all of your evils that you have done.

³¹ And you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe _⌊yourself_⌋* over* your iniquities and over your detestable things.

² And many from those sleeping _⌊in the dusty ground_⌋* will awake, some to _⌊everlasting life_⌋* and some to disgrace and _⌊everlasting contempt_⌋.*

⁸ And I got rid of three shepherds in one month, for _⌊I grew impatient_⌋* with them, and _⌊they also became tired of me_⌋.*

²⁵ Therefore, putting aside the lie, speak truth each one of you with his neighbor,* because we are members of one another.

⁹ Do not lie to one another, because you* have taken off the old man together with his deeds,

⁸ But as for the cowards and unbelievers and detestable persons and murderers and sexually immoral people and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their share is in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.

²³ He sacrificed to the gods of Damascus that had defeated him and said, "Because the gods of the king of Aram* helped them, I will sacrifice to them so that they will help me." But they were _⌊a disaster_⌋* to him and to all Israel.

² He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for you.

¹ Of David.*
Judge me, O Yahweh, because I have walked in my integrity, and I have trusted Yahweh and not wavered.

²² His iniquities shall ensnare him, the evildoer, and in the vanity of his sin he shall be caught.

³ The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

⁵ The righteousness of the blameless will keep his ways straight, but the wicked will fall by his wickedness. ⁶ The righteousness of the upright will save them, but by a scheme the treacherous will be taken captive.

¹² The righteous observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked to ruin.

²⁴ There is one who gives yet _⌊grows richer_⌋,* but he who withholds _⌊what is right_⌋* only finds need.

⁹ It is better to be lowly and a servant _⌊to someone_⌋* than self-glorifying and lacking food.

¹¹ Wealth gained from haste* will dwindle, but he who gathers _⌊little by little_⌋* will increase it.

¹ Send out your bread on the water, for in many days you will find it. ² Divide your share in seven or in eight, for you do not know what disaster will happen on the earth.

²¹ So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and who is not rich toward God!"

³³ Sell your possessions and give charitable gifts. Make for yourselves money bags that do not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven* where thief does not approach or moth destroy.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and* prayed these things with reference to himself: 'God, I give thanks to you that I am not like other people—swindlers, unrighteous people, adulterers, or even like this tax collector! ¹² I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.' ¹³ But the tax collector, standing far away, did not want even to raise his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that one! For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

⁸ Already you are satiated! Already you are rich! Apart from us you reign as kings! And would that indeed you reigned as kings, in order that we also might reign as kings with you!

¹⁰ We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored! ¹¹ Until the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty and poorly clothed and roughly treated and homeless,

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthenware jars, in order that the extraordinary degree of the power may be from God and not from us.

¹⁰ as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

¹⁹ promising them freedom although they* themselves are slaves of depravity. For to whatever someone succumbs, by this he is also* enslaved.

⁹ 'I know your affliction and poverty (but you are rich), and the slander of those _⌊who call themselves Jews_⌋* and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

¹⁷ Because you are saying, "I am rich, and have become rich, and I have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and pitiable and poor and blind and naked,

³⁰ If a ransom is set on him, he will pay the redemption money for his life according to all that is set on him.

¹⁴ He deported all of Jerusalem: all of the commanders, ten thousand of the skilled warriors, and the artisans; no one was left over except the poorest of the people of the land.

¹² But the poor of the land the commander of the imperial guard left for the vineyards and for tilling.

⁴ Then* Satan* answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that _⌊that_⌋* man has he will give for his life.

⁶ those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches? ⁷ Surely a man cannot redeem a brother. He cannot give to God his ransom ⁸ (since* the redemption price for their life is costly and it always fails), ⁹ so that he may stay alive forever and not see the pit. ¹⁰ For he sees that the wise die, together with the fool and brute they perish, and leave their wealth to the next generation.

³⁵ He will not accept _⌊any compensation_⌋,* and he will not be willing, though the bribe is large.

¹⁰ And some of the poor people, _⌊who had nothing_⌋,* Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,* left in the land of Judah. And he gave them vineyards and fields on that day.

⁸ But ten men were found among them, and they said to Ishmael, "You must not kill us, for _⌊we have_⌋* hidden treasures in the field, wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he refrained and he did not kill them in the midst of their fellow countrymen.

¹² And I will leave in your midst a people afflicted and poor, and they shall take refuge in the name of Yahweh.

²⁶ For what will a person be benefited if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life?

¹⁸ because you* know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life inherited from your ancestors not with perishable things like silver or gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb

³⁶ To his son I will give one tribe in order to be a lamp for my servant David, always before my face, in Jerusalem the city in which I have chosen to place my name.

⁵ Furthermore,* the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire will not shine. ⁶ The light becomes dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.

¹⁷ "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their disaster comes upon them? He* distributes pains in his anger.

³ when his shining lamp was over my head— by his light I walked through darkness—

¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

⁴ His light rises in the darkness for the upright; he is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous ones is like the light of dawn, leading and shining until the day _⌊is full_⌋.*

²⁰ He who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished _⌊in the midst of darkness_⌋.*

²⁰ For there will not be a future for the evil; the lamp of the wicked will die out.

¹⁰ Who among you is in fear of Yahweh, obeys* the voice of his servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light, trusts in the name of Yahweh and depends on his God? ¹¹ Look! All of you are kindlers of fire, who gird yourselves with flaming arrows. Walk in the light of your fire, and among the flaming arrows you have kindled! You shall have this from my hand: you shall lie down in* a place of torment.

¹³ Then the king said to the servants, 'Tie him up _⌊hand and foot_⌋* and* throw him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!'

⁸ And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, 'Give us some of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!'

¹ The men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?"* And they quarreled with him severely. ² And he said to them, "What I have done now in comparison with you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer? ³ God has given into your hand the commanders of Midian, Oreb, and Zeeb. What have I been able to do in comparison with you?" And their _⌊anger_⌋* against him subsided when _⌊he said that_⌋.*

¹ The men of Ephraim were called to arms, and they crossed over to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over and make war against the _⌊Ammonites_⌋,* and why did you not call us to go with you? We will burn down your house over you with fire." ² And Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were engaged in great conflict with the _⌊Ammonites_⌋;* I called you, but you did not deliver me from their hand. ³ I saw that you would not deliver us; _⌊I risked my own life_⌋,* and I crossed over to the _⌊Ammonites_⌋,* and Yahweh gave them into my hand. Why have you come up to me this day to fight against me?" ⁴ Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and he made war with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh." ⁵ Then Gilead captured the fords of the Jordan from Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" When he said, "No," ⁶ they said to him, "Please say Shibboleth," and if he said, "Sibboleth"—because he could not _⌊pronounce it_⌋* correctly—they grabbed him and executed him at the fords of Jordan. At that time forty-two thousand from Ephraim fell.

¹⁰ Then the youngsters who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ So then, my father loaded a heavy yoke on all of you, but I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions!'"

¹⁶ When all of Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "_⌊What share do we have in David_⌋?* There is no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look to your house, David!" Then Israel went to their* tents.

¹⁰ You have indeed defeated Edom and your heart is lifted up; enjoy the honor and stay home. Why should you provoke trouble so that you fall and Judah with you?"

¹⁵ The way of a fool is upright in his own eyes, but he who listens to advice is wise. ¹⁶ As for a fool, _⌊on that very day_⌋* he makes his anger known, but he who ignores an insult is prudent.

¹⁴ Like the release of water is the beginning of strife; before it breaks out, stop the quarrel.

²⁰ Listen to advice and accept instruction so that you will gain wisdom for your _⌊future_⌋.*

¹⁸ A plan* will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.

²⁴ The proud, haughty one: "scoffer" is his name; he acts with arrogance of pride.

⁸ do not hastily bring out to court, for* what will you do at its end, when your neighbor puts you to shame?

²⁸ For which of you, wanting to build a tower, does not first sit down and* calculate the cost to see if he has enough* _⌊to complete it_⌋?* ²⁹ _⌊Otherwise_⌋* after* he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it,* all who see it* will begin to ridicule him, ³⁰ saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!' ³¹ Or what king, going out to engage another king in battle, does not sit down first and* deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand. ³² But if not, while* the other is still far away, he sends an ambassador and* asks _⌊for terms of_⌋* peace.

²⁴ And a dispute also occurred among them as to which of them was recognized as being greatest.

¹ Now in these days, as* the disciples were increasing in number,* a complaint arose by the _⌊Greek-speaking Jews_⌋* against the _⌊Hebraic Jews_⌋* because* their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.* ² So the twelve summoned the community of disciples and* said, "It is not desirable that we neglect the word of God to serve tables. ³ So, brothers, select from among you seven men _⌊of good reputation_⌋,* full of the Spirit and wisdom, whom we will put in charge of this need. ⁴ But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." ⁵ And the statement pleased the whole group, and they chose Stephen (a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit), and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus (a convert from Antioch),

⁴ he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,

¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. ¹⁶ For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice.

¹ From where are conflicts and from where are quarrels among you? Is it not from this, from your pleasures that wage war among your members?

⁵ Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?* ⁶ But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says,
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."*

⁹ I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who wants to be first among them, does not acknowledge us. ¹⁰ Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to _⌊the deeds he is doing_⌋*, disparaging us with evil words. And not being content with these, he does not receive the brothers himself, and he hinders those wanting to do so and throws them out of the church.

²⁸ _⌊he will dwell_⌋* in desolate cities, in houses that they should not inhabit, which are destined for rubble. ²⁹ He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.*

¹⁵ He swallows riches, but* he vomits them* up; God drives them* out from his stomach.

¹⁹ for he has oppressed; he has abandoned the poor; he has seized a house but* did not build it. ²⁰ Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, _⌊he lets nothing escape that he desires_⌋.* ²¹ _⌊There is nothing left after he has eaten_⌋;* therefore his prosperity will not endure. ²² In the fullness of his excess _⌊he will be in distress_⌋;* all of misery's power will come upon him.

¹⁶ If he heaps up silver like the dust and fashions clothing like the clay, ¹⁷ he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

² You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you will be happy and it will be well with you.

² Treasures of wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

²² He who is good will leave an inheritance to _⌊his grandchildren_⌋,* and stored up for the righteous is the wealth of a sinner. ²³ There is much food in the field of the poor, but _⌊it is swept away_⌋* by _⌊injustice_⌋.*

²¹ An inheritance acquired hastily _⌊at the beginning_⌋* will not be blessed at its end.

²³ You will surely know the _⌊condition_⌋* of your flock; your heart* attends to the herds. ²⁴ For riches are not forever, nor a crown for generation after generation. ²⁵ When the grass is gone, then green growth will appear, and the herbs of the mountains will be gathered. ²⁶ Lambs will be your clothing, and goats the price of the field. ²⁷ And there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and the _⌊nourishment_⌋* of your maidservants.

⁸ He who augments his wealth with interest and with usury gathers it for him who is kind to the poor.

²⁰ A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings, but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

²² He who hurries for wealth is _⌊a man with an evil eye_⌋,* but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

¹⁴ That wealth was lost in a bad venture. Although he has borne a child, _⌊he has nothing to leave to him_⌋.*

¹¹ Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will prove to be a fool."

⁶ Shall not all of these take up a taunt against him, with ridicule and riddles against him, saying, 'Woe to him who heaps up what is not his'? For how long? And, 'Woe to him who makes himself heavy with pledges'? ⁷ Will not your creditors suddenly rise up and awaken those who make you tremble? Then you shall be as plunder for them.

¹ Come now, you rich people, weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you! ² Your wealth has rotted, and your clothing has become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and silver have become corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you, and it will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold, the wages that were held back by you from the workers who reap your fields cry out, and the cries of the reapers have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ You have lived self-indulgently on the earth* and have lived luxuriously. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.

⁶ And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; all who hear will laugh for me." ⁷ And she said, "Who would announce to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne a son to Abraham in his old age."

³⁰ Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face, for you are still alive."

²⁶ She said, "Excuse me, my lord. As _⌊you live_⌋,* my lord, I am the woman who stood with you in this place to pray to Yahweh. ²⁷ I prayed for this boy, and Yahweh has given me my request that I asked from him. ²⁸ I in turn have lent him to Yahweh. _⌊As long as he lives_⌋* he is lent to Yahweh." Then they worshiped Yahweh there.

¹⁵ By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.

² And so he brought me up from the roaring pit,* from the miry clay. And he put my feet upon a rock; he made my steps steady. ³ Then he put a new song in my mouth, a praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and will trust Yahweh.

¹ For the music director. A maskil of the sons of Korah.*
As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. ² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?* ³ My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?"

³ I am weary with my calling out; my throat is parched. My eyes are exhausted in my waiting for my God.

⁸¹ My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word. ⁸² My eyes long for* your word,* saying, "When will you comfort me?" ⁸³ For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.

⁷ Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like those descending to the pit.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life for those who seize her; those who take hold of her are considered happy.

³⁰ The fruit of righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls* is wise.

¹⁹ A desire _⌊fulfilled_⌋* will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.

⁸ I adjure you, _⌊O maidens of Jerusalem_⌋,* if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am _⌊lovesick_⌋!*

²⁹ "Now dismiss your slave in peace, Lord, according to your word. ³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation

²² So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

² in the middle of its street, and _⌊on both sides of the river_⌋* is the tree of life, producing twelve fruits—yielding its fruit according to every month—and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

³¹ Because he despised the word of Yahweh and broke his command, that person will be surely cut off and bear the guilt.'"

⁹ Why have you despised the word of Yahweh by doing evil in his eyes?* Uriah the Hittite you have struck down with the sword, and his wife you have taken to yourself as wife! You have killed him with the sword of the _⌊Ammonites_⌋!* ¹⁰ So then, a sword will not turn away from your house forever, because you have despised me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife!'

¹⁶ But they were mocking the messengers of God and despising his words and scoffing at his prophets until the wrath of Yahweh rose against his people until there was no remedy.

³ So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all of these women and their offspring, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.

¹¹ Moreover, your servant is warned* by them; in keeping them is great reward.

¹³ He will bless those who fear Yahweh, the small with the great.

¹⁶⁵ Great peace is for those who love your law, and they do not have a cause for stumbling.

²⁵ You have ignored all my counsel, and my reproof you are not willing to accept.

³⁰ they were not willing to accept my counsel, they despised all my reproof. ³¹ They shall eat from the fruit of their way, and they shall be sated from their own schemes,

²¹ Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous _⌊will be rewarded with prosperity_⌋.*

² And my hand has made all these things, and all these _⌊came to be_⌋,"*
_⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "but* I look to this one:
to the humble and the contrite of spirit and the one frightened at my word.

² Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the insolent men spoke,* saying to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie! Yahweh our God did not send you, _⌊saying_⌋,* 'You must not go to Egypt to dwell as aliens there.'

¹⁶ "Concerning the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we are not going to listen to you! ¹⁷ But certainly we will do _⌊everything_⌋* that went out from our mouths,* to make smoke offerings to the queen of heaven and to pour out to her libations just as we did, we, and our ancestors,* our kings, and our officials, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, for then _⌊we had enough to eat_⌋,* and we were well-off, and we did not see disaster.

¹³ "But* in the desert the house of Israel rebelled against me; _⌊they did not walk in my statutes_⌋,* and they rejected my regulations, which, if a person does them, he will live by them, and they greatly profaned my Sabbaths, and I decided to pour out my rage on them in the desert to destroy them,

¹⁶ because they despised my judgments, and _⌊they did not walk in my statutes_⌋,* and my Sabbaths they profaned, for their heart was going after their idols.

²⁴ because they did not do my regulations, and my statutes they despised, and my Sabbaths they profaned, and their eyes were after the idols of their ancestors.*

¹⁶ Then those who revered* Yahweh spoke _⌊with one another_⌋.* And Yahweh listened attentively* and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written _⌊before him_⌋* of those who revere* Yahweh and ponder his name.

¹² Rejoice and be glad, because your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

³¹ But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?

⁸ Watch yourselves that you do not lose what we have worked for, but receive a full reward.

⁶ The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. ⁷ In my distress I called upon Yahweh, and to my God I called. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help was to his ears.

⁵ The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.

³ The ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.

¹¹ For by me your days shall increase, and years of life shall multiply for you.

²⁷ The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, in order to turn from the snares of death.

²⁴ The path of life leads upward for him who has insight, in order to turn away from Sheol below.

⁶ By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,* and by fear of Yahweh _⌊one turns_⌋* from evil.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself* keeps his way.

²² A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner,* but the instruction* of fools is folly.

¹⁴ And David was achieving success in all his ways and Yahweh was with him, ¹⁵ but when Saul saw that he was very successful, _⌊he was severely threatened by him_⌋.* ¹⁶ However, all of Israel and Judah were loving David, for he was going forth and marching ahead of them.

⁹ when your ancestors* tried me. They put me to the test, even though they had seen my work. ¹⁰ For forty years I loathed that generation, and said, 'They are a people whose heart wanders. And my ways they do not know.' ¹¹ Therefore I swore in my anger, 'They shall surely not enter into my rest.'"

¹⁰ The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom; all who do them* have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

⁴ And you shall find favor and good sense* in the eyes of God and humankind.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked ones is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

³⁵ The favor of a king is for the servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be on him who acts shamefully.

¹⁰ Severe discipline belongs to him who forsakes the way; he who hates a rebuke will die.

¹⁹ Your wickedness will chastise you, and your apostasies will reprove you. Therefore know and see that it is evil and bitter, your forsaking of Yahweh, your God, and fear of me is not in you," _⌊declares_⌋* the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.

⁵² And Jesus was advancing in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and with people.

¹⁰ and rescued him from all his afflictions and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him ruler over Egypt and all* his household.

²¹ Therefore what sort of fruit did you have then, about which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

¹⁰ But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? Today, there are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters. ¹¹ Should I take my bread and my water and my meat which I have slaughtered for my shearers and give it to men whom I do not know where they are from?

¹⁷ And so then, know and _⌊consider_⌋* what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his household, and he is such _⌊a wicked man_⌋,* _⌊nobody can reason with him_⌋!"*

²⁵ Please do not let my lord set his heart against _⌊this worthless man_⌋,* Nabal; for as his name, so is he. Nabal is his name, and stupidity is with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men* of my lord whom you sent.

⁵ It goes well for a man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his _⌊business properly_⌋.*

²² An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully are his delight. ²³ A clever person conceals knowledge, but the heart* of a fool* announces folly.

² The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

³ Even when the fool walks along the road, he lacks sense; he tells everyone that he is a fool.

¹³ Look, my servant shall achieve success; he shall be exalted, and he shall be lifted up, and he shall be very high.

¹⁶ "Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.

¹⁹ For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, and I want you to be wise toward what is good, but innocent toward what is evil.

²⁰ Brothers, do not become children in your understanding, but with respect to wickedness be as a child, and in your understanding be mature.

¹⁷ Because of this do not become foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

²⁶ Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus is the lazy to one who employs* him.

¹³ Like the cold of snow on a day* of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, and the soul* of his master is refreshed.*

²³ The wind of the north produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry faces.

⁶ Like cutting off feet or drinking violence, so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

¹³ "Now in the prophets of Samaria I saw a disgusting thing. They prophesied by Baal and they caused my people Israel to err. ¹⁴ And in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible. They commit adultery, and they walk in lies,* and they make strong the hands of evildoers, so that they have not turned back each from his wickedness. All of them have become to me like Sodom, and its inhabitants like Gomorrah." ¹⁵ _⌊Therefore_⌋* thus says Yahweh concerning the prophets,
"Look, I am going to let them eat wormwood and I will give them water of poison to drink, for from the prophets of Jerusalem went out ungodliness to all the land." ¹⁶ Thus says Yahweh of hosts,
"You must not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are deluding you with visions of their _⌊mind_⌋,* They do not speak from the mouth of Yahweh.

²⁸ The prophet who has with him a dream, let him tell the dream. But the prophet* who has my word with him, let him speak my word faithfully. _⌊What is straw compared to wheat_⌋?"* _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh.

¹⁸ _⌊When I say_⌋* to the wicked, 'Surely you will die,' and you do not warn him and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way _⌊so that he may live_⌋,* that wicked person will die because of his guilt, and from your hand I will seek his blood.

⁷ "And you, son of man,* I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; if you hear a word from my mouth, then you must warn them from me. ⁸ _⌊When I say_⌋* to the wicked, 'Wicked one, you will certainly die,' and you _⌊did not speak_⌋* to warn the wicked from his way, he, the wicked, will die by his guilt, but his blood I will seek from your hand.

² In this case, moreover, it is sought in stewards that one be found faithful.

¹⁷ For we are not like the majority who peddle the word of God, but as from pure motives—but as from God—we speak before God in Christ.

²⁰ Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as if* God were imploring you through us. We beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

¹² _⌊I give thanks_⌋* to the one who strengthens me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful, placing me into ministry,*

² and the things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these things to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.

⁵ Let a righteous one strike me in kindness, and let him chasten me. It is oil for my head;* let not my head refuse. For still my prayer is against their evil deeds.

⁹ lest you give your honor to the others, and your years to the merciless, ¹⁰ lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, ¹¹ and you groan at your end, when your flesh and body are consumed, ¹² and say "How I hated discipline, and I despised reproof!" ¹³ and "I did not listen to the voice of my teachers, and I did not incline my ear to my instructors! ¹⁴ I was almost at utter* ruin* in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

⁹ Give to a wise one and he will become more wise; _⌊teach_⌋* a righteous one and he will increase learning.

¹ He who loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates rebuke is stupid.

¹³ He who despises a word will bring destruction on himself, but he who respects a commandment will be rewarded.

³¹ The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge. ³² He who ignores instruction despises himself,* but he who hears admonition gains heart.*

⁶ Many will seek favor before the generous, and everyone is the friend of a man of gifts.*

¹² A ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold is a rebuke of the wise to the ear of a listener.

³ O Yahweh, do not your eyes look for honesty? You have struck them, but they felt no pain, you have destroyed them, they refused to take discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, they have refused to turn back. ⁴ Then I said, "They are just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law* of their God. ⁵ Let me go to the great, and let me speak with them, for they know the way of Yahweh, the law* of their God." However, they together have broken the yoke, they have torn to pieces the bonds. ⁶ Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf from the desert plains* will devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities, everyone who goes out from there will be torn, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are numerous. ⁷ "_⌊How_⌋* can I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me, and they have sworn by those who are not gods. But I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and flocked to the house of a prostitute. ⁸ They were well-fed lusty horses, they neighed each to the wife of his neighbor. ⁹ Because of these things shall I not punish?" _⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh, "and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?

²⁵ Watch out that you do not refuse the one who is speaking! For if those did not escape when they* refused the one who warned them on earth, much less will we escape,* if we* reject the one who warns from heaven,

⁴⁸ What is more, the king said, 'May Yahweh the God of Israel be blessed, who has given this day one sitting on my throne, and my eyes are seeing it!'"

²⁸ And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.'"

¹ For the music director. A psalm of David.*
O Yahweh, the king will rejoice in your strength, and how greatly he will delight in your help.* ² You have given him the desire of his heart, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah

¹⁴ Turn from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it.

²⁷ Turn aside from evil and do good and so abide forever.

⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear Yahweh and retreat from evil.

¹² Hope that is deferred makes the heart* sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

²⁷ A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous, but the _⌊upright_⌋* is an abomination to the wicked.

⁴ _⌊Scarcely had I passed_⌋* by them when I found him whom my _⌊heart_⌋* loves. I held him and I would not let him go until I brought him to the house of my mother, into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.

¹⁹ However, the solid foundation of God stands firm, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his,"* and "Everyone who names the name of the Lord must abstain from unrighteousness."

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have completed the race, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Finally, the crown of righteousness is reserved for me, that the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who have loved his appearing.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me,
"These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Because of this, they are before the throne of God, and they serve* him day and night in his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne _⌊will shelter_⌋* them. ¹⁶ They will not be hungry any longer or be thirsty any longer, nor will the sun ever beat down on them, nor any heat,* ¹⁷ because the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and will lead them to springs of living waters, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."*

¹² Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot settled in the cities of the plain. And he pitched his tent toward Sodom. ¹³ Now the men of Sodom _⌊were extremely wicked sinners against Yahweh_⌋.*

¹² And they* took Lot, the son of the brother of Abram, and his possessions, and left. (Now he had been living in Sodom.)

⁸ But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were _⌊serving_⌋* before him.

¹⁰ Then the youngsters who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you: 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you lighten it for us,' you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

⁴ Then he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to the battle for Ramoth-Gilead?" Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "_⌊I am like you_⌋;* _⌊my people are like your people_⌋;* _⌊my horses are like your horses_⌋."*

³² When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely he is the king of Israel," and they turned to fight against him, so Jehoshaphat called out.

² And Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. And he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you be a help to the wicked and love those who hate Yahweh? On account of this, wrath has come against you from Yahweh.

⁶³ I am a companion of all who fear you and heed your precepts.

¹¹ If they say, "Come with us! We shall lie in wait for blood; we shall ambush the innocent without cause.* ¹² Like Sheol,* we will swallow them alive and whole, _⌊like those who descend to the pit_⌋.* ¹³ We shall find all precious wealth, we shall fill our houses with booty, ¹⁴ you shall throw your lot in our midst, there will be one purse for all of us." ¹⁵ My child, do not walk in their way.* Keep your foot from their paths, ¹⁶ for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood, ¹⁷ for "in vain* is the net scattered, in the sight of any _⌊winged bird_⌋."* ¹⁸ They lie in wait for their own blood. They ambush their own lives. ¹⁹ Thus are the ways of all who are greedy for gain— it will take the life of its possessors.

¹² in order to deliver you from the way of evil,* from a man who speaks devious things— ¹³ those who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in ways of darkness, ¹⁴ those who are happy to do evil, for they delight in the deviousness of evil, ¹⁵ _⌊who are crooked in their ways_⌋,* and devious in their paths; ¹⁶ in order to deliver you from a strange woman, from a foreign woman who flatters* with her sayings, ¹⁷ she who forsakes the partner of her youth and has forgotten the covenant of her God, ¹⁸ for her house sinks to death, and to the dead* are her paths. ¹⁹ Of all who go to her, none shall return, nor do they reach paths of life. ²⁰ So that you will walk on the road of those who are good, and the paths of those who are righteous you shall keep.

²² He goes after her suddenly; like an ox to the slaughter he goes, and like a stag to the instruction of a fool, ²³ until an arrow pierces his _⌊entrails_⌋,* like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that _⌊it will cost him his life_⌋.*

²⁷ The ways of Sheol* are her house, descending to chambers of death.

⁶ Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

³¹ The ear of him who listens to admonitions of life, in the midst of the wise it will lodge.

⁷ Tell me, you whom my _⌊heart_⌋* loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do your sheep lie down at the noon? _⌊For why should I be like_⌋* one who is veiled* beside the flocks of your companions? ⁸ If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow _⌊the tracks_⌋* of the flock, and pasture your little lambs* beside the tents of the shepherds.

⁴² And they were devoting themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.

³³ Do not be deceived! "Bad company corrupts good morals."* ³⁴ Sober up correctly and _⌊stop sinning_⌋*, for some have no knowledge of God—I say this to your shame.

¹⁴ Do not become unevenly yoked with unbelievers, for what participation is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? ¹⁵ And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what share does a believer have with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,
"I will live in* them and will walk about among them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."* ¹⁷ Therefore "come out from their midst and be separate," says the Lord, "and do not touch what is unclean,* and I will welcome you,* ¹⁸ and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,"* says the all-powerful Lord.

²⁴ And let us think about _⌊how to stir one another up to love_⌋* and good works,

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven saying,
"Come out from her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins, and so that you will not receive her plagues,

⁷ If you do well _⌊will I not accept you_⌋?* But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. And its desire is for you, but you must rule over it."

²³ But if you do not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh, and know that your sin will find you.

¹⁰ Many are the pains of the wicked, but for the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.

¹⁰ Tell the innocent* that it is good for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. ¹¹ Woe to the wicked!* It is bad! For what is done by his hands will be done to him.

⁴ And when the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying* to one another, "Doubtless this man is a murderer whom, although he* was rescued from the sea, Justice* has not permitted to live!"

⁷ to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life, ⁸ but to those who act from selfish ambition and who disobey the truth, but who obey unrighteousness, wrath and anger. ⁹ There will be affliction and distress for every _⌊human being_⌋* who does evil, of the Jew first and of the Greek, ¹⁰ but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and to the Greek.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and between your offspring after you, throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant to be as God for you and to your offspring after you. ⁸ And I will give to you and to your offspring after you _⌊the land in which you are living as an alien_⌋,* all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting property. And I will be to them as God."

¹² Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons, and do not take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek their peace and prosperity so that forever you may be strong and eat the good of the land and may give it as an inheritance to your sons.'

¹² Who is the man fearing Yahweh? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. ¹³ His soul will lodge in prosperity, and his offspring will possess the land.

²⁵ I was a youth, but I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children _⌊begging for_⌋* bread.

²⁸ The children of your servants will continue, and their _⌊descendants_⌋* will be established before you.

² His _⌊descendants_⌋* will be mighty in the land; the generation of the upright will be blessed.

⁶ and that you may see your children's children. May peace be upon Israel.

²⁶ For to the person who is good in his eyes, he gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and heaping up only to give it to him who is pleasing to him. This also is vanity and chasing wind!

⁶ Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise. ⁷ It has no chief, officer, or ruler. ⁸ In the summer, it prepares its food; in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance. ⁹ How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest— ¹¹ like a _⌊robber_⌋* shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.

¹⁸ He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master* will be honored.

¹⁹ He who tills his ground will have plenty bread, but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.

⁹ The produce of the land is exploited by everyone; _⌊even the king profits from the field of the poor_⌋!*

⁵ Whoever obeys his command will not suffer disaster. The wise mind knows the proper time and the right procedure. ⁶ For there is a proper time and right procedure for every matter, even though the trouble of man weighs heavy upon him. ⁷ Even the stork in heaven knows its appointed time, and the turtledove, and the swallow, and the song bird, they observe the time of their coming. But my people do not know the ordinance* of Yahweh. ⁸ How can you say, 'We are wise and the law of Yahweh is with us'? Look, surely _⌊the lying stylus of the scribes_⌋* has made it a lie. ⁹ The wise will be put to shame, they will be dismayed, and they will get taken. Look, they have rejected the word of Yahweh, and what is wisdom to them? ¹⁰ Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to conquerors, because from the smallest to the greatest, all of them make profit for unlawful gain, from prophet to priest, all of them practice deceit.

¹² because whomever Yahweh will love, he will rebuke, as a father delights in his son.

³⁶ But he who misses me injures himself.* All those who hate me love death."

¹⁸ Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.*

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart* of a boy;* the rod of discipline will drive it* from him.

¹³ Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you will beat him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ As for you, with the rod you shall beat him, and his life* you will save from Sheol.*

¹⁵ As for a rod and reproof, they* will give wisdom, but a neglected child is disgraced by his mother.

¹⁷ Discipline your children, and they will give you rest, and they will give delight to your soul.*

²⁶ "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and furthermore, even his own life, _⌊he cannot be_⌋* my disciple.

⁶ For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and punishes every son whom he accepts."* ⁷ Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons* have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

⁴⁸ then you shall serve your enemies, whom Yahweh will send against you under conditions of famine, in thirst, in nakedness, and in a lack of everything; and he shall place* a yoke of iron on your neck _⌊until he has destroyed you_⌋.*

²⁴ They will become weakened by famine, and consumed by plague and bitter pestilence; and the teeth of wild animals I will send against them, with the poison of the creeping things in the dust;

¹⁰ The young lions are in want and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh will not lack for any good thing.

³ Trust Yahweh and do good. Abide in the land and feed on faithfulness.*

¹⁶ The little belonging to the righteous is better than the wealth of many wicked.

¹⁸ Yahweh knows the days of the blameless, and their inheritance will be forever. ¹⁹ They will not be put to shame in distressing times,* and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.

¹¹ like a _⌊robber_⌋* shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.

³ Yahweh will not cause a righteous person* to go hungry, but the craving of the wicked he will thwart.

³⁴ and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.

¹³ Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh:
"Look! My servants shall eat but* you, you shall be hungry. Look! My servants shall drink but* you, you shall be thirsty. Look! My servants shall rejoice but* you, you shall be ashamed. ¹⁴ Look! My servants shall shout _⌊for joy_⌋,* but* you, you shall cry out _⌊for pain_⌋* and howl _⌊for sadness_⌋.*

¹⁰ For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.

⁸ For the training of the body is _⌊somewhat_⌋* profitable, but godliness is profitable for everything, because it* holds promise for the present life and for the life to come.

⁵ Your lifestyle must be free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."*