Proverbs 15 Cross References - LXX2012

¹ Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger. ² The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things. ³ The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place. ⁴ The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding. ⁵ A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth. ⁶ In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish. ⁷ The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe. ⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. ⁹ The ways of an ungodly [man] are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness. ¹⁰ The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully. ¹¹ Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men? ¹² An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise. ¹³ When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, [the countenance] is sad. ¹⁴ An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils. ¹⁵ The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet. ¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear [of the Lord]. ¹⁷ Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity. ¹⁸ A passionate man stirs up strife; but [he that is] slow to anger appeases even a rising one. A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs [them] up. ¹⁹ The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth. ²⁰ A wise son gladdens [his] father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹ The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²² They that honor not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counselors. ²³ A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common [weal]. ²⁴ The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵ The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow. ²⁶ An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honor. ²⁷ A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. [By alms and by faithful dealings sins are purged away;] but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil. ²⁸ The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends. ²⁹ God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God. The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³² He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul. ³³ The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honor will correspond therewith.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What [is] this [that] you have done to us, in that you did not call us when you went to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply. ² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? [is] not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.

³ And I saw that you were no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and therefore are you⌃ come up against me this day to fight with me? ⁴ And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad struck Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, You⌃ [are] of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse. ⁵ And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Galaad said, Are you an Ephrathite? and he said, No. ⁶ Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and killed him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

¹⁰ And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who [is] David? and who [is] the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master. ¹¹ And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are? ¹² So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words. ¹³ And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.

²¹ And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good. ²² So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning. ²³ And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, [bowing] to the ground ²⁴ [even] to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray you, your servant speak in your ears, and hear you the words of your servant. ²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send. ²⁶ And now, my lord, [as] the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal. ²⁷ And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord. ²⁸ Remove, I pray you, the trespass of your servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in you. ²⁹ And [if] a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies [as] in the midst of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler over Israel; ³¹ then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your handmaid to do her good. ³² And David said to Abigaia, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me: ³³ and blessed [be] your conduct, and blessed [be] you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you⌃ thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

¹³ And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him. ¹⁴ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ¹⁵ And the king listened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat. ¹⁶ And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to your tents: now feed your own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

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

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

¹⁵ In longsuffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.

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

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

¹ (46) For the end, for the sons of Core; a Psalm concerning secret things. God is our refuge and strength, a help in the afflictions that have come heavily upon us.

⁷ Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;

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

¹⁶ Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.

²³ A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common [weal].

²⁸ The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends.

²³ The heart of the wise will discern the [things which proceed] from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge.

¹¹ [As] a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so [is it] to speak a [wise] word. ¹² In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; [so is] a wise word to an obedient ear.

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

⁴ The Lord [even] God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.

⁴ Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

²¹ For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him. ²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

²¹ For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.

¹⁷ For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.

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

¹⁹ and Pharao king of Egypt, and his servants, and his nobles, and all his people;

²² And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and [so] he shall live forever— ²³ So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken. ²⁴ And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

² God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God. ³ They have all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, there is not even one. ⁴ Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear:

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is [a] secure [help] to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

¹⁸ Some wound as they speak, [like] swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.

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

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

¹⁴ A wise servant calms a man's anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?

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

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

²³ And he said to them, Why do you⌃ according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord? ²⁴ Nay [my] sons, for the report which I hear [is] not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear [are] not good, so that the people do not serve God. ²⁵ If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall entreat for him? But they listened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.

¹ And it came to pass after this that Abessalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. ² And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel. ³ And Abessalom said to him, See, your affairs [are] right and clear, yet you have no one [appointed] of the king to hear you. ⁴ And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him! ⁵ And it came to pass when a man came near to do him obeisance, that he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. ⁶ And Abessalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and Abessalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹¹ And now, my son, the Lord shall be with you, and prosper [you]; and you shall build a house to the Lord your God, as he spoke concerning you. ¹² Only may the Lord give you wisdom and prudence, and strengthen you over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord your God. ¹³ Then will he prosper [you], if you take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.

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

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God [is] with you; he will not forsake you, and will not fail you, until you have finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.

⁵ I cried to you, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

²³ For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

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

¹ A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.

¹⁸ Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honored.

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

²⁰ Hear, son, the instruction of your father, that you may be wise at your latter end.

¹² In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; [so is] a wise word to an obedient ear.

¹⁹ For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built [it] not. ²⁰ There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire. ²¹ There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish. ²² But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him. ²³ If by any means he would fill his belly, let [God] send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

¹⁶ For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

³ From the rising of the sun to his setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised.

²¹ that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember [also] to recount the things of old.

²² The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches [him], and grief of heart shall not be added to [it].

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

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear [of the Lord].

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

⁶ Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.

¹⁰ In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes? ¹¹ The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep. ¹² There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt. ¹³ And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and [the man] begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. ¹⁴ As he came forth naked from his mother's womb, he shall return back as he came, and he shall receive nothing for his labor, that it should go [with him] in his hand.

² Therefore will we not fear when the earth is troubled, and the mountains are removed into the depths of the seas.

¹⁵ And he shall live, and there shall be given him of the gold of Arabia: and [men] shall pray for him continually; [and] all the day shall they praise him. ¹⁶ There shall be an establishment on the earth on the tops of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall be exalted above Libanus, and they of the city shall flourish as grass of the earth. ¹⁷ Let his name be blessed for ever: his name shall endure longer than the sun: and all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. ¹⁸ Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, who alone does wonders.

² They have given the dead bodies of your servants [to be] food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your holy ones for the wild beasts of the earth. ³ They have shed their blood as water, round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury [them]. ⁴ We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them [that are] round about us. ⁵ How long, O Lord? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire? ⁶ Pour out your wrath upon the heathen that have not known you, and upon the kingdoms which have not called upon your name.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail. ²¹ The lips of the righteous know sublime [truths]: but the foolish die in lack.

⁹ And because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught man 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 Your lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is as the smell of Libanus.

¹⁷ And I know, Lord, that you are he that searches the hearts, and you love righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy your people here present, willingly offering to you.

¹ (18) For the end, [a Psalm] of David, the servant of the Lord; [the words] which he spoke to the Lord, [even] the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out the hand of all his enemies, and out the hand of Saul: and he said: I will love you, O Lord, my strength.

²⁹ God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God. The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones.

²⁷ The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.

⁹ He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.

¹ Be not hasty with your mouth, and let not your heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and you upon earth: therefore let your words be few.

¹⁴ [You are] my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: show me your face, and cause me to hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is beautiful.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, you⌃ rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, you people of Gomorrha. ¹¹ Of what [value] to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? says the Lord: I am full of whole burnt offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats: ¹² neither shall you⌃ come [with these] to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? You⌃ shall no more tread my court. ¹³ Though you⌃ bring fine flour, [it is] vain; incense is an abomination to me; I can’t bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day; ¹⁴ [your] fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: you⌃ have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins. ¹⁵ When you⌃ stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though you⌃ make many supplications, I will not listen to you; for your hands are full of blood.

⁸ For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

³ But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as [one that offers] swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.

²⁰ Therefore do you⌃ bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.

²¹ Thus says the Lord, Gather your whole burnt offerings with your meat-offerings, and eat flesh. ²² For I spoke not to your fathers, and commanded them not in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole burnt offerings and sacrifice: ²³ but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hear you⌃ my voice, and I will be to you a God, and you⌃ shall be to me a people: and walk you⌃ in all my ways which I shall command you, that it may be well with you.

²¹ I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell [your] meat-offerings in your general assemblies. ²² Therefore if you⌃ should bring me your whole burnt sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.

⁶ For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

⁸ who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[and green herb for the service of men;]] ⁹ and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.

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

⁴ A high-minded man is stout-hearted in [his] pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

⁸ To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

²¹ The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.

⁷ The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.

¹ Listen to me, you⌃ that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which you⌃ have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which you⌃ have dug.

⁷ Hear me, you⌃ that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.

⁴ Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they [had] not put him into the house of the prison.

³ After two days he will heal us: in the third day we shall arise, and live before him, and shall know [him]:

¹³ [His] eye is too pure to behold evil [doings], and to look upon grievous afflictions: therefore do you look upon despisers? will you be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

¹⁷ And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Are you he that perverts Israel?

²⁰ struck each one the man next to him; and each one a second time struck the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, [even] the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.

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

³⁰ neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.

¹² and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

¹⁷ Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.

¹ He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.

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?

⁵ Why should you⌃ be struck [any] more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad. ⁶ From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer [are healed]: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages.

¹³ Her scum shall become shameful, because you did defile yourself: and what if you shall be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath? ¹⁴ I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do [it]; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge you, says the Lord, according to your ways, and according to your devices: therefore will I judge you according to your bloodshed, and according to your devices will I judge you, you unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

³⁰ then shall you hear from heaven, out of your prepared dwelling-place, and shall be merciful, and shall recompense to the man according to his ways, as you shall know his heart [to be]; for you alone know the heart of the children of men:

⁶ Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and [then] you shall direct the righteous, O God that search the hearts and reins.

⁸ Deliver me not, O Lord, to the sinner, according to my desire: they have devised [mischief] against me; forsake me not, lest they should be exalted. Pause.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. [He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.]

¹⁰ I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

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

¹⁴ Yet [such a man] says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know your ways.

⁷ He that reproves evil [men] shall get dishonor to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly [man] shall disgrace himself. ⁸ Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.

¹⁰ The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully.

¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

² And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and do you not control yourself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

²⁵ A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.

¹⁵ The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

²² A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

⁶ And Solomon said, You have dealt very mercifully with your servant David my father according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you, and you have kept for him this great mercy, to set his son upon his throne, as [it is] this day. ⁷ And now, O Lord my God, you have appointed your servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out an my coming in. ⁸ But your servant [is] in the midst of your people, whom you have chosen, a great people, which as this day can’t be numbered. ⁹ You shall give therefore to your servant a heart to hear and to judge your people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this your great people? ¹⁰ And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Because you have asked this thing of me, and have not asked for yourself long life, and have not asked wealth, nor have asked the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to hear judgment; ¹² behold, I have done according to your word: behold, I have given you an understanding and wise heart: there has not been [any one] like you before you, and after you there shall not arise one like you.

⁵ For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;

⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].

¹⁵ The heart of the sensible [man] purchases discretion; and the ears of the wise seek understanding.

¹⁰ who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak [them] not to us, but speak and report to us another error;

²⁰ Know you that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, you⌃ will not say, [There is a] lie in my right hand.

¹ But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt.

³⁵ And the Madianites sold Joseph into Egypt; to Petephres, the eunuch of Pharao, captain of the guard.

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

⁷ A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. ⁸ Only with your eyes shall you observe and see the reward of sinners. ⁹ For you, O Lord, are my hope: you, my soul, have made the Most High your refuge.

¹³ When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, [the countenance] is sad.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

⁶ A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.

¹⁰ And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor. ¹¹ And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labor which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

¹⁸ And I hated the whole of my labor which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise [man] or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labor in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. ²⁰ so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labor wherein I had laboured under the sun. ²¹ For there is [such] a man that his labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; [yet] this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. ²² For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labors under the sun. ²³ For all his days [are days] of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

¹⁰ In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding [it] with his eyes? ¹¹ The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep. ¹² There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, [namely], wealth kept for its owner to his hurt.

¹ (134) A Song of Degrees. Behold now, bless you⌃ the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. ² Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. ³ May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless you out of Sion.

¹ Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

¹⁹ [It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

⁸ And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren. ⁹ Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you [go] to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.

²⁴ [even] to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray you, your servant speak in your ears, and hear you the words of your servant. ²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray you, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him: but I your handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom you did send. ²⁶ And now, my lord, [as] the Lord lives, and your soul lives, as the Lord has kept you from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for yourself, now therefore let your enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal. ²⁷ And now accept this token of goodwill, which your servant has brought to my lord, and you shall give it to the servants that wait on my lord. ²⁸ Remove, I pray you, the trespass of your servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in you. ²⁹ And [if] a man shall rise up persecuting you and seeking your life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and you shall whirl the life of your enemies [as] in the midst of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning you, and shall appoint you to be ruler over Israel; ³¹ then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and you shall remember your handmaid to do her good. ³² And David said to Abigaia, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who sent you this very day to meet me: ³³ and blessed [be] your conduct, and blessed [be] you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself. ³⁴ But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing you harm, if you had not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall [surely] not be left to Nabal till the morning one male. ³⁵ And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to your house: see, I have listened to your voice, and accepted your petition. ³⁶ And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal [was] merry within him, and he [was] very drunken: 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, 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. ³⁹ And David heard it and said, Blessed [be] the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife. ⁴⁰ So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to you, to take you to himself for a wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, your servant [is] for an handmaid to wash the feet of your servants. ⁴² And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife. ⁴³ And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives. ⁴⁴ And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have you⌃ thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

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

¹ Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

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

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

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

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night. ² And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them, ³ Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

⁷ and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good. ⁸ If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. ⁹ Only depart not from the Lord; and fear you⌃ not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season [of prosperity] is departed from them, but the Lord [is] among us: fear them not.

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before your face.

⁸ O Lord, I have loved the beauty of your house, and the place of the tabernacle of your glory. ⁹ Destroy not my soul together with the ungodly, nor my life with bloody men:

¹² My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless you, O Lord.

⁶ In all your ways acquaint yourself with her, that she may rightly direct your paths.

⁹ They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.

⁵ Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.

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

¹³ A sluggard when sent on a journey says, [There is] a lion in the ways, and [there are] murderers in the streets.

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

⁸ There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

¹⁴ And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.

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.

³ Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and you⌃ shall keep my sabbaths: I [am] the Lord your God.

⁴⁸ Moreover thus said the king, Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.

⁹ But you shall by no means hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man, and will know what you shall do to him, and shall bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

⁷ And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed [be] God today, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.

¹⁵ Son, if your heart be wise, you shall also gladden my heart; ¹⁶ and your lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

²² Listen, [my] son, to your father which begot you, and despise not [your mother] because she is grown old.

³ When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.

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.

²⁸ And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

¹⁰ The sinner shall see and be angry, he shall gnash his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the sinner shall perish.

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

¹² A man void of understanding sneers at [his fellow] citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

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

¹⁶ A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

¹⁸ As those who need correction put forth [fair] words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; ¹⁹ so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

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

⁶ For to every thing there is time and judgment; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

¹⁴ The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him.

¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loves right words.

²⁶ and [men] will kiss lips that answer well.

¹ To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

¹¹ They have now cast me out and compassed me round about: they have set their eyes [so as] to bow them down to the ground.

¹⁸ For she has fixed her house near death, and [guided] her wheels near Hades with the giants.

⁵ For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

²⁷ Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.

⁸ Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you.

¹⁴ For you shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from death.

⁸ And you shall say to this people, Thus says the Lord; Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God, he [is] God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: ¹⁸ executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.

¹⁴ You shall not move the landmarks of your neighbor, which your fathers set in the inheritance, in which you have obtained a share in the land, which the Lord your God gives you to inherit.

¹¹ Behold now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. ¹² He sets up his tail like a cypress; and his nerves are wrapped together. ¹³ His sides are sides of brass; and his backbone is [as] cast iron.

¹ (53) For the end, [a Psalm] of David upon Maeleth, of instruction. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted [themselves], and become abominable in iniquities: there is none that does good.

⁵ or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.

⁵ O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you. ⁶ Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

⁶ The knowledge of you is too wonderful for me; it is very difficult, I can’t [attain] to it.

⁹ and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.

⁷ When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.

¹¹ The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and [his] honor was taken from him.

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

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

¹⁴ Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved: how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?

²¹ And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

⁸ And you shall not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

²⁶ And you shall not bring an abomination into your house, so should you be an accursed thing like it; you shall utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.

¹⁹ they shall not wrest judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

¹⁸ But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest you⌃ set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and you⌃ make the camp of the children of Israel and accursed thing, and destroy us.

¹¹ The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store. ¹² And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless you⌃ remove the cursed thing from yourselves.

²⁴ And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people [were] with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said to Achar, Why have you destroyed us? the Lord destroy you as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

³ And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments. ⁴ And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel, ⁵ and they said to him, Behold, you are grown old, and your sons walk not in your way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations [have].

²⁷ The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

¹⁹ A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly [ends] in death.

²⁹ He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

²¹ A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.

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

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

⁸ Woe [to them] that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will you⌃ dwell alone upon the land? ⁹ For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. ¹⁰ For where ten yoke of oxen plow [the land] shall yield one, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

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. ¹⁶ he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

¹¹ The partridge utters her voice, she gathers [eggs] which she did not lay; [so is a man] gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days [his riches] shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.

⁹ Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils. ¹⁰ You have devised shame to your house, you have utterly destroyed many nations, and your soul has sinned. ¹¹ For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.

³ And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, 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.

²³ and the king said to them, You say, This [is] my son, [even] the living [one], and this woman's son [is] the dead one: and you say, No, but the living [is] my son, and the dead [is] your son. ²⁴ And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other. ²⁶ And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray you, [my] lord, give her the child, and in nowise kill it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide [it]. ²⁷ Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, 'Give it to her, and by no means kill it:' she [is] its mother. ²⁸ and all Israel heard this judgment which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to execute judgment.

¹⁹ By a multitude of words you shall not escape sin; but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent.

² The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.

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

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

² For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

⁶ For [there is evil] in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear you God.

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. ¹⁴ A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?

¹ (11 in KJV) For the end, a Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will you⌃ say to my soul,

¹⁵ Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew [it] not: they were scattered, but repented not. ¹⁶ They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me. ¹⁷ O Lord, when will you look upon me? Deliver my soul from their mischief, mine only-begotten one from the lions.

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

⁸ For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, says the Lord. ⁹ But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

⁸ And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.

¹⁵ let us rejoice in all our days, in return for the days wherein you did afflict us, the years wherein we saw evil.

⁸ Then shall there be health to your body, and good keeping to your bones.

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

²⁵ As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

⁷ Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

¹¹ and your God shall be with you continually, and you shall be satisfied according as your soul desires; and your bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain [from] which the water has not failed.

⁸ Rebuke not evil [men], lest they should hate you: rebuke a wise [man], and he will love you. ⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise [man], and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more [instruction].

²⁰ If you walk with wise men you shall be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.

⁵ A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.

³ Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: listen to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

¹⁸ And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not listen to them;

²⁰ and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.

¹⁷ Sacrifice to God is a broken spirit: a broken and humbled heart God will not despise.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.

²⁴ Since I called, and you⌃ did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you⌃ gave no heed; ²⁵ but you⌃ set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs; ²⁶ therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you: ²⁷ yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you. ²⁸ For it shall be that when you⌃ call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me]. ²⁹ For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord: ³⁰ neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness. ³² For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly. ³³ But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.

¹¹ And you repent at last, when the flesh of your body is consumed, ¹² and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³ I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.

³³ [Hear wisdom and be wise, and be not strangers to it. ] ³⁴ watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances. ³⁵ For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord. ³⁶ But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

¹⁴ An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

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

¹⁶ Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

¹ A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

⁵ Why should you⌃ be struck [any] more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

³ O Lord, your eyes are upon faithfulness: you have scourged them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return.

¹¹ Unjust witnesses arose, and asked me of things I new not.

¹³ The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

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

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes; ⁷ for [it is] better for you that it should be said, Come up to me, than that [one] should humble you in the presence of the prince; speak of that which your eyes have seen.

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