Proverbs 11 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Balances of deceit are an abomination of the Lord; but a full weight obtaineth his favor. ² When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; but with the modest there is wisdom. ³ The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the cunning of the treacherous destroyeth them. ⁴ Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death. ⁵ The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall. ⁶ The righteousness of the upright will deliver them; but through their own sinful desires are the treacherous caught. ⁷ When a wicked man dieth, his hope vanisheth; and the expectation of his children is lost. ⁸ The righteous is delivered out of distress, and the wicked cometh in his stead. ⁹ With his mouth doth the hypocrite destroy his neighbor; but through knowledge are the righteous delivered. ¹⁰ When it goeth well with the righteous, the town rejoiceth loudly: and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting. ¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted; but through the mouth of the wicked it is pulled down. ¹² He that despiseth his neighbor is void of sense; but a man of understanding maintaineth silence. ¹³ He that walketh about as talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. ¹⁴ Where there is no wise guidance, a people must fall: but it will obtain help through the multitude of counsellors. ¹⁵ With evil will he be overwhelmed that is surety for a stranger: but he that hateth giving the hand as pledge is safe. ¹⁶ A woman endowed with grace will surely obtain honor; and the powerful will obtain riches. ¹⁷ The man of kindness doth good to his own soul; but he that troubleth his own flesh is cruel. ¹⁸ The wicked practiseth a work of falsehood; but he that soweth righteousness obtaineth the reward of truth. ¹⁹ He who is firm in righteousness attaineth to life: and he that pursueth evil doth it to his own death. ²⁰ An abomination of the Lord are those of a perverse heart; but his favor is for those who are unblemished in their way. ²¹ The hand of God being against his hand, the bad man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape. ²² As a golden ring in a swine’s snout, so is a handsome woman that hath thrown off discretion. ²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the hope of the wicked is the wrath of God. ²⁴ There is a man that scattereth gifts, and yet his wealth is increased: and there is one that withholdeth more than is proper, and still cometh only to want. ²⁵ A beneficent soul will be abundantly gratified; and he that refresheth others will be also refreshed himself. ²⁶ Him that withholdeth corn, the people will denounce; but blessing will be heaped upon the head of the one that selleth it. ²⁷ He that diligently searcheth after good seeketh favor; but if one inquireth after evil, it will come unto him. ²⁸ He that trusteth in his riches will surely fall; but the righteous shall grow like the leaves of a tree. ²⁹ He that troubleth his own house will inherit the wind; and the fool will become the servant to the wise of heart. ³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is of the tree of life, and the wise draweth souls to himself. ³¹ Behold, the righteous is recompensed on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.

³⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. ³⁶ Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, who have brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵ A perfect and just weight shalt thou have, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; in order that thy days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; ¹⁶ For an abomination of the Lord thy God is every one that doth such things, every one that acteth unrighteously.

¹¹ A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag.

¹⁰ Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord.

²³ Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good.

¹⁰ Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath shall ye have. ¹¹ The ephah and the bath shall contain the same quantity, that the bath may contain the tenth part of a chomer, and the ephah the tenth part of a chomer: after the chomer shall the measure of contents be. ¹² And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: in pieces of twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

^{7 (12:8)} But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach,

⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances? ⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the corn?

¹⁰ Are there yet in the house of the wicked man the treasures of wickedness, and the scant accursed measure? ¹¹ Can I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag full of deceptive weights?

³⁴ If it concern the scornful he will himself render them a scorn; but unto the lowly doth he give grace. ³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but fools shall obtain disgrace as their portion.

³³ The fear of the Lord is the correction for wisdom; and before honor there must come humility.

¹⁸ Before downfall goeth pride, and before stumbling, haughtiness of spirit. ¹⁹ Better is it to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide spoil with the proud.

¹² Before downfall the heart of man becometh haughty, and before honor goeth humility.

²³ The pride of a man will humble him; but the humble in spirit will attain to honor.

^{30 (4:27)} The king commenced, and said, Is not this Babylon the great, that I myself have built for a royal residence by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty? ^{31 (4:28)} The word was still in the king’s mouth, when there fell a voice from heaven, saying, To thee it is said, O king Nebuchadnezzar, The kingdom departeth from thee. ^{32 (4:29)} And from men will they drive thee away, and with the beasts of the field shall thy dwelling be; herbs like oxen will they suffer thee to eat, and seven times shall elapse over thee: until thou wilt know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he pleaseth.

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness guard me; for I wait on thee.

¹ Of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall.

⁶ Righteousness keepeth him that is upright on his way; but wickedness perverteth the man of sin.

³ The folly of a man perverteth his way, and against the Lord will his heart rage.

⁷ The robbery of the wicked will drag them away; because they refuse to execute justice.

¹⁸ Whoso walketh in integrity will be saved; but he that walketh perversely on two paths, will fall on one.

¹⁷ Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?

²⁸ But destruction shall come over transgressors and sinners together, and those that forsake the Lord shall perish.

¹ And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy household into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

¹⁸ For there would be fury, If aught were to incite thee to utter an abundance of rebellious words; and the greatness of the infliction must not mislead thee. ¹⁹ Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold ore, nor all the highest forces of strength.

^{6 (49:7)} Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches? ^{7 (49:8)} No one can in any wise redeem his brother, nor can he give to God redemption money for himself; ^{8 (49:9)} For the ransom of their soul is too costly, and it is omitted for ever.

² Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.

²⁸ On the path of righteousness there is life; and on her pathway there is immortality,

¹⁹ Their silver shall they cast into the streets, and their gold shall be as though it were unclean: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord; they shall not satisfy their souls, and not fill their bowels; because it was the stumbling-block for their iniquity.

¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; through the fire of whose zeal the whole land shall be devoured; for destruction, yea, quite sudden, will he prepare for all the inhabitants of the land.

²³ And when Achithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled the ass, and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and gave his charge to his household, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

³ Then answered Esther the queen and said, If I have found grace in thy eyes, O king! and if it be pleasing unto the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request; ⁴ For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be exterminated; and if we had been only sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have remained silent; for the adversary regardeth not the damage of the king. ⁵ Then spoke king Achashverosh and said unto Esther the queen, Who is this, and where is he, whose heart hath emboldened him to do so? ⁶ And Esther said, An adversary, and inimical man, this wicked Haman. Then became Haman terrified before the king and the queen. ⁷ And the king arose in his fury from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace-garden: and Haman remained behind to make request for his life of Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil fully determined. ⁸ And when the king returned out of the palace-garden into the apartment of the banquet of wine, Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was: then said the king. Will he even do violence to the queen before me in the house? The word had just come out of the king’s mouth, when they covered Haman’s face. ⁹ Then said Charbonah, one of the chamberlains, before the king, Behold, there is also the gallows, which Haman hath had made for Mordecai, who hath spoken well for the king, standing in the house of Haman, fifty cubits high. And the king said, Hang him thereon. ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

^{15 (9:16)} Sunk are nations in the ditch that they have prepared: in this net which they had laid in secret is their own foot caught. ^{16 (9:17)} The Lord is made known: he executed justice: through the doing of his own hands is the wicked ensnared. Higgayon, Selah.

³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied. ³² For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

²² His own iniquities will truly catch the wicked, and with the cords of his sin will he be held firmly.

³ The integrity of the upright guideth them; but the cunning of the treacherous destroyeth them.

³³ And my righteousness shall testify for me in time to come, when it shall come with my reward before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.

³⁷ Although thou hast searched all my goods, what hast thou found of all the articles of thy household? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge between us both.

³ Behold, here am I; testify against me in the presence of the Lord, and in the presence of his anointed: Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or from whose hand have I received any ransom so that I withdrew my eyes from him? and I will restore it you. ⁴ And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor hast thou oppressed us, and thou hast not taken from any man’s hand the least.

³² And may the Lord bring back his blood-guiltiness upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, while my father David knew it not, Abner the son of Ner, the captain of the army of Israel, and ‘Amassa the son of Yether, the captain of the army of Judah. ³³ And their blood shall return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever; but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, may there be peace for ever from the Lord.

⁴⁴ The king said moreover to Shim’i, Thou well knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, that thou hast done to David my father: and the Lord bringeth back thy wickedness upon thy own head;

^{15 (7:16)} He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought. ^{16 (7:17)} His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.

⁸ He that diggeth a pit will fall into it; and him who breaketh down a fence—a serpent will bite him.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. ¹⁰ Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sunk as lead in mighty waters.

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish: ¹⁴ It is he whose trust will be cut off, and but a spider’s web is that in which he confideth.

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their sole hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.

⁴ When his spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his native earth: on that very day perish his thoughts.

²⁸ The expectation of the righteous is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

³² Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.

⁹ Wilt thou then say, I am God, before him that slayeth thee? when thou art but a man, and no God, in the hand of him that fatally wounded thee.

¹⁸ The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the treacherous shall be put in the stead of the upright.

³ For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt for thy ransom, Cush and Seba in place of thee. ⁴ Since thou art precious in my eyes, art honorable, and I indeed do love thee: therefore will I give men in place of thee, and nations instead of thy soul.

^{23 (6:24)} Then was the king exceedingly glad within himself, and concerning Daniel he ordered to bring him up out of the den. So was Daniel brought up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God. ^{24 (6:25)} And the king gave the order, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel treacherously, and they cast into the den of lions them, their children, and their wives; and they had not yet touched the bottom of the den when the lions had the mastery over them, and ground up all their bones.

¹⁸ And he said unto him, I also am a prophet like thee; and an angel spoke unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with thee unto thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. ¹⁹ So he returned with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water. ²⁰ And it came to pass, as they were sitting at the table, That the word of the Lord came unto the prophet who had brought him back; ²¹ And he called unto the man of God that was come from Judah, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the order of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God had commanded thee; ²² But didst return, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of which he had spoken to thee, Thou shalt not eat bread, nor drink water: thy dead body shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

⁶ Then assembled the king of Israel the prophets, about four hundred men, and said unto them, shall I go against Ramoth-gil’ad to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; and the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.

²⁰ And the Lord said, Who will persuade Achab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gil’ad! And one said, In this manner, and another said, In that manner. ²¹ And there came forth a spirit, and placed himself before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? ²² And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so. ²³ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:

³⁰ That no hypocritical man may reign, that such shall not be a mare to the people.

^{12 (55:13)} For it is not an enemy that reproached me; then I could bear it: not he that hateth me hath magnified himself against me; then I would have hidden myself from him;

^{20 (55:21)} He stretcheth out his hands against those at peace with him: he violateth his covenant. ^{21 (55:22)} The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war in his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter thy heart, and knowledge will be pleasant unto thy soul; ¹¹ Discretion will watch over thee, understanding will keep thee; ¹² To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things; ¹³ From those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad; ¹⁵ Who as regardeth their paths are crooked, and froward in their tracks. ¹⁶ To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;

⁵ Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding: forget not, and depart not from the sayings of my mouth. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she will watch over thee: love her, and she will keep thee.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction: ²⁴ To guard thee against a bad woman, from the flattery of an alien tongue.

²¹ And Miriam began her song to them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

³¹ Thus may perish all thy enemies, O Lord; but may those that love him be as the rising of the sun in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

¹⁵ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a cloak of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan was glad and joyful. ¹⁶ For the Jews there was light, with joy and gladness, and honor.

²³ Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.

^{10 (58:11)} The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked. ^{11 (58:12)} So that a man shall say, Verily fruit will come for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth on the earth.

¹² When the righteous exult, there is great splendor; but when the wicked rise up, a man hath to be sought for.

²⁸ When the wicked rise, men conceal themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

³⁸ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? ³⁹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou: ⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou. ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ⁴² And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck;

⁸ So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and a lord for all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

¹ And there happened to be a worthless man, whose name was Sheba’, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the cornet, and said, We have no part in David, nor have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel!

²⁰ And king Hezekiah and Isaiah the son of Amos the prophet prayed for this cause, and they cried to heaven. ²¹ And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off every mighty man of valor and leader and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria: and when he was returned with shame of face to his own land, he went into the house of his god, and those that were come forth from his own bowels felled him there with the sword. ²² Thus did the Lord save Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem out of the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and out of the hand of all, and guided them safely on every side.

⁸ Then said Haman unto king Achashverosh, There is one people scattered yet separate among the nations in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are different from those of every people; while they do not execute the laws of the king; and it is no profit for the king to tolerate them. ⁹ If it be pleasing to the king, let a decree be written to destroy them; and ten thousand talents of silver will I weigh out into the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring the same into the king’s treasuries. ¹⁰ And the king drew his signet-ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews. ¹¹ And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, that people also, to do therewith as it seemeth good in thy eyes. ¹² Then were called the king’s scribes in the first month on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written all just as Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people according to its language: in the name of king Achashverosh was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s signet-ring. ¹³ And the letters were sent by the runners unto all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to exterminate all the Jews, from young to old, little ones and women, on one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their property as spoil. ¹⁴ A copy of the writing, to be given out as a law in every province, was published unto all the nations, that they might be ready against that day. ¹⁵ The runners went out with all speed with the king’s decree, and the law was given out in Shushan the capital: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

¹ And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king’s command with his law drew near to he put into execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to have power over them, which had been changed nevertheless, so that the Jews had power over those that hated them, ² The Jews assembled together in their cities, throughout all the provinces of king Achashverosh, to stretch out their hand against those that had sought their injury: and no man could keep standing before them; for the dread of them had fallen upon all the nations. ³ And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and the superintendents of the affairs of the king, elevated the Jews; because the dread of Mordecai had fallen upon them. ⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater. ⁵ And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and extermination; and they acted with those that hated them according to their pleasure. ⁶ And in Shushan the capital the Jews slew and exterminated five hundred men. ⁷ And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, ⁸ And Poratha, and Adalya, and Aridatha, ⁹ And Parmashtha, and Arissai, and Aridai, and Vayzatha, ¹⁰ The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the adversary of the Jews, did they slay; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand. ¹¹ On that same day came the number of those that were slain in Shushan the capital before the king. ¹² Then said the king unto Esther the queen, In Shushan the capital have the Jews slain and exterminated five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman: what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request farther? and it shall be done. ¹³ Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do according to the law of this day, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows. ¹⁴ And the king ordered that it should be done so; and the law was given out at Shushan; and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Jews that were in Shushan assembled together also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew at Shushan three hundred men; but to the spoil they did not stretch forth their hand. ¹⁶ And the remaining Jews that were in the king’s provinces assembled together, and stood forward for their life, and procured rest from their enemies, and slew of those that hated them seventy and five thousand; but to the spoil did they not stretch forth their hand,

³⁰ He will even deliver him who is not guiltless: and thou wilt be delivered by the purity of thy hands.

³⁴ Righteousness exalteth a people; but the disgrace of nations is sin.

⁸ Scornful men will kindle confusion in a town; but the wise turn away wrath.

¹⁵ But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no man had thought of that same poor man.

²⁷ And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes, and made joyful feasts, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. ²⁸ And Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Yerubba’al? and Zebul his superintendent? serve the men of Chamor the father of Shechem; for why indeed should we serve him? ²⁹ And O that some one would put this people into my power! and I would remove Abimelech. And he let it be said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.

³⁸ Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him! is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.

²⁷ But the worthless men said, In what can this help us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he acted as though he were deaf.

³⁶ But the people remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the king’s command, saying, Ye shall not answer him.

^{2 (3:34)} And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will people suffer them to build? will they sacrifice? will they complete it in one day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish, seeing that they have been burnt? ^{3 (3:35)} And Tobiyah the ‘Ammonite was near him, and he said, Even what they are building, if a fox were to run up, he would readily break through their stone wall. ^{4 (3:36)} Hear, O our God! how we are become a scorn; and bring their reproach back upon their own head, and give them up for prey in the land of captivity.

³ Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud oppressors.

¹⁹ In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.

²¹ He that despiseth his neighbor is a sinner; but he that is gracious to the poor—happiness attend him!

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand idly by the blood of thy neighbor: I am the Lord.

¹⁴ And the men said unto her, Our life shall be doomed to death instead of yours, if ye tell not this our business; and it shall be, when the Lord giveth us the land, that we will show thee kindness and truth.

²⁰ And if thou tell this our business, then will we be free of thy oath which thou hast caused us to swear.

¹⁷ Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah despatched frequently their letters unto Tobiyah, and those of Tobiyah came unto them. ¹⁸ For many in Judah were sworn friends unto him; because he was the son-in-law of Shechanyah the son of Arach, and Jehochanan his son had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Bercehyah. ¹⁹ Also his good deeds were they reporting before me, and my words they used to carry out to him: also Tobiyah sent letters to make me afraid.

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness constantly uttereth lies.

¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips.

⁹ Carry on thy cause with thy neighbor; but lay not open the secret of another:

²⁰ Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out: so where there is no whisperer, strife is silenced. ²¹ As charcoals are added to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man fitted to enkindle a dispute. ²² The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the body.

²⁷ And all the princes came unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them in accordance with all these words that the king had commanded. And they turned away silent from him; for the matter had not been made public.

¹ And Rehobo’am went to Shechem; for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. ² And it came to pass, when Jerobo’am the son of Nebat, heard of it, (but he was yet in Egypt, whither he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jerobo’am dwelt in Egypt; ³ And they had sent and called him;) that Jerobo’am and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke unto Rehobo’am, saying, ⁴ Thy father made our yoke hard; but do thou now make lighter the hard service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, and we will serve thee. ⁵ And he said unto them, Go away yet for three days, and then return to me. And the people went away. ⁶ Then consulted king Rehobo’am with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I should give an answer to this people? ⁷ And they spoke unto him, saying, If thou wilt this day be a servant unto this people, and wilt serve them, and be attentive to them, and speak to them good words; then will they be servants unto thee for all times. ⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, those who stood before him: ⁹ And he said unto them, What do you counsel how we should give an answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make lighter the yoke which thy father did put upon us? ¹⁰ Then spoke unto him the young men that were grown up with him, saying, Thus must thou say unto this people that have spoken unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but do thou make it lighter unto us: thus must thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father’s loins. ¹¹ And now, if my father hath burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will even add to your yoke; if my father hath chastised you with whips, then will I chastise you with scorpion-thorns. ¹² When now Jerobo’am and all the people came to Rehobo’am on the third day, as the king had spoken, saying, Return to me on the third day. ¹³ The king answered the people harshly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they had advised him; ¹⁴ And he spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will even add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpion-thorns. ¹⁵ Thus the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from the Lord, in order that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken by means of Achiyah the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people gave the king an answer saying, What portion have we in David? nor have we an inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So did Israel go away unto their tents. ¹⁷ But as for the children of Israel who dwelt in the cities of Judah, over them did Rehobo’am reign. ¹⁸ Then sent king Rehobo’am Adoram, who was over the tribute; but all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehobo’am made speed with all his might to get up into his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So did Israel rebel against the house of David unto this day.

²² Plans are frustrated without consultation; but through a multitude of counsellors canst thou maintain thyself.

²² Intelligence is a source of life unto its possessor; but the correction of fools is folly.

¹⁸ Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.

⁶ For by wise counsel canst thou conduct thy war; and there is help in a multitude of counsellors.

¹¹ Surely fools are the princes of Zo’an, the wise of the counsellors of Pharaoh impart silly counsel: how can ye say unto Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the ancient kings? ¹² Where are they, these, thy wise men? that they may tell thee now, that they know what the Lord of hosts hath resolved on over Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Zo’an are become fools, deceived are the princes of Noph; and Egypt is led astray by the chiefs of its tribes. ¹⁴ The Lord hath poured out in the midst thereof a spirit of perverseness: and they have led Egypt astray in all its work, as a drunkard reeleth astray in his vomit.

¹ My son, If thou hast become surety for thy friend, if thou hast struck thy hand for a stranger; ² If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth: ³ Then do this by all means, my son, and deliver thyself, because thou art come into the power of thy friend, Go hasten to him, and urge thy friend. ⁴ Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids. ⁵ Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹⁸ A man void of sense pledgeth his hand, and becometh surety for his friend.

¹⁶ Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him.

²⁶ Be not one of those that pledge their hand, or of those that are sureties for debts. ²⁷ If thou have nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

³² And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me; ³³ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand.

¹⁶ Then called a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear: say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near as far as hither, that I may speak with thee. ¹⁷ And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he said, I am. Then said she unto him, Hear the words of thy hand-maid. And he said, I do hear. ¹⁸ Then said she, thus, They ought surely first to have spoken, saying, “Let them ask at least in Abel:” and so would they have come to an end. ¹⁹ I am one of the peaceful and faithful cities in Israel; thou seekest to overthrow a city and a metropolis in Israel: why wilt thou destroy the inheritance of the Lord? ²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should destroy or ruin. ²¹ The matter is not so; but a man from the mountains of Ephraim, Sheba’ the son of Bichri is his name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David: give him up alone, and I will withdraw from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be cast down to thee over the wall. ²² And the woman came unto all the people with her wisdom; and they cut off the head of Sheba’ the son of Bichri, and cast it down to Joab: and he blew the cornet, and they scattered themselves from the city, every man to his tents. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

²⁵ But when Esther came before the king, he ordered by that letter that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head: and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

¹⁹ Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it; ²⁰ Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him. ²¹ Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper. ²² In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of those he troubled will come against him. ²³ In order to fill his belly, God will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(41:2) Happy is he that careth for the poor: on the day of evil will the Lord deliver him. ^{2 (41:3)} The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy on the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the revengeful desire of his enemies. ^{3 (41:4)} The Lord will sustain him upon the bed of painful disease: thou changest all his couch in his sickness. ^{4 (41:5)} I said, Lord, be gracious unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

⁴ There ariseth in the darkness a light to the upright: he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. ⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice. ⁶ Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held. ⁷ Of an evil report shall he not be afraid: his heart is firm, trusting in the Lord. ⁸ Well supported is his heart, he shall not be afraid, until he looketh on the punishment of his assailants. ⁹ He distributeth, he giveth to the needy: his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

²⁷ He that is greedy after gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts will live.

⁸ There is one alone, and he hath not a companion; yea, he hath neither son nor brother: yet is there no end to all his toil; his eye also is not satisfied with riches. Yet for whom do I toil, and deprive my soul of good? Also this is vanity, yea, it is a bad employment.

⁷ The instruments also of the avaricious man are evil: he deviseth wicked resolves to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaketh what is right. ⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and he ever persisteth by liberal things.

¹ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and pious men are taken away, without one considering that before the evil the righteous is taken away.

⁷ Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh? ⁸ Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. ⁹ Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here am I. If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger, and speaking wickedly; ¹⁰ And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday; ¹¹ And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive. ¹² And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again: and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breaches, The restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.

^{27 (4:24)} Therefore, O king, let my counsel be agreeable unto thee, and atone for thy sins by righteousness, and for thy iniquities by showing kindness to the poor: perhaps thy prosperity may thereby endure long.

¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread. ¹⁵ Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep. ¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments as plentifully as the clay: ¹⁷ He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself therewith, and the silver the innocent will divide. ¹⁸ He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made. ¹⁹ Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered into the grave: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more. ²⁰ Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away. ²¹ The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place. ²² And God will cast evil upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand his wealth will surely escape. ²³ Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.

⁵ Those that sow in tears shall reap with joyful song. ⁶ He goeth forth indeed and weepeth, that beareth the seed for sowing; but he will surely come with joyful song when he beareth home his sheaves.

¹⁸ While they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch in concealment for their own lives.

⁸ He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God’s wrath will not fail.

⁵ Basilisk’s eggs do they hatch, and spider’s webs do they weave: he that eateth of their eggs must die, and if one be crushed, a viper will break forth. ⁶ Their webs cannot serve for garments, and they cannot clothe themselves with their works: their works are works of wickedness, and the deed of violence is in their hands. ⁷ Their feet run to what is evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness; wasting and destruction are on their highways. ⁸ The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice on their tracks: their paths they have made unto themselves crooked; whosoever walketh therein knoweth not peace.

¹² Sow then for yourselves after righteousness, that you may reap the fruit of kindness; cultivate your fallow field; for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness down for you. ¹³ But ye have ploughed wickedness, iniquity have ye reaped, ye have eaten the fruit of lies; because thou didst trust in thy own way, in the multitude of thy mighty men:

¹⁶ For their feet run after evil, and they make haste to shed blood. ¹⁷ For uselessly is the net spread out before the eyes of every winged bird: ¹⁸ While they lie in wait for their own blood; they watch in concealment for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the paths of every one that is greedy after unlawful gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.

²² He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool: ²³ Till an arrow cleaveth through his liver; as a bird hasteneth into the snare, and knoweth not that it is done to take his life.

³⁶ But he that sinneth against me doth violence to his own soul: all those that hate me love death.

¹⁶ The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the product of the wicked is for sin.

⁴ Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.

²³ The fear of the Lord leadeth unto life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

¹⁷ And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.

⁷ For righteous is the Lord, he loveth righteousness: his countenance doth behold the upright.

^{25 (18:26)} With the kind thou wilt show thyself kind; with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright; ^{26 (18:27)} With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the perverse thou wilt wage a contest.

^{6 (51:8)} Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: therefore do thou cause me to know wisdom in the recesses of the heart.

¹ ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord.

^{13 (140:14)} Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell before thy presence.

¹⁴ Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad discord.

¹⁶ Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil, ¹⁹ A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.

¹³ The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.

⁷ He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish.

²² An abomination of the Lord are lips of falsehood; but they that deal in faithfulness obtain his favor.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright obtaineth his favor.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he preserveth his soul that watcheth his way.

²⁹ A wicked man showeth impudence in his face; but as for the upright, he will consider well his way.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant: to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou sojournest, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause, to incline after many, to wrest judgment.

²⁶ He is all the time beneficent, and lendeth: and his seed will be for a blessing.

¹ Hallelujah. Happy is the man that feareth the Lord, that greatly delighteth in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous.

⁵ An abomination of the Lord is every one that is proud of heart: the hand of God being against his hand, he shall not go unpunished.

⁴ Wrath have I not: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would pass through them, and I would burn them altogether.

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one manner, to fear me at all times, that it may be well with them, and with their children after them;

⁴⁷ And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nachor’s son, whom Milcah bore unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.

¹⁰ And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart.

¹³ The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what to do.

³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised.

¹⁵ But thou didst trust in thy beauty, and play the harlot because of thy fame, and lavish thy lewd caresses on every one that passed by—on him they were bestowed. ¹⁶ And thou didst take from thy garments, and deck thee high-places with divers colors, and play the harlot thereupon: never should the like come to pass, and never should it be so. ¹⁷ And thou didst take thy elegant ornaments of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and make for thyself male images, and play the harlot with them; ¹⁸ And thou didst take thy broidered garments, and cover them: and my oil and my incense didst thou place before them. ¹⁹ And my bread which I had given thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, which I had let thee eat, even this didst thou set before them for a sweet savour: yes, so was it, saith the Lord Eternal. ²⁰ And thou didst take thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hadst born unto me, and didst slaughter these unto them to be devoured; but were thy acts of lewdness not yet enough? ²¹ That thou didst slay my children, and give them up to cause them to pass through the fire for them? ²² And in all thy abominations and thy acts of lewdness thou didst not remember the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, when thou wast stained with thy blood.

⁴ Because of the multitude of the lewd deeds of the harlot, that is rich in gracefulness, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her lewd deeds, and families through her witchcrafts. ⁵ Behold, I will be against thee, saith the Lord of hosts; and I will lay thy skirts open over thy face, and I will let nations see thy nakedness, and kingdoms thy shame. ⁶ And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and defile thee, and will render thee a dirt-heap.

¹⁷ The longing of the afflicted dost thou hear, O Lord! thou wilt strengthen their heart, thou wilt cause thy ear to listen:

⁴ One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek for: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the loveliness of the Lord, and to be every morning early in his temple.

⁴ And delight thyself in the Lord, and he will give thee the wishes of thy heart.

^{7 (39:8)} And now, what shall I wait for, O Lord? my hope is in thee. ^{8 (39:9)} From all my transgressions deliver thou me: render me not the object of reproach of the worthless.

⁵ Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes!

¹⁰ With all my heart have I sought thee: oh let me not wander astray from thy commandments.

⁷ When a wicked man dieth, his hope vanisheth; and the expectation of his children is lost.

⁹ In my soul have I longed for thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek for thee; for when thy judgments are sent on the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

¹⁶ As for me, I have not hastened to be a shepherd to follow thee; and the woeful day have I not longed for; thou knowest it: what came out of my lips was known before thee.

¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; for because of this thing the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all the acquisition of thy hand.

⁹ He distributeth, he giveth to the needy: his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted in honor.

¹⁸ The wicked practiseth a work of falsehood; but he that soweth righteousness obtaineth the reward of truth.

¹⁷ He lendeth unto the Lord that is liberal to the poor, and his good deed will he repay unto him.

⁸ He that increaseth his wealth by interest and usury will gather it for him that will be kind to the poor.

¹ Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters; for after many days wilt thou find it again. ² Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth.—

⁶ In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening let not thy hand rest; for thou knowest not which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both of them will be alike good.

⁶ Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but it doth not satisfy hunger; ye drink, but it doth not appease thirst; ye clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he that earneth something earneth it for a bag with holes.

⁹ Till now ye looked for much, and lo, it came to be little; and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. For what cause? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lieth in ruins, while ye run every man unto his own house. ¹⁰ Therefore do the heavens for your sake withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth her products. ¹¹ And I called for a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the corn, and over the new wine, and over the oil, and over what the ground bringeth forth, and over men, and over cattle, and over all the labor of the hands.

¹⁶ Since those days were, when one came to a heap of sheaves of twenty in number, and there were but ten; when one came to the winepress for to draw off fifty measures out of the vat, and there were but twenty. ¹⁷ I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands: yet ye turned not back to me, saith the Lord. ¹⁸ Direct, I pray you, your heart from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, direct your heart to this. ¹⁹ Is the seed yet in the barn? yes, as yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, have not brought forth; but from this day will I bless you.

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I took righteousness as my garment, and it clothed me: as a robe and a mitre was justice unto me. ¹⁵ Eyes was I to the blind; and feet to the lame was I. ¹⁶ A father was I to the needy; and the cause of him I knew not I used to investigate. ¹⁷ And I broke the cutting-teeth of the wrong-doer, and out of his teeth I cast down his prey. ¹⁸ And I said then, “In the midst of my nest shall I depart hence, and like the sand shall I have many days.

¹⁶ If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall in vain hopes; ¹⁷ Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof; ¹⁸ (For from my youth he was brought up with me, as though we were of one father, and I have guided her as though she was sprung from my mother’s womb;) ¹⁹ If ever I saw any one perishing for want of clothing, or the needy without covering: ²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, and if he have not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor will not have any want; but he that hideth his eyes will have an abundance of curses.

⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and he ever persisteth by liberal things.

⁷ Is it not to distribute thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the afflicted poor into thy house! when thou seest the naked, that thou clothe him; and that thou hide not thyself from thy own flesh? ⁸ Then shall break forth as the morning-dawn thy light, and thy healing shall speedily spring forth; and before thee shall go thy righteousness, the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward. ⁹ Then shalt thou call, and the Lord will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here am I. If thou remove from the midst of thee the yoke, the stretching out of the finger, and speaking wickedly; ¹⁰ And if thou pour out to the hungry thy soul, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall shine forth in the darkness thy light, and thy obscurity be as the noonday; ¹¹ And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.

⁶ And Joseph—he was the governor over the land, it was he that sold corn to all the people of the land; and Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down before him with the face to the earth.

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy.

²⁴ Him that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, will the people denounce, him will nations hold accursed;

⁴ Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land,

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

² In the pride of the wicked doth he hotly pursue the poor: they are seized through the plans that those have devised.

^{6 (57:7)} A net have they prepared for my steps; my soul hath been bent down; they have dug before me a pit; they are fallen into the midst thereof. Selah.

¹¹ Only rebellion doth a bad man seek: therefore a cruel messenger will be sent out against him.

¹² That when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; ¹³ And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied: ¹⁴ Thy heart be then not lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust: ²⁵ If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

^{6 (49:7)} Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?

^{7 (52:9)} “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.” ^{8 (52:10)} But I am like a green olive-tree in the house of God: I trust in the kindness of God for ever and ever.

^{10 (62:11)} Do not put your trust in defrauding, and be not rendered vain through robbery: if riches flourish, set not your heart upon them.

^{12 (92:13)} The righteous shall spring up like the palm-tree: like a cedar in Lebanon shall he grow high. ^{13 (92:14)} Planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of our God shall they spring up. ^{14 (92:15)} They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.

²¹ And thy people—they all will be righteous, for ever shall they possess the land, the sprout of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may glorify myself.

⁸ And he shall be like a tree that is planted by the waters, and by a stream spreadeth out its roots, which feeleth not when heat cometh, but its leaf remaineth green; and in a year of drought it is undisturbed by care, and ceaseth not from yielding fruit.

³⁰ And Jacob said unto Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me, to cause me to be hated among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and as I am but few in number, they may gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I would be destroyed, I and my house.

²⁴ And Joshua took ‘Achan the son of Zerach, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and all Israel were with him, and they brought them up unto the valley of ‘Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! so shall the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burnt them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard-hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.

¹⁷ And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to speak to him.

³⁸ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

¹⁹ The bad sink down before the good; and the wicked are at the gates of the righteous.

^{16 (5:15)} And also this is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so must he go: and what profit hath he that hath toiled for the wind?

⁷ For the wind do they sow, and the whirlwind shall they reap: their seed bringeth no standing corn; the plant yieldeth no meal; but should it yield it, strangers would swallow it up.

⁹ Woe to him that obtaineth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of the wicked! ¹⁰ Thou hast counselled shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul.

¹⁸ A tree of life is she to those that lay hold on her: and every one that firmly graspeth her will be made happy.

⁴ A healing word of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit.

³ And the intelligent shall shine brilliantly like the brilliance of the expanse of the sky; and they that bring many to righteousness shall be like the stars, for ever and ever.

¹⁴ I too will be to him as a father, and he shall indeed be to me as a son: so that when he committeth iniquity, I will chastise him with the rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of man; ¹⁵ But my kindness shall not depart from him, as I caused it to depart from Saul, whom I removed from before thee.

⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon. ¹⁰ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun. ¹² For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

²⁴ And when he was gone, a lion met him on the way, and slew him; and his corpse remained cast down on the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the corpse.

²¹ Evil pursueth the sinners; but the righteous will God repay with happiness.

²⁹ For lo, on the city which is called by my name, I begin to inflict evil, and ye will remain utterly unpunished? Ye shall not remain unpunished; for a sword am I calling up over all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the Lord of hosts.