Proverbs 12 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish. ² The good obtaineth favor of the Lord; but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. ³ A man cannot be firmly established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous will not be moved. ⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame on him. ⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are justice: the best counsels of the wicked are deceit. ⁶ The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright will deliver them. ⁷ The wicked are suddenly overthrown, and are no more; but the house of the righteous will endure. ⁸ In accordance with his intelligence is a man praised; but he that is perverse of heart will come to be despised. ⁹ Better is he that is lightly esteemed who hath a servant, than he that aimeth after honor, and lacketh bread. ¹⁰ A righteous man careth for the life of his beast; but the mercies of the wicked are cruelty. ¹¹ He that tilleth his ground will be satisfied with bread; but he that runneth after idle persons is void of sense. ¹² The wicked is covetous for the net of evil men; but God giveth root to the righteous. ¹³ In the transgression of his lips is the snare of the wicked; but the righteous cometh out of distress. ¹⁴ From the fruit of his mouth will a man be satisfied with what is good; and the recompense of a man’s hands will be brought back unto him. ¹⁵ The way of a fool is straight in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. ¹⁶ The wrath of the fool is known on the very day; but he that concealeth the disgrace is prudent. ¹⁷ He that uttereth truth announceth righteousness; but a false witness, deceit. ¹⁸ There is some one that useth words which are like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing. ¹⁹ The lip of truth will stand firm for ever; but only for a moment the tongue of falsehood. ²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of those that contrive evil; but for the counsellors of peace there is joy. ²¹ No wrong can come unawares to the righteous; but the wicked are full of evil. ²² An abomination of the Lord are lips of falsehood; but they that deal in faithfulness obtain his favor. ²³ A prudent man concealeth his knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth their folly. ²⁴ The hand of the diligent will bear rule; but the indolent must become tributary. ²⁵ If there be care in the heart of man, let him suppress it; and a good word will change it into joy. ²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor; but the way of the wicked leadeth them astray. ²⁷ The indolent roasteth not that which he hath caught in hunting; but the most precious wealth of man is diligence. ²⁸ On the path of righteousness there is life; and on her pathway there is immortality,

⁹ Be ye not like the horse, or like the mule, who hath no understanding; who must be held in with bit and bridle, his ornament, lest he come near unto thee.

^{6 (92:7)} A brutish man knoweth it not, and a fool cannot understand this.

²⁷ Cause me to understand the way of thy precepts, that I may meditate on thy wonders.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation. ⁹⁸ Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me. ⁹⁹ Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation. ¹⁰⁰ More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.

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 And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof; ¹³ While I hearkened not to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I inclined not my ear;

¹⁷ I indeed love those that love me: and those that seek me earnestly shall find me.

³² And now, O children of men, hearken unto me! for happy those that observe my ways.

⁷ He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish. ⁸ Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁰ An evil correction is destined for him that forsaketh the right path; he that hateth admonition will die.

¹ He that separateth himself from God seeketh his own desires: at every sound wisdom is he enraged.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

^{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.

⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.

³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.

¹⁸ A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil,

³⁵ For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord.

⁸ No man hath control over the spirit to detain the spirit; and there is no control over the day of death; and there is no representation in that war; and wickedness will not deliver those that practise it.

⁵ The worthless person shall be no more called liberal, and the avaricious man shall not be said to be bountiful. ⁶ For the worthless person ever speaketh villany, and his heart will work injustice, to practise hypocrisy, and to speak error against the Lord, to leave empty the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty will he take away. 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.

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.

³ I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed. ⁴ His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them. ⁵ He it is whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber snatcheth eagerly after their substance.

²⁹ Yet will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment. ⁶ Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds; ⁷ Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he? ⁸ Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night. ⁹ If an eye have surveyed him, it will not do so again, and it will not behold him any more in his place.

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.

⁵ That putteth not out his money for interest, and taketh no bribe against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved to eternity.

¹ A song of the degrees. Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever. ² Jerusalem hath mountains round about her: and so is the Lord round about his people, from this time forth and for evermore.

²⁵ As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

¹² The wicked is covetous for the net of evil men; but God giveth root to the righteous.

¹ The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

³⁰ A sound heart is the life of the body; but jealousy is the rottenness of the bones.

¹³ A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife. ¹⁴ House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but from the Lord cometh an intelligent wife.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.

¹⁵ A continual dropping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ¹⁶ He that would conceal her might conceal the wind, and as fragrant oil on his right hand, which would betray itself.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value. ¹¹ The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, and he will not see his gain diminish. ¹² She treateth him well and not ill, all the days of her life. ¹³ She seeketh for wool and flax, and worketh with her willing hands. ¹⁴ She is become like the merchant’s ships: from afar doth she bring her food. ¹⁵ And she riseth while it is yet night, and giveth provision to her household, and a task to her maidens. ¹⁶ She thinketh of a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. ¹⁷ She girdeth with strength her loins, and giveth vigor to her arms. ¹⁸ She perceiveth that her profit is good: therefore her lamp goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ She stretcheth out her hands to the spindle, and her palms hold fast the distaff. ²⁰ She spreadeth out wide her open palm to the poor: yea, her hands she stretcheth forth to the needy. ²¹ She hath no fear for her household of the snow: for all her household are clothed in scarlet. ²² Tapestry-covering she maketh for herself: of linen and purple is her attire. ²³ Well known is in the gates her husband, when he sitteth with the elders of the land. ²⁴ Fine tunics she maketh, and selleth them, and girdles she furnisheth unto the merchant. ²⁵ Strength and dignity are her clothing: and she smileth at the coming of the last day.

¹⁶ I heard it, and my inmost parts trembled; at the report my lips quivered; rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, that I should rest till the day of distress, till the withdrawing of the people that will invade us with its troops.

^{2 (12:3)} Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak. ^{3 (12:4)} May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh boastful things:

^{2 (36:3)} For he flattereth himself in his own eyes too much to find out his iniquity to hate it. ^{3 (36:4)} The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good. ^{4 (36:5)} He deviseth wickedness upon his couch; he placeth himself on a way that is not good; evil he despiseth not.

^{6 (41:7)} And if he come to see me, he speaketh falsely: his heart gathereth wickedness to itself; he goeth abroad and speaketh it. ^{7 (41:8)} Altogether whisper against me all that hate me: against me do they devise my injury.

¹⁵ On thy precepts will I meditate, and direct my look unto thy paths.

²³ Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(140:2) Deliver me, O Lord, from an evil man; from a man of violence do thou keep me; ^{2 (140:3)} Who think over evil resolves in their heart, who every day are gathered together for war. ^{3 (140:4)} They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the poison of the adder is under their lips. Selah.

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the hope of the wicked is the wrath of God.

⁹ The counsel of folly is sin; and an abomination to men is the scorner.

⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

¹⁴ Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?

¹ Moreover Achithophel said unto Abshalom, Do let me now select twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night; ² And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will terrify him; so that all the people that are with him will flee; and I will smite the king alone; ³ And I will bring back all the people unto thee: when all return except the man whom thou seekest, all the people will be in peace. ⁴ And the thing was pleasing in the eyes of Abshalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁷ And Mordecai told him all that had happened unto him, and of the fixed sum of money which Haman had promised to weigh out into the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them. ⁸ Also the copy of the writing of the law that had been given out in Shushan to destroy them he gave to him, to show it unto Esther, and to tell her all, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, and to make supplication unto him, and to present a request before him for her people. ⁹ And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. ¹⁰ And Esther said unto Hatach, and gave him a charge unto Mordecai, ¹¹ All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that every one, whether man or woman, who should come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is but one law for him, to put him to death, except the one to whom the king should hold out the golden sceptre, for he will be suffered to live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. ¹² And they told Mordecai the words of Esther. ¹³ Then said Mordecai to bring this answer back to Esther, Imagine not in thy soul to be able to escape in the king’s house out of all the Jews. ¹⁴ For if thou do indeed maintain silence at this time, enlargement and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou hast not for a time like this attained to the royal dignity?

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.

¹¹ If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent; ¹² We will swallow them up like the grave alive; and the men of integrity, as those that go down into the pit; ¹³ We shall find all kinds of precious wealth, we will fill our houses with booty; ¹⁴ Thy lot must thou cast in our midst; one purse shall be for us all: ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou on the way with them; withhold thy foot from their path; 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.

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a stick for his pride; but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

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.

²⁶ For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

¹ Woe is me! for I am as in the gathering of the summer-fruits, as in the grape-gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fruit for which my soul longeth. ² The pious hath disappeared out of the land; and the upright among men there is none; all of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

²⁶ And let thy name be magnified unto everlasting, that men may say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and may the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

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.

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.

³ I have myself seen the foolish taking root; but I suddenly held his habitation as accursed. ⁴ His children are far from help, and men crush them in the gate, with no one to deliver them.

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.

¹⁵ It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation. ¹⁶ Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away. ¹⁷ His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets. ¹⁸ Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him. ¹⁹ He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning. ²⁰ Because of his calamitous day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.

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.

²⁵ For the reason that he knoweth their deeds: therefore he overturneth them in the night, and they are crushed.

¹⁰ For yet but for a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, thou wilt look carefully at his place, and he shall not be there.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked terrible in power, and striking root like a green tree in its native soil. ³⁶ Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was no more: and I sought him, but he could not be found. ³⁷ Observe the perfect man, and behold the upright; for there is a happy future for the man of peace.

¹⁸ Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction. ¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events.

²¹ The hand of God being against his hand, the bad man shall not go unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.

¹¹ The house of the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will flourish.

²⁵ The Lord, will tear down the house of the proud; but he will set up firmly the boundary-stone of the widow.

³ Through wisdom is a house built; and through understanding is it firmly established; ⁴ And through knowledge are chambers filled with all manner of precious and pleasant wealth.

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:

¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he had commanded thee; for now would the Lord have established thy government over Israel for ever.

¹⁸ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lechemite, who is skilful as a player, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and intelligent in speech, and a person of a good form, and the Lord is with him.

³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.

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.

¹⁸ His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine brilliantly.

²⁶ Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh;

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but fools shall obtain disgrace as their portion.

²³ He will indeed die for want of correction; and through the abundance of his folly will he sink into error.

¹ Who is like the wise? and who knoweth as well the explanation of a thing? a man’s wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.

² And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to disgrace and everlasting abhorrence.

⁸ But ye are indeed departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble in the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of the Levite, saith the Lord of hosts. ⁹ Therefore have I also made you contemptible and low before all the people, in the same measure as ye do not keep my ways, but act with partiality in the law.

⁷ There is some one that pretendeth to be rich without having any thing; another that pretendeth to be poor while having abundant wealth.

¹³ And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are a charge on me: and if they should overdrive them one day, all the flock would die. ¹⁴ Let my lord, I pray thee, pass on before his servant: and I will lead on slowly, according to the cattle that goeth before me and the children may be able to travel, until I come unto my lord unto Seir.

²⁶ And Judah said unto his brothers, What profit will it be if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let our hand not be upon him; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers hearkened to him. ²⁸ And when the Midianitish men, merchants, passed by, they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

²⁸ And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Bil’am, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? ²⁹ And Bil’am said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: had I but a sword in my hand, I would assuredly have now killed thee. ³⁰ And the ass said unto Bil’am, Am not I thy ass, upon which thou hast ridden from thy commencement unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, No. ³¹ Then the Lord opened the eyes of Bil’am, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head and prostrated himself on his face. ³² And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thy ass these three times? behold, I went out to be a hindrance; because the journey which is odious to me was too quickly begun.

⁴ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he thresheth out the corn.

⁷ And Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table: as I have done, so hath God requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

² And Nachash the ‘Ammonite said unto them, On this condition will I make it with you, that ye all have put out the right eye, that I may lay it as a reproach upon all Israel.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

⁴ And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba’al-berith; and Abimelech hired therewith idle and heedless persons, who followed him.

⁴ I have not sat with men of falsehood, and with dissemblers will I not enter in communion.

² When thou eatest the labor of thy hands: then wilt thou be happy, and it shall be well with thee.

¹⁰ My son, if sinners wish to entice thee, consent thou not.

¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad. ¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not through by it, turn off from it, and pass away.

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.

⁷ And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a lad void of sense;

⁶ Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding.

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

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men will become wise; but he that associateth with fools will be destroyed.

²³ Much food bringeth the new-tilled ground of the poor; but there are many others that are taken away through injustice.

⁴ Where no oxen are, is the crib clean; but the abundance of harvests is only through the strength of the ox.

²³ In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips lead only to want.

²⁷ And thou wilt have enough of goats’ milk for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the support for thy maidens.

¹⁹ He that tilleth his ground will have plenty of bread; but he that runneth after idle persons will have enough of poverty.

^{8 (2:9)} They that guard false vanities forsake the source of their kindness.

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.

⁹ He lieth in wait in a secret place like a lion in his den; he lieth in wait to snatch up the poor: he snatcheth up the poor, as they draweth him into his net.

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

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his steps. ⁶ In the transgression of a man there is an evil snare: but the righteous ever singeth and rejoiceth.

⁶ In the future shall Jacob yet take root; Israel shall bud and blossom, and shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

³¹ And the remnant of the house of Judah that is escaped shall yet strike root downward, and bear fruit upward.

²⁶ For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. ²⁷ As a coop is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore are they become great, and grown rich. ²⁸ They are grown fat, they are stout; yea, they surpass even the deeds of the wicked: they pronounce no just sentence, the sentence of the fatherless, that they might prosper; and the cause of the needy do they not judge.

⁷ Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and the Lord will be his trust. 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.

² The pious hath disappeared out of the land; and the upright among men there is none; all of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

¹⁵ All of them he bringeth up with the angle, he draggeth them up in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad. ¹⁶ Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because through them is his portion fat, and his food marrowy. ¹⁷ Shall he therefore always empty his net, and continually slay nations without sparing?

¹⁶ The angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be called on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

⁹ But David answered Rechab and Ba’anah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

²³ Then swore king Solomon by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me, and may he thus continue, if Adoniyah have not spoken this word against his own life.

^{6 (5:7)} Thou wilt destroy those that speak lies: the man of blood and deceit the Lord abhorreth.

^{19 (34:20)} Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord ever delivereth him.

^{8 (64:9)} And their own tongues will stumble over themselves: all that look on them will shake their head.

² If thou art ensnared through the words of thy mouth, if thou art caught through the words of thy mouth:

⁸ The righteous is delivered out of distress, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

² The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly.

⁶ The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows. ⁷ The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

²³ Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue guardeth his soul against distresses.

¹⁸ It is good that thou shouldst take hold of that, and that also from this thou withdraw not thy hand; for he that feareth God will come forth out of them all.

^{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.

^{5 (63:6)} As with fat and marrow will my soul be satisfied; and with tuneful lips shall my mouth praise thee.

² From the fruit of a man’s mouth doth he eat what is good; but the longing of the treacherous is for violence.

²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken at the proper time, how good is it!

²⁰ From the fruit of a man’s mouth is his body satisfied; with the product of his lips doth he satisfy himself. ²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it will eat its fruit.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat. ¹¹ Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.

⁵ The wise will hear, and will increase his information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:

⁷ Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

⁹ Give to the wise instruction, and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.

¹² There is many a way which seemeth even before a man; but its end are ways unto death.

¹⁶ A wise man is fearful, and departeth from evil; but the fool exciteth himself, and is confident.

² Every one of the ways of a man is pure in his own eyes; but the Lord measureth the spirits.

²⁵ There is many a way which seemeth even before a man, but its end are the ways unto death.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and accept correction, in order that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

² Every way of a man is straight in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the hearts.

¹² When thou seest a man wise in his own eyes, then is there more hope for a fool than for him.

¹⁶ The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.

¹¹ The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the indigent that hath understanding can search him through.

¹² There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, and yet is not washed clean of its filthiness.

¹³ Better is a poor and a wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth not how to be admonished any more.

¹⁵ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, If I should tell it unto thee, behold, thou wilt surely put me to death; and if I should give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me. ¹⁶ So king Zedekiah swore unto Jeremiah secretly, saying, As the Lord liveth, who hath made for us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I give thee up into the hand of these men that seek thy life. ¹⁷ Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus hath said the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, If thou wilt indeed go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall thy soul live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire; and thou shalt live, thou with thy household; ¹⁸ But if thou wilt not go forth to the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be given up into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou thyself shalt not escape out of their hand. ¹⁹ Then said king Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, I am in dread of the Jews that have run away to the Chaldeans, lest these deliver me into their hand, and they might ill-use me. ²⁰ But Jeremiah said, They will not give thee up. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, in that which I speak unto thee; so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. ²¹ But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shown me: ²² And behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall be led forth to the princes of the king of Babylon; and these women shall say, “They have enticed, and have overpersuaded thee—thy men that should have sought thy welfare; thy feet are now sunk in the mire, and they have withdrawn themselves backward.” ²³ And all thy wives and thy children shall they bring out to the Chaldeans; and thou thyself shalt not escape out of their hand; for by the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be caught; and this city wilt thou cause to be burnt with fire. ²⁴ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, that thou mayest not die. ²⁵ And if the princes should hear that I have spoken with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, tell us, we pray thee, what thou hast spoken unto the king, conceal it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king hath spoken unto thee: ²⁶ Then shalt thou say unto them, I presented my humble supplication before the king, that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan, to die there. 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. ²⁸ And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken. And it came to pass when Jerusalem was captured,

³⁰ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness? ³¹ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. ³² And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be put to death? what hath he done? ³³ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death. ³⁴ And Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food on the second day of the new-moon; for he was grieved for David; because his father had made him feel ashamed.

¹ And Achab told Izebel all that Elijah had done, and withal that he had slain all the prophets with the sword. ² Then sent Izebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So may the gods do to me, and may they thus continue, if about this time tomorrow I do not render thy life as the life of any one of them.

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love throweth a cover over all transgressions.

³³ In the heart of the man of understanding resteth wisdom: but the little which is in the bosom of fools is made known.

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

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth confident friends.

²⁸ Like a city that is broken in, and is without walls: so is the man that hath no control over his spirit.

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind; but the wise holdeth it back.

¹⁴ Then answered Achimelech the king, and said, And who is among all thy servants so trusted as David, and the king’s son-in-law, and freely admitted to thy private council, and is honored in thy house? ¹⁵ Did I this day then begin to ask counsel for him of God? far be it from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knew not of all this, either a little or great thing.

¹⁹ A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.

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

²⁵ A deliverer of souls is the true witness; but a witness of deceit uttereth lies.

⁵ A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

²⁸ An ungodly witness scorneth at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth mischief.

²⁸ A lying witness shall perish; but the man that is obedient to the law can speak for ever.

²⁸ Be not without cause a witness against thy neighbor; for wouldst thou beguile with thy lips?

^{2 (52:4)} Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit.

^{4 (57:5)} My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down in the midst of those that send out flames, those sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharpened sword.

^{7 (59:8)} Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, say they, doth hear?

^{3 (64:4)} Who whet their tongue like a sword, who aim with their arrow, the bitter word:

²² For they are life unto every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.

²⁰ Like choice silver is the tongue of the righteous: the heart of the wicked is worth but very little. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense.

¹⁷ A wicked messenger falleth into unhappiness; but a faithful ambassador bringeth healing.

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

⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge; but the heart of fools is not reliable.

²⁴ Like the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.

¹⁸ A battle-axe, and a sword, and a sharpened arrow is a man that testifieth as a false witness against his neighbor.

³³ And the intelligent among the people will impart understanding to many: yet they will stumble through the sword, and through flame, through captivity, and through being plundered for some time.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.

^{4 (52:6)} Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit. ^{5 (52:7)} Therefore God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—

⁹ A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.

⁴ Be ye not like your fathers, unto whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Do return from your evil ways, and your evil doings; but they did not hear, nor listen unto me, saith the Lord. ⁵ Your fathers,—where are they! and the prophets,—could they live for ever! ⁶ But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, behold, they did overtake your fathers: and then they returned and said, Just as the Lord of hosts had purposed to do unto us, in accordance with our ways, and in accordance with our doings, so hath he dealt with us.

²⁴ With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit: ²⁵ Though he make his voice sound ever so graciously, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ If one’s hatred be covered by deception, then shall be laid bare his wickedness before a whole assembly.

^{6 (9:5)} For a child is born unto us, a son hath been given unto us, and the government is placed on his shoulders; and his name is called, Wonderful, counsellor of the mighty God, of the everlasting Father, the prince of peace, ^{7 (9:6)} For promoting the increase of the government, and for peace without end, upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to support it through justice and righteousness, from henceforth and unto eternity: the zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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.

¹³ Yea, he shall build the temple of the Lord; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and a priest shall be upon his own throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between both of them.

¹⁰ No evil shall befall thee, nor shall any plague come nigh unto thy tent.

¹⁴ The backslider in heart will have enough of his own ways; and from him departeth the good men.

¹² Therefore shalt thou say unto them this word, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and when they will say unto thee, Do we not know full well that every bottle shall be filled with wine? ¹³ Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit after David upon his throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. ¹⁴ And I will dash them one against the other, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, so as not to destroy them.

¹⁶ Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy nakedness be uncovered: there shall be turned around thee the cup of the Lord’s right hand, and filthy spittle shall be on thy glory.

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,

¹ Balances of deceit are an abomination of the Lord; but a full weight obtaineth his favor.

²⁰ An abomination of the Lord are those of a perverse heart; but his favor is for those who are unblemished in their way.

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

^{15 (9:14)} The ancient and honorable is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies is the tail.

^{24 (9:23)} But let him that glorifieth himself glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord who exercise kindness, justice, and righteousness, on the earth; for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

¹⁹ And ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for bits of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to keep alive the souls that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to lies!

²² Because ye grieve the heart of the righteous with falsehood, when I have not given him pain; and strengthen the hands of the wicked, so that he should not return from his wicked way, through which he might live.

¹⁴ Wise men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror.

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

¹³ He that walketh about as talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

¹⁶ Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but a fool spreadeth abroad his folly.

³ Yea also, on whatever way the fool walketh, doth he lack proper sense, and he saith to all that he is a fool.

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth bring grace; but the lips of a fool will destroy himself. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the last that cometh out of his mouth is evil-bringing madness. ¹⁴ The fool also multiplieth words; but a man cannot know what is to be; and what is to be after him, who can tell him?

¹⁵ And when he saw the resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant, he bent his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

²¹ Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel had not been able utterly to destroy, these did Solomon levy as tributary laborers until this day.

²⁸ And the man Jerobo’am was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was also an industrious worker, he appointed him over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

²⁰ And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jerobo’am was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, save the tribe of Judah alone.

⁴ He becometh poor that laboreth with an indolent hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

²⁷ The indolent roasteth not that which he hath caught in hunting; but the most precious wealth of man is diligence.

⁴ The sluggard longeth in his soul, and there cometh nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be abundantly gratified.

² An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth man into a deep sleep; and an indolent soul will suffer hunger.

²⁵ The longing of the slothful will kill him; for his hands refuse to labor. ²⁶ All the day he feeleth a great longing; but the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.

²⁹ Seest thou a man that is diligent in his work? before kings may he place himself: let him not place himself before obscure men.

³⁰ By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense: ³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down. ³² And when I had indeed beheld this I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning. ³³ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;” ³⁴ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets. ¹⁴ As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. ¹⁵ Hath the slothful hidden his hand in the dish, it wearieth him to bring it back again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slothful is wiser in his own eyes, than seven men that can give wise answers.

¹ And it came to pass in the month Nissan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, that wine stood before him; and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. But I had never been sad in his presence. ² Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.

^{6 (38:7)} I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.

^{11 (42:12)} Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within met? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

¹⁸ There is some one that useth words which are like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing.

¹⁰ The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy can no stranger intermeddle.

¹³ A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil; but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

²² A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed spirit drieth up the bones.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will readily bear his disease; but a depressed spirit who can bear:

¹¹ Like apples of gold among figures of silver is a word spoken in a proper manner.

⁹ Oil and perfume cause the heart to rejoice, and so do the sweet words of a friend more than one’s own counsel.

⁴ The Lord Eternal hath given me a tongue for teaching, that I should know how to strengthen the weary with the word: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to listen like those who are well taught.

¹³ And the Lord answered the angel that spoke with me with good words and comforting words.

³ But in the saints who are on the earth, and in the excellent—in them is all my delight.

^{12 (18:13)} From the brightness before him his thick clouds passed away, with hail-stones and coals of fire. ^{13 (18:14)} And the Lord thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered forth his voice, with hail-stones and coals of fire.

¹³ In the transgression of his lips is the snare of the wicked; but the righteous cometh out of distress.

²⁷ He that holdeth back his speeches hath knowledge; and he that is sparing of his spirit is a man of understanding.

¹⁶ Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness, than great incomes through injustice.

² For thou puttest a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man of a craving desire.

¹⁵ Hath the slothful hidden his hand in the dish, it wearieth him to bring it back again to his mouth.

¹⁵ See, I have set before thee this day life and the good, death and the evil;

¹¹ For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee.

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

¹⁹ He who is firm in righteousness attaineth to life: and he that pursueth evil doth it to his own death.

⁹ In my statutes he walketh steadfastly, and my ordinances he keepeth to deal truly: he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Eternal.

²⁰ The soul that sinneth, she alone shall die; the son shall not help to bear the iniquity of the father and the father shall not help to bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. ²¹ And the wicked, when he turneth away from all his sins that he hath committed, and keepeth all my statutes, and executeth justice and righteousness, shall surely live, he shall not die. ²² All his transgressions which he hath committed shall not be remembered unto him: through his righteousness which he hath done shall he live. ²³ Have I then the least pleasure in the death of the wicked? saith the Lord Eternal: and not in his turning away from his ways, that he may live? ²⁴ But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth wrong, and doth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? all his righteousness that he hath done shall not he remembered: through his trespass which he hath committed, and through his sin that he hath done,—through them shall he die.