Proverbs 13 Cross References - Leeser

¹ A wise son becometh so by the correction of his father; but a scorner hearkeneth not to rebuke. ² From the fruit of a man’s mouth doth he eat what is good; but the longing of the treacherous is for violence. ³ He that watcheth his mouth guardeth his soul; but he that openeth wide his lips prepareth himself destruction. ⁴ The sluggard longeth in his soul, and there cometh nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be abundantly gratified. ⁵ The righteous hateth the word of falsehood; but the wicked bringeth shame and dishonor. ⁶ Righteousness keepeth him that is upright on his way; but wickedness perverteth the man of sin. ⁷ There is some one that pretendeth to be rich without having any thing; another that pretendeth to be poor while having abundant wealth. ⁸ As the ransom of a man’s life hath he often to give his riches; but the poor heareth no threat. ⁹ The light of the righteous burneth joyfully; but the lamp of the wicked will be quenched. ¹⁰ Only through presumptuous conduct doth man produce contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom. ¹¹ Wealth gotten by vain deeds will be diminished; but he that gathereth by close labor will increase it. ¹² Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled. ¹³ Whoso despiseth the word shall fall in debt to it; but he that feareth the commandment will be rewarded. ¹⁴ The instruction of the wise is a source of life, teaching to avoid the snares of death. ¹⁵ Good intelligence giveth grace; but the way of the treacherous is hard. ¹⁶ Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but a fool spreadeth abroad his folly. ¹⁷ A wicked messenger falleth into unhappiness; but a faithful ambassador bringeth healing. ¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace will overtake him that rejecteth correction; but he that observeth admonition will be honored. ¹⁹ A desire accomplished is pleasant to the soul; but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. ²⁰ He that walketh with wise men will become wise; but he that associateth with fools will be destroyed. ²¹ Evil pursueth the sinners; but the righteous will God repay with happiness. ²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous. ²³ Much food bringeth the new-tilled ground of the poor; but there are many others that are taken away through injustice. ²⁴ He that withholdeth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chastiseth him betimes. ²⁵ The righteous eateth to satisfy his desire to eat; but the belly of the wicked always suffereth want.

⁷ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it.

¹² Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan; and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tents, till close to Sodom. ¹³ But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

¹² And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

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.

⁶ And Sarah said, God hath made me joy, whoever heareth it will laugh concerning me. ⁷ And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarai should have given children suck? yet I have born a son in his old age.

³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, Let me die now, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive.

³⁰ But there shall be laid on him a sum of money in atonement, and he shall give the ransom of his life whatsoever may be laid upon him.

³¹ Because the word of the Lord hath he despised, and his commandment hath he broken; that person shall be cut off, his iniquity is upon him.

¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, and number the fourth part of Israel? May my soul die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his!

²³ But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will overtake you.

⁴⁸ Therefore shalt thou serve thy enemies whom the Lord will send out against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of every thing; and they will put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until they have destroyed thee.

²⁴ They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter deadly disease; also the tooth of beasts will I let loose against them, with the poison of serpents that crawl in the dust.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done unto us, not to call for us, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they quarrelled with him vehemently. ² And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi’ezer? ³ Into your hand God delivered the princes of Midian, ‘Oreb and Zeeb: and what have I been able to do in comparison with you? Then was their anger abated from him, when he had spoken this speech.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were called together, and went northward, and said unto Yiphthach, Wherefore didst thou pass over to fight against the children of ‘Ammon, and didst not call for us to go with thee? thy house will we burn over thee with fire. ² And Yiphthach said unto them, I and my people were greatly engaged in strife with the children of ‘Ammon; and I called you, but ye helped me not out of their hand. ³ And when I saw that ye helped me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over to the children of ‘Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand; and why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ Then Yiphthach gathered together all the men of Gil’ad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gil’ad smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim: Gil’ad is in the midst, between Ephraim and Menasseh. ⁵ And the Gil’adites seized on the passages of the Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it came to pass, when the Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me pass over; that the men of Gil’ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrathite? and if he said, No; ⁶ Then said they unto him, Do say, Shibboleth; but when he said, Sibboleth, and was not able to pronounce it correctly, they laid hold of him and slew him on the passages of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

²⁶ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord. ²⁷ For this lad did I pray; and the Lord hath granted me my petition which I asked of him; ²⁸ Therefore also have I lent him, for my part, to the Lord; all the days that have been assigned to him shall he be lent to the Lord. And he bowed himself there before the Lord.

²⁵ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but if against the Lord a man should sin, who shall pray for him? Nevertheless would they not hearken unto the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to slay them.

¹⁴ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him. ¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now-a-days there are many servants that break away every one from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep-shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they are?

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.

²⁵ Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send.

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.

⁶ The bonds of hell encircled me, the snares of death seized on me: ⁷ When in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint entered into his ears.

⁴⁸ And also thus hath the king said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given me this day one who sitteth on my throne, while my eyes see it.

³⁶ And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.

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:

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.

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.

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.

⁴ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to the battle against Ramoth-gil’ad? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I will be like thee, my people like thy people, my horses like thy horses.

³² And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely this is the king of Israel. And they turned aside against him to fight: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

¹⁰ Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: keep thy glory and stay in thy house; and why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

¹⁴ And he led away as exiles all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand exiles, and all the craftsmen and locksmiths: there was none left, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

¹² But from the poorest of the land the captain of the guard left some to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

² And there came out to meet him Jehu the son of Chanani the seer, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldst thou help the wicked, and love those that hate the Lord? and because of this there is wrath over thee from before the Lord.

²³ And he sacrificed unto the gods of the people of Damascus, who had smitten him; and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria do help them, therefore will I sacrifice unto them, that they may help me. But they only became to him a stumbling-block for him and for all Israel.

¹⁶ But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scorned his prophets, until the fury of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

¹² And now your daughters shall ye not give unto their sons, and their daughters shall ye not take for your sons, and ye shall not seek their peace and their welfare unto eternity: in order that ye may be strong, and eat the best of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children unto eternity.

³ And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the direction of the Lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God: and let it be done according to the law.

⁴ Then answered the Accuser the Lord, and said, Skin for skin: yea, all that a man hath will he give in behalf of his life.

²⁸ And he dwelt in abandoned cities, in houses which none inhabited, which were destined to be ruinous heaps. ²⁹ Yet will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

⁵ Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light. ⁶ The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

¹⁵ The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly.

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.

¹⁷ How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth God distribute their lot in his anger?

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.

²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

³ When his lamp shone over my head, when by his light I could walk in darkness;

² He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart;

¹⁵ As for me, in righteousness shall I behold thy face: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with contemplating thy likeness.

^{5 (18:6)} The bonds of hell encircled me: the snares of death seized on me.

^{11 (19:12)} Moreover thy servant is admonished by them: in keeping them there is great reward.

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(21:2) O Lord, because of thy strength will the king rejoice; and through thy salvation how greatly will he be glad! ^{2 (21:3)} The longing of his heart hast thou given him, and the request of his lips hast thou not withholden. Selah.

¹² Who is that man that feareth the Lord? to him will he point out the way which he is to choose? ¹³ His soul shall abide in happiness: and his seed shall inherit the land.

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.

¹⁰ Many are the pains of the wicked; but him that trusteth in the Lord will he encompass with kindness.

^{10 (34:11)} The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.

^{14 (34:15)} Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed thyself with truthfulness.

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

¹⁸ The Lord regardeth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall endure for ever. ¹⁹ They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

²⁵ I have been young, and I am also grown old: yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking for bread.

²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.

¹ To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David. ^(39:2) I said, I will guard my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

^{2 (40:3)} And he brought me up out of the noiseful deep, out of the miry clay, and he set up my feet upon a rock, making firm my steps. ^{3 (40:4)} And he placed in my mouth a new song, a praise unto our God: many will see it, and fear; and they will trust in the Lord.

¹ BOOK SECOND: To the chief musician, a Maskil, for the sons of Korach. ^(42:2) As a hart panteth after brooks of water, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ^{2 (42:3)} My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I go again and be seen in the presence of God? ^{3 (42:4)} My tears have been my food day and night; because men say unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

^{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. ^{9 (49:10)} And should he still live for ever? not see the pit? ^{10 (49:11)} For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.

^{3 (69:4)} I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.

^{8 (75:9)} For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foameth, it is full of mixture: and he poureth out of the same; but its lees they drain, they drink—all the wicked of the earth.

^{14 (92:15)} They shall still flourish in high old age; they shall be vigorous and covered with foliage;

⁹ When your fathers tempted me, proved me, although they had seen my doing. ¹⁰ Forty years long did I feel loathing on that generation, and I said, It is a people of an erring heart; and they truly acknowledged not my ways: ¹¹ So that I swore in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

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

^{28 (102:29)} The children of thy servants will dwell securely, and their seed will be firmly established before thee.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

² His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

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.

¹³ He will bless those that fear the Lord, the small together with the great.

³ The bands of death had compassed me, and the pangs of the nether world had overtaken me; I had met with distress and sorrow:

⁶³ An associate am I unto all that fear thee, and unto those that keep thy precepts.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait. ⁸² My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: yet do I not forget thy statutes.

¹⁶³ Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.

¹⁶⁵ Abundant peace have they who love thy law; and thee is nothing that causeth them to stumble.

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

⁶ And see thou thy children’s children: may there be peace upon Israel.

^{11 (140:12)} Let not the man of an evil tongue be established on the earth: may evil hunt down the violent man to his downfall.

⁵ If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is as oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also is offered in their sufferings.

⁷ Hasten, answer me, O Lord, my spirit falleth: hide not thy face from me, that I may not become like those that go down into the pit.

¹¹ If they should say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us watch in concealment for the uselessly innocent;

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;

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;

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.

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.

²⁵ And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition:

³⁰ That they would not attend to my counsel: that they rejected all my admonition. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.

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

² To let thy ear listen unto wisdom: if thou wouldst incline thy heart to understanding. ³ For if thou wilt call after intelligence; if after understanding thou wilt lift up thy voice; ⁴ If thou wilt seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures: ⁵ Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth come knowledge and understanding. ⁷ He treasureth up sound wisdom for the righteous, as a shield to those that walk in integrity: ⁸ That men may keep the paths of justice; and the way of his pious servants doth he guard. ⁹ Then wilt thou understand righteousness, and justice, and equity: yea, every track of goodness.

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; ¹⁷ That forsaketh the friend of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ¹⁸ For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed lead her tracks. ¹⁹ All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life. ²⁰ In order that thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and observe the paths of the righteous.

⁴ So shalt thou find grace and good favor in the eyes of God and man.

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

¹² Because whomever the Lord loveth he admonisheth; and as a father who delighteth in his son.

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.

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

¹ Hear, ye children, the correction of a father, and attend to know understanding. ² For good information do I give you: my teaching must ye not forsake. ³ For I was a son unto my father, a tender and an only child before my mother. ⁴ And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live. 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. ⁷ The beginning of wisdom is, Acquire wisdom: and with all thy acquisition acquire understanding. ⁸ Hold her in high esteem, and she will exalt thee: she will bring thee to honor, when thou embracest her. ⁹ She will give to thy head a wreath of grace: a crown of ornament will she deliver to thee. ¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and accept my sayings: and they will increase unto thee the years of life. ¹¹ In the way of wisdom have I instructed thee: I have led thee in the tracks of uprightness. ¹² When thou walkest, thy step shall not be narrowed; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. ¹³ Lay fast hold of correction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. ¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and the wine of violence do they drink. ¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday. ¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble. ²⁰ My son, attend to my words, unto my sayings incline thy ear. ²¹ Let them not slip away from thy eyes: guard them in the midst of thy heart. ²² For they are life unto every one of those that find them, and to all his body a healing.

⁹ That thou mayest not give up unto others thy vigor, and thy years unto the cruel; ¹⁰ That strangers may not satisfy themselves with thy strength, and with thy exertions, in the house of an alien: ¹¹ While thou moanest at thy end, when thy flesh and thy body are coming to their end, 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; ¹⁴ But little more was wanting, and I had been in all kinds of unhappiness in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise. ⁷ She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler, ⁸ Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food. ⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;” ¹¹ But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.

¹¹ But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,

³⁵ He will not regard the appearance of any ransom; and he will not be content, though thou give ever so many bribes.

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.

²⁷ The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.

³⁴ Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

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

⁶ Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding. 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. ⁹ Give to the wise instruction, and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.

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

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. ² Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death. ³ The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but the sinful desires of the wicked will he cast away. ⁴ He becometh poor that laboreth with an indolent hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

¹¹ A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

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

²⁶ As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him.

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

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.

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.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is of the tree of life, and the wise draweth souls to himself.

¹ Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

⁹ Better is he that is lightly esteemed who hath a servant, than he that aimeth after honor, and lacketh bread.

¹¹ He that tilleth his ground will be satisfied with bread; but he that runneth after idle persons is void of sense.

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.

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.

¹¹ Wealth gotten by vain deeds will be diminished; but he that gathereth by close labor will increase it. ¹² Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled. ¹³ Whoso despiseth the word shall fall in debt to it; but he that feareth the commandment will be rewarded.

¹⁹ A desire accomplished is pleasant to the soul; but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

²¹ Evil pursueth the sinners; but the righteous will God repay with happiness. ²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous. ²³ Much food bringeth the new-tilled ground of the poor; but there are many others that are taken away through injustice.

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and there is none; but knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.

²⁷ The fear of the Lord is the source of life, teaching to avoid the snares of death.

³⁵ The king’s favor is bestowed on an intelligent servant; but his wrath is against him that deserveth shame.

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

⁵ A fool contemneth the correction of his father; but he that observeth admonition will become prudent.

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

²⁰ A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

²⁴ The path of life leadeth upward for the intelligent, in order that he may avoid the nether world beneath.

³¹ The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever abide in the midst of the wise.

³¹ The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever abide in the midst of the wise. ³² He that rejecteth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth admonition acquireth intelligence.

⁶ Through kindness and truth is iniquity atoned for; and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

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

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

¹⁴ As one letteth loose a stream of water, so is the beginning of strife: therefore before it be enkindled, leave off the contest.

⁷ The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth gifts.

¹⁸ Chastise thy son, for there is hope; and let not thy soul spare him for his crying.

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

¹⁸ Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war. ¹⁹ He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that enticeth with his lips. ²⁰ Whoso curseth his father or his mother—his lamp shall be quenched in obscure darkness. ²¹ An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,

¹² The righteous regardeth attentively the house of the wicked; but God overturneth the wicked into unhappiness.

²³ Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue guardeth his soul against distresses. ²⁴ The presumptuous and proud, scorner is his name, dealeth in the wrath of presumption.

¹⁵ When folly is bound fast to the heart of a lad, the rod of correction must remove it far from him.

¹³ Withhold not from a lad correction; for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Thou wilt indeed beat him with the rod; but thou wilt deliver his soul from perdition.

²⁰ For there will be no happy future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.

³⁴ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.

⁸ Do not proceed to a contest hastily, lest thou know not what thou wilt have to do at its end, when thy neighbor hath put thee to confusion.

¹² As an earring of gold, and a pendant of fine gold, so is a wise reprover toward an ear that listeneth. ¹³ As the cooling of snow on a harvest-day, so is a faithful messenger to those that send him; for he refresheth the soul of his master.

²³ The north wind bringeth forth rain: so doth secret talking, angry countenances.

⁶ He choppeth off the feet, and drinketh vexation, that sendeth important messages by the hand of a fool.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets.

¹⁸ Whoso guardeth the fig-tree will eat its fruit: so he that watcheth over his master will be honored.

²³ Endeavor to know well the appearance of thy flocks, direct thy attention to thy herds; ²⁴ For property endureth not for ever, nor doth the crown remain for all generations. ²⁵ When the grass is past, young verdure showeth itself, and then are gathered the herbs of the mountains. ²⁶ The sheep are for thy clothing, and he-goats are the purchase-price of a field. ²⁷ And thou wilt have enough of goats’ milk for thy food, for the food of thy household, and the support for thy maidens.

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

¹⁹ He that tilleth his ground will have plenty of bread; but he that runneth after idle persons will have enough of poverty. ²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

²² He that is eager for wealth is a man of an evil eye, and he knoweth not that want will come upon him.

²⁵ He that hath an insatiable desire stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord will be abundantly gratified.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on his mother.

¹⁷ Correct thy son, and he will procure thee rest: yea, he will give delight unto thy soul.

²⁷ An abomination of the righteous is an unjust man: and an abomination of the wicked is one who is upright in his way.

⁸ Vanity and lying words do thou remove far from me: neither poverty nor riches give thou unto me; let me eat the bread appointed unto me:

²⁶ For to a man who is good in his presence God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth employment, to gather up and to bring together, that he may give it to him that is good before God. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit.

^{9 (5:8)} But the advantage of a land in all things is, a king who is subject to the country.

^{14 (5:13)} And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:

⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment will experience no evil thing: and a wise man’s heart knoweth both time and the just consequence. ⁶ Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man resteth heavily upon him.

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

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.—

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest? where lettest thou thy flock rest at noon? for why should I appear like a veiled mourner by the flocks of thy companions?— ⁸ If thou knowest this not, O thou fairest of women, go but forth in the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids around the shepherds’ dwellings.—

⁴ Scarcely had I passed away from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I laid fast hold of him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that had born me.

⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? that I am sick of love.—

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.

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Because ye have said, “We have entered into a covenant with death, and with the nether world have we made an agreement; the overflowing scourge, when it passeth by, shall not come at us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we sought a hiding-place.”

¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? though he have walked in darkness, and had no light: let him trust in the name of the Lord, and lean for support upon his God. ¹¹ Behold, all ye that kindle fire, that urge on the brands: walk by the blaze of your fire, and by the brands ye have kindled; from my hand hath this been bestowed on you; in pain shall ye lie down.

¹³ Behold, my servant shall be prosperous, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be placed very high.

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.

¹³ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be made ashamed; ¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry out from pain of heart, and from a broken spirit shall ye howl;

² For all these things hath my hand made, that all these things came into being, saith the Lord; but upon such a one will I look, upon the poor, and him who is of a contrite spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

¹⁹ Thy own wickedness shall chastise thee, and thy backslidings shall correct thee; and thou shalt know and see that evil and bitter was thy forsaking the Lord thy God, while the dread of me was not upon thee, saith the Lord Eternal of hosts.

³ O Lord, are not thy eyes directed to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, yet they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return. ⁴ Yet I myself thought, Oh these are but poor; they are foolish; for they knew not the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God. ⁵ I had better go unto the great men, and let me speak with them; for these surely know the way of the Lord, the ordinance of their God; but these altogether have broken the yoke, burst the bands. ⁶ Therefore slayeth them the lion out of the forest, the wolf of the deserts wasteth them, the leopard lieth in wait against their cities: every one that cometh out thence shall be torn in pieces; because many are their transgressions, very numerous are their backslidings. ⁷ How shall I for this pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by those that are not gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlot’s house. ⁸ As robust horses they rose by times in the morning: every one neighed after the wife of his neighbor. ⁹ Shall I not for these things inflict punishment? saith the Lord: and shall on a nation such as this my soul not be avenged?

⁷ Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the swallow, atad the crane observe the time of their coming home; but my people know not the ordinance of the Lord. ⁸ How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Truly, behold in vain wrought the pen, in vain the writers. ⁹ The wise men are ashamed, they are discouraged and caught, lo, the word of the Lord have they rejected; and what wisdom have they now? ¹⁰ Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to conquerors; for from the least even unto the greatest, every one is seeking his own gain: from the prophet even unto the priest every one practiseth falsehood.

¹¹ As a cuckoo that sitteth on eggs which he hath not laid, so is he that get the riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be called wicked.

¹³ And on the prophets of Samaria have I seen absurdity: they prophesied by Ba’al, and misled my people Israel. ¹⁴ But on the prophets of Jerusalem have I seen a horrible thing; they commit adultery, and walk in falsehood; and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, so that not one of these doth return from his wickedness: they are become unto me all of them as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah. ¹⁵ Therefore thus hath said the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets, Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poison-water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is hypocrisy gone forth over all the land. ¹⁶ Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, they bring you unto vanity: a vision of their own heart do they ever speak, not out of the mouth of the Lord.

²⁸ The prophet that hath had a dream, let him relate his dream; and he that hath received my word, let him speak my word of truth. What hath the straw to do with the corn? saith the Lord.

²⁷ And thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Drink ye, and become drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I am sending among you. ²⁸ And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup of thy hand to drink, that thou shalt say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, Ye must certainly drink; 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. ³⁰ But thou, do thou prophesy concerning them all these words, and say unto them, The Lord will cry aloud from on high, and from his holy habitation will he send forth his voice; he will cry out very loudly over his habitation; the vintner’s call, as they that tread out the grapes, will he lift up against all the inhabitants of the earth. ³¹ A tumultuous noise cometh even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he holdeth judgment over all flesh: the wicked,—these he giveth up to the sword, saith the Lord.

¹⁰ But of the poorest of the people, who had nothing, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard leave some in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and arable fields at the same time.

⁸ But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not; for we have some things hidden in the field, such as wheat, and barley, and oil, and honey. So he forbore, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren.

² That then spoke ‘Azaryah the son of Hosha’yah, and Jochanan the son of Kareach, and all the presumptuous men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

¹⁶ Respecting the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. ¹⁷ For to a surety we will do all the word that is gone forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: when we had plenty of food, and fared well, and saw no evil.

¹⁸ When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou dost not give him warning, and speakest not to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die through his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

⁹ And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations among whom they shall have been carried captive, when I shall have broken their licentious heart, which had departed from me, even with their eyes, which were gone astray after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves on account of the evil deeds which they have committed with all their abominations.

¹³ But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; in my statutes they walked not, and my ordinances they despised, which a man is to do, that he may live through them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned: and I then thought to pour out my fury over them in the wilderness, to make an end of them.

¹⁶ Because my ordinances they had despised, and in my statutes they had not walked, and my sabbaths they had profaned; for after their idols did their heart go.

²⁴ Because my ordinances they had not executed, and my statutes they had despised, and my sabbaths they had profaned, and after the idols of their fathers their eyes were directed.

⁴³ And ye shall remember there your ways, and all your doings, whereby ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves, because of all your evil deeds that ye have committed.

⁷ But as for thee, O son of man, I have appointed thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: so that when thou hearest a word from my mouth, thou shalt warn them from me. ⁸ When I say unto the wicked, O wicked one, thou shalt surely die; and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way: that wicked one shall die for his iniquity; but his blood will I require from thy hand.

³¹ Then shall ye remember your ways that they were evil, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves on account of your iniquities and on account of your abominations.

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.

⁶ Will not all these take up a parable against him, and a proverb and a satire concerning him? and they will say, Woe to him that increaseth what is not his! for how long? and to him that loadeth himself with a burden of guilt! ⁷ Behold, suddenly will rise up those that afflict thee, and awake those that plague thee, and thou shalt become a booty unto them. ⁸ Because thou hast despoiled many nations will all the remnant of the people despoil thee; because of the blood of men, and the violence against the land, the town, and all that dwell therein.

¹⁷ For the violence against Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of beasts, which he terrified away; because of the blood of men, and the violence against the land, the town, and all that dwell therein.

¹² And I will leave remaining in the midst of thee a humble and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.

⁸ And I removed the three shepherds in one month; and my soul was tired of them, and also their soul abhorred me.

¹⁶ Then conversed they that fear the Lord one with the other: and the Lord listened and heard it, and there was written a book of remembrance before him for those who fear the Lord, and for those who respect his name.