Proverbs 20 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise. ² Like the roaring of a young lion is the dread of a king: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. ³ It is an honor for a man to cease from a contest; but every fool enrageth himself. ⁴ Because it is winter’s cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing. ⁵ Like deep water is counsel in the heart of man; but the man of understanding will draw it out. ⁶ Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but who can find a faithful man? ⁷ The righteous walketh in his integrity: happy will be his children after him. ⁸ A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil. ⁹ Who can say, I have made my heart pure, I am cleansed from my sin. ¹⁰ Divers weights, and divers measures, are both of them alike an abomination of the Lord. ¹¹ Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work will be pure, and whether it will be upright. ¹² The ear that heareth, and the eye that seeth, the Lord hath made both of them alike. ¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread. ¹⁴ It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then doth he boast. ¹⁵ There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge. ¹⁶ Take away his garment, because he hath become surety for a stranger; and on account of a strange woman take a pledge from him. ¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones. 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, ²² Do not say, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he will help thee. ²³ Divers weights are an abomination of the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good. ²⁴ From the Lord are the steps of man ordained; but man—how can he understand his own way? ²⁵ It is a snare to a man to sanctify things hastily, and to make inquiry only after having made vows. ²⁶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel. ²⁷ A lamp of the Lord is the soul of man, searching all the inner chambers of the body. ²⁸ Kindness and truth will watch over a king, and he will prop up through kindness his throne. ²⁹ The ornament of young men is their strength; and the glory of old men is a hoary head. ³⁰ The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes will reach the inner chambers of the body.

⁷ And the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. ⁷ And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they felt that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

²¹ And he drank of the wine, and became drunken; and he uncovered himself within his tent. ²² And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told it his two brothers without. ²³ And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon the shoulders of both of them, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned backward, and they saw not their father’s nakedness.

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.

³¹ And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the country to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: ³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. ³³ And they made their father drink wine that night; and the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also, and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. ³⁵ And they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him, and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁶ And both the daughters of Lot became with child by their father.

¹¹ And the Lord said unto him, Who hath given a mouth to man? or who maketh him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the Lord?

¹² Honor thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

^{26 (22:25)} If thou take at all thy neighbor’s raiment in pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by the time the sun goeth down; ^{27 (22:26)} For it is his only covering, it is his raiment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

¹⁵ If any person commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, against the holy things of the Lord: then shall he bring as his trespass-offering unto the Lord a ram without blemish out of the flocks, in value of two shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass-offering.

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

³² Before the hoary head shalt thou rise up, and honor the face of the old man; and thou shalt be afraid of thy God: I am the Lord.

³⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

⁹ For every one whatever that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death: his father or his mother hath he cursed, his blood shall be upon him.

¹⁰ And no stranger shall eat of a holy thing: a sojourner of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of a holy thing. ¹¹ But if a priest buy a person with his money, then may he eat of it; and those that are born in his house, may eat of his bread. ¹² And if the daughter of a priest be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of the offered part of holy things. ¹³ But the daughter of a priest, if she be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat thereof. ¹⁴ And if a man eat a holy thing unwittingly, then shall he add the fifth part thereof unto it, and he shall make good unto the priest the holy thing. ¹⁵ And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;

⁹ And if it he a beast, whereof men can bring an offering unto the Lord, all that a man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. ¹⁰ He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad one, or a bad for a good one; and if he should change beast for beast, then shall it together with its exchange be holy.

³⁰ And every tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, belongeth to the Lord; it is holy unto the Lord. ³¹ And if a man will redeem any part of his tithe, its fifth part shall he add thereto.

^{38 (17:3)} The censers of these sinners against their own lives; and they shall make of them broad plates for a covering for the altar; for they brought them near before the Lord, and they have thus become hallowed; and they shall serve for a sign unto the children of Israel.

^{2 (30:3)} If a man make a vow unto the Lord, or he swear an oath to bind his soul with an obligation: he shall not profane his word; according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth shall he do. ^{3 (30:4)} And if a woman make a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by an obligation, being in her father’s house in her youth; ^{4 (30:5)} And her father hear her vow, and her obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father be silent to her: then shall all her vows stand, and every obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. ^{5 (30:6)} But if her father disallow her on the day that he heareth it: all her vows or her obligations, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall not stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father hath disallowed her. ^{6 (30:7)} And if she be given to a man, and have vows upon her, or what she may have uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; ^{7 (30:8)} And her husband hear it, and be silent to her on the day that he heareth it: then shall her vows stand, and her obligations wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand. ^{8 (30:9)} But if on the day of her husband’s hearing it, he disallow her: then doth he annul her vow which is upon her, and that which she hath uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the Lord will forgive her. ^{9 (30:10)} But regarding the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, all, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand for her. ^{10 (30:11)} And if she had vowed in her husband’s house, or had bound her soul by an obligation with an oath; ^{11 (30:12)} And her husband heard it, and was silent to her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand. ^{12 (30:13)} But if her husband hath annulled them on the day he heard them: then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, concerning her vows, or concerning the obligation of her soul, shall not stand; her husband hath annulled them; and the Lord will forgive her. ^{13 (30:14)} Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the person, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may annul it. ^{14 (30:15)} But if her husband should be silent to her from day to day: then hath he confirmed all her vows, or all her obligations, which are upon her; he hath confirmed them, because he was silent to her on the day that he heard them. ^{15 (30:16)} But if he should annul them after the day that he hath heard them: then shall he bear her iniquity. ^{16 (30:17)} These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth, in her father’s house.

²⁵ The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not covet the silver or gold that is on them, so that thou wouldst take it unto thyself, lest thou be ensnared thereby; for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. ²⁶ And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou become accursed like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is accursed.

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not have in thy house divers measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵ A perfect and just weight shalt thou have, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; in order that thy days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee;

¹⁶ Cursed be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother; and all the people shall say, Amen.

³⁵ Mine are vengeance and recompense, at the time that their foot shall slip; for nigh draweth the day of their calamity, and the future speedeth along for them.

¹ And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites at the first, to fight against them? ² And the Lord said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁹ And O that some one would put this people into my power! and I would remove Abimelech. And he let it be said to Abimelech, Increase thy army, and come out.

⁷ Behold, ye are all here children of Israel: furnish for yourselves here advice and counsel.

¹⁸ And they arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and the children of Israel said, Who of us shall go up at first to the battle with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah, at first.

²³ And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I again approach to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

²⁶ Now all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted on that day until the evening, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord. ²⁷ And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, (for there was the ark of the covenant of God in those days, ²⁸ And Phinehas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, shall I yet continue to go out to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I forbear? And the Lord said, Go up; for tomorrow will I deliver him into thy hand.

³ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines? ⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

³⁶ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning-light. ³⁷ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

²⁶ And Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall for everlasting the sword devour? knowest thou not that it will be bitter in the end? and how long shall it be, ere thou wilt bid the people to return from pursuing their brethren? ²⁷ And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then already in the morning would the people have gone away every one from pursuing his brother.

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, ¹⁰ When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, and he was in his own eyes as though he brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I should give him a reward for his tidings: ¹¹ How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous man in his own house upon his bed? and now, behold, I will require his blood of your hand, and I will remove you away from the earth. ¹² And David gave the command to the young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up by the pool in Hebron. But the head of Ish-bosheth they took, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

¹³ And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunken; and he went out in the evening to lie down on his resting-place with the servants of his lord; but to his house he did not go down.

³¹ And the people that were therein he brought forward, and put them under saws, and under iron threshing-wagons, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through brick-kilns; and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of ‘Ammon: and David returned with them with all the people unto Jerusalem.

²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

¹² Perhaps the Lord will look on my affliction, and the Lord will requite me good instead of his cursing this day.

⁴ And as in the light of morning the sun riseth, in a morning without clouds, with more than the brightness reflected by rain on the herbs that spring from the earth.

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.

⁴⁶ If they sin against thee, for there is no man that may not sin, and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, be it far or near;

¹⁶ And they went out at midday; while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. ¹⁷ And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out at first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, Some men are come out of Samaria. ¹⁸ And he said, If they be come out for peace, catch them alive; and if they be come out for war, alive must ye catch them. ¹⁹ So these, the young men of the princes of the provinces, came out of the city, with the army which followed them. ²⁰ And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. ²¹ And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and inflicted on the Syrians a great defeat.

⁹ And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thornbush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thornbush.

³⁶ If they sin against thee—for there is no man that may not sin,—and thou be angry with them, and give them up before the enemy, so that their captors carry them away captive unto a land far off or near;

¹⁷ Then held Amazyahu the king of Judah a council, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoachaz, the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. ¹⁸ And Joash the king of Israel sent to Amazyahu the king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that was in the Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in the Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son for wife. And there passed along the wild beasts that were in the Lebanon, and trod down the thorn-bush. ¹⁹ Thou hast thought, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom; and thy heart hath lifted thee up to acquire much glory: now stay in thy house; why wilt thou meddle with misfortune, that thou mayest fall, thou, and Judah with thee? ²⁰ But Amazyahu would not hear; for it was ordained by God, in order to deliver them into the hand of Joash; because they had sought after the gods of Edom. ²¹ Thereupon did Joash the king of Israel go up: and they looked one another in the face, he and Amazyahu the king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. ²² And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tents. ²³ And Joash the king of Israel caught Amazyahu the king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoachaz, at Beth-shemesh; and he brought him to Jerusalem, and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem, from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner-gate, four hundred cubits.

⁴ Who can make a clean thing out of an unclean? not one thing.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be pure? and that he who is born of woman should be declared righteous?

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.

¹⁸ Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

¹² If the evil be sweet in his mouth, he will conceal it under his tongue; ¹³ He will cherish it, and not forsake it; and hold it back within his palate; ¹⁴ His food is thus changed within his bowels, and becometh the venom of asps within him. ¹⁵ The wealth which he hath swallowed, will he have to vomit up again; God will drive it out of his belly. ¹⁶ The poison of asps will he have to suck; the viper’s tongue will slay him. ¹⁷ He shall not look with pleasure on streams, on flowing brooks of honey and cream. ¹⁸ He restoreth what he hath labored for, and will not swallow it down; however much he may have obtained by toil, he will not have any joy of it. 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.

⁴ How then can man be justified with God? or how can be one that is born of woman?

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.

¹² But wisdom—where shall she he found? and where is the place of understanding? ¹³ Man knoweth not her value: and she is not to be found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ The deep saith, Not in me is she: and the sea saith, She is not with me. ¹⁵ No fine gold can be given in lieu of her, and silver cannot be weighed out as her price. ¹⁶ She cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. ¹⁷ She cannot be estimated after gold and glass; and not in exchange for her can vessels of refined gold be taken. ¹⁸ Coral and crystal will not be thought of; and the value of wisdom is above pearls. ¹⁹ She cannot be estimated after the topaz of Ethiopia, nor can she be valued with pure gold.

⁸ But it is the spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty which giveth them understanding.

¹ To the chief musician upon Sheminith, a psalm of David. ^(12:2) Help, O Lord; for the pious have ceased to be; for the truthful have failed from among the children of men.

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

^{7 (21:8)} For the king trusteth in the Lord; and through the kindness of the Most High shall he not be moved.

⁴ Show me, O Lord, thy ways; teach me thy paths.

¹² Who is that man that feareth the Lord? to him will he point out the way which he is to choose?

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.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be gracious unto me.

¹⁴ Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let thy heart be of good courage; and only wait on the Lord.

²³ By the Lord are the steps of the righteous man established; and he findeth pleasure in his course of life.

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

³⁴ Wait on the Lord, and keep his way, and he will exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, shalt thou look on.

^{5 (51:7)} Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

^{3 (58:4)} The wicked are estranged from goodness from the womb: those who speak lies go astray from their very birth.

^{7 (61:8)} May he abide for ever before God: ordain that kindness and truth may guard him.

^{6 (64:7)} They search out iniquities; “We are ready with the carefully searched out device:” and the inward thought and heart of each is deeply hidden.

⁴ He shall judge the afflicted of the people, he shall give help to the children of the needy; but he shall crush the oppressor.

^{9 (92:10)} For, lo, thy enemies, O Lord, for, lo, thy enemies shall perish: all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered.

⁹ He that hath planted the ear, shall he not hear? or he that hath formed the eye, shall he not see?

⁴ And to the power of the king who loveth justice and righteousness hast thou truly executed in Jacob.

¹ By David, a psalm. Of kindness and justice will I sing: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing praises.

⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer. ⁶ My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me. ⁷ He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that speaketh falsehoods shall not succeed before my eyes. ⁸ Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land, cutting off from the city of the Lord all the wrong-doers.

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

¹⁸ Open thou my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.

¹⁶ To deliver thee from the adulteress, from the alien woman that useth flattering speeches;

¹⁵ She is more precious than pearls; and all the things thou valuest are not equal unto her.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and the wine of violence do they drink.

³ For as of fine honey drop the lips of an adulterous woman, and smoother than oil is her palate;

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.

⁵ That they may keep thee from an adulterous woman, from an alien that useth flattering speeches.

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

¹¹ For wisdom is better than pearls; and all the things that men wish for are not equal to her.

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

¹⁷ “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.” ¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the departed are there; that in the depths of the nether world are her guests.

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

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.

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

¹³ He that walketh about as talebearer revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. ¹⁴ Where there is no wise guidance, a people must fall: but it will obtain help through the multitude of counsellors. ¹⁵ With evil will he be overwhelmed that is surety for a stranger: but he that hateth giving the hand as pledge is safe.

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

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.

⁹ The light of the righteous burneth joyfully; but the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.

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

² In his uprightness walketh he that feareth the Lord; but perverse in his ways is he that despiseth him.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.

¹⁷ He that is soon angry committeth folly; and a man of wicked devices is hated.

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit holdeth up to view his folly.

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

²² Plans are frustrated without consultation; but through a multitude of counsellors canst thou maintain thyself. ²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken at the proper time, how good is it!

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

⁹ A man’s heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth firmly his steps.

¹¹ A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag. ¹² It should be an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for through righteousness alone can a throne be established.

¹⁴ The fury of a king is like the messengers of death; but a wise man will appease it. ¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance there is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. ¹⁶ How much better is it to obtain wisdom than gold! and to obtain understanding is preferable to silver!

²¹ The wise in heart is called a man of understanding; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth information.

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

²⁹ The man of violence misleadeth his neighbor, and maketh him go on a way which is not good.

³¹ An ornamental crown is the hoary head, on the way of righteousness can it be found. ³² One that is slow to anger is better than a hero; and he that ruleth his spirit, than the conqueror of a city.

¹³ Whoso bestoweth evil in return for good—evil shall not depart from his house. ¹⁴ As one letteth loose a stream of water, so is the beginning of strife: therefore before it be enkindled, leave off the contest.

⁴ Like deep waters are the words of a wise man’s mouth, and a bubbling brook is the well-spring of wisdom.

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. ⁸ The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down indeed into the innermost parts of the body.

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than one of perverse lips, who is a fool.

¹¹ It is intelligence in man to be slow in his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. ¹² Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.

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

²⁴ When a slothful man hath hidden his hand in the dish, then will he not even bring it back to his mouth. ²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the simple will become prudent; and if one that hath understanding be admonished, he will understand knowledge.

⁸ A king that sitteth on the throne of justice scattereth away with his eyes all evil.

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

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

²⁶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and turneth over them the threshing-wheel.

³⁰ The bruises of a wound are cleansing means for the bad, and stripes will reach the inner chambers of the body.

⁸ Perverse is the way of the man that is estranged from goodness; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

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.

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

⁴ Fatigue thyself not to become rich; because thou hast understanding, forbear.

²⁷ For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow well.

²⁹ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath quarrels? who hath complaints? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? ³⁰ They that tarry late over the wine: they that come to seek for mixed drink. ³¹ Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily. ³² At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting. ³³ Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things. ³⁴ And thou wilt be like one that lieth down in the heart of the sea, or as he that lieth on the top of a mast. ³⁵ “They smote me, but I suffered no pain; they struck me hard, but I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will continue to seek it again.”

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

²⁰ For there will be no happy future for the bad man: the lamp of the wicked will be quenched. ²¹ My son, fear the Lord and the king: with those that are desirous to change do not mingle thyself;

²⁹ Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing. 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.

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

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be firmly established in righteousness.

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.

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. ⁹ Carry on thy cause with thy neighbor; but lay not open the secret of another: ¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamy never be removed.

¹² As an earring of gold, and a pendant of fine gold, so is a wise reprover toward an ear that listeneth.

¹⁴ Like clouds and wind without rain, so is a man that vaunteth falsely of a gift.

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.

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

² Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

¹³ Take his garment, for he became surety for a stranger; and on account of an alien woman take a pledge of him.

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

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.

¹⁴ When a king judgeth in truth the indigent, his throne shall stand firmly for ever.

¹¹ There is a generation that curseth its father, and doth not bless its mother.

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, this shall the ravens of the valley pick out; and the young eagles shall eat it.

⁴ Not for kings, O Lemoel, not for kings it is fitting to drink wine, nor for princes, strong drink:

¹⁰ If there be any thing whereof it is said, See, this is new: It hath already been in olden times which were before us.

^{4 (5:3)} When thou makest a vow unto God, do not delay to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in such fools: that which thou hast vowed must thou pay. ^{5 (5:4)} It is better that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. ^{6 (5:5)} Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

²⁰ For no man is so righteous upon earth, that he should do always good, and never sin.—

²⁸ What my soul constantly sought, but I found it not; one man among a thousand did I find; but a woman among all these did I not find.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for submissiveness causeth great offences to be avoided.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in the direction which thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

⁹ And in addition to this that Koheleth was wise, he continually also taught the people knowledge, and he probed, and searched out, and composed many proverbs. ¹⁰ Koheleth sought to find out acceptable words, and that which would be written down uprightly, even words of truth. ¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads, and like nails fastened are the words of the men of the assemblies, which are given by one shepherd.

²² Woe unto those that are heroes to drink wine, and men of might to mingle strong drink;

⁶ Against a hypocritical nation will I send him, and against the people of my fury will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to carry off the prey, and to render them trodden down like the mire of the streets. ⁷ But he deemeth it not so, and his heart doth not think so; but to destroy is in his heart, and to cut off nations not a few.

⁵ And there shall be founded through kindness a throne; and there shall sit upon it in truthfulness in the tent of David a judge who seeketh justice, and is quick in righteousness.

⁹ Therefore by this only shall the iniquity of Jacob be atoned; and this shall be all the fruit of the taking away of his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as limestones that are beaten in pieces, when there shall not arise again any groves and sun-images.

⁷ But these also are now stumbling through wine, and reeling through strong drink: priest and prophet are stumbling through strong drink, they are overpowered with wine, they reel through strong drink; they stumble in divine vision, they are unsteady in giving judgment.

²⁷ Truly not with a threshing instrument is fennel threshed, and a wagon-wheel is not turned about upon cumin; but fennel is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a stick. ²⁸ Bread-corn is crushed; but not for ever doth man keep threshing it; and though he drive over it the wheel of his wagon and his horses, he will not thereby crush it.

¹ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.

¹⁵ He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on evil;

³¹ Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.

⁵ Yet he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement for our peace was upon him; and through his bruises was healing granted to us.

¹² Come ye, I will fetch wine, and let us swallow abundantly of strong drink; and like this day shall it be tomorrow, excellent and in very great abundance.

¹ Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and notice, and search in its broad places, if ye can find one man, if there be one that executeth justice, that searcheth for truth: and I will pardon it.

^{23 (9:22)} Thus hath said the Lord, Let not the wise glorify himself in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glorify himself in his might, let not the rich glorify himself in his riches; ^{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.

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in his own power: it is not in man that passeth away to direct his own steps.

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

¹⁵ He hath sated me with bitter things, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. ¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel-stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

²⁵ The Lord is good unto those that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. ²⁶ It is good that one should wait and this in silence for the salvation of the Lord.

¹⁰ Just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath shall ye have.

²³ But against the Lord of heaven hast thou lifted thyself up; and the vessels of his house have they brought before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them; and the gods of silver, and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor know, hast thou praised; and the God in whose hand thy soul is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

¹¹ Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.

⁵ On the day of our king’s entering on his rule the princes are made sick with the fumes of wine: the king joineth his hand with scorners.

¹⁰ They shall follow after the Lord, when he will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children shall hasten together from the west;

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

^{7 (12:8)} But like a merchant, who hath the balances of deceit in his hand, loving to overreach, ^{8 (12:9)} Did Ephraim say, I am certainly become rich, I have acquired substance unto myself: it is all through my labors; they will find no iniquity in me, that could be sin.

⁸ The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord Eternal hath spoken, who will not prophesy?

⁴ Hear this, O ye that are greedy to swallow the needy, and to ruin the poor of the land, ⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances?

⁵ Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell provision? and the sabbath, that we may open the corn-warehouses, making the ephah small, and increasing the shekel, and cheating with deceitful balances? ⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the corn? ⁷ Sworn hath the Lord by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will not forget to eternity all their works.

⁶ So the ship-master came near unto him, and said unto him, Why dost thou sleep? arise, call upon thy God: perhaps it be that God will think of us, that we may not be lost.

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

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.

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!

¹⁰ Thou hast counselled shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul.

¹⁵ Woe unto him that maketh his neighbors drink, to thee that pourest out thy poisonous wine, and makest them also drunken, in order to look on their nakedness! 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.

⁴ I bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will even send out against you a curse, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I will curse the same, because ye do not lay it to heart.

⁸ Can a man rob God, that ye will rob me? But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and in heave-offerings. ⁹ With the curse are ye cursed, and yet me do ye rob, O ye entire nation! ¹⁰ Bring ye all the tithes into the store-house, that there may be provision in my house, and prove me but herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open for you the windows of heaven, and pour out for you a blessing, until it be more than enough.