Proverbs Cross References - MSTC

¹ The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David king of Israel: ² To learn wisdom, instruction, understanding, prudence, ³ righteousness, judgment and equity. ⁴ That the very babes might have wit, and that young men might have knowledge and understanding. ⁵ By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom: ⁶ and he that is endued with understanding shall obtain wit to perceive a parable, and the interpretation thereof; the words of the wise, and the dark speeches of the same. ⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. ⁸ My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bring grace unto thy head, and shall be a chain about thy neck. ¹⁰ My son, consent not unto sinners, ¹¹ if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause: ¹² Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit. ¹³ So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us, we shall have all one purse." ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood. ¹⁷ But in vain is the net laid forth before the bird's eyes. ¹⁸ Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life. ²⁰ Wisdom crieth without and putteth forth her voice in the streets. ²¹ She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and showeth her words through the city, saying, ²² "O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge? ²³ O turn you unto my correction: lo, I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words. ²⁴ Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it, ²⁵ but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught. ²⁶ Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you: ²⁷ even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you. ²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels: ³² for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction. ³³ But who so hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and have enough without any fear of evil."

²⁴ And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her and lay with her, and she bare a son whose name was called Solomon, and the LORD loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah, of the LORD's behalf.

¹² And Solomon sat upon the seat of David his father and his kingdom was established mightily.

³¹ And he excelled all men in wisdom, both Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol and Darda the sons of Mahol. And his name spread abroad among all nations on every side. ³² And Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs. And his songs were a thousand and five.

⁹ Behold, a son shall be born thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about. And his name shall be Solomon: for I will send rest and peace upon Israel in his days.

⁵ And of all my sons — for the LORD hath given me many sons — he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit on the seat of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

²⁸ And he died in a good age: old, rich and glorious. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother.

¹ These also are the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah gathered together.

¹ These are the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem.

⁹ The same preacher was not wise alone, but taught the people knowledge also: he gave good heed, sought out the ground and set forth many parables.

²⁵ These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs. The time will come when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs: but I shall show you plainly from my father.

⁵ Behold, I have taught you ordinances and laws, such as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do even so in the land whither ye go to possess it. ⁶ Keep them therefore and do them, for that is your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the nations: which, when they have heard all these ordinances, shall say, 'O what a wise and understanding people is this great nation.'

⁹ Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?" ¹⁰ And it pleased the LORD well, that Solomon had desired this thing. ¹¹ Wherefore God said unto him, "Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked long life, neither hast asked riches, nor the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked the discretion to understand equity: ¹² see, I have done according to thy petition. And behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

⁵ Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. ⁷ The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.

⁴ Say unto wisdom, "Thou art my sister," and call understanding thy kinswoman:

⁵ Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.

¹⁶ To have wisdom in possession is better than gold; and to get understanding is more worth than silver.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to give a fool money in his hand, whereas he hath no mind to buy wisdom?

¹⁵ And forasmuch also as thou hast known holy scripture of a child, which is able to make thee wise unto salvation through the faith, which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ For all scripture given by inspiration of God, is profitable to teach, to improve, to amend, and to instruct in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be perfect, and prepared unto all good works.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged and feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

²² Receive the law at his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee, ² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. ⁷ He preserveth the welfare of the righteous, and defendeth them that walk innocently; ⁸ He keepeth them in the right path, and preserveth the way of his saints. ⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness, judgment and equity - yea, and every good path.

¹⁰ Receive my doctrine therefore, and not silver: and my knowledge, more than fine gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.

⁷ The law of the LORD is an undefiled law, converting the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, and giveth wisdom unto simple.

¹¹ Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

⁹ {Beth} Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after thy word.

¹³⁰ When thy word goeth forth, it giveth light and understanding unto the simple.

²² "O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge? ²³ O turn you unto my correction: lo, I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words.

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and thy soul delighteth in knowledge; ¹¹ then shall counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee.

²¹ My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel:

⁷ and beheld the simple people: and among other young folks I spied one young fool ⁸ going over the streets, by the corner, in the way toward the harlot's house; ⁹ in the twilight of the evening, when it began now to be night and dark. ¹⁰ And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid. ¹¹ She was full of loud words and ready to dally: whose feet could not abide in the house. ¹² Now is she without, now in the streets, and lurketh in every corner. ¹³ She caught the young man, kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying, ¹⁴ "I had a vow to pay, and this day I perform it. ¹⁵ Therefore came I forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee. ¹⁶ I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt. ¹⁷ My bed have I made to smell of Myrrh, Aloes, and Cinnamon. ¹⁸ Come, let us lie together, and take our pleasure till it be daylight. ¹⁹ For the goodman is not at home, he is gone far off. ²⁰ He hath taken the bag of money with him: who can tell when he cometh home?" ²¹ Thus with many sweet words she overcame him, and with her flattering lips she enticed him ²² suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished - ²³ so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon. ²⁴ Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth.

¹² "I, wisdom, have my dwelling with knowledge, and prudent counsel is mine own.

¹⁷ I am loving unto those that love me, and they that seek me early, shall find me.

³² "Therefore hearken unto me, O ye children, for blessed are they that keep my ways.

⁴ "Whoso is ignorant, let him come hither!" And to the unwise she said, ⁵ "O come on your way, eat my bread, and drink my wine, which I have poured out for you. ⁶ Forsake ignorance, and ye shall live: and see that ye go in the way of understanding."

⁹ Be glad then, O thou young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart be merry in thy young days; follow the ways of thine own heart, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall bring thee into judgment for all these things.

⁸ There shall be foot paths and common streets: this shall be called the holy way. No unclean person shall go through it, for the LORD himself shall go with them that way, and the ignorant shall not err.

²² Lusts of youth avoid, and follow righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with them that call on the Lord with pure heart.

⁶ Young men likewise exhort that they be sober minded.

³² Then said David to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet me. ³³ And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

¹⁶ And as the prophet spake to him, he said to the prophet, "Have men made thee of the king's counsel? Cease, lest thou be beaten." And the prophet ceased, and said, "I am sure that God hath taken counsel to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and obeyest not my counsel."

¹⁰ "Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing:

¹⁶ "If thou now have understanding, hear what I say, and hearken to the voice of my words.

³⁴ For else the men of understanding and wisdom, that have heard me, might say: 'What canst thou speak?'

⁹⁸ Thou, through thy commandments, hast made me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me. ⁹⁹ I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my study. ¹⁰⁰ Yea, I am wiser than the aged, for I keep thy commandments.

⁹ Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.

¹ Whoso loveth wisdom, will be content to be reformed; but he that hateth to be reproved, is a fool.

¹⁵ I speak as unto them which have discretion: judge ye what I say.

⁸ Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

⁴ I will incline mine ear to the parable, and show my dark speech upon the harp.

² I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world;

¹¹ For the words of the wise are like pricks and nails that go through, wherewith men are kept together: for they are given of one shepherd only.

¹⁰ And the disciples came, and said to him, "Why speakest thou to them in parables?" ¹¹ He answered, and said unto them, "It is given unto you to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ¹² For whosoever hath, to him shall be given: and he shall have abundance. But whosoever hath not: from him shall be taken away even that same that he hath. ¹³ Therefore speak I to them in similitudes: For though they see, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which prophecy saith, 'With the ears ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and with the eyes ye shall see, and shall not perceive." ¹⁵ For this people's hearts are waxed gross. And their ears were dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should turn, that I might heal them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷ "Verily I say unto you, that many prophets and perfect men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

³⁴ All these things spake Jesus unto the people by similitudes, and with out similitudes spake he nothing to them, ³⁵ to fulfill that which was spoken by the prophet saying, "I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world."

⁵¹ Jesus said unto them, "Understand ye all these things?" They said, "Yea, Lord." ⁵² Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

¹¹ And he said unto them, "To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: But unto them that are without, shall all things be done in similitudes:

³⁴ And without similitude spake he nothing unto them. But when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.

³⁰ And Philip ran to him, and heard him read Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Understandest thou what thou readest?" ³¹ And he said, "How can I, except I had a guide?" And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

¹⁴ But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

¹⁶ yea, almost in every epistle, speaking of such things: among which are many things hard to be understood: which they that are unlearned and unstable pervert, as they do other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

²⁸ And unto man he said, 'Behold, to fear the LORD is wisdom: and to forsake evil, is understanding.'"

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all they that do thereafter. The praise of it endureth forever.

²² "O ye children, how long will ye love childishness? How long will the scorners delight in scorning, and the unwise be enemies unto knowledge?

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

¹² and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction? ¹³ Wherefore was not I obedient unto the voice of my teachers, and hearken not unto them that informed me?

¹⁰ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of holy things is understanding.

⁵ A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that taketh heed when he is reproved, shall have the more understanding.

³³ The fear of the LORD is the right science of wisdom; and lowliness goeth before honour.

² A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only in those things wherein his heart rejoiceth.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men;

¹⁸ He that believeth on him shall not be condemned. But he that believeth not, is condemned already, because he believeth not in the name of the only son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹ But he that doth truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds might be known, how that they are wrought in God."

²⁸ And as it seemed not good unto them to be a known of God, even so God delivered them up unto a lewd mind, that they should do those things which were not comely,

³ See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.

¹⁸ If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them: ¹⁹ Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place, ²⁰ and say unto the elders of the city, 'This, our son, is stubborn and disobedient and will not hearken unto our voice; he is a rioter and a drunkard.' ²¹ Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

²⁵ If one man sin against another, the judge can redress it. But if a man sin against the LORD, who can redress it?" Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, for the LORD's will was to slay them.

¹⁰ My son, consent not unto sinners,

¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

¹ My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.

¹ Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom. ² Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law. ³ For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother, ⁴ he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

¹ My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence: ² that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

¹ My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee.

¹⁷ Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.

¹ These are the words of king Lemuel, and the Prophecy that his mother taught him.

² And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

²² Then Jesus turned him about, and beheld her, saying, "Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee safe." And she was made whole even that same hour.

⁵ when I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice: and am assured that it dwelleth in thee also.

⁴² And he took off his ring from his finger, and put it upon Joseph's finger, and he arrayed him in raiment of byss, and put a golden chain about his neck,

²² So shall it be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy mouth.

⁹ She shall make thee a gracious head, and garnish thee with the crown of glory."

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother. ²¹ Put them up together in thine heart, and bind them about thy neck.

¹⁰ Then shall thy cheeks and thy neck be made fair, and hanged with spangles and goodly jewels:

⁹ Thou hast bewitched my heart, O my sister, my spouse; thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thine eyes, and with one chain of thy neck.

¹⁹ and collars, bracelets and hooves,

¹¹ I decked thee with costly apparel; I put rings upon thy fingers,

⁷ Wherefore the king cried mightily, that they should bring him the charmers, Chaldeans, and the conjurers of devils. The king spake also to the wise men of Babylon, and said, "Whoso can read this writing, and show me the plain meaning thereof: shall be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about his neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

¹⁶ Then heard I say, that thou can expound dark things, and declare hard doubts. Well then, if thou can read this writing, and show me the meaning thereof: thou shalt be clothed with purple, have a chain of gold about thy neck, and rule the third part of my kingdom."

²⁹ Then commanded Belshazzar to clothe Daniel with purple, to hang a chain of gold about his neck, and to make a proclamation concerning him: that he should be the ruler of the third part of his kingdom.

⁹ Likewise also the women, that they array themselves in comely apparel with shamefastness, and discreet behavior, not with broided hair, other gold, or pearls, or costly array: ¹⁰ but with such as becometh women that profess the worshipping of God through good works.

³ Whose apparel shall not be outward with broided hair, and hanging on of gold, other in putting on of gorgeous apparel: ⁴ but let the hid man of the heart be uncorrupt, with a meek and a quiet spirit, which spirit is, before God, a thing much set by.

⁷ And it fortuned, after this, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, "Come lie with me." ⁸ But he denied, and said to her, "Behold, my master knoweth not what he hath in the house with me, but hath committed all that he hath to my hand. ⁹ He himself is not greater in the house than I, and hath kept nothing from me, but only thee because thou art his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, for to sin against God?" ¹⁰ And after this manner spake she to Joseph day by day; but he hearkened not unto her, to sleep near her or to be in her company. ¹¹ And it fortuned about the same season, that Joseph entered into the house, to do his business: and there was none of the household by, in the house. ¹² And she caught him by the garment, saying, "Come, sleep with me." And he left his garment in her hand and fled and got him out. ¹³ When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled out,

⁸ see thou consent not unto him nor hearken unto him. No, let not thine eye pity him nor have compassion on him, nor keep him secret, but cause him to be slain.

¹⁶ And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death. ¹⁷ And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, "There never came razor nor shears upon mine head, for I have been an abstainer to God even from my mother's womb. If mine hair were cut off, my strength would go from me, and I should wax and be like all other men." ¹⁸ And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent for the Philistines saying, "Come up yet this once, for he hath showed me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came and brought the money in their hands. ¹⁹ And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him. ²⁰ And she said, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awoke out of his sleep and thought to go out as at other times before and shake himself, and knew not that the LORD was departed from him. ²¹ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house.

¹ O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.

¹⁸ If thou seest a thief, thou runnest with him, and art partaker with the adulterers.

²¹ Thus with many sweet words she overcame him, and with her flattering lips she enticed him ²² suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished - ²³ so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt.

²⁹ A wicked man beguileth his neighbour; and leadeth him the way that is not good.

¹⁹ Meddle not with him that betrayeth secrets, and is a slanderer, and deceiveth with his lips.

¹⁸ For they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ: but their own bellies. And with sweet preachings and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocents:

¹¹ and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness: but rather rebuke them.

⁸ He sitteth lurking in the thievish corners of the streets, and privily in his lurking dens doth he murder the innocent; his eyes are set against the poor. ⁹ For he lieth waiting secretly; even as a lion lurketh he in his den, that he may ravish the poor. He doth ravish the poor when he getteth him into his net. ¹⁰ He falleth down, and humbleth himself, that the congregation of the poor may fall into the hands of his captains.

¹² like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a lion's whelp, lurking in secret places.

⁷ For they have privily laid their net to destroy me without a cause; yea, and made a pit for my soul, which I never deserved.

⁶ They hold all together, and keep themselves close, and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul.

⁵ They have devised mischief, and communed among themselves how they may lay snares. "Tush," say they, "Who shall see them?" ⁶ They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.

¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood.

¹⁸ Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.

⁶ The talking of the ungodly is how they may lay wait for blood; but the mouth of the righteous will deliver them.

¹⁴ This peoples' teeth are swords, and with their jawbones they consume and devour the simple of the earth, and the poor from among men.

²⁶ For among my people are found wicked persons, that privily lay snares and wait for me, to take them and destroy them.

¹⁹ But I, as a meek lamb, was carried away to be slain: not knowing, that they had devised such a counsel against me saying, "We will destroy his meat with wood, and drive him out of the land of the living: that his name shall never be thought upon."

¹⁸ Then said they, "Come, let us imagine something against this Jeremiah." Yea, this did even the priests, to whom the law was committed: the Senators, that were the wisest: and the prophets, which wanted not the word of God. "Come," said they, "let us cut out his tongue, and let us not regard his words." ¹⁹ Consider me, O LORD, and hear the voice of mine enemies! ²⁰ Do they not recompense evil for good, when they dig a pit for my soul? Remember, how that I stood before thee, to speak for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.

² There is not a godly man upon earth, there is not one righteous among men. They labour all to shed blood, and every man hunteth his brother to death:

³ Then assembled together the chief priests and the scribes and the elders of the people into the palace of the high priest, called Caiaphas: ⁴ and held a counsel, how they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him.

²⁵ Even that the saying might be fulfilled that is written in their law, 'They hated me without a cause.'

¹⁵ Now therefore give ye knowledge to the upper captain, and to the council that he bring him forth unto us tomorrow, as though we would know some thing more perfectly of him. But we, or ever he come near, are ready in the mean season to kill him."

³ and desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, and laid wait for him in the way to kill him.

³⁰ But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD." ³¹ And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods. ³³ And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.

¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign:

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouths; they dissemble in their hearts. Their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

¹ {A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

²⁵ Let them not say in their hearts, "There! There! So would we have it!" Neither let them say, "We have devoured him."

¹ {To the chanter, upon the domme stock dove, which flyeth far off: Michtam of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath} Be merciful unto me, O God, for men will tread me down: they are daily fighting and troubling me. ² Mine enemies are daily at hand to swallow me up; for they be many that fight against me, O thou Most Highest.

³ He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproof of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and truth.

³ they had swallowed us up alive, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us.

⁷ Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.

³⁴ 'Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured and destroyed me, he hath made me an empty vessel. He swallowed me up like a dragon, and filled his belly with my delicates: he hath cast me out.

⁵ {He} The LORD is become like as it were an enemy: he hath cast down Israel and all his places. Yea, all his strongholds hath he destroyed, and filled the daughter of Judah with much sorrow and heaviness.

¹⁶ {Ayin} All thine enemies gape upon thee, whispering and biting their teeth, saying, "Let us devour, for the time that we looked for is come: we have found and seen it."

² But ye hate the good, and love the evil: ye pluck off men's skins, and the flesh from their bones; ³ ye eat the flesh of my people, and flay of their skin; ye break their bones, ye chop them in pieces as it were into a cauldron, and as flesh into a pot.

¹³ "Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips."

² For some men there be, that remove other men's landmarks; that rob them of their cattle, and keep the same for their own; ³ that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

¹⁹ These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.

¹³ For he standeth thus in his own conceit: "This do I, through the power of my own hand, and through my wisdom: For I am wise, I am he that removes the lands of the people, I rob their princes: and like one of the worthies I drive them from their high seats. ¹⁴ My hand hath found out the Hosts of the people, as it were a nest. And like as eggs, that were laid here and there, are gathered together: So do I gather all countries. And there is no man, that dare be so bold as to touch a feather, that dare open his mouth, or once whisper."

¹⁶ Yea when he helped the oppressed and poor to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this? But only because he had me before his eyes, sayeth the LORD. ¹⁷ Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"

¹² But the lion spoiled enough for his young ones, and devoured for his lioness: he filled his dens with his prey, and his dwelling place with that he had ravished.

⁹ Thus the glory of the last house shall be greater than the first, sayeth the LORD of Hosts: and in this place will I give peace, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.'"

¹⁵ Wherefore he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness. For no man's life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."

⁹ They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction. ¹⁰ For covetousness is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled themselves with many sorrows.

⁹ And the kings of the earth shall beweep her and wail over her, which have committed fornication with her, and have lived wantonly with her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, ¹⁰ and shall stand afar off, for fear of her punishment, saying, 'Alas, Alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city: For at one hour is her judgment come.' ¹¹ And the merchants of the earth shall weep and wail in themselves, for no man will buy their ware any more, ¹² the ware of gold and silver, and precious stones, neither of pearl, and raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and of iron, ¹³ and cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and bodies; and souls of men. ¹⁴ And the apples that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee. And all things which were dainty, and had in price, are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more. ¹⁵ The merchants of these things which were waxed rich, shall stand afar off from her, for fear of the punishment of her, weeping and wailing, ¹⁶ and saying, 'Alas alas, that great city, that was clothed in raynes, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stone, and pearls:

⁴ I have not dwelt with vain persons; neither will I have fellowship with the deceitful. ⁵ I hate the congregation of the wicked, and will not sit among the ungodly.

¹⁰¹ I refrain my feet from every evil way, that I may keep thy words.

¹⁴ Come not in the path of the ungodly, and walk not in the way of the wicked. ¹⁵ Eschew it, and go not therein: depart aside, and pass over by it.

²⁷ Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

⁸ Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:

⁶ Forsake ignorance, and ye shall live: and see that ye go in the way of understanding."

¹⁰ Then spake the LORD, concerning this people that have pleasure to go so nimbly with their feet, and leave not off, and therefore displease the LORD; insomuch that he will now bring again to remembrance all their misdeeds, and punish all their sins.

¹⁷ Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you,

¹⁶ For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

¹⁸ a heart that goeth about with wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to do mischief,

⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.

⁵ If our unrighteousness make the righteousness of God more excellent: what shall we say? Is God unrighteous which taketh vengeance? I speak after the manner of men.

¹¹ Which giveth us more understanding than he doth the beasts of the earth, and teacheth us more than the fouls of heaven?'

²³ so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon.

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the Ass his master's crib; but Israel knoweth nothing. My people hath no understanding.

⁷ The Stork knoweth her appointed time; the Turtledove, the Swallow and the Crane consider the time of their travail: but my people will not know the time of the punishment of the LORD.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had made for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

¹⁴ Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, he hath conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. ¹⁵ He hath graven and dug up a pit, and is fallen himself into the destruction that he made for others. ¹⁶ For his travail shall come upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall upon his own head, and his wickedness shall fall on his own pate.

¹⁶ The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.

²³ But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.

²² The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped. ²³ Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.

¹⁷ "Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread that is privily eaten, hath a good taste." ¹⁸ But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

¹⁷ He that by violence sheddeth any man's blood, shall be a renagade unto his grave; and no man shall be able to succor him.

⁴ saying, "I have sinned, betraying the innocent blood." And they said, "What is that to us? see thou to that." ⁵ And he cast down the silver plates in the temple, and departed, and went and hung himself.

¹¹ And Joab said unto him that told him, "Lo, sawest thou him? And why didst thou not there smite him to the ground, that I should have given thee ten sicles of silver and a soldier's girdle?" ¹² And the man answered Joab, "Though I had a thousand sicles of silver told in my hand yet would I not stretch out mine hand against the king's son. For we heard with our ears when the king charged thee, Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Spare me the lad Absalom.' ¹³ Moreover though I had jeoparded my life and done falsely thereto, yet could nought of all the matter have been hid from the king: yea, and thou thyself wouldest be against me."

²⁰ And when he was departed from him a furlong of ground, Gehazi the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, "Behold, my master hath spared Naaman, this Syrian, so that he hath not taken from him that which he brought! As surely as the LORD liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat." ²¹ And so Gehazi went after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him coming after him, he came down off the chariot against him, and said, "Is all well?" ²² And he said, "Yea. But my master hath sent me, saying, 'See, there be two young men come to me out of Ephraim of the children of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, one talent of silver and a couple of good garments." ²³ And Naaman said, "Adventure and take two talents of silver in two bags, with two goodly garments." — and delivered them unto two of his servants, to bear it before him. ²⁴ And he went in the dark and took it of their hands and bestowed it in the house, and let the men go, and they departed. ²⁵ Then he went and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, "Whence cometh Gehazi?" And he said, "Thy servant went no whither." ²⁶ And he said, "Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned and came of his chariot against thee? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive garments, olive trees, vineyards, oxen, sheep, menservants and maidservants? ²⁷ The leprosy therefore of Naaman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever." And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.

³⁹ if I have eaten the fruits thereof unpaid for, yea if I have grieved any of the plowmen;

²⁷ The covetous man rooteth up his own house; but whoso hateth rewards, shall live.

³ and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth. ⁴ Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose.

¹³ Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.

¹⁷ Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'" ¹⁸ And therefore, thus sayeth the LORD against Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah, "They shall not mourn for him as they used to do, 'Alas brother, alas sister.' Neither shall they say unto him, 'Alas sir, alas for that noble prince.' ¹⁹ But as an Ass shall he be buried corrupt, and be cast without the gates of Jerusalem.

¹ Woe unto them that imagine to do harm, and devise ungraciousness upon their beds, to perform it in the clear day: for their power is against God. ² When they covet to have land, they take it by violence; they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage. ³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, against this household have I devised a plague, whereout ye shall not pluck your necks. Ye shall no more go so proudly, for it will be a perilous time.

¹⁰ Ye that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with doing wrong. ¹¹ O ye judges, ye give sentence for gifts; O ye priests, ye teach for lucre; O ye prophets, ye prophesy for money. Yet will they be taken as those that hold upon God, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? Tush, there can no misfortune happen us." ¹² Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be plowed like a field: Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shall be turned to a high wood.

⁹ Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune.

¹⁹ "Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I put the hands, he may receive the holy ghost." ²⁰ Then said Peter unto him, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou wenest that the gift of God may be obtained with money.

³ not drunken, no fighter, not given to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorring fighting, abhorring covetousness,

¹ Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you. ² Your riches is corrupt, your garments are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together in your last days. ⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields — which hire is of you kept back by fraud — crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

³ and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose judgment is not far off, and their damnation sleepeth not.

¹⁴ having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease to sin, beguiling unstable souls. Hearts they have exercised with covetousness. They are cursed children, ¹⁵ and have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, which loved the reward of unrighteousness: ¹⁶ but was rebuked of his iniquity. The tame and dumb beast, speaking with man's voice forbade the foolishness of the prophet.

¹ Doth not wisdom cry? Doth not understanding put forth her voice? ² Standeth she not in the high places in the streets and ways? ³ Doth she not cry before the whole city, and in the gates where men go out and in? ⁴ "It is you, O ye men," sayeth she, "whom I call! Unto you, O ye children of men, lift I up my voice. ⁵ Take heed unto knowledge, O ye ignorant; be wise in heart, O ye fools.

³ She hath sent forth her maidens to cry upon the highest place of the city:

⁵⁴ and came in to his own country, and taught them in their synagogues, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, "Whence cometh all this wisdom and power unto him?

⁴⁹ "Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute:

³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

²⁴ But unto them which are called, both of Jews and Greeks, we preach Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

³⁰ And unto him pertain ye, in Christ Jesus, which of God is made unto us wisdom, and also righteousness, and sanctifying, and redemption.

³ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

²⁷ What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the housetops.

² And much people resorted unto him; so greatly that he went and sat in a ship, and all the people stood on the shore.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, "I spake openly in the world. I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple whither all the Jews resorted: and in secret have I said nothing:

²⁰ "Go step forth, and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

³ Then Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, "Thus sayeth the LORD God of the Hebrews, 'How long shall it be, or thou wilt submit thyself unto me? Let my people go, that they may serve me.

²⁸ Then the LORD said unto Moses, "How long shall it be, yer ye will keep my commandments and laws?

²⁷ "How long shall this evil multitude murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur against me.

⁷ Where is there such one as Job, that drinketh up scornfulness like water?

⁸ Take heed, ye unwise among the people: O ye fools, when will ye understand?

⁴ That the very babes might have wit, and that young men might have knowledge and understanding.

⁷ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD,

³⁴ As for the scornful, he shall laugh them to scorn, but he shall give grace unto the lowly.

¹² and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction?

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

⁷ and beheld the simple people: and among other young folks I spied one young fool

¹⁶ "Who so is ignorant," sayeth she, "let him come hither." And to the unwise she sayeth,

⁶ A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand.

¹² A scornful body loveth not one that rebuketh him; neither will he come among the wise.

²⁹ Punishments are ordained for the scornful, and stripes for fools' backs.

¹¹ When the scornful is punished, the ignorant take the better heed; and when a wise man is warned, he will receive the more understanding.

¹³ Go and learn, what that meaneth: 'I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance."

²⁹ Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek, and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

¹⁷ Jesus answered and said, "O generation faithless, and crooked: how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him hither to me."

³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not.

⁴² saying, "If thou hadst known those things which belong unto thy peace, even at thy time: But now are they hid from thine eyes.

²⁰ For every man that evil doeth, hateth the light: neither cometh to light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

³ This first understand: that there shall come in the last days mockers, which will walk after their own lusts

¹⁷ And the spirit and the bride said, "Come." And let him that heareth, say also "Come." And let him that is athirst come. And let whosoever will, take of the water of life free.

¹ {A Praise of David} I will magnify thee, O God my king; I will praise thy name for ever and ever.

²⁵ but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught.

³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

²³ For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life:

¹⁷ To take heed unto the chastening of nurture, is the way of life; but he that refuseth to be reformed, deceiveth himself.

¹ He that is stiff necked and will not be reformed, shall suddenly be destroyed without any help.

¹⁵ Unto the time that the spirit be poured upon us from above. Then shall the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the plenteous field shall be reckoned for a wood.

⁸ The heavens above shall drop down, and the clouds shall rain righteousness. The earth shall open itself, and bring forth health, and thereby shall righteousness flourish. Even I the LORD shall bring it to pass.

¹ Come to the waters, all ye that be thirsty, and ye that have no money. Come buy, that ye may have to eat. Come buy wine and milk, without any money, or money worth. ² Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness. ³ Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh. ⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.

¹⁴ O ye shrinking children, turn again, sayeth the LORD: and I will be married with you. For I will take one out of the city, and two out of one generation from among you, and bring you out of Zion:

²⁷ And when a wicked turneth from his wickedness and doth justly and righteously, he shall save his soul: ²⁸ because he feared and turned from all his wickedness which he did, he shall live and not die, saith the Lord almighty. ²⁹ And yet sayeth the house of Israel, 'Tush, the way of the LORD is not equal.' Are my ways unright, O ye house of Israel? Are not your ways rather unequal? ³⁰ "As for me, I will judge every man, according to his ways, O ye house of Israel, sayeth the LORD God. Wherefore be converted, and turn you clean from all your wickedness, so shall there no sin do you harm.

¹¹ Tell them, 'As truly as I live, sayeth the LORD God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but much rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn you, turn you from your ungodly ways, O ye of the house of Israel. Oh, wherefore will ye die?'

¹ Turn Israel unto the LORD thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wickednesses' sake.

²⁸ After this, will I pour out my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy: your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

¹⁰ Moreover, upon the house of David and upon the citizens of Jerusalem, will I pour out the spirit of grace and prayer, so that they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced: and they shall beweep him, as men mourn for their only begotten son: Yea, and be sorry for him, as men are sorry for their first child

¹³ If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children: How much more shall the father of heaven give a holy spirit to them, that desire it of him?"

³⁶ What manner of saying is this that he said, 'Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: And where I am, thither can ye not come?'" ³⁷ In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.

³⁶ So therefore let all the house of Israel know for a surety, that God hath made the same Jesus whom ye have crucified, Lord and Christ." ³⁷ When they heard this, they were pricked in their hearts, and said unto Peter, and unto the other apostles, "Ye men and brethren, what shall we do?" ³⁸ Peter said unto them, "Repent, and be baptised every one of of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the holy ghost.

¹⁹ Repent ye, therefore, and turn: that your sins may be done away when the time of refreshing cometh, which we shall have of the presence of the Lord,

²⁰ but showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Jewry, and to the gentiles, that they should repent, and turn to God, and do the right works of repentance.

¹⁶ So then, because thou art between both, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth: ¹⁷ because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked. ¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see. ¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.

²⁰ Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence from the provoking of all men; thou shalt keep them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tongues.

² For why would no man receive me, when I came? And when I called, no man gave me answer. Was my hand clean smitten off, that it might not help? Or had I not power to deliver? Lo, at a word I drink up the sea, and of water floods I make dry land: so that for want of water, the fish corrupt and die of thirst.

¹² Therefore will I number you with the sword, that ye shall be destroyed all together. For when I called, no man gave me answer: when I spake, ye hearkened not unto me, but did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the thing that pleased me not.

⁴ Therefore will I also have pleasure in laughing them to scorn, and the thing that they fear, will I bring upon them. For when I called, no man gave answer; when I spake, they would not hear: But did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the things that displease me.

¹³ And now, though ye have done all these deeds, sayeth the LORD, and I myself rose up ever betimes to warn you and to commune with you, yet would ye not hear me: I called, ye would not answer.

¹⁸ Therefore will I also do something in my wrathful displeasure: so that mine eye shall not oversee them, neither will I spare them. Yea, and though they cry in mine ears with loud voice, yet will I not hear them."

¹¹ Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. ¹² Yea, they made their hearts as an Adamant stone lest they should hear the law and words, which the LORD of Hosts sent in his holy spirit by the prophets afore time. Wherefore the LORD of Hosts was very wroth at them.

⁵ But they made light of it, and went their ways: one to his firm place, another about his merchandise: ⁶ the remnant took his servants, and intreated them ungoodly, and slew them.

³⁷ Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee: how often would I have gathered thy children together, as the hen gathereth her chicks under her wings? But ye would not. ³⁸ Behold, Your habitation shall be left unto you desolate.

³⁰ So that thou stretch forth thine hand, that healing, and signs, and wonders be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus."

²¹ And against Israel he saith, "All day long have I stretched forth my hands unto a people that believeth not, but speaketh against me."

²⁵ See that ye despise not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth; Much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: ²⁶ whose voice then shook the earth, and now declareth, saying "Yet once more will I shake, not the earth only, but also heaven."

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

¹¹ But my people would not hear my voice; and Israel would not obey me.

¹¹ because they were not obedient to the commandments of God, but lightly regarded the counsel of the most highest — he also brought down their hearts through heaviness.

³⁰ But the Pharisees and scribes despised the counsel of God, against themselves, and were not baptised of him.

¹⁴ But go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen, and let them save you in the time of your tribulation."

⁴ He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn: the Lord shall have them in derision.

¹³ But the LORD laugheth him to scorn, for he seeth that his day is coming.

¹⁵ Therefore shall his destruction come hastily upon him: suddenly shall he be all broken, and not healed.

²⁴ The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them; but the righteous shall have their desire.

²⁴ For I say unto you, that none of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper.'"

⁹ As a green thorn kindled with fire goeth out before your pots be made hot; even so, let a furious rage bring him to nought.

²² Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling. ²³ Let their eyes be blinded, that they see not; and ever bow down their backs. ²⁴ Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful displeasure take hold of them. ²⁵ Let their habitation be void, and no man to dwell in their tents. ²⁶ For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk how they may vex them whom thou hast wounded. ²⁷ Let them fall from one wickedness to another, and not come into thy righteousness. ²⁸ Let them be wiped out of the book of the living, and not be written among the righteous.

²⁵ Thou needest not to be afraid of any sudden fear, neither for the violent rushing of the ungodly, when it cometh. ²⁶ For the LORD shall be beside thee, and keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

²⁴ The thing that the ungodly are afraid of, shall come upon them; but the righteous shall have their desire. ²⁵ The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

¹³ Even like many waters shall the people rage: God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and vanish away like the dust with the wind upon a hill, and as the whirlwind through a storm.

³ The LORD suffereth long, he is of great power, and so innocent that he leaveth no man faultless before him. The LORD goeth forth in tempest and stormy weather; the clouds are the dust of his feet.

²³ But woe be to them that be with child, and to them that give suck in those days, for there shall be great trouble in the land: and wrath over all this people. ²⁴ And they shall fall on the edge of the sword. And they shall be led captive into all nations. And Jerusalem shall be trodden underfoot of the gentiles, until the time of the gentiles be fulfilled. ²⁵ And there shall be signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar, ²⁶ and men's hearts shall fail them for fear, and for looking after those things which shall come on the earth. For the powers of heaven shall move.

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares. ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that sit on the face of the earth.

⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile.

³ For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

¹⁵ And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills, ¹⁶ and said to the hills, and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him that sitteth on the seat, and from the wrath of the lamb, ¹⁷ for the great day of his wrath is come; And who can endure it?"

³ And the LORD said, "My spirit shall not always strive with man, for they are flesh. Nevertheless I will give them yet space, a hundred and twenty years."

¹⁸ And when ye cry out at that time upon your king which ye shall have chosen you, the LORD will not hear you at that day."

⁹ Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity?

¹² If any such complain, no man giveth answer; and that because of the wickedness of proud tyrants.

⁴¹ They shall cry, but there shall be none to help them: Yea, even unto the LORD shall they cry, but he shall hear them not. {TYNDALE: They looked for help, but none came to save them: unto the LORD they cried, but he heard them not.}

³⁴ When he slew them, they sought him, and turned them early, and inquired after God. ³⁵ And they remembered that God was their strength, and that the high God was their redeemer. ³⁶ Nevertheless, they did but flatter him with their mouths, and dissembled with him in their tongues.

¹⁵ When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.

¹¹ "Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will send a plague among you, which ye shall not be able to escape: and though ye cry unto me, I will not hear you.

¹² For though they fast, I will not hear their prayers. And though they offer burnt offerings and sacrifices, yet will not I accept them. For I will destroy them with the sword, hunger, and pestilence."

¹⁵ I will go, and return to my place, till they wax faint, and seek me.

⁴ Now the time shall come, that when they call unto the LORD, he shall not hear them, but hide his face from them, because that through their own Imaginations they have dealt so wickedly.

¹³ And thus is it come to pass, that like as he spake and they would not hear: "Even so, they cried and I would not hear, sayeth the LORD of Hosts,

²² Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many miracles?' ²³ And then will I knowledge unto them, that I never knew them: 'Depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.'

¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut up. ¹¹ Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, 'Master, master open to us.' ¹² But he answered, and said, 'Verily I say unto you: I know you not.'

²⁵ When the good man of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' And he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know you not whence ye are.' ²⁶ Then shall ye begin to say, 'We have eaten, and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.' ²⁷ And he shall say, 'I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me all ye workers of iniquity.' ²⁸ There shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth: when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out a doors.

³ Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, even to consume it upon your voluptuousness.

¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways! ¹⁵ What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

¹⁶ But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth, ¹⁷ whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

¹¹ Their harvest shall be burnt; their wives, which were their beauty when they came forth, shall be defiled. For it is a people without understanding, and therefore he that created them, shall not favour them; and he that made them, shall not be merciful to them.

⁹ For it is an obstinate people, unfaithful children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD. ¹⁰ They dare say to the Prophets, "See not," and unto them that be clear of judgment, "Tell us of nothing for to come, but speak friendly words unto us, and preach us false things. ¹¹ Tread out of the way, go out of the path, turn the holy one of Israel from us." ¹² Therefore, thus sayeth the holy one of Israel, "Insomuch as ye have cast off your beauty, and comforted yourselves with power and nimbleness, and put your confidence therein:

⁴² verily one is needful. Mary hath chosen her that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

⁵¹ "Ye stiffnecked and of uncircumcised hearts and ears: ye have always resisted the holy ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. ⁵² Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them, which showed before of the coming of that Just, whom ye have betrayed and murdered. ⁵³ And ye also have received a law by the ordinance of angels, and have not kept it." ⁵⁴ When they heard these things, their hearts clave asunder, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

²⁵ and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

¹¹¹ Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

¹⁷³ Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy commandments.

⁹ therefore shall the wise be confounded. They shall be afraid and taken, for lo, they have cast out the word of the LORD: what wisdom can then be among them?

¹⁸ And they all at once began to make excuse. The first said unto him, 'I have bought a farm, and I must needs go and see it, I pray thee have me excused.' ¹⁹ And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go to prove them, I pray thee have me excused.' ²⁰ The third said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

⁸ For, as I have proved by experience, they that plow iniquity and sow wretchedness, reap the same.

¹⁴ An unfaithful person shall be filled with his own ways; but a good man will beware of such.

⁸ He that soweth wickedness shall reap sorrow; and the rod of his plague shall destroy him.

¹⁰ Bid the righteous do well, for they shall enjoy the fruits of their studies. ¹¹ But woe be unto the ungodly and unrighteous, for they shall be rewarded after their works.

¹⁹ Thine own wickedness shall reprove thee, and thy turning away shall condemn thee: that thou mayest know and understand, how evil and hurtful a thing it is, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the LORD God of Hosts.

¹⁹ Hear thou earth also: behold, I will cause a plague come upon this people, even the fruit of their own imaginations. For they have not been obedient unto my words and to my law, but abhorred them.

⁷ Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he reap. ⁸ He that soweth in his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but he that soweth in the spirit shall, of the spirit, reap life everlasting.

¹⁵ "And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him. ¹⁶ They angered him with strange gods, and with abominations provoked him. ¹⁷ They offered unto field-devils and not to God; and to gods which they knew not; and to new gods that came newly up, which their fathers feared not. ¹⁸ Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgot God that made thee. ¹⁹ And when the LORD saw it, he was angry because of the provoking of his sons and daughters. ²⁰ And he said, 'I will hide my face from them and will see what their end shall be. For they are a froward generation, and children in whom is no faith. ²¹ They have angered me with that which is no god; and provoked me with their vanities. And I, again, will anger them with them which are no people, and will provoke them with a foolish nation. ²² For fire is kindled in my wrath: and shall burn unto the bottom of hell; and shall consume the earth with her increase; and set afire the bottoms of the mountains. ²³ I will heap mischiefs upon them and will spend all mine arrows at them. ²⁴ Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents. ²⁵ Without forth, the sword shall rob them of their children; and within in the chamber, fear: both young men and young women, and the sucklings with the men of gray heads. ²⁶ I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men, ²⁷ were it not that I feared the railing of their enemies — lest their adversaries would be proud and say: Our high hand hath done all these works, and not the LORD. ²⁸ "'For it is a nation that hath an unhappy forecast, and hath no understanding in them. ²⁹ I would they were wise, and understood this, and would consider their latter end.' ³⁰ How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight — except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them. ³¹ "For our rock is not as their rock; no, though our enemies be judge. ³² But their vines are of the vines of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are grapes of gall, and their clusters be bitter. ³³ Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel gall of asps. ³⁴ Are not such things laid in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? ³⁵ "'Vengeance is mine, and I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.' ³⁶ "For the LORD will do justice unto his people, and have compassion on his servants. For it shall be seen that their power shall fail, and at the last they shall be prisoned and forsaken. ³⁷ And it shall be said, 'Where are their gods and their rock wherein they trusted - ³⁸ the fat of whose sacrifices they ate, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up, and help you, and be your protection! ³⁹ "'See, now, how that I — I am he: and that there is no God but I. I can kill, and make alive; and what I have smitten, that I can heal. Neither is there that can deliver any man out of my hand. ⁴⁰ For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and will say: I live ever. ⁴¹ If I whet the lightning of my sword, and mine hand take in hand to do justice, I will show vengeance on mine enemies and will reward them that hate me. ⁴² I will make mine arrows drunken with blood, and my sword shall eat flesh of the blood of the slain and of the captive and of the bare head of the enemy.' ⁴³ "Rejoice, heathen with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will avenge him of his adversaries, and will be merciful unto the land of his people." ⁴⁴ And Moses went and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, both he and Joshua the son of Nun.

²² Let their table be made a snare to take themselves withal; and let the things that should have been for their wealth be unto them an occasion of falling.

⁶ An unwise man will not know this, and a fool will not understand it — ⁷ that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his own soul. All they that hate me, are the lovers of death."

¹¹ Moab hath ever been rich and careless from her youth up, she hath sitten and taken her ease with her treasure. She was never yet put out of one vessel into another, that is, she never went away into captivity, therefore her taste remaineth, and her savour is not yet changed. ¹² But lo, the time cometh, sayeth the LORD, that I shall send her trussers to truss her up, to prepare and season her vessels: yea her tankards rattle and shake to and fro.

¹⁶ And he put forth a similitude unto them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth fruits plenteously, ¹⁷ and he thought in himself saying, 'What shall I do? Because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.' ¹⁸ And he said, 'This will I do. I will destroy my barns, and build greater: and therein will I gather all my fruits, and my goods: ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.' ²⁰ But God said unto him, 'Thou fool, this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided?' ²¹ So is it with him that gathered riches, and is not rich in God."

¹⁹ "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day. ²⁰ And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, which lay at his gate full of sores, ²¹ desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores. ²² And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell. ²³ And being in hell, in torments, he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom; ²⁴ And he cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.' ²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

³⁶ He that believeth on the son, hath everlasting life. And he that believeth not the son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him."

³⁸ But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. ³⁹ We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

⁸ If ye be not under correction — whereof all are partakers — then are ye bastards and not sons.

²⁵ See that ye despise not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth; Much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

⁵ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

¹² What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. ¹³ His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land.

¹³ O that my people would obey me! For if Israel would walk in my ways,

⁷ He will not be afraid of any evil tidings, for his heart standeth fast, and believeth in the LORD. ⁸ His heart is stablished, and will not shrink, until he sees his desire upon his enemies.

²¹ My son, let not these things depart from thine eyes, but keep my law and my counsel: ²² So shall it be life unto thy soul, and grace unto thy mouth. ²³ Then shalt thou walk safely in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble. ²⁴ If thou sleepest thou shalt not be afraid, but shall take thy rest and sleep sweetly.

³² "Therefore hearken unto me, O ye children, for blessed are they that keep my ways. ³³ O give ear unto nurture, be wise, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and giving attendance at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

¹¹ For through me thy days shall be prolonged, and the years of thy life shall be many.

²⁶ The fear of the LORD is a stronghold; and his children are under a sure defense.

³ And thou, which art the doer and hast the matter in hand: shall provide for peace, even the peace that men hope for in thee.

¹⁸ If thou wilt now regard my commandment, thy wealthiness shall be as the water stream: and thy righteousness as the waves flowing in the sea.

³ Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

⁵ While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them. And behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, "This is my dear son, in whom I delight; hear him."

⁹ But when ye hear of war, and of dissension: be not afraid, for these things must first come: but the end followeth not by and by."

¹⁹ With your patience, possess your souls.

²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. ²⁹ My father which gave them me, is greater than all men; and no man is able to take them out of my father's hand.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of God? Shall tribulation? Or anguish? Or persecution, other hunger? Other nakedness? Other peril? Other sword? ³⁶ As it is written, "For thy sake are we killed all day long, and are counted as sheep appointed to be slain." ³⁷ Nevertheless, in all these things we overcome strongly through his help that loved us. ³⁸ Yea and I am sure that neither death, neither life, neither angels; nor rule, neither power, neither things present, neither things to come, ³⁹ neither height, neither lowth, neither any other creature shall be able to depart us from the love of God, showed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁵ which are kept by the power of God through salvation, which salvation is prepared already to be showed in the last time,