Proverbs 10 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet son is a heaviness unto his mother. ² Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. ³ The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire. ⁴ An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich. ⁵ Whoso gathereth in summer is wise; but he that is sluggish in harvest, bringeth himself to confusion. ⁶ Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous. ⁷ The memorial of the just shall have a good report; but the name of the ungodly shall stink. ⁸ A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face. ⁹ He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely; but whoso goeth a wrong way, shall be known. ¹⁰ He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten. ¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous. ¹² Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins. ¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding a man shall find wisdom; but the rod belongeth to the back of the foolish. ¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is nigh destruction. ¹⁵ The rich man's goods are his stronghold; but poverty oppresseth the poor. ¹⁶ The righteous laboureth to do good; but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin. ¹⁷ To take heed unto the chastening of nurture, is the way of life; but he that refuseth to be reformed, deceiveth himself. ¹⁸ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that speaketh slander, is a fool. ¹⁹ Where much babbling is, there must needs be offense; he that refraineth his lips is wisest of all. ²⁰ An innocent tongue is a noble treasure; but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly. ²² The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto. ²³ A fool doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it; nevertheless it is wisdom for a man to beware of such. 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. ²⁶ As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes; even so is a sluggish person to them that sendeth him forth. ²⁷ The fear of the LORD maketh a long life; but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened. ²⁸ The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish. ²⁹ The way of the LORD giveth a courage unto the godly; but it is a fear for wicked doers. ³⁰ The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land. ³¹ The mouth of the just will be talking of wisdom; but the tongue of the froward shall perish. ³² The lips of the righteous are occupied in acceptable things; but the mouth of the ungodly taketh them to the worst.

³² And Solomon wrote three thousand proverbs. And his songs were a thousand and five.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David king of Israel:

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet body shameth his mother.

²¹ An unwise body bringeth himself in to sorrow; and the father of a fool can have no joy.

²⁵ An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

¹³ An indiscreet son is the heaviness of his father; and a brawling wife is like the top of a house, wherethrough it is ever dropping.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart receive wisdom, my heart also shall rejoice: ¹⁶ yea, my reins shall be very glad, if thy lips speak the thing that is right.

²⁴ for a righteous father is marvelous glad of a wise son, and delighteth in him. ²⁵ So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice.

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

³ Whoso loveth wisdom, maketh his father a glad man; but he that keepeth harlots, spendeth away that he hath.

¹⁵ The rod and correction minister wisdom; but if a child be not looked unto, he bringeth his mother to shame.

¹⁹ For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing?

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.

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches. ⁷ But no man may deliver his brother, nor make agreement unto God for him, ⁸ for it costeth more to redeem their souls, so that he must let that alone forever. ⁹ Yea, though he live long, and see not the grave. ¹⁰ For he seeth that wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches for others.

⁴ Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

²⁸ In the way of righteousness there is life; as for any other way, it is the path unto death.

⁶ Whoso hordeth up riches with the deceitfulness of his tongue: he is a fool, and like unto them that seek their own death.

² wherethrough the poor are oppressed on every side, and the innocents of my people are therewith robbed of judgment: that widows may be your prey, and that ye may rob the fatherless. ³ What will ye do in time of the visitation and destruction, that shall come from far? To whom will ye run for help? Or to whom will ye give your honour, that he may keep it?

¹⁹ their silver shall lie in the streets, and their gold shall be despised. Yea, their silver and gold may not deliver them in the day of the fearful wrath of the LORD. They shall not satisfy their hungry souls, neither fill their empty bellies therewith: For it is become their own decay through their wickedness:

²⁷ Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in that wrathful day of the LORD, but the whole land shall be consumed through the fire of his jealousy: for he shall soon make clean riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

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." 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."

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;

⁵ But thou, after thine hard heart that cannot repent, heapest thee together the treasure of wrath against the day of vengeance: when shall be opened the righteous judgment of God,

²¹ That as sin had reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by the help of Jesus Christ.

⁹ and might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law: But that which springeth of the faith which is in Christ. I mean, the righteousness which cometh of God through faith

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.

²⁰ In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword.

⁵ the praise of the ungodly hath been short, and that the joy of the hypocrites continued but the twinkling of an eye? ⁶ Though he be magnified up to the heaven, so that his head reacheth into the clouds: ⁷ yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?' ⁸ He vanisheth as a dream, so that he can no more be found, and passeth away as a vision in the night.

²⁰ His belly could never be filled; therefore shall he perish in his covetousness. ²¹ He devoured so greedily that he left nothing behind; therefore his goods shall not prosper. ²² Though he had plenteousness of everything, yet was he poor, and therefore he is but a wretch on every side.

²⁸ The substance that he hath in his house, shall be taken away and perish, in the day of the LORD's wrath.

¹⁴ Surely thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest ungodliness and wrong, that thou mayest take the matter into thy hand. The poor committeth himself unto thee, for thou art the helper of the friendless.

¹⁹ that he may deliver their soul from death, and to feed them in the time of dearth.

⁹ O fear the LORD, ye that are his saints: for they that fear him lack nothing. ¹⁰ The lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but they who seek the LORD shall want no manner of thing that is good.

³ Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old; and yet saw I never the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging their bread.

¹⁰ The ungodly shall see it, and it shall grieve him; he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away, and the desire of the ungodly shall perish.

³² The ungodly is afraid of every peril; but the righteous hath a good hope even in death.

¹⁶ He it is, that shall dwell on high; whose safeguard shall be in the true rock, to him shall be given the right true meat and drink.

⁶ But shall not all these take up a proverb against him, and mock him with a byword, and say, "Woe unto him that heapeth up other men's goods: How long will he lade himself with thick clay?" ⁷ O how suddenly will they stand up, that shall bite thee, and awake, that shall tear thee in pieces? Yea, thou shalt be their prey. ⁸ Seeing thou hast spoiled many Heathen, therefore shall the remnant of the people spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city and unto all them that dwell therein.

³⁰ Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass, which is today in the field, and tomorrow shall be cast into the furnace, shall he not much more do the same unto you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Therefore take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?' Or. 'What shall we drink?' Or, 'Wherewith shall we be clothed?' ³² After all these things seek the gentiles: For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

²² And he spake unto his disciples, "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat: Neither for your body, what ye shall put on. ²³ The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. ²⁴ Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have storehouse nor barn, and yet God feedeth them. How much are ye better then the fowls?

³¹ Wherefore, seek ye after the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee." ⁶ That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

⁶ Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep: ¹¹ so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

²⁴ Some man giveth out his goods, and is richer; but the niggard, having enough, will depart from nothing, and yet is ever in poverty.

²⁴ A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.

⁴ The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

¹⁵ Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

⁴ A slothful body will not go to plow, for cold of the winter; therefore shall he go a begging in Summer and have nothing.

¹³ Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough.

⁵ The devices of one that is diligent, bring plenteousness; but he that is unadvised, cometh to poverty.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man. ³¹ And lo, it was all covered with nettles, and stood full of thistles, and the stone wall was broken down. ³² This I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and took it for a warning. ³³ Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little; ³⁴ so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

¹⁸ Through slothfulness the balks fall down, and through idle hands it raineth in at the house.

²⁷ Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat that endureth unto everlasting life, which meat the son of man shall give unto you. For him hath God the father sealed."

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear brethren, be ye steadfast and unmovable, always rich in the works of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know how that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

¹¹ Yea, and we desire that every one of you show the same diligence, to the establishing of hope, even unto the end: ¹² that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises.

⁵ And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness; ⁷ in godliness, brotherly kindness; in brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these things be among you, and are plenteous, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of the our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ¹⁰ Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.

⁶ Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise.

⁸ yet in the summer she provideth her meat, and gathereth her food together in the harvest.

⁴ A steadfast woman is a crown unto her husband; but she that behaveth herself dishonestly is a corruption in his bones.

² A discreet servant shall have more rule than the sons that have no wisdom, and shall have like heritage with the brethren.

²⁶ He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother, is a shameful and an unworthy son.

²⁵ The Emmets are but a weak people, yet gather they their meat together in the harvest.

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.

² And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.

⁸ And when the king came again out of the palace garden into the parlor where they had eaten, Haman had laid him upon the bed that Esther sat upon. Then said the king, "Will he force the queen also? Beside me, in the house?" As soon as that word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me.

⁴² The righteous will consider this and rejoice; the mouth of all wickedness shall be stopped.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

²⁶ Whoso hordeth up his corn, shall be cursed among the people; but blessing shall light upon his head that selleth it.

²⁵ But they that rebuke the ungodly shall be commended, and a rich blessing shall come upon them.

²⁰ A faithful man is greatly to be commended, but he that maketh too much haste for to be rich, shall not be unguilty.

¹⁹ Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

¹⁶ The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: ¹⁷ but when he was at Rome he sought me out very diligently, and found me. ¹⁸ The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy with the Lord at that day. And in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well.

³⁶ and will give his son one, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me, to put my name there.

³⁴ For I will defend this city and save it, for mine own sake and for David my servant's sake."

¹⁶ And they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel, and on God and on his house.

¹⁷ His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and his name shall not be praised in the streets:

²³ Then clap men their hands at him, yea and jest of him, when they look upon his place.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked the heathen, and destroyed the ungodly; thou hast put out their name forever and ever. ⁶ O thou enemy, thy destructions are come to a perpetual end; even as the cities which thou hast destroyed, their memorial is perished with them.

¹³ Let his posterity be destroyed; and in the next generation let his name be clean put out.

¹⁵ Let them be always before the LORD, that he may root out the memorial of them from off the earth;

⁶ For he shall never be moved, and the righteous shall be had in an everlasting remembrance.

¹⁰ For I have oft seen the ungodly brought to their graves, and fallen down from the high and glorious place; insomuch that they were forgotten in the city where they were had in so high and great reputation. This is also a vain thing.

¹³ Thou art the comfort of Israel. All that forsake thee, shall be ashamed. And they that depart from thee shall be written in the earth. For they have lost the LORD that is the fountain of the water of life.

⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be rehearsed in remembrance of her."

⁴⁸ For he hath looked on the poor degree of his handmaiden. Behold, now from henceforth shall all generations call me blessed.

³⁴ O give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea I shall keep it with my whole heart.

⁵ By hearing, the wise man shall come by more wisdom:

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

¹⁰ He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten.

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

¹³ The wicked falleth into the snare through the malice of his own mouth; but the just shall escape out of peril.

³ He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life; but whoso speaketh unadvised, findeth harm.

⁸ The wisdom of him that hath understanding is to take heed unto his way; but the foolishness of the unwise deceiveth.

²³ In every labour there is some profit; but only vain words bringeth forth penury.

⁶ A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle. ⁷ A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.

¹² The words out of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will destroy himself.

²⁴ "Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: ²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock.

¹³ If any man be wise and endued with learning among you, let him show the works of his good conversation in meekness that is coupled with wisdom.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff comfort me.

²¹ Let perfectness and righteous dealing wait upon me, for my hope hath been in thee.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me. ¹² My foot standeth right: I will praise the LORD in the congregations.

¹¹ For the LORD God is a light and defense; the LORD will give grace and worship, and no good thing shall he withhold from them that live a godly life.

²³ Then shalt thou walk safely in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁰ Whoso hath a froward heart, obtaineth no good; and he that hath an overthwart tongue, shall fall into mischief.

¹⁸ Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life, shall be safe; but he that goeth froward ways, shall once have a fall.

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life - say I - and speaketh the truth; He that abhorreth to do violence and deceit; he that keepeth his hand that he touch no reward; which stoppeth his ears, that he hear no counsel against the innocent; which holdeth down his eyes, that he see none evil. ¹⁶ He it is, that shall dwell on high; whose safeguard shall be in the true rock, to him shall be given the right true meat and drink.

²⁶ Fear them not therefore: there is nothing so close, that shall not be opened; and nothing so secret, that shall not be known.

¹ As there gathered together an innumerable multitude of people — insomuch that they trod one another — he began to say unto his disciples, "First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ² For there is nothing covered, that shall not be uncovered: neither hid, that shall not be known.

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, which will lighten things that are hid in darkness: and open the counsels of the hearts. And then shall every man have praise of God.

¹³ and the other Jews dissembled likewise; Insomuch that Barnabas was brought into their simulation also. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they went not the right way after the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter, before all men, "If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of the gentiles, and not as do the Jews: why causest thou the gentiles to live as do the Jews?"

²⁵ Likewise, also, good works are manifest beforehand, and they that are otherwise, cannot be hid.

¹² Why doth thine heart make thee so proud? Why standest thou so greatly in thine own conceit? Where unto look thine eyes,

¹⁹ O let not them that are mine enemies triumph over me ungodly; neither let them wink with their eyes, that hate me without a cause.

¹³ he winketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers,

⁸ A wise man will receive warning; but a fool will sooner be smitten in the face.

²¹ Death and life stand in the power of the tongue; he that loveth it, shall enjoy the fruit thereof.

¹⁰ wherefore if I come I will declare his deeds which he doeth, jesting on us with malicious words, neither is therewith content. Not only he himself receiveth not the brethren: but also he forbiddeth them that would, and thrusteth them out of the congregation.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart; therefore shall not his footsteps slide.

⁶ Loving and favorable is the face of the righteous; but the forehead of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

²⁰ An innocent tongue is a noble treasure; but the heart of the ungodly is nothing worth. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.

³² The lips of the righteous are occupied in acceptable things; but the mouth of the ungodly taketh them to the worst.

¹⁴ The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death.

⁷ A wise mouth poureth out knowledge; but the heart of the foolish doth not so.

²² Understanding is a well of life unto him that hath it; as for the chastening of fools, it is but foolishness. ²³ A wise heart ordereth his mouth wisely; and amendeth the doctrine in his lips. ²⁴ Fair words are a honeycomb, a refreshing of the mind, and health of the bones.

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters; and the well of wisdom is like a full stream.

¹⁵ A mouth of understanding is more worth than gold, many precious stones, and costly Jewels.

¹² The words out of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will destroy himself. ¹³ The beginning of his talking is foolishness, and the last word of his mouth is great madness. ¹⁴ A fool is so full of words, that a man cannot tell what end he shall make. Who will then warn him of it that shall follow after him?

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, that of every idle word, that men shall have spoken, they shall give accounts at the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified: and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

²⁹ Let no filthy communication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good to edify withal, when need is, that it may have favour with the hearers.

⁵ even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth, ⁶ and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

¹⁸ An angry man stirreth up strife; but he that is patient stilleth discord.

²⁷ An ungodly person stirreth up evil; and in his lips he is as a hot burning fire.

⁹ Whoso covereth another man's offense, seeketh love; but he that discloseth the fault, setteth friends at variance.

²⁵ He that is of a proud stomach, stirreth up strife; but he that putteth his trust in the LORD, shall be well fed.

²² An angry man stirreth up strife; and he that beareth evil will in his mind, doth much evil.

⁴ Love suffereth long, and is courteous. Love envieth not. Love doth not forwardly, swelleth not, ⁵ dealeth not dishonestly, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh not evil, ⁶ rejoiceth not in iniquity: but rejoiceth in the truth, ⁷ suffereth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth in all things.

¹ From whence cometh war, and fighting among you? Come they not here hence, even of your voluptuousness that raineth in your members?

²⁰ let the same know, that he which converted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide the multitude of sins. {Here ends the General Epistle of James}

⁸ But above all things, have fervent love among you. For love covereth the multitude of sins.

¹² And the LORD said unto Moses, "Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for grasshoppers; that they come upon the land of Egypt and eat all the herbs of the land, and all that the hail left untouched."

⁹ Be ye not like to horse and mule, which have no understanding, whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, if they will not obey thee.

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman, he is a fool: and destroyeth his own soul.

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 -

¹⁰ He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten. ¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed a whole multitude; but fools shall die in their own folly.

³¹ The mouth of the just will be talking of wisdom; but the tongue of the froward shall perish.

²³ A joyful thing it is to a man, when his counsel is followed; and very pleasant is a word spoken in due season.

¹⁰ One reproof only doth more good to him that hath understanding, than a hundred stripes unto a fool.

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

³ Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the Ass a bridle, and a rod to the fool's back.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool with a pedestal in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him.

⁴ The LORD God hath given me a well learned tongue, so that I can comfort them which are troubled; yea, and that in due season. He waked mine ear up betimes in the morning, as schoolmasters do; that I might hark.

²² And all they bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words, which proceeded out of his mouth, and said, "Is not this Joseph's son?"

¹ He accompanieth himself with all steadfast and healthsome doctrine, that hath a desire to it and is sequestered from company.

⁷ A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul.

¹⁵ A wise heart laboureth for knowledge; and a prudent ear seeketh understanding.

⁸ He that is wise loveth his own soul; and whoso hath understanding, shall prosper.

²³ Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue; the same keepeth his soul from troubles.

³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

⁴⁴ "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in the field, the which a man findeth and hideth it: and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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."

⁶ For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellent power of it might appear to be of God, and not of us.

²⁴ "Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?' ²⁵ Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?

⁶ There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

⁷ "Lo, this is the man that took not God for his strength, but trusted unto the multitude of his riches, and was mighty in his wickedness!"

²⁰ The poor is hated even of his own neighbours; but the rich hath many friends.

¹¹ But the rich man's goods are his stronghold, yea he taketh them for a high wall round about him.

⁷ As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.

²² See that thou rob not the poor because he is weak, and oppress not the simple in judgment; ²³ for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

¹² For wisdom defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wisdom giveth life to him that have it in possession.

²³ Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.

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.

²⁴ And his disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answered again, and said unto them, "Children: how hard is it for them, that trust in their riches, to enter into the kingdom of God?

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.'

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not exceeding wise, and that they trust not in the uncertain riches, but in the living God, which giveth us abundantly all things to enjoy them,

¹⁸ The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward. ¹⁹ Like as righteousness bringeth life; even so to cleave unto evil, bringeth death.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls.

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.

¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit: nor yet a bad tree can bring forth good fruit.

³³ Either make the tree good, and his fruit good also, or else make the tree evil, and his fruit evil also. For the tree is known by his fruit. ³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy.

²³ For the reward of sin is death: but eternal life is the gift of God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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. ⁹ Let us not be weary of well doing. For when the time is come we shall reap without weariness.

¹⁷ and their words shall fret even as doth a canker: of whose number is Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ which as concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and do destroy the faith of divers persons.

¹³ But the evil men and deceivers, shall wax worse and worse, while they deceive, and are deceived themselves.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous that he should forget your work and labour that proceedeth of love, which love showed in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister.

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."

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:

³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

¹ My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments. ² For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and blessed are they that keep her fast.

⁴ he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live.

¹³ Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life.

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

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

¹⁰ He that forsaketh the right street, shall be sore punished; and whoso hateth correction, falleth into death.

¹⁷ My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine - ¹⁸ for it is a pleasant thing if thou keep it in thine heart, and practice it in thy mouth - ¹⁹ that thou mayest always put thy trust in the LORD.

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

⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to sin, neither say thou before the angel that it is thy ignorance. For then God will be angry at thy voice, and destroy all the works of thine hands.

²⁴ "Whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth the same, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house on a rock: ²⁵ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that same house, and it fell not: because it was grounded on the rock. ²⁶ And whosoever heareth of me these sayings, and doeth them not the same, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ And abundance of rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

²⁸ But he said, "Yea, happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

¹ Wherefore we ought to give the more heed to the things which we have heard, lest we perish.

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 And hereunto, give all diligence: In your faith, minister virtue; and in virtue, knowledge; ⁶ and in knowledge, temperance; and in temperance, patience; in patience, godliness; ⁷ in godliness, brotherly kindness; in brotherly kindness, love. ⁸ For if these things be among you, and are plenteous, they will make you that ye neither shall be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of the our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these things is blind and gropeth for the way with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. ¹⁰ Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err. ¹¹ Yea, and by this means an entering-in shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

²¹ And he said, "I will give him her that she may be a snare to him, to bring the hand of the Philistines upon him." And Saul said to David, "Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law again." ²² And Saul commanded his servants to commune with David secretly and say, "Behold, the king hath a favour to thee, and all his servants love thee — be therefore the king's son-in-law."

²⁹ he was the more afraid of David, and became David's enemy forever.

²⁷ And when Abner was come again to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate, to speak with him guilefully, and there smote him under the short ribs that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

⁸ And David said moreover to Uriah, "Go down to thine house and wash thy feet." And Uriah departed out of the king's palace, and there followed him a service from the king's table. ⁹ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's palace with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. ¹⁰ Then they told David, saying, "Uriah descended not into his house." Then said David unto Uriah, "Seeing that thou art come from journeying, why dost thou not go down unto thine house?" ¹¹ And Uriah said unto David, "The ark and Israel and Judah dwell in pavilions; and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord lie in tents upon the flat earth — and should I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life and as sure as thy soul liveth, I will not do that thing." ¹² Then said David unto Uriah, "Tarry here this day also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart." And so Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day and on the morrow. ¹³ And David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at even he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of the lord, and went not down to his house. ¹⁴ Wherefore on the morrow David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by Uriah. ¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter saying, "Put Uriah in the forefront of the battle where it is most strong, and come back from him that he may be smitten to death."

²³ And it happened, two year after, that Absalom had a sheep shearing in Baal Hazor besides the tribe of Ephraim, and bade all the king's sons. ²⁴ And he came to the king and said, "Behold, thy servant hath a sheep shearing. Let the king and his servants come with thy servant." ²⁵ And the king said unto Absalom, "Oh nay my son let us not go every one of us that we be not chargeable unto thee." And Absalom lay sore upon him: howbeit, he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?" ²⁷ But Absalom made such insistence that he let Amnon go with him, and all the king's children. ²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods." ²⁹ And the young men of Absalom served Amnon even as Absalom commanded them. And all the king's sons arose and took each man his mule and fled.

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, "Are all things in rest and peace my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the chin with the right hand, as though he would have kissed him. ¹⁰ And Amasa took no heed to the knife that was in Joab's hand, with which Joab smote him in the short ribs, and shed out his bowels to the ground and smote him but one stroke, and he died. And then Joab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the son of Bichri.

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.

² They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

³ He that hath used no deceit in his tongue, nor done evil to his neighbour, and hath not slandered his neighbours.

²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother, yea and slanderest thine own mother's son.

²¹ Their mouths are softer than butter, and yet have they battle in their mind: their words are smoother than oil, and yet be they very swords.

⁵ Who so privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy. Whoso hath also a proud look and high stomach, I will not suffer him.

²⁴ An enemy dissembleth with his lips, and in the mean season he imagineth mischief; ²⁵ but when he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ Whoso keepeth evil will secretly, to do hurt, his malice shall be showed before the whole congregation.

²⁰ And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves perfect, to take him in his words, and to deliver him unto the power, and authority of the deputy. ²¹ And they asked him saying, "Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither considerest thou any man's degree, but teachest the way of God truly.

¹ {To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

²⁷ He is wise and discreet that tempereth his words; and he is a man of understanding, that maketh much of his spirit. ²⁸ Yea, a very fool, when he holdeth his tongue, is counted wise; and to have understanding, when he shutteth his lips.

³ For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools.

¹⁹ Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath.

² For in many things we sin all. If a man sin not in word, the same is a perfect man and able to tame all the body.

⁵ And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

²¹ And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, and precious stones, and mine increase more worth than fine silver.

¹⁸ A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.

⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mind.

¹³ Righteous lips are pleasant unto kings; and they love him that speaketh the truth.

⁷ for he doth as a man that pescribeth a measure in his heart. He sayeth unto thee, "Eat and drink," whereas his heart is not with thee.

¹¹ A word spoken in due season, is like apples of gold in a silver dish. ¹² The correction of the wise is, to an obedient ear, a golden chain and a Jewel of gold.

⁹ Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it?

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things.

³ Behold, thou hast been a teacher of many, and hast comforted the weary hands. ⁴ Thy words have set up those that were fallen, thou hast refreshed the weak knees.

¹² I have not forsaken the commandment of his lips; but look, what he charged me with his mouth, that have I shut up in my heart.

²¹ Unto me men gave ear, me they regarded, and with silence they tarried for my counsel. ²² If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

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

³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

²³ Because he would not be reformed, he shall die: and for his great foolishness he shall be destroyed.

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

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. ¹⁰ His diligence was to find out acceptable words, right scripture, and the words of truth.

¹⁵ and I will give you herdsmen after mine own mind, which shall feed you with learning and wisdom.

¹⁶ When I had found thy words, I ate them up greedily: they have made my heart joyful and glad, for I call upon thy name, O LORD God of Hosts.

⁶ My people perish, because they have no knowledge. Seeing then that thou hast refused understanding, therefore will I refuse thee also: so that thou shalt no more be my priest. And forsomuch as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

¹⁹ Whosoever heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the evil man, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. And this is he which was sown by the wayside.

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.

¹⁵ When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord, thou knowest, that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my lambs." ¹⁶ He said to him again the second time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" He said unto him, "Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee." He said unto him, "Feed my sheep." ¹⁷ He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep.

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,

² see that ye feed Christ's flock, which is among you, taking the oversight of them: not as though ye were compelled thereto, but willingly; Not for the desire of filthy lucre, but of a good mind.

² And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.

² Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.

²³ that I will not take of all that is thine, so much as a thread or a shoe latchet, lest thou shouldest say 'I have made Abram rich.'

³⁵ and the LORD hath blessed my master out of measure that he is become great and hath given him sheep, oxen, silver and gold, menservants, maidservants, camels and asses.

¹² And Isaac sowed in the land, and found in the same year a hundred bushels; for the LORD blessed him.

¹⁷ And beware that thou say not in thine heart, 'My power and the might of mine own hand hath done me all these acts.' ¹⁸ But remember the LORD thy God, how that it is he which gave thee power to do manfully, for to make good the covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is come to pass this day.

¹⁸ And in any wise beware of the excommunicate things, lest ye make yourselves excommunicate. For if you take of the excommunicate things, so shall you make the host of Israel excommunicate and shall trouble it.

¹ But yet the children of Israel trespassed in the excommunicate things: for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah of the tribe of Judah, took of the excommunicate things. And the wrath of the LORD waxed hot against the children of Israel. ² Then Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, "Get you up and view the country." And the men went up and spied out Ai, ³ and returned unto Joshua and said unto him, "Let not all the people go up, but let as it were a two or three thousand men go up and destroy Ai, and make not all the people to labour thither, for they are but few." ⁴ And so there went up thither about a three thousand men, which fled before the men of Ai. ⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them upon a thirty and six men, and chased them before the gates even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down. And the hearts of the people were discouraged and melted like water. ⁶ And Joshua rent his clothes and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, both he and the elders of Israel; and put earth upon their heads. ⁷ And Joshua said, "Ah, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? Would to God we had adventured and dwelt on the other side Jordan. ⁸ Oh Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies? ⁹ Moreover, the Canaanites, and all the inhabiters of the land shall hear of it, and shall come about us and destroy the name of us out of the world. And then what wilt thou do unto thy mighty name?" ¹⁰ And the LORD said unto Joshua, "Get thee up, wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? ¹¹ Israel hath sinned and also transgressed my covenant, which I commanded them, and have taken of the excommunicate things, and have stolen and hid them, and also put them unto their own stuff: ¹² And therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They shall turn their backs before their enemies, because they be excommunicate. Neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you. ¹³ Up, and sanctify the people and bid them to sanctify themselves against the morrow: for so sayeth the LORD God of Israel, 'The excommunication is among you Israel, and therefore ye cannot stand before your enemies, until ye have put the excommunication from among you. ¹⁴ Tomorrow morning ye shall come by your tribes. And the tribe which the LORD shall find guilty, shall come by kindreds. And the kindred which the LORD shall find guilty, shall come by households. And the household which the LORD shall find faulty, shall come man by man. ¹⁵ And he that is found in the excommunication shall be burnt with fire, both he and all that pertaineth unto him, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.'" ¹⁶ And so Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel by their tribes: and the tribe of Judah was caught. ¹⁷ Then he brought the kindreds of Judah, and found the kindred of the Zerahites guilty. ¹⁸ And he brought the kindred of the Zerahites by householders, and Zabdi was caught. And he brought his household man by man, and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah in the tribe of Judah was caught. ¹⁹ And Joshua said unto Achan, "My son, give glory to the LORD God of Israel, and give him praise, and show me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me." ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, "Of a truth I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and so and so have I done. ²¹ I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundredth sicles of silver, and a tongue of gold of fifty sicles weight: and I coveted them, and I took them. And behold they lie hid in the earth in my tent and the silver thereunder." ²² And then Joshua sent messengers which ran unto the tent. And behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver thereunder. ²³ And they took them out of the midst of his tent and brought them unto Joshua and unto all the children of Israel, and poured them out before the LORD. ²⁴ And Joshua took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the tongue of gold, and his sons and his daughters, his oxen, asses, sheep, his tent and all that he had, and all Israel with him, and brought them unto the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, "Inasmuch as thou hast troubled us: the LORD shall trouble thee this day." And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burnt them with fire, and overwhelmed them with stones. ²⁶ And they cast upon him a great heap of stones that remaineth unto this day. And so the LORD turned from his fierce wrath. Wherefore the name of the place is called the valley of Achor unto this day.

⁷ The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; bringeth low, and heaveth up on high. ⁸ He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill: to set them among princes, and to inherit them with the seat of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the round world upon them.

¹⁹ And say unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: thou hast killed and thereto gotten possession.' And say moreover unto him, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: in the place where dogs lapped the blood of Naboth, shall dogs lap even thy blood also.'"

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.

⁸ What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire? ⁹ Doth God hear him the sooner, when he crieth unto him in his necessity? ¹⁰ Hath he such pleasure and delight in the Almighty, that he dare always call upon God? ¹¹ "I will teach you in the name of God: and the thing that I have of the Almighty, will I not keep from you. ¹² Behold, ye stand in your own conceit, as though ye knew all things. Wherefore then do ye go about with such vain words, ¹³ saying, 'This is that portion that the wicked shall have of God, and the heritage that Tyrants shall receive of the Almighty'? ¹⁴ If he get many children, they shall perish with the sword, and his posterity shall have scarceness of bread. ¹⁵ Look, whom he leaveth behind him, they shall die and be buried, and no man shall have pity of his widows. ¹⁶ Though he have as much money as the dust of the earth, and raiment as ready as the clay, ¹⁷ he may well prepare it: but the godly shall put it upon him, and the innocent shall deal out the money. ¹⁸ His house shall endure as the moth, and as a booth that the watchman maketh. ¹⁹ When the rich man dieth, he carrieth nothing with him: he is gone in the twinkling of an eye. ²⁰ Destruction taketh hold upon him as a water flood, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season. ²¹ A vehement wind carrieth him hence, and departeth: a storm plucketh him out of his place. ²² It rusheth in upon him, and spareth him not, he may not escape from the power thereof. ²³ Then clap men their hands at him, yea and jest of him, when they look upon his place.

²² Such as are blessed of God shall possess the land; and they that are cursed of him shall be rooted out.

³⁸ He blesseth them, so that they multiply exceedingly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

⁷ Which taketh up the simple out of the dust, and lifteth the poor out of the mire, ⁸ that he may set him among the princes, even among the princes of his people.

²¹ The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end.

²² He that will be rich all too soon, hath an evil eye; and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

⁶ But shall not all these take up a proverb against him, and mock him with a byword, and say, "Woe unto him that heapeth up other men's goods: How long will he lade himself with thick clay?" ⁷ O how suddenly will they stand up, that shall bite thee, and awake, that shall tear thee in pieces? Yea, thou shalt be their prey. ⁸ Seeing thou hast spoiled many Heathen, therefore shall the remnant of the people spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city and unto all them that dwell therein. 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. ¹⁰ Thou hast devised the shame of thine own house, for thou hast slain too much people, and hast willfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it, and the timber that lieth betwixt the joints of the building shall answer. ¹² Woe unto him, that buildeth the town with blood, and maintaineth the city with unrighteousness.

⁴ I will bring it forth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and consume it, with the timber and stones thereof.'

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

¹⁴ Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight in wicked things:

⁹ Fools make but a sport of sin; but there is favourable love among the righteous.

²¹ A fool rejoiceth in foolish things; but a wise man looketh well to his own goings.

¹⁸ Like as one shooteth deadly arrows and darts out of a privy place, even so doth a dissembler with his neighbour. ¹⁹ And then sayeth he, "I did it but in sport!"

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.

²⁵ For the thing that I feared is come upon me: and the thing that I was afraid of, is happened unto me.

²¹ A fearful sound is ever in his ears, and when it is peace yet feareth he destruction.

² Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. Selah.

⁴ Delight thou in the LORD, and he shall give thee thy heart's desire.

¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

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.

⁶ Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they shall be filled.

¹⁸ "I will not leave you comfortless, but will come to you.

²⁴ Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive it: that our joy may be full.

²⁷ but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have in him: that if we ask ought, according to his will, he heareth us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hear us whatsoever we ask, we know that we shall have the petitions that we desire of him.

¹⁸ Yea, they shall be even as chaff before the wind, and as dust that the storm carrieth away.

¹⁹ When the rich man dieth, he carrieth nothing with him: he is gone in the twinkling of an eye. ²⁰ Destruction taketh hold upon him as a water flood, and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season. ²¹ A vehement wind carrieth him hence, and departeth: a storm plucketh him out of his place.

⁵ He that hath not given his money upon usury, nor taken reward against the innocent. Whoso doeth these things shall never fall.

⁹ For wicked doers shall be rooted out; but they that patiently abide the LORD, shall inherit the land. ¹⁰ Suffer yet a little while, and the ungodly shall be clean gone; thou shalt look after his place, and he shall be away.

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.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them. ¹⁹ O how suddenly do they consume, perish and come to a fearful end! ²⁰ Yea, even like as a dream when one awaketh, so makest thou their image to vanish out of the city.

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.

³⁰ The righteous shall never be overthrown; but the ungodly shall not remain in the land.

³ A man cannot endure in ungodliness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁷ Or ever thou canst turn thee about, the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the house of the righteous shall stand.

²⁴ so that they be not planted, nor sown again, neither their stock rooted again in the earth? For as soon as he bloweth upon them, they wither and fade away, like the straw in a whirlwind.

¹⁸ And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter. And upon this rock, I will build my congregation: and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets — Jesus Christ being the head cornerstone -

¹⁹ laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may obtain eternal life.

¹⁹ But the sure ground of God remaineth, and hath this seal: the Lord knoweth them that are his, and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ, depart from iniquity.

¹³ Like as the winter cool in the harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, and refresheth his master's mind.

²⁰ Whoso singeth a song to a heavy heart, clotheth him with rags in the cold, and poureth vinegar upon chalk.

⁶ He is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool.

⁵ If thou comest nigh them, they say, "Touch me not, for I am holier than thou." All these men when I am angry, shall be turned to smoke and fire, that shall burn forever.

²⁶ His master answered, and said unto him, 'Thou evil servant and slothful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not:

¹¹ Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

¹² that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises.

³² He shall perish, before his time be worn out, and his hand shall not be green. ³³ He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth.

¹⁵ "Well, thou wilt keep the old way, that all wicked men have gone: ¹⁶ which were cut down out of time, and whose foundation was as a running water,

⁴ He asked life of thee; and thou gavest him a long life, even forever and ever.

¹¹ Come, ye children, and hearken unto me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. ¹² What man is he that lusteth to live, and would fain see good days? ¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips, that they speak no guile.

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.

¹⁶ With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

² For they shall prolong the days and years of thy life, and bring thee peace.

¹⁶ Upon her righthand is long life, and upon her left hand is riches and honour.

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

¹⁷ be neither too unrighteous also nor too foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

¹¹ The deceitful maketh a nest, but bringeth forth no young: He cometh by riches, but not righteously. In the midst of his life must he leave them behind him, and at the last be found a very fool.

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?'

¹³ Even so goeth it with all them that forget God: and even thus also shall the hypocrite's hope come to naught.

²⁰ As for the eyes of the ungodly, they shall be consumed, and not escape: their hope shall be misery and sorrow of mind."

⁹ Wherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; my flesh also shall rest in hope.

²⁴ Thou leadest me with thy counsel, and afterward receivest me unto glory. ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven but thee? There is nothing upon earth, that I desire in comparison of thee. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

⁷ When an ungodly man dieth, his hope is gone; the confidence of riches shall perish.

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. ²⁶ Beyond all this, between you and us there is a great space set, so that they which would go from hence to you, cannot: neither may come from thence to us.'

² by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God.

¹² Rejoice in hope. Be patient in tribulation, continue in prayer.

¹³ The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may be rich in hope through the power of the holy ghost.

¹⁶ Our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace,

³ As for the ungodly and he that joineth himself to the company of wicked doers: shall not destruction and misery come upon him?

⁶ For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹² There are they fallen, all that work wickedness; they are cast down, and shall not be able to stand.

²⁰ As for the ungodly, they shall perish. and the enemies of the LORD shall consume as the fat of lambs; yea, even as the smoke shall they consume away.

⁷ They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of Gods appeareth every one of them in Zion.

⁷ that the ungodly are green as grass, and that all the works of wickedness do flourish, to be destroyed forever.

¹⁵ The just delighteth in doing the thing that is right, but the workers of wickedness abhor the same.

³¹ But unto them that have the LORD before their eyes, shall strength be increased, Eagles wings shall grow upon them; When they run, they shall not fall; and when they go, they shall not be weary."

¹² I will comfort them in the LORD, that they may walk in his name," sayeth the LORD.

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.'

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.'

⁸ But unto them that are rebellious, and disobey the truth, and follow iniquity, shall come indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon the soul of every man that doth evil. Of the Jew first: And also of the gentile.

¹³ I can do all things through the help of Christ, which strengtheneth me.

⁸ I have set the LORD always before me; for he is on my righthand. Therefore I shall not fall.

²⁸ For the LORD loveth the thing that is right; he forsaketh not his saints, but they are preserved forever. The unrighteous shall be punished; as for the seed of the ungodly, it shall be rooted out. ²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

⁵ Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

¹ {A song of the stairs} They that put their trust in the LORD are even as the mount Zion, which may not be removed, but standeth fast forever.

²¹ For the just shall dwell in the land, and the innocent shall remain in it. ²² But the ungodly shall be rooted out of the land, and the wicked doers shall be taken out of it.

²⁵ The ungodly is like a tempest that passeth over, and is no more seen; but the righteous remaineth sure forever.

²⁴ "Thou son of man, these that dwell in the wasted land of Israel say, 'Abraham was but one man, and he had the land in possession: now are we many, and the land is given us to possess also.' ²⁵ And therefore tell them, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: In the blood have ye eaten, your eyes have ye lift up to Idols, and have shed blood: shall ye then have the land in possession? ²⁶ Ye lean upon your swords, ye work abominations, every one defileth his neighbour's wife: and shall ye then possess the land?'

⁹ the women of my people have ye shot out from their good houses, and taken away my excellent gifts from their children. ¹⁰ Up, get you hence, for here shall ye have no rest. Because of their Idolatry they are corrupt, and shall miserably perish.

⁴¹ They said unto him, He will cruelly destroy those evil persons; and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruit at times convenient.

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.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be put to silence, which cruelly, disdainfully, and despitefully speak against the righteous.

¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God; all they that swear by him shall be commended, for the mouth of liars shall be stopped.

³ What reward shall be given or done unto thee, thou false tongue? ⁴ Even mighty and sharp arrows, with hot burning coals.

¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding a man shall find wisdom; but the rod belongeth to the back of the foolish.

¹² That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things;

¹¹ When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth.

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

² A wise tongue commendeth knowledge; a foolish mouth babbleth out nothing but foolishness.

²⁸ A righteous man museth in his mind how to do good; but the mind of the ungodly imagineth how he may do harm.

⁶ A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle. ⁷ A fool's mouth is his own destruction, and his lips are the snare for his own soul. ⁸ The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.

¹⁰ His diligence was to find out acceptable words, right scripture, and the words of truth.

⁸ and with the wholesome word which cannot be rebuked, that he which withstandeth may be ashamed, having no thing in you that he may dispraise.