Proverbs 11 Cross References - MSTC

¹ A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him. ² Where pride is, there is shame also and confusion; but whereas is lowliness, there is wisdom. ³ The innocent dealing of the just shall lead them; but the unfaithfulness of the despisers shall be their own destruction. ⁴ Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death. ⁵ The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness. ⁶ The righteousness of the just shall deliver them; but the despisers shall be taken in their own ungodliness. ⁷ When an ungodly man dieth, his hope is gone; the confidence of riches shall perish. ⁸ The righteous shall be delivered out of trouble; and the ungodly shall come in his stead. ⁹ Through the mouth of the dissembler is his neighbour destroyed; but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. ¹⁰ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city is merry; and when the ungodly perish, there is gladness. ¹¹ When the just are in wealth, the city prospereth; but when the ungodly have the rule, it decayeth. ¹² A fool bringeth up a slander of his neighbour; but a wise man will keep it secret. ¹³ A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel. ¹⁴ Where no good counsel is, there the people decay; but whereas are many that can give counsel, there is wealth. ¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger, hurteth himself; but he that meddleth not with suretyship, is sure. ¹⁶ A gracious woman maintaineth honesty; as for the mighty, they maintain riches. ¹⁷ He that hath a gentle liberal stomach is merciful; but whoso hurteth his neighbour, is a tyrant. 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. ²⁰ The LORD abhorreth a fained heart; but he hath pleasure in them that are undefiled. ²¹ It shall not help the wicked, though they lay all their hands together; but the seed of the righteous shall be preserved. ²² A fair woman without discreet manners, is like a ring of gold in a swine's snout. ²³ The desire of the righteous is acceptable; but the hope of the ungodly is indignation. 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. ²⁵ He that is liberal in giving, shall have plenty; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself. ²⁶ Whoso hordeth up his corn, shall be cursed among the people; but blessing shall light upon his head that selleth it. ²⁷ He that laboureth for honesty findeth his desire; but whoso seeketh after mischief, it shall happen unto him. ²⁸ He that trusteth in his riches shall have a fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf. ²⁹ Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise. ³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is as the tree of life; a wise man also winneth men's souls. ³¹ If the righteous be recompensed upon earth, how much more then the ungodly and the sinner?

³⁵ "'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither in meteyard, weight or measure. ³⁶ But ye shall have true balances, true weights, a true ephah and a true hin. I am the LORD your God which brought you out of the land of Egypt,

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag two manner weights, a great and a small: ¹⁴ neither shalt thou have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵ But thou shalt have a perfect and a just measure: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. ¹⁶ For all that do such things and all that do unright, are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

¹¹ A true measure and a true balance are the LORD's; he maketh all weights.

¹⁰ To use two manner of weights, or two manner of measures, both these are abominable unto the LORD.

²³ The LORD abhoreth two manner of weights, and a false balance is an evil thing.

¹⁰ Ye shall have a true weight, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath. ¹¹ The Ephah and the Bath shall be alike. One Bath shall contain the tenth part of a Homer, and so shall one Ephah do: their measure shall be after the Homer. ¹² One Sicle maketh twenty Gerahs. So twenty Sicles, and twenty five and fifteen Sicles make a Mina.

⁷ But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion.

⁵ "When will the new month be gone, that we may sell victuals; and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn; to make the bushel less, and the Sicle greater? ⁶ We shall set up false weights, that we may get the poor under us with their money, and the needy also for shoes: yea let us sell the chaff for corn."

¹⁰ Should I not be displeased, for the unrighteous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is diminished? ¹¹ Or should I justify the false balances and the bag of deceitful weights,

³⁴ As for the scornful, he shall laugh them to scorn, but he shall give grace unto the lowly. ³⁵ The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.

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

¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction; and after a proud stomach there followeth a fall. ¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mind with the lowly, than to divide the spoils with the proud.

¹² After pride cometh destruction; and honour after lowliness.

²³ After pride cometh a fall; but a lowly spirit bringeth great worship.

³⁰ and said, "This is the great city of Babylon, which I myself, with my power and strength, have made a king's court, for the honour of my majesty." ³¹ While these words were yet in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, "O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee be it spoken, 'Thy kingdom is departed from thee. ³² Thou shalt be cast out of men's company: thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, so that thou shalt eat grass like as an ox, till seven years be come and gone over thee: even until thou knowest, that the highest hath power upon the kingdoms of men, and that he may give them, unto whom it pleaseth him.'"

⁸ "When thou art bidden to a wedding of any man, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him, ⁹ and he that bade both him and thee, come and say to thee, 'Give this man room.' And thou then begin with shame to take the lowest room. ¹⁰ But rather, when thou art bidden, go and sit in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 'Friend, sit up higher.' Then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. ¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

¹⁴ I tell you, This man departed home to his house justified more than the other. For every man that exalteth himself, shall be brought low: And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

¹ To speak of things dedicated unto idols, we are sure that we all have knowledge. Knowledge maketh a man swell: but love edifieth. ² If any man think that he knoweth anything, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

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

¹ {A Psalm of David} Be thou my Judge, O LORD, for I walk innocently. My trust hath been also in the LORD; therefore shall I not fall.

⁵ The righteousness of the innocent ordereth his way; but the ungodly shall fall in his own wickedness.

⁶ Righteousness keepeth the innocent in the way; but ungodliness shall overthrow the sinner.

³ Foolishness maketh a man to go out of his way, and then is his heart impatient against the LORD.

⁷ The robberies of the ungodly shall be their own destruction; for they would not do the thing that was right.

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

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

²⁸ For the transgressors and ungodly, and such as are become unfaithful unto the LORD, must altogether be utterly destroyed.

¹⁷ If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God: or whether I speak of myself.

¹ And the LORD said unto Noah, "Go into the ark both thou and all thy household. For thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

¹⁸ For then shall not thy cause be stilled with cruelty, nor pacified with many gifts. ¹⁹ Hath God ordained then, that the glorious life of thee, and all such mighty men should not be put down?

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.

² Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing; 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.

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:

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.

²⁶ What shall it profit a man, though he should win all the whole world, if he lose his own soul? Or else, what shall a man give to redeem his soul again withal?

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?'

¹⁷ For if by the sin of one, death reigned by the means of one, much more shall they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life by the means of one; that is to say, Jesus Christ.

⁸ For bodily exercise profiteth little: But godliness is good unto all things, as a thing which hath promises of the life that is now, and of the life to come.

²³ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass and arose and gat him home to his own house and to his own city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.

³ Esther the queen answered and said: If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, then grant me my life at my desire and my people for my petition's sake: ⁴ for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold to be bondmen and bondwomen, then would I hold my tongue; although the enemy could not recompense the king's loss. ⁵ The king Ahasuerus spake and said unto queen Esther, "Who is he? And where is he that dare presume in his mind to do such a thing after that manner?" ⁶ Esther said, "The enemy and adversary is this wicked Haman." As for Haman, he was exceedingly afraid before the king and the queen. ⁷ And the king arose from the banquet and from the wine in his displeasure and went in to the palace garden. And Haman stood up, and besought queen Esther for his life: for he saw that there was a mischeif prepared for him of the king already. 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. ⁹ And Harbona, one of the chamberlains that stood before the king, said, "Behold, there standeth a gallows in Haman's house fifty cubits high, which he had made for Mordecai, that spake good for the king." The king said, "Hang him thereon." ¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had made for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

¹⁵ The Heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made; in the same net which they hid privily, is their own foot taken. ¹⁶ The LORD is known to execute judgment; the ungodly is trapped in the work of his own hands. Selah.

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.

⁶ In all thy ways have respect unto him, and he shall order thy goings.

²² The wickedness of the ungodly shall catch himself, and with the snares of his own sins shall he be trapped.

³ The innocent dealing of the just shall lead them; but the unfaithfulness of the despisers shall be their own destruction.

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.

³³ So shall my righteousness answer for me: when the time cometh that I shall receive my reward of thee: So that whatsoever is not speckled and party among the goats and black among the lambs, let that be theft with me."

³⁷ Thou hast searched all my stuff, and what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Put it here before thy brethren and mine, and let them judge betwixt us both.

³ Behold, here I am. Answer me before the LORD and before his anointed, whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Whom have I done wrong to? Or whom have I oppressed? And of whose hand have I received any bribe, to blind mine eyes therewith? And I will restore it you again." ⁴ And they said, "Thou hast done us no wrong, nor oppressed us; neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand."

³² And the LORD bring his blood upon his own head, for he smote two men righteouser and better than he, and slew them with the sword; my father unwitting: even Abner the son of Ner captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether captain of the host of Judah. ³³ And their blood return upon the head of Joab and on the head of his seed forever. And prosperity be unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his seat, of the LORD forever."

⁴⁴ And then the king said to Shimei, "Thou rememberest all the wickedness which thine heart knoweth that thou didst to David my father. The LORD therefore render again thy wickedness upon thine own head:

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.

⁸ But he that diggeth up a pit, shall fall therein himself; and whoso breaketh down the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

⁹ The enemy said, 'I will follow and overtake them, and will divide the spoil: I will satisfy my lust upon them: I will draw my sword, and mine hand shall destroy them.' ¹⁰ Thou blewest with thy breath and the sea covered them, and they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

¹³ Even so goeth it with all them that forget God: and even thus also shall the hypocrite's hope come to naught. ¹⁴ His confidence shall be destroyed, for he trusteth in a spider's web.

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

⁴ For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and so all his thoughts perish.

²⁸ The patient abiding of the righteous shall be turned to gladness; but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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

⁹ as they that be slain. Let see, if thou wilt say then, before them that slay thee, 'I am God' - whereas thou art but a man and not God, in the hands of them that slayeth thee.

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?'

¹⁸ The ungodly shall be given for the righteous; and the wicked for the just.

³ For I am the LORD thy God, the holy one of Israel, thy Saviour. I gave Egypt for thy deliverance, the Ethiopians and the Sabees for thee: ⁴ because thou wast dear in my sight, and because I set by thee, and loved thee. I will give over all men for thee, and deliver up all people for thy sake.

²³ Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded to take Daniel out of the den. So Daniel was brought out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him; For he put his trust in his God. ²⁴ And as for those men which had accused Daniel, the king commanded to bring them, and to cast them in the Lions' den: them, their children, and their wives. So the Lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones asunder, before they came at the ground.

¹⁸ And the old prophet said unto him, "I am a prophet as well as thou, and an Angel spake unto me with the word of the LORD saying, 'Bring him again with thee to thine house, and let him eat bread and drink water.' Bvt he lied unto him. ¹⁹ And so the other went again with him and ate bread in his house and drank water. ²⁰ And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him again. ²¹ And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, "Thus sayeth the LORD: 'Because thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, ²² but camest back again and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place in which he bade that thou shouldest eat no bread nor drink water: therefore thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.'"

⁶ And then the king of Israel gathered of the Prophets together, upon a four hundred men, and said unto them, "Shall I go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or be still?" And they said, "Go: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king."

²⁰ And the LORD said, 'Who shall deceive Ahab that he may go and be slain at Ramoth in Gilead?' And one said on this manner and another on that. ²¹ Then came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will deceive him.' And the LORD said, 'Wherewith?' ²² And he said, 'I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouths of all Prophets.' And the LORD said, 'Thou shalt deceive him and also prevail, go forth and do even so.' ²³ Now therefore behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets: when in very deed the LORD hath spoken evil toward thee."

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

³⁰ From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them.

¹² If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

²⁰ Yea, they lay hands upon such as be at peace with him, and so they break his covenant. 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.

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and thy soul delighteth in knowledge; ¹¹ then shall counsel preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee. ¹² That thou mayest be delivered from the evil way, and from the man that speaketh froward things; ¹³ From such as leave the high street, and walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ Which rejoice in doing evil, and delight in wicked things: ¹⁵ Whose ways are crooked, and their paths slanderous; ¹⁶ That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

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.

²³ For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life: ²⁴ that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:

¹⁵ "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

⁵ But ye say, 'Every man shall say to his father or mother: That which thou desirest of me to help thee with, is given God.' ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus have ye made, that the commandment of God is without effect, through your traditions. ⁷ Hypocrites; well prophesied of you Isaiah, saying, ⁸ 'This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, howbeit their hearts are far from me: ⁹ But in vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but men's precepts.'" ¹⁰ And he called the people unto him, and said to them, "Hear and understand. ¹¹ That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, defileth the man." ¹² Then came his disciples, and said unto him, "Perceivest thou not, how that the Pharisees are offended in hearing this saying?" ¹³ He answered, and said, "All plants which my heavenly father hath not planted, shall be plucked up by the roots. ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch."

¹⁴ Moreover, when ye see the abomination that betokeneth desolation, whereof is spoken by Daniel the prophet, stand where it ought not" - let him that readeth understand it - "then let them that be in Jewry, flee to the mountains.

²² For false Christs shall arise, and false prophets; And shall show miracles and wonders, to deceive if it were possible, even the elect. ²³ But take ye heed: Behold, I have showed you all things before.

³⁰ Moreover, of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things, to draw disciples after them.

¹³ For these false apostles are deceitful workers, and fashion themselves like unto the apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no marvel, for Satan himself is changed into the fashion of an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing, though his ministers fashion themselves as though they were the ministers of righteousness: whose end shall be according to their deeds.

¹³ till we, everyone — in the unity of faith, and knowledge of the son of God — grow up unto a perfect man, after the measure of age which is of the fullness of Christ: ¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, wavering and carried with every wind of doctrine, by the wiliness of men and craftiness, whereby they lay a wait for us to deceive us.

⁸ and then shall that wicked be uttered, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the appearance of his coming, ⁹ even him whose coming is by the working of Satan, with all lying power, signs, and wonders: ¹⁰ and in all deceivableness of unrighteousness, among them that perish: because they received not the love of the truth, that they might have been saved.

¹ The spirit speaketh evidently that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error, ² and devilish doctrine of them which speak false through hypocrisy, and have their consciences marked with a hot iron, ³ forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth.

¹ There were false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you: which privily shall bring in damnable sects, even denying the Lord that hath bought them, and bring upon themselves swift damnation. ² And many shall follow their damnable ways, by which the way of truth shall be evil spoken of; ³ and through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you, whose judgment is not far off, and their damnation sleepeth not.

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. ¹⁷ Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know it beforehand: Beware, lest ye be also plucked away with the error of the wicked, and fall from your own steadfastness; ¹⁸ but grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord, and saviour Jesus Christ. To whom be glory both now and forever. Amen. {Here ends the Second General Epistle of Peter}

²¹ I wrote not unto you, as though ye knew not the truth: but as unto them them that know it, and know also how that no lie cometh of truth.

²⁷ And the anointing which ye have received of him dwelleth in you. And ye need not that any man teach you: but as the anointing teacheth you all things, and is true, and is no lie: and as it taught you, even so bide therein.

²¹ And Miriam sang before them, "Sing ye unto the LORD, for he is become glorious indeed! The horse and his rider hath he overthrown in the sea!"

³¹ So, perish all thine enemies LORD: but they that love thee, let them be as the sun rising in his might!" And the land had rest forty years.

¹⁵ As for Mordecai, he went out from the king in royal apparel of yellow and white, and with a great crown of gold, being arrayed with a garment of linen and purple, and the city of Susa rejoiced and was glad: ¹⁶ but unto the Jews was come light and gladness, and joy, and worship.

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

¹⁰ The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance, and shall wash his feet in the blood of the ungodly. ¹¹ So that men shall say, "Verily there is a reward for the righteous! Doubtless, there is a God that judgeth the earth!"

¹² When righteous men are in prosperity, then doth honour flourish; but when the ungodly come up, the state of men changeth.

²⁸ When the ungodly are come up, men are fain to hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

¹ And after that, I heard the voice of much people in heaven saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and honour, and power be ascribed to the Lord our God, ² for true and righteous are his judgments, for he hath judged the great whore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants of her hand." ³ And again they said, "Hallelujah! And smoke rose up for evermore." ⁴ And the twenty four elders and the four beasts fell down, and worshipped God that sat on the seat saying, "Amen, Hallelujah!" ⁵ And a voice came out of the seat, saying, "Praise our Lord God all ye that are his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great." ⁶ And I heard the voice of much people, even as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of strong thunderings, saying, "Hallelujah, for God omnipotent reigneth. ⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour to him: for the marriage of the lamb is come, and his wife made herself ready.

³⁸ Then said Pharaoh unto his servants, "Where shall we find such a man as this is, that hath the spirit of God in him?" ³⁹ Wherefore Pharaoh said unto Joseph, "Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is no man of understanding nor of wisdom like unto thee. ⁴⁰ Thou therefore shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people obey: only in the king's seat will I be above thee." ⁴¹ And he said unto Joseph, "Behold, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt." 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,

⁸ So now it was not ye that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me father unto Pharaoh and lord over all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.

¹ And there happened to be an unthrifty fellow named Sheba, the son of Bichri a man of Benjamin which blew a trumpet and said, "We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jesse, O Israel.

²⁰ But Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed concerning the thing and cried up to heaven. ²¹ And the LORD sent an angel and destroyed all the men of war and the lords and captains of the host of the king of Assyria, that he turned his face, with shame, towards his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, he was there overthrown with the sword - even by them that issued out of his bowels. ²² And so the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabiters at Jerusalem out of the hands of Sennacherib king of Assyria and of all others, and maintained them on all sides -

⁸ And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, "There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among all people in all the lands of thine empire, and their law is contrary unto all people, and they do not after the king's laws, neither is it the king's profit to suffer them after this manner. ⁹ If it please the king, let him write that they may be destroyed, and so will I weigh down ten thousand talents of silver, under the hands of the workmen, to be brought into the king's chamber." ¹⁰ Then took the king his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. ¹¹ And the king said unto Haman, "Let the silver be given thee, and that people also, to do withal what pleaseth thee." ¹² Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written, according as Haman commanded, unto the king's princes, and to the captains everywhere in the lands, and to the rulers of every people in the countries on every side, according to the writing of every nation, and after their language in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed with the king's ring. ¹³ And the writings were sent by posts into all the king's lands, to root out, to kill, and to destroy all Jews, both young and old, children and women in one day, — namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar - and to spoil their goods. ¹⁴ This was the sum of the writing, that there should be a commandment given in all lands, to be published unto all people, that they should be ready against the same day. ¹⁵ And the posts went in all the haste according to the king's commandment. And in the castle of Susa was the commandment devised. And the king and Haman sat and drank. But the city Susa was disquieted.

¹ In the twelfth month, that is the month Adar, upon the thirteenth day, which the king's word and commandment had appointed, that it should be done, even upon the same day that the enemies should have destroyed the Jews to have oppressed them, it turned contrary wise, even that the Jews should subdue their enemies. ² Then gathered the Jews together in their cities within all the lands of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as would do them evil, and no man could withstand them: for the fear of them was come over all people. ³ And all the rulers in the lands, and princes and deputies, and officers of the king promoted the Jews: for the fear of Mordecai came upon them. ⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and the report of him was noised in all lands, how he increased and grew. ⁵ Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter, and slew and destroyed, and did after their will unto such as were their adversaries. ⁶ And at the castle of Susa slew the Jews and destroyed five hundred men: ⁷ and slew Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ⁸ Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, Vaizatha: ¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the enemy of the Jews: but on his goods they laid no hands. ¹¹ At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slain at the castle of Susa. ¹² And the king said unto queen Esther, "The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men at the castle of Susa, and the ten sons of Haman: What shall they do in the other lands of the king? What is thy petition, that it may be given thee? And what requirest thou more to be done?" ¹³ Esther said, "If it please the king, let him suffer the Jews tomorrow also to do according unto this day's commandment, that they may hang Haman's ten sons upon the tree." ¹⁴ And the king charged to do so, and the commandment was devised at Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged. ¹⁵ And the Jews gathered themselves together at Susa, upon the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Susa, but on their goods they laid no hands. ¹⁶ As for the other Jews in the king's lands, they came together, and stood for their lives, and gat rest from their enemies: and slew of their enemies five and seventy thousand: howbeit, they laid no hands on their goods.

³⁰ If thou be innocent, he shall save thee: and through the unguiltiness of thine hands shalt thou be delivered."

³⁴ Righteousness setteth up the people; but wickedness bringeth folk to destruction.

⁸ Wicked people bring a city in decay, but wise men set it up again.

¹⁵ And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.

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.

²⁷ And they went out into the fields and gathered in their grapes and trod them and made merry: and went into the house of their God, and did eat and drink and cursed Abimelech. ²⁸ And Gaal the son of Ebed said, "What is Abimelech, and what is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul is his officer? Serve such as come of Hamor the father of Shechem. For what reason is it that we should serve him? ²⁹ Would God this people were under my hand, then I would take Abimelech out of the way." And one said unto Abimelech, "Make thine host greater and go out."

³⁸ Then said Zebul unto him, "Where is now thy mouth that said, 'What fellow is Abimelech, that we should serve him?' These are the people that thou so despisest. Go out now a fellowship and fight with them."

²⁷ But the children of Belial said, "How shall he save us?" And despised him and brought him not presents. And he made as though he had not heard it.

³⁶ But the people held their peace and answered him not a word: for the king had commanded, saying, "Answer him not."

² and said before his brethren and the soldiers of Samaria, "What do these impotent Jews? Shall they be thus suffered? Shall they offer? Shall they perform it in one day? Shall they make the stones whole again that are brought to dust, and burnt?" ³ And Tobiah the Ammonite beside him said, "Let them build on: if a fox go up, he shall break down their stony wall." ⁴ Hear, O thou our God, how we are despised! Turn their shame upon their own head, that thou mayest give them over into despising in the land of their captivity.

³ Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us, for we are utterly despised. ⁴ Our soul is filled with the scornful reproof of the wealthy, and with the despitefulness of the proud.

¹⁹ Where much babbling is, there must needs be offense; he that refraineth his lips is wisest of all.

²¹ Who so despiseth his neighbour, doth amiss; but blessed is he that hath pity of the poor.

¹⁴ All these things heard the Pharisees also which were covetous. And they mocked him,

⁹ And he put forth this similitude, unto certain which trusted in themselves, that they were perfect, and despised others.

⁴⁸ Doth any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believe on him? ⁴⁹ But the common people which know not the law are accursed." ⁵⁰ Nicodemus said unto them — He that came to Jesus by night and was one of them - ⁵¹ "Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him and know what he hath done?" ⁵² They answered, and said unto him, "Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet."

²³ which when he was reviled, reviled not again: when he suffered, he threatened not: but committed the cause to him that judgeth righteously,

¹⁶ "'Thou shalt not go up and down a privy accuser among thy people, neither shalt thou help to shed the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

¹⁴ And the men answered her, "Our lives for you to die, if you utter not this our business. And so when the LORD hath given us the land, we will deal mercifully and truly with thee."

²⁰ And even so if thou utter these our words, we will be quit of thy oath which thou hast made us swear."

¹⁷ And at the same time were there many of the chiefs of Judah, whose letters went unto Tobiah, and from Tobiah unto them. ¹⁸ For there were many in Judah that were sworn unto him, for he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Johanan had the daughter of Meshullam the son of Barachiah. ¹⁹ And they spake good of him before me, and told him my words; and Tobiah sent letters, to put me in fear.

⁵ A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie.

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

⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himself, and discover not another man's secret:

²⁰ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; and where the backbiter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth. ²¹ Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance. ²² A slanderer's words are like flattery, but they pierce the inward parts of the body.

²⁷ Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him. And he told them, after the manner as the king bade him. Then they held their peace, for they perceived nothing.

¹³ And also they learn to go from house to house idle, yea not idle only, but also trifling and busybodies, speaking things which are not comely.

¹ And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. ² And when Rehoboam the son of Nebat heard of it, being yet in Egypt — for he fled to Egypt for fear of Solomon — he came again out of Egypt. ³ And they sent and called him: and so Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, ⁴ "Thy father made our yoke grievous, but now make thou the grievous service of thy father and his sore yoke which he put upon us, lighter; and so we will serve thee." ⁵ And he said unto them, "Depart yet for the space of three days, and then come again to me." And the people departed. ⁶ And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that stood before Solomon his father, while he yet lived, and said, "What counsel give ye to answer this people withal?" ⁷ And they said unto him, "If thou shalt be a servant unto this people this day and serve them and answer them and speak kind words to them: they will be thy servants forever." ⁸ But he forsook the counsel that the old men had given him, and counselled with the young men that were nourished up with him and had waited on him. ⁹ And he said unto them, "What counsel give ye, to answer this people withal which have communed with me saying, 'Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us, lighter?'" ¹⁰ And the young men that were brought up with him, answered him, saying, "This people that have said unto thee, 'Thy father made our yoke heavy, make thou it us lighter' — thus answer them: 'My little finger shall be weightier than my father's loins! ¹¹ And now, where my father put a grievous yoke upon you, I will make it heavier. For where my father corrected you with scourges, I will chastise you with scorpions." ¹² And when Jeroboam and all the people were come to Rehoboam the third day — as the king appointed them, saying, "Come to me again this day three days" - ¹³ the king answered the people churlishly and left the advice that old men gave him: ¹⁴ and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke grievous, but I will make it grievouser. For where my father chastised you with whips, I will chastise you with scorpions." ¹⁵ And so the king hearkened not unto the people: for the turning away was of the LORD, to perform his saying, which the LORD said by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. ¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king regarded them not, the people answered the king again saying, "We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents therefore Israel, and now see to thine own house David." And so Israel departed unto their tents. ¹⁷ Howbeit, over the children of Israel which dwelt in the city of Judah, did Rehoboam reign still. ¹⁸ Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, the receiver of the tribute. And all Israel stoned him to death with stones. But king Rehoboam made speed and gat him up to his chariot and fled to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ And so Israel departed from the house of David unto this day.

²² Unadvised thoughts shall come to naught; but whereas are men that can give counsel, there is steadfastness.

²² Understanding is a well of life unto him that hath it; as for the chastening of fools, it is but foolishness.

¹⁸ Through counsel the things that men devise go forward; and with discretion ought wars to be taken in hand.

⁶ For with discretion must wars be taken in hand, and whereas are many that can give counsel, there is the victory.

¹¹ But ye foolish princes of Zoan, ye wise counselors of Pharaoh, whose wit is turned to foolishness: How say ye unto Pharaoh, "I am come of wise people; ¹² I am come of the old regal Progeny"? Where are they? Where are now thy wise men? Let them tell thee, if they can, what the LORD of Hosts hath taken in hand against Egypt. ¹³ The princes of Zoan are become fools, and the princes of Noph are deceived: yea, they deceive Egypt with their nobility of their stock. ¹⁴ For the LORD hath made Egypt drunken with the spirit of error, and they shall use it in all matters: even like as a drunken man goeth spewing about.

⁶ And the apostles and elders came together to reason of this matter. ⁷ And when there was much disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them, "Ye men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago, God chose among us that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel and believe. ⁸ And God which knoweth the heart, bare them witness, and gave unto them the holy ghost, even as he did unto us; ⁹ And he put no difference between them and us, but with faith purified their hearts. ¹⁰ Now therefore, why tempt ye God, that ye would put a yoke on the disciples necks which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? ¹¹ But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, as they do." ¹² Then all the multitude was peaced and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul which told what signs and wonders God had showed among the gentiles by them. ¹³ And when they held their peace, James answered, saying, "Men and brethren hearken unto me; ¹⁴ Simeon told how God at the beginning did visit the gentiles, and received of them people unto his name. ¹⁵ And to this agreeth the words of the prophets, as it is written, ¹⁶ 'After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David which is fallen down, and that which is fallen in decay of it will I build again and I will set it up, ¹⁷ that the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and also the Gentiles upon whom my name is named saith the Lord, which doth all these things.' ¹⁸ Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. ¹⁹ Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them which from among the gentiles are turned to God: ²⁰ but that we write unto them, that they abstain themselves from filthiness of images, from fornication, from strangled, and from blood. ²¹ For Moses of old time in every city hath them that preach him, and he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath day."

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man: ² yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech. ³ Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour: ⁴ let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber. ⁵ Save thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

¹⁸ Whoso promiseth by the hand, and is surety for another; he is a fool.

¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that bind their hand upon promise, and are surety for debt; ²⁷ for if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from under thee.

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 Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear! Hear! Bid, I pray you, Joab that he come hither, that I may speak with him." ¹⁷ When Joab was come the woman said, "Art thou Joab?" And Joab answered, "That am I." And she said to him, "Hear the words of thy handmaid." And he said, "I am ready to hear." ¹⁸ And she said, "It hath been a common saying in the old time: 'Men must ask of Abel, and then go and finish the work.' ¹⁹ Abel is one of the quietest and faithfullest cities that are in Israel. And thou goest about to destroy a city that is as a mother in Israel. Why devourest thou the inheritance of the LORD?" ²⁰ And Joab answered and said, "God forbid! God forbid it me, that I should either devour or destroy it. ²¹ The matter is not so: But there is a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, which hath lifted up his hand against king David. Deliver us him only, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said unto Joab, "Behold, his head shall be thrown through the wall to thee." ²² And then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they smote off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast it to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they scattered from the city every man to his tent, and Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

²⁵ and how Esther went and spake to the king, that through letters his wicked device - which he imagined against the Jews - might be turned upon his own head, and how he and his sons were hanged on the tree.

³⁰ Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

¹³ Verily I say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout all the world, there shall also this that she hath done, be told for a memorial of her."

³ and Joanna the wife of Chuzaa, Herod's steward; And Susanna; And many others: which ministered unto them of their substance.

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

²¹ When a strong man, armed, watcheth his house; That he possesseth, is in peace. ²² But when a stronger than he cometh upon him, and overcometh him: he taketh from him, his harness, wherein he trusted, and divideth his goods.

² And he saw also a certain poor widow, which cast in thither two mites. ³ And he said, "Of a truth I say unto you, this poor widow hath put in more than they all. ⁴ For they all have of their superfluity added unto the offering of God: But she, of her penury, hath cast in all the substance that she had."

³⁹ Peter arose and came with them: And when he was come, they brought him into the chamber, and all the widows stood round about him weeping and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made while she was with them.

¹⁴ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, gave us audience: whose heart the Lord opened that she attended unto the things which Paul spake. ¹⁵ When she was baptised, and her household, she besought us saying, "If ye think that I believe on the Lord come into my house, and abide there." And she constrained us.

² that ye receive her in the Lord as it becometh saints, and that ye assist her, in whatsoever business she needeth of your aid. For she hath succored many, and mine own self also. ³ Greet Prisca and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus, ⁴ which have for my life laid down their own necks. Unto which not I only give thanks: but also the congregations of the gentiles.

⁶ Greet Mary, which bestowed much labour on us.

¹ The elder, to the elect lady and her children which I love in the truth: And not I only, but also all that have known the truth,

¹⁹ And why? He hath oppressed the poor, and not helped them: houses hath he spoiled, and not builded them. 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. ²³ "For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Blessed is he, that considereth the poor; the LORD shall deliver him in the time of trouble. ² The LORD shall preserve him, and keep him alive: he shall make him to prosper upon earth, and shall not deliver him into the will of his enemies. ³ The LORD shall refresh him, when he lieth sick upon his bed, yea thou makest his bed in all his sickness. ⁴ I said, "LORD be merciful unto me, heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee!"

⁴ Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving and righteous. ⁵ A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion. ⁶ For he shall never be moved, and the righteous shall be had in an everlasting remembrance. 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. ⁹ He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

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

⁸ There is one man, no more but himself alone, having neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of his careful travail, his eyes cannot be satisfied with riches. Yet, doth he not remember himself, and say, "For whom do I take such travail? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my life?" This is also a vain and miserable thing.

⁷ These are the perilous weapons of the covetous, these be his shameful counsels: that he may beguile the poor with deceitful works, yea, even there as he should give sentence with the poor. ⁸ But the liberal person imagineth honest things, and cometh up with honesty.

¹ But in the mean season the righteous perisheth, and no man regardeth it in his heart. Good godly people are taken away, and no man considereth it. Namely, that the righteous is conveyed away through the wicked,

⁷ Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh? ⁸ Then should the light break out as doth the dayspring, and then health should shortly bud out. And thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the LORD would come upon thee. ⁹ Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful." ¹⁰ Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day. ¹¹ The LORD shall ever be thy guide, and satisfy the desire of thine heart, and fill thy bones with marrow. Thou shalt be like a fresh watered garden, and like the fountain of water, that never leaveth running. ¹² Then the places that have ever been waste, shall be builded of thee: there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kindreds. Thou shalt be called the maker-up of hedges, and the builder-again of the way of the Sabbath.

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."

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

¹⁴ For and if ye shall forgive other men their trespasses, your heavenly father shall also forgive you. ¹⁵ But and if ye will not forgive men their trespasses, no more shall your father forgive your trespasses.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. ³⁵ For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me. ³⁶ I was sick and ye visited me. I was in prison and ye came unto me.' ³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him saying, 'Master, when saw we thee a hungered, and fed thee? Or athirst, and gave thee drink? ³⁸ When saw we thee harborless, and lodged thee? Or naked and clothed thee? ³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison and came unto thee?' ⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.'

³⁸ Give, and it shall be given unto you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with what measure ye mete, with the same shall men mete to you again."

⁶ This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. ⁷ And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works, ⁹ as it is written, "He that dispersed abroad and hath given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever." ¹⁰ He that findeth the sower seed, shall minister bread for food, and shall multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness — that on all parts ¹¹ ye may be made rich in all singleness, which causeth through us, thanksgiving unto God. ¹² For the office of this ministration, not only supplieth the need of the saints: but also is abundant herein, that for this laudable ministering, thanks might be given to God of many, ¹³ which praise God for the obedience of your professing the gospel of Christ, and for your singleness, in distributing to them, and to all men. ¹⁴ And in their prayers to God for you, long after you, for the abundant grace of God given unto you.

¹⁷ not that I desire gifts: but I desire abundant fruit on your part.

¹³ For there shall be judgment, merciless, to him that showeth no mercy, and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

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.

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.

⁵ They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. ⁶ He that now goeth on his way weeping, and beareth forth good seed, shall doubtless come again with joy, and bring his sheaves with him.

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

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

⁵ They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent. ⁶ Their web maketh no cloth and they may not cover themselves with their labours. Their deeds are the deeds of wickedness, and the work of robbery is in their hands. 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. ⁸ But the way of peace they know not. In their goings is no equity, their ways are so crooked that whosoever goeth therein, knoweth nothing of peace.

¹² that they might sow unto righteousness, and reap the fruits of well doing: that they might plow up their fresh land and seek the LORD, till he came, and learned them righteousness. ¹³ But now they have plowed them wickedness, therefore shall they reap sin, and eat the fruit of lies. Seeing thou puttest thy confidence in thine own ways, and leanest to the multitude of thy worthies:

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.

²² so then, as concerning the conversation in time past, lay from you that old man, which is corrupt through the deceivable lusts,

¹⁸ Yea, and the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace, of them that maintain peace.

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.

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.

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

¹⁶ The righteous laboureth to do good; but the ungodly useth his increase unto sin.

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

²³ The fear of the LORD preserveth the life; yea it giveth plenteousness, without the visitation of any plague.

³⁵ but in all people, he that feareth him and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

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.

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

⁷ Little children, let no man beguile you; He that worketh righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

¹⁰ And hereby are the sons of God known, and also the sons of the devil. All that work not righteousness, are not of God, nor he that loveth not his brother.

¹⁷ I know my God, that thou provest the heart and hast pleasure in plainness. And in plainness of mine heart I have willingly given all this. And now I see thy people, which are here in gladness to offer willingly to thee.

⁷ For the LORD is righteous, and he loveth righteousness: his countenance will behold the thing that is just.

²⁵ With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with a perfect man thou shalt be perfect. {TYNDALE: With the holy thou shalt be holy, and with the man that is uncorrupt, thou shalt be uncorrupt.} ²⁶ With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt be froward. {TYNDALE: With the pure thou shalt be pure, and with the froward thou shalt be froward also.}

⁶ But lo, thou hast a pleasure in the truth, and hast showed me secret wisdom.

¹ {Aleph} Blessed are those that be undefiled in the way, and walk in the law of the LORD.

¹³ The righteous also shall give thanks unto thy name, and the just shall continue in thy sight.

¹⁴ he is ever imagining mischief and frowardness in his heart, and causeth discord.

¹⁶ These six things doth the LORD hate, and the seventh he utterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that goeth about with wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to do mischief, ¹⁹ a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.

¹³ With me is the fear of the LORD, and the eschewing of evil. As for pride, disdain, and evil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked things, I utterly abhor them.

⁷ Whoso reproveth a scornful person, getteth himself dishonour: and he that rebuketh the ungodly, staineth himself.

²² The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.

⁸ The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him.

¹⁷ The path of the righteous escheweth evil; and whoso looketh well to his ways, keepeth his own soul.

²⁹ An ungodly man goeth forth rashly; but the just reformeth his own way.

⁷ Moreover, I will make my covenant between me, and thee, and thy seed after thee; in their times to be an everlasting testament, so that I will be God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger: even all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and will be their God."

² Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil: neither answer in a matter of plea that thou wouldest, to follow many, turn aside from the truth;

²⁶ The righteous is ever merciful, and lendeth gently; therefore shall his seed be blessed.

¹ {Praise the Everlasting} Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, and hath great delight in his commandments. ² His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.

²² which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just.

⁵ The LORD abhorreth all presumptuous and proud hearts; there may neither strength nor power escape.

⁴ I hear no evil will in my mind. Who will compel me that I, greatly forgetting all faithfulness, should burn it up at once with thorns and bushes?

³⁹ And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me all the days of their life, that they and their children after them may prosper.

³⁹ "For the promise was made unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar, even as many as the Lord God shall call."

⁴⁷ And I asked her, saying, 'whose daughter art thou?' And she answered, 'the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him.' And I put the earring upon her face and the bracelets upon her hands.

¹⁰ And behold, there met him a woman with open tokens of a harlot. Only her heart was hid.

¹³ A foolish restless woman, full of words, and such one as hath no knowledge,

³⁰ Favour is a deceitful thing, and beauty is vanity; but a woman that feareth God, she shall be praised.

¹⁵ "'But thou hast put confidence in thine own beauty, and played the harlot, when thou hadst gotten thee a name. Thou hast committed whoredom with all that went by thee, and hast fulfilled their desires: ¹⁶ Yea, thou hast taken thy garments of divers colors, and decked thine altars therewith, whereupon thou mightest fulfill thine whoredom, of such a fashion as never was done, nor shall be. ¹⁷ The goodly ornaments and Jewels which I gave thee of mine own gold and silver, hast thou taken, and made thee men's images thereof, and committed whoredom withal. ¹⁸ Thy garments of divers colors hast thou taken, and decked them therewith: mine oil and incense hast thou set before them. ¹⁹ My meat which I gave thee, as simnels, oil and honey to feed thee withal, that hast thou set before them, for a sweet savour. And this came also to pass, sayeth the LORD God. ²⁰ Thou hast taken thine own sons and daughters, whom thou hast begotten unto me: and these hast thou offered up to them, to be their meat. Is this but a small whoredom of thine, thinkest thou, ²¹ that thou slayest my children, and givest them over to be burnt unto them? ²² And yet in all thy abominations and whoredom, thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth:, how naked and bare thou wast at that time, and trodden down in thine own blood.

⁴ And that for the great and manifold whoredom of the fair and beautiful harlot: which is a mistress of witchcraft, yea and selleth the people through her whoredom, and the nations through her witchcraft. ⁵ Behold, I will upon thee, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, and will pull thy clothes over thy head: that I may show thy nakedness among the Heathen, and thy shame among the kingdoms. ⁶ I will cast dirt upon thee, to make thee be abhorred, and a gazing stock.

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.

²² It is happened unto them according to the true proverb, "The dog is turned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed, is returned to her wallowing in the mire."

¹⁷ LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,

⁴ One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.

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

⁷ "And now, LORD, what is my hope? Truly my hope is even in thee. ⁸ Deliver me from all mine offenses; and make me not a rebuke unto the foolish.

⁵ O that my ways were made so direct, that I might keep thy statutes!

¹⁰ With my whole heart do I seek thee; O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments.

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

⁹ My soul lusteth after thee all the night long, and my mind hasteth freely to thee. For as soon as thy judgment is known to the world, then the inhabiters of the earth learn righteousness.

¹⁶ And I enforced not to be a shepherd that should not follow thee: and the day of destruction have I not desired, thou knowest. And that proceeded out of my mouth was right in thy sight.

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

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

¹⁰ But give him, and let it not grieve thine heart to give. Because that for that thing, the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works and in all that thou puttest thine hand to.

⁹ He hath dispersed abroad, and given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor.

¹⁸ The labour of the ungodly prospereth not; but he that showeth righteousness, shall receive a sure reward.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the LORD; and look, what he layeth out, it shall be paid him again.

⁸ Whoso increaseth his riches by vantage and winning, let him gather them to help the poor withal.

¹ Send thy victuals over the waters, and so shalt thou find them after many years. ² Give part sven days, and also upon the eighth, for thou knowest not what misery shall come upon earth.

⁶ Cease not thou therefore with thy hands to sow thy seed, whether it be in the morning or in the evening: for then knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better.

⁶ Ye sow much, but ye bring little in; Ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled; ye deck yourselves, but ye are not warm; and he that earneth any wage, putteth it in a broken purse.

⁹ Ye looked for much, and lo it is come to little: and though ye bring it home, yet do I blow it away. And why so, sayeth the LORD of Hosts? Even because that my house lieth so waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. ¹⁰ Wherefore the heaven is forbidden to give you any dew, and the earth is forbidden to give you increase. ¹¹ I have called for a drought, both upon the land and upon the mountains, upon corn, upon wine, and upon oil, upon everything that the ground bringeth forth, upon men and upon cattle, yea and upon all handy labour."

¹⁶ that when ye came to a corn heap of twenty bushels, there were scarce ten: and that when ye came to the wine press for to pour out fifty pots of wine, there were scarce twenty. ¹⁷ For I smote you with heat, blasting and hailstones in all the labors of your hands: yet was there none of you, that would turn unto me, sayeth the LORD. ¹⁸ Consider then from this day forth and afore, namely, from the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, unto the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid: Mark it well, ¹⁹ is not the seed yet in the barn? Have not the vines, the fig trees, the pomegranates and the olive trees been yet unfruitful? But from this day forth, I shall make them to prosper."

²⁹ Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, purposed to send succour unto the brethren which dwelt in Jewry, ³⁰ which thing they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

⁵ Wherefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, to come before hand unto you, for to prepare your good blessing promised afore, that it might be ready: so that it be a blessing, and not a defrauding. ⁶ This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. ⁷ And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works, ⁹ as it is written, "He that dispersed abroad and hath given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever." ¹⁰ He that findeth the sower seed, shall minister bread for food, and shall multiply your seed, and increase the fruits of your righteousness — that on all parts ¹¹ ye may be made rich in all singleness, which causeth through us, thanksgiving unto God.

¹³ He that should have been lost, gave me a good word, and the widow's heart praised me. ¹⁴ And why? I put upon me righteousness, which covered me as a garment, and equity was my crown. ¹⁵ I was an eye unto the blind, and a foot to the lame; ¹⁶ I was a father unto the poor, and when I knew not their cause, I sought it out diligently. ¹⁷ I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth. ¹⁸ "Therefore, I thought verily that I should have died in my nest: and that my days should have been as many as the sands of the sea.

¹⁶ "When the poor desireth anything of me, have I denied it them? Have I caused the widow stand waiting for me in vain? ¹⁷ Have I eaten my portion alone, that the fatherless hath had no part with me? ¹⁸ For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb. ¹⁹ Have I seen any man perish through nakedness and want of clothing? Or any poor man for lack of raiment, ²⁰ whose sides thanked me not, because he was warmed with the wool of my sheep?

²⁷ He that giveth unto the poor, shall not want; but he that turneth away his eyes from such as be in necessity, shall suffer great poverty himself.

⁸ But the liberal person imagineth honest things, and cometh up with honesty.

⁷ Yea, and to break the bread to the hungry; and to bring the poor that are harborless unto house; and when thou seest a naked, that thou clothe him and that thou shouldest withdraw thyself from helping thine own flesh? ⁸ Then should the light break out as doth the dayspring, and then health should shortly bud out. And thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the LORD would come upon thee. ⁹ Then shouldest thou call, and the LORD answer; then shouldest thou cry, and he shall say, "Lo, here am I. For I the LORD thy God am merciful." ¹⁰ Yea If thou layest away thy burdens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceasest from blasphemous talking; if thou hast compassion upon the hungry, and refreshest the troubled soul: Then shall thy light spring out in the darkness, and thy darkness shall be as the noon day. ¹¹ The LORD shall ever be thy guide, and satisfy the desire of thine heart, and fill thy bones with marrow. Thou shalt be like a fresh watered garden, and like the fountain of water, that never leaveth running.

³⁴ Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed children of my father, inherit ye the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world. ³⁵ For I was a hungered, and ye gave me meat. I thirsted, and ye gave me drink. I was harborless, and ye lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me.

⁶ This yet remember, how that he which soweth little, shall reap little: and he that soweth plenteously shall reap plenteously. ⁷ And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸ God is able to make you rich in all grace, that ye in all things having sufficient unto the utmost, may be rich unto all manner good works, ⁹ as it is written, "He that dispersed abroad and hath given to the poor, his righteousness remaineth for ever."

⁶ And Joseph was governor in the land, and sold corn to all the people of the land. And his brethren came, and fell flat on the ground before him.

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

²⁴ He that sayeth unto the ungodly, "Thou art righteous," him shall the people curse; yea, the commonality shall abhor him.

⁴ Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying,

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

² While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined!

⁶ They have laid a net for my feet, and pressed down my soul: they have digged a pit before me, and are fallen into it themselves. Selah.

¹¹ A sedicious person seeketh mischief; but a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

¹² yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thyself and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein, ¹³ and when thy beasts and thy sheep are waxed many and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, ¹⁴ and all that thou hast increased, then beware lest thine heart rise and thou forget the LORD thy God which brought thee out of the land of Egypt the house of bondage,

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?

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by the waterside, that will bring forth his fruit in due season. His leaf, also, shall not wither; and, look, whatsoever he doeth, it shall prosper.

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!" ⁸ As for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God, my trust is in the tender mercy of God for ever and ever.

¹⁰ O trust not in wrong or robbery; give not yourselves unto vanity. If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

¹² The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ¹³ Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God. ¹⁴ They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

¹⁵ The rich man's goods are his stronghold; but poverty oppresseth the poor.

²¹ Thy people shall be all godly and possess the land forever: the flower of my planting, the work of my hands whereof I will rejoice.

⁸ For he shall be as a tree, that is planted by the waterside: which spreadeth out the root unto moistness, whom the heat cannot harm, when it cometh, but his leaves are green. And though there grow but little fruit because of drought yet is he not careful, but he never leaveth off to bring forth fruit.

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? ²⁵ It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of an needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."

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,

³⁰ And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Ye have troubled me, and made me stink unto the inhabiters of the land, both to the Canaanites and also unto the Perizzites. And I am few in number. Wherefore they shall gather themselves together against me and slay me, and so shall I and my house be destroyed."

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.

³ The name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife was Abigail: and she was a woman of good wisdom and beautiful. But the man was churlish and of shrewd conditions and was a Calebite.

¹⁷ Now take heed and see what thou hast to do, for it is concluded to do mischief unto our master and to all his household. And he is ungracious to speak to."

³⁸ and upon a ten days after, the LORD smote Nabal that he died.

¹⁹ The evil shall bow themselves before the good; and the ungodly shall wait at the doors of the righteous.

¹⁶ This is a miserable plague, that he shall go away even as he came. What helpeth him then, that he hath labored in the wind?

⁷ They have sown wind, therefore shall they reap a whirlwind. Their seed shall bear no corn, there shall no meal be made of their increase: though they reap, yet shall strangers devour it up.

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:

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

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

³ The wise, such as have taught others, shall glister as the shining of heaven: and those that have instructed the multitude unto Godliness, shall be as the stars, world without end.

¹⁹ And he said unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."

⁹ For he was utterly astonished, and all that were with him at the draught of fish which they took: ¹⁰ and so was also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, "Fear not, from henceforth thou shalt catch men."

³⁶ And he that reapeth, receiveth reward; and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: That both he that soweth and he that reapeth might rejoice together.

¹⁹ For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all men, that I might win the more. ²⁰ And unto the Jews, I became as a Jew, to win the Jews. To them that were under the law, was I made as though I had been under the law, to win them that were under the law. ²¹ To them that were without law, became I as though I had been without law — when I was not without law as pertaining to God, but under a law as concerning Christ — to win them that were without law. ²² To the weak became I as weak, to win the weak. In all thing I fashioned myself to all men, to save, at the leastway, some. ²³ And this I do for the Gospel's sake, that I might have my part thereof.

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?

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}

¹⁴ I will be his father and he shall be my son; insomuch that if he sin, I will but rebuke him with such a rod as men be rebuked with and with such plagues as the children of men be plagued with. ¹⁵ But my mercy will I not take away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put down before thee.

⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do wickedness in his sight? Thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and hast taken his wife to thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite, to be thy wife.' ¹¹ Thus sayeth the LORD, 'Behold, I will stir up evil against thee even of thine own house and will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, which shall sleep with them in the sight of the sun. ¹² And thou didst it secretly, yet will I do this thing before all Israel and in the open sunlight.'"

²⁴ And as he journeyed, a lion met him by the way and slew him, and his carcass lay along in the way and the ass stood thereby, and the lion stood by the corpse also.

²¹ Mischief followeth upon sinners; but the righteous shall have a good reward,

²⁹ For lo, I begin to plague the city that my name is given unto: think ye then, that I will leave you unpunished? Ye shall not go quit. For why? I call for a sword upon all the inhabiters of the earth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

³⁰ For this cause many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. ³¹ If we had truly judged ourselves, we should not have been judged. ³² But when we are judged of the Lord we are chastened, because we should not be damned with the world.

¹⁷ For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God. If it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them which believe not the gospel of God? ¹⁸ And if the righteous scarcely be saved: where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?