Proverbs 13 Cross References - MSTC

¹ A wise son will receive his father's warning; but he that is scornful, will not hear when he is reproved. ² A good man shall enjoy the fruit of his mouth; but he that hath a froward mind, shall be spoiled. ³ He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life; but whoso speaketh unadvised, findeth harm. ⁴ The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty. ⁵ A righteous man abhoreth lies; but the ungodly shameth both others and himself. ⁶ Righteousness keepeth the innocent in the way; but ungodliness shall overthrow the sinner. ⁷ Some men are rich, though they have nothing; again, some men are poor having great riches. ⁸ With goods every man delivereth his life; and the poor will not be reproved. ⁹ The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out. ¹⁰ Among the proud there is ever strife; but among those that do all things with advisement, there is wisdom. ¹¹ Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase. ¹² Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. ¹³ Whoso despiseth the word, destroyeth himself; but he that feareth the commandment shall have peace. ¹⁴ The law is a well of life unto the wise; that it may keep him from the snares of death. ¹⁵ Good understanding giveth favour; but hard is the way of the despisers. ¹⁶ A wise man doth all things with discretion; but a fool will declare his folly. ¹⁷ An ungodly messenger bringeth mischief; but a faithful ambassador is wholesome. ¹⁸ He that thinketh scorn to be reformed, cometh to poverty and shame; but whoso receiveth correction, shall come to honour. ¹⁹ When a desire is brought to pass, it delighteth the soul; but fools count it abomination to depart from evil. ²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wise men, shall be wise; but whoso is a companion of fools shall be hurt. ²¹ Mischief followeth upon sinners; but the righteous shall have a good reward, ²² which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just. ²³ There is plenteousness of food in the fields of the poor; and shall be increased out of measure. ²⁴ He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes. ²⁵ The righteous eateth, and is satisfied; but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough.

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

¹ Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom. ² Yea I shall give you a good reward, if ye will not forsake my law. ³ For when I myself was my father's dear son, and tenderly beloved of my mother, ⁴ he taught me also, saying, "Let thine heart receive my words, keep my commandments, and thou shalt live. ⁵ Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. ⁷ The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding. ⁸ Make much of her and she shall promote thee: Yea, if thou embracest her, she shall bring thee unto honour. ⁹ She shall make thee a gracious head, and garnish thee with the crown of glory." ¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many. ¹¹ I will show thee the way of wisdom, and lead thee in the right paths. ¹² So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. ¹³ Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the ungodly, and walk not in the way of the wicked.

²⁰ My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them even in the midst of thine heart. ²² For they are life unto all those that find them, and health unto all their bodies.

⁷ Whoso reproveth a scornful person, getteth himself dishonour: and he that rebuketh the ungodly, staineth himself. ⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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

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

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

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

¹⁴ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye mockers that rule the LORD's people, which is at Jerusalem. ¹⁵ For ye comfort yourselves thus: "Tush, we have made a covenant with death, and with hell we are at an agreement. Though there break out any sore plague, it shall not come upon us. For with deceit will we escape, and with nimbleness will we defend ourselves."

⁸ For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.

¹¹ A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.

¹¹ if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause: ¹² Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit. ¹³ So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils.

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

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

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.

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

¹⁴ Every man shall enjoy good according to the innocency of his mouth; and after the works of his hands shall he be rewarded.

²⁰ A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

²⁷ 'And say thou unto them: This is the commandment of the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Drink and be drunken, spew and fall, that ye never rise: and that through the sword which I will send among you. ²⁸ But if they will no receive the cup of thy hand, and drink it, then tell them: Thus doth the LORD of Hosts threaten you: drink it ye shall, and that shortly. 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 "'Therefore tell them all these words, and say unto them: The LORD shall cry from above, and let his voice be heard from his holy habitation. With a great noise shall he cry from his regal court. He shall give a great voice, like the grape gatherers, and the sound thereof shall be heard unto the ends of the world. ³¹ For the LORD hath a judgment to give upon all people, and will hold his court of justice with all flesh and punish the ungodly, sayeth the LORD.

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.

¹⁷ For the wrong that thou hast done in Lebanon shall overwhelm thee, and the wild beasts shall make thee afraid: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city, and to all such as dwell therein.

⁶ for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

²⁶ If any man among you seem devout, and refrain not his tongue: but deceive his own heart, this man's devotion is in vain.

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. ³ Behold, we put bits into the horses' mouths that they should obey us, and we turn about all the body. ⁴ Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the violence of the governor will: 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. ⁹ Therewith bless we God the father, and therewith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. ¹¹ Doth a fountain send forth at one place sweet water, and bitter also? ¹² Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries: or a vine bear figs? So can no fountain give both salt water and fresh also.

¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"

¹⁴ They shall also bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well liking,

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

³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and giving attendance at the posts of my doors.

⁴ An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

²⁵ He that is liberal in giving, shall have plenty; and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself.

¹¹ He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, is a very fool.

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

¹³ The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."

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

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.

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."

¹¹ Yea, and we desire that every one of you show the same diligence, to the establishing of hope, even unto the end:

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.

¹⁶³ As for lies, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

³⁵ The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

⁸ Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

⁹ And they that escape from you, shall think upon me among the Heathen, where they shall be in captivity. As for that whorish and unfaithful heart of theirs, wherewith they run away from me, I will break it: Yea, and put out those eyes of theirs, that committed fornication with their idols. Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased with their selves, for the wickedness and abominations, which they have done:

⁴³ There shall ye call to remembrance your own ways and all your imaginations, wherein ye have been defiled: and ye shall be displeased with your own selves, for all your wickedness, that ye have done.

³¹ Then shall ye remember your own wicked ways, and your imaginations, which were not good: so that ye shall take displeasure at your own selves, by reason of your sins and abominations.

² Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.

⁸ Three shepherds destroyed I in one month, for I might not away with them, neither had they any delight in me.

²⁵ Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

⁹ Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,

⁸ But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

²³ For he offered unto the gods of them of Damascus which beat him, and said, "Because the gods of the Syrians help them, therefore will I offer to them, that they may help me also." But they were his destruction and the destruction of all Israel.

² Even he that leadeth an uncorrupt life, and doeth the thing which is right, and speaketh the truth from his heart.

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.

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.

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.

¹² The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked; and for their wickedness, God overthroweth the ungodly.

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.

⁹ A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better than one that is gorgeous and lacketh bread.

¹¹ Hastily gotten goods are soon spent; but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase.

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.

²¹ So is it with him that gathered riches, and is not rich in God."

³³ Sell that ye have, and give alms. And make you bags, which wax not old, and treasure that faileth not in heaven, where no thief cometh, neither moth corrupteth.

¹¹ The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are; extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or as this publican. ¹² I fast twice in the week. I give tithe of all that I possess.' ¹³ And the publican stood afar off, and would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.' 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."

⁸ Now ye are full: now ye are made rich: ye reign as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we might reign with you.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, and ye are wise through Christ: we are weak, and ye are strong. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place,

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.

¹⁰ as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

⁵ Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him?

¹⁹ They promise them liberty, and are themselves the bondservants of corruption. For of whomsoever a man is overcome, unto the same is he in bondage.

⁹ I know thy works and tribulation and poverty, but thou art rich. And I know the blasphemy of them which call themselves Jews and are not, but are the congregation of Satan.

¹⁷ because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

³⁰ If he be set to a sum of money, then he shall give for the deliverance of his life, according to all that is put unto him.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the lords and all the men of might, to the number of ten thousand, into captivity — and all craftsmen and Joiners, none remaining save the poor people of the land.

¹² Nebuzaradan the chief Marshal carried away, and left of the poor of the land to dress the vines and to till the ground.

⁴ Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.

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.

³⁵ no, though thou wouldest offer him great gifts to make amends, he will not receive them.

¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan the chief captain let the rascal people, and those that had nothing, dwell still in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and corn fields at the same time.

⁸ Among these eighty men there were ten, that said unto Ishmael, "Oh slay us not, for we have yet a great treasure in the field, of wheat, barley, oil and honey." So he spared them, and slew them not with their brethren.

¹² In thee also will I leave a small, poor, simple people: which shall trust in the name of the LORD.

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?

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb undefiled, and without spot,

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.

⁵ Shall not the light of the ungodly be put out? Yea, the flame of his fire shall not burn. ⁶ The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.

¹⁷ "How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!

³ When his light shined upon my head; when I went after the same light and shining, even through the darkness.

¹¹ There is sprung up a light for the righteous, and a joyful gladness for such as are true hearted.

⁴ Unto the godly there ariseth up light in the darkness: he is merciful, loving and righteous.

¹⁸ The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

²⁰ And why? The wicked hath nothing to hope for, and the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

¹⁰ Therefore, whoso feareth the LORD among you, let him hear the voice of his servant. Who so walketh in darkness, and no light shineth upon him, let him trust in the LORD and hold him by his God. ¹¹ But take heed, ye have all kindled a fire, and girded yourselves with the flame. Ye walk in the glistering of your own fire, and in the flame that ye have kindled. This cometh unto you from my hand, namely that ye shall sleep in sorrow.

¹³ Then said the King to his ministers, 'Take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps go out.'

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, "Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledest us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites?" And they chode with him a good. ² And he said unto them, "What deed have I done like unto yours: are not the clusters of Ephraim better than the wine harvest of Abiezer? ³ God hath delivered into your hands the lords of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb. And what was I able to do like as you have done?" And then their spirits abated from off him, when he had said that.

¹ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, "Wherefore wentest thou to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will therefore burn thine house upon thee with fire." ² And Jephthah said unto them, "I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon. And I called you. But ye delivered me not out of their hands. ³ And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands and went upon the children of Ammon. And the LORD delivered them into my hands. Wherefore then are ye come upon me to fight with me?" ⁴ And Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with the Ephraimites. And the men of Gilead smote the Ephraimites, because they said, "Ye Gileadites are but renegades of Ephraim among the Ephraimites and the Manassites!" ⁵ Moreover, the men of Gilead took the passages of Jordan from the Ephraimites. And when those Ephraimites that were escaped said, "Let us go over," then the men of Gilead said unto them, "Ye are Ephraimites." And they said, "Nay." ⁶ Then the other answered, "Then say, 'Shibboleth.'" And they said, "Syboleth" — and could not so pronounce. Whereupon the others took them and slew them at the passages of Jordan. And there were overthrown at that time, of the Ephraimites, forty two thousand.

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."

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.

¹⁰ Because thou hast beaten the Edomites, therefore thine heart riseth. Be glorious: but tarry at home. For what needest thou to provoke to mischief — that thou shouldest be overthrown and Judah with thee?"

¹⁵ Look: what a fool taketh in hand, he thinketh it well done; but he that is wise, will be counseled. ¹⁶ A fool uttereth his wrath in all the haste, but a discreet man forgiveth wrong.

¹⁴ He that soweth discord and strife, is like one that diggeth up a water brook; but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out and runneth abroad.

²⁰ O give ear unto good counsel, and be content to be reformed; that thou mayest be wise here after.

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

²⁴ He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously.

⁸ Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.

²⁸ Which of you is he that is disposed to build a tower, and sitteth not down before and counteth the cost: Whether he have sufficient to perform it? ²⁹ Lest after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to perform it, all that behold it, begin to mock him, ³⁰ saying, 'This man began to build, and was not able to make an end.' ³¹ Or what king goeth to make battle against another king, and sitteth not down first, and casteth in his mind, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand, ³² or else while the other is yet a great way off, he will send ambassadors, and desire peace.

²⁴ And there was a strife among them, which of them should be taken for the greatest.

¹ In those days, as the number of the disciples grew, there arose a grudge among the Greeks against the Hebrews, because their widows were despised in the daily ministration. ² Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together and said, "It is not meet that we should leave the word of God and serve at the tables. ³ Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, which we may appoint to this needful business: ⁴ but we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministration of the word." ⁵ And the saying pleased the whole multitude well. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas, a convert of Antioch,

⁴ he is puffed up and knoweth nothing: but wasteth his brains about questions, and strife of words, whereof spring envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom descendeth not from above: but is earthy, and natural, and devilish. ¹⁶ For where envying and strife is, there is unstableness, and all manner of evil works:

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

⁵ Either do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, "The spirit that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envy," ⁶ but giveth more grace?

⁹ I wrote unto the congregation: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not, 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.

²⁸ Therefore shall his dwelling be in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, but are become heaps of stones. ²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, nor increase upon earth.

¹⁵ The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.

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.

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.

² For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.

² Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death.

²² which their children's children shall have in possession - for the riches of the sinner is laid up for the just. ²³ There is plenteousness of food in the fields of the poor; and shall be increased out of measure.

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

²³ See that thou know the number of thy cattle thy self, and look well to thy flocks. ²⁴ For riches abide not away, and the crown endureth not forever. ²⁵ The hay groweth, the grass cometh up, and herbs are gathered in the mountains. ²⁶ The lambs shall clothe thee, and for the goats thou shalt have money to thy husbandry. ²⁷ Thou shalt have goats' milk enough to feed thee, to uphold thy household, and to sustain thy maidens.

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

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

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

¹⁴ For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.

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.

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.

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.

⁶ And Sara said, "God hath made me a laughingstock: for all that hear, will laugh at me." ⁷ She said also, "Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sara should have given children suck, or that I should have borne him a son in his old age?"

³⁰ And Israel said unto Joseph, "Now I am content to die, insomuch I have seen thee, that thou art yet alive."

²⁶ and then she said, "Oh my lord, as truly as thy soul liveth my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. ²⁷ And for this lad I prayed, and the LORD hath given me my desire which I asked of him: ²⁸ and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.

¹⁵ They have children at their desire, and leave the rest of their substance for their babes. But as for me, I shall behold thy presence in righteousness: and when I awake up after thy likeness, I shall be satisfied with it.

² He brought me out of the horrible pit, out of the mire and clay; he set my feet upon the rock, and ordered my goings. ³ He hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many men seeing this, shall fear the LORD, and put their trust in him.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God. ² My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God; when shall I come to appear before the presence of God? ³ My tears have been my meat day and night, while they daily say unto me, "Where is now thy God?"

³ I am weary of crying; my throat is dry. My sight faileth me, for waiting so long upon my God.

⁸¹ {Khaf} My soul longeth for thy salvation, for my good hope is in thy word. ⁸² Mine eyes long sore for thy word, saying, "O when wilt thou comfort me?" ⁸³ For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do not I forget thy statutes.

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

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

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

¹⁹ When a desire is brought to pass, it delighteth the soul; but fools count it abomination to depart from evil.

⁸ I charge you therefore, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him how that I am sick for love.

²⁹ "Lord, Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise. ³⁰ For mine eyes have seen the saviour sent from thee:

²² And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.

² In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river was there wood of life; which bare twelve manner of fruits, and gave fruit every month: and the leaves of the wood served to heal the people withal.

³¹ because he hath despised the word of the LORD and hath broken his commandments, that soul therefore shall perish and his sin shall be upon him.'"

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.'

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

³ for now will we make a covenant with our God, that we shall put away all the wives - and such as are born of them - according to the counsel of the LORD and of them that fear the commandment of our God, that we may do according to the law.

¹¹ Moreover, by them is thy servant taught, and in keeping of them there is great reward.

¹³ Yea, he blesseth all them that fear the LORD, both small and great.

¹⁶⁵ Great is the peace that they have which love thy law, and they are not offended at it.

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

³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:

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

² As for these things, my hand hath made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the LORD. Which of them shall I then regard? Even him that is of a lowly troubled spirit, and standeth in awe of my works.

² Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah with all the proud persons, said unto Jeremiah, "Thou liest! The LORD our God hath not sent thee to speak unto us, that we should not go into Egypt, and dwell there:

¹⁶ "As for the words that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will in no wise hear them: ¹⁷ But whatsoever goeth out of our own mouth, that will we do: We will do sacrifice, and offer oblations unto the Queen of heaven: like as we and our forefathers, our kings and our heads have done in the cities of Judah, and in the streets and fields of Jerusalem. For then had we plenteousness of victuals, then were we in prosperity, and no misfortune came upon us.

¹³ And yet the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They would not walk in my commandments; they have cast away my laws, which whoso keepeth should live in them; and my Sabbath days have they greatly unhallowed. Then I made me to pour out my indignation upon them, and to consume them in the wilderness.

¹⁶ And that because they refused my laws, and walked not in my commandments, but had unhallowed my Sabbaths - for their heart was gone after their Idols.

²⁴ because they had not kept my laws, but cast aside my commandments, unhallowed my Sabbaths, and lift up their eyes to their fathers' Idols.

¹⁶ But they that fear God, say thus one to another, 'The LORD considereth and heareth it. Yea, it is before him a memorial book, written for such as fear the LORD, and remember his name.'

¹² Rejoice, and be glad: for great is your reward in heaven: For so persecuted they the prophets which were before your days.

³¹ He said unto him, 'If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe, though one rose from death again.'"

²⁸ He that despiseth Moses' law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth underfoot the son of God: and counteth the blood of the testament as an unholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace.

⁸ Look on yourselves, that we lose not that we have wrought: but that we may have a full reward.

⁶ The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me. ⁷ In my tribulation I called to the LORD, and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry entered into his ears.

⁵ The pains of hell came about me; the snares of death overtook me. {TYNDALE: The cords of hell have compassed me about, and the snares of death have overtaken me.}

³ The snares of death compassed me round about, the pains of hell got hold upon me.

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

²⁷ The fear of the LORD is a well of life; to avoid the snares of death.

²⁴ The way of life leadeth unto heaven; that a man should beware of hell beneath.

⁶ With loving mercy and faithfulness, sins be forgiven; and whoso searcheth the LORD eschewth evil.

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

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

¹⁴ And David was wise in all that he took in hand, and the LORD was with him. ¹⁵ Wherefore, when Saul saw that he was so exceeding wise, he was afraid of him. ¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and in before them.

⁹ when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. ¹⁰ Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, and said, "They ever err in their hearts, they verily have not known my ways." ¹¹ Therefore I said unto them in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

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

⁴ So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and men.

¹⁹ But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware.

³⁵ A discreet servant is a pleasure unto the king; but one that is not honest provoketh him unto wrath.

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

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

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and age, and in favour with God and man.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his adversities, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; which made him governor over Egypt, and over all his household.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed. For the end of those things is death.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered David's servants and said, "What is David? And what is the son of Jesse? There is plenty of servants nowadays, that break away every man from his master. ¹¹ Should I take my bread, my water and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men which I know not whence they be?"

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."

²⁵ Let not my lord regard this unthrifty man Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord which thou sendest.

⁵ A good man is merciful, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his words with discretion.

²² The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him. ²³ He that hath understanding can hide his wisdom; but an indiscreet heart telleth out his foolishness.

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

³ A doting fool thinketh, that every man doth as foolishly as himself.

¹³ Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, therefore shall he be magnified, exalted and greatly honored.

¹⁶ "Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves: Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

¹⁹ for your obedience extendeth to all men. I am glad no doubt of you. But yet I would have you wise unto that which is good. And to be innocent as concerning evil.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in wit. Howbeit, as concerning maliciousness be children: but in wit be perfect.

¹⁷ Wherefore, be ye not unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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.

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.

²³ The north wind driveth away the rain, even so doth an earnest sober countenance a backbiter's tongue.

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

¹³ I have seen folly among the Prophets of Samaria, that they preached for Baal, and deceived my people of Israel. ¹⁴ I have seen also among the Prophets of Jerusalem foul adultery, and presumptuous lies. They take the most shameful men by the hand, flattering them, so that they cannot return from their wickedness. All these with their citizens are, unto me, as Sodom and as the inhabiters of Gomorrah." ¹⁵ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts concerning the prophets, "Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem is the sickness of hypocrisy come into all the land." ¹⁶ And therefore the LORD of Hosts giveth you this warning, "Hear not the words of the prophets, that preach unto you, and deceive you: for they speak the meaning of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell it: and he that understandeth my word, let him show it faithfully. For what hath chaff and wheat to do together, sayeth the LORD?

¹⁸ If I say unto thee, concerning the ungodly man, that without doubt he must die: and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest unto him, that he may turn from his evil way, and so to live - Then shall the same ungodly man die in his own unrighteousness, but his blood will I require of thine hand.

⁷ And now, O thou son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: that whereas thou hearest anything out of my mouth, thou mayest warn them on my behalf. ⁸ If I say unto the wicked: thou wicked, thou shalt surely die: and thou givest him not warning, that he may beware of his ungodly way: then shall the wicked die in his own sin, but his blood will I require of thy hand.

² Furthermore it is required of the stewards that they be found faithful.

¹⁷ For we are not as many are, which chop and change with the word of God: but even out of pureness, and by the power of God and in the sight of God, so speak we in Christ.

²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the room of Christ: even as though God did beseech you through us. So pray we you, in Christ's stead, that ye be at one with God:

¹² And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord which hath made me strong: for he counted me true, and put me in office,

² And what things thou hast heard of me, many bearing witness, the same deliver to faithful men, which are apt to teach others.

⁵ Let the righteous rather smite me friendly, and reprove me: so will I take it as though he had poured oil on my head; it shall not hurt my head. Yea, I will pray yet for their wickedness.

⁹ That thou give not thine honour unto another, and thy years to the cruel; ¹⁰ That other men be not filled with thy goods, and that thy labours come not in a strange house. ¹¹ Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods, ¹² and then say, "Alas, why hated I nurture? Why did my heart despise correction? ¹³ Wherefore was not I obedient unto the voice of my teachers, and hearken not unto them that informed me? ¹⁴ I am come almost into all misfortune, in the midst of the multitude and congregation."

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

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

¹³ Whoso despiseth the word, destroyeth himself; but he that feareth the commandment shall have peace.

³¹ The ear that hearkeneth unto wholesome warning, and enclineth thereto, shall dwell among the wise. ³² He that refuseth to be reformed, despiseth his own soul; but he that submitteth himself to correction, is wise.

⁶ The multitude hangeth upon great men; and every man favoureth him that giveth rewards.

¹² The correction of the wise is, to an obedient ear, a golden chain and a Jewel of gold.

³ Where as thou, O LORD, lookest only upon faith and truth. Thou hast scourged them, but they took no repentance: thou hast corrected them for amendment, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder than stone, and would not amend. ⁴ Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God. ⁵ Therefore will I go unto their heads and rulers, and talk with them: if they know the way of the LORD, and the judgments of our God." But these, in like manner, have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds in sunder. ⁶ Wherefore a lion out of the wood shall hurt them, and a wolf in the evening shall destroy them. The cat of the mountain shall lie lurking by their cities, to tare in pieces all them that come thereout. For their offenses are many, and their departing away is great. ⁷ "Should I then, for all this, have mercy upon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. And albeit they were bound to me in marriage, yet they fell to adultery, and hunted harlots' houses. ⁸ In the desire of uncleanly lust they are become like the stoned horse: every man neigheth at his neighbour's wife. ⁹ Should I not correct this, sayeth the LORD? Should I not be avenged of every people, that is like unto this?

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:

⁴⁸ And last of all thus said the king, 'Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which hath made one to sit on my seat this day, even mine eyes seeing it.'"

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

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} The King shall rejoice in thy strength, O LORD; exceeding glad shall he be of thy salvation. ² Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not denied him the request of his lips. Selah.

¹⁴ Eschew evil, and do good; seek peace, and ensue it.

²⁷ Flee from evil, and do the thing that is good, and dwell for evermore.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit, but fear the LORD, and depart from evil:

¹² Hope deferred grieveth the heart; but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

²⁷ The righteous abhorreth the ungodly; but as for those that be in the right way, the wicked hate them.

⁴ So when I was a little past them, I found him whom my soul loveth. I have gotten hold upon him, and will not let him go, until I bring him into my mother's house, and in to her chamber that bare me.

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.

⁷ I have fought a good fight, and have fulfilled my course, and have kept the faith. ⁸ From henceforth is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord that is a righteous judge shall give me at that day: not to me only: but unto all them that love his coming.

¹⁴ And I said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest." And he said unto me, "These are they which came out of great tribulation and made their garments large, and made them white in the blood of the lamb: ¹⁵ therefore are they in the presence of the seat of God and serve him day and night in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seat will dwell among them. ¹⁶ They shall hunger no more neither thirst, neither shall the sun light on them, neither any heat. ¹⁷ For the lamb which is in the midst of the seat, shall feed them, and shall lead them unto fountains of living water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

¹² Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan: And Lot in the cities of the plain, and tented till he came to Sodom. ¹³ But the men of Sodom were wicked, and sinned exceedingly against the LORD.

¹² And they took Lot also; Abram's brother's son, and his goods, for he dwelled at Sodom; and departed.

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.

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!

⁴ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, "Wilt thou go with me to battle, to Ramoth in Gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thine, and my horses as thine."

³² And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they thought he had been the king of Israel, and therefore turned to him to fight.

² And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out against him and said to king Jehoshaphat, "Oughtest thou to help the wicked, and to love them that hate the LORD? In this verily is the wrath of the LORD upon thee.

⁶³ I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and keep thy commandments.

¹¹ if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause: ¹² Let us swallow them up like the hell, let us devour them quick and whole, as those that go down into the pit. ¹³ So shall we find all manner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoils. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us, we shall have all one purse." ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou with them, refrain thy foot from their ways. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and are hasty to shed blood. ¹⁷ But in vain is the net laid forth before the bird's eyes. ¹⁸ Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all such as be covetous, that one would ravish another's life.

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, ¹⁷ forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths into hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in unto her, come not again, neither take they hold of the way of life. ²⁰ Therefore walk thou in the good way, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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.

²⁷ Her houses are the way to hell, where men go down into the chambers of death.

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

³¹ The ear that hearkeneth unto wholesome warning, and enclineth thereto, shall dwell among the wise.

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest the sheep, where thou maketh the rest at the noon day: for why shall I be like him that goeth wrong about the flocks of thy companions? ⁸ If thou know not thyself, O thou fairest among women, then go thy way forth after the footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the shepherds' tents.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayer.

³³ Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners. ³⁴ Awake truly out of sleep, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this unto your rebuke.

¹⁴ Set yourselves therefore at large, and bear not a stranger's yoke with the unbelievers. For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? What company hath light with darkness? ¹⁵ What concord hath Christ with Belial? Either, what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? ¹⁶ How agreeth the temple of God with images? And ye are the temple of the living God, as said God, "I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God: and they shall be my people." ¹⁷ Wherefore, "Come out from among them, and separate yourselves," saith the Lord, "and touch none unclean thing: so will I receive you, ¹⁸ and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be unto me sons and daughters," saith the Lord almighty.

²⁴ and let us consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works:

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven say, "Come away from her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins, that ye receive not of her plagues.

⁷ But and if thou dost evil, by and by thy sin lieth open in the door. Notwithstanding, let it be subdued unto thee, and see thou rule it."

²³ But and if ye will not do so, behold, ye sin against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

¹⁰ Great plagues remain for the ungodly; but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD, mercy embraceth him on every side.

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.

⁴ When the men of the country saw the worm hang on his hand, they said among themselves, "This man must needs be a murderer: Whom, though he have escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."

⁷ that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life. 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. ¹⁰ To every man that doth good shall come praise, honour and peace, to the Jew first, and also to the gentile.

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."

¹² Therefore shall ye not give your daughters unto their sons, and their daughters shall ye not take unto your sons, and seek not their peace and wealth forever, that ye may be strong, and enjoy the good in the land, and that ye and your children may have the inheritance of it for evermore.'

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

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

²⁸ The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall prosper in thy sight.

² His seed shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the faithful shall be blessed.

⁶ Yea, that thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.

²⁶ He giveth unto man, what it pleaseth him; whether it be wisdom, understanding, or gladness. But unto the sinner he giveth weariness and sorrow, that he may gather and heap together the thing, that afterward shall be given unto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vain thing, yea a very disquietness and vexation of mind.

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.

¹⁸ Whoso keepeth his fig tree, shall enjoy the fruits thereof; he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honour.

¹⁹ He that tilleth his land, shall have plenteousness of bread; but he that followeth idleness, shall have poverty enough.

⁹ The whole land also with the fields and all that is therein, is in subjection and bondage unto the king.

⁵ Whoso keepeth the commandment, shall feel no harm: but a wise man's heart discerneth time and manner. ⁶ For everything will have opportunity and judgment, and this the thing that maketh men full of carefulness and sorrow. ⁷ The Stork knoweth her appointed time; the Turtledove, the Swallow and the Crane consider the time of their travail: but my people will not know the time of the punishment of the LORD. ⁸ "How dare ye say then, 'We are wise, we have the law of the LORD among us'? Behold, the deceitful pen of the scribes, setteth forth lies: ⁹ therefore shall the wise be confounded. They shall be afraid and taken, for lo, they have cast out the word of the LORD: what wisdom can then be among them? ¹⁰ Wherefore, I will give their wives unto aliens, and their fields to destroyers. For from the lowest to the highest, they follow all filthy lucre: and from the Prophet unto the priest, they deal all with lies.

¹² For whom the LORD loveth, him he chasteneth: and yet delighteth in him even as a father in his own son.

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

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope; but let not thy soul be moved to slay him.

¹⁵ Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof. ¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod; but thou deliverest his soul from hell.

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

¹⁷ Nurture thy son with correction, and he shall comfort thee; yea, he shall do the good at thine heart.

²⁶ "If a man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, moreover and his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth, him he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth." ⁷ If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ If ye be not under correction — whereof all are partakers — then are ye bastards and not sons.

⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemy which the LORD shall send upon thee: in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in need of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thine neck, until he have brought thee to nought.

²⁴ Burnt with hunger and consumed with heat and with bitter pestilence. I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, and poison serpents.

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.

¹⁶ A small thing that the righteous hath, is better than the great riches of the ungodly.

¹⁸ The LORD knoweth the days of the godly, and their inheritance shall endure forever. ¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perilous time; and in the days of dearth they shall have enough.

¹¹ so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

³ The LORD will not let the soul of the righteous suffer hunger; but he putteth the ungodly from his desire.

³⁴ so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

¹³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD God: Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall have hunger. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall suffer thirst. Behold, my servants shall be merry, but ye shall be confounded. ¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall rejoice for very quietness of heart: But ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and complain for vexation of mind.

¹⁰ For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.

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.

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."