Proverbs 15 Cross References - MSTC

¹ A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger. ² A wise tongue commendeth knowledge; a foolish mouth babbleth out nothing but foolishness. ³ The eyes of the LORD look on every place; both upon the good and bad. ⁴ A wholesome tongue is a tree of life; but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mind. ⁵ A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that taketh heed when he is reproved, shall have the more understanding. ⁶ In the house of the righteous are great riches; but the increase of the ungodly are nigh destruction. ⁷ A wise mouth poureth out knowledge; but the heart of the foolish doth not so. ⁸ The LORD abhorreth the sacrifice of the ungodly; but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable to him. ⁹ The way of the ungodly is an abomination unto the LORD; but whoso followeth righteousness, him he loveth. ¹⁰ He that forsaketh the right street, shall be sore punished; and whoso hateth correction, falleth into death. ¹¹ The hell with her pain is known to the LORD; how much more then the hearts of men? ¹² A scornful body loveth not one that rebuketh him; neither will he come among the wise. ¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy. ¹⁴ A wise heart will seek after knowledge; but the mouths of fools meddle with foolishness. ¹⁵ All the days of the poor are miserable; but a quiet heart is as a continual feast. ¹⁶ Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow. ¹⁷ Better is a mess of pottage with love; than a fat ox with evil will. ¹⁸ An angry man stirreth up strife; but he that is patient stilleth discord. ¹⁹ The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed. ²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; but an indiscreet body shameth his mother. ²¹ A fool rejoiceth in foolish things; but a wise man looketh well to his own goings. ²² Unadvised thoughts shall come to naught; but whereas are men that can give counsel, there is steadfastness. ²³ A joyful thing it is to a man, when his counsel is followed; and very pleasant is a word spoken in due season. ²⁴ The way of life leadeth unto heaven; that a man should beware of hell beneath. ²⁵ The LORD will break down the house of the proud; but he shall make fast the borders of the widow. ²⁶ The LORD abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked; but pure words are pleasant to him. ²⁷ The covetous man rooteth up his own house; but whoso hateth rewards, shall live. ²⁸ A righteous man museth in his mind how to do good; but the mind of the ungodly imagineth how he may do harm. ²⁹ The LORD is far from the ungodly; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. ³⁰ Like as the clearness of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; so doth a good name feed the bones. 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. ³³ The fear of the LORD is the right science of wisdom; and lowliness goeth before honour.

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.

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 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?" ¹² And David's servants turned their way and went again, and came and told him according to all those sayings. ¹³ Then David said unto his men, "Gird every man his sword about him." And they girded every man his sword on, and David thereto girded on his sword. And there followed David upon a four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the stuff.

²¹ And David said, "In vain have I kept all that this fellow had in the wilderness: so that nought was missed that pertained unto him, for he hath quite me with evil for good. ²² God do this and yet more unto the enemies of David, if until tomorrow in the morning I leave this man, of all that he hath, so much as one that pisseth against the wall." ²³ When Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off her ass and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, ²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid. 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. ²⁶ And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. ²⁸ Forgive the trespass of thine handmaid that the LORD may make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and there could none evil be found in thee in all thy life. ²⁹ And if any man rise to persecute thee and to seek thy soul, the soul of my lord be bound in a bundle of life with the LORD thy God. And the souls of thy enemies be slung in the middle of a sling. ³⁰ And moreover when the LORD shall have done to my lord all the good that he hath promised thee, and shall have made thee ruler over Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no grudge of conscience unto thee or discourage of heart unto my lord, that thou sheddest blood causeless and didst avenge thyself. And moreover when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then think on thine handmaid." 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.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and have thereto more right to David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice had not been first had in restoring our king again?" And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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.

¹² Evil will stirreth up strife; but love covereth the multitude of sins.

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

¹⁵ With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousness be broken.

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

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

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

⁷ Behold, they speak against me with their mouth, and swords are under their lips, for who reproveth them?

²³ He that hath understanding can hide his wisdom; but an indiscreet heart telleth out his foolishness.

¹⁶ A wise man doth all things with discretion; but a fool will declare his folly.

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

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

²³ A wise heart ordereth his mouth wisely; and amendeth the doctrine in his lips.

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

¹² The words out of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will destroy himself. ¹³ The beginning of his talking is foolishness, and the last word of his mouth is great madness.

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

⁹ For the eyes of the LORD behold all the earth, to strengthen the hearts of them that are whole with him. Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from henceforth thou shalt have war."

⁴ Doth not he see my ways, and tell all my goings?

²¹ And why? His eyes look upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. ²² There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

²¹ For every man's ways are open in the sight of the LORD, and he pondereth all their goings.

¹⁷ For mine eyes behold all their ways, and they cannot be hid from my face; neither can their wicked deeds be kept close out of my sight.

²⁴ May any man hide himself so, that I shall not see him, sayeth the LORD? Do not I fulfill heaven and earth, sayeth the LORD?

¹⁹ great in counsel, and infinite in thought. Thine eyes look upon all the ways of men's children, to reward every one after his way, and according to the fruits of his inventions.

¹³ Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

²² And the LORD God said, "Lo, Adam is become as it were one of us, in knowledge of good and evil. But now lest he stretch forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live ever -" ²³ and the LORD God cast him out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth whence he was taken. ²⁴ And he cast Adam out, and set at the entering of the garden Eden, Cherubim with a naked sword moving in and out, to keep the way to the tree of life.

² Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor. ³ Thou lovest ungraciousness more than good, to talk of lies more than righteousness. Selah. ⁴ Thou lovest to speak all words that may do hurt, O thou false tongue.

²² O deliver me, for I am helpless and poor, and my heart is wounded within me.

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

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

²⁴ Fair words are a honeycomb, a refreshing of the mind, and health of the bones.

⁸ The words of a slanderer are very wounds, and go through unto the inmost parts of the body.

¹⁴ A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it?

²² A slanderer's words are like flattery, but they pierce the inward parts of the body.

² But unto you that fear my name, shall the Son of righteousness arise, and health shall be under his wings: ye shall go forth, and multiply as the fat calves.

³ If any man teach otherwise, and is not content with the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine of godliness,

⁷ Let him that hath ears hear, what the spirit saith unto the congregations. To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.'

²³ and said unto them, "Why do ye such things? For I hear your wicked deeds of all these people. ²⁴ Oh, nay my sons: For it is no good report that I hear how that ye make the LORD's people to trespass. 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 After this Absalom gat him chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him. ² And thereto he used to rise up early in the mornings and to stand by the wayside that led to the gate of the city. And all the men of Israel that had complaints and came to the king for judgment, he called unto him, and said, "Of what city art thou?" And when the other answered, "thy servant is of such a tribe of Israel," ³ then said Absalom unto him, "See, thy matter is good and righteous, and yet no man is deputed of the king to hear thee." ⁴ Then Absalom said moreover, "Oh, that I were a judge in the land, and that all men which have pleas and matter in the law, should come to me. For I would do them justice." ⁵ And also when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand and took him to him and kissed him. ⁶ And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment; and therewith stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹¹ Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; that thou mayest prosper and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. ¹² And the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and make thee governor of Israel, and to keep the law of the LORD thy God. ¹³ For then thou shalt prosper: If thou shalt be diligent to do the ordinances and laws which the LORD charged Moses with, to deliver to Israel. Pluck up thine heart and be strong, dread not, nor be discouraged.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, "Harden thyself and be strong and do it. Fear not, nor let thine heart discourage thee. For the LORD my God is with thee, and shall not leave thee nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work that must serve for the house of the LORD.

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.

²³ O turn you unto my correction: lo, I will express my mind unto you, and make you understand my words.

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

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

¹ A wise son will receive his father's warning; but he that is scornful, will not hear when he is reproved.

¹⁸ He that thinketh scorn to be reformed, cometh to poverty and shame; but whoso receiveth correction, shall come to honour.

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.

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

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

¹³ This witness is true, wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁵ These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke, with all commanding. See that no man despise thee.

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:

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

³ Riches and plenteousness shall be in his house, and his righteousness endureth forever.

²¹ That I may send prosperity to those that love me, and to increase their treasure.

²² The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

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

¹⁶ Better is a little, with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure; for they are not without sorrow.

⁸ Better it is to have a little thing with righteousness, than great rents wrongfully gotten.

²⁰ In a wise man's house there is great treasure and plenteousness; but a foolish body spendeth up all.

⁶ "One handful," sayeth he, "is better with rest, than both the hands full with labor and travail."

¹⁰ He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing? ¹¹ Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. ¹³ Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft times they perish with his great misery and trouble: and if he have a child it getteth nothing.

²⁶ and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward.

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.

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

² Thou art the fairest among the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for ever.

¹³ Then shall I teach thy ways unto the wicked, that sinners may be converted unto thee. ¹⁴ Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou that art the God of my health; that my tongue may praise thy righteousness. ¹⁵ Open my lips, O LORD, that my mouth may show thy praise.

¹⁵ My mouth shall speak daily of thy righteousness and salvation; for I know no end thereof. ¹⁶ I will go forth in the strength of the LORD God, and will make mention of thy righteousness only. ¹⁷ Thou, O God, hast taught me from my youth up until now; therefore will I tell of thy wondrous works. ¹⁸ Forsake me not, O God, in mine old age, when I am grey-headed, until I have showed thy strength unto children's children, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come.

² I will open my mouth in similitudes, and will speak forth things which have been kept secret from the beginning of the world; ³ which we have heard and known, and such as our fathers have told us, ⁴ that we should not hide them from the children of the generations to come but to show the honour of the LORD, his mighty and wonderful works that he hath done. ⁵ He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children, ⁶ that their posterity might know it, and the children which were yet unborn, to the intent that when they came up, they might show their children the same;

¹³ With my lips will I be telling out all the judgments of thy mouth.

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

⁹ The same preacher was not wise alone, but taught the people knowledge also: he gave good heed, sought out the ground and set forth many parables. ¹⁰ His diligence was to find out acceptable words, right scripture, and the words of truth.

¹¹ Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; yea, milk and honey is under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of frankincense.

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

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

¹⁸ And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, "All power is given unto me in heaven, and in earth. ¹⁹ Go therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and the son and the holy ghost; ²⁰ teaching them to observe all things, whatsoever I commanded you. And lo, I am with you always even until the end of the world."

¹⁵ And he said unto them, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the glad tidings to all creatures:

⁹ Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, "Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: ¹⁰ for I am with thee, and no man shall invade thee that shall hurt thee. For I have much people in this city."

¹⁴ But how shall they call on him, on whom they believed not? How shall they believe on him of whom they have not heard? How shall they hear without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them which bring glad tidings of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things." ¹⁶ But they have not all obeyed to the gospel. For Isaiah saith, "Lord, who shall believe our sayings?" ¹⁷ So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing cometh by the word of God.

¹⁸ For I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient, with word and deed, ¹⁹ in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the spirit of God: so that from Jerusalem and the coasts round about, unto Illyricum, I have filled all countries with glad tidings of Christ. ²⁰ So have I enforced myself to preach the gospel: not where Christ was named, lest I should have built on another man's foundation, ²¹ but as it is written, "To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that heard not, shall understand."

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

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

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.

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.

¹ {A Prayer of David} Hear the right, O LORD; consider my complaint, and hearken unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

²⁹ The LORD is far from the ungodly; but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the ungodly is abomination, for they offer the thing that is gotten with wickedness.

⁹ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, his prayer shall be abhorred.

¹ Be not hasty with thy mouth,

¹⁴ Up, haste my love, my dove, in the holes of the rock and secret places of the walls. Show me thy face and let me hear thy voice: for thy voice is sweet and thy fashion beautiful.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the LORD, ye tyrants of Sodom, and hearken unto the law of our God, thou people of Gomorrah. ¹¹ Why offer ye so many sacrifices unto me, sayeth the LORD? I am full of the burnt offerings of weathers, and with the fatness of fed beasts. I have no pleasure in the blood of bullocks, lambs, and goats. ¹² When ye appear before me, who requireth this of you to tread within my porches? ¹³ Offer me no more oblations, for it is but lost labour. I abhor your incense. I may not away with your new moons, your Sabbaths and solemn days. Your fastings are also in vain. ¹⁴ I hate your new holidays and fastings, even from my very heart. I cannot away with such vanity and holding in of the people. They lay upon me as a burden, and I am weary of bearing them! ¹⁵ When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.

⁸ For I the LORD, which love right and hate robbery, though it were offered me, shall make their works full of faithfulness, and make an everlasting covenant with them.

³ For whoso slayeth an ox for me, doth me so great dishonour, as he that killeth a man. He that killeth a sheep for me, choketh a dog. He that bringeth me meat offerings, offereth swine's blood. Who so maketh me a memorial of incense, praiseth the thing that is unright. Yet take they such ways in hand, and their soul delighteth in these abominations.

²⁰ Wherefore bring ye me incense from Sheba, and sweet smelling Calamus from far countries? Your burnt offerings displease me, and I rejoice not in your sacrifices.

²¹ Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, "Yea, heap up your burnt offerings with your sacrifices, and eat the flesh. ²² But when I brought your fathers out of Egypt, I spake no word unto them of burnt offerings and sacrifices: ²³ but this I commanded them, saying, 'Hearken and obey my voice, and I shall be your God, and ye shall be my people: so that ye walk in all the ways, which I have commanded you, that ye may prosper.'

²¹ "'I hate and abhor your holidays, and whereas ye cense me when ye come together I will not accept it. ²² And though ye offer me burnt offerings and meat offerings, yet have I no pleasure therein. As for your fat thank offerings, I will not look upon them.

²⁴ God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit, and truth."

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

⁸ the LORD giveth sight to the blind. The LORD helpeth them up that are fallen; the LORD loveth the righteous. ⁹ The LORD careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow. As for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

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

⁴ A presumptuous look, a proud stomach, and the plowing of the ungodly is sin.

⁸ The ways of the froward are strange; but the works of him that is clean, are right.

²¹ Whoso followeth righteousness and mercy, findeth both life, righteousness and honour.

⁷ The path of equity wilt thou grant unto the just, O thou most righteous; thou shalt order the path of him that is righteous.

¹ Hearken unto me, ye that follow righteousness and seek the LORD. Look unto the rock ye were cut out, and to the cave and pit ye were digged out.

⁷ Hearken unto me ye that know righteousness, and so let the people that have my law in their hearts. Fear not the rebukes of man neither faint for their blasphemies.

⁴ Howbeit, I sent unto them my servants all the prophets: I rose up early, I sent unto them, and gave them warning. 'O do no such abominable things, and things that I hate.'

³ Then shall we have understanding, and endeavor ourselves to know the LORD. He shall go forth as the spring of the day, and come unto us as the evening and morning rain upon the earth."

¹³ Thine eyes are clean, thou mayest not see evil, thou cannot behold the thing that is wicked. Wherefore then doest thou look upon the ungodly, and holdest thy tongue, when the wicked devoureth the man that is better than himself?

¹³ Enter in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

¹¹ But thou, which art the man of God, flee such things. Follow righteousness, godliness, love, patience, and meekness.

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

¹⁷ And when Ahab saw Elijah, he said unto him, "Art thou he that troubleth Israel?"

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, "Hast thou found me thine enemy at any time?" And he said, "Yea, because thou art utterly given to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD: one Micaiah the son of Imlah. But I hate him: for he never prophesieth good unto me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction.

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

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

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

³⁵ "They wounded me," shalt thou say, "but it hath not hurt me. They smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well awakened, I will go to the drink again."

⁵ Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy. ⁶ From the sole of the foot unto the head, there is no whole part in all your body: but all are wounds, botches, sores and stripes, which can neither be helped, bound up, mollified, nor eased with any ointment.

¹³ Thy filthiness is abominable, for I would have cleansed thee, but thou wouldest not be cleansed. Thou canst not be purged from thine uncleanness, till I have poured my wrathful indignation upon thee. ¹⁴ Even I the LORD have so devised: Yea, it is come thereto already, that I will do it. I will not go back, I will not spare, I will not be intreated: but according to thy ways and imaginations, thou shalt be punished, sayeth the LORD God.'"

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

⁷ The world cannot hate you. Me it hateth: Because I testify of it, that the works of it are evil.

⁷ But the LORD said unto Samuel, "Look not on his fashion nor on the height of his stature, for I have refused him. Because it is not as man seeth. For man looketh on the outward appearance: but the LORD beholdeth the heart."

³⁰ thou shalt hear from heaven thy dwelling place, and shalt be merciful, and give every man according unto all his way, even as thou shalt know every man's heart: for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of Adam:

⁶ yea, and all they which dwell beneath in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruction itself cannot be kept out of his sight.

⁹ O let the wickedness of the ungodly come to an end; but guide thou the just. For the righteous God trieth the very hearts and reins.

²¹ should not God find it out? For he knoweth the very secrets of the heart.

⁸ If I climb up into heaven, thou art there; if I go down to hell, thou art there also.

²⁰ Like as hell and destruction are never full, even so the eyes of men can never be satisfied.

¹⁰ "Even I the LORD search out the ground of the heart, and try the reins, and reward every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his counsels."

²⁴ but Jesus put not himself in their hands, because he knew all men, ²⁵ and needed not that any man should testify of him. For he knew what was in man.

¹⁷ He said unto him the third time, "Simon the son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" And Peter sorrowed because he said to him the third time, "Lovest thou me," and said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus said unto him, "Feed my sheep.

¹⁸ and am alive, and was dead. And behold I am alive for evermore, and have the keys of hell and of death.

²³ And I will kill her children with death. And all the congregations shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts. And I will give unto everyone of you according to your works.

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, to ask the LORD by him: But I hate him, for he never prophesieth me good, but always evil, one Micaiah the son of Imlah." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so."

¹⁴ They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

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.

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

¹⁰ But they owe him evil will, that reproveth them openly: and whoso telleth them the plain truth, they abhor him.

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

³ For the time will come, when they will not suffer wholesome doctrine: but after their own lusts shall they whose ears itch get them a heap of teachers,

² Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted."

²⁵ Heaviness discourageth the heart of man, but a good word maketh it glad again.

¹⁵ All the days of the poor are miserable; but a quiet heart is as a continual feast.

²² A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.

¹ And he said unto his disciples, "Let not your hearts be troubled: believe in God, and believe in me.

¹² Our rejoicing is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in singleness of heart and with godly pureness — and not in fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God — we have had our conversation in the world, and most of all to you-wards.

⁷ So that now contrariwise ye ought to forgive him and comfort him: lest that same person should be swallowed up with overmuch heaviness.

¹⁰ For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.

⁶ And Solomon said, "Thou hast showed unto thy servant David, my father, great mercy; according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and plainness of heart with thee. And thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his seat: as it is come to pass this day. ⁷ And now LORD, my God, it is thou that hast made thy servant king instead of David my father. And I am a young lad and know not how to order myself. ⁸ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a people that are so many that they can not be told nor numbered for multitude. ⁹ Give therefore unto thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, and to discern between good, and bad. For who is able to judge this, thy so weighty a people?" ¹⁰ And it pleased the LORD well, that Solomon had desired this thing. ¹¹ Wherefore God said unto him, "Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked long life, neither hast asked riches, nor the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked the discretion to understand equity: ¹² see, I have done according to thy petition. And behold, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.

⁹⁷ {Mem} O LORD, what love have I unto thy law! All the day long is my study in it.

¹⁰⁰ Yea, I am wiser than the aged, for I keep thy commandments.

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

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

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

¹⁰ They dare say to the Prophets, "See not," and unto them that be clear of judgment, "Tell us of nothing for to come, but speak friendly words unto us, and preach us false things.

²⁰ The keeping of dust, and foolishness of heart hath turned them aside: so that none of them can have a free conscience to think, "Do not I err?"

¹ Ephraim keepeth the air, and followeth after the east wind: he is ever increasing lies and destruction. They be confederate with the Assyrians, their oil is carried into Egypt.

¹¹ These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which received the word with all diligence of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were even so.

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}

³⁵ Then came all his sons and all his daughters to comfort him. And he would not be comforted, but said, "I will go down into the grave unto my son, mourning." And thus his father wept for him.

⁹ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, "The days of my pilgrimage are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have the days of my life been, and have not attained unto the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimages."

⁷ For we consume away in thy displeasure, and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation. ⁸ Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee, and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For when thou art angry, all our days are gone; we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.

¹³ A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.

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

²⁵ At midnight, Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prisoners heard them.

² by whom we have a way in, through faith, unto this grace wherein we stand and rejoice in hope of the praise that shall be given of God. ³ Neither do we so, only: but also we rejoice in tribulation: For we know that tribulation bringeth patience,

¹¹ Not only so, but we also joy in God by the means of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have received the atonement.

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

⁵ For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in us: even so is our consolation plenteous by Christ.

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

⁶ in the which time ye shall rejoice, though now for a season — if need require — ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations, ⁷ that your faith, once tried, being much more precious than gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto laud, glory, and honour, at the appearing of Jesus Christ: ⁸ whom ye have not seen and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye see him not, yet ye believe, and rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorious:

¹³ but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's passions, that when his glory appeareth, ye may be merry and glad.

⁶ A poor man leading a godly life, is better than the rich that goeth in froward ways.

¹⁰ And look whatsoever mine eyes desired, I let them have it: and wherein soever my heart delighted, or had any pleasure, I withheld it not from it. Thus my heart rejoiced in all that I did, and this I took for the portion of all my travail. ¹¹ But when I considered all the works that my hands had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therein: Lo, all was vanity and vexation of mind, and nothing of any value under the Sun.

¹⁸ Yea, I was weary of all my labour, which I had taken under the Sun, because I should be fain to leave them unto another man, that cometh after me. ¹⁹ For who knoweth, whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? And yet shall he be lord of all my labours, which I with such wisdom have taken under the Sun. Is not this a vain thing? ²⁰ So I turned me to refrain my mind from all such travail, as I took under the Sun: ²¹ Forsomuch as a man should weary himself with wisdom, with understanding and opportunity, and yet be fain to leave his labours unto another, that never sweat for them. This is also a vain thing and a great misery. ²² For what getteth a man of all the labor and travail of his mind, that he taketh under the Sun, ²³ but heaviness, sorrow and disquietness all the days of his life? Insomuch that his heart cannot rest in the night. Is not this also a vain thing?

¹⁰ He that loveth money, will never be satisfied with money: and whoso delighteth in riches, shall have no profit thereof. Is not this also a vain thing? ¹¹ Whereas many riches are, there are many also that spend them away. And what pleasure more hath he that possesseth them, saving that he may look upon them with his eyes? ¹² A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much that he eateth; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

⁶ Godliness is great riches, if a man be content with that he hath.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity! ² It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard; even unto Aaron's beard, and went down to the skirts of his clothing. ³ Like the dew of Hermon, which fell upon the hill of Zion. For there the LORD promised his blessing, and life forevermore.

¹ Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a chiding and an angry woman.

⁴ Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 'Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner, mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come unto the marriage.'

²³ And bring hither that fatted calf, and kill him, and let us eat and be merry:

¹ If there be among you any consolation in Christ, if there be any comfortable love, if there be any fellowship of the spirit, if there be any compassion of mercy:

¹⁶ And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him.

⁸ Then said Abram unto Lot, "Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between thee and me, and between my herdsmen and thine, for we be brethren. ⁹ Is not all the whole land before thee? Depart, I pray thee, from me. If thou wilt take the lefthand, I will take the right: or if thou take the righthand I will take the left."

²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid. 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. ²⁶ And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. ²⁸ Forgive the trespass of thine handmaid that the LORD may make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and there could none evil be found in thee in all thy life. ²⁹ And if any man rise to persecute thee and to seek thy soul, the soul of my lord be bound in a bundle of life with the LORD thy God. And the souls of thy enemies be slung in the middle of a sling. ³⁰ And moreover when the LORD shall have done to my lord all the good that he hath promised thee, and shall have made thee ruler over Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no grudge of conscience unto thee or discourage of heart unto my lord, that thou sheddest blood causeless and didst avenge thyself. And moreover when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then think on thine handmaid." 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. ³⁴ For in very deed — as sure as the LORD God of Israel liveth which hath kept me back from hurting thee — except thou hadst hasted and met me, there had not been left Nabal, by the dawning of the day, a pisser against the wall." ³⁵ And so David received of her hand that she brought him, and said to her, "Go in peace to thine house. And see, I have obeyed thy voice and have received thee to grace." ³⁶ And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day. ³⁷ But in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these words, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone, ³⁸ and upon a ten days after, the LORD smote Nabal that he died. ³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD that hath judged the cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil, and hath turned the wickedness of Nabal again upon his own head." And David sent to commune with Abigail, to the intent to take her to his wife. ⁴⁰ And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her saying, "David sent us unto thee, to take thee to his wife." ⁴¹ And she arose and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, "Behold thy handmaid, to be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord." ⁴² And Abigail hasted and arose and gat her up upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went at her feet, and went after the messengers of David and was his wife. ⁴³ David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they were both his wives. ⁴⁴ But Saul gave Michal his daughter David's wife to Palti the son of Laish of Gallim.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, and have thereto more right to David than ye. Why then did ye despise us, that our advice had not been first had in restoring our king again?" And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

²⁹ Patience is a token of wisdom; but wrath and hasty displeasure is a token of foolishness.

¹ A soft answer putteth down displeasure, but froward words provoke anger.

²⁸ A froward body causeth strife; and he that is a babble of his tongue, maketh division among princes.

²¹ Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance.

⁴ If a principal spirit be given thee to bear rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for so shall great wickedness be put down, as it were with a medicine.

⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

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,

¹⁹ Wherefore, dear brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to wrath. ²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not that which is righteous before God.

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 And the multitude cried out, and the people wept throughout that night, ² and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, either we would that we had died in this wilderness. ³ Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall upon the sword, that both our wives, and also our children should be a prey? Is it not better that we return unto Egypt again?"

⁷ and spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land. ⁸ If the LORD have lust to us, he will bring us into this land and give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey. ⁹ But in any wise, rebel not against the LORD. Moreover fear ye not the people of the land, for they are but bread for us. Their shield is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not therefore."

⁸ Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way plain before my face.

⁸ Gracious and righteous is the LORD; therefore will he teach sinners in the way. ⁹ Them that are meek shall he guide in judgment; and such as are gentle, them shall he learn his way.

¹² What man is he that feareth the LORD? Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.

¹¹ Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in the right way, because of mine enemies.

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

⁹ They are all plain to such as will understand, and right to them that find knowledge.

⁵ Spears and snares are in the way of the froward; but he that will keep his soul, let him flee from such.

¹³ The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."

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

²¹ and thine ears hearken to his word that cryeth after thee and sayeth, "This is the way. Walk ye in it. Turn not aside; neither to the righthand nor to the left."

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

¹⁴ And therefore thus he sayeth, "Make ready, make ready, and clean the street, take up what ye can out of the way that leadeth to my people."

¹² "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

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

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.'"

⁹ But pardon thou him not. Thou art a man of wisdom and shalt know what to do to him, see therefore that thou bring his hoar head to the grave with blood."

⁷ When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, "Blessed be the LORD this day which hath set David a wise son over this mighty people."

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

²² Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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

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

²² Ye know the proof of him, how that as a son with the father, so with me bestowed he his labour upon the gospel.

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

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

²³ A fool doth wickedly and maketh but a sport of it; nevertheless it is wisdom for a man to beware of such.

¹² A fool bringeth up a slander of his neighbour; but a wise man will keep it secret.

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

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; but a fool goeth on presumptuously.

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

¹⁵ Take heed therefore that ye walk circumspectly — not as fools, but as wise -

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

¹⁴ Where no good counsel is, there the people decay; but whereas are many that can give counsel, there is wealth.

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

⁶ For everything will have opportunity and judgment, and this the thing that maketh men full of carefulness and sorrow.

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

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

²⁶ He maketh himself to be well loved, that giveth a good answer.

¹ Every thing hath a time; yea, all that is under the heaven, hath his convenient season.

¹¹ Thou shalt show me the path of life; in thy presence is the fulness of joy, and at thy righthand there is pleasure for evermore.

²⁴ Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

¹⁸ For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths into hell.

⁵ Her feet go down unto death, and her steps pierce through unto hell.

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

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod; but thou deliverest his soul from hell.

⁸ "And unto this people thou shalt say, 'Thus sayeth the LORD: behold, I lay before you the way of life and death.

¹⁴ But strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

⁶ Jesus said unto him, "I am the way, the truth and the life. And no man cometh unto the father, but by me.

²⁰ But our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for a saviour, even the Lord Jesus Christ,

¹ If ye be then risen again with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the righthand of God. ² Set your affection on things that are above, and not on things which are on the earth.

¹⁷ For the LORD your God, he is God of Gods and Lord of lords; a great God, a mighty and a terrible which regardeth no man's person nor taketh gifts: ¹⁸ but doeth right unto the fatherless and widow and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's mark which they of old time have set in thine inheritance that thou inheritest in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to enjoy it.

¹¹ pour out thy indignation of thy wrath; see that thou cast down all the proud, ¹² look well, that thou makest all such as be stubburn, to obey; tread all the ungodly under thy feet, ¹³ cast them down into the mire, and cover their faces with darkness;

¹ {To the Chanter, an exhortation of David when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul, and showed him, saying: David is come to the house of Abimelech} Thy boastest thou thyself, thou tyrant, that thou canst do mischief, whereas the goodness of God endureth yet daily?

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

⁵ He is a father of the fatherless, he is a defender of widows; even God in his holy habitation. ⁶ He is the God that maketh men to be of one mind in a house, and bringeth the prisoners out of captivity, but letteth the renegades continue in scarceness.

⁶ For though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly; as for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off.

⁹ The LORD careth for the strangers; he defendeth the fatherless and widow. As for the way of the ungodly, he turneth it upside down.

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

¹¹ The houses of the ungodly shall be overthrown; but the tabernacles of the righteous shall flourish.

¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless.

¹² For the day of the LORD of Hosts shall go over all pride and presumption, upon all them that exalt themselves, and shall bring them all down:

²⁰ But because his heart was so proud, and his stomach set so fast unto wilfulness: he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his majesty was taken from him.

²⁷ Pure devotion, and undefiled before God the father, is this: To visit the friendless, and widows in their adversity, and to keep himself unspotted of the world.

⁵ Likewise, ye younger submit yourselves unto the elder. Submit yourselves every man, one to another. Knit yourselves together in lowliness of mind. For God resisteth the proud and giveth grace to the humble.

¹⁴ Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD; my strength and my redeemer.

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

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.

⁹ The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scornful is an abomination unto men.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?

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

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

²¹ Moreover, seek out, among all the people, men of activity which fear God; and men that are true and hate covetousness: and make them heads over the people, captains over thousands, over hundreds, over fifty, and over ten.

⁸ Thou shalt take no gifts, for gifts blind the seeing and pervert the words of the righteous.

²⁶ Bring not therefore the Abomination to thine house, lest thou be a damned thing as it is: but utterly defy it and abhor it, for it is a thing that must be destroyed.

¹⁹ Wrest not the law, nor know any person, neither take any reward: for gifts blind the wise and pervert the words of the righteous.

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

¹¹ Israel hath sinned and also transgressed my covenant, which I commanded them, and have taken of the excommunicate things, and have stolen and hid them, and also put them unto their own stuff: ¹² And therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They shall turn their backs before their enemies, because they be excommunicate. Neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the excommunicate from among you.

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 Nevertheless, his sons followed not his steps: but turned aside after lucre and took rewards, and perverted the right. ⁴ Then all the elders of Israel gathered them together and came to Samuel unto Ramah, ⁵ and said unto him, "Behold, thou art old and thy sons follow not thy ways. Now, therefore, make us a king to judge us, as all other nations have."

²⁷ The leprosy therefore of Naaman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed forever." And he went out from him a leper as white as snow.

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

¹⁹ Like as righteousness bringeth life; even so to cleave unto evil, bringeth death.

²⁹ Whoso maketh disquietness in his own house, he shall have wind for his heritage; and the fool shall be servant to the wise.

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

¹⁶ Where the prince is without understanding, there is great oppression and wrong; but if he be such one as hateth covetousness, he shall long reign.

⁴ With true judgment the king setteth up the land; but if he be a man that taketh gifts, he turneth it upside down.

⁸ Woe be unto you that join one house to another, and bring one land so nigh unto another, that the poor can get no more ground. Will ye dwell upon the earth alone? ⁹ The LORD of Hosts roundeth me thus in mine ear: Shall not many greater and more gorgeous houses be so waste, that no man shall dwell in them? ¹⁰ And ten acres of vines shall give but a quart, and thirty bushels of seed shall give but an ephah.

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

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.

⁹ Woe unto him, that covetously gathereth evil gotten goods into his house: that he may set his nest on high, to escape from the power of misfortune. ¹⁰ Thou hast devised the shame of thine own house, for thou hast slain too much people, and hast willfully offended: ¹¹ so that the very stones of the wall shall cry out of it, and the timber that lieth betwixt the joints of the building shall answer.

³ Then said he unto me, 'This is the curse, that goeth forth over the whole earth: for all thieves shall be judged after this book, and all swearers shall be judged according to the same. ⁴ I will bring it forth, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, so that it shall come to the house of the thief, and to the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remain in his house, and consume it, with the timber and stones thereof.'

²³ Then said the king, "The one sayeth, 'This that is alive is my son, and the dead is thine.' And the other sayeth, 'Nay: But thy son is the dead and the live child is mine.'" ²⁴ Then said the king, "Bring me a sword." And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ And then the king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give the one half to the one, and the other to the other." ²⁶ Then spake the woman whose son lived, unto the king — for her motherly heart was kindled with pity over her son — and said, "I beseech thee, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it." And the other said, "It shall be neither mine nor thine, but divide it." ²⁷ Then the king answered and said, "Give her the living child and slay it not, for she is the mother thereof." ²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged and feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.

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

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

¹¹ A fool poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wise man keepeth it in till afterward.

²⁰ If thou seest a man that is hasty to speak unadvised; thou mayest trust a fool more than him.

² and let not thine heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few.

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

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

¹⁰ For there are many disobedient and talkers of vanity, and deceivers of minds, namely they of the circumcision, ¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped, which pervert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, because of filthy lucre.

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.

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, and that with meekness and fear:

¹⁸ For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.

¹ Why standest thou so far off, O LORD, and hidest thy face in the needful time of trouble?

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

¹⁵ For the eyes of the LORD are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers. ¹⁶ But the face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to root out the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁷ The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth them, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

¹⁸ If I incline unto wickedness with my heart, the LORD will not hear me. ¹⁹ But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer.

²⁷ For lo, they that forsake thee shall perish; thou destroyest all them that commit fornication against thee.

¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully. ¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

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

⁸ For thus sayeth the LORD: My thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways. ⁹ But as far as the heavens are higher than the earth, so far do my ways exceed yours, and my thoughts yours.

⁴⁶ And these shall go into everlasting pain: And the righteous into life eternal.

³¹ For we be sure that God heareth not sinners: But if any man be a worshipper of God, and do what his will is, him heareth he.

²⁶ Likewise, the spirit also helpeth our infirmities. For we know not, what to desire as we ought: but the spirit maketh intercession mightily for us with groanings which cannot be expressed with tongue. ²⁷ And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the meaning of the spirit: for he maketh intercession for the saints according to the pleasure of God.

¹² remember, I say, that ye were at that time without Christ, and were reputed aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the testaments of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in this world. ¹³ But now in Christ Jesus, ye which a while ago were far off, are made nigh by the blood of Christ.

¹⁶ Knowledge your faults one to another: and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent. ¹⁷ Elijah was a man, mortal even as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. ¹⁸ And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

¹² For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord beholdeth them that do evil.

⁸ But now is there a little and sudden graciousness come from the LORD our God, so that some of us are escaped: that he may give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may light our eyes, and give us a little life in our bondage.

¹⁵ Blessed is the people, O LORD, that can rejoice in thee; they shall walk in the light of thy countenance.

⁸ so shall thy navel be whole, and thy bones strong.

⁹ The light of the righteous maketh joyful; but the candle of the ungodly shall be put out.

²⁵ A good report out of a far country, is like cold water to a thirsty soul.

⁷ The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing is it for the eyes to look upon the Sun.

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.

¹⁰ But the angel said unto them, "Be not afraid: For behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, that shall come to all the people: ¹¹ for unto you is born this day in the city of David a saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ¹² And take this for a sign: ye shall find the child swaddled, and laid in a manger." ¹³ And straightway there was with the angel a multitude of heavenly soldiers, lauding God, and saying, ¹⁴ "Glory to God on high: and peace on the earth, and unto men, rejoicing." ¹⁵ And it fortuned, as soon as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, "Let us go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is happened, which the Lord hath showed unto us." ¹⁶ And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe laid in a manger. ¹⁷ And when they had seen it, they published abroad the saying, which was told them of that child. ¹⁸ And all that heard it wondered, at those things which were told them of the shepherds. ¹⁹ But Mary kept all those sayings, and pondered them in her heart.

²³ And the city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to lighten it. For the brightness of God did light it: and the lamb was the light of it.

⁵ And there shall be no more night there and they need no candle, neither light of the sun: for the Lord God giveth them light, and they shall reign for evermore.

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he owe thee evil will: but rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹ Give a discrete man but an occasion, and he will be the wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase.

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

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

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

³ Now are ye clean, through the words which I have spoken unto you. ⁴ Abide in me, and let me abide in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

¹⁹ They went out of us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. But that fortuned, that it might appear that they were not of us.

¹⁸ If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them:

²⁰ and say unto the elders of the city, 'This, our son, is stubborn and disobedient and will not hearken unto our voice; he is a rioter and a drunkard.'

¹⁷ whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

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

²⁴ Seeing then that I have called, and ye refused it: I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded it, ²⁵ but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught. ²⁶ Therefore shall I also laugh in your destruction, and mock you, when the thing that ye fear cometh upon you: ²⁷ even when the thing that ye be afraid of, falleth in suddenly like a storm, and your misery like a tempest: yea, when trouble and heaviness cometh upon you. ²⁸ Then shall they call upon me, but I will not hear: they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, and received not the fear of the LORD, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsel, and despised my correction. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels: ³² for the turning away of the unwise shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall be their own destruction. ³³ But who so hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and have enough without any fear of evil."

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?

³³ O give ear unto nurture, be wise, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, and giving attendance at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. ³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his own soul. All they that hate me, are the lovers of death."

¹⁴ A wise heart will seek after knowledge; but the mouths of fools meddle with foolishness.

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

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

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

⁵ Wherefore should ye be plagued any more? For ye are ever falling away. The whole head is sick, and the heart is very heavy.

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.

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

¹⁵ And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:

²² And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therefore and repent.

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

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.

¹² After pride cometh destruction; and honour after lowliness.

⁶ Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and prease not into the place of great men. ⁷ Better it is that it be said unto thee, "Come up hither," than thou to be set down in the presence of the prince whom thou seest with thine eyes.

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

¹¹ For whosoever exalteth himself, shall be brought low. And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."

⁵ Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus: ⁶ Which, being in the shape of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. ⁷ Nevertheless, he made himself of no reputation, and took on him the shape of a servant, and became like unto men, and was found in his apparel as a man. ⁸ He humbled himself and became obedient unto the death, even the death of the cross. ⁹ Wherefore God hath exalted him, and given him a name above all names: ¹⁰ That in the name of Jesus should every knee bow, both of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under earth; ¹¹ and that all tongues should confess that Jesus Christ is the Lord unto the praise of God the father.

¹⁰ Cast down yourselves before the Lord, and he shall lift you up.