Proverbs 20 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise. ² The king ought to be feared as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him unto anger, offendeth against his own soul. ³ It is a man's honour to keep himself from strife; but they that have pleasure in brawling, are fools every one. ⁴ A slothful body will not go to plow, for cold of the winter; therefore shall he go a begging in Summer and have nothing. ⁵ Wise counsel in the heart of man is like a water in the deep of the earth; but he that hath understanding bringeth it forth. ⁶ Many there be that would be called good-doers; but where shall one find a true faithful man? ⁷ Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life; happy shall his children be whom he leaveth behind him. ⁸ A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil. ⁹ Who can say, "My heart is clean, I am innocent from sin"? ¹⁰ To use two manner of weights, or two manner of measures, both these are abominable unto the LORD. ¹¹ A child is known by his conversation, whether his works be pure and right. ¹² As for the hearing of the ear and the sight of the eye, the LORD hath made them both. ¹³ Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough. ¹⁴ "It is naught; It is naught," sayeth he that buyeth anything: but when he cometh to his own house, then he boasteth of his pennyworth. ¹⁵ A mouth of understanding is more worth than gold, many precious stones, and costly Jewels. ¹⁶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake. ¹⁷ Every man liketh the bread that is gotten in deceit; but at the last his mouth shall be filled with gravel. ¹⁸ Through counsel the things that men devise go forward; and with discretion ought wars to be taken in hand. ¹⁹ Meddle not with him that betrayeth secrets, and is a slanderer, and deceiveth with his lips. ²⁰ Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness. ²¹ The heritage that cometh too hastily at the first, shall not be praised at the end. ²² Say not thou, "I will recompense evil"; but put thy trust in the LORD, and he shall defend thee. ²³ The LORD abhoreth two manner of weights, and a false balance is an evil thing. ²⁴ The LORD ordereth every man's goings; for what is he, that understandeth his own way? ²⁵ It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go about with vows. ²⁶ A wise king destroyeth the ungodly, and bringeth the wheel over them. ²⁷ The lantern of the LORD is the breath of man; and goeth through all the inward parts of the body. ²⁸ Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving-kindness his seat is holden up. ²⁹ The strength of young men is their worship; and a grey head, is a honour unto the aged. ³⁰ Wounds drive away evil; and so do stripes the inward parts of the body.

²¹ and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent. ²² And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's privities, and told his two brethren that were without. ²³ And Shem and Japheth took a mantle, and put it on both their shoulders and went backward, and covered their father's secrets, but their faces were backward, so that they saw not their father's nakedness.

³¹ Then said the elder unto the younger, "Our father is old, and there are no more men in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the world. ³² Come therefore, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him that we may save seed of our father." ³³ And they gave their father wine to drink that same night. And the elder daughter went and lay with her father. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up. ³⁴ And on the morrow the elder said unto the younger, "Behold, yesternight lay I with my father. Let us give him wine to drink this night also, and go thou and lie with him, and let us save seed of our father." ³⁵ And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him. And he perceived it not; neither when she lay down, neither when she rose up. ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

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.

¹³ And David called him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at even he went out to lie on his couch with the servants of the lord, and went not down to his house.

²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

¹⁶ And they went out at noon when Benhadad was a drinking strong drink in the pavilions with the thirty two kings that holp him. ¹⁷ And the men of the sheriffs of the shires went out first. And Benhadad sent out, and they showed him, saying, "There came men out of Samaria." ¹⁸ And he said, "If they come out for peace, take them alive. ¹⁹ And also if they come for war, take them yet alive." And when those men of the sheriffs of the shires were come out of the city and the Host after them, ²⁰ they slew every one of them his man. And the Syrians fled, and Israel followed after them. And Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with his horsemen. ²¹ And the king of Israel went out and smote horse and chariot, and slew a great slaughter of the Syrians.

²⁹ Where is woe? Where is sorrow? Where is strife? Where is brawling? Where are wounds without cause? Where be red eyes? ³⁰ Even among those that be ever at the wine, and seek excess. ³¹ Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass. ³² It goeth down softly; but at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth as an adder. ³³ So shall thine eyes look unto strange women, and thine heart shall muse upon froward things. ³⁴ Yea, thou shalt be as though thou slept in the midst of the sea, or on the top of the mast of a ship. 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."

⁴ O Lemuel, give kings no wine, give kings and princes no strong drink;

²² Woe be unto them that are cunning men to sup out wine and expert to set up drunkenness.

⁷ But they go wrong by the reason of wine, they fall and stagger because of strong drink. Yea even the priests and prophets themselves go amiss, they are drunken with wine, and weak brained through strong drink. They fail in prophesying, and stumble in judgment.

¹² "Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."

¹¹ Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.

⁵ Even so goeth it this day with our kings and princes, for they begin to be wood drunken through wine: they use familiarity with such as deceive them.

¹⁵ Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, to get him wrathful displeasure for his drunkenness: that he may see his privities. ¹⁶ Therefore with shame shalt thou be filled, instead of honour. Drink thou also, till thou slumber withal: for the cup of the LORD's righthand shall compass thee about, and shameful spewing instead of thy worship.

¹⁰ neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹ envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess: but be fulfilled with the spirit,

³⁸ for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."

²³ Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, "God do so to me and so thereto if Adonijah have not spoken this word against himself.

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

¹⁴ The king's displeasure is a messenger of death; but a wise man will pacify him. ¹⁵ The cheerful countenance of the king is life; and his loving favor is as the evening dew.

¹² The king's disfavor is like the roaring of a Lion, but his friendship is like the dew upon the grass.

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.

¹⁰ The LORD roareth like a lion, that they may follow him. Yea, as a lion roareth he, that they may be afraid like the children of the sea:

⁸ When a lion roareth, who will not be afraid? Seeing then that the LORDE God himself speaketh, who will not prophesy?

¹⁰ Thou hast devised the shame of thine own house, for thou hast slain too much people, and hast willfully offended:

⁹ But Joash king of Israel sent again to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "A thistle in Lebanon sent to a cypress tree in Lebanon, saying, 'Give thy daughter to my son to wife.' But the wild beasts in Lebanon went and trod down the thistle.

¹⁷ An impatient man handleth foolishly; but he that is well advised, doth other ways.

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

³² A patient man is better than one strong; and he that can rule himself, is more worth than he that winneth a city.

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.

⁶ A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.

¹¹ A wise man putteth off displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faults pass.

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. ⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himself, and discover not another man's secret: ¹⁰ lest when men hear thereof, it turn to thy dishonour, and lest thine evil name do not cease.

⁶ to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made us accepted in the beloved. ⁷ By whom we have redemption through his blood, that is to say, even the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace, ⁸ which grace he shed on us abundantly in all wisdom, and prudence.

³² Be ye courteous one to another, and merciful, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake forgave you.

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, rejoice not: neither be liars against the truth.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

¹³ The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets." ¹⁴ Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed. ¹⁵ The slothful body thrusteth his hand into his bosom, and it grieveth him to put it again to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard thinketh himself wiser than seven men that sit and teach.

³ The foolish took their lamps, but took none oil with them. ⁴ But the wise took oil with them in their vessels with their lamps also. ⁵ While the bridegroom tarried, all slumbered and slept. ⁶ And even at midnight, there was a cry made, 'Behold, the bridegroom cometh, go out against him.' ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us of your oil, for our lamps go out.' ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, 'Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you, but go rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.' ¹⁰ And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut up.

²⁴ Then he which had received the one talent came also, and said, 'Master, I considered that thou wast a hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not, ²⁵ and was therefore afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: Behold, thou hast thine own.' ²⁶ His master answered, and said unto him, 'Thou evil servant and slothful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not: ²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to have had my money to the changers, and then at my coming should I have received my mine own with vantage. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

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.

⁶ They imagine wickedness, and keep it secret among themselves; every man in the deep of his heart.

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

¹¹ For what man knoweth the things of a man: save the spirit of a man which is within him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of God.

¹ {To the Chanter upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} Help me, LORD, for there is not one godly man left: for the faithful are diminished from among the children of men.

¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boasts and giveth nothing, is like clouds and wind without rain.

² Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; yea, other folk's lips and not thine.

²⁸ Among a thousand men I have found one, but not one woman among all.

¹ Look through Jerusalem, behold and see. Seek through her streets also within, if ye can find one man, that doth equal and right, or that laboureth to be faithful: and I shall spare him, sayeth the LORD.

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

² Whensoever therefore thou givest thine alms, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blown before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues, and in the streets, for to be praised of men. Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.

⁸ I tell you, he will avenge them, and that quickly. Nevertheless, when the son of man cometh, suppose ye that he shall find faith on the earth?"

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.

²⁸ Then Peter said, "Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee."

³³ And he said unto him, "Lord, I am ready to go with thee into prison, and to death."

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

¹¹ I am made a fool in boasting myself. Ye have compelled me: I ought to have been commended of you. For in nothing was I inferior unto the chief apostles, though I be nothing:

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.

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

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.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

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

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

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

² Whoso feareth the LORD, walketh in the right path: and regardeth not him that abhorreth the ways of the LORD.

¹ Better is the poor that liveth godly, than the blasphemer that is but a fool.

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.

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

⁶ Both were perfect before God, and walked in all the laws and ordinances of the Lord, that no man could find fault with them.

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

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.

¹¹ For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared ¹² and teacheth us that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live sober minded, righteously, and godly in this present world,

³ I rejoiced greatly when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, how thou in truth walkest. ⁴ I have no greater joy than for to hear how that my sons walk in verity.

³ Then said David's men unto him, "See, we be afraid here in Judah. What shall we then be, when we come to Keilah, to the host of the Philistines?" ⁴ Then David asked the LORD again. And the LORD answered him and said, "Up, and go to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hands."

⁴ shall be as the morning light, when the sun shineth in a morning in which are no clouds to let the brightness; and as the grass of the earth is by the virtue of the rain.'

⁴ He shall keep the simple folk by their right, defend the children of the poor, and punish the wrongdoer.

⁹ For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, lo, thine enemies shall perish, and all the workers of wickedness shall be scattered abroad.

⁴ The king's power loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared equity; thou hast executed judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

⁶ Mine eyes shall look for such as be faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me. Whoso leadeth a godly life, he shall be my servant. ⁷ There shall no deceitful person dwell in my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. ⁸ I shall soon destroy all the ungodly that are in the land, that I may root out all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

¹² It is a great abomination when kings are wicked; for a king's seat should be holden up with righteousness.

²⁶ A wise king destroyeth the ungodly, and bringeth the wheel over them.

⁵ Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

¹⁴ The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more.

¹ Behold, a king shall govern after the rule of righteousness, and the princes shall rule according to the balance of equity.

⁴⁶ And finally, when they shall have sinned against thee — for there is no man that sinneth not — and thou art angry with them and hast delivered them to their enemies, that they be carried away prisoners unto the land of their enemies, whether far or near;

³⁶ If they shall sin against thee - as there is no man, but that he shall sin - and thou be angry with them and deliver them to their enemies, and they lead them away captive unto a country far or nigh;

⁴ Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?

⁴ But how may a man compared unto God be justified? Or, how can he be clean, that is born of a woman?

⁵ Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.

²⁰ For there is not one just upon earth, that doth good, and sinneth not.

⁴ I know nought by myself: yet am I not thereby justified. It is the Lord that judgeth me.

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.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us. ⁹ If we knowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

³⁵ "'Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, neither in meteyard, weight or measure.

²⁵ The images of their gods thou shalt burn with fire, and see that thou covet not the silver or gold that is on them nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therewith. For it is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. 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.

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

¹ A false balance is an abomination to the LORD; but a true weight pleaseth him.

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

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

⁴ Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying, ⁵ "When will the new month be gone, that we may sell victuals; and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn; to make the bushel less, and the Sicle greater? ⁶ We shall set up false weights, that we may get the poor under us with their money, and the needy also for shoes: yea let us sell the chaff for corn." ⁷ The LORD hath sworn against the pride of Jacob, "These works of theirs will I never forget.

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

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."

³ The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies.

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

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

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns? Or figs of thistles?

¹⁵ For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drink wine nor strong drink. And he shall be filled with the holy ghost, even in his mother's womb:

⁶⁶ and all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner child shall this be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ And it fortuned, after three days, that they found him in the temple sitting in the midst of the doctors: both hearing them, and posing them. ⁴⁷ And all that heard him marveled at his wit and answers.

⁴³ It is not a good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: Neither is that an evil tree, that bringeth forth good fruit. ⁴⁴ For every tree is known by his fruit. Neither of thorns gather men figs, nor of bushes gather they grapes.

¹¹ And the LORD said unto him, "Who hath made man's mouth, or who hath made the dumb or the deaf, the seeing or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?

⁹ He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that made the eye, shall not he see?

¹⁸ Open thou mine eyes, that I may see the wondrous things of thy law.

¹³ Therefore speak I to them in similitudes: For though they see, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither understand. ¹⁴ And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which prophecy saith, 'With the ears ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and with the eyes ye shall see, and shall not perceive." ¹⁵ For this people's hearts are waxed gross. And their ears were dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their hearts, and should turn, that I might heal them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

¹⁸ to open their eyes that they might turn from darkness unto light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith in me.'

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the father of glory, might give unto you the spirit of wisdom, and open to you the knowledge of himself, ¹⁸ and lighten the eyes of your minds, that ye might know what thing that hope is, whereunto he hath called you, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is upon the saints,

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

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

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

⁶ And the master of the ship came to him and said unto him, "Why slumberest thou? Up! And call unto thy god, that God may think on us, that we perish not."

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

¹¹ This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

³⁴ Awake truly out of sleep, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this unto your rebuke.

¹⁴ Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

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.

¹⁰ Is there anything, whereof it may be said, "Lo, this is new?" For it was long ago in the times that have been before us.

⁷ But the merchant hath a false weight in his hand, he hath a pleasure to occupy extortion. ⁸ Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."

⁶ that no man go too far and defraud his brother in bargaining, because the Lord is avenger of all such things: as we told you before time, and testified unto you.

¹² How cometh a man then by wisdom? Where is the place that men find understanding? ¹³ Verily, no man can tell how worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the land of the living. ¹⁴ "The deep sayeth, 'She is not in me.' The sea sayeth, 'She is not with me.' ¹⁵ She cannot be gotten for the most fine gold, neither may the price of her be bought with any money. ¹⁶ No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onyx stones, no Sapphire may be compared unto her. ¹⁷ No, neither gold nor Crystal, neither sweet odours nor golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothing so worthy, or so excellent, as once to be named unto her: for perfect wisdom goeth far beyond them all. ¹⁹ The Topaz that cometh out of Ethiopia may in no wise be likened unto her: yea, no manner of apparel how pleasant and fair soever it be.

¹⁵ Wisdom is more worth than precious stones, and all the things that thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

¹¹ For wisdom is more worth than precious stones; yea, all the things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared unto it.

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.

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

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

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

²¹ Whoso hath a wise understanding is called to counsel; but he that can speak fair, getteth more riches.

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

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

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

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."

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.

²⁶ If thou take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, see that thou deliver it unto him again by that the sun go down. ²⁷ For that is his coverlet only: even the raiment for his skin wherein he sleepeth: or else he will cry unto me and I will hear him, for I am merciful.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words,

³ For the lips of a harlot are a dropping honeycomb, and her throat is softer than oil.

⁵ That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words.

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

¹⁵ He that is surety for a stranger, hurteth himself; but he that meddleth not with suretyship, is sure.

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

²⁷ For a whore is a deep grave, and a harlot is a narrow pit.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for the unknown man's sake.

⁶ And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eat of, and lusty unto the eyes, and a pleasant tree for to make wise. And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also with her, and he ate. ⁷ And the eyes of both them were opened, that they understood how that they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together and made them aprons.

¹² When wickedness was sweet in his mouth, he hid it under his tongue. ¹³ That he favoured, that would he not forsake; but kept it close in his throat. ¹⁴ The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body. ¹⁵ The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly. ¹⁶ He shall suck the serpent's gall, and the adder's tongue shall slay him: ¹⁷ so that he shall no more see the rivers, and brooks of honey and butter. ¹⁸ But he shall labour, and yet have nothing to eat. Great travail shall he make for riches, but he shall not enjoy them. 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.

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

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

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

¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitterness, and given me wormwood to drink. ¹⁶ {Vav} He hath smitten my teeth in pieces, and rolled me in the dust.

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

¹ After the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, "Who shall go up first unto the Cananites to fight against them?" ² And the LORD said, "Judah shall go up: behold I have delivered the land into his hands."

²⁹ Would God this people were under my hand, then I would take Abimelech out of the way." And one said unto Abimelech, "Make thine host greater and go out."

⁷ Behold, ye are all children of Israel. See therefore and give your advice in the case."

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose and went up to Bethel, and asked of God, who should begin the battle against the children of Benjamin, and the LORD said, "Judah shall begin."

²³ but they went first up and wept before the LORD unto evening, and asked of the LORD saying, "Shall we go again to battle against the children of Benjamin, our brethren?"

²⁶ Then the children of Israel and all the people went up and came unto Bethel, and wept and sat there before the LORD, and fasted the same day unto evening, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. ²⁷ And they asked the LORD — for there was the ark of the covenant of God, in those days; ²⁸ and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron waiting upon it at that time — and they said, "Shall we go out any more to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease?" And the LORD said, "Go. For tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands."

²⁶ Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour without end? Knowest thou not that bitterness is wont to come in the latter end? How long shall it be, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?" ²⁷ And Joab answered, "As truly as God liveth, if thou hadst so said, then even in the morning had the people departed, each from following his brother."

¹⁷ Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu king of Israel and said, "Come, and let us see each other." ¹⁸ And Joash king of Israel sent again to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "A thistle in Lebanon sent to a Cedar tree of Lebanon saying, 'Give thy daughter to my son to wife.' But there came the wild beasts of Lebanon and trod down the thistle. ¹⁹ Thou thinkest, 'See, I have beaten the Edomites,' therefore thine heart ariseth to glorify thyself. Now bide at home: what needeth thee to provoke to evil, that thou perish and Judah with thee?" ²⁰ But Amaziah rested not: for it came of God, even to deliver them into the hands of their enemies - and that because they had sought the gods of the Edomites. ²¹ And Joash king of Israel came up: and they saw either other, both he and Amaziah king of Judah at Bethshemesh in Judah. ²² And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and fled every man to his tent. ²³ And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah at Bethshemesh: and brought him to Jerusalem, and tare the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits long.

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

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

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

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

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,

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

¹³ A dissembling person will discover privy things; but he that is of a faithful heart, will keep counsel.

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

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

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

²¹ My son, fear thou the LORD and the king, and keep no company with them that slide back from his fear:

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

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

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

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.

⁹ "'Whosoever curseth his father or mother, shall die for it, his blood on his head, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

¹⁶ "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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.

¹⁸ he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.

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

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

¹¹ He that bringeth up an evil report upon the generation of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

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.

⁴ For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.'

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.'

¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.' ¹¹ But ye say, 'A man shall say to his father or mother, Corban; which is, that thou desirest of me, to help thee with, is given to God.' ¹² And so ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother, ¹³ making the word of God of none effect through your own traditions which ye have ordained. And many such things ye do."

¹³ They are raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame. They are wandering stars, to whom is reserved the mist of darkness forever.

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.

⁴ Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose.

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.

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?"

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.'

² If ye will not hear it, nor regard it, to give the glory unto my name, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, I will send a curse upon you, and will curse your blessings. Yea, curse them will I if ye do not take heed.

⁹ They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.

³⁵ "'Vengeance is mine, and I will reward! Their feet shall slide, when the time cometh. For the time of their destruction is at hand, and the time that shall come upon them maketh haste.'

¹² Haply, the LORD will look on my wretchedness, and do me good for his cursing this day."

¹⁴ O tarry thou the LORD's leisure. Be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart; and put thou thy trust in the LORD.

³⁴ Hope thou in the LORD, and keep his way. And he shall promote thee, that thou shalt possess the land; when the ungodly shall perish, thou shalt see it.

¹³ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.

²⁹ Say not, "I will handle him, even as he hath dealt with me, and will reward every man according to his deeds."

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

²⁵ {Tet} O how good is the LORD unto them that put their trust in him, and to the soul that seeketh after him? ²⁶ O how good is it, with stillness, to wait and tarry for the health of the LORD?

³⁹ But I say to you, That ye resist not wrong. But whosoever give thee a blow on thy right cheek, turn to him the other.

¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide aforehand things honest in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possible, howbeit of your part, have peace with all men. ¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves but give room unto the wrath of God. For it is written, "Vengeance is mine, and I will reward, saith the Lord."

¹⁵ See that none recompense evil for evil unto any man: but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

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

⁹ not rendering evil for evil, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrariwise, bless: remembering that ye are thereunto called, even that ye should be heirs of blessing.

¹⁹ Wherefore, let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him with well doing, as unto a faithful creator.

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

¹⁰ Ye shall have a true weight, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

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

⁵ "When will the new month be gone, that we may sell victuals; and the Sabbath, that we may have scarceness of corn; to make the bushel less, and the Sicle greater?

⁴ Show me thy ways, O LORD, and teach me thy paths.

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

²³ The LORD ordereth a good man's going, and hath pleasure in his way.

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

⁹ A man deviseth a way in his heart; but it is the LORD that ordereth his goings.

⁶ For I shall send him among those hypocritical people, among the people that have deserved my disfavour shall I send him: that he may utterly rob them, spoil them, and tread them down like the mire in the street. ⁷ Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart of this fashion. But he imagineth only, how he may overthrow and destroy much people,

²³ Now I know, O LORD, that it is not in man's power to order his own ways, or to rule his own steps and goings.

²³ but hast magnified thyself above the LORD of heaven, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee: that thou, and thy lords, with thy queen and concubines, might drink wine thereout: and hast praised the Idols of silver and gold, copper and iron, of wood and stone. As for the God in whose hand consisteth thy breath and all thy ways: thou hast not loved him.

²⁸ For in him we live, move, and have our being, as certain of your own poets said. For we are also his generation.

¹⁵ "When a soul trespasseth and sinneth through ignorance in any of the holy things of the LORD, he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock valued at two sicles after the holy sicle, for a trespass offering.

¹⁰ "'There shall no stranger eat of the hallowed things, neither a guest of the priests, or a hired servant. ¹¹ But if the priest buy any fowl with money he may eat of it, and he also that is born in his house may eat of his bread. ¹² If the priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of the hallowed heave offerings. ¹³ Notwithstanding, if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, but is returned unto her father's house again, she shall eat of her father's bread as well as she did in her youth. But there shall no stranger eat thereof. ¹⁴ "'If a man eat of the hallowed things unwittingly, he shall put the fifth part thereunto, and make good unto the priest the hallowed thing. ¹⁵ And let the priests see, that they defile not the hallowed things of the children of Israel which they have offered unto the LORD,

⁹ "'If it be of the beasts of which men bring an offering unto the LORD: all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD, shall be holy. ¹⁰ He may not alter it nor change it: a good for a bad or a bad for good. If he change beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherewith it was changed shall be holy.

³⁰ "'All these tithes of the land, whether it be of the corn of the field or fruit of the trees, shall be holy unto the LORD. ³¹ If any man will redeem ought of his tithes, let him add the fifth part more thereto.

² If a man vow a vow unto the LORD or swear an oath and bind his soul, he shall not go back with his word: but shall fulfill all that proceedeth out of his mouth. ³ If a damsel vow a vow unto the LORD and bind herself, being in her father's house and unmarried: ⁴ If her father hear her vow and bond which she hath made upon her soul, and hold his peace thereto: then all her vows and bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall stand in effect. ⁵ But and if her father forbid her the same day that he heareth it, none of her vows nor bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall be of value, and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father forbade her. ⁶ If she had a husband when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lips wherewith she bound her soul, ⁷ and her husband heard it and held his peace thereat the same day he heard it: Then her vows and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand in effect. ⁸ But and if her husband forbade her the same day that he heard it, then hath he made her vow which she had upon her of none effect, and that also which she pronounced with her lips wherewith she bound her soul, and the LORD shall forgive her. ⁹ The vow of a widow and of her that is divorced, and all that they have bound their souls withal, shall stand in effect with them. ¹⁰ If she vowed in her husband's house or bound her soul with an oath, ¹¹ and her husband heard it and held his peace and forbade her not: then all her vows and bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand. ¹² But if her husband disannulled them the same day that he heard them, then nothing that proceeded out of her lips in vows and bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand in effect: for her husband hath loosed them, and the LORD shall forgive her. ¹³ "All vows and oaths that bind to humble the soul, may her husband establish or break. ¹⁴ But if her husband hold his peace from one day unto another, then he establisheth all her vows and bonds which she had upon her, because he held his peace the same day that he heard them. ¹⁵ And if he afterward break them, he shall bear her sin himself." ¹⁶ These are the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between the father and his daughter, being a damsel in her father's house.

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

⁴ If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them. ⁵ If thou promise anything, pay it; for better it is that thou make no vow than that thou shouldest promise, and not pay. 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.

⁸ Should a man use falsity and deceit with God, as ye use falsity and deceit with me? Yet ye say, 'Wherein use we deceit with thee?' In tithes and heave offerings. ⁹ Therefore are ye cursed with penury, because ye dissemble with me, all the sort of you. ¹⁰ Bring every tithe into my barn, that there may be meat in mine house: and prove me withal, sayeth the LORD of Hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven unto you, and pour you out a blessing with plenteousness.

³³ "Again, ye have heard how it was said to them of old time, 'Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform thine oath to God':

⁹ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, "As surely as the LORD liveth, which hath delivered my soul out of all adversities: ¹⁰ him that told me how that Saul was dead, thinking to have brought me good tidings, I caught and slew in Ziklag, to give him a reward for his tidings-bringing. ¹¹ And how much more ought I to deal with wicked men that have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? Now therefore think ye that I will not require his blood of your hands and take you from the earth?" ¹² And David commanded his young men, and they slew them and cut off their hands and their feet and hanged them up by the pole in Hebron. And they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

³¹ And he brought out the people that was therein and sawed them and drew harrows of iron upon them, and shred some of them with shredding knives of iron, and thrust some into furnaces. And so he served all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

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

⁸ A king that sitteth in judgment, and looketh well about him, driveth away all evil.

²⁷ For he treadeth not the fitches out with a waine, neither bringeth he the cart here and there over the cumin, but he thresheth the fitches out with a flail, and the cumin with a rod. ²⁸ As for the wheat, he grindeth it to make bread thereof; Inasmuch as he cannot bring it to pass with treading out. For neither the bruising that the cart wheels make, nor his beasts, can grind it.

⁷ Then the LORD God shope man, even of the mold of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life. So man was made a living soul.

⁸ Every man, no doubt, hath a mind; but it is the inspiration of the Almighty that giveth understanding.

³⁰ Wounds drive away evil; and so do stripes the inward parts of the body.

¹⁵ which show the deed of the law written in their hearts: While their conscience beareth witness unto them, and also their thoughts, accusing one another, or excusing,

² but have cast from us the cloaks of unhonesty, and walk not in craftiness, neither corrupt we the word of God: but walk in open truth, and report ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. ³ If our Gospel be yet hid, it is hid among them that are lost, ⁴ in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest should shine unto them the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, which is the image of God. ⁵ For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus to be the Lord, and preach ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. ⁶ For it is God that commanded the light to shine out of darkness, which hath shined in our hearts, for to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

¹² for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart. 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.

¹⁹ for thereby we know that we be of the truth, and so shall we certify our hearts in his sight. ²⁰ But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. ²¹ Dearly beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we trust to God ward;

⁷ And why? Because the king putteth his trust in the LORD; and in the mercy of the most highest he shall not miscarry.

⁷ that he may dwell before God for ever. O prepare thy loving mercy and faithfulness, that they may preserve him.

¹ {A Psalm of David} My song shall be of mercy and judgment, yea unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.

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

⁵ And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and he shall sit upon it in the truth, in the tabernacle of David: judging, and seeking judgment, and making haste unto righteousness.

³² Thou shalt rise up before the hoar head and reverence the face of the old man; and dread thy God, for I am the LORD.

³¹ Age is a crown of worship, if it be found in the way of righteousness.

²³ Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches. ²⁴ But who so will rejoice, let him rejoice in this: that he understandeth, and knoweth me. For I am the LORD, which do mercy, equity and righteousness upon the earth. Therefore have I pleasure in such things, sayeth the LORD."

¹⁴ I write unto you fathers, how that ye have known him that was from the beginning. I write unto you young men, how that ye be strong; and the word of God dwelleth in you, that ye have overcome the wicked.

²⁵ If thou smitest a scornful person, the ignorant shall take better heed; and if thou reprovest one that hath understanding, he will be the wiser.

⁹ And therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be thus reconciled. And so shall he take away all the fruit of his sins. As for altar stones, he shall make them all as stones beaten to powder: the groves and Idols shall not stand.

⁵ He was wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities. The correction that brought us peace was on him, and with his stripes we were healed.

¹⁰ And they verily for a few days nurtured us after their own pleasure; but he learneth us unto that which is profitable, that we might receive of his holiness.