Proverbs 23 Cross References - MSTC

¹ When thou sittest at the table to eat with a lord, order thyself mannerly with the things that are set before thee. ² Measure thine appetite: ³ and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth. ⁴ Take not over great travail and labour to be rich, beware of such a purpose. ⁵ Why wilt thou set thine eye upon the thing, which suddenly vanisheth away? For riches make themselves wings, and take their flight like an Eagle into the air. ⁶ Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat, ⁷ for he doth as a man that pescribeth a measure in his heart. He sayeth unto thee, "Eat and drink," whereas his heart is not with thee. ⁸ Yea the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreak and loose those sweet words. ⁹ Tell nothing into the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. ¹⁰ Remove not the old landmark, and come not within the field of the fatherless. ¹¹ For he that delivereth them is mighty, even he shall defend their cause against thee. ¹² Apply thine heart unto learning, and thine ear to the words of knowledge. ¹³ Withhold not correction from the child; for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die thereof. ¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod; but thou deliverest his soul from hell. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁷ Let not thine heart be jealous to follow sinners; but keep thee still in the fear of the LORD all the day long: ¹⁸ For the end is not yet come and thy patient abiding shall not be in vain. ¹⁹ My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way. ²⁰ Keep no company with winebibbers and riotous eaters of flesh; ²¹ for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat. ²² Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old. ²³ Labour for to get the truth, sell not away wisdom, nurture and understanding; ²⁴ for a righteous father is marvelous glad of a wise son, and delighteth in him. ²⁵ So shall thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare thee, shall rejoice. ²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways. ²⁷ For a whore is a deep grave, and a harlot is a narrow pit. ²⁸ She lurketh like a thief, and those that be not aware, she bringeth unto her. 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."

³² And they prepared for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians which ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. ³³ And they sat before him; the eldest according unto his age, and the youngest according unto his youth. And the men marveled among themselves. ³⁴ And they brought rewards unto them from before him: but Benjamin's part was five times so much as any of theirs. And they ate and they drank, and were drunk with him.

¹² These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

⁸ "Wherefore if thy hand, or thy foot, offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed; rather than thou shouldest, having two hands or two feet, be cast in to everlasting fire. ⁹ And if also thine eye offend thee, pluck him out and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter in to life with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hellfire.

²⁷ but I tame my body and bring it into subjection, lest after that I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

¹⁹ whose end is damnation, whose God is their belly and whose glory is to their shame, which are worldly minded.

⁴ O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing, to be minded as the ungodly or wicked men; lest I eat of such things as please them.

⁶ Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat,

⁸ But Daniel was at a point with himself, that he would not be defiled through the king's meat, nor the wine which he drunk. And this he desired of the chief chamberlain, lest he should defile himself.

³⁴ Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcome with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this world: and that, that day come on you unawares.

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

⁵ Put thy trust in the LORD with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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

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

¹² If thou seest a man that is wise in his own conceit, there is more hope in a fool than in him.

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

²¹ Woe be unto them that are wise in their own sight, and think themselves to have understanding.

¹⁹ "See that ye gather not treasure together upon the earth, where rust and moths corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

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

²⁵ I would not that this secret should be hid from you my brethren, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits: that partly blindness is happened in Israel, until the fullness of the gentiles be come in.

¹⁶ Be of like affection one towards another. Be not high minded, but make yourselves equal to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your own opinions.

⁸ When we have food and raiment, let us therewith be content. 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. ¹⁰ For covetousness is the root of all evil, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled themselves with many sorrows.

⁵ Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."

³⁶ And Jacob their father said unto them, "Me have ye robbed of my children: Joseph is away, and Simeon is away, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things fall upon me."

¹⁴ there came a messenger unto Job, and said, "While the oxen were a plowing, and the asses going in the pasture beside them, ¹⁵ the Sabeans came in violently, and took them all away: yea, they have slain thy servants with the sword, and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁶ And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee." ¹⁷ In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee."

⁶ Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. ³⁷ O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

²⁴ For riches abide not away, and the crown endureth not forever.

² All is but vanity - sayeth the Preacher - all is but plain vanity.

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.

⁸ All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.

² Wherefore do ye lay out your money, for the thing that feedeth not, and spend your labour about the thing that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather unto me, and ye shall eat of the best, and your soul shall have her pleasure in plenteousness.

¹⁷ Nevertheless, as for thine eyes and thine heart, they look upon covetousness, to shed innocent blood, and to do wrong and violence.'"

²⁹ This say I, brethren: the time is short. It remaineth that they which have wives, be as though they had none: ³⁰ and they that weep, be as though they wept not: and they that rejoice, be as though they rejoiced not: And they that buy, be as though they possessed not: ³¹ And they that use this world, be as though they used it not: For the fashion of this world goeth away.

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

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.

¹⁶ For all that is in the world — as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of goods — are not of the father: but of the world.

⁹ And beware that there be not a point of Belial in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, 'The seventh year, the year of freedom is at hand,' and therefore it grieve thee to look on thy poor brother and givest him nought and he then cry unto the LORD against thee and it be sin unto thee.

⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate among you that she dare not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for softness and tenderness, shall be grieved to look on the husband that lieth in her bosom and on her son and on her daughter -

⁹ A loving eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his bread unto the poor.

³ and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

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

⁸ But Daniel was at a point with himself, that he would not be defiled through the king's meat, nor the wine which he drunk. And this he desired of the chief chamberlain, lest he should defile himself. ⁹ So God gave Daniel favour and grace before the chief chamberlain, ¹⁰ that he said unto him, "I am afraid of my lord the king, which hath appointed you your meat and drink: lest he spy your faces to be worse liking than the other springaldes of your age, and so ye shall make me lose my head unto the king."

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do as me listeth, with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

²² theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

¹⁵ Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth."

²⁶ Then said Absalom, "Then let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king answered, "What needeth it that he go with thee?" ²⁷ But Absalom made such insistence that he let Amnon go with him, and all the king's children. ²⁸ Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I bid you smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not, for it is I that bid you. Be bold therefore and play the lusty bloods."

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

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

²² It is a man's worship to do good; and better it is to be a poor man, than a dissembler.

²⁷ These two kings shall be minded to do mischief, and talk of deceit at one table: but they shall not prosper. For why? The end shall not come yet, unto the time appointed.

³ And, behold, certain of the scribes said in themselves, "This man blasphemeth." ⁴ And when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, "Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

³⁹ When the Pharisee which bade him to his house, saw that, he spake within himself, saying, "If this man were a prophet, he would surely have known who and what manner woman this is which toucheth him, for she is a sinner."

³⁷ And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. ³⁸ When the Pharisee saw that, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Ye fools: did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also? ⁴¹ Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you. ⁴² But woe be to you Pharisees: for ye tithe the mint, and rue, and all manner herbs; and pass over judgment, and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and yet not to have left the other undone. ⁴³ Woe be to you Pharisees: for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. ⁴⁴ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are as graves which appear not; And the men that walk over them, are not aware of them." ⁴⁵ Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, "Master, thus saying, thou puttest us to rebuke also." ⁴⁶ Then he said, "Woe be to you also ye lawyers: for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be born, and ye yourselves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe be to you that build the sepulchers of the prophets: for your fathers killed them: ⁴⁸ Truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. ⁴⁹ "Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute: ⁵⁰ That the blood of all prophets, which was shed from the beginning of the world, may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this nation. ⁵² Woe be to you lawyers: for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in ye forbade." ⁵³ When he thus spake unto them, the lawyers and the Pharisees began to wax busy about him, and to stop his mouth with many questions; ⁵⁴ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.

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

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.

⁴ Give not the fool an answer after his foolishness, lest thou become like unto him; ⁵ but make the fool an answer to his foolishness, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

²¹ Unto this Hezekiah's messengers held their tongues, and answered not one word: for the king had charged them that they should give him none answer.

⁶ Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you.

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

⁵² Then said the Jews to him, "Now know we that thou hast the devil. Abraham is dead, and also the prophets, and yet thou sayest, 'If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death.'

³⁰ The man answered, and said unto them, "This is a marvelous thing that ye know not whence he is, seeing he opened mine eyes. 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. ³² Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. ³³ If this man were not of God, he could have done nothing." ³⁴ They answered, and said unto him, "Thou art altogether born in sin: and dost thou teach us?" And they cast him out.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharisees which were with him, heard these words and said unto him, "Are we then blind?"

²⁰ and many of them said, "He hath the devil, and is mad: why hear ye him?"

⁴⁵ When the Jews saw the people, they were full of indignation and spake against those things which were spoken of Paul; speaking against it, and railing on it. ⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, "It was meet that the word of God should first have been preached to you. But seeing ye put it from you, and think yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the gentiles.

¹⁸ Certain Philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, disputed with him. And some there were which said, "What will this babbler say?" Others said, "He seemeth to be a tidings-bringer of new devils," because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

³² When they heard of the resurrection from death, some mocked, and others said, "We will hear thee again of this matter."

²⁵ When they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, "Well spake the holy ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, ²⁶ saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears were thick of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.' ²⁸ Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall hear it."

²¹ For when the world, through wisdom, knew not God in the wisdom of God: it pleased God through foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ²² For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom. ²³ But we preach Christ crucified: unto the Jews, an occasion of falling; and unto the Greeks, foolishness. ²⁴ But unto them which are called, both of Jews and Greeks, we preach Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ's sake, and ye are wise through Christ: we are weak, and ye are strong. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this day we hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted with fists, and have no certain dwelling place, ¹² and labour working with our own hands. We are reviled, and yet we bless. We are persecuted, and suffer it. ¹³ We are evil spoken of, and we pray. We are made as it were the filthiness of the world, the offscouring of all things, even unto this time.

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.

¹⁷ "'Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

²⁷ Ye fall upon the fatherless, and go about to overthrow your own friend.

⁹ Thou hast sent widows away empty and oppressed the poor fatherless.

² For some men there be, that remove other men's landmarks; that rob them of their cattle, and keep the same for their own; ³ that drive away the ass of the fatherless; that take the widow's ox for a pledge;

⁹ They spoil the sucking fatherless children, and put the poor in prison,

²¹ Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority? ²² Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder, and mine arm holes be broken from the joints. ²³ For I have ever feared the vengeance and punishment of God, and knew very well that I was not able to bear his burden.

⁶ They murder the widow and the stranger, and put the fatherless to death.

²⁸ Thou shalt not remove the landmark, which thy fore elders have set.

⁵ "For if ye will amend your ways and counsels, if ye will judge right betwixt a man and his neighbour;

³ Thus the LORD commandeth: Keep equity and righteousness, deliver the oppressed from the power of the violent: do not grieve nor oppress the stranger, the fatherless nor the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

¹⁰ Do the widow, the fatherless, the stranger, and poor no wrong: and let no man imagine evil against his brother in his heart."

⁵ I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

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.

²² Ye shall trouble no widow nor fatherless child: ²³ If ye shall trouble them, they shall cry unto me, and I will surely hear their cry; ²⁴ and then will my wrath wax hot and I will kill you with sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

¹⁹ "'Cursed be he that hindereth the right of the stranger, fatherless and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

²⁵ "For I am sure that my redeemer liveth, and that I shall rise out of the earth in the latter day:

⁵ "Now, for the comfortless troubles' sake of the needy, and because of the deep sighing of the poor, I will arise," saith the LORD, "and will help them, and set them at rest."

²³ for the LORD himself will defend their cause, and do violence unto them that have used violence.

³³ "Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: The children of Israel and Judah suffer violence together. All they that have them in captivity, keep them fast and will not let them go. ³⁴ But their avenger and redeemer is mighty, whose name is the LORD of Hosts: he shall maintain their cause, he shall make the land shake, and judge them that dwell therein, one with another.

³⁶ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: Behold, I will defend thy cause, and avenge thee: I will drink up her sea, and dry up her water springs.

² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the LORD that giveth wisdom, out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

¹ My son, give heed unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my prudence: ² that thou mayest regard good counsel, and that thy lips may keep nurture.

¹⁷ My son, bow down thine ear, and hearken unto the words of wisdom, apply thy mind unto my doctrine -

¹⁹ My son, give ear and be wise, so shall thine heart prosper in the way.

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

⁵² Then said he unto them, "Therefore every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder, which bringeth forth, out of his treasure, things both new and old."

²¹ Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, all superfluity of maliciousness, and receive with meekness the word that is grafted in you, which is able to save your souls: ²² And see that ye be doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves with sophistry. ²³ For if any hear the word, and do it not, he is like unto a man that beholdeth his bodily face in a glass. ²⁴ For as soon as he hath looked on himself, he goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what his fashion was: ²⁵ but whoso looketh in the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein — if he be not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work — the same shall be happy in his deed.

²⁴ He that spareth the rod, hateth his son; but whoso loveth him, chastiseth him betimes.

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

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

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

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

⁵ to deliver him unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

³² But when we are judged of the Lord we are chastened, because we should not be damned with the world.

¹⁰ My son, consent not unto sinners,

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and keep my commandments by thee,

¹ Hear, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good heed, that ye may learn wisdom.

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

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

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

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

⁴¹ Yea I will have a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faithfully to plant them in this land, with my whole heart, and with all my soul.

¹⁷ for the LORD thy God is with thee. It is he that hath power to save: he hath a special pleasure in thee, and a marvelous love toward thee: yea he rejoiceth over thee with gladness."

² And, lo, they brought unto him a man sick of the palsy, lying in his bed: and when Jesus saw the faith of them, he said to the sick of the palsy, "Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee."

²³ And bring hither that fatted calf, and kill him, and let us eat and be merry: ²⁴ for this my son was dead, and is alive again. He was lost, and is now found.' And they began to be merry.

³² it was mete that we should make merry and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again: and was lost, and is found.'"

¹¹ These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.

⁵ Jesus said unto them, "Sirs, have ye any meat?" They answered him no.

¹⁹ For what is our hope or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? ²⁰ Yea, ye are our glory and joy.

⁸ For now are we alive if ye stand steadfast in the Lord. ⁹ For what thanks can we recompense to God again for you, over all the joy that we joy for your sakes before our God,

¹ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye should sin not: if, though, any man sin, yet we have an Advocate with the father, even Jesus Christ, which is righteous.

⁴ I rejoiced greatly, that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment of the father.

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.

⁶ Give ear, for I will speak of great matters, and open my lips to tell things that be right.

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.

⁴ neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks.

⁴ that I may utter it, as it becometh me to speak.

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.

¹ {A Psalm of David} Fret not thyself because of the ungodly; neither be thou envious against the evil doers. ² For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and be withered even as the green herb. ³ Put thou thy trust in the LORD, and be doing good; dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

³ And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity. ⁴ For they are in no peril of death, but stand fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folk; neither are they plagued like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puffed up in pride, and overwhelmed with cruelty and unrighteousness. ⁷ Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

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.

³¹ Follow not a wicked man, and choose none of his ways:

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

¹ Be not thou jealous over wicked men, and desire not thou to be among them.

¹⁴ Well is him that standeth always in awe; as for him that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischief.

⁷ And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men; ¹⁴ For God shall judge all works and secret things, whether they be good or evil.

³¹ Then had the congregations rest, throughout all Jewry and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the fear of the Lord; And multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost.

¹ Seeing that we have such promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and grow up to full holiness in the fear of God.

¹⁷ And if so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person judgeth according to every man's works, see that ye pass the time of your pilgrimage in fear:

¹⁸ For the poor shall not always be forgotten; the patient abiding of the meek shall not perish forever.

³⁷ Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right; for that shall bring a man peace at the last.

¹⁴ Even so shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul, as soon as thou hast gotten it. And there is good hope; yea, thy hope shall not be in vain.

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

¹¹ For I know what I have devised for you sayeth the LORD. My thoughts are to give you peace, and not trouble, which I give you already; and that ye might have hope again.

²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are now ashamed. For the end of those things is death. ²² But now are ye delivered from sin, and made the servants of God, and have your fruit that ye should be sanctified; and the end: everlasting life.

²⁰ as I heartily look for and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed: but that with all confidence, as always in times past, even so now Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be through life, or else death.

³⁵ Cast not away, therefore, your confidence; which hath great reward to recompense.

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words, that the years of thy life may be many. ¹¹ I will show thee the way of wisdom, and lead thee in the right paths. ¹² So that if thou goest therein, there shall no straitness hinder thee: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. ¹³ Take fast hold of doctrine, let her not go: keep her, for she is thy life. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the ungodly, and walk not in the way of the wicked. ¹⁵ Eschew it, and go not therein: depart aside, and pass over by it. ¹⁶ For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm. ¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery. ¹⁸ The path of the righteous shineth as the light, and is ever brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. ¹⁹ But the way of the ungodly is as the darkness, wherein men fall, or they be aware. ²⁰ My son, mark my words, and incline thine ear unto my sayings. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them even in the midst of thine heart. ²² For they are life unto all those that find them, and health unto all their bodies. ²³ Keep thine heart with all diligence, for thereupon hangeth life.

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

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

¹² Apply thine heart unto learning, and thine ear to the words of knowledge.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

¹ Wine is a voluptuous thing, and drunkenness causes sedition; whoso delighteth therein, shall never be wise.

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."

⁷ Whoso keepeth the law, is a child of understanding; but he that feedeth riotous men, shameth his father.

⁶ Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn: ⁷ that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.

¹¹ Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.

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

¹³ But they to fulfill their lust and willfulness, slaughter oxen: they kill sheep, they eat costly meat, and drink wine. "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die."

⁴⁹ and begin to smite his fellows: yea and to eat and to drink with the drunken:

¹³ And not long after, the younger son gathered all that he had together, and took his journey into a far country, and there he wasted his goods with riotous living.

¹⁹ "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

¹³ Let us walk honestly as it were in the daylight: not in eating and drinking: neither in chambering and wantonness: neither in strife and envying:

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

³ For it is sufficient for us that we have spent the time that is past of the life, after the will of the gentiles; walking in wantonness, lusts, drunkenness, in eating, drinking, and in abominable idolatry. ⁴ And it seemeth to them a strange thing that ye run not also with them unto the same excess of riot, and therefore speak they evil of you,

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.'

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thy hands together yet a little, that thou mayest sleep: ¹¹ so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.

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

¹⁷ He that hath pleasure in banquets, shall be a poor man; Whoso delighteth in wine and delicates, shall not be rich.

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.

¹ Woe be to the crown of pride, even to the drunken people of Ephraim, whose great pomp is as a flower that fadeth away upon the head of the valley of such as be in wealth, and are overladen with wine. ² Behold, the strength and power of the LORD shall break into the land on every side, like a tempest of hail that beareth down strongholds, and like a horrible, mighty and overflowing water. ³ And the proud crown of the drunken Ephraimites shall be trodden under foot.

⁵ Wake up ye drunkards, and weep: mourn all ye wine sippers because of your sweet wine, for it shall be taken away from your mouth.

¹¹ but now I write unto you that ye company not together. If any that is called a brother, be a fornicator, or covetous, or a worshipper of images, either a railer, either a drunkard, or an extortioner: with him that is such see that ye eat not.

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.

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.

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: ¹⁹ Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place, 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.' ²¹ Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

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

⁸ My son, hear thy father's doctrine, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

²⁰ My son, keep thy father's commandments, and forsake not the law of thy mother.

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.' ⁵ But ye say, 'Every man shall say to his father or mother: That which thou desirest of me to help thee with, is given God.' ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus have ye made, that the commandment of God is without effect, through your traditions.

¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.'

²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple standing whom he loved, he said unto his mother, "Woman behold thy son." ²⁷ Then said he to the disciple, "Behold thy mother." And from that hour the disciple took her for his own.

¹ Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right. ² "Honour thy father and mother," that is the first commandment that hath any promise,

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.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is dearer unto me, than thousands of gold and silver.

¹²⁷ For I love thy commandments above gold and precious stone.

² that thou wilt incline thin ears unto wisdom; apply thine heart then to understanding. ³ For if thou criest after wisdom, and callest for knowledge; ⁴ If thou seekest after her as after money, and diggest for her as for treasures;

⁵ Get thee wisdom, get thee understanding, forget not the words of my mouth, and shrink not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. ⁷ The chief point of wisdom is that thou be willing to obtain wisdom, and before all thy goods to get the understanding.

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

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

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

¹ Come to the waters, all ye that be thirsty, and ye that have no money. Come buy, that ye may have to eat. Come buy wine and milk, without any money, or money worth.

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

⁴⁶ which when he had found one precious pearl, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

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

²³ but that the holy ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and trouble abide me.

⁷ But the things that were vantage unto me I counted loss for Christ's sake. ⁸ Yea I think all things but loss for that excellent knowledge's sake of Christ Jesus my Lord. For whom I have counted all thing loss, and do judge them but dung, that I might win Christ,

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

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich: and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy filthy nakedness do not appear: and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see.

¹¹ And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they loved not their lives unto the death.

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.'"

¹ When the days of David were drawn nigh, and he should die; he charged Solomon his son, saying, ² "I must walk by the way of the world. Neverthelater, be thou strong and quite thyself manfully. ³ And see that thou keep the appointment of the LORD thy God, that thou walk in his ways and keep his commandments, ordinances, laws and testimonies, even as it is written in the law of Moses: that thou mayest understand all that thou oughtest to do, and all that thou shouldest meddle with.

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."

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.

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

⁹ yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bonds for Jesus Christ's sake.

²⁰ Even so, brother, let me enjoy thee in the Lord. Comfort my heart in the Lord.

⁹ And Jabez was nobler than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bare him with sorrow." ¹⁰ But Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "If thou shalt bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and shalt let thine hand be with me, and wilt keep me from evil that it vex me not." And God sent him his desire.

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

³¹ Lo: thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall give unto him the seat of his father David: ³³ And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom shall be none end."

⁴⁰ and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elizabeth: ⁴¹ And it fortuned, as Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe sprang in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy ghost, ⁴² and cried with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed art thou among the women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. ⁴³ And whence happeneth this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe sprang in my belly for joy. ⁴⁵ And blessed art thou that believedst: For those things shall be performed which were told thee from the Lord." ⁴⁶ And Mary said, "My soul magnifieth the Lord. ⁴⁷ And my spirit rejoiceth in God my saviour:

⁵⁸ And her neighbours and her cousins heard tell, how the Lord had showed great mercy upon her, and they rejoiced with her.

²⁷ And it fortuned, as he thus spake those things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, "Happy is the womb that bare thee and the paps, which gave thee suck. ²⁸ But he said, "Yea, happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it."

⁵ And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul and with all thy might.

⁴³ Whoso is wise, and pondereth these things well, shall understand the loving-kindness of the LORD.

² Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with their whole heart;

⁹ {Beth} Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? Even by ruling himself after thy word. ¹⁰ With my whole heart do I seek thee; O let me not go wrong out of thy commandments. ¹¹ Thy words have I hid within my heart, that I should not sin against thee.

¹ My son, forget not my law, but see that thine heart keep my commandments.

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

²³ Keep thine heart with all diligence, for thereupon hangeth life.

²⁵ Let thine eyes behold the thing that is right, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. ²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feet: so shall all thy ways be sure. ²⁷ Turn not aside, neither to the righthand nor to the left; but withhold thy foot from evil.

⁹ Who is wise to understand these things and hath wit to perceive them? For the ways of the LORD are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the wicked shall tumble in them.

³⁷ He that loveth his father or mother more than me, is not meet for me: and he that loveth his son or daughter more than me, is not meet for me. ³⁸ And he that taketh not his cross and followeth me, is not meet for me.

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

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, if one be dead for all, that then are all dead: ¹⁵ and that he died for all, because that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves: but unto him which died for them and rose again.

⁵ And this they did, not as we looked for; but gave their own selves first to the Lord, and after unto us by the will of God:

¹⁷ that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

¹⁹ We have also a right sure word of prophecy, whereunto if ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, ye do well; until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts.

¹⁴ The mouth of a harlot is a deep pit; wherein he falleth that the LORD is angry withal.

¹ And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,

⁴ And after that he loved a woman, upon the river of Sorek, called Delilah ⁵ — unto whom came the lords of the Philistines, and said unto her, "Flatter with him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may have power over him, that we may bind him, to bring him under, and we will give every man eleven hundred silverlings." ⁶ And Delilah said to Samson, "Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and if thou were bound wherewith men might constrain thee." ⁷ And Samson said unto her, "If men bound me with seven ropes of fresh sinews that were never dried, I should be weak and as another man." ⁸ And then the lords of the Philistines brought her seven withies that were yet green and never dried and she bound him therewith. ⁹ Notwithstanding, she had men lying in wait with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he brake the cords as a string of tow breaketh, when it feeleth fire. And so his strength was not known. ¹⁰ Then said Delilah to Samson, "See: thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now yet tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound." ¹¹ And he said, "If I were bound with new ropes that never were occupied, then should I be weak, and as another man." ¹² And Delilah took new ropes and bound him therewith, and said unto him, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And there were layers of wait in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms, as they had been but a thread. ¹³ And Delilah said unto Samson, "Hitherto, thou hast beguiled me and told me lies: I pray thee yet, tell me wherewith men may bind thee." And he said unto her, "If thou plaitedest the seven locks of my head with a hair lace and fastenedest them with a nail." ¹⁴ And she said unto him, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked and went away with the nail that was in the plaiting and with the hair lace. ¹⁵ Then she said unto him, "How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me? For thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth." ¹⁶ And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death. ¹⁷ And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, "There never came razor nor shears upon mine head, for I have been an abstainer to God even from my mother's womb. If mine hair were cut off, my strength would go from me, and I should wax and be like all other men." ¹⁸ And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent for the Philistines saying, "Come up yet this once, for he hath showed me all his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came and brought the money in their hands. ¹⁹ And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him. ²⁰ And she said, "The Philistines be upon thee, Samson." And he awoke out of his sleep and thought to go out as at other times before and shake himself, and knew not that the LORD was departed from him. ²¹ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes; and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house. ²² Howbeit, the hair of his head began to grow again after that he was shorn.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delivered also from the strange woman, and from her that is not thine own: which giveth sweet words, ¹⁷ forsaketh the husband of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is inclined unto death, and her paths into hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in unto her, come not again, neither take they hold of the way of life.

¹² Now is she without, now in the streets, and lurketh in every corner.

²² suddenly to follow her - as it were an ox to the slaughter, and like as it were a fool that laugheth when he goeth to the stocks to be punished - ²³ so long till she hath wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon. ²⁴ Hear me now therefore, O my son, and mark the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine heart wander in her ways, and be thou not deceived in her paths. ²⁶ For many a one hath she wounded and cast down, yea many a strong man hath she slain. ²⁷ Her houses are the way to hell, where men go down into the chambers of death.

¹⁸ But they consider not that death is there, and that her guests go down to hell.

²⁶ And I found, that a woman is bitterer than death: for she is a very angle, her heart is a net, and her hands are chains. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner will be taken with her.

² Lift up thine eyes on every side, and look, if thou be not defiled. Thou hast waited for them in the streets, and as a murderer in the wilderness. through thy whoredoms and shameful blasphemies, is the land defiled.

¹¹ Whoredom, wine and drunkenness take the heart away.

⁸ Neither let us commit fornication as some of them committed fornication, and were destroyed — in one day, twenty three thousand.

¹ And there came one of the seven angels, which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, "Come, I will show thee the judgment of the great whore, that sitteth upon many waters, ² with whom the kings of the earth have committed whoredom, and the inhabiters of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication."

¹² his eyes are roudier than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

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,

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. ²² Then there came a Prophet to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go forth and play the man: be wise and take heed what thou doest. For when the year is about, the king of Syria will come against thee again."

²¹ for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.

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. ⁸ For all tables are so full of vomit and filthiness, that no place is clean.

¹⁰ For like as the thorns that stick together, and as the dry straw, so shall the drunkards be consumed together, even when they be full.

⁴⁹ and begin to smite his fellows: yea and to eat and to drink with the drunken: ⁵⁰ that servant's master will come in a day when he looketh not for him: and in a hour that he is not aware of,

⁴⁵ But and if the evil servant shall say in his heart, 'My master will defer his coming,' and shall begin to smite the servants, and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken: ⁴⁶ the Lord of that servant will come in a day, when he thinketh not, and at a hour when he is not aware, and will divide him, and will give him his reward, with the unbelievers.

²¹ and drank of the wine and was drunk, and lay uncovered in the midst of his tent.

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

² She hath killed her victuals, poured out her wine, and prepared her table.

⁶ ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

² And it chanced in an evening that David arose from his couch and walked upon the roof of the king's palace; and from the roof saw a very beautiful woman washing herself. And he sent to enquire what woman it should be.

¹ Therefore hear my words, O Job, and hearken unto all that I will say:

³⁷ O turn away mine eyes, lest they behold vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thine heart, and lest thou be taken with her fair looks.

²⁸ But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a wife lusting after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. ²⁹ Wherfore if thy right eye offend thee, pluck him out, and cast him from thee: better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell. ³⁰ Also: if thy right hand offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee: better it is that one of thy members perish than that all thy body should be cast into hell.

⁴⁷ Even so, if thine eye offend thee, pluck him out. It is better for thee to go into the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire:

⁵ And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD when I have stretched forth my hand upon Egypt, and have brought out the children of Israel from among them." ⁶ Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them.

¹² And they cast down every man his rod, and they turned to serpents; but Aaron's rod ate up their rods.

¹⁶ He shall suck the serpent's gall, and the adder's tongue shall slay him:

¹¹ Yea, that thou mourn not at the last, when thou hast spent thy body and goods,

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

³ And the proud crown of the drunken Ephraimites shall be trodden under foot.

⁵ They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.

³¹ The Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What will come thereof at the last?

¹⁷ Moreover, I will send Cockatrices and serpents among you which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you," sayeth the LORD.

¹⁹ Yea, like as when a man runneth from a lion, and a bear meeteth with him; or when he cometh into the house, and leaneth his hand upon the wall, a serpent biteth him.

³ Though they hide themselves upon the top of Carmel, yet shall I seek them out, and bring them from thence. Though they creep down from my sight into the deep of the sea, I shall command the serpent, even there to bite them.

²⁵ But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished. ²⁶ Beyond all this, between you and us there is a great space set, so that they which would go from hence to you, cannot: neither may come from thence to us.'

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

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. ³⁷ And the elder bare a son and called him Moab, which is the father of the Moabites unto this day. ³⁸ And the younger bare a son and called him Benammi, which is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

¹² They that sit in the gate speak against me, and the drunkards make songs upon me.

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

⁵ Lest they being drunken forget the law, and regard not the cause of the poor, and of all such as be in adversity.

⁴ They drunk wine, and praised their Idols of gold, silver, copper, iron, wood and stone.

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.

¹² These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots. 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.

⁸ With the breath of thine anger the water gathered together and the floods stood still as a rock, and the deep water congealed together in the midst of the sea.

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.

¹⁶ And when he had brought him: see, they lay scattered abroad upon the earth, eating and drinking and triumphing over all the great prey that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. ¹⁷ And David laid upon them from the twilight until the evening on the morrow: so that there escaped not a man, save four hundred young men which rode away upon camels and fled.

⁹ And his servant Zimri captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking of strong drink, in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

³⁸ For as in the days before the flood: they did eat and drink, marry, and were married, even unto the day that Noah entered in to the ship,

²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives and were married even unto the same day that Noah went into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise also, as it chanced, in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built. ²⁹ And even the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

² for ye your selves know perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come even as a thief in the night. ³ For when they shall say, "Peace, no danger," then cometh on them sudden destruction, as the travailing of a woman with child, and they shall not escape. ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darkness, that that day should come on you as it were a thief. ⁵ Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkness. ⁶ Therefore let us not sleep as do others: but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For they that sleep, sleep in the night: and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

¹⁹ so that when he heareth the words of this curse, he bless himself in his heart saying, 'I shall have peace; I will therefore work after the lust of mine own heart, that the drunken may perish with the thirsty.'

¹¹ Like as the dog turneth again to his vomit, even so a fool beginneth his foolishness again afresh.

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

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."

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.

¹⁸ Moreover, I heard Ephraim, that was led away captive, complain on this manner, 'O LORD, thou hast corrected me, and thy chastening have I received, as an untamed calf. Convert thou me, and I shall be converted, for thou art my LORD God.

³² That I have fought with beasts at Ephesus after the manner of men, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not again? "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die." ³³ Be not deceived: malicious speakings corrupt good manners. ³⁴ Awake truly out of sleep, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak this unto your rebuke.

¹⁹ Which, being past repentance, have given themselves unto wantonness, to work all manner of uncleanness even with greediness.

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