1 Samuel 28 Cross References - NSB

¹ One day the Philistines brought their soldiers together to attack Israel. Achish told David: »You and your men must fight as part of our Philistine army.« ² David answered: »That will give you a chance to see for yourself just how well we can fight!« Achish said: »You and your men will always be my bodyguards.« ³ After Samuel died all the Israelites mourned for him. They buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. ⁴ The Philistine troops assembled and camped near the town of Shunem. Saul gathered the Israelites and camped at Mount Gilboa. ⁵ Saul was terrified when he saw the Philistine army. ⁶ So he asked Jehovah what to do. But Jehovah did not answer him. He did not answer by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets. ⁷ Saul ordered his officials: »Find me a woman who is a medium. I will go and consult her.« »There is one in Endor,« they answered. ⁸ Saul disguised himself. He put on different clothes. After dark he went with two of his men to see the woman. »Consult the spirits for me and tell me what is going to happen,« he said to her: »Call up the spirit of the man I name.« ⁹ The woman answered: »You know what King Saul has done? He forced the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. Are you trying to trap me and get me killed?« ¹⁰ Saul made a sacred vow. »By the living God Jehovah I promise that you will not be punished for doing this,« he told her. ¹¹ »Whom shall I call up for you?« The woman asked. »Samuel,« he answered. ¹² The woman saw Samuel. She screamed and said to Saul, »Why have you tricked me? You are King Saul!« ¹³ »Do not be afraid!« The king said to her. »What do you see?« She answered: »I see a spirit coming up from the earth.« ¹⁴ »The spirit, what does it look like?« He asked. »It is an old man,« she answered. »He wears a cloak.« Saul knew it was Samuel. So he bowed to the ground in respect. ¹⁵ Samuel said to Saul: »Why have you disturbed me? Why did you make me come back?« Saul answered: »I am in great trouble! The Philistines are at war with me. God has abandoned me. He does not answer me any more by prophets or by dreams. Please tell me what to do.« ¹⁶ Samuel said: »Why do you call me when Jehovah has abandoned you and become your enemy? ¹⁷ »Jehovah did to you what he told you through me. He took the kingdom away from you and gave it to David instead. ¹⁸ »You disobeyed Jehovah’s command and did not completely destroy the Amalekites. That is why Jehovah is doing this to you. ¹⁹ »He will give you and Israel over to the Philistines. Tomorrow you and your sons will join me. Jehovah will also give the army of Israel over to the Philistines.« ²⁰ At once Saul fell down and lay stretched out on the ground. He was terrified by what Samuel said. He was weak because he had not eaten anything all day and all night. ²¹ The woman went to him. She saw that he was terrified. So she said to him: »I risked my life by doing what you asked. ²² »Now please do what I ask. Let me fix you some food. You must eat so that you will be strong enough to travel.« ²³ Saul refused. He said he would not eat. But his officers also urged him to eat. He finally gave in, got up from the ground, and sat on the bed. ²⁴ The woman quickly butchered a calf she had fattened. Then she took some flour and prepared it. She baked some bread without yeast. ²⁵ She set the food before Saul and his officers and they ate. They left that same night.

⁵ »God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened. Then you will be like God, knowing good and evil.«

⁷ Then Abraham ran to the herd. He selected a fat calf and told a servant to butcher it and prepare it. ⁸ He took butter and milk and the calf that he had prepared, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree as they ate.

¹² He had a dream in which he saw a stairway set up on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven. He saw the angels of God going up and coming down on it. ¹³ Jehovah was standing above the stairway. He proclaimed: »I am Jehovah, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give the land on which you are lying to you and your descendants. ¹⁴ »Your descendants will be like the dust on the earth. You will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. Every family on earth will be blessed through you and through your descendants. ¹⁵ »Remember, I am with you. I will watch over you wherever you go. I will also bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I do what I have promised you.«

² That night, God spoke to him and said: »Jacob! Jacob!« »Here I am,« Jacob answered. ³ God said: »I am God! I am the same God your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go to Egypt. I will give you so many descendants that one day they will become a nation. ⁴ »I will go to Egypt with you. I will make sure you come back again. Joseph will close your eyes when you die.«

¹⁶ Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people. He will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.

¹⁸ »At this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now.

⁷ »Never use the name of Jehovah your God in a false and evil way. Jehovah will make sure that anyone who is false, evil, careless and vain with his name will be punished.

¹⁸ »Never allow a witch to live.

²⁸ »Do not curse God. Do not curse a ruler of your people.

²⁰ »In the fourth row put beryl, onyx, and gray quartz. Mount them in gold settings.

³⁰ Put the Urim and Thummim into the breast piece for decision-making. They, too, will be over Aaron’s heart when he comes into Jehovah’s presence. In this way when he is in Jehovah’s presence, Aaron will always be carrying over his heart the means for determining Jehovah’s decisions for the Israelites.

³¹ »‘Do not turn to psychics or mediums to get help. That will make you unclean. I am Jehovah your God.

⁶ »‘If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people.

²⁷ »‘If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.

⁶ He said: »Listen to my words: ‘When there are prophets of Jehovah among you, I make myself known to them in visions or speak to them in dreams.

²¹ »He will depend on Eleazar the priest, who will learn my will by using the Urim and Thummim. In this way Eleazar will direct Joshua and the whole congregation of Israel in all their affairs.«

⁸ »Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to your godly man, whom you tested at Massah and with whom you contended at the waters of Meribah.

¹⁰ »Do not sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars. Do not let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spells or charms.

¹⁰ »Do not sacrifice your children in the fires on your altars. Do not let your people practice divination or look for omens or use spells or charms. ¹¹ »Do not allow them to consult the spirits of the dead.

¹¹ »Do not allow them to consult the spirits of the dead.

¹¹ »Do not allow them to consult the spirits of the dead. ¹² »Jehovah your God hates people who do these disgusting things. That is why he is driving those nations out of the land as you advance.

¹¹ Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.

¹⁸ Their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,

¹ Now these are the nations that Jehovah left to test the Israelites who had not known all the wars of Canaan. ² He did this to teach warfare to the generations of the children of Israel who had not had previous battle experience. ³ Those left in the land were the five Philistine cities, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanon Mountains from Mount Baal Hermon as far as Hamath Pass. ⁴ They were to be a test for Israel. This would find out whether or not the Israelites would obey the commandments that Jehovah gave their ancestors through Moses.

³ »When I realized you were not going to, I risked my life and crossed the border to fight them. Jehovah gave me victory over them. Why are you coming to fight me now?«

³¹ »May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years.«

²⁰ She shouted: »Samson! The Philistines are coming!« He woke up and thought: »I will get loose and go free, as always.« He did not know that Jehovah had left him.

⁷ The Philistines heard that the Israelites gathered at Mizpah. So the Philistine rulers came to attack Israel. The Israelites heard about the Philistine plan and were afraid of them.

¹⁷ Then he returned home to Ramah where he judged Israel. And in Ramah he built an altar to Jehovah.

²⁵ »If you continue to sin, you and your king will be destroyed.«

⁵ The Philistines assembled to fight Israel. They had thirty thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and as many soldiers as the sand on the seashore. They camped at Michmash, east of Beth Aven.

⁹ Saul commanded: »Bring me some animals so we can offer sacrifices to please Jehovah. Then we can ask for his help.« Saul slaughtered one of the animals,

¹³ »You did a foolish thing,« Samuel told Saul. »You did not follow the command of Jehovah your God. If you had, Jehovah would have established your kingdom over Israel from generation to generation (for a very long time). ¹⁴ »Your kingdom will not last. Jehovah searched for a man after his own heart. Jehovah appointed him as ruler of his people. This is because you did not follow the command of Jehovah.«

²⁰ Then Saul said to Samuel: »I did obey the voice of Jehovah. I went on the mission Jehovah sent me. I brought back Agag the king of Amalek. I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. »

²³ »The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king.«

²³ »The sin of divination is rebellion. Wickedness and idolatry are arrogance. They are evil. Because you rejected the word of Jehovah, he rejects you as king.« ²⁴ Then Saul told Samuel: »I have sinned by not following Jehovah’s command or your instructions. I was afraid of the people and listened to them. ²⁵ »But now I beg you, forgive my sin and return with me, so that I can worship Jehovah.« ²⁶ »I will not return with you,« Samuel answered. »You rejected Jehovah’s command. He has rejected you as king of Israel.« ²⁷ Samuel turned to leave, but Saul caught hold of his cloak, and it tore.

²⁷ Samuel turned to leave, but Saul caught hold of his cloak, and it tore. ²⁸ Samuel said to him: »Jehovah has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today. He gave it to someone who is a better man than you. ²⁹ »The Glory of Israel does not lie or change his mind. He is not a mortal who changes his mind.«

¹³ Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the Spirit of Jehovah took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

¹³ Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the Spirit of Jehovah took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah. ¹⁴ Jehovah’s Spirit left Saul, and a distressing spirit sent by Jehovah tormented him.

¹ The Philistines got ready for war and brought their troops together to attack the town of Socoh in Judah. They set up camp at Ephes-Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

⁵ »He risked his life and killed the Philistine Goliath. Jehovah gave all Israel a great victory. You rejoiced when you saw it. Why should you sin by shedding David’s innocent blood for no reason?« ⁶ Jonathan convinced Saul, so Saul made a vow in Jehovah’s name that he would not kill David.

⁸ Then David got up and left the cave. He called to Saul: »My lord!« When Saul looked back. David knelt down with his face touching the ground.

²⁰ »I know now you will be the next king. You will be a powerful king too.

¹ Samuel died. All Israel gathered to mourn him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David went to the desert of Paran.

³⁷ In the morning after the effects of the wine wore off his wife told him what had happened. Nabal had a stroke. He could not move.

¹⁰ Achish would ask: »Whom did you raid today?« David would answer: »The south country (Negev) in Judah, or the south country of the Jerahmeelites, or the south country of the Kenites.«

¹² Achish trusted David and thought: »David’s people must be furious with him. From now on he will have to take orders from me.«

³ After Samuel died all the Israelites mourned for him. They buried him in his hometown of Ramah. Saul forced all the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel.

⁵ Saul was terrified when he saw the Philistine army. ⁶ So he asked Jehovah what to do. But Jehovah did not answer him. He did not answer by dreams or by the use of Urim and Thummim or by prophets.

⁸ Saul disguised himself. He put on different clothes. After dark he went with two of his men to see the woman. »Consult the spirits for me and tell me what is going to happen,« he said to her: »Call up the spirit of the man I name.« ⁹ The woman answered: »You know what King Saul has done? He forced the fortunetellers and mediums to leave Israel. Are you trying to trap me and get me killed?«

¹¹ »Whom shall I call up for you?« The woman asked. »Samuel,« he answered.

¹ The Philistines gathered all their troops at Aphek. The Israelites camped by the spring in Jezreel Valley. ² The five Philistine kings marched with units of a hundred and of a thousand men. David and his men marched in the rear with King Achish. ³ The Philistine commanders saw them and asked: »What are these Hebrews doing here?« Achish answered: »This is David. He is the man who ran away from King Saul of Israel. He has been with me for more than a year. He has done nothing I can find fault with since the day he came to me.«

¹ When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.

¹ When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa. ² The Philistines caught up to Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. ³ The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was badly wounded by them. ⁴ He said to the young man carrying his weapons: »Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me.« But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it. ⁵ The young man saw that Saul was dead. Then he too threw himself on his own sword and died with Saul. ⁶ That is how Saul, his three sons, and the young man died. All of Saul’s men died that day.

⁶ He answered: »I was on Mount Gilboa. I saw Saul leaning on his spear. The chariots and cavalry of the enemy closed in on him.

³⁷ Saul asked God: »Should I attack the Philistines? Will you help us win?« This time God did not answer.

³⁹ »I promise by the living Jehovah, who gives Israel victory, that the guilty one will be put to death, even if he is my son Jonathan.« But no one said anything.

⁹ Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and did not kill the best sheep and cattle, the best calves and lambs, or anything else that was good. They destroyed only what was useless or worthless.

¹² Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with David but left Saul.

² He asked Jehovah: »Shall I go and attack the Philistines?« Jehovah answered: »Yes, Attack them and save Keilah.«

⁴ David consulted Jehovah once again, and Jehovah said to him: »Go attack Keilah! I will give you victory over the Philistines.«

⁹ David learned that Saul was planning to harm him. He told the priest Abiathar: »Bring the ephod!« ¹⁰ Then David said: »Jehovah God of Israel, I have actually heard that Saul is going to come to Keilah and destroy the city on account of me.

²¹ »Let no rain or dew fall on the mountains of Gilboa. Let its fields be barren! For the shields of the mighty lie there in disgrace. The shield of Saul is no longer polished with oil.

¹¹ She said: »Please pray to Jehovah your God, Your Majesty, so that my relative who is responsible for avenging the death of my son will not commit a greater crime by killing my other son.« »I promise by the living Jehovah,« David replied, »your son will not be harmed.«

¹⁶ David’s friend Hushai from Archi’s family came to Absalom. He said: »Long live the king! Long live the king!« ¹⁷ »Is this how loyal you are to your friend?« Absalom asked Hushai. »Why did you not go with him?« ¹⁸ Hushai answered: »Jehovah and the people of Israel have chosen you to be king. I cannot leave. I must stay and serve the one they have chosen. ¹⁹ »After all it seems right for me to serve you, just as I served your father.«

¹³ »Would you have stood by me if I did something treacherous to him? There is nothing hidden from the king. You would turn against me.«

¹² David took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth Shean, where the Philistines hung them the day they killed Saul at Gilboa.

² Jeroboam said to his wife: »Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you, and go to Shiloh. That is where the prophet Ahijah lives. He is the one who said I would be king of Israel. ³ »Take him ten loaves of bread, some cakes, and a jar of honey. Ask him what is going to happen to our son. He will tell you.«

⁵ Jehovah told him: »Jeroboam's wife is coming to ask you about her son, for he is sick.« Jehovah told Ahijah what to say. Jeroboam's wife pretended to be someone else when she arrived there.

³⁴ A stray arrow wounded the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing. He said to the chariot driver: »Go to the side. Take me away from the fight for I am badly wounded.«

² King Ahaziah of Israel fell off the balcony on the roof of his palace in Samaria and was seriously injured. He sent some messengers and said to them: »Go to consult Baalzebub, the god of the Philistine city of Ekron, to find out whether or not I will recover from this.« ³ Jehovah’s angel commanded Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe, »Go and meet the messengers of King Ahaziah. Ask them: ‘Why are you going to consult Baalzebub, the god of Ekron? Do you think there is no god in Israel?’

⁸ Then Elijah took off his cloak. He rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided, and he and Elisha crossed to the other side on dry ground.

¹³ He picked up Elijah's cloak that had fallen from him. He returned to stand by the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴ Elisha struck the water with Elijah's cloak and said: »Where is Jehovah, the God of Elijah?« Then he struck the water again, and it divided, and he walked over to the other side.

⁸ Elisha went to Shunem, where a rich woman lived. She invited him to a meal. From that time on every time he went to Shunem he would have his meals at her house.

⁴² He said to him: »These are the words of Jehovah: ‘Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.’«

⁴ Ahab returned to his house bitter and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite said to him: »I will not give you the heritage of my fathers.« Stretching himself on the bed with his face turned away, he would not eat.

²⁰ Jehovah asked: »Who will deceive Ahab so that he will go and be killed at Ramoth? Some of the angels said one thing, and others said something else,

²⁸ Micaiah said: If you come back at all in peace, Jehovah has not sent his word by me.

³⁰ The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: »I will change my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king. Then I will go into the fight. You put on your royal robes. So the king of Israel changed his dress and went into the battle.«

⁷ The king of Israel read the letter and tore his clothes and said: »How can the king of Syria expect me to cure this man? Does he think that I am God, with the power of life and death? It is plain that he is trying to start a quarrel with me!«

¹³ His servants went up to him and said: »If the prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would have done it. Now why can you not just wash yourself, as he said, and be cured?«

²⁷ The king replied: »If Jehovah will not help you, what help can I provide? Where can I get you help from the threshing floor or the wine press?«

³³ While Elisha was still talking the king arrived and said: »Jehovah brought this trouble on us! Why should I wait any longer for him to do something?«

¹³ Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person.

¹³ Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to Jehovah. He did not obey the word of Jehovah (YHWH). He asked a medium to request information from a dead person. ¹⁴ He did not request information from Jehovah. Thus Jehovah killed him and turned the kingship over to David, Jesse’s son.

²⁹ The king of Israel told Jehoshaphat: »I will disguise myself and go into battle. You, however, should wear your royal robes.« So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.

²² But Josiah would not stop his attack. He disguised himself as he went into battle. He refused to listen to Necho’s words, which came from God. He went to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

²⁰ »All his days the wicked man suffers torment and the ruthless through all the years stored up for him. ²¹ »Terrifying sounds fill his ears. When all seems well, marauders attack him.

²¹ »Terrifying sounds fill his ears. When all seems well, marauders attack him. ²² »He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword. ²³ »He wanders about as food for vultures and he knows the day of darkness is at hand. ²⁴ »Distress and anguish fill him with terror. They overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack.

¹⁴ »Why do I put myself in jeopardy and take my life in my hands?

¹¹ »Terrors startle him on every side and chase him at his heels.

¹³ »There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. ¹⁴ »The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief. ¹⁵ »The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: ‘No eye will see me.’ Then he disguises his face.

¹⁴ »God does speak, now one-way and then another, though man may not perceive it. ¹⁵ »In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds, ¹⁶ he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,

² »How you have helped one who has no power! How you have assisted the arm that has no strength!

⁵ They saw and then they were amazed. They were terrified and they fled in fear. ⁶ Panic seized them there, Anguish, like a woman in childbirth.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered. Let those who hate him run from him. ² As smoke is driven away, drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, let the wicked perish at the presence of God. ³ But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God: yes, let them exceedingly rejoice.

¹⁹ How are they destroyed, suddenly! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

⁹ We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet. There is no one who knows how long.

²¹ »When you did these things, I remained silent. That made you think I was like you. I will argue my point with you and lay it all out for you to see. ²² »Consider this, you who do not remember God. Otherwise, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to deliver.

¹¹ Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.

⁶ I said: »You are god-like ones. You are all sons of the Most High. (John 1:1) ⁷ »But you will certainly die like humans and fall like any prince.«

¹⁰ Who perished at Endor and became as dung for the earth.

¹⁵ My son, do not walk in the way with them. Withhold your food from their path! ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. ¹⁷ Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. ¹⁸ They lie in wait for their own blood (murder). They set an ambush for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust dishonest gain. Greed takes away the life of its owner. ²⁰ Wisdom calls you! She raises her voice in the streets and marketplaces. ²¹ She calls in the streets, in the opening of the gates: in the city she utters her words. She says: ²² »How long, you simple (stupid) (foolish) ones, will you love simplicity (foolishness) (stupidity)? The scoffers delight in scoffing. Fools hate knowledge! ²³ »Listen when I reprove you. I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make my words known to you. ²⁴ »I called you! I stretched out my hand to you. You paid no attention to me. ²⁵ »You have ignored all my counsel. You accept no correction. ²⁶ »I also will laugh at your trouble. I will mock when your fear comes. ²⁷ »Trouble and distress will surround you like a whirlwind, like a great storm. ²⁸ »You will ask for my help, but I will not listen. You will search, but you will not find me. ²⁹ »You have no use for knowledge and you refuse to respect Jehovah. ³⁰ »You rejected my advice and paid no attention when I warned you. ³¹ »Now you will get what you deserve for what you have done. Your own advice will make you sick. ³² »Sin and self-satisfaction bring destruction and death to stupid fools. ³³ »Whoever listens to me will be secure and will be free from the fear of evil.«

¹¹ You mourn at last, when your flesh and your body are consumed. ¹² You say: »How I have hated instruction! My heart despised reproof. ¹³ »I did not obey the voice of my teachers. I did not listen to my instructors!

²⁴ The fear of the wicked will come upon him. The desire of the righteous will be granted.

¹ The proverbs 0f Solomon son of David, king of Israel: ² To know wisdom and instruction. To discern and understand words. ³ To receive instruction with wisdom, justice, judgment and integrity. ⁴ To give wisdom and refinement to the simple. To the young man knowledge and discretion. ⁵ A wise man will hear and will increase learning. A man of understanding will procure wise counsel. ⁶ This will help him understand a proverb and the interpretation as well as the words of the wise and their riddles. ⁷ Respect for Jehovah (YHWH) is the beginning of knowledge (truth) (understanding) (wisdom). Fools despise wisdom and instruction. ⁸ My son, listen to the instruction of your father. Do not forsake the law of your mother. ⁹ Discipline and education are a graceful ornament on your head, and a golden chain around your neck. ¹⁰ My son, if sinners tempt you do not consent. ¹¹ If they say: »Come with us. Let us lie in wait to kill someone. Let us ambush the innocent without cause. ¹² »Let us swallow them alive and whole just as the grave does, and just as the dead go into the pit. ¹³ »We will find precious material possessions and we fill our houses with plunder. ¹⁴ »Throw in with us. Let us all have one purse.«

¹⁴ The faithless in heart will be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above.

²⁰ Like the man does not wear a coat in winter, or like vinegar on soda, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

⁴ Jehovah made all things for himself even the wicked one for the evil day.

¹ Do not brag about tomorrow for you do not know what a day may bring. ² Let another man praise you and not your own mouth, a stranger, and not your own lips. ³ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than them both. ⁴ Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? ⁵ Open rebuke is better than secret love. ⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. ⁷ The full person dislikes the honeycomb, but to the hungry every bitter thing is sweet. ⁸ As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place. ⁹ As oil and perfume delight the heart so the sweetness of a man's friend delights his heart. ¹⁰ Do not forget your friends or your father's friends. If you are in trouble, do not ask a relative for help. A nearby neighbor can help you more than relatives who are far away. ¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart happy and I will have an answer for anyone who criticizes (taunts) (torments) me. ¹² A prudent man anticipates evil and hides; but the simple pass on, and are punished. ¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take him as pledge as surety for a fornicator. ¹⁴ He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. ¹⁵ Continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ¹⁶ Trying to stop her is like trying to stop the wind, or holding something with greased hands. ¹⁷ Just as iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another. ¹⁸ When you keep a fig tree you eat the fruit. He who waits on his master will be honored. ¹⁹ As in water face reflects face, the heart of man is reveals the man. ²⁰ The grave and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. ²¹ The refining pot is for silver. The furnace is for gold. A man is valued by what others say about him. ²² Though you grind a fool in mortar his foolishness will not depart from him. ²³ Be diligent to know the state of your flocks and attend to your herds. ²⁴ Riches are not forever: and a crown does not endure for every generation. ²⁵ The hay appears and the tender grass shows itself. Herbs of the mountains are gathered. ²⁶ The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats bring the price of the field. ²⁷ You will have enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.

¹ The wicked run when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. ² There are many princes after the transgression of a land. But a man of understanding and knowledge remains for a long time. ³ A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain that leaves no food. ⁴ They who forsake the law praise the wicked. Those who obey the law oppose them. ⁵ Evil men do not understand justice. Those who seek Jehovah understand all things. ⁶ Better is the poor man who walks in uprightness, than the rich man who is perverse in his ways. ⁷ He who obeys the law is a wise son. But he who is a companion of worthless men shames his father. ⁸ He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor. ⁹ The prayer of the person who will not listen to the law is disgusting. ¹⁰ Whoever leads decent people into evil will fall into his own pit. Innocent people will inherit good things. ¹¹ A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but the poor who has understanding, sees right through him. ¹² When righteous people rejoice, there is great glory, but when wicked people rise, people hide themselves. ¹³ The man who covers his sins will not be blessed; but whoever confesses and leaves them will have mercy. ¹⁴ Blessed is the man reverencing God. He who hardens his heart will fall into trouble. ¹⁵ Like a roaring lion and a charging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the helpless people. ¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor. He who hates covetousness will prolong his days. ¹⁷ A violent and bloodthirsty man will run to the pit; let no man help him. ¹⁸ Whoever walks blamelessly will be saved: but he who is perverse in his ways will fall at once. ¹⁹ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread. He who follows after vain persons will have poverty. ²⁰ A faithful man will have many blessings. But he who hurries to be rich will not go unpunished. ²¹ It is not good to show partiality for a man will transgress for a piece of bread. ²² He who hurries to be rich has an evil eye. He does not think poverty will come to him. ²³ He who reproves a man later find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. ²⁴ Whoever robs his father or mother, and says: »It is no transgression;« the same is the companion of a man who destroys. ²⁵ The person with a proud heart stirs up discord. The person who trusts Jehovah will prosper. ²⁶ He who trusts in his own heart is a fool. He who walks wisely will be delivered. ²⁷ He who gives to the poor will not lack. But he who hides his eyes will have many curses. ²⁸ When the wicked rise people hide, but when they die, the righteous increase.

² A report was made to the house of David saying: Aram has allied itself with Ephraim.« The heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook (their courage failed) as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.

³ »The Egyptians will become discouraged. I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

³ What I saw and heard in the vision has filled me with terror and pain. My hips are full of pain and convulsions like that of a woman in labor. ⁴ My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

¹⁹ People will say to you: »Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.« Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living?

¹⁹ People will say to you: »Ask for help from the mediums and the fortunetellers, who whisper and mutter.« Should people ask their God for help instead? Why should they ask the dead to help the living? ²⁰ They should go to the teachings and to the written instructions. If people do not speak these words, it is because there is no light (truth) in them.

¹ The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil. ² He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

²⁰ But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. ²¹ My God has said: »There is no peace for the wicked.«

¹⁷ »You have done this to yourself by abandoning Jehovah your God when he led you on his way. ¹⁸ »Why are you going to Egypt to drink water from the Nile (Shihor) River? You will not gain anything by going to Assyria to drink water from the Euphrates River.

²⁴ »Can a man hide himself in hiding places so I do not see him?« asks Jehovah. »Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?« Declares Jehovah.

²⁸ »The prophet who has had a dream should say it is only a dream. The prophet who has heard my message should proclaim that message faithfully.« »What good is chaff compared with wheat?« Says Jehovah.

¹⁶ »Because of this, Jehovah says: ‘I am going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against Jehovah.’« ¹⁷ Hananiah died in the seventh month of that same year.

¹⁰ »Curse those who do not do Jehovah’s work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!

²⁵ Jehovah is good to those who are waiting for him, to the person seeking him. ²⁶ It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of Jehovah.

⁵ Jehovah has become like an enemy fighting against her, sending destruction on Israel. He has sent destruction on all her great houses, turning his strong places into waste. He increases the grief and the sorrow of the daughter of Judah.

⁹ Her gates have gone down into the earth. He destroyed her locks and bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where there is no law. Her prophets have had no vision from Jehovah.

¹ Seven years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylon, some of Israel's leaders came to me on the tenth day of the fifth month. They sat down and asked for a message from Jehovah. ² Just then, Jehovah said: ³ »Son of man, these elders have come to find out what I want them to do. As surely as I live, I will not give them an answer of any kind.

⁶ Then the king's countenance (appearance) changed in him. His thoughts troubled him. The joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees struck one against the other.

²⁵ »This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. ²⁶ »This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and brought it to an end; ²⁷ »TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. ²⁸ »PERES; your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.«

¹² »Though they bring up their children, yet I will bereave them until no man is left. Yes, woe to them even when I depart from them!

³ »The vision is yet for the appointed time. It moves quickly to the end. It will not lie! If it delays, wait for it for it will surely come. It will not be late!

²⁰ Joseph had this in mind when God’s angel appeared to him in a dream. The angel said to him: »Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. She is pregnant by Holy Spirit.

⁴¹ »Then he will tell those on his left: ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil and his [fallen] angels.

⁷² Again he denied with an oath: »I have no knowledge of the man.«

²⁴ »It is written that the Son of man will depart. The man who betrays him will experience much grief. It would have been better if that man had not been born.«

²³ He pledged to her, »Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.«

²³ »‘Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast!

²³ »He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He looked up and saw Abraham, far away, with Lazarus at his side. ²⁴ »He called out: Father Abraham! Take pity on me! Please send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my tongue. I am in torment in this fire! ²⁵ »Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment. ²⁶ »There is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so. And no one can cross over to us from where you are.

²³ »The master told the servant, ‘Go to the country roads and lanes and make people come so my house will be full.’

²⁹ They persuaded him not to go saying, »Abide with us. It is nearly evening and the day is almost gone.« He stayed with them.

¹⁹ »This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their works were evil.

³¹ »We know that God does not listen to sinners. If any man respects God and does his will, God listens to him.

³⁴ Jesus said: »Is it not written in your law, I said, you are ‘god-like ones’? ³⁵ »So if he called them ‘god-like ones,’ those to whom the word of God came, and the Scriptures may not be annulled,

⁵ Hearing these words Ananias fell down and died. Great fear came over all those who heard these things.

⁹ Then Peter said: »How is it that you have agreed together to put Jehovah’s Spirit to the test? Look, those who buried your husband are at the door to carry you out.« ¹⁰ Then she fell down at his feet and died. The young men came in, and found her dead. They carried her out to be buried by her husband.

¹⁵ When she and her household were baptized she came to us saying, »If you judge me to be faithful to God, come to my house, and stay there.« She absolutely insisted that we come. ¹⁶ A young woman who had a spirit of divination met us as we were going to the place of prayer. She brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.

¹⁶ A young woman who had a spirit of divination met us as we were going to the place of prayer. She brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. ¹⁷ She followed Paul and cried out: »These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.« ¹⁸ She did this for many days. This troubled Paul. So he turned and said to the spirit, »I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!« And it came out that very hour. ¹⁹ When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

⁹ Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels us to judge, that one died for all and therefore all died.

³ You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.

²⁰ »Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for God pronounced judgment for you against her.«

²⁴ »The blood of prophets, and of holy ones, and of all who were slain upon the earth was found in her.«