Proverbs 10 Cross References - Thomson

¹ A wise son maketh a father glad; but a foolish son is a grief to the mother. ² Treasures cannot profit the wicked; but righteousness will deliver from death. ³ The Lord will not kill with hunger a righteous soul; but he will overthrow the life of the wicked. ⁴ Want humbleth a man; but the hands of the diligent enrich. A well instructed son will be wise, and shall have the simple for a servant. ⁵ A prudent son is safe from heat; but a transgressing son is blasted in harvest. ⁶ The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the righteous; but untimely grief shall stop the mouth of the wicked. ⁷ The just are remembered with praises; but the name of the wicked is extinguished. ⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prevaricating babbler shall be subverted. ⁹ He who walketh uprightly walketh securely; but he who perverteth his ways shall be known. ¹⁰ He who winketh deceitfully with his eyes, collecteth sorrows for men; but he who reproveth freely maketh peace. ¹¹ There is a fountain of life in the hand of the righteous; but destruction will stop the mouth of the wicked. ¹² Hatred stirreth up contention; but friendship covereth all them who are not contentious. ¹³ He who from his lips uttereth wisdom, smiteth an imprudent man with a rod. ¹⁴ Wise men will lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the rash is near destruction. ¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is a strong city: but penury is the destruction of the wicked. ¹⁶ The works of the righteous produce life; but the hands of the wicked produce sins. ¹⁷ Instruction keepeth the just ways of life; but unexamined instruction leadeth astray. ¹⁸ Honest lips hide hatred; but they who utter reproaches are the greatest fools. ¹⁹ In speaking much thou canst not avoid sin; but if thou art sparing of thy lips, thou wilt be wise. ²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is tried silver; but the heart of the wicked will not stand the test. ²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want. ²² The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the righteous; it maketh rich, and to it no sorrow of heart shall be joined. ²³ A fool doth mischief in sport; but for man wisdom bringeth forth prudence. ²⁴ A wicked man is whirled about by destruction; but the desire of the righteous is acceptable. ²⁵ In a passing tempest a wicked man vanisheth; but the righteous turn aside and are safe forever. ²⁶ As vinegar is hurtful to the teeth; and smoke to the eyes; so is transgression to them who commit it. ²⁷ The fear of the Lord prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. ²⁸ Joy maketh a long abode with the righteous; but the hope of the wicked shall perish. ²⁹ The fear of the Lord is the holy man's bulwark; but destruction is for the workers of iniquity. ³⁰ The righteous shall never transfer; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land. ³¹ The mouth of the righteous distilleth wisdom; but the tongue of the wicked shall be destroyed. ³² The lips of righteous men distil graces; but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

³² He uttered three thousand parables, and his odes were five thousand.

¹ The Proverbs of David's son Solomon, who reigned over Israel,

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son mocketh his mother.

²¹ A father hath no joy in an unteachable son: but a prudent son is the joy of his mother.

²⁵ A foolish son is a vexation to a father; and sorrow to her who bore him.

¹³ A foolish son is a shame to a father. vows for the hire of a harlot are not pure.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, thou wilt gladden my heart. ¹⁶ And thy lips, if they be right, will hold long conversation with mine.

²⁴ A righteous father nourisheth thee well; and his soul rejoiceth in a wise son. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother have joy in thee: and let her who bare thee rejoice.

¹ These are the detached instructions of Solomon which the friends of Hezekias king of Judea copied out.

³ When a man loveth wisdom his father is gladdened: but he who feedeth harlots spendeth his substance.

¹⁵ The rod and reproofs give wisdom: but a child led astray shameth his parents.

¹⁹ and who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Now if he hath power over all my labour for which I have toiled and in which I have displayed wisdom under the sun; surely this is vanity.

⁹ And moreover, because the preacher was wise, because he taught mankind wisdom; that the ear might find what is comely from parables,

⁶ Some put confidence in their power: and some boast of the abundance of their wealth. ⁷ A brother is not redeemed. Is a man to redeem himself? ⁸ He cannot give to God an atonement for himself; and the price for the redemption of his life: ⁹ Though he laboured for the age that he may live to the end. Shall he therefore not see corruption? ¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others,

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²⁸ In the ways of righteousness there is life; but the ways of the revengeful lead to death.

⁶ He who getteth treasures by a lying tongue, pursueth vanity to the snares of death.

² turning aside the cause of the distressed; robbing the poor of my people, of their right; that the widow ³ may be their prey and the orphan, their spoil: what then shall they do in the day of visitation? For tribulation shall come upon you from afar; and to whom can you flee for succour? And where will you leave your glory,

¹⁹ Their silver shall be thrown in the streets; and their gold shall be disregarded. Their souls shall not be satisfied; nor shall their bellies be filled: because the punishment of their iniquities is come.

²⁷ For this cause, king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee; and make atonement for thy sins by acts of kindness, and for thy transgressions by tender mercies for the distressed. Perhaps God may forgive thine offences.

¹⁸ . And their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them, in the day of the indignation of the Lord. By the fire of his zeal the whole land shall be consumed, for he will bring speedy destruction on all the inhabitants of this land.

¹⁵ Then he said to them, Take heed and be upon your guard against covetousness. For in what affluence soever a man may be, his life doth not depend on his possessions. ¹⁶ Then he spoke a parable to them saying, There was a certain rich man, whose ground produced plenteously. ¹⁷ Whereupon he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do; for I have not room to store my crops. ¹⁸ Then he said, I will do this. I will pull down my store houses and build larger, and there lay up all my produce and my good things. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful. ²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided? ²¹ Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God.

²² At length this poor man died, and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man died also, and was buried. ²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

⁵ Indeed according to this obduracy, and impenitent heart of thine thou art treasuring up for thyself wrath against a day of the wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²¹ that as sin had reigned by death, so favour might reign by means' of a justification for everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁹ and be found in him, not having for my righteousness, that which is of the law, but that which is by a belief in Christ"that which is of God"a righteousness for this belief.

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days.

²⁰ In famine he will deliver thee from death, and in battle save thee from the edge of the sword.

⁵ But the mirth of the wicked is sudden ruin, and the joy of transgressors, destruction, ⁶ though his gifts mount up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. ⁷ For when he thinketh that he is now firmly established, then shall he be utterly destroyed; and they who have seen him will say, Where is he? ⁸ Like a dream which is gone, he cannot be found. He is vanished, like a spectre in the night.

²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly. ²¹ Not a scrap of his provisions is left. His good things shall not, on this account, be renewed. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be afflicted, and all manner of distress shall come upon him.

²⁸ May destruction bring his house to an end! Upon him may there come a day of wrath!

¹⁴ Thou seest [for thou observest mischief and wrath]; That they have delivered themselves into thy hands. To thee the poor hath committed himself; Thou art the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁹ to deliver their souls from death; and to nourish them in a famine.

⁹ fear the Lord all ye his saints! for they who fear him have no want. ¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof.

¹⁹ In time of troubles they shall not be shamed, and in days of famine they shall be plentifully fed.

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

¹⁰ the wicked shall see and be enraged. Let him gnash his teeth and pine away; the desire of the wicked shall perish.

³² A wicked man shall be driven away by his wickedness; but in his sanctity the righteous is secure.

¹⁶ he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail.

⁶ will they not all take up a parable against him and a fable to tell of him, saying, Woe to him who is heaping up for himself things which do not belong to him? For how long? And making his yoke grievously heavy. ⁷ For biters of him shall start up suddenly. And the plotters against thee shall be sober and thou shalt be plunder for them. ⁸ Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remaining peoples shall plunder thee for the blood of mankind, and for the impieties of a land and a city and of all them who inhabit it.

³⁰ Now if God thus arrayeth the herbage which is today in the field, and tomorrow to be cast into a furnace, will he not much more clothe you, O ye mistrustful? ³¹ Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat; or, what shall we drink; or, with what shall we be clothed? ³² For about all such things the nations are solicitous: for your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

²² Then he said to his disciples, For this cause I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall wear. ²³ Life is a greater gift than food, and the body than raiment. ²⁴ Observe those ravens! they neither sow nor reap; nor have they cellar or barn; yet God feedeth them. Of how much greater value are you than these birds?

³¹ But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things will be superadded to you.

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee." ⁶ So that we may say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can to do me."

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it. ⁷ For having no cultivated field, no driver, nor master, ⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, sluggard, and when wilt thou rouse from sleep? ¹⁰ Thou art sleeping a little; but resting a little; but taking a short nap; but folding thy hands a little while on thy breast! ¹¹ But is not poverty coming upon thee like an unwelcome traveller? And want like a speedy courier? Whereas if thou be diligent; thy harvest will come like a fountain, and want like a bad courier will run away.

²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less.

²⁴ The hand of the valiant can easily conquer: but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

⁴ Every sluggard is employed in wishing: but the hands of the diligent, in procuring.

¹⁵ Fear restraineth the effeminate; but the soul of the slothful shall suffer want.

²⁴ He who hideth his hands in his bosom unjustly; should not bring them out for his mouth.

⁴ Though a sluggard is reproached he is not ashamed: and the same is the case with him who borroweth corn in harvest.

¹³ Love not contradiction that thou mayst not be destroyed: open thine eyes and be filled with bread.

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³⁰ A fool is like a field, and a man void of understanding, like a vineyard; ³¹ if thou lettest them alone, they will be overrun with weeds and grass, and become useless, and their stone fences will be thrown down. ³² I have at length repented and looked about, with a view to chuse instruction. ³³ I am dozing a little: just taking a short nap; just infolding my breast with my hands. ³⁴ If such indeed be thy conduct; poverty will come upon thee like a traveller and want like a swift courier.

¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof will fall, and by idleness of hands a house will become leaky,

²⁷ Labour not to procure the food which perisheth, but the food which endureth for an everlasting life, which the son of man will give you; for him the Father, namely God, hath sealed.

⁵⁸ So then, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, immoveable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.

¹¹ Now we earnestly desire that every one of you would shew the same diligent concern for the full assurance of this hope to the end: ¹² that you may not become languid, but imitators of them who through faith and long suffering inherit the promises.

⁵ therefore, having on your part used all diligence for the very same purpose, add to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, perseverance; and to perseverance, piety; ⁷ and to piety, brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection, universal love; ⁸ for these being in you, and abounding, dispose you to be neither idle nor unfruitful for the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹ for he who is without these is blind, having closed his eyes, having contracted a forgetfulness of the purification of his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, use the more diligence to make your call and election sure; for if you practise these you will never fall;

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it.

⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but a mischievous woman, like a Worm in wood, ruineth her husband.

² A wise servant will rule over foolish masters; and divide portions among brothers.

²⁶ He who bringeth dishonour on a father and causeth his mother to flee; shall be exposed to shame and shall be reproached.

²⁵ the ants, which not having strength, provide their food in summer;

⁶ Seek ye the Lord; and when you find him call upon him. And when he draweth near to you; ⁷ let the wicked man forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his counsels, and turn to the Lord and he shall find mercy; for he will abundantly pardon your sins.

² and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and find thee. If thou wilt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God,

⁸ And on the king's returning out of the garden as Haman had prostrated himself on the sopha to supplicate the queen, the king said, What! would he offer violence to my wife in my house? Upon hearing this Haman was confounded.

¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me.

⁴² Let the righteous see and rejoice, and let all iniquity stop its mouth.

¹¹ There is a fountain of life in the hand of the righteous; but destruction will stop the mouth of the wicked.

²⁶ May he who with holdeth corn leave it to the nations! But blessing be on the head of him who distributeth!

²⁵ but they who reprove shall appear better; and upon them a blessing shall come.

²⁰ A faithful man will be much praised; but the wicked shall not escape punishment.

¹⁹ Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world stand convicted before God.

¹⁶ The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of this chain of mine; ¹⁷ but when he was at Rome, sought me out diligently and found me. ¹⁸ The Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day! Indeed, on how many occasions he ministered to me at Ephesus, thou thyself knowest very well.

³⁶ And to his son I will give two tribes, that my servant David, may have a standing continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

³⁴ For I will shield this city for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.

¹⁶ and they buried him in the city of David with the kings, because he had exercised goodness with respect to Israel, and with respect to God and his house.

¹⁷ May the memorial of him be destroyed from the earth.

²³ he will cause them to clap their hands at him and will hiss him out of his place."

⁵ thou hast rebuked nations, and the wicked one is destroyed. Thou hast blotted out their Name forever and ever. ⁶ The enemy's swords have utterly failed, and thou hast completely destroyed cities, the memorial of them with their din is gone.

¹³ Let his children be for destruction; In one generation let his name be blotted out.

¹⁵ Let them be continually before the Lord. And let the memorial of them be cut off from the earth:

⁶ because he is never to be shaken; the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance:

¹⁰ And I then saw wicked men carried to their graves, even out of this holy place; and when they were gone, they were praised in the city, because they had done as they did. Surely this is vanity.

¹³ Thou, O Lord art the hope of Israel. Let all who forsake Thee be ashamed; let them who have apostatised be enrolled in the dust, because they have forsaken the Lord the fountain of lie.

⁹ Verily I say to you, In whatever quarter of the world these glad tidings are proclaimed, what this woman hath done will be mentioned to her honour.

⁴⁸ because he hath regarded the low condition of his handmaid. For behold! henceforth all generations will call me happy.

³⁴ Give me understanding that I may search thy law, and keep it with my whole heart.

⁵ for by attending to them a wise man will become wiser; and a man of understanding will possess a ride of government

⁹ Give a wise man a hint and he will be wiser; an intimation to a righteous man and he will proceed to take it.

¹⁰ He who winketh deceitfully with his eyes, collecteth sorrows for men; but he who reproveth freely maketh peace.

¹ He who loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he who hateth reproofs is a fool.

¹³ By the transgression of his lips a sinner falleth into snares: but out of them a righteous man maketh his escape. He whose looks are mild will gain compassion: but he who contendeth in the gates will afflict souls.

³ He who guardeth his mouth preserveth his life; but he who is rash with his mouth, shall bring on himself terror.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent will give them a knowledge of their ways; but the folly of fools is in error.

²³ With all who are careful there is abundance; but he who is delicate and taketh no trouble shall be in want.

⁶ The lips of a fool lead him into trouble; and his mouth when bold provoketh death. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is his destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are a charm; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

²⁴ Therefore whoever heareth these words of mine and putteth them in practice, him I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock.

¹³ Whoever among you is a man of wisdom and knowledge, let him, by a virtuous course of life, shew his works with the meekness of wisdom.

⁴ For though I walk amidst the shades of death: I will fear no ills, because thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff have been my comfort.

²¹ To me the innocent and the upright cleaved; because I waited for thee, O Lord.

¹¹ As for me, I have walked in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me. ¹² My foot hath been stedfast in rectitude: in assemblies, I will bless thee, O Lord.

¹¹ Because the Lord loveth mercy and truth; God will give grace and glory: the Lord will not withhold good things from them who walk in innocence.

²³ that thou mayst proceed on in all thy ways in peace and security; and that thy foot may not stumble.

²⁰ but he who is stubborn doth not meet with good. A man of a changeable tongue will fall into evils: but the heart of a fool is sorrow to him who hath it.

¹⁸ He who walketh righteously will be helped: but he who walketh in crooked ways will be entangled.

¹⁵ He who is walking in righteousness, speaking of a straight way; who hateth iniquity and injustice; who shaketh his hands from bribes; who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear a bloody sentence; who shutteth his eyes against the appearance of injustice: ¹⁶ he shall dwell in a lofty cavern of a strong rock: bread shall be given him and his water shall not fail.

²⁶ Therefore be not afraid of them; for there is nothing hid, which shall not be revealed; nor anything secret, which shall not be known.

¹ by which myriads of the people being drawn together, so as to trample upon one another, he took occasion to say to his disciples, Above all, things beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; ² for there is nothing concealed which shall not be disclosed; nor any thing hid, which shall not be known.

⁵ So pass no judgment prematurely, until the Lord come, who will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and expose to view the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise for every one will be from God.

¹³ And the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before them all, "If thou being a Jew mayst live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, why compellest thou .the Gentiles to conform to the rites of the Jews?

²⁵ In like manner also the good works of some are open and manifest; and such as are otherwise cannot be hid.

¹² Thou hast spoken with excessive haughtiness. To what a pitch of boldness is thy heart raised; or at what have thine eyes taken aim;

¹⁹ Over me, let not these, my bitter enemies, vainly rejoice; who hate me without cause, and give assent with their eyes.

¹³ But he winketh with his eye and maketh a sign with his foot; and teacheth, by pointing his fingers;

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prevaricating babbler shall be subverted.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they who have the command of it shall eat the fruits thereof.

¹⁰ For this cause, when I come I will take notice of his works which he doth, talking lightly of us with malicious words, and not content with this, he doth not entertain the brethren himself, and them who would, he hindereth, and casteth them out of the congregation.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous will speak wisdom, and his tongue will talk of justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart, and his footsteps shall not slide.

⁶ The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the righteous; but untimely grief shall stop the mouth of the wicked.

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is tried silver; but the heart of the wicked will not stand the test. ²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

³² The lips of righteous men distil graces; but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life; but the fool shall die by a snare.

⁷ The lips of the wise are devoted to knowledge; but the hearts of fools are not safe.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to them who possess it: but the instruction of fools is evil. ²³ The heart of a wise man will consider the words of his mouth: and on his lips he will carry knowledge. ²⁴ Good words are a honey comb: and the sweetness thereof is health to the soul.

⁴ A speech in a man's heart is deep water; but a stream issueth forth and a flowing spring.

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¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are a charm; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly and the end of his talk is malicious madness. ¹⁴ Though the fool multiplieth words, a man doth not know what the matter is; and what that shall be which will follow who can tell him.

³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things. ³⁶ Now I assure you in respect to every idle word which men shall utter, they shall give an account thereof in a day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shall be condemned.

²⁹ Let no corrupt discourse proceed out of your mouth; nothing but what is good for edification, of such utility as to be a benefit to the hearers.

⁵ So also the tongue is a very small member, yet it boasteth great things. See what a great pile of wood a little fire kindleth to a flame! ⁶ Now, the tongue is a fire, the leader of iniquity; the tongue is set among the members, staining the whole body, and setting the wheel of nature in a blaze, when it is itself set in a blaze by hell. ⁷ For all kinds of beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, are subdued and have been subdued by man; ⁸ But the tongue of man none can subdue. It is an ungovernable monster: it is full of deadly poison.

¹⁸ A wrathful man prepareth battles; but he who is slow to anger appeaseth the rising quarrel. A man slow to anger will extinguish law suits; but the wicked rather promote them.

²⁷ He who is utterly perverse carrieth destruction in his mouth. A man void of understanding diggeth up evils for himself; and treasureth up fire with his lips.

⁹ He who hideth transgressions seeketh friendship: but he who hateth to conceal, setteth friends and relations at varriance.

²⁵ A faithless man judgeth rashly: but he who trusteth in the Lord will be careful.

²² A passionate man stirreth up strife: but a furious man is a digger up of sin.

⁴ Love is long suffering; it aboundeth in kindness. Love is not envious. Love is not insolent: it is not puffed up. ⁵ It doth not behave itself unbecomingly. It is not self interested. It is not easily provoked. It placeth not the evil to account. ⁶ It rejoiceth not in iniquity, but shareth in the joys of truth. ⁷ It beareth all things. It believeth all things. It hopeth all things. It endureth all things patiently.

¹ Whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not from this"from those sensual appetites of yours which are at war in your members?

²⁰ let him know that he who hath brought back a sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and cover a multitude of sins.

⁸ and above all things have fervent love for one another: for this "love will cover a multitude of sins."

¹² Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth thy hand against the land of Egypt, and let the locust come up against the land. And it shall devour every herb of the field and all the fruit of the trees which the hail hath left.

⁹ Be not like a horse or a mule, which have no understanding, the mouths of which, when they come not to thee, thou must strain with a bridle or a cavesson.

³² But he, who through want of understanding, committeth adultery, provideth destruction for his soul.

²² And he is gone after her, attracted by her; as an ox is led to slaughter, or as a dog to be chained: or like a deer pierced through the liver with a dart.

¹⁰ He who winketh deceitfully with his eyes, collecteth sorrows for men; but he who reproveth freely maketh peace. ¹¹ There is a fountain of life in the hand of the righteous; but destruction will stop the mouth of the wicked.

²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous distilleth wisdom; but the tongue of the wicked shall be destroyed.

²³ A wicked man will not hearken to it, nor can he say any thing in season, or for the publick good.

¹⁰ A threat affecteth the heart of the prudent: but a fool, though scourged, is not made sensible.

²⁹ Rods are prepared for the profligate: and punishments in like manner for fools.

³ As a whip for a horse and a goad for an ass; so is a scourge for a sinful nation.

²² Though thou shouldst whip a fool publickly and disgrace him: thou canst not take away his folly.

⁴ The Lord Lord giveth me an instructed tongue, to know when it is proper to speak a word. He gave it me in the morning; he gave me in addition an ear to hear.

²² And all bore testimony in his favour, and expressed admiration at the graceful words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

¹ He who desireth to part with friends seeketh excuses; but he will always be liable to reproach.

⁷ The mouth of a fool is his destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

¹⁵ The heart of a prudent man getteth knowledge; and the ears of the wise seek understanding.

⁸ He who procureth wisdom loveth himself; and he who keepeth it shall find good things.

²³ He who guardeth his mouth and tongue keepeth his soul from trouble.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things.

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which, when a man found, he concealed, and for joy thereof goeth away and selleth all that he hath, and purchaseth that field.

⁵² Then he said to them, Every Scribe then who is instructed for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a family who bringeth out of his treasury things new and old.

⁶ Because it is God, who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who hath shined in our hearts, to give a lustre of the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Jesus Christ; ⁷ and we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may belong to God and not be from, us;

²⁴ If I have made gold my measure, or placed my confidence in precious stones: ²⁵ or if I have exulted because my wealth was great, or laid my hand on what was not counted out to me:

⁶ Some put confidence in their power: and some boast of the abundance of their wealth.

⁷ "Behold the man who made not God his strength: and trusted in the abundance of his wealth; and strengthened himself in his vanity!

²⁰ Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

¹¹ A rich man's wealth is a strong city, and the glory of it casteth a great shadow.

⁷ Every one who hateth a brother in distress shall be far from friendship. A good understanding will approach them who know it, and a prudent man will find it. He who doth much evil perfecteth wickedness; and he who useth irritating words shall not be safe.

²² Oppress not the needy because he is poor: nor treat with disrespect at the gates one who is weak. ²³ For the Lord will judge his cause; and thou shouldst preserve thy life safe and secure.

¹² Wisdom is like the shade of money; but the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is; it will give life to him who is a follower of it.

²³ [J] Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom: nor the mighty man boast of his strength; neither let the rich man boast of his riches:

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God. ² They coveted fields and plundered orphans and tyrannised over houses; they plundered a man and his household; a man and his inheritance;

²⁴ At these words of his, his disciples being astonished, Jesus, addressing them again, saith, Children, How difficult a thing it is for them who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul; Soul, thou hast many good things laid up in store for many years: take thine ease; eat; drink; and be joyful.

¹⁷ Charge them who are rich in this present state not to be high minded; not to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God who imparteth to us richly all things for enjoyment;

¹⁸ A wicked man doth works of injustice: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth. ¹⁹ A righteous son is born to live; but the pursuit of the wicked tendeth to death.

³⁰ From the fruit of righteousness springeth up the tree of life: but the lives of transgressors are prematurely destroyed.

¹⁰ Alas for their souls! Because they have counselled an evil counsel against themselves, saying, "Let us bind the just one, for he is disagreeable to us;" let them therefore eat the fruits of their deeds. ¹¹ Alas for the wicked! according to the works of his hands evils shall befal him. my people!

¹⁷ So every good tree beareth good fruit; and every bad tree beareth bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit; nor a bad tree, good fruit.

³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by its fruit ³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come malicious surmises, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies.

²³ For die wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ Be not deceived. God is not to be imposed on; for whatever a man soweth, that he shall reap. ⁸ Because he who soweth for his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption; but he who soweth for the spirit shall from the spirit reap life everlasting; ⁹ therefore let us not be weary in well doing, for in due time we shall reap without being tired.

¹⁷ and like a gangrene the word of these men will spread, of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who have swerved from the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and subvert the belief of some.

¹³ and wicked men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work, and the labour of that love which you have shewn for his name, by the assistance which you have given and continue to give to the saints.

¹⁶ But while the prophet was speaking to him lie said to him, Have I made thee a counsellor of the king? Forbear, lest thou be scourged. Thereupon the prophet held his peace, for I know, said he, that he hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

²⁵ but set at naught my counsels and disregarded my reproofs: ²⁶ therefore I will laugh at your calamity; and mock when your destruction cometh.

³⁰ nor would they attend to my counsels, but contemned my reproofs:

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord.

⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget;

¹³ Take fast hold of mine instruction, let it not go: but keep it for thyself during thy life.

¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

²³ For the command of a law is a lamp and light; and reproof and instruction is the way of life,

¹⁰ The correction of the innocent is remarked by them who pass by; but they who hate reproofs die dishonourably.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear to the words of the wise; and hear my discourse and apply thy heart; ¹⁸ that thou mayst know that they are good. If thou indeed wilt lay them up in thy heart; they will give thee delight and be on thy lips. ¹⁹ In order that thy hope may be upon the Lord; and that he may make known to thee thy way.

¹ Better is a man of experience, than a man who is stiff-necked: for when the latter is suddenly burned, there is no healing him.

⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say in the presence of God, It was an inadvertence, that God may not be provoked to wrath by thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands,

²⁴ Therefore whoever heareth these words of mine and putteth them in practice, him I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock. ²⁶ But whoever heareth these words of mine, and doth not put them in practice, may be compared to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. ²⁷ When the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; it fell, and great was the ruin thereof.

²⁸ Whereupon he said, Nay, rather happy they who hear the word of God and keep it.

¹ For this cause we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we, through negligence, let them slip.

²⁵ See that you do not reject him who speaketh. For if they did not escape who rejected him who gave forth oracles on earth, how much less shall we who reject him who is from heaven,

⁵ therefore, having on your part used all diligence for the very same purpose, add to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, perseverance; and to perseverance, piety; ⁷ and to piety, brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection, universal love; ⁸ for these being in you, and abounding, dispose you to be neither idle nor unfruitful for the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹ for he who is without these is blind, having closed his eyes, having contracted a forgetfulness of the purification of his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, use the more diligence to make your call and election sure; for if you practise these you will never fall; ¹¹ for thus there will further be administered to you, bounteously, the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

²¹ and Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul, ²² therefore Saul gave orders to his servants, saying, Speak privately to David, and say, Behold the king is well pleased with thee; and all his servants love thee, therefore thou must be the king's son in law.

²⁹ he still continued to fear David;

²⁷ And when Abenner returned to Chebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak to him, and watching an opportunity, smote him there in the groin, and he died, for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.

⁸ he said to Ourias, Go down to thy house and wash thy feet. So Ourias departed from the king's house, and there was sent after him a portion of meat from the king. ⁹ But Ourias laid himself down to sleep at the king's gate, with the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. ¹⁰ And when they told David, saying, Ourias did not go down to his house, David said to Ourias, Art thou not come from a journey, why then didst thou not go down to thy house? ¹¹ And Ourias said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Juda, dwell in tents, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord encamp on the ground, and shall I go down to my house to eat and drink, and lie with my wife? How can I do it? As thy soul liveth, I will do no such thing. ¹² Then David said to Ourias, Tarry here to-day also, and tomorrow I will dismiss thee. So Ourias tarried at Jerusalem that day and the morrow. ¹³ And David invited him, and he ate and drank in his presence. But though he caused him to drink, and made him drunk, yet he went out in the evening, to sleep on his bed with the king's servants, and did not go down to his house. ¹⁴ And in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Ourias, ¹⁵ and in the letter he wrote, saying, Set Ourias in the front of the hottest battle, and retire from him, that he may be smitten and die.

²³ Now about two years after this Abessalom had sheep shearers at Belasor, in the borders of Ephraim; and Abessalom invited all the king's sons. ²⁴ And Abessalom went to the king, and said, Behold they are shearing thy servant's sheep, let the king I pray thee, and his servants, go with thy servant. ²⁵ But the king said to Abessalom, No, my son. We must not all go; for we must not overburthen thee. When he had pressed him, and he would not consent to go but blessed him; ²⁶ then Abessalom said to him, If not; let my brother Amnon, I pray thee, go with us. And the king said, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Abessalom pressed him, so he sent with him Amnon, and all the king's sons. ²⁸ And Abessalom made a banquet like that of the king. And Abessalom gave a charge to his servants saying, Observe when the heart of Amnon is elated with wine, and I say to you, Smite Amnon; then put him to death. Be not afraid, for it is I who command you. Acquit yourselves like men, and be sons of valour. ²⁹ And when the servants of Abessalom had done to Amnon as Abessalom had commanded them, all the king's sons arose, and mounted every man his mule, and fled.

⁹ But as it dropped out and fell, therefore when Joab said to Amessai, art thou well my brother? and with his right hand took hold of Amessai's beard to kiss it, ¹⁰ Amessai did not attend to the sword which was in Joab's hand. So Joab smote him with it into the belly, and his bowels gushed out on the ground, so that he did not repeat the blow. And while he was dying, Joab and Abessa, his brother, pursued after Sabee, son of Bochori,

⁹ Their heart is false; their throat, an open sepulchre: with their tongue they practised deceit.

² They spoke vanities one to another: their lips are deceitful, they spoke with a double heart:

³ Who hath not deceived with his tongue; nor done evil to his neighbour; nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours.

²⁰ Sitting down thou hast spoken against thy brother, and against thy mother's son, propagated falsehood.

²¹ they were scattered by the indignation of his countenance. When his heart was near, his words were smoother than oil. Now they are daggers.

⁵ Him, who privily slandered his neighbour, I expelled. With one of a haughty eye and unsatiable heart I would not eat.

²⁴ A weeping enemy assenteth to every thing with his lips: but in his heart he contriveth deceit. ²⁵ Though an enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, believe him not: for in his heart there is seven fold wickedness. ²⁶ He who concealeth enmity practiseth deceit; but being found out he discloseth his sins in publick assemblies.

²⁰ Therefore, having watched him diligently, they sent to him spies who should feign themselves to be righteous men, that they might lay hold of some word of his, in order to deliver him up to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. ²¹ So they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speakest and teachest uprightly, and that thou art not a respecter of persons, but teachest the way of God with truth.

¹ For the conclusion. For Idithun. An Ode by David. I Said, Let me watch my ways; that I may not sin with my tongue. I set a guard on my mouth; when the sinner stood before me.

²⁷ He who forbeareth to utter a harsh word is prudent: and he who is slow to anger is a man of understanding. ²⁸ Wisdom will be imputed to a fool, who inquireth after wisdom: and he who imposeth silence on himself will be esteemed wise.

³ Because a dream cometh by much temptation, and a fool's voice with many words;

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

² for in many instances we all offend. If any one offend not in discourse he is a perfect man, and able to bridle in the whole body.

⁵ So when the Lord God saw that the wickedness of the men on the earth was multiplied, and that every one was in his heart studiously and continually bent upon evils,

²¹ And the Lord God smelled a sweet savour, and the Lord God having come to a determination, said, "I will no more curse the ground on account of the works of men. Though the imagination of man is studiously bent upon evils from his youth, I will not on that account again smite all living flesh, as I have done.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold and precious stones: and my productions are better than choice silver.

¹⁸ They who wound with their speeches are swords: but the tongues of the wise are healing.

⁴ A healing tongue is a tree of life; and he who keepeth it shall be filled with the spirit.

¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loveth right words.

⁷ for he eateth and drinketh as one swallowing a hair. Neither invite him to thy house, nor eat thy morsel with him:

¹¹ It is an apple of gold in a sardine bracelet, thus to speak a word. ¹² A precious sardius is bound to an ear-ring of gold; and a word of wisdom to an obedient ear.

⁹ [p] The heart is deep beyond all things; so also is a man, who then can know Him?

³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things.

³ For if thou hast instructed many; and strengthened hands which were weak; and raised up with words them who were fainting; ⁴ and given courage to knees which were strengthless:

¹² nor transgress in my bosom: indeed I have hid his words.

²¹ They who heard me paid close attention; ²² and at my counsel they were silent. To my decree they added nothing But were overjoyed when I spoke to them.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous will speak wisdom, and his tongue will talk of justice.

²⁹ For they hated wisdom and did not chuse the word of the Lord:

³¹ Let them eat, therefore, the fruits of their own way; and be filled with their own iniquity.

²³ Such a one dieth with the uninstructed, but from his plentiful means of living he was cast out, and perished by reason of folly.

¹⁶ Why should a fool have wealth? For the stupid cannot purchase wisdom. He who buildeth his house high seeketh destruction: and he who is backward to learn shall fall into evils.

⁹ And moreover, because the preacher was wise, because he taught mankind wisdom; that the ear might find what is comely from parables, ¹⁰ the preacher made diligent search to find pleasing words and a writing of rectitude; words of truth.

¹⁵ and I will give you pastors according to mine own heart, and they shall tend and feed you with knowledge.

¹⁶ Bring them to an end. But let Thy word be to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Because I am called by Thy name, O Lord Almighty;

⁶ my people is like one that hath not knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, therefore I will reject thee from being my priest: as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children.

¹⁹ When any one heareth the doctrine of the kingdom and doth not mind it, the evil one cometh and snatcheth away what was sown in his heart. This is the meaning of that sown on the highway.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil. ²⁰ For whosoever doeth evil hateth the light, and doth not come to the light, that his deeds may not be detected.

¹⁵ So when they had breakfasted, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith to him, Yes, Lord, Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ Again he saith to him a second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith to him, Yes, Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Tend my sheep. ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved that he said to him, the third time, "Lovest thou me," and he said to him, Lord thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith to him, Feed my sheep.

²⁸ And as they did not search out God to have constantly a due sense of him, God gave them up to an undiscerning mind to do things unseemly,

² Tend the flock of God which is among you, watching over it, not by constraint, but willingly; not with a view to sordid gain, but with a ready mind;

² and I will make thee a great nation; and I will bless thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be blessed;

² Now Abram was very rich in cattle and in silver and gold,

²³ that of all which belong to thee I will not take from a thread to a shoe latchet; that thou mayest not say, I have made Abram rich;

³⁵ The Lord indeed hath blessed my master exceedingly, so that he is be 35 come great. He hath given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, men servants and maid servants, camels and asses.

¹² And Isaak sowed in that land and got that year an hundred fold of barley. And the Lord blessed him

¹⁷ Say not in thy heart, My own power, and the strength of my own hand bath procured me this great wealth: ¹⁸ but remember the Lord thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to procure wealth, that he may establish the covenant which the Lord made with thy fathers, as at this day.

¹⁸ But be you very careful to abstain from the Anathema, lest peradventure you through covetousness, take something of what is devoted, and make the camp of the Israelites an Anathema, and destroy us.

¹ But the children of Israel committed a great trespass. They set apart for themselves some of the Anathema. Achar son of Charmi, son of Zambri, son of Zara, of the tribe of Juda, had taken some of what was devoted, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel; ² so that when Joshua sent men to Gai, which is over against Baithel, saying, Take a view of Gai; and the men had gone up, and viewed Gai, ³ and returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not the whole people go up, but let only about two or three thousand go up, and storm the city; thou needest not lead the whole people thither, for they are few in number; ⁴ and about three thousand men had gone up, they fled before the men of Gai; ⁵ and the men of Gai slew of them about thirty six men, and pursued them from the gate, and drove them from the steep. Whereupon the heart of the people was dismayed, and became like water; ⁶ and Joshua rent his clothes. Now when Joshua had prostrated himself, with his face on the ground, before the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they had put dust on their heads, ⁷ Joshua said, Alas, Lord! Why hath thy servant caused this people to cross the Jordan, to deliver them up to the Amorite to destroy us? Should we have tarried, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan? ⁸ What can I say, seeing Israel hath turned back from before his enemy? ⁹ When the Chananite, and all the inhabitants of this land hear this, they will encompass us, and drive us from this land. What then wilt thou do in respect to thy great name? ¹⁰ Thereupon the Lord said to Joshua, Arise; why hast thou fallen on thy face? ¹¹ This people hath sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them. They have stolen some of what was devoted, and put it among their stuff; ¹² therefore the children of Israel cannot stand before the face of their enemies. They shall turn back before their enemies, because they are become devoted. I will no more be with you, unless you remove the Anathema from among you. ¹³ Arise, hallow the people, and order them to hallow themselves, against to-morrow. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, The Anathema is among you. You cannot stand before your enemies, until you remove the Anathema from among you. ¹⁴ You shall therefore all assemble to-morrow, by tribes; and whatever tribe the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by communities; and whatever community the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by houses; and whatever house the Lord shall point out, you shall present it man by man; ¹⁵ and whoever is pointed out, he shall be burned with fire and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and committed iniquity in Israel. ¹⁶ Accordingly Joshua arose early in the morning, and brought forward the people by tribes, and the tribe of Juda was pointed out. ¹⁷ And when it was presented by communities, the community of the Zaraites was pointed out; ¹⁸ and when it was presented man by man, Achar son of Zambri, son of Zara, was pointed out. ¹⁹ Whereupon Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession, and tell me what thou hast done, and conceal it not from me. ²⁰ And Achar answered Joshua, and said, I have indeed sinned before the Lord, the God of Israel. Thus and thus have I done. ²¹ I saw, among the spoil, a piece of tissue, and two hundred didrachms of silver, and an ingot of gold, of about fifty didrachms, and I coveted them, and took them, and behold they are hid in my tent, and the silver is hid under them. ²² Then Joshua sent messengers, who ran to the tent, in the camp, and the things were hid in his tent, and the silver under them. ²³ So they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua, and the elders of Israel who laid them before the Lord. ²⁴ Then Joshua took Achar, son of Zara, and led him up to the valley of Achor, with his sons, and his daughters, and his cattle, and his asses, and all his flocks, and his tent, and all his goods, and all the people accompanied him. And when he had led them up to Emek-Achor, ²⁵ Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? The Lord destroy thee, as at this day! Then all Israel stoned him with stones. ²⁶ And when they had raised over him a great heap of stones, the Lord ceased from the fierceness of his anger. For this cause he called that place Emek-Achor, which is its name at this day.

⁷ The Lord impoverished, and maketh rich; He humbleth, and he exalteth on high. ⁸ He lifteth up the needy from the ground; And raiseth the beggar from a dunghill; To seat them among a people's princes; And he causeth them to possess a throne of glory.

¹⁹ And thou shalt speak to him, and say, Thus saith the Lord, As thou hast murdered and taken possession, therefore thus saith the Lord, In every place where the swine and dogs have licked the blood of Nabuthi, there shall the dogs lick thy blood, and harlots shall bathe themselves in thy blood.

²⁶ And Elisha said to him, My heart indeed did not go with thee, when the man turned about from his chariot to meet thee. Now thou hast received silver; and thou hast now received the apparel and olive yards and vine yards, and flocks and herds and men servants, and maid servants; ²⁷ but the leprosy of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and thy seed forever. So he went out from his presence, leprous like snow.

⁸ Now whatever hope a wicked man hath, that he persisteth; shall he who hath trusted in the Lord be indeed safe? ⁹ Or will God hear his prayer? Or when trouble cometh upon him, ¹⁰ hath he any assurance before him? Or upon his calling, will he hearken to him? ¹¹ But now let me tell you what is by the hand of the Lord. What are from the Almighty I will not falsify. ¹² Behold you all know that you heap vanity on vanities, saying, ¹³ "This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord: and the possession of oppressors, which shall come to them from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If their children be many they shall be for slaughter; and if they grow up to men, they shall be beggars. ¹⁵ Those who are about him shall die by pestilence: and their widows none shall compassionate. ¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as dust; and store up gold as clay: ¹⁷ the righteous shall take charge of all these; and men of truth shall enjoy his wealth. ¹⁸ His house is gone like moths or like a cobweb. ¹⁹ He shall lie down rich but shall not continue so. He hath opened his eyes, and all is gone. ²⁰ Sorrows flowed in upon him like water. In a night a tempest swept him away. ²¹ A burning wind shall take him up and go he must. It shall blow him away out of his place. ²² He will dash upon him and will not spare. Should he by flight flee from his hand, ²³ he will cause them to clap their hands at him and will hiss him out of his place."

²² Hence they who bless him shall inherit the land; but they who curse him shall be rooted out.

³⁸ And he hath blessed them and they have multiplied greatly, and their cattle have not decreased.

⁷ Who raiseth the distressed from the ground, and lifteth the needy from a dunghill: ⁸ to seat him with princes; with the chiefs of his people.

²¹ A portion got at first with too much haste will not at the last be blessed.

²² An envious man hasteth to be rich, and knoweth not that the bountiful shall have mastery over him.

⁶ will they not all take up a parable against him and a fable to tell of him, saying, Woe to him who is heaping up for himself things which do not belong to him? For how long? And making his yoke grievously heavy. ⁷ For biters of him shall start up suddenly. And the plotters against thee shall be sober and thou shalt be plunder for them. ⁸ Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remaining peoples shall plunder thee for the blood of mankind, and for the impieties of a land and a city and of all them who inhabit it. ⁹ Woe to him who coveteth wicked gain for his house, that he ¹⁰ may raise his nest high to be out of the reach of evils. Thou hast contrived shame for thy house; thou hast provoked many ¹¹ peoples and thy soul hath sinned; for a stone out of a wall will cry out, and a Worm from a beam will proclaim these things. ¹² Woe to him who buildeth a city with blood and furbisheth up a city with iniquities!

⁴ therefore I will bring it out saith the Lord Almighty; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who sweareth by my name to a falsehood; and it shall lodge in his house, and destroy it with the timber and the stones thereof.

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ You have lived luxuriously on the earth. You have indulged voluptuousness. You have pampered your hearts, as on a day of public feasting.

¹⁴ who are delighted with evils and have joy in evil perversion;

⁹ The houses of transgressors need purifying; but the houses of the righteous are acceptable.

²¹ The paths of the foolish are destitute of understanding; but a prudent man walketh uprightly.

¹⁸ As they who undertake to cure throw out words for men; and he who falleth in with the proposal will be first supplanted; ¹⁹ so all who ensnare their friends, when they are found out say, "I did it in sport."

⁹ rejoice then, young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart spotless and not by the sight of thine eyes, and know that for all these things God will bring thee to judgment.

²⁵ For the terror, which I dreaded, is come upon me; and that, of which I was afraid, hath befallen me.

²¹ yet the sound of terror is in his ears. When he seemeth to be at peace his destruction shall come.

² Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him: he will hear their prayer and save them.

⁴ I also will chuse their delusions, and pay them back their sins. Because I called them and they did not answer; I spake, but they did not listen:;but did that which is evil in my sight, and chose the things in which I did not delight;

⁶ Happy they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

¹⁸ I will not leave you orphans. I am coming to you.

²⁴ Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be complete.

²⁷ but a certain dreadful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

¹⁴ this also is the confidence which we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will he hearkeneth to us. ¹⁵ Now, if we know that he hearkeneth to us in whatever we may ask; we know that we obtain from him the petitions which we have asked.

¹⁸ and they be like chaff driven by the wind, or like dust swept away by a whirlwind?

¹⁹ He shall lie down rich but shall not continue so. He hath opened his eyes, and all is gone. ²⁰ Sorrows flowed in upon him like water. In a night a tempest swept him away. ²¹ A burning wind shall take him up and go he must. It shall blow him away out of his place.

⁵ who hath not lent his money on usury; nor taken bribes against the innocent. He whose practise is such, shall never be moved.

⁹ for they who do evil shall be cut off: but they who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land. ¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the sinner shall be no more; though thou mayst seek his place, thou shalt not find it.

⁹ Before your bramble bush can make its prickles felt; it will devour you as it were alive, as with wrath.

¹⁸ It is but for their frauds thou hast dealt thus with them. Thou hast overthrown them by their exaltation.! ¹⁹ how they were for destruction! They are gone in a moment! They perished for their iniquity! ²⁰ As a dream of one awaked out of sleep. Thou, Lord, in thy city wilt spurn their ghost;

²⁷ Yes, when tumult shall suddenly come upon you; and destruction like a whirlwind shall be at hand; even when tribulation and siege approach you; or when destruction is advancing upon you.

³⁰ The righteous shall never transfer; but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.

³ A man cannot prosper by wickedness: but the roots of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁷ When the wicked is overthrown, he vanisheth: but the houses of the righteous shall remain.

²⁴ For they could not plant nor could they sow, nor could their root strike into the ground; he blew upon them and they withered, and a whirlwind will sweep them away like stubble.

¹⁸ Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter, [a rock,] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone,

¹⁹ laying up for themselves a good deposit for the time to come, that they may obtain the life everlasting.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription""The Lord knoweth them who are his;" and "Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

¹³ As the coming out of snow in harvest is grateful according to the degree of heat: so is a faithful messenger to them who send him: for he refresheth the souls of them who employ him.

²⁰ As vinegar is hurtful to a boil; so bodily disease giveth pain to the heart. As a moth in a garment and a Worm in wood: so a man's grief hurteth the heart.

⁶ He who sendeth a message by a foolish messenger; by his own ways procureth disgrace.

⁵ yet they say, "Keep at a distance from me; come not near me, for I am clean." This is a smoke which causeth my wrath; a fire is kindled by it every day.

²⁶ Thereupon his master said to him in reply, Malignant and slothful servant! Thou knowest that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter!

¹¹ in business be not slothful: Be fervent in spirit; constant in serving the Lord;

¹² that you may not become languid, but imitators of them who through faith and long suffering inherit the promises.

³² Let his branch lopped unseasonably, die; and let not his young shoot flourish. ³³ Let him be gathered like unripe grapes before his time, and fall like the olive blossom.

¹⁵ Thou wilt not keep the ancient way, which righteous men trod, ¹⁶ who were borne aloft, and whose foundations were the surgy stream. As for them

⁴ He asked of thee life; and thou hast given him length of days forever.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me: and I will teach you the fear of the Lord. ¹² What man soever desireth life and loveth to see good days: ¹³ keep thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking guile:

²³ But thou, O God, wilt drag them down to the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live half their days. But as for me I will trust in thee, Lord.

¹⁶ With length of days I will satisfy him; and I will shew him my salvation.

² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace.

¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy.

¹¹ for by this means thou shalt live long, and years of life will be added to thee.

¹⁷ Run not into an excess of wickedness nor become hardened, that thou mayst not die untimely.

¹¹ A partridge whistled and collected young which it did not bring forth, increasing its wealth but not with judgment; in the midst of its days they will leave it, and at its end it will be a fool.

²⁰ Whereupon God said to him; Fool, this very night this soul of thine will be demanded of thee. Whose then will those things be which thou hast provided?

¹³ Such therefore shall be the end of all who forget the Lord: for the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

²⁰ But safety shall forsake them: for their hope shall be their destruction; and the eyes of the wicked shall melt away.

⁹ therefore my heart was gladdened; and my tongue exulted with joy: moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

²⁴ with thy counsel thou hast guided me, and taken me to thyself with glory. ²⁵ For what is there in heaven for me; or what on earth have I desired, besides thee? ²⁶ Hath my heart and my flesh failed? God is the strength of my heart; God is my portion forever.

⁷ When a righteous man dieth, hope is not lost: but the boast of the wicked perisheth.

²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom. ²⁴ Whereupon he cried and said, Father, Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. ²⁵ And Abraham said, Son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy life time; and Lazarus in like manner, his evil things. But now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ But besides all this, there is betwixt us and you, a huge gulf fixed; so that they, who would go hence to you, cannot. Neither can they who are there, cross over to us.

² through whom we have, by this belief, obtained access to this favour in which we stand and boast in a hope of the glory of God.

¹² joyful in hope; patient in tribulation; stedfastly persevering in prayer;

¹³ Now may the God of this trust fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in this trust by virtue of a holy spirit.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who hath loved us and graciously given us everlasting comfort and good hope,

³ And what, alas! the lasting portion on high? "Destruction is for the wicked and banishment for transgressors."

⁶ For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: and the way of the ungodly shall perish.

¹² There all the workers of iniquity are fallen! they were thrust out and could not stand.

²⁰ Because the sinners shall perish. Therefore when the enemies of the Lord were exalted and glorified; they were flitting away like smoke, and vanishing.

⁷ They shall go on from strength to strength: the God of Gods will be seen in Sion.

⁷ When the wicked sprang up like grass; all the workers of iniquity had a glimpse that they should be destroyed forever.

¹⁵ It is the joy of the righteous to execute judgment: but in the view of the wicked a holy man is unclean.

³¹ but they who wait upon God shall have new strength; they shall put forth fresh feathers like eagles; they shall run and not be wearied; they shall march on and shall not faint.

¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God, and in his name they shall boast; saith the Lord.

²² Many will say to me on that day Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many miracles, ²³ to whom I will then declare, I never acknowledged you; Depart from me ye who work iniquity.

²⁶ Then you will begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. ²⁷ But he will say, I tell you I do not know you whence you are. Depart from me all you workers of iniquity.

⁸ but for them who are contentious and disobedient to the truth and in subjection to unrighteousness, there will be indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who doth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

¹³ I can undergo all things through Christ who strengthened me.

⁸ I saw the Lord continually before me. Because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved;

²⁸ Because the Lord loveth judgment and will not forsake his saints; they shall be preserved forever. The spotless shall be avenged, when the seed of the wicked shall be utterly cut off; ²⁹ the righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein forever.

⁵ For this cause God will utterly destroy thee; tear thee up and hurl thee from thy dwelling; even thy rooted stock out of the land of the living.

¹ A Song of the steps. They who trust in the Lord shall be like mount Sion; he who inhabiteth Jerusalem shall never be shaken.

²¹ Because the upright shall inhabit the land; and the holy shall be left in it; ²² the ways of the wicked shall be destroyed from the land; and the transgressors shall be driven out of it.

²⁵ In a passing tempest a wicked man vanisheth; but the righteous turn aside and are safe forever.

²⁴ Son of man, they who dwell in the waste places in the land of Israel, say, Abraham was a single person, yet he had this land, now we are many; to us this land is given for a possession. ²⁵ [Omitted] ²⁶ [Omitted]

⁹ The leaders of my people shall be hurled from their houses of pleasure; for their wicked devices they have been expelled; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains. ¹⁰ Arise and depart, for this is not a rest for thee. By reason of impurity you are utterly corrupted:

⁴¹ They say to him, "Wretches! he will put them to a wretched death: and his vineyard he will let to others; who will render him the fruits in their seasons."

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? Shall tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ [As it is written, "For thy sake we are killed all the day long, And accounted as sheep for slaughter" ³⁷ We indeed in all these things are more than conquerors by means of him who hath loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other created being shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁸ Let those deceitful lips become speechless, which speak injustice against the righteous with pride and contempt.

¹¹ But the joy of the king will be in God. Every one who sweareth by him shall glory; because the mouth of them who speak lies is stopped.

³ What should be given thee? Or what return made thee for a deceitful tongue? ⁴ Arrows of the mighty sharpened with devouring coals.

¹³ He who from his lips uttereth wisdom, smiteth an imprudent man with a rod.

¹² that she may deliver thee from an evil way and from a man who speaketh perversely.

¹¹ but by the mouth of the wicked it was overthrown.

⁶ The words of the wicked are deceitful: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

² The tongue of the wise knoweth good things; but the mouth of fools poureth out evils.

²⁸ The hearts of the righteous study faithfulness: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. The ways of the righteous are acceptable to the Lord: and by them enemies are made friends.

⁶ The lips of a fool lead him into trouble; and his mouth when bold provoketh death. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is his destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul. ⁸ Fear depresseth the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall suffer want.

¹⁰ the preacher made diligent search to find pleasing words and a writing of rectitude; words of truth.

⁸ sound discourse which cannot be condemned, that he who is of an opposite party may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say of you.