Proverbs 12 Cross References - Thomson

¹ He who loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he who hateth reproofs is a fool. ² He who hath found favour with the Lord groweth better; but the transgressor shall be put to silence. ³ A man cannot prosper by wickedness: but the roots of the righteous shall not be moved. ⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but a mischievous woman, like a Worm in wood, ruineth her husband. ⁵ The thoughts of the righteous are judgments: but the wicked manage deceits. ⁶ The words of the wicked are deceitful: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. ⁷ When the wicked is overthrown, he vanisheth: but the houses of the righteous shall remain. ⁸ The mouth of the wise is praised by man: but the stupid heart is despised. ⁹ Better is the man, who unhonoured serveth himself: than he who honoureth himself and wanteth bread. ¹⁰ A righteous man regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the mercies of the wicked are cruel. ¹¹ He who tilleth his own ground shall be satisfied with bread: but they who pursue vanities are void of understanding. He who taketh pleasure in taverns shall leave disgrace in his own fortresses. ¹² The desires of the wicked are evil: but the roots of the righteous are in secure places. 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. ¹⁴ From the fruits of his mouth the soul of man shall be satisfied with good things; and the recompence of his lips shall be given him. ¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes: but a wise man hearkeneth to advice. ¹⁶ A fool presently sheweth his wrath: but a prudent man concealeth his dishonour. ¹⁷ A righteous man declareth the truth as it appeareth to him: but a false witness is deceitful. ¹⁸ They who wound with their speeches are swords: but the tongues of the wise are healing. ¹⁹ True lips establish testimony: but a hasty witness hath an unrighteous tongue. ²⁰ Deceit is in the heart of him, who contriveth evils: but the counsellors of peace shall have joy. ²¹ Nothing unjust can please a righteous man: but the wicked can fill themselves with mischief. ²² Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but he who dealeth faithfully is acceptable to him. ²³ A prudent man is a throne of knowledge: but the heart of fools will encounter curses. ²⁴ The hand of the valiant can easily conquer: but the deceitful shall be for a prey. ²⁵ Awful news trouble the heart of a righteous man: but good news make him glad. ²⁶ A righteous judge will be a friend to himself: but evils shall pursue sinners: and the way of the wicked shall deceive them. ²⁷ A deceitful man shall not enjoy what he hath caught; but as for a pure man, his acquisition is precious. ²⁸ In the ways of righteousness there is life; but the ways of the revengeful lead to death.

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.

⁶ A senseless man cannot know; nor can the foolish comprehend them.

²⁷ Instruct me in the way of thy statutes, and I will meditate on thy wonders;

⁹⁷ MEM. O! how I have loved thy law, Lord! It is my meditation all the day. ⁹⁸ Thou hast given me a knowledge of thy law above mine enemies; because it is mine forever. ⁹⁹ I had more understanding than all my teachers: because thy testimonies are my study. ¹⁰⁰ I understood more than elders: because I diligently sought thy commandments.

¹⁰ For when wisdom entereth into thine understanding: and knowledge appeareth pleasant to thy soul: ¹¹ good counsel will keep thee, and holy prudence will guard thee:

¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! ¹³ I hearkened not to the voice of him who instructed me and taught me; nor have I inclined mine ear.

¹⁷ Them who love me, I love: and they who seek me shall find me.

³² Now therefore, my son hearken to me:

⁷ He who instructeth the wicked shall receive for himself dishonour; and he who reproveth ⁸ the ungodly will blemish himself. Rebuke not the wicked, lest they hate thee; rebuke a wise man and he will love thee.

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

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

³ The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel did not know me. And this people have not regarded me."

¹⁰ and with all the deceit of this unrighteousness among them who perish. Because they did not embrace the love of the truth that they might be saved;

¹⁵ The nations were completely entrapped by the destruction which they contrived; in the gin which they hid, their foot is caught.

⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment;

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

¹⁸ his heart contriveth wicked purposes, and his feet are swift to do evil:

³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.

⁸ No man is absolute commander over wind to stop the current of it, and over the day of death he hath no authority; nor is there a discharge in the day of battle; nor can wickedness save him who is under its sway.

⁵ And they will no more order the fool to govern, nor shall thy servants any more command silence. ⁶ For the fool will speak foolishly, and his heart will devise vain things; that he may commit iniquity, and utter error before the Lord in order to scatter hungry souls: and the thirsty souls he will send away empty. ⁷ For the counsel of the wicked will devise unlawful devices to destroy the poor with unjust pleas; and to baffle the pleas of the poor in judgment.

²⁴ Because he was a good man and full of a holy spirit and faith, therefore a considerable multitude was added to the Lord.

⁷ for scarcely will any one die for a just man; though perhaps for the good some one may even flare to die:

³³ And blessed be thy conduct, and blessed thou who hast kept me back from coming to blood, that I might save my hand for myself.

³ Now I have seen the foolish taking root, but their sustenance was quickly consumed. ⁴ Let their children be but far from safety, and insulted at the gates of minors, there will then be none to deliver them. ⁵ For what they have collected the righteous shall eat. Nor will they themselves be exempt from wrongs, should their power be exhausted.

²⁹ Let him neither be enriched, nor what he hath continue.

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. ⁹ The eye which saw him, shall see him no more; and his place shall no more him observe.

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.

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

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. ² Around her are mountains; and the Lord is around his people, from this time forth and forever;

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

¹² The desires of the wicked are evil: but the roots of the righteous are in secure places.

¹⁷ that, by means of this belief, the Christ may dwell in your hearts; that you being rooted and grounded in love,

⁷ rooted and built up in him, and firmly established in this belief, as you have been taught; abounding in it with thankfulness.

¹ Wise women have built houses; but the foolish hath pulled them down with her hands.

³⁰ A meek minded man is a physician of the heart; but a heart of sensibility is a corroder of the bones.

¹³ A foolish son is a shame to a father. vows for the hire of a harlot are not pure. ¹⁴ Fathers bequeath houses and wealth to children; but the Lord accommodateth a wife to a husband.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner in the open air; than in apartments plaistered with injustice; and in a house which is not clean.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome, clamorous and passionate wife.

¹⁵ A continual dropping driveth a man out of his house in a rainy day: and so doth a contentious wife. ¹⁶ Boreas is a harsh wind, though it be called by an honourable name.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusteth in her: such a one hath no need of spoils: ¹² for she laboureth for her husband's good all her life long. ¹³ Having spun wool and flax she made a useful work with her hands. ¹⁴ She was like a merchant vessel which bringeth riches from afar: ¹⁵ She arose by night and gave food to her household and work to her maids. ¹⁶ Having viewed a field she bought it, and with the fruits of her hands planted the purchase. ¹⁷ Having girded herself tight about the waist, she strengthened her arms for work. ¹⁸ And finding that it was good to work, her lamp is not extinguished the whole night. ¹⁹ Her elbows she extendeth over the spindle; and her hands she keepeth at the distaff. ²⁰ But she opened her hand to the needy; and stretched out her handful to the distressed. ²¹ Her husband when long abroad is not concerned for those at home: for all with her are well clothed. ²² She made for her husband double garments; and for herself robes of cotton and purple. ²³ And her husband is distinguished in the gates; when he sitteth in council with the elders of the land. ²⁴ She made sindons and sold girdles to the Chananites. She opened her mouth sparingly and with propriety; and had her tongue in due subjection. ²⁵ She clothed herself with majesty and excellence, and enjoyed delights in her latter days.

¹⁶ I watched myself; and at the sound of the prayer of my lips my bowels trembled and a tremor seized my bones; and under me my whole frame quivered. I shall be at rest in the day of affliction, at the time of his coining to the people of my neighbourhood.

⁷ For man indeed ought not to have his head covered, he being an image and a glory of God; but woman is a glory of man;

¹¹ Nevertheless, man is not without woman, nor woman without man in the Lord.

² They spoke vanities one to another: their lips are deceitful, they spoke with a double heart: ³ May the Lord destroy all deceitful lips; and the tongue which speaketh swelling words;

² because, before him, he hath acted with deceit. ³ The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He would not be wise to do good. ⁴ He contrived mischief on his bed; he persisted in every course which was not good, and did not abhor wickedness.

⁶ And if one came to see me, his heart spoke vainly. He collected iniquity for himself; he went abroad and spoke for that purpose. ⁷ All mine enemies spread whispers against me; against me, they devised things hurtful to me.

¹⁵ I will talk continually of thy commandments, and be attentive to thy ways.

²³ Try me, O God, and know my heart: examine me and know my ways;

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm. By David. Deliver me, Lord, from a wicked commoner: from an unjust man of rank, preserve me; ² who hath contrived mischief in their heart. All the day long they prepared battles: ³ they sharpened their tongue like that of a serpent: the poison of asps was under their lips.

²³ The desire of the righteous is altogether good; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.

⁹ Death meeteth the uninstructed and a fool dieth by sins.

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.

¹⁴ Jerusalem! wash thy heart from wickedness that thou mayst be saved. How long do ill grounded reasonings for thy troubles remain in thee?

³ Upon hearing this, Herod the king was alarmed and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ And having assembled all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he inquired of them, where the Christ should be born. ⁵ And they told him. At Bethlehem of Judea. For thus it is written by the prophet, ⁶ "And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judea art by no means the least among the leaders of Juda; for out of thee shall come a leader, who shall tend my people Israel" ⁷ Then Herod, having privately called the magians, got exact information from them concerning the time of the star's appearing; ⁸ and sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go and make exact inquiry about the child. And when you have found him bring me word, that I also may go and pay him homage.

¹⁶ When Herod saw that he was treated with contempt by the magians, he was highly incensed, and he sent and slew all the male children in Bethlehem and all the territory belonging thereto, from those who had entered the second year and under, according to the time, of which he had. got exact information from the magians.

⁴ and were consulting how they might take Jesus by surprise and kill him.

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.

² but have renounced the secrets of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor dealing deceitfully with the word of God, but by the clear manifestation of the truth recommending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

¹ Then Achitophel said to Abessalom, Let me, I pray thee, chuse out for myself twelve thousand men; and I will arise and pursue David this very night. ² And I will come upon him while he is weary, and weak-handed, and surprise him; so that all the people who are with him will flee. And I will smite the king alone, ³ and bring all the people back to thee, as a bride returneth to her husband. Thou seekest only the life of one man, therefore all the people may be at peace. ⁴ Though this reasoning seemed good in the sight of Abessalom, and in the sight of all the elders of Israel,

⁷ Whereupon Mordecai told him what was done and the promise which Haman had made to the king of ten thousand talents to the royal treasury, that he might destroy the Jews; ⁸ and he gave him a copy of the decree for their destruction, which was published among the Susians to shew it to Esther, and told him that he charged her to go in and supplicate the king and to entreat him for the people, calling to mind the days of thy humiliation when thou wast brought up by my bounty. Seeing Haman who is second to the king, hath spoken against us to destroy us, call thou upon the Lord and speak to the king for us, to deliver us from death. ⁹ Accordingly Achrathaius went in and told her all these words. ¹⁰ Thereupon Esther said to him, Go to Mordecai and tell him, ¹¹ that all the nations of the kingdom know, that no man or woman who shall go to the king into the inner court without being sent for, hath any security for life: he only can be saved to whom the king shall stretch forth the golden sceptre. Now I have not been called to go to the king these thirty days. ¹² When Achrathaius delivered this message of Esther to Mordecai, ¹³ Mordecai said to him, Go say to her, Esther, do not flatter thyself that thou alone of all the Jews in the kingdom shall escape. ¹⁴ Be assured, that if thou neglectest the present opportunity, help and protection will come to the Jews from some other quarter; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed. Who knoweth but that for this very occasion thou hast been made queen.

⁴ for I and my people are sold to be destroyed. Had it been to be plundered and reduced to slavery; that we and our children should be bondmen and bondwomen, I would have dissembled hearing it, for the accuser is not worthy of the king's court. ⁵ And the king said, Who is he who hath dared to do such a thing? ⁶ To which Esther replied, The adversary is Haman, this bad man. At this Haman was struck with consternation for fear of the king and the queen.

¹¹ saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, ¹² and swallow him up alive, as the grave, and take away from earth the remembrance of him. ¹³ Let us seize his precious substance and fill our houses with spoils. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us, and let us all have a common purse. Let one scrip serve us. ¹⁵ Go not thou in the way with them; but turn thy foot from their paths. ¹⁶ [Omitted] ¹⁷ For nets are not spread for birds unjustly. ¹⁸ For they who are accomplices to murder, treasure up evils for themselves. And doleful is the destruction of wicked men. ¹⁹ Such are the ways of all who commit iniquitous deeds. For by wickedness they destroy their own soul.

³ From the mouth of fools there is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.

⁷ Their feet are running to evil; they are swift to shed blood. And their reasonings are reasonings for murders. Destruction and misery are in their ways,

²⁶ [J] Since there have been found among my people wicked men, who have set snares to destroy men and have caught them.

¹ [p] Woe is me! for I am like one picking up stalks in harvest, and like one gathering a gleaning at the vintage? Not a bunch of the first fruits is left for me to eat. Ah Woe is my life, ² that the pious is perished from the land, and among men there is not an upright man left! [J] They are all indicted for capital crimes: they grievously afflict every man his neighbour:

¹² And in the course of the day some of the Jews, having entered into a conspiracy, bound themselves by the solemn Anathema, saying they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

¹⁵ Now therefore do you with the Sanhedrim make application to the commander that he may bring him down to you to morrow, as being about to examine his affair more minutely. And as for us, before he come near, we are prepared to kill him.

³ and earnestly intreated him to favour them so far as to send for him to Jerusalem; [they having laid an ambush to kill him on the road.]

¹⁶ His house and his kingdom shall be established for ever before me and his throne shall be raised up again for ever.

²⁶ And now as thou hast spoken let thy name be magnified for ever.

⁶ Now in the city Susoi, the Jews slew five hundred men, ⁷ including Pharsanes and Delphon, and Phasga ⁸ and Pharadatha, and Barea and Sarbaka, ⁹ and Marmasima and Ruphaias, and Arsaius and Zabuthaias, ¹⁰ the ten sons of Hainan of Amadathu the Bugaian, the enemy of the Jews, and rifled them.

¹⁴ Accordingly he granted them leave to do so, and ordered the bodies of the ten sons of Hainan, to be thrown out to the Jews to be hanged up.

³ Now I have seen the foolish taking root, but their sustenance was quickly consumed. ⁴ Let their children be but far from safety, and insulted at the gates of minors, there will then be none to deliver them.

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

¹⁵ It will make its abode in his tent; in his night all his finery will be strewed with sulphur. ¹⁶ Underneath his roots will be dried up; and above, his product will fall. ¹⁷ May the memorial of him be destroyed from the earth. ¹⁸ When his name shall be published abroad, may they drive him from light to darkness. ¹⁹ He will not be acknowledged among his people, nor will his household be safe under the cope of heaven. But in his possessions others shall live secure. ²⁰ They who came after groaned for him, but horror seized them who were before.

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."

²⁵ "As he knoweth their works: he should bring on night and they should be humbled.

¹⁰ Yet a little while, and the sinner shall be no more; though thou mayst seek his place, thou shalt not find it.

³⁵ I have seen the wicked highly exalted, towering aloft like the cedars of Lebanon. ³⁶ Again I passed by, and lo! he was gone. Though I sought him, his place could not be found. ³⁷ Preserve innocence and eye rectitude; for there is a remnant for the man of peace.

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!

²¹ He who wickedly joineth hand to hand shall not go unpunished: but he who soweth righteousness shall receive a just reward.

¹¹ The houses of the wicked shall vanish; but the tents of the upright shall stand.

²⁵ The Lord destroyeth the houses of the haughty: but the border of the widow he hath established.

³ By wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established. ⁴ By knowledge chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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.

³⁹ Then Pharao said to Joseph, Seeing God hath shewn thee all these things, there is none more prudent and wise than thou thyself.

¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, It is of no avail to thee, because thou hast not kept my command which the Lord commanded thee. Till now the Lord had prepared thy kingdom over Israel for ever:

¹⁸ Then one of his servants answered and said, Behold I have seen a son of Jessai the Bethlemite. He is skilled in music, and is a man of understanding and a warrior, graceful in speech, and of a comely appearance, and the Lord is with him.

³⁰ [Omitted]

¹⁷ Now therefore consider, and see what thou canst do: for there is mischief determined on against our master, and his household; but he is so perverse that there is no speaking to him.

¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with shame; but on him my crown shall flourish.

²⁶ therefore I will laugh at your calamity; and mock when your destruction cometh.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the wicked have extolled dishonour.

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.

¹ Doth any one know wise men? Doth any one know the solution of a matter? Wisdom will make his countenance shine; but one of an unblushing countenance will be hated.

² And many of them who sleep in mounds of earth shall be raised up, some for everlasting life and some for disgrace and everlasting shame.

⁸ but as for you, you have turned aside out of the way and weakened many by law. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the Lord Almighty, ⁹ therefore I have made you contemptible and outcasts among all the nations, because you did not keep my ways, but in law have had respect to persons.

⁴ saying, I have sinned in having betrayed innocent blood To which they replied, What is that to us? Look thou to that. ⁵ Thereupon he threw down the money in the temple, and withdrew, and went and strangled himself.

⁴² Thereupon the Lord said, Who is indeed the faithful and prudent steward, whom his master shall have set over his family to dispense regularly the stated allowance of food? ⁴³ Happy is that servant, whom his master, when he cometh, shall find thus employed. ⁴⁴ Verily I say to you, he will appoint him overseer of all his estate.

⁸ And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had acted prudently. Because the children of this world are more prudent for their generation, than the children of the light, are for theirs;

²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died.

¹⁰ According to the favour of God granted to me, I, like a skilful architect, have laid a foundation, and another buildeth upon it. But let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon. ¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus The Christ. ¹² Now if upon this foundation any one buildeth gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; ¹³ the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will shew it: Because it is revealed with fire, therefore the fire will prove every one's work of what sort it is. ¹⁴ If any one's work which he hath built upon it, shall stand the test, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any one's work be consumed he will lose that; but he shall himself be saved but so as through fire.

¹⁸ For it is not he who commendeth himself, who is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.

⁷ Some pretend to be rich, having nothing; and some feign themselves poor, in great wealth.

¹¹ For whoever exalteth himself, shall be humbled, and he who humbleth. himself, shall be exalted.

¹³ But Jacob said to him, My lord perceiveth that the children are tender, and the sheep and cows with me have just had young. If therefore I over drive them one day, all the cattle will die. ¹⁴ Let my lord go on before his servant, and I will recruit them on the way by a leisurely march as fast as the young can walk, until I come to my lord at Seir.

²⁶ Thereupon Judas said to his brothers, What advantage will it be though we slay our brother and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come let us sell him to these Ismaelites and let not our hands be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. So his brothers hearkened to him. ²⁸ And when the Madienite merchants came, they drew him up. They lifted Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they carried Joseph down to Egypt.

²⁸ Thereupon God opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee that thou hast corrected me this third time? ²⁹ And Balaam said to the ass, because thou hast mocked me, and had I a sword in my hand I should now have run it through thee. ³⁰ And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not the ass on which thou hast ridden from thy youth even to this day? Did I ever through stubbornness, do such a thing as this to thee. And he said, No. ³¹ Then God opened the eyes of Balaam; and when he saw the angel of the Lord standing opposite, in the way, with a drawn sword in his hand, he bowed down, and fell flat on his face. ³² And the angel of God said to him, Why didst thou strike thy ass three times? Behold I came out to stop thee, because thy journey is not seemly in my sight,

⁴ Thou shalt not muzzle an ox treading out corn.

⁷ Whereupon Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, have been under my table, gathering up the offals thereof; therefore as I have done, so hath God requited me: And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

² Thereupon Nahas the Ammanite said to them, On this condition I will make a covenant with you, that I may put out all your right eyes, and make you a reproach to Israel.

¹¹ The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence then hast thou this living water?

³¹ Now that the bodies might not remain on the cross during the sabbath, therefore when it was preparation time [for that sabbath was a great day] the Jews besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and the bodies removed. ³² The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first and also of the other who had been crucified with him.

¹³ for the sentence of judgment shall be without mercy for him who hath not exercised mercy, though mercy glorieth over a sentence of judgment. ¹⁴ What is the advantage, my brethren, though one should say he hath belief, when he hath not works? Can that belief save him? ¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister be naked, or in want of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you should say to them, go in peace: be warmed, and be fed to the full; and you do not give them the things necessary for the body, is this any advantage?

¹⁷ Whosoever hath worldly substance, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

¹⁹ By the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat thy bread until thou return into the earth out of which thou wast taken; for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return."

⁴ So they gave him seventy weight of silver, out of the house of Baal-berith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain profligate men, who followed him;

⁴ I did not sit with the council of vanity; nor can I go with them who transgress:

² Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands; thou art happy and it shall be well with thee.

¹⁰ My son, let not wicked men lead thee astray. Consent not when they advise thee,

¹⁴ Go not in the ways of wicked men; nor be fond of the ways of transgressors. ¹⁵ In what place soever they encamp, go not thither: but turn away from them and keep at a distance:

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

⁷ and if among the simple youths she chanceth to see a young man, void of understanding,

⁶ Forsake folly, that you may reign forever: and seek prudence and build up understanding with knowledge."

¹³ A woman who is foolish and bold needeth a curb; she hath no sense of shame.

¹⁶ "Let him who is the simplest of you turn aside to me; and them who want prudence I exhort saying,

²⁰ By walking with the wise thou wilt be wise; but he who walketh with fools will be known.

²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth; but the unrighteous shall perish in a short time.

⁴ Where there are no cattle the stalls are clean; but where there is much provender, the ox's strength is manifest.

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

²⁷ My son, thou hast sayings from me powerfully conducive to thy life: and the life of thy servants.

¹⁹ He who tilleth his own ground shall have plenty of bread; but he who followeth idleness, shall have plenty of poverty.

⁸ They who worship vanities and lies have forsaken their mercy:

²⁸ Let the stealer steal no more; but rather labour, and procure honestly with the work of his hands, that he may have wherewithal to relieve the needy.

¹¹ and to make it your ambition to live quietly, and to mind your own business, and work with your own hands, as we charged you; ¹² that your walk may appear orderly to the world, and that you may be in want of nothing.

⁸ nor eat any man's bread for nothing; but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you;

¹⁰ For there are many who are disorderly, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision, ¹¹ who ought to be curbed, who subvert whole houses teaching what they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

³ And he will be like the tree planted by the streams of water, which will yield its fruit in due season, and its fruit shall not fall untimely. In all that he doth he shall be prospered.

⁹ He lurketh in secret like a lion in his den; He lurketh to make a prey of the poor. To make a prey of the poor when he hath drawn him in; in his net he will humble him.

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is a strong city: but penury is the destruction of the wicked.

⁵ He who shall provide a net to catch his friend; spreadeth it for his own feet. ⁶ For a mighty transgressor there is a great snare; but the just shall have joy and gladness.

⁶ [p] They who are coming are children of Jacob. Israel shall bloom and blossom; and the World shall be filled with his fruit.

³¹ for they who are left shall continue in Judea. They shall strike root downwards and bear fruit upwards.

²⁶ [J] Since there have been found among my people wicked men, who have set snares to destroy men and have caught them. ²⁷ As a trap which hath been set is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit, therefore they became great and rich ²⁸ and overleaped judgment; they did not administer justice to the orphan, nor decide righteously the cause of the widow;

⁷ But blessed is the man who hath trusted in the Lord; and whose hope is the Lord. ⁸ He will be like a thriving tree near waters which shall shoot out its roots in a moist soil. It will not be afraid when heat cometh, though its stock be loaded with branches. In a year of drought it will not be afraid, nor will it fail to bear fruit.

² that the pious is perished from the land, and among men there is not an upright man left! [J] They are all indicted for capital crimes: they grievously afflict every man his neighbour:

¹⁵ He hath drawn up destruction with a hook, and hath dragged out one with a dredge, and enclosed another with his sweep net. For this cause he will rejoice and his heart will be glad; ¹⁶ therefore he will sacrifice to his net and burn incense to his dredge. Because by these he made his mess rich and his food delicious, ¹⁷ shall he on the account of this cast his dredge, and not spare to slay nations continually?

¹³ By the rocky ground are meant those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy; but not having it rooted in them, they are but temporary believers, and in time of trial apostatise. ¹⁴ The ground overrun with thorns denoteth them who hear, and who going away are choaked with cares and riches and the pleasurable enjoyments of life, so that they do not bring fruit to perfection. ¹⁵ But by the good ground are meant they, who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, retain it, and perseveringly bring forth fruit.

⁵ I am the vine; you are the branches. He who continueth in me and I in him he it is who beareth much fruit. Because, separated from me, you can bear nothing:

¹⁶ It was not you who chose me; but it was I who chose you, and placed you that you may go forth bearing fruit, and that your fruit may continue, that the Father may give you whatever you ask of him in my name.

²² But being now set free from sin and become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and in the end, everlasting life.

¹⁶ the Angel who delivered me from all evils, bless these children! And let them be called by my name and by the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaak; and may they be increased to a great multitude on the earth!

⁹ Whereupon David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon, the Berothite, and said to them, As the Lord liveth who hath redeemed my soul from all affliction,

²³ Then king Solomon sword by the Lord, saying, God do so to me and more also, if Adonias hath not spoken this against his own life.

⁶ thou wilt destroy all them who speak lies; a bloody and deceitful man the Lord abhorreth.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord will deliver them.

⁸ when their tongues vilified him. All that saw them were troubled:

² For a man's own lips are a powerful snare, and he is caught by the words of his own mouth.

⁸ A righteous man escapeth a snare: and in his stead the wicked is delivered up.

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

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.

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

¹⁸ It is good to restrain thyself in the one case; and surely for the other consideration thou shouldst not pollute thy hand. Because to them who fear God all things may happen,

²⁴ Then the king commanded and they brought the men who had accused Daniel, and they and their sons and their wives were cast into the den of the lions. And before they reached the bottom of the den the lions had such mastery over them that they broke all their bones.

²⁵ Upon which all the people, answering, said, His blood be upon us and upon our children.

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.

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from, temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgment, to be punished;

⁵ Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: that my joyful lips may praise thy name.

² A good man eateth of the fruits of righteousness: but the souls of transgressors shall perish untimely.

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

²⁰ With the fruits of his mouth a man filleth his belly, and with the fruits of his lips he shall be satisfied. 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 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!

⁴¹ He who receiveth a prophet on the account of his being a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receiveth a righteous man on the account of his being a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give any one of these little ones, were it only a cup of cold water to drink, on the account of his being a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

²⁷ For the son of man will come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and will then render to every one according to his actions.

⁶ since it is just with God to retribute affliction to them who afflict you; ⁷ and to you who are afflicted, rest with us at the manifestation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels,

² For if the word spoken by messengers was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received as its reward a correspondent requital,

²⁶ accounting the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had an eye to the reward.

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

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God and depart from all evil:

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.

¹² There is a way which seemeth right to a man; but the end of it is at the bottom of Hades.

¹⁶ A wise man, when terrified, declineth from evil: but the fool, confident in himself, mixeth with transgressors.

² All the works of the humble are manifest in the sight of God; but the wicked shall perish in an evil day.

²⁵ There are ways which seem right to a man: but the latter ends of them look to the bottom of Hades.

²⁰ Hear my son, the instruction of thy father that thou mayst be wise in thy latter days.

² Every man appeareth righteous in his own eyes: but the Lord directeth hearts.

¹² I have seen a man who thought himself wise: but there was more hope of a fool than of him.

¹⁶ A slothful man thinketh himself wiser than him who in plenty carrieth a message.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit. But a poor man who hath understanding will find him out.

¹² A wicked progeny judge themselves righteous, but have not purged their ways.

¹³ Better is a poor and wise subject than an old and foolish king who hath not yet learned how to conduct himself;

¹⁵ And Jeremias said to the king, If I tell thee, wilt thou not put me to death? And if I give thee counsel, perhaps thou wilt not hearken to me. ¹⁶ Then the king sword to him, saying, As the Lord liveth who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of those men. ¹⁷ And Jeremias said, Thus said the Lord, if thou wilt go out to the generals of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live and this city will not be burned with fire. Both thou and thy family shall live. ¹⁸ But if thou wilt not go out, this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans and they will burn it with fire; and thou shalt not escape. ¹⁹ And the king said to Jeremias, I am afraid of the Jews who have fled to the Chaldeans, lest upon being delivered into their hand they make me a mocking stock. ²⁰ And Jeremias replied, Thou wilt not be delivered up to them, Hear the word of the Lord which I speak to thee and it will be better for thee and thy soul shall live. ²¹ But if thou wilt not go out, this is the word which the Lord hath revealed to me, ²² "And behold all the women who were left in the house of the king of Juda were brought out to the chiefs of the king of Babylon. And they said, Thy men of peace deceived thee, and will prevail over thee. And with a fall they will weaken thy foot. They are gone from thee. ²³ And thy wives and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans. And thou shalt not escape. For by the hand of the king of Babylon thou shalt be taken and this city shall be burned." ²⁴ Then the king said to him, Let no man know any of these words, and thou shalt not be put to death. ²⁵ And if the chiefs hear that I have spoken to thee and come to thee and say, Tell us, What did the king say to thee? ²⁶ Hide it not from us and we will not put thee to death. What did the king say to thee? Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there. ²⁷ So when all the chiefs came to Jeremias and questioned him, he answered them according to all the words which the king commanded and they were silent; for the word of the Lord was not heard. ²⁸ So Jeremias remained in the court of the prison until Jerusalem was taken.

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican.

³ For if any one thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

³⁰ Upon this Saul was greatly enraged at Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of the perverse and rebellious! For do I not know that thou art an accomplice of the son of Jessai, to thy own shame, and the confusion of thy mother? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jessai liveth, thy kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send and seize that young man, for he shall surely die. ³² And when Jonathan in reply said to Saul, Why must he die? What hath he done? ³³ Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan, to put him to death. So Jonathan knew that his father was fully bent on this mischief, to slay David, ³⁴ and started up from the table in great wrath, and did not eat bread the second day of the moon: for he was grieved for David, because his father was determinedly set against him.

¹ And when Achab told his wife Jezabel all that Elias had done, and how he had slain the prophets with the sword, ² Jezabel sent to Elias, and said, As sure as thou art Elias, and I Jezabel, God do so to me and more also, if by this time to-morrow I do not make thy life like the life of one of them.

¹² Hatred stirreth up contention; but friendship covereth all them who are not contentious.

³³ In the good heart of a man there is wisdom; but in the heart of fools it is not discernable.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to them who possess it: but the instruction of fools is evil.

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

²⁸ A man who doth any thing without counsel; is like a city which hath the foundations of walls laid and is without walls.

¹¹ A fool sheweth all his wrath; but a wise man dispenseth it gradually.

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

¹⁴ And Abimelech answered the king and said, Who among all thy servants was like David, in high trust, and the king's son in law, and thy prime minister, and highly honoured in thy house? ¹⁵ Have I now begun to consult God for him? Xo. Let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against all my father's house. For thy servant knew nothing of all these things, less or more.

¹⁹ as a false witness he spreadeth lies, and soweth discord among brethren.

⁵ A faithful witness doth not lie; but a false witness kindleth lies.

²⁵ A true witness will deliver a soul from evils; but a deceitful witness kindleth lies.

⁵ A false witness shall not go unpunished; and he who accuseth unjustly shall not escape.

²⁸ He who is surety for a foolish son, shall rail at the statute; but the mouth of the wicked shall swallow decisions.

²⁸ A false witness shall perish; but a man who is a witness will speak guardedly.

²⁸ Be not a false witness against thy fellow citizen, nor give a loose to thy lips.

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

⁵⁹ And the chief priests and the elders, even the whole Sanhedrim, sought false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

¹³ and set up false witnesses, who said, This man is incessantly speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

¹⁶ having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they who calumniate your good conversation in Christ may be put to shame.

² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit.

⁴ and delivered my soul from the midst of lions. I laid me down to sleep, troubled as I was. As for the sons of men, their teeth are weapons and darts; and their tongue is a sharp sword.

⁷ Behold they are to speak oraculously with their mouth; and have a sword in their lips; For who heard?

³ They sharpened their tongues like a sword: they bent a bow, a bitter thing,

²² for they are life to them who find them and health to all flesh.

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.

¹⁷ A daring king will involve himself in evils; but a wise ambassador will deliver him.

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

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

²⁴ Good words are a honey comb: and the sweetness thereof is health to the soul.

¹⁸ Sharp is a nail and a sword and an arrow: so is a man who beareth false witness against his friend.

³³ And the men of understanding among the people will keep up an intelligence for many purposes; but they will be weakened by sword and by fire, and by captivity, and by plundering, for days.

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.

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword. And his countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

² and in the middle of the broad street of the city on both sides of the river at proper distances there was a tree of life bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month and the leaves of the tree are to heal the nations.

⁵ But the mirth of the wicked is sudden ruin, and the joy of transgressors, destruction,

⁴ Thou hast loved all the decrees of destruction; a tongue practised in deceit. 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.

⁹ Let not a false witness go unpunished; and let him who kindleth mischief perish by it.

⁴ And be not like your fathers to whom the former prophets called, saying, "Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked devices, " but they hearkened not, nor gave attention to listen to me, saith the Lord. ⁵ As for your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, will they live forever? ⁶ But receive ye my words and my statutes; all that I, by my spirit, give in charge to my servants the prophets, who reached your fathers, when they addressed them and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to deal with us according to our ways, and according to our devices, so hath he dealt with us."

³⁵ The heaven and the earth shall fail; but my words shall not fail.

³ Upon which Peter said, Ananias, Why hath Satan filled thy heart that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back a part of the price of the land? ⁴ While it remained, did it not remain thine? And when sold it was still at thine own disposal. Why then hast thou determined this thing in thy heart? Thou hast not lied to men, but to God. ⁵ Upon hearing these words Ananias fell down and expired. And great fear came upon all who heard these things. ⁶ Then the young men arose and having swathed him, they carried him out and buried him. ⁷ And about the space of three hours after, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. ⁸ And Peter said to her, Tell me; did you sell the land for such a price? And she said, Yes, for so much. ⁹ Thereupon Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed to try the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them, who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out. ¹⁰ At that instant she fell at his feet and expired. And the young men coming in found her dead. So they carried her out and buried her by her husband.

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.

⁶ because for us a child is born, and to us a son is given, whose government is on his own shoulder; and his name is called, "The Messenger of Great Counsel." For I will bring peace on the rulers and health for him. ⁷ His government shall be great and to his peace there is no boundary, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to reestablish it, and support it with judgment and justice, henceforth and forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

¹⁶ As for me, I was not weary of following Thee, nor did I desire the day of a man: Thou knowest. The words which pass my lips are before Thee,

¹³ And he shall take authority and sit and rule on his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand; and there shall be a counsel of peace between both.

⁹ Happy the peace makers; for they shall be called children of God.

²¹ For from within, out of the heart of man, proceed those evil surmises, adulteries, fornications, murders, ²² thefts, inordinate desires, malice, fraud, sensuality, envy, detraction, pride, foolishness.

¹⁴ And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man. For thou respectest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God with truth. Is it lawful to pay tribute to Caesar? Or is it not? ¹⁵ Should we give? Or should we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do ye try me? Bring me a deniar, that I may see it. ¹⁶ So they brought him one. Then he saith to them, Whose image and inscription is this? And they said, Caesar"s. ¹⁷ Then Jesus, answering, said to them, Render to Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and to God, the things which are God's. And they expressed admiration at him.

²⁹ filled as they were with all manner of injustice, lewdness, maliciousness, covetousness, mischief, being full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, evil habits; being whisperers,

¹⁴ Follow peace with all men, and that holiness without which none shall see the Lord,

⁸ Finally, be all of one mind, sympathising with one another, full of brotherly love, compassionate, courteous ⁹ not rendering evil for evil, revile for revile; but on the contrary, blessing; knowing that you have been called for this, that you may inherit a blessing. ¹⁰ For "whoever desireth life; and loveth to see good days; Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile; ¹¹ Let him depart from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. ¹² Because the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, And his ears are open to their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them who do evil." ¹³ Who then will hurt you if you be imitators of him who is good?

¹⁰ no evils shall come upon thee, nor shall a scourge approach thy dwelling.

¹⁴ A bold hearted man will be satisfied with his own ways; but a good man, with his intentions.

¹² Therefore thou shalt say to this people, Every leathern bottle is to be filled with wine. And if they say to thee, Do we not know very well that every leathern bottle is to be filled with wine? ¹³ Then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will fill the inhabitants of this land, both their kings who are seated' as sons of David on their thrones, and the priests and the prophets, even Juda and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. ¹⁴ And I will scatter them, their heads of families and their brethren, both fathers and their sons at the same time. I will not have compassion, saith the Lord, nor will I spare, nor pity them for their destruction.

¹⁶ Because of thy glory drink thou also a full draught of dishonour, and be confounded at heart and shaken. The cup of the right hand of the Lord is come round to thee and dishonour is heaped upon thy glory.

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

²² whether Paul. or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours, ²³ and you are Christ's and Christ is God's.

¹⁷ For this momentary and light affliction of ours is working out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression,

¹³ Who then will hurt you if you be imitators of him who is good?

⁶ render to her as she hath rendered to you and requite her double according to her works. In the cup in which she mingled, mingle for her a double portion.

¹⁶ Because he delighteth in all those things which God hateth: therefore he is destroyed for the depravity of his soul. ¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

¹ A deceitful balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

²⁰ Crooked ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

¹⁵ the aged and the honourable, this was the head; and the prophet who teacheth falsehood, he is the tail.

²⁴ but let him who boasteth, boast of this only, that he understandeth and knoweth, that I am the Lord, who exercise mercy and judgment and justice on the earth: that in these things is my delight, saith the Lord.

¹⁹ They have indeed inveigled souls and profaned me to my people, for a handful of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill souls which should not die; and to preserve souls alive which ought not to live, by your oracling to the people who hearken to vain oracles.

²² Because you turned aside the heart of the righteous, whom I turned not aside, in order that you might strengthen the hands of a transgressor that he should by no means turn from his evil way and live;

⁸ but the cowards and the unbelieving and abominable and murderers and prostitutes, and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.

¹⁵ but without are the dogs and the sorcerers and the prostitutes and the murderers and the idolaters and every one who loveth and practiseth falsehood.

¹⁴ Wise men will lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the rash is near destruction.

¹⁹ In speaking much thou canst not avoid sin; but if thou art sparing of thy lips, thou wilt be wise.

¹³ A double tongued man revealeth cabinet counsels: but one of a faithful spirit concealeth matters.

¹⁶ Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the fool hath laid open his wickedness.

³ In every way at least when a fool is on his march his heart will fail him so that all which he shall devise is folly.

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.

¹⁵ But seeing the resting place, that it was good, And the land, that it was fertile, He bowed his shoulder to labour And became a husbandman.

²¹ [Omitted]

²⁸ this man Jeroboam was mighty in power, and Solomon seeing that the youth was a man of business set him over the burdens of the house of Joseph.

²⁰ Now when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned from Egypt they had sent and invited him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel, so that there was none who followed the house of David but only the tribes of Juda and Benjamin.

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.

²⁷ A deceitful man shall not enjoy what he hath caught; but as for a pure man, his acquisition is precious.

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

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

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

²⁵ Wishing killeth the slothful; for his hands do not chuse to labour. ²⁶ All the day long a wicked man indulgeth wicked desires; but the righteous unsparingly exerciseth pity and compassion.

¹³ A slothful man maketh excuse and saith, There is a lion in the highways and murderers in the streets.

²⁹ A man clear in his perceptions and quick in the despatch of business should stand before kings and not wait on slothful men.

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.

¹³ A slothful man sent on a journey saith, There is a lion in the way and murderers in the streets. ¹⁴ As a door turneth on its hinges so doth a slothful man on his bed. ¹⁵ A slothful man having hid his hand in his bosom cannot bring it out to his mouth. ¹⁶ A slothful man thinketh himself wiser than him who in plenty carrieth a message.

¹ and in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, the wine being before me, I took the wine, and when I had given it to the king [now there was .none besides me in waiting] ² the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and thou not at thine ease? this is nothing but grief of heart. At this I was greatly terrified

⁶ I was in misery and wholly bent down: all the longsome day I went mourning.

¹¹ Why art thou, my soul, cast down; and why disquietest thou me? Trust in God, for I shall praise him; he is the health of my countenance and my God.

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

¹⁰ The heart of a man who hath sensibility; the soul of him who hath a feeling for pain, when he is made glad, mingleth not with pride.

¹³ When the heart is glad the countenance is cheerful; but when in sorrow, it is sad.

¹⁵ The eyes of the wicked are continually looking for evils; but the good are continually at rest.

²² A cheerful heart promoteth health; but the bones of a heart wounded man are dried up.

¹⁴ A wise servant appeaseth a man's anger; but a mean spirited man who can bear?

¹¹ It is an apple of gold in a sardine bracelet, thus to speak a word.

⁹ With myrrh and wine and perfumes the heart is cheered: but with misfortunes the spirit is broken.

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.

¹³ And the Lord Almighty answered the angel, who had been talking with me, with good determinations, and comfortable words.

³³ Then he taketh with him Peter, and James and John, and being seized with agonizing horror and distress of mind, ³⁴ he saith to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even to death. Stay here and watch.

⁴ For in great affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears"not that you should be grieved, but that you might know that overflowing love which I have for you. ⁵ Now if any one hath occasioned grief, he hath grieved me only as a partner in it; that I may not continue a burden on you all; ⁶ sufficient for such a one is the censure which hath been passed by the majority; ⁷ so that, on the contrary, I rather wish you to forgive and comfort him, that such a one may not be overwhelmed with an excess of sorrow.

³ By the hallowed things in this land of his he had marvellously displayed all his designs.

¹² At the flash of the lightning before him, the clouds burst. Hail stones and coals of fire! ¹³ Then the Lord thundered from heaven, the Most High uttered his voice:

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.

²⁷ He who forbeareth to utter a harsh word is prudent: and he who is slow to anger is a man of understanding.

⁴⁶ For if you love them who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the publicans the same? ⁴⁷ And if you salute your brethren only, wherein do ye excel? Do not even the publicans do the same? ⁴⁸ You therefore are to be perfect, as your Father, who is in heaven, is perfect.

³² If you indeed love them who love you, what thanks are you entitled to. For even sinners love those who love them. ³³ And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are you entitled to? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receives what thanks are you entitled to. For even sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as much in return. ³⁵ But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be great. And you will be the children of the Most High Because he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant; ³⁶ be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

¹³ Let no one when tempted say, I am tempted of God. For God cannot be tempted by evil, neither doth he tempt any one. ¹⁴ But every one is tempted by his own desire, when allured and ensnared.

¹⁸ You who are servants, be subject to your masters with reverence, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the morose. ¹⁹ For this is pleasing, if from a conscientious regard to God one endureth grief suffering wrongfully. ²⁰ For what glory is it, if when you commit a fault and are beaten, you suffer patiently? But if when acting well you meet with ill usage, and bear it, this is well pleasing in the sight of God. ²¹ For to this you have been called, because Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps,

¹⁸ For uttering, with a solemn tone, swelling words of vanity, they by the lusts of the flesh. by acts of lasciviousness, ensnare them who are indeed flying from those conversant in error; ¹⁹ promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves to corruption; for by whatever one is subdued, by that he is enslaved ²⁰ For if alter fleeing from the pollutions of the world by an acknowledgment of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, any are again entangled and overcome by them, the last state of such persons is worse than the first. ²¹ For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them. ²² But it hath happened to them according to the true proverb, "The dog is returned to his vomit," and "the washed hog to its wallowing slough."

²⁶ These things I have written to you with a view to them who are seducing you.

⁹ And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent who is called The Devil and Satan who leadeth the whole world astray. He was thrown on the earth and his angels were thrown with him.

¹⁴ and it leadeth astray the dwellers on the earth by the signs which it had power to do in the presence of the beast; commanding the inhabitants of die earth to make an image of the beast which had the wound of a sword and lived.

¹⁶ Better is the little which a righteous man hath, than the abundant wealth of sinners.

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without that fear.

⁸ He who seeketh the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness. And they who seek him early shall find peace.

² and put to thy hand, knowing that thou must provide the like. But if thou hast an appetite not easily satisfied;

¹⁵ A slothful man having hid his hand in his bosom cannot bring it out to his mouth.

¹⁵ Behold I have this day set before thee Life and Death, Good and Evil.

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

¹⁶ The works of the righteous produce life; but the hands of the wicked produce sins.

¹⁹ A righteous son is born to live; but the pursuit of the wicked tendeth to death.

⁹ and hath walked in my statutes, and kept my judgments to do them. Such a one is righteous. He shall live, saith the Lord.

²⁰ But the soul which sinneth shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of his father; nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and upon the iniquitous shall be his iniquity. ²¹ But if the unrighteous man will turn from all the unrighteous acts which he hath done, and will keep all my commandments, and practise righteousness and mercy; he shall surely live and not die. ²² None of the transgressions which he committed shall be remembered; for the righteousness which he hath exercised, he shall live. ²³ Can I [saith the Lord] so much desire the death of the unrighteous, as I do that he should turn from his evil way and live? ²⁴ But when a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity according to all the iniquities which the wicked hath done, none of the righteous acts which he hath done shall be remembered. For the sins which he hath committed, even for these he shall die.

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.

²² But being now set free from sin and become servants of God, you have your fruit to holiness, and in the end, everlasting life. ²³ For die wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹¹ For the favour of God which is for salvation hath been brightly displayed for all men ¹² teaching us in order that we, renouncing impiety and worldly lusts, may live soberly and righteously and piously in this present world,

²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who practiseth righteousness is born of him.

⁷ Children, let no one deceive you. He who practiseth righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous.

¹¹ Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who doth good is of God. But he who doth evil, hath not seen God.