Proverbs 20 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Wine is intemperate, and drunkenness scornful. And with these every fool is entangled. ² The threat of a king is like the rage of a lion; and he who provoketh him sinneth against his own life. ³ It is an honour to a man to abstain from railing; but with such things every fool is entangled. ⁴ Though a sluggard is reproached he is not ashamed: and the same is the case with him who borroweth corn in harvest. ⁵ Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it up. ⁶ A man is a great thing: and a merciful man a precious thing: but it is hard to find a faithful man. ⁷ He who conducteth himself spotless in justice shall leave behind him his children happy. ⁸ When a righteous king sitteth on a throne, nothing that is evil can stand his eyes. ⁹ Who can boast that he hath a clean heart? Or who can say with confidence that he is pure from sin? ¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures are impure in the sight of the Lord. Yes, both they and he who useth them. ¹¹ A youth when in company with the godly, will be restrained in his devices and his way will be straight. ¹² The ear heareth and the eye seeth; and both are the work of the Lord. ¹³ Love not contradiction that thou mayst not be destroyed: open thine eyes and be filled with bread. ¹⁴ [Omitted] ¹⁵ [Omitted] ¹⁶ [Omitted] ¹⁷ [Omitted] ¹⁸ [Omitted] ¹⁹ [Omitted] ²⁰ Whosoever curseth father or mother; let his lamp be extinguished and his eye balls involved in darkness. ²¹ A portion got at first with too much haste will not at the last be blessed. ²² Do not say, I will take vengeance on an enemy; but wait for the Lord that he may help thee. ²³ A diverse weight is an abomination to the Lord: and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight. ²⁴ The steps for a man are plainly set forth by the Lord: how then should a mortal consider his ways! ²⁵ The hasty dedication of his property is a snare to a man for after the vow a change of mind happeneth. ²⁶ A wise king is a winnower of the wicked; and he will bring a wheel over them. ²⁷ The spirit of man is a light of the Lord, who searcheth the inward recesses of the body. ²⁸ Beneficence and truth are a guard to a king: and they will encompass his throne with justice. ²⁹ Wisdom is an ornament to young men: and grey hairs are the glory of the old. ³⁰ Blood shot eyes and bruises light upon bad men: and there are Wounds for the inner recesses of the body.

²¹ and he drank of the wine and was intoxicated and uncovered in his house. ²² And Cham, the father of Chanaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and going out told his two brothers without. ²³ Whereupon Sem and Japheth took the garment and put it on both their shoulders, and went backwards and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces being turned from him, they did not see the nakedness of their father.

³¹ And the elder said to the younger, Our father is old and there is none in this land who will come in unto us, as is customary in all the earth. ³² Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him that we may raise up seed from our father. ³³ So they made their father drink wine that very night, and the elder having gone in lay with her father that night, and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁴ And on the next night the elder said to the younger, Lo! I lay with our father last night, let us make him drink wine this night also, and do thou go in and lie with him and let us raise up seed from our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger went in and lay with her father; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose. ³⁶ Thus the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

³⁶ Then Abigaia went to Nabal, and behold he had an entertainment at his house like that; of a king, and Nabal's heart was elated for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing less or more till the next morning. ³⁷ But in the morning when Nabal had recovered from his wine, his wife told him all these things. and his heart was confounded, and he became like a stone. ³⁸ And in about ten days the Lord smote Nabal, and he died.

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.

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.

¹⁶ Now Son Ader was revelling at Sokkoth, he and the kings, the thirty two kings his auxiliaries. ¹⁷ And when the younger sons of the chiefs of the communities first marched out, messengers were sent who told the king of Syria and said, There are men coming out of Samaria. ¹⁸ Whereupon he said to them, If they come out for peace, take them alive; or if they come out for battle take them alive and let them not get away out of the city. ¹⁹ The younger sons of the chiefs of the communities and the army that followed them had now smitten every one his man. ²⁰ And when they repeated this, every one slaying his second man, Syria fled and Israel pursued them, And Son Ader king of Syria escaped on the horse of a cavalier. ²¹ And the king of Israel went out and took all the horses and the chariots. And when he had smitten Syria with great slaughter

²⁹ Who hath Woes? Who hath trouble? Who hath law suits? Who hath vexations and squabbles? Who hath Wounds with out cause? Whose are the eyes suffused with blood? ³⁰ Are they not theirs who tarry long at wine; who frequent the places where there are revels? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with righteous men: and converse in the publick walks. ³¹ For if thou givest thine eyes to cups and goblets; thou wilt go about afterwards naked as a pestle: ³² and be, at last, like one swollen by the bite of a serpent; or as one stung by a basilisk. ³³ When thine eyes behold a strange woman; then will thy mouth speak perversely. ³⁴ And thou wilt lie as in the midst of the sea: and like a pilot in a mighty storm. ³⁵ And thou wilt say, They have beaten me and I felt no pain; they insulted me and I was not sensible of it. When will it be day; that I may go and seek with whom I can have a meeting.

⁴ Princes are passionate, therefore let them not drink wine,

²² Woe to your mighty men who drink wine; and to your princes who mingle strong drink:

⁷ For by wine these were made transgressors; they were led astray by strong drink. Priest and prophet were stupefied with strong drink; they were gorged with wine; they were agitated by drunkenness; they reeled to8 and fro. This is oracling!

¹¹ to attend to fornication and wine, therefore the heart of my people embraced drunkenness.

⁵ With regard to the days of your kings, the chiefs had begun to be inflamed with wine. He had stretched forth his hand with turbulent men.

¹⁵ Woe to him who maketh his neighbour drink a foamy intoxicating draught, making him drunk that he may inspect his caves. 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.

¹⁰ nor thieves, nor such as indulge inordinate desires, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like, of which I forewarn you, as I have indeed before declared that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God:

¹⁸ And be not intoxicated with wine in which there is debauchery, but be filled with the spirit

³⁸ Because they have hallowed the censers of these sinful men with their lives, therefore make them up into thin plates, as a cover for the altar. Because they were presented before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed, and made a sign for the children of Israel.

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.

³⁶ But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is a messenger of death: but a wise man can pacify it. ¹⁵ The son of a king is in the light of life: and they who are acceptable to him are as an evening cloud.

¹² The threat of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but his favour is like dew on the grass.

⁴ If the spirit of a ruler rise up against thee, resign not thy place: for a reconciliation will mollify great offences.

¹⁰ Am I to follow the Lord? Will he roar like a lion? And because of his roaring, will the children of waters be affrighted?

⁸ shall a lion roar and none be struck with dread? Hath the Lord spoken and will none prophesy?

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

⁹ Whereupon Joas king of Israel, sent to Amessias king of Juda, saying, The thistle which is on Libanus sent to the cedar on Libanus saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife; but the wild beasts of the field in traversing Libanus trampled down the thistle.

¹⁷ A passionate man acteth without counsel; but a prudent man beareth many things.

²⁹ A man slow to wrath, is of great understanding; but a passionate man is egregiously foolish.

³² A man who is slow to wrath is better than the mighty; and he who subdueth anger is better than he who taketh a city,

¹⁴ A righteous government giveth force to words: but sedition and quarrelling are the forerunners of want.

⁶ The lips of a fool lead him into trouble; and his mouth when bold provoketh death.

¹¹ A merciful man is slow to wrath; and his boast is over transgressors.

²⁴ He who is bold, selfwilled and boastful is called loimos [a pest;] and he who harboureth mischief is called a transgressor.

⁸ Enter not hastily into a quarrel: lest thou repent at the last when thy friend shall upbraid thee. ⁹ In yielding shew no contempt, ¹⁰ lest thy friend upbraid thee: in which case thy quarrel and enmity will not cease, but last till death. Favour and friendship give freedom. Keep these for thyself that thou mayst not be exposed to reproach. But keep thy ways with a placable temper.

⁶ for the praise of the glory of that favour of his with which he made us objects of favour in the Beloved; ⁷ by whom we have this redemption by his blood; the forgiveness of our sins according to the richness of his grace ⁸ in which he hath abounded for us

³² and be kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, forgiving one another. And as God hath in Christ forgiven you,

¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

³ They who were foolish took their lamps, but did not take oil with them. ⁴ But the prudent took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ And while the bridegroom tarried they all became drowsy and fell asleep. ⁶ And at midnight there was a cry, Behold the bridegroom is coming; Go out and meet him. ⁷ Then all the virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. ⁹ In reply to which the prudent said, Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you. Therefore go rather to them who sell, and buy for yourselves. ¹⁰ And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came, and they who were ready went in with him to the wedding, and the door was shut.

²⁴ then he, who had received the one talent, came and said, Sir, I knew that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou didst not scatter; so, ²⁵ being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth. Here it is. Thou hast what is thine own. 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! ²⁷ Thou shouldst therefore have lodged my money with the bankers, that at my return I might have received mine own with interest. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him; and give it to him who hath the ten talents.

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.

⁶ They searched for iniquity: they failed in the search. A man is to come with a deep heart; and God is to be exalted.

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

¹¹ For who of mankind knoweth the things of a man, but only the spirit of the man which is in him? So no one knoweth the things of God, but the spirit of God only.

¹ For the conclusion, for the eighth [day] A Psalm by David. SAVE me, O Lord! for a holy one hath ceased; for truths are scarce among the sons of men.

¹⁴ As winds and clouds and rain are conspicuous things; so is he who boasteth for a false gift.

² Let a neighbour praise thee and not thine own mouth; a stranger and not thine own lips.

²⁸ examining them one by one to find a class which my soul earnestly sought, but I did not find: though I found one man of a thousand, yet a woman among all these I did not find: but behold this I found, that

¹ [J] Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; and look, and inquire, and search in her broad ways. If you can find; if there be a man, who executeth judgment and seeketh truth, I will be merciful to them saith the Lord.

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:

² Therefore when thou dost an act of charity, sound not a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may be extolled by men. Verily I say to you, they have their reward.

⁸ He will, I assure you, vindicate their cause speedily. But will the son of man, when he cometh, find this belief in this land"?

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.

²⁸ Then Peter said, Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee.

³³ Upon this Peter said to him, "Master, I am ready to go with thee to prison and to death."

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathaniel coming to him and saith respecting him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile!

¹¹ I am become a foolish boaster! you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you. For I am not a whit behind the chiefest apostles, although I am nothing.

⁷ And I will establish this my covenant with thee and thy seed after thee, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee.

² He who walketh blameless and Worketh righteousness: And who speaketh truth from his heart.

¹ By David. Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity; and trusting in the Lord I should not be shaken.

¹¹ As for me, I have walked in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

²⁶ All the day long he is merciful and lendeth, and his seed shall be entitled to a blessing.

² His seed shall be mighty in the land: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

²² A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children; but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous.

² He who walketh uprightly, feareth the Lord; but he who is perverse in his ways, shall be dishonoured.

¹ [Omitted]

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:

³⁹ And I will give them another way and another heart that I may be always feared and may be for good to them and their children after them.

⁶ They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and precepts of the Lord, without blame.

³⁹ For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all them afar off, whomsoever the Lord our God may invite."

¹² For this is the matter of our boasting; the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially towards you.

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,

³ For I was greatly rejoiced at the coming of the brethren, who bear testimony to thy truth, as thou walkest in truth. ⁴ I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth.

³ But David's men said to him, Behold we are in terror here in Judea; and how must it be if we go to Keila? Shall we go to be a prey to the Philistines? ⁴ Then David inquired again of the Lord, and the Lord answered him, and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hands.

⁴ [p] With the light of the God of the morning. [d] David. [p] Prophet. [d] Let the Sun rise in the morning betimes. [p] Is not the Lord gone forth with splendour? [d] Yes, like the spring of grass on the earth after rain;

⁴ Let him judge righteously such of the people as are distressed; and save the children of the needy: and humble oppressors:

⁹ For lo! thine enemies shall perish: and all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

⁴ As the honour of a king loveth judgment; thou hast provided rules of rectitude; and executed judgment and justice in Israel.

⁶ Mine eyes have been on the faithful of the land; that they might dwell with me. He who walked in a perfect way, hath been employed in my service. ⁷ He who practised haughtiness found no abode in my family. He who spoke unjustly was not right in mine eyes. ⁸ I took the earliest occasion to destroy all the sinners of the land; to root out of the city of the Lord all the workers of iniquity.

¹² An evil doer is an abomination to a king: for the throne of government is established by righteousness.

²⁶ A wise king is a winnower of the wicked; and he will bring a wheel over them.

⁵ Slay the wicked from the presence of a king and his throne will be established in righteousness.

¹⁴ When a king judgeth the poor faithfully; his throne will be established for a memorial.

¹ For behold a righteous king shall reign and chiefs shall rule with justice.

⁴⁶ Because they will sin against thee [for there is no man who will not sin;] when thou shalt punish them, and deliver them up before their enemies; and they who have captivated them shall carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

³⁶ When they shall sin against thee [for there is no man who may not sin] and thou shalt smite them, and deliver them up before the face of their enemies, and they who captivate them shall carry them away captives to an enemy's country, far off or near home;

⁴ For who can be free from stain? Surely none.

¹⁴ For who being mortal can be irreprehensible? Or can the offspring of woman be righteous?

⁴ For how can a mortal be just before the Lord or any offspring of woman make himself clean?

⁵ For behold I was born in iniquity; in sins my mother conceived me:

²⁰ Because there is not a righteous man on earth who will do good and not commit sin,

⁴ For though I am not conscious to myself of an' thing amiss, yet even in that case I am not justified; but he who trieth me is the Lord.

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.

⁸ If we say that we have not sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, He is faithful, and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a false speaker, and his word is not in us.

³⁵ you shall not do injustice in the exercise of judgment, nor in measures, nor in weights, nor in balances.

²⁵ The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire. Thou shalt not covet the silver nor the gold thereof. Thou shalt not take any of it for thyself, lest thou be ensnared by it. Because it is an abomination to the Lord thy God, ²⁶ therefore thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house; for thou wilt be an Anathema as well as it. Thou shalt utterly detest it, and hold it in utter abomination; for it is an Anathema, [a devoted thing.]

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag different weights, a great and a small; ¹⁴ nor shall there be in thy house, different measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵ Thou shalt have a just and true weight, and thou shalt have a just and true measure; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for a possession;

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

¹¹ Justice is that which turneth the scales with the Lord. And his works are of just weight.

²³ A diverse weight is an abomination to the Lord: and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

⁴ [p] Hear this, I beseech you, ye who every morning oppress the needy, and by your tyranny drive the poor from the land, saying, ⁵ "When will the new moon be over that we may buy? And the sabbaths, that we may open store? to make the measure small, and the weight heavy, and to make the balance uneven, ⁶ that we may purchase the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, when from every kind of product we shall have made gain. ⁷ The Lord sweareth, in opposition to this arrogance of Jacob, that none of these works of yours shall ever be forgotten.

¹⁰ Will fire and the house of an unrighteous man [do it?] Or he who is treasuring up unlawful treasures and iniquities with haughtiness? ¹¹ Will an unrighteous man be justified by a balance, or false weights by a bag

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.

³ From the womb the wicked are in a state of alienation, they have gone astray from their birth; they spoke lies.

⁸ To the perverse God sendeth crooked ways: for his works are pure and right.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: but a rod and instruction will drive it from him.

¹⁶ By their fruits you may know them. Are grapes gathered from thorns? Or figs from thistles?

¹⁵ For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must not drink wine, nor any fermented liquor. With a holy spirit he will be filled, even from his mother's womb.

⁶⁶ And all who heard laid them up in their mind, saying, What will this child be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ And after three days, they found him in the temple, silting in the midst of the teachers, and hearing them, and asking them questions." ⁴⁷ And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding, and his answers;

⁴³ That indeed is not a good tree which beareth bad fruit; nor is that a bad tree which beareth good fruit. ⁴⁴ For every tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns; nor grapes from a bramble bush.

¹¹ Upon which the Lord said to Moses, Who gave man a mouth? and who made the hard of hearing, and the deaf, him who seeth and the blind? Was it not I who am God?

⁹ Doth not he, who hath planted the ear, hear? And doth not he who formed the eye, see?

¹⁸ Open mine eyes, that I may discern the wonderous things of thy law.

¹³ To them I speak in parables for this reason, because they overlook what they see, and are inattentive to what they hear; and they do not understand, ¹⁴ and in them is fulfilled this prophesy of Esaias, which saith, "Hearing you shall hear, though you may not understand, and seeing you shall see, though you may not perceive; ¹⁵ for the heart of this people is callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return that I may heal them." ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of satan to God, that they may receive a remission of sins and an inheritance among them who are sanctified by the belief in me.

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the acknowledgment of him ¹⁸ that He would enlighten the eyes of your understanding, that you may see what the hope of this invitation of his is; and what the riches of the glory of this inheritance of his, in the saints;

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, sluggard, and when wilt thou rouse from sleep?

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.

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.

⁶ And the master of the ship came to him and said to him, What! art thou snoring? Arise and call on thy God, that thy God may save us, and that we may not perish.

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

¹¹ Furthermore, as we know the season, that it is now high time for us to rouse from sleep, for our deliverance is nearer now than when we first believed:

³⁴ Be righteously sober and sin not. For some have not a knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

¹⁴ therefore it is said, "Awake thou who sleepest and arise from the dead and the Christ will shine upon thee.

¹⁰ For when we were with you we gave you this charge, that he who would not work should not eat.

¹⁰ Who can speak and say, Behold this is entirely new. It hath been already in the ages past which were before us.

⁷ As for Chanaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance. He loved to tyrannise. ⁸ Ephraim indeed said, "But I am rich, I have found a rest for myself." Because of the iniquities which he hath committed, none of his labours shall turn to account.

⁶ not overreaching and injuring his brother in this matter; for the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we told you before and testified.

¹² But where is wisdom to be found? And where is the place of understanding? ¹³ A mortal knoweth not the way thereof; nor hath it indeed been found out by men. ¹⁴ The abyss said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not in me. ¹⁵ would not one give for it all he hath got? ¹⁶ But silver cannot be weighed as its price; nor can it be purchased with the gold of Sophir; with the precious onyx or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and chrystal cannot equal it in value; nor can jewels of gold be a barter for it. ¹⁸ Things above need not be mentioned: but prize thou wisdom above all things below. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it in value: nor is it to be rated by pure gold.

¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones: and no costly thing is equal to it in value.

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.

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

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

¹⁶ The productions of wisdom are better than gold: and the productions of prudence are better than silver.

²¹ The wise and prudent are called crafty; and they who are sweet in discourse will be more listened to.

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

¹² A precious sardius is bound to an ear-ring of gold; and a word of wisdom to an obedient ear.

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. ¹¹ The words of the wise are like goads and nails ready made, which have been laid up in repositories from one shepherd to another.

¹⁴ How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a proclaimer? ¹⁵ and how shall they proclaim, unless they be sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them who proclaim the joyful message of peace"who proclaim the glad tidings of good things."

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.

²⁶ And if thou hast taken the mantle of thy neighbour as a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before the setting of the sun; ²⁷ for it is his covering. This mantle is the only covering of his nakedness. In what can he sleep? If therefore he cry to me, I will hear him; for I am merciful.

¹⁶ and estrange thee from a just determination.

³ for honey droppeth from the lips of a harlot, which for a while pleaseth thy palate;

⁵ that she may keep thee from a strange and wicked woman, in case she, with alluring words should attack thee.

¹⁰ then this woman, who maketh the hearts of young men flutter, meeteth him, in the attire of a harlot.

¹⁵ A wicked man doth hurt, when he associateth with the just: but he hateth the sound of safety.

²⁶ Do not out of respect for a person become surety. ²⁷ For if thou hast not wherewithal to pay, thy bed will be taken from under thee.

²⁷ For a strange house is a hogshead full of holes: and a strange well is narrow.

¹³ Take away his mantle, for a scorner passed by who wasteth the property of others.

⁶ And the woman saw that the tree was good for food; and that it is delightful to see with the eyes; and that to exercise understanding is comely, so having taken some of the fruit thereof, she ate and gave also to her husband with her. And when they had eaten, ⁷ the eyes of them both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and made for themselves girdles.

¹² If wickedness be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. ¹³ He will not be sparing of it, nor forsake it, but will gather it together in his mouth; therefore let him not be able to help himself. ¹⁴ The poison of an asp is in his belly. ¹⁵ Riches collected unrighteously shall be vomited up. Out of his house let an angel drag him. ¹⁶ May he suck the venom of dragons! and may the tongue of the viper slay him! ¹⁷ may he never see the milking of his kine, nor the distribution of his honey and butter! ¹⁸ He hath wearied himself for emptiness and vanity; for riches, of which he shall not have a taste, which are like a bur, neither to be chewed nor drunk. ¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand ²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and drink plentifully of the wine of violence.

¹⁷ Taste sweetly bread in secret and water sweeter for being stolen. ¹⁸ He indeed did not know that with her the earth born perish; that he is lighting upon the perch of death. But fly thou away speedily; tarry not in that place, nor fix thine eyes upon her; for in this manner thou shouldst pass by strange water. Abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain; that thou mayst live long, and that years of life may be added to thee.

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.

¹⁵ He glutted me with worm wood; he gave me a large draught of gall, ¹⁶ and broke my teeth with gravel. He drenched me with ashes.

²⁵ chusing rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

¹ Now, after the decease of Joshua, the children of Israel inquired of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us as our leader against the Chananites, to conduct the war against them? ² And the Lord said, Juda shall go up. Behold I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁹ that this people were under my hand! I would depose Abimelech, and say to him, Increase thy army, and come out.

⁷ behold you are all Israelites; Advise and consult here for yourselves.

¹⁸ And they arose, and went up to Baithel, and inquired of God. And the children of Israel said, Who shall go up as our commander in chief to battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said Juda shall go up as commander in chief.

²³ The sons of Israel had indeed gone up, and wept before the Lord till evening, and inquired of the Lord saying, Shall we again proceed to draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren And the Lord said, Go up against them.

²⁶ Upon this all the children of Israel, even the whole people went up and came to Baithel, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted the whole day till evening, and offered whole burnt offerings and sacrifices before the Lord. ²⁷ For in those days the ark of the covenant of the Lord their God was there, ²⁸ and Phineas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, stood before it in those days. And the children of Israel inquired of the Lord saying, Shall we proceed again to go out to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren? And the Lord said, Go up. To-morrow I will deliver them into your hands.

²⁶ Then Abenner called to Joab, and said, Must the sword devour to a complete victory? Knowest thou not that in the last extremity it will be very bitter? How long shall it be ere thou command the people to return from pursuing our brethren? ²⁷ Whereupon Joab said, As the Lord liveth, but for thy speech the people might, from the morning, have gone up every one from the pursuit of his brother.

¹⁷ Then Amasias king of Juda took counsel and sent to Joas, son of Joachaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come and let us look each other in the face. ¹⁸ Upon which Joas king of Israel sent to Amasias king of Juda saying, The thistle on Libanus sent to the cedar on Libanus saying, Give thy daughter to my son for a wife. But lo! the wild beasts on Libanus will come; nay the wild beasts on Libanus did come and trample down the thistle. ¹⁹ Thou hast said, Behold I have smitten Idumea, therefore thy stupid heart lifteth thee up. Abide now at home: why dost thou take counsel to thy hurt, that thou mayest fall and Juda with thee? ²⁰ But Amasias would not hearken, for the Lord had determined to deliver him up, because he sought the gods of the Idumeans. ²¹ So Joas king of Israel went up; and he and Amasias king of Juda looked each other in the face at Baithsamys, which belongeth to Juda. ²² And Juda was routed before Israel, and fled every man to his habitation. ²³ And Joas king of Israel took Amasias king of Juda, son of Joas, son of Joachaz, at Baithsamys and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits;

¹⁴ They, who have no government, fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.

²² They who do not honour councils, substitute thoughts: but by the understanding of counsellors, counsel will endure.

⁶ By government war is conducted! and help is the attendant of a heart instructed by counsel.

⁸ Enter not hastily into a quarrel: lest thou repent at the last when thy friend shall upbraid thee.

³¹ Or, what king marching out to encounter another in battle, doth not first sit down and consult, whether he with ten thousand men, is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go about with deceit among thy nation, nor set thyself against the blood of thy neighbour. I am the Lord your God;

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

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

²⁹ The man who is a transgressor enticeth friends; and leadeth them in ways which are not good.

⁸ Fear depresseth the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall suffer want.

²¹ My son, fear God and the king and be not disobedient to either of them.

²⁰ By much fuel a fire is nourished: but where there is no stirrer up of quarrels, contention ceaseth. ²¹ A hearth is for coals and fuel for fire: and a contentious man for the bustle of strife. ²² The words of the crafty are soft: but they pierce the inmost recesses of the soul.

¹⁸ For such men do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their fawning speeches and flattering forms of address, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long in that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

¹⁷ He who curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death.

⁹ Be the man who he may who curseth his father or his mother, let him be put to death. He hath cursed his father or his mother, he shall be held guilty.

¹⁶ Cursed he who slighteth his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

⁵ The light of the wicked shall indeed be extinguished; and from them a spark shall not ascend. ⁶ The light in his dwelling shall be darkness, and the lamp for him shall be extinguished.

¹⁸ When his name shall be published abroad, may they drive him from light to darkness.

⁹ The righteous have light continually; but the light of the wicked is extinguished. Deceitful souls are led astray by sins; but the righteous exercise pity and compassion.

²⁰ For the posterity of an evil one cannot continue; and the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.

¹¹ A wicked progeny curse their father and bless not their mother.

¹⁷ The eye which derideth a father and despiseth the old age of a mother, may the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles devour it.

⁴ For God commanded saying, "Honour thy father and thy mother, and whosoever revileth father or mother let him be put to death:

¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, Bind his hands and feet and carry him out and cast him into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

¹⁰ For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Let him who curseth father or mother be put to death." ¹¹ But you say, "If a man say to his father, or to his mother, Let that be Corban, [that is to say dedicated,] by which thou mightest be benefitted by me;" ¹² do not then permit him any more to do any thing for his father or his mother;" ¹³ thus annulling the word of God, by this doctrine of yours, which you have handed down. And thus you act in many other instances.

¹³ raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom is reserved the gloom of everlasting darkness.

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.

⁴ If thou art poor, enter not into competition with one who is rich: but be restrained by thine own prudence

⁸ He who increaseth his wealth by usury and unjust gain; gathereth it for him who will pity the poor.

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

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.

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.

² If you will not hearken and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, I will send that curse against you and curse your blessing. I will curse it; and disperse your blessing and it shall not be among you because you do not lay this to heart.

⁹ But they who determine to be rich, fall headlong into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

³⁵ In the day of vengeance I will requite, When their foot shall be supplanted. Because the day of destruction is nigh for them, Therefore at hand are the things prepared for you.

¹² Perhaps the Lord may look on my affliction, and return me good for his cursing this day.

¹⁴ Wait for the Lord and be of good courage; let thy heart be strengthened and wait for the Lord.

³⁴ Wait on the Lord and keep his way: and he will exalt thee to inherit the land. When sinners are cut off, thou shalt see it.

¹³ Whosoever returneth evil for good; from his house evils shall not depart.

²⁹ Do not say, "I will use him as he hath used me; and punish him for the injuries he hath done me."

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.

²⁵ The Lord is gracious to them who wait for him for the soul, that will seek him, ²⁶ there is good; let it therefore wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.

³⁹ But I say to you, Contend not with the injurious: but if one smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

¹⁷ Render to none evil for evil. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will requite, saith the Lord."

¹⁵ see that none return evil for evil to any one; but on all occasions do all the good you can, both to one another and to all men.

²³ who when he was reviled, did not revile again, when he suffered, did not threaten; but committed himself to him who judgeth righteously;

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.

¹⁹ Let them therefore who suffer according to the will of God, commit their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful creator.

¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures are impure in the sight of the Lord. Yes, both they and he who useth them.

¹⁰ Let your weights and measures be just.

⁷ As for Chanaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance. He loved to tyrannise.

⁵ "When will the new moon be over that we may buy? And the sabbaths, that we may open store? to make the measure small, and the weight heavy, and to make the balance uneven,

⁴ Lord, shew me thy ways and teach me thy paths.

¹² What man soever habitually feareth the Lord; him He will instruct in the way he hath chosen;

²³ The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, when he taketh delight in his way.

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

⁹ All the works of the Lord are with righteousness: but the wicked is kept for an evil day.

⁶ I will send this anger of mine to a lawless nation; and I will order this people of mine to gather spoil and take the prey, and to trample down cities and lay them in the dust. ⁷ But he did not harbour such thoughts; nor did he reason thus in his mind; but his mind will prompt him to destroy nations not a few.

²³ [p] I know, Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, nor can a man who travelleth ensure to himself a prosperous journey.

²³ Yet thou hast exalted thyself against the Lord God of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought before thee, and thou and thy nobles and thy concubines and thy wives have drunk wine out of them, and thou hast praised the gods of gold and silver and brass and iron and wood and stone which neither see nor hear, nor understand: but the God in whose hand is thy breath and all thy ways; him thou hast not glorified.

²⁸ For in him we live and are moved and exist; as some also of your own poets have said, "For we his offspring are."

¹⁵ If a person through inadvertence hath forgotten or been unwittingly deficient in any of the holy things of the Lord; when he shall bring for his trespass against the Lord a ram without blemish from the flock, thou must estimate in silver shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, the value of that in respect to which he hath trespassed,

¹⁰ therefore none of another family shall eat the holy things, nor shall he, who sojourneth with a priest, or who is hired by him, eat of them. ¹¹ But if the priest shall have a person bought with money, this person may eat of his food. And they who are born in his family may eat of his food. ¹² But if the daughter of a priest be married to a man of another family, she shall not eat of the dedications of the sanctuary. ¹³ But if the daughter of a priest become a widow, or be divorced, and have no issue, she may return to her father's house as in her youth, and eat of her father's food: But none of another family shall eat thereof. ¹⁴ And whoever shall eat of the holy things through inadvertence, he shall add a fifth to it, and give the holy thing to the priest. ¹⁵ Thus the priests will not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they set apart for the Lord,

⁹ But if the gift to the Lord be from the cattle which may be offered, whoever shall give any of these to the Lord, it shall be sacred. ¹⁰ He shall not change it, a good for a bad; nor a bad for a good: and if he actually change this beast for another, both it and that given in exchange shall be sacred.

³⁰ The whole tenth of the land, both of the produce of the land, and of the fruit of the trees, is for the Lord. It is dedicated to the Lord. ³¹ And if any man chuse to redeem his tenth by purchase, he shall add to the valuation a fifth, and it shall be his.

² If any man vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with a solemn promise concerning his soul, he shall not break his word. Whatever hath proceeded from his mouth he shall do. ³ And if a woman vow to the Lord, or bind herself with a solemn promise, in her father's house, in her youth; ⁴ and her father hear her vows, and her promises with which she hath bound her soul, and hold his peace at her; all her vows, and all the promises with which she bound her soul, shall stand. ⁵ They shall be binding on her. But if her father expressly disapprove on the day he heareth her vows and the promises, with which she hath bound her soul, they shall not stand. And the Lord will acquit her because her father hath disallowed her. ⁶ And if she be married, and vows be upon her; according to the opening of her lips; with what promises soever she may have bound her soul, ⁷ if her husband shall hear, and hold his peace at her on the day when he heareth, so shall all her vows stand, and the promises shall stand with which she hath bound her soul. ⁸ But if her husband expressly disallow her on the day when he shall hear, none of her vows, and none of the obligations with which she hath bound her soul, shall be binding, because her husband disallowed her. And the Lord will acquit her. ⁹ But the vows of a widow, or of one divorced; whatever vows she may have made to bind her soul, shall stand against her. ¹⁰ And if her vow, or the obligation with which she bound her soul with an oath, be made in her husband's house; ¹¹ and her husband shall hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her; all her vows and all her promises with which she hath bound her soul shall stand against her. ¹² But if her husband on the day when he heareth, actually disannul all that may have proceeded out of her lips, of what nature soever her vows may be, or the obligations with which she bound her soul, they shall not be binding on her. Her husband hath made them void, and the Lord will acquit her. ¹³ Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may establish, or make void. ¹⁴ And if lie hold his peace at her, day after day, he shall establish upon her all her vows, and confirm the obligations upon her, because he held his peace at her on the day he heard them. ¹⁵ And if her husband disannul them after the day when he heard, he shall bear the sin of this. ¹⁶ These are the judgments which the Lord gave in charge to Moses, between a husband and wife, and between a father and a daughter in her youth, in her father's house.

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

⁴ when thou vowest a vow to God delay not the performance of it. For in fools there is no fixed will. Pay thou therefore what thou vowest. ⁵ It is better not to vow, than to vow and not perform. 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,

⁸ Will a man supplant God? For you supplant me: and will you say, "wherein have we supplanted thee?" Because the tythes and the first fruits are with you, ⁹ and you view them again and again and supplant me. The year is ended and you have carried the products into [a] The objection, [b] The answer. your stores. ¹⁰ Now let that which hath been plundered from him be in his house. Turn now in this respect, saith the Lord Almighty: [see] if I will not open for you the flood gates of heaven and pour my blessing upon you, until there is enough;

³³ Again you have heard that it hath been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself; but shalt perform thine oaths to the Lord.

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, ¹⁰ when one told me that Saul was dead, and thought himself a messenger of good news to me, I apprehended him, and slew him at Sekelak, though he thought himself entitled to a reward from me for his good news. ¹¹ But now wicked men have slain a righteous person, in his house, upon his bed. Now therefore I will avenge his blood on you and cut you off from the earth. ¹² Then David gave orders to his servants, and they instantly slew them, and cut off their hands, and their feet, and hanged them up by the pool of Chebron. And they buried the head of Jebosthe in the grave of Abenner son of Ner.

³¹ and he brought out the people who were in it, and put them to the saw, and to iron crows, and to pick axes of iron, and distributed them through brick yards. And when he had done the same to all the cities of the Ammonites, David, and all the people, returned to Jerusalem.

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

⁸ When a righteous king sitteth on a throne, nothing that is evil can stand his eyes.

²⁷ For the dill is not cleaned with a corn drag; nor is the wheel of a wain to turn round on the cummin; but with a rod are beaten out the dill; and cummin. [J] Yet with bread they will be eaten. ²⁸ For I, The I AM will not be angry with you forever, nor shall the voice of my severity destroy you.

⁷ then God formed the man, dust from the earth, and breathed upon his face a breath of life, and the man became a living soul.

⁸ But there is a spirit in mortals; and it is the inspiration of the Almighty which teacheth.

³⁰ Blood shot eyes and bruises light upon bad men: and there are Wounds for the inner recesses of the body.

¹⁵ By the joint testimony of their conscience, and by their debates one with another, whether accusing or defending, they shew the matter of the law written in their hearts.

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. ³ If then these glad tidings of ours are veiled, they are veiled by those perishing things, ⁴ with which the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the disbelieving, that the splendour of the glad tidings of the glory of the Christ, who is an image of God, may not shine upon them. ⁵ For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus sake. 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;

¹² For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrateth even to the separation of animal life and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is capable of discerning the desires and thoughts of the heart. ¹³ There is indeed no creature concealed from his sight. All things are naked and exposed to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

¹⁹ When we know by this that we are of the truth, let us in his presence persuade our hearts, ²⁰ in respect to what things soever our heart condemneth us, that God is greater than our hearts, and that he knoweth all things. ²¹ Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, we have confidence towards God,

⁷ Because the king trusteth in the Lord: therefore, through the mercy of the Most High, he cannot be shaken.

⁷ he will continue forever in the presence of God. that every of them may find out his mercy and truth!

¹ A Psalm by David. I Will sing of mercy and judgment: to thee, Lord, I will tune my lyre.

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⁵ therefore a throne shall be established with mercy, and on it one shall be seated with truth; in the tabernacle of David, executing justice, and searching out judgment and promoting righteousness.

³² you shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of an elder, and fear thy God. I am the Lord your God;

³¹ Old age is a crown of glory, when found in the ways of righteousness.

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: 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.

¹⁴ I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

²⁵ When a criminal is scourged, a simpleton becometh more wary: but if thou rebukest a wise man, he will call to mind knowledge.

⁹ [J] By means of this the iniquity of Jacob will be removed: and this will be to him a subject of thanksgiving, when I take away his sin: when they grind to powder all the hewn stones of their altars, and their groves no longer remain, and their idols hacked to pieces like a forest are far away.

⁵ But he was wounded for our sins, and afflicted for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon him; by his bruises we are healed.

¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days corrected us as they thought fit; but he for our advantage, that we may partake of his holiness.