Bible verses about "virtue" | Rotherham

¹ The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel: ² For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence; ³ For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity; ⁴ For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion. ⁵ A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire, ⁶ By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised. ⁸ Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother; ⁹ For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.
¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent. ¹¹ If they say––Come with us,––Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent; ¹² Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit; ¹³ All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; ¹⁴ Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. ¹⁵ My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path. ¹⁶ For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood. ¹⁷ Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings! ¹⁸ Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life. ¹⁹ Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!
²⁰ Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice; ²¹ At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud,––at the openings of the gates in the city––her sayings, she doth utter:–– ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge? ²³ Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you. ²⁴ Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; ²⁵ But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield, ²⁶ I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread; ²⁷ When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm–wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish. ²⁸ Then, will they call me, but I will not answer, they will seek me diligently, but shall not find me. ²⁹ Because they hated knowledge, and, the reverence of Yahweh, did not choose; ³⁰ Consented not to my counsel, disdained all my rebuke, ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled. ³² For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them,––and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them. ³³ Whereas, he that hearkeneth unto me, shall dwell safely, and be at rest, without dread of misfortune.

³⁶ Teacher! which commandment, is greatest in the law? ³⁷ And, he, said unto him––Thou shalt love the Lord thy God––with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind: ³⁸ This, is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ The second, like it, is, this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

¹⁵ But, if thy brother sin, withdraw, convince him, betwixt thee and him, alone,––If unto thee he hearken, thou hast gained thy brother; ¹⁶ But, if he do not hearken, take with thee, yet one or two, that, at the mouth of two witnesses or three, every declaration, maybe established; ¹⁷ But, if he hear them amiss, tell it to the assembly,––And, if, even the assembly, he hear amiss, Let him be unto thee, just as the man of the nations and the tax–collector.

³⁰ For we know him that hath said––To me, belongeth avenging, I, will recompense; and again––The Lord will judge his people.

¹⁷ On the contrary, now, no longer, are we gaining it. So that, if any one is in Christ, there is a new creation! the old things, have passed away,––Lo! they have become new! ¹⁸ The all things, moreover, are of God,––who hath reconciled us unto himself, through Christ, and hath given, unto us, the reconciling ministry:–– ¹⁹ How that, God, was in Christ, reconciling, a world, unto himself, not reckoning, unto them, their offences,––and hath put, in us, the reconciling discourse. ²⁰ In behalf of Christ, therefore, are we ambassadors,––as if God were beseeching through us: we entreat, in behalf of Christ,––be reconciled unto God! ²¹ Him who knew not sin, in our behalf, he made to be, sin, that we might become God’s righteousness in him.

¹ As co–workers, however, we also beseech, that, not in vain, the favour of God, ye welcome; ² For he saith––In an approved season, have I hearkened unto thee, and, in a day of salvation, have succoured thee; ––Lo! now, a well–approved season, Lo! now, a day of salvation:

²² Cast upon Yahweh thy lot, and, he, will sustain thee: He will not suffer, to times age–abiding, the righteous one to be shaken.

¹ Judge not, that ye be not judged; –– ² For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,––and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

¹³ Bearing one with another, and in favour forgiving one another––if any, against any, have a complaint,––according as, the Lord, in favour forgave you, so also ye;

¹¹ The heart of her husband, trusteth her, and, gain, he shall not lack: ¹² She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life: ¹³ She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands: ¹⁴ She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food; ¹⁵ And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens: ¹⁶ She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard: ¹⁷ She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms: ¹⁸ She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night: ¹⁹ Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle: ²⁰ Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy:

⁹ He that walketh uprightly, may walk securely, but, he that maketh crooked his ways, shall be found out.

² With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, bearing one with another in love,

⁵ And, for this very reason also––adding, on your part, all diligence, supply, in your faith, excellence, and, in your excellence, knowledge, ⁶ And, in your knowledge, self–control, and, in your self–control, endurance, and, in your endurance, godliness, ⁷ And, in your godliness, brotherly affection, and, in your brotherly affection, love. ⁸ These things, unto you, belonging and abounding, neither idle nor unfruitful, constitute you, regarding the personal knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;

⁸ For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are dignified, whatsoever things are righteous, whatsoever things are chaste, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,––if there be any virtue, and if any praise, the same, be taking into account;

⁵ And, for this very reason also––adding, on your part, all diligence, supply, in your faith, excellence, and, in your excellence, knowledge,