Proverbs 10 Cross References - ACV

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. ² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death. ³ LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked. ⁴ He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. ⁵ He who gathers in summer is a wise son. He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame. ⁶ Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. ⁷ The memory of a righteous man is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot. ⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall. ⁹ He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who perverts his ways shall be known. ¹⁰ He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall. ¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. ¹² Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions. ¹³ In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding. ¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction. ¹⁵ The rich man's wealth is his strong city. The destruction of the poor is their poverty. ¹⁶ The labor of a righteous man produces life. The fruit of a wicked man is to sin. ¹⁷ He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof errs. ¹⁸ He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool. ¹⁹ Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely. ²⁰ The tongue of a righteous man is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is little worth. ²¹ The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding. ²² The blessing of LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. ²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and so is wisdom to a man of understanding. ²⁴ The fear of a wicked man shall come upon him. And the desire of the righteous shall be granted. ²⁵ When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation. ²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him. ²⁷ The fear of LORD prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. ²⁸ The hope of the righteous is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. ²⁹ The way of LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. ³⁰ A righteous man shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not dwell in the land. ³¹ The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off. ³² The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverseness.

³² And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel,

²⁰ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

²¹ He who begets a fool it is to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart will be glad, even mine. ¹⁶ Yea, my heart will rejoice when thy lips speak right things.

²⁴ The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will have joy of him. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother be glad, and let her who bore thee rejoice.

¹ These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

³ He who loves wisdom delights his father, but he who keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches, ⁷ none can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him ⁸ (for the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever), ⁹ that he should still live always, that he should not see corruption. ¹⁰ For he shall see it. Wise men die. The fool and the brutish alike perish, and leave their wealth to others.

⁴ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

²⁸ Life is in the way of righteousness, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

⁶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro by those who seek death.

² to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! ³ And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? To whom will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your glory?

¹⁹ They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of LORD. They shall not satisfy their souls, nor fill their bowels, because it has been the stumbling block of their iniquity.

²⁷ Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

¹⁵ And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him. ¹⁶ And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth well. ¹⁷ And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops? ¹⁸ And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be? ²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

²² And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried. ²³ And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom.

⁵ But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God,

²¹ so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁹ and be found in him, not having my righteousness, that from law, but that through Christ's faith-the righteousness from God based on faith-

¹ Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ² Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days.

²⁰ In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

⁵ that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment? ⁶ Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds, ⁷ yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he? ⁸ He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.

²⁰ Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights. ²¹ There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

²⁸ The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.

¹⁴ Thou have seen. For thou behold mischief and spite, to repay with thy hand. The poor man commits himself to thee. Thou have been the helper of the fatherless.

¹⁹ to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

⁹ O fear LORD, ye his sanctified, for there is no want to those who fear him. ¹⁰ The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek LORD shall not want any good thing.

³ Trust in LORD, and do good. Dwell in the land, and feed on his faithfulness.

¹⁹ They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

²⁵ I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

¹⁰ A wicked man shall see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of wicked men shall perish.

³² An evil man is thrust down in his evil-doing, but a righteous man has hope in his death.

¹⁶ He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a derision against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges! ⁷ Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee. And thou shall be for booty to them? ⁸ Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.

³⁰ And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into an oven, will he not much more you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ Be not therefore anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we wear? ³² For the Gentiles seek after all these things, for your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things. ³³ But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

²² And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear. ²³ For the life is more than the food, and the body, the clothing. ²⁴ Consider the ravens, because they do not sow, nor do they reap, for which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much ye are worth more than the birds.

³¹ However, seek ye the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.

⁵ The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee. ⁶ So then we have confidence to say, The Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise. ⁷ Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, ⁸ provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. ⁹ How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, ¹¹ so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

²⁴ There is he who scatters, and increases yet more, and there he is who withholds more than is proper, but only to want.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

²⁴ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

⁴ The sluggard will not plow because of the winter. Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, and thou shall be satisfied with bread.

⁵ The thoughts of a diligent man lead only to abundance, but everyone who is hasty, only to want.

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. ³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down. ³² Then I beheld, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction: ³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep, ³⁴ so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

²⁷ Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.

¹¹ And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, ¹² so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

⁵ Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety, ⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love. ⁸ For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

⁸ provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

⁴ A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but she who makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.

² A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.

²⁶ He who does violence to his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer,

⁶ Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near. ⁷ Let the wicked man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. And let him return to LORD, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

² and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shall hearken to the voice of LORD thy God:

⁸ Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. Then the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

¹³ The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

⁴² The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

²⁶ The people shall curse him who withholds grain, but a blessing shall be upon the head of him who sells it.

²⁵ But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

²⁰ A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

¹⁹ Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.

¹⁶ May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain. ¹⁷ But when he happened to be in Rome he sought me more diligently and found me ¹⁸ (may the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord in that day), and in how many things he ministered at Ephesus, thou know very well.

³⁶ And I will give one tribe to his son, that David my servant may have a lamp always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me to put my name there.

³⁴ For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

¹⁶ And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

¹⁷ His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

²³ Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

⁵ Thou have rebuked the nations. Thou have destroyed the wicked. Thou have blotted out their name forever and ever. ⁶ The enemy have come to an end. They are desolate forever, and the cities which thou have overthrown. The very memory of them is perished,

¹³ Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.

¹⁵ Let them be before LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth,

⁶ for he shall never be moved. A righteous man shall be had in everlasting remembrance.

¹⁰ So I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were praised in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

¹³ O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake thee shall be put to shame. Those who depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken LORD, the fountain of living waters.

⁹ And truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be preached in the whole world, also what she did will be told for a memorial of her.

⁴⁸ because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed,

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law, yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

⁵ that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning, and that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsels,

⁹ Give opportunity to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹⁰ He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall.

¹ He who loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is brutish.

¹³ A wicked man is snared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

³ He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

⁸ The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

²³ In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes. ⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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

²⁴ Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock.

¹³ Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show from his good behavior his works in meekness of wisdom.

⁴ Yea, tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou are with me, thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for thee.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me. ¹² My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless LORD.

¹¹ For LORD God is a sun and a shield. LORD will give grace and glory. He will withhold no good thing from those who walk uprightly.

²³ Then thou shall walk in thy way securely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

²⁰ He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

¹⁸ He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

¹⁵ He who walks righteously, and speaks uprightly. He who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes away his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil. ¹⁶ He shall dwell on high. His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. His bread shall be given. His waters shall be sure.

²⁶ Fear them not therefore, for there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed, and hid, that will not be known.

¹ During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. ² But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

⁵ Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.

¹³ And the other Jews also joined in hypocrisy with him, so that even Barnabas went along with their hypocrisy. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly toward the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, If thou being a Jew, live as a Gentile and not as a Jew, why do thou compel the Gentiles to live as Jews?

²⁵ Likewise also good works are evident, and those faring otherwise cannot be hid.

¹² Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

¹⁹ Let not those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me. Neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.

¹³ who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers,

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

¹⁰ Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them out of the congregation.

³⁰ The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.

⁶ Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

²⁰ The tongue of a righteous man is choice silver. The heart of the wicked is little worth. ²¹ The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

³² The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverseness.

¹⁴ The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, but the heart of the foolish, not so.

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly. ²³ The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. ²⁴ Pleasant words are a honeycomb: Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

¹⁵ There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. ¹⁴ A fool also multiplies words; yet man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say to you, that every idle word, whatever men may speak, they will render account about it in the day of judgment. ³⁷ For from thy words thou will be justified, and from thy words thou will be condemned.

²⁹ Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

⁵ So also the tongue is a little body-part, and boasts greatly. Behold a little fire, how much wood it kindles. ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell. ⁷ For every species, both of beasts and of birds, both of creeping things and things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by the human species. ⁸ But no man is able to tame the tongue of men, an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

¹⁸ A wrathful man stirs up contention, but he who is slow to anger appeases strife.

²⁷ A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

⁹ He who covers a transgression seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates chief friends.

²⁵ He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in LORD shall be made fat.

²² An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in transgression.

⁴ Love is patient and is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not brag, and is not puffed up. ⁵ It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil, ⁶ does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, ⁷ covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

¹ From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?

²⁰ let him know that he who converts a sinful man from his wandering way, will save a soul from death, and will hide a multitude of sins.

⁸ And above all having fervent love for yourselves, because love will cover a multitude of sins,

¹² And LORD said to Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left.

⁹ Become ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, else they will not come near to thee.

³² He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.

²² He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks,

¹⁰ He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall. ¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

²¹ The lips of a righteous man feeds many, but the foolish die for lack of understanding.

³¹ The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

²³ A man has joy in the answer of his mouth, and a word in due season, how good it is!

¹⁰ A rebuke enters deeper into him who has understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.

²⁹ Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

²² Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

⁴ The lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

²² And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph?

¹ He who desires to separate himself seeks excuses, and rages against all sound wisdom.

⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹⁵ The heart of a prudent man gets knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

⁸ He who gets wisdom loves his own soul. He who keeps understanding shall find good.

²³ He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man having found, he hid. And from the joy of it, he goes and sells all, as many things as he has, and buys that field.

⁵² And he said to them, Because of this every scholar who has been instructed in the kingdom of the heavens is like a man, a house-ruler, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

⁶ Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ. ⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,

²⁴ If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, Thou are my confidence; ²⁵ if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

⁶ Those who trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches,

⁷ Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

²⁰ The poor man is regarded inferior even by his own neighbor, but the rich man has many friends.

¹¹ The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

⁷ All the brothers of a poor man regard him inferior, how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues with words, but they are gone.

²² Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate. ²³ For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.

¹² For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense. But the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

²³ Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,

¹ Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. ² And they covet fields, and seize them, and houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words. But again having answered, Jesus says to them, Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God.

¹⁹ And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

¹⁷ Command the rich in the present age not to be arrogant, nor hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in the living God, who supplies us all things abundantly for enjoyment,

¹⁸ A wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness has a sure reward. ¹⁹ He who is steadfast in righteousness comes to life, and he who pursues evil comes to his own death.

³⁰ The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

¹⁰ Say ye of the righteous, that it is well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. ¹¹ Woe to the wicked! It is ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.

¹⁷ Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits.

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

¹⁹ For from the heart comes forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessings, revilings.

²³ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ Be not misled, God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows this he will also reap. ⁸ Because he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. ⁹ And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

¹⁷ and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ men who missed the mark about the truth, saying the resurrection happened already, and they overthrow the faith of some.

¹³ But evil men and impostors will go forward to worse, leading astray and being led astray.

¹⁰ For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? Cease. Why should thou be smitten? Then the prophet ceased, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy thee, because thou have done this, and have not hearkened to my counsel.

²⁵ but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof, ²⁶ I also will laugh at your calamity. I will mock when your fear comes,

³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

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

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

⁴ And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live.

¹³ Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life.

¹² and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

¹⁰ There is grievous correction for him who forsakes the way. He who hates reproof shall die.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge. ¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips. ¹⁹ That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.

¹ He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

⁶ Do not allow thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say thou before the agent, that is was an error. Why should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

²⁴ Therefore every man, whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will compare him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock. ²⁵ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded upon the rock. ²⁶ And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand. ²⁷ And the rain descended, and the torrents came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell. And great was the fall of it.

²⁸ But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

¹ Because of this we ought to give more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest we might slip away.

²⁵ Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,

⁵ Now this same thing also, having applied all eagerness, furnish in your faith, virtue, and in virtue, knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge, self-control, and in self-control, perseverance, and in perseverance, piety, ⁷ and in piety, brotherly affection, and in brotherly affection, love. ⁸ For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. ⁹ For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble. ¹¹ For so the entrance will be furnished to you abundantly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

²¹ And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, Thou shall this day be my son-in-law a second time. ²² And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Converse with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in thee, and all his servants love thee. Now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

²⁹ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David, and Saul was David's enemy continually.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

⁸ And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and a gift from the king followed him. ⁹ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. ¹⁰ And when they had told David, saying, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have thou not come from a journey? Why did thou not go down to thy house? ¹¹ And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field. Shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? As thou live, and as thy soul lives, I will not do this thing. ¹² And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. ¹³ And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but did not go down to his house. ¹⁴ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. ¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.

²³ And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep-shearers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. ²⁴ And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant has sheep-shearers. Let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. ²⁵ And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to thee. And he pressed him. However he would not go, but blessed him. ²⁶ Then Absalom said, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Absalom pressed him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. ²⁸ And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Notice ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be valiant. ²⁹ And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got up upon his mule, and fled.

⁹ And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. ¹⁰ But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand. So he smote him with it in the body, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again, and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they deceive.

² They speak falsehood everyone with his neighbor. With flattering lip, and with a double heart, they speak.

³ he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

²⁰ Thou sit and speak against thy brother; thou slander thine own mother's son.

²¹ His mouth was smooth as butter, but his heart was war. His words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

⁵ He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

²⁴ He who hates masquerades with his lips, but he lays up deceit within him. ²⁵ When he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ Though his hatred cover itself with guile, his wickedness shall be openly shown before the assembly.

²⁰ And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor. ²¹ And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth,

¹ I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

²⁷ He who spares his words has knowledge, and he who is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding. ²⁸ Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is considered wise. When he shuts his lips, he is prudent.

³ For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

² For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

⁵ And LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

²¹ And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything living, as I have done.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver.

¹⁸ There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

⁴ A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks right.

⁷ For as he thinks within himself, so is he. Eat and drink, he says to thee, but his heart is not with thee.

¹¹ A word fitly spoken is apples of gold in a network of silver. ¹² An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

⁹ The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵ The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

³ Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands. ⁴ Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

¹² I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

²¹ To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel. ²² After my words they spoke not again, and my speech distilled upon them.

³⁰ The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

²⁹ because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of LORD.

³¹ Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

²³ He shall die for lack of instruction. And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

¹⁶ Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

⁹ And further, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly-words of truth.

¹⁵ And I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁶ Thy words were found, and I ate them. And thy words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart. For I am called by thy name, O LORD, God of hosts.

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.

¹⁹ Of every man who hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand it, evil comes, and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the wayside.

¹⁹ And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil. ²⁰ For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.

¹⁵ So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. ¹⁶ He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep. ¹⁷ He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.

²⁸ And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;

² Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great, and be thou a blessing.

² And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

²³ that I will not take a thread nor a shoe latchet nor anything that is thine, lest thou should say, I have made Abram rich,

³⁵ And LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great. And he has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and men-servants and maid-servants, and camels and donkeys.

¹² And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year a hundredfold. And LORD blessed him.

¹⁷ And lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. ¹⁸ But thou shall remember LORD thy God, for it is he who gives thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to thy fathers, as at this day.

¹⁸ But as for you, only keep yourselves from what is set apart, lest when ye have set it apart, ye take from what is set apart. So ye would make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.

¹ But the sons of Israel committed a trespass in what was set apart. For Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took from what was set apart, and the anger of LORD was kindled against the sons of Israel. ² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out Ai. ³ And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai. Do not make all the people to toil there, for they are but few. ⁴ So there went up there of the people about three thousand men. And they fled before the men of Ai. ⁵ And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men. And they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. ⁶ And Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of LORD until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their heads. ⁷ And Joshua said, Alas, O lord LORD, why have thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan! ⁸ Oh, Lord, what shall I say after Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! ⁹ For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and will encompass us around, and cut off our name from the earth, and what will thou do for thy great name? ¹⁰ And LORD said to Joshua, Get thee up. Why are thou thus fallen upon thy face? ¹¹ Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken from what was set apart, and have also stolen, and also dissembled. And they have even put it among their own stuff. ¹² Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies because they have become accursed. I will not be with you any more unless ye destroy what was set apart from among you. ¹³ Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow. For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, There is what has been set apart in the midst of thee, O Israel. Thou cannot stand before thine enemies until ye take away the devoted thing from among you. ¹⁴ In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes, and it shall be, that the tribe which LORD takes shall come near by families, and the family which LORD shall take shall come near by households, and the household which LORD shall take shall come near man by man. ¹⁵ And it shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of LORD, and because he has wrought folly in Israel. ¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. ¹⁷ And he brought near the family of Judah, and he took the family of the Zerahites. And he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. ¹⁸ And he brought near his household man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. ¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to LORD, the God of Israel, and make confession to him, and tell me now what thou have done. Hide it not from me. ²⁰ And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against LORD, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: ²¹ When I saw among the spoil a goodly Babylonian mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them. And, behold, they are hid in the ground in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. ²² So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent. And, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. ²³ And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the sons of Israel, and they laid them down before LORD. ²⁴ And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, Why have thou troubled us? LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. ²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones, to this day, and LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called the valley of Achor to this day.

⁷ LORD makes poor, and makes rich. He brings low, he also lifts up. ⁸ He raises up the poor out of the dust, he lifts up the needy from the dunghill, to make them sit with rulers, and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are LORD's, and he has set the world upon them.

¹⁹ And thou shall speak to him, saying, Thus says LORD, Have thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shall speak to him, saying, Thus says LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

²⁶ And he said to him, Did not my heart go with thee when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants? ²⁷ The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cling to thee, and to thy seed forever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

⁸ For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul? ⁹ Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? ¹⁰ Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call upon God at all times? ¹¹ I will teach you concerning the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty I will not conceal. ¹² Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain? ¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. ¹⁵ Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation. ¹⁶ Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay, ¹⁷ he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. ¹⁸ He builds his house as the moth, and as a booth which the keeper makes. ¹⁹ He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers. He opens his eyes, and he is not. ²⁰ Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night. ²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place. ²² For God shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand. ²³ Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

²² For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land, and those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.

³⁸ He also blesses them, so that they are multiplied greatly, and he does not allow their cattle to decrease.

⁷ He raises up a poor man out of the dust, and lifts up a needy man from the dunghill, ⁸ that he may set him with rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

²¹ An inheritance gotten hastily at the beginning shall not be blessed in the end.

²² He who has an evil eye hastens after riches, and does not know that want shall come upon him.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a derision against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges! ⁷ Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee. And thou shall be for booty to them? ⁸ Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein. ⁹ Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil! ¹⁰ Thou have devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and have sinned against thy soul. ¹¹ For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. ¹² Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

⁴ I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.

¹ Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching. ² Your wealth has decayed, and your garments have become moth-eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver have cankered, and their corrosion will be testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire. Ye have hoarded in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts. ⁵ Ye have lived in luxury on the earth, and were self-indulgent. Ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter.

¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil,

⁹ Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

²¹ Folly is joy to him who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding makes his going straight.

¹⁸ As a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, ¹⁹ so is the man who deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not in sport?

⁹ Rejoice, O 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, and in the sight of thine eyes. But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

²⁵ For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.

²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

² Thou have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

⁴ Delight thyself also in LORD, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart.

¹⁹ He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them.

⁴ I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them. Because when I called, none answered. When I spoke, they did not hear. But they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I did not delight.

⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

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

²⁴ Until now ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

²⁷ but a certain fearful expectation of judgment and of fire, a fervor that is going to devour the opposition.

¹⁴ And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. ¹⁵ And if we know that he hears us, whatever we may ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

¹⁸ that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

¹⁹ He lies down rich, but he shall not be gathered to his fathers. He opens his eyes, and he is not. ²⁰ Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night. ²¹ The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.

⁵ he who puts not his money out to interest, nor takes a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.

⁹ For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait for LORD, they shall inherit the land. ¹⁰ For yet a little while, and the wicked man shall not be. Yea, thou shall diligently consider his place, and he shall not be.

⁹ Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

¹⁸ Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction. ¹⁹ How they have become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. ²⁰ As a dream from awakening, O Lord, when thou waken, thou will despise their form.

²⁷ when your fear comes as a storm, and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

³⁰ A righteous man shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.

³ A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

⁷ The wicked are overthrown, and are not, but the house of the righteous shall stand.

²⁴ Yea, they have not been planted. Yea, they have not been sown. Yea, their stock has not taken root in the earth. Moreover he blows upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind takes them away as stubble.

¹⁸ And I also say to thee, that thou are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

²⁰ Which was built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner,

¹⁹ storing up for themselves a good foundation for that which is coming, so that they may take hold of the eternal life.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those who are his, and, Let every man who names the name of the Lord keep away from unrighteousness.

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

²⁰ As he who takes off a garment in cold weather, and vinegar upon soda, so is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks injury.

⁵ who say, Stand by thyself, do not come near to me, for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day.

²⁶ But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.

¹¹ not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

¹² so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

³² It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. ³³ He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

¹⁵ Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? ¹⁶ Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

⁴ He asked life from thee. Thou gave it him, even length of days forever and ever.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me. I will teach you the fear of LORD. ¹² What man is he who desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? ¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

²³ But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.

¹⁶ I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.

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

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor.

¹¹ For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

¹⁷ Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?

¹¹ As the partridge that sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

²⁰ But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

¹³ So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices. My flesh also shall dwell in hope.

²⁴ Thou will guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

⁷ When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

²³ And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom. ²⁴ And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame. ²⁵ But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony. ²⁶ And besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those here who want to cross over to you are not able, nor may those go across from there to us.

² through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.

¹² rejoicing in hope, enduring tribulation, persevering in prayer,

¹³ Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father who loved us and gave eternal encouragement and good hope through grace,

³ Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, and disaster to the workers of iniquity?

⁶ For LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.

¹² There are the workers of iniquity fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

²⁰ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of LORD is as the fat of lambs: they shall disintegrate; they shall disintegrate away into smoke.

⁷ They go from strength to strength; each one of them appears before God in Zion.

⁷ When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity flourish, it is that they shall be destroyed forever,

¹⁵ It is joy to the righteous to do justice, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

³¹ But those who wait for LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings as eagles. They shall run, and not be weary. They shall walk, and not faint.

¹² And I will strengthen them in LORD, and they shall walk up and down in his name, says LORD.

²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works? ²³ And then I will profess to them, I never acknowledged you. Depart from me, ye who work lawlessness.

²⁶ then ye will begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou taught in our thoroughfares. ²⁷ And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness.

⁸ but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness-anger and wrath, ⁹ pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek,

¹³ I can do all things in the Christ who strengthens me.

⁸ I beheld LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

²⁸ For LORD loves justice, and forsakes not his sanctified. They are preserved forever, but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. ²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell in it forever.

⁵ God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

¹ Those who trust in LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.

²¹ For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. ²² But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

²⁵ When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more, but the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.

²⁴ Son of man, those who inhabit those waste places in the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. ²⁵ Therefore say to them, Thus says the lord LORD: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. And shall ye possess the land? ²⁶ Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every man his neighbor's wife. And shall ye possess the land?

⁹ Ye cast out the women of my people from their pleasant houses. Ye take away my glory from their young sons forever. ¹⁰ Arise ye, and depart, for this is not your resting-place, because of uncleanness that destroys, even with a grievous destruction.

⁴¹ They say to him, Evil men, he will miserably destroy them, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.

³⁵ Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter. ³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. ³⁸ For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming, ³⁹ nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.

¹¹ But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him shall glory, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be stopped.

³ What shall be given to thee, and what shall be done more to thee, thou deceitful tongue? ⁴ Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

¹³ In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.

¹² to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things,

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

⁶ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

² The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

²⁸ The heart of a righteous man meditates to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes. ⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. ⁸ The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts.

¹⁰ The Preacher sought to find out acceptable words, and that which was written uprightly-words of truth.

⁸ sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.