Proverbs 13 Cross References - ACV

¹ A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke. ² A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the treacherous, violence. ³ He who guards his mouth keeps his life. He who opens wide his lips shall have destruction. ⁴ The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. ⁵ A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame. ⁶ Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. ⁷ There is he who makes himself rich, yet has nothing, and he who makes himself poor, yet has great wealth. ⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his riches, but the poor hears no threatening. ⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. ¹⁰ Through pride a vain man causes contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised. ¹¹ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase. ¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. ¹³ He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded. ¹⁴ The law of a wise man is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. ¹⁵ Good understanding gives favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard. ¹⁶ Every prudent man works with knowledge, but a fool flaunts folly. ¹⁷ A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health. ¹⁸ Poverty and shame are to him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored. ¹⁹ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil. ²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it. ²¹ Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous shall be recompensed with good. ²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous. ²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that is consumed because of injustice. ²⁴ He who spares his rod hates his son, but he who loves him chastens him promptly. ²⁵ A righteous man eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked shall want.

²⁵ If one man sins against another, God shall judge him, but if a man sins against LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they did not hearken to the voice of their father, because LORD intended to kill them.

¹ Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. ² For I give you good doctrine. Forsake ye not my law. ³ For I was a son to my father, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. ⁴ And he taught me, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words. Keep my commandments, and live. ⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding. Do not forget, nor decline from the words of my mouth. ⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will preserve thee. Love her, and she will keep thee. ⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing. Get wisdom, yea, with all thy getting get understanding. ⁸ Exalt her, and she will promote thee. She will bring thee to honor when thou embrace her. ⁹ She will give to thy head a garland of grace, a crown of beauty she will deliver to thee. ¹⁰ Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of thy life shall be many. ¹¹ I have taught thee in the way of wisdom. I have led thee in paths of uprightness. ¹² When thou go, thy steps shall not be restricted. And if thou run, thou shall not stumble. ¹³ Take firm hold of instruction. Do not let her go. Keep her, for she is thy life. ¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and walk not in the way of evil men.

²⁰ My son, attend to my words. Incline thine ear to my sayings. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes. Keep them in the midst of thy heart. ²² For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

⁷ He who corrects a scoffer gets himself reviling. And he who reproves a wicked man gets himself a bruise. ⁸ Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee. Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

⁶ A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not, but knowledge is easy to him who has understanding.

⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

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

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and we are at agreement with Sheol. When the overflowing scourge shall pass through it shall not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and we have hid ourselves under falsehood.

⁸ For in the hand of LORD there is a cup, and the wine foams. It is full of mixture, and he pours out of the same, surely to the dregs of it. All the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

¹¹ An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth. Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. ¹² Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit. ¹³ We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil.

¹⁸ and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

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

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

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

¹⁴ A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the actions of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

²⁰ A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the increase of his lips he shall be satisfied.

²⁷ And thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. ²⁸ And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD of hosts: Ye shall surely drink. ²⁹ For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished. For I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, says LORD of hosts. ³⁰ Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say to them, LORD will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation. He will mightily roar against his fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. ³¹ A noise shall come even to the end of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with the nations. He will enter into judgment with all flesh. As for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says LORD.

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.

¹⁷ For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee and the plunder of the beasts (which made them afraid), because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.

⁶ Because they poured out the blood of the sanctified and prophets, and thou have given them blood to drink; they are deserving.

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.

¹⁹ Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

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

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

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

¹⁹ He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets. Therefore do not associate with him who opens wide his lips.

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

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.

²⁶ If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

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. ³ Behold we put bits into the mouths of horses for them to obey us, and we guide about their whole body. ⁴ Behold also the ships, being so great and driven by fierce winds, are guided about by a very small rudder, wherever the impulse of the man who steers determines. 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. ⁹ By it we bless the God and Father, and by it we curse men, who were made according to a likeness of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way. ¹¹ Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter? ¹² A fig tree, my brothers, cannot make olives, or a grapevine figs. In the same way, no one spring makes water salty and sweet.

¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

¹⁴ They shall still bring forth fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green

² so as to incline thine ear to wisdom, and apply thy heart to understanding, ³ yea, if thou cry after discernment, and lift up thy voice for understanding, ⁴ if thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures, ⁵ then thou shall understand the fear of LORD, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth is knowledge and understanding. ⁷ He lays up sound wisdom for the upright, a shield to those who walk in integrity, ⁸ that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his sanctified. ⁹ Then thou shall understand righteousness and justice and equity, yea, every good path.

³⁴ Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

⁴ He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

²⁵ The generous soul shall be made prosperous, and he who waters shall also be watered himself.

¹¹ He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.

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

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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

¹¹ And LORD will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones. And thou shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water whose waters fail not.

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.

¹¹ And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end,

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.

¹⁶³ I hate and abhor falsehood. I love thy law.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

⁸ Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

⁹ And those of you who escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how I have broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols. And they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

⁴³ And there ye shall remember your ways, and all your doings, by which ye have polluted yourselves. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

³¹ Then ye shall remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

² And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

⁸ And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

²⁵ Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.

⁹ Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,

⁸ But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

²³ For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him. And he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore I will sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel.

² He who walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart,

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

¹ Judge me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in LORD without wavering.

²² His own iniquities shall take a wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin.

³ The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.

⁵ The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way, but the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness. ⁶ The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.

¹² A righteous man considers the house of the wicked: the wicked are overthrown to ruin.

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

⁹ Better is he who is lightly esteemed, and has a servant, than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.

¹¹ Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished, but he who gathers by labor shall have increase.

¹ Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days. ² Give a portion to seven, yea, even to eight, for thou know not what evil shall be upon the earth.

²¹ So is he who stores up for himself, and is not being rich toward God.

³³ Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.

¹¹ Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. ¹² I fast twice of the week. I tithe all things, as many as I acquire. ¹³ But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man. ¹⁴ I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

⁸ Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you.

¹⁰ We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable. ¹¹ As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.

⁷ But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,

¹⁰ as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

¹⁹ promising them freedom, while they themselves are bondmen of corruption, for by what any man has been overcome, of this he has also been enslaved.

⁹ I know thy works and tribulation and poverty (but thou are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

¹⁷ Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

³⁰ If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him.

¹⁴ And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the rulers, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the blacksmiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.

¹² But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

⁴ And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

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.

³⁵ He will not regard any ransom, nor will he be satisfied, though thou give many gifts.

¹⁰ But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, that had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

⁸ But ten men were found among those who said to Ishmael, Kill us not, for we have stores hidden in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he held back, and did not kill them among their brothers.

¹² But I will leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall take refuge in the name of LORD.

²⁶ For what does it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

¹⁸ Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold, ¹⁹ but by precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and unspotted-of Christ,

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.

⁵ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. ⁶ The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.

¹⁷ How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger,

³ when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

¹¹ Light is sown for the righteous man, and gladness for the upright in heart.

⁴ To the upright there arises light in the darkness. He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.

²⁰ He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

²⁰ For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

¹⁰ Who is among you that fears LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of LORD, and rely upon his God. ¹¹ Behold, all ye who kindle a fire, who gird yourselves about with firebrands, walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This ye shall have from my hand. Ye shall lie down in sorrow.

¹³ Then the king said to the helpers, After binding him hands and feet, take him away and cast him out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have thou done thus to us, that thou did not call us when thou went to fight with Midian? And they chided with him sharply. ² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ God has delivered into your hand the rulers of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger was abated toward him when he had said that.

¹ And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward. And they said to Jephthah, Why did thou pass over to fight against the sons of Ammon, and did not call us to go with thee? We will burn thy house upon thee with fire. ² And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon, and when I called you, ye did not save me out of their hand. ³ And when I saw that ye did not save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed opposite the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. ⁵ And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And it was so, that, when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are thou an Ephraimite? If he said, No, ⁶ then they said to him, Say now Shibboleth, and he said Sibboleth, for he could not frame to pronounce it right, then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to this people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shall thou speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁶ And when all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? Neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel. Now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.

¹⁰ Thou have indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up. Glory by it, and abide at home, for why should thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou should fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel. ¹⁶ A fool's vexation is instantly known, but a prudent man conceals shame.

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is like letting out water. Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.

¹⁸ Every purpose is established by counsel, and by wise guidance make thou war.

²⁴ The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name. He works in the arrogance of pride.

⁸ Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?

²⁸ For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion? ²⁹ So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him, ³⁰ saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. ³¹ Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not, while he is still far off, having sent a delegation, he asks the things about peace.

²⁴ And also a dispute develop among them, which of them is considered to be greater.

¹ Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance. ² And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables. ³ Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need. ⁴ But we will continue steadfastly in prayer, and in the service of the word. ⁵ And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch,

⁴ he is puffed up, understanding nothing, but doting about disputes and word controversies, from which develop envy, strife, revilings, evil surmisings,

¹⁴ But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic. ¹⁶ For where envy and selfish ambition are, there is instability and every evil deed.

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

⁵ Or think ye that the scripture says vainly, The Spirit that he caused to dwell in us yearns with jealousy? ⁶ But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, God is opposed to the arrogant, but gives grace to the lowly.

⁹ I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first of them, did not accept us. 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.

²⁸ And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. ²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

¹⁵ He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

¹⁹ For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up. 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.

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.

² For thou shall eat the labor of thy hands. Happy thou shall be, and it shall be well with thee.

² Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

²² A good man leaves an inheritance to his son's sons, and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous. ²³ Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that is consumed because of injustice.

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

²³ Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. ²⁴ For riches are not forever. And does the crown endure to all generations? ²⁵ The hay is carried, and the tender grass shows itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in. ²⁶ The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the cost of the field. ²⁷ And then will be goats' milk enough for thy food; for the food of thy household, and maintenance for thy maidens.

⁸ He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

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

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

¹⁴ And those riches perish in a bad venture. And if he has begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.

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.

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?

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.

⁶ And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me. ⁷ And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should give sons suck? For I have borne him a son in his old age.

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou are yet alive.

²⁶ And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by thee here, praying to LORD. ²⁷ I prayed for this child, and LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him. ²⁸ Therefore also I have granted him to LORD; as long as he lives he is granted to LORD. And he worshiped LORD there.

¹⁵ As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy form.

² He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. ³ And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in LORD.

¹ As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God. ² My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? ³ My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?

³ I am weary with my crying. My throat is dried. My eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁸¹ My soul faints for thy salvation. I hope in thy word. ⁸² My eyes fail for thy word, while I say, When will thou comfort me? ⁸³ For I have become like a wine-skin in the smoke. Yet I do not forget thy statutes.

⁷ Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.

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

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

¹⁹ The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him that I am sick from love.

²⁹ Now dismiss thy bondman in peace, Master, according to thy word, ³⁰ because my eyes have seen thy salvation,

²² And now therefore indeed ye have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no man takes your joy away from you.

² in the middle of its thoroughfare. And on this side of the river and on that was a tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit according to each month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

³¹ Because he has despised the word of LORD, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.

⁹ Why have thou despised the word of LORD, to do that which is evil in his sight? Thou have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be thy wife, and have slain him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house, because thou have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

³ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God, and let it be done according to the law.

¹¹ Moreover by them thy servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

¹³ He will bless those who fear LORD, both small and great.

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have those who love thy law, and they have no occasion of stumbling.

²⁵ but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,

³⁰ They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. ³¹ Therefore they shall eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

²¹ Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous shall be recompensed with good.

² For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

² then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, spoke, saying to Jeremiah, Thou speak falsely. LORD our God has not sent thee to say, Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there.

¹⁶ As for the word that thou have spoken to us in the name of LORD, we will not hearken to thee. ¹⁷ But we will certainly perform every word that has gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings and our rulers, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil.

¹³ But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keeps, he shall live in them. And they greatly profaned my sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

¹⁶ because they rejected my ordinances, and did not walk in my statutes, and profaned my sabbaths, for their heart went after their idols.

²⁴ because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.

¹⁶ Then those who feared LORD spoke one with another, and LORD hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for those who feared LORD, and who thought upon his name.

¹² Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, because your reward is great in the heavens, for so they persecuted the prophets before you.

³¹ And he said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if some man would rise from the dead.

²⁸ Any man who has disregarded the law of Moses dies without mercies from two or three witnesses. ²⁹ By how much worse punishment do ye think he will deserve who has trampled the Son of God, and who considered profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who treated the Spirit of grace contemptuously?

⁸ Watch yourselves, so that we may not lose what we have wrought, but may receive a full reward.

⁶ The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me. ⁷ In my distress I called upon LORD. Yea, I called to my God. And he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came into his ears.

⁵ The cords of Sheol were round about me. The snares of death came upon me.

³ The cords of death encompassed me, and the pains of Sheol got hold upon me. I found trouble and sorrow.

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

²⁷ The fear of LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

²⁴ To the wise man the way of life is upward, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

⁶ By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of LORD men depart from evil.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

²² Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.

¹⁴ And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and LORD was with him. ¹⁵ And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. ¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.

⁹ where your fathers challenged me, proved me, and saw my work. ¹⁰ Forty years long I was grieved with that generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. ¹¹ Therefore I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

¹⁰ The fear of LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and all who act accordingly have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.

⁴ so thou shall find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as darkness. They know not at what they stumble.

³⁵ The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath will be to him who causes shame.

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

¹⁹ Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee. Know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and a bitter, that thou have forsaken LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, says the Lord, LORD of hosts.

⁵² And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and men.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house.

²¹ What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men of whom I know not from where they are?

¹⁷ Now therefore know and consider what thou will do, for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house. For he is such a worthless fellow that a man cannot speak to him.

²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I thy handmaid saw not the young men of my lord whom thou sent.

⁵ It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He shall maintain his cause in judgment,

²² Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight. ²³ A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

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

³ Yea also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

¹³ Behold, my servant shall deal wisely. He shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

¹⁶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves. Become ye therefore wise as serpents, and innocent as doves.

¹⁹ For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.

²⁰ Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.

¹⁷ Because of this do not become foolish, but understanding what is the will of the Lord.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

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.

²³ The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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

¹³ And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. ¹⁴ In the prophets of Jerusalem also I have seen a horrible thing. They commit adultery, and walk in lies. And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. ¹⁵ Therefore thus says LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall. For from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone forth into all the land. ¹⁶ Thus says LORD of hosts: Hearken not to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of LORD.

²⁸ The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream. And he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the straw to the wheat? says LORD.

¹⁸ When I say to a wicked man, Thou shall surely die, and thou give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked man from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.

⁷ So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. ⁸ When I say to the wicked man, O wicked man, thou shall surely die, and thou do not speak to warn the wicked man from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.

² And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.

¹⁷ For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

²⁰ We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

¹² And I have gratitude to the Christ-Jesus our Lord-who empowered me, because he considered me faithful, having placed in service

² And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

⁵ Let a righteous man smite me, as a kindness. And let him reprove me, as oil upon the head. Let not my head refuse it. For even in their wickedness my prayer shall continue.

⁹ lest thou give thine honor to others, and thy years to the cruel, ¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labors be in the house of an alien, ¹¹ and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, ¹² and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof. ¹³ Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me! ¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation.

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

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

¹³ He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

³¹ The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise. ³² He who refuses correction despises his own soul, but he who hearkens to reproof gets understanding.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of a generous man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts.

¹² An earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

³ O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? Thou have stricken them, but they were not grieved. Thou have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return. ⁴ Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of LORD, nor the law of their God. ⁵ I will go to the great men, and will speak to them, for they know the way of LORD, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. ⁶ Therefore a lion out of the forest shall kill them; a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them; a leopard shall watch against their cities. Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. ⁷ How can I pardon thee? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by those who are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses. ⁸ They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife. ⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? says LORD. And shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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,

⁴⁸ And also thus said the king, Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, who has given one of my seed to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it.

²⁸ And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

¹ The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD. And in thy salvation how greatly he shall rejoice! ² Thou have given him his heart's desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah.

¹⁴ Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.

²⁷ Depart from evil, and do good, and dwell for evermore.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own eyes. Fear LORD, and depart from evil.

¹² Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.

²⁷ An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

⁴ It was but a little that I passed from them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

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.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. ⁸ Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me in that day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

¹⁴ And I said to him, My lord, thou know. And he said to me, These are those coming out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ Because of this they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sits on the throne will dwell among them. ¹⁶ They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst any more. The sun will, no, not fall upon them, nor any heat. ¹⁷ Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

¹² Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. And Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. ¹³ Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against LORD.

¹² And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him.

¹⁰ And the young men that grew up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall thou say to this people that spoke to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter to us; thus shall thou speak to them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins.

⁴ And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou are, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

³² And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel, and they turned aside to fight against him. And Jehoshaphat cried out.

² And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should thou help the wicked, and love those who hate LORD? For this thing wrath is upon thee from before LORD.

⁶³ I am a companion of all those who fear thee, and of those who observe thy precepts.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. ¹² Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the pit. ¹³ We shall find all precious substance. We shall fill our houses with spoil. ¹⁴ Thou shall cast thy lot among us. We will all have one bag. ¹⁵ My son, walk not thou in the way with them. Restrain thy foot from their path. ¹⁶ For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. ¹⁷ For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird, ¹⁸ and these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. ¹⁹ So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain. It takes away the life of the owners of it.

¹² to deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things, ¹³ who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, ¹⁴ who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of evil, ¹⁵ who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths, ¹⁶ to deliver thee from the interloping woman, even from the stranger who flatters with her words, ¹⁷ who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God ¹⁸ (for her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead; ¹⁹ none who go to her return again, nor do they attain to the paths of life), ²⁰ that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

²² He goes after her straightaway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks, ²³ till an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hastens to the snare. And he does not know that it is for his life.

²⁷ Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death.

⁶ Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.

³¹ The ear that hearkens to the reproof of life shall abide among the wise.

⁷ Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou feed thy flock, where thou make it to rest at noon. For why should I be as she who is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions? ⁸ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

⁴² And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.

³³ Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits. ³⁴ Sober up rightly, and do not sin, for some have ignorance of God. I speak shame about you.

¹⁴ Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness? ¹⁵ And what agreement has Christ with Belial? Or what share have believers with non-believers? ¹⁶ And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me. ¹⁷ Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says the Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you ¹⁸ and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.

²⁴ And let us examine each other for provocation of love and good works.

⁴ And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out from her, my people, so that ye may not participate with her sins, and that ye may not receive from her plagues.

⁷ If thou do well, shall thou not be accepted? And if thou do not well, sin crouches at the door. Its desire shall be for thee, and thou shall rule over it.

²³ But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.

¹⁰ Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he who trusts in LORD, loving kindness shall encompass him about.

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.

⁴ And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live.

⁷ to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality-eternal life- 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, ¹⁰ but glory and esteem and peace to every man who works good, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee and to thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.

¹² Now therefore do not give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever, that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your sons forever.

¹² What man is he who fears LORD? Him he shall instruct in the way that he shall choose. ¹³ His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the land.

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

²⁸ The sons of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee.

² His seed shall be mighty upon earth. The generation of the upright shall be blessed.

⁶ Yea, see thou thy son's sons. Peace be upon Israel.

²⁶ For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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.

¹⁸ He who keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit of it, and he who regards his master shall be honored.

¹⁹ He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who follows after vanity shall have poverty enough.

⁹ Moreover the abundance of the land is for all. The king himself is served by the field.

⁵ He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision. ⁶ For to every purpose there is a time and decision, although the distress of man is great upon him. ⁷ Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD. ⁸ How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But behold, the false pen of the scribes has wrought falsely. ⁹ The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them? ¹⁰ Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness. From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.

¹² For whom LORD loves he reproves, and he whips every son whom he receives.

³⁶ But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

¹⁵ Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

¹³ Withhold not correction from the child, for if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴ Thou shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Sheol.

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

¹⁷ Correct thy son, and he will give thee rest, yea, he will give delight to thy soul.

²⁶ If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

⁶ For whom the Lord loves he chastens. And he whips every son whom he receives. ⁷ Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? ⁸ And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons.

⁴⁸ therefore thou shall serve thine enemies that LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things. And he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he has destroyed thee.

²⁴ to be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. And I will send upon them the teeth of beasts, with the poison of crawling things of the dust.

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.

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous man has than the abundance of many wicked men.

¹⁸ LORD knows the days of the perfect, and their inheritance shall be forever. ¹⁹ They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

¹¹ so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

³ LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

³⁴ so thy poverty shall come as a robber, and thy want as an armed man.

¹³ Therefore thus says the lord LORD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry. Behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty. Behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame. ¹⁴ Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.

¹⁰ For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.

⁸ For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for all things, having promise of the present life, and of that which is coming.

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.