Proverbs 24 Cross References - ACV

¹ Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them. ² For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief. ³ Through wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established, ⁴ and by knowledge the chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ⁵ A wise man is strong, yea, a man of knowledge increases might. ⁶ For by wise guidance thou shall make thy war, and in the multitude of counselors there is safety. ⁷ Wisdom is too high for a fool. He opens not his mouth in the gate. ⁸ He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker. ⁹ The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men. ¹⁰ If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. ¹¹ Deliver those who are carried away to death, and hold thou back those who are ready to be slain. ¹² If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work? ¹³ My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste, ¹⁴ so the knowledge of wisdom is to thy soul. If thou have found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off. ¹⁵ Lay not in wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Do not destroy his resting place. ¹⁶ For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. ¹⁷ Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown, ¹⁸ lest LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. ¹⁹ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious at the wicked. ²⁰ For there shall be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. ²¹ My son, fear thou LORD and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change. ²² For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and the destruction from them both, who knows it? ²³ These also are from the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good. ²⁴ He who says to a wicked man, Thou are righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him. ²⁵ But to those who rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. ²⁶ He who gives a right answer kisses the lips. ²⁷ Prepare thy work outside, and make it ready for thee in the field, and afterwards build thy house. ²⁸ Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause, and deceive not with thy lips. ²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 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.

¹⁰ And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou go to Zoar. ¹¹ So Lot chose for himself all the Plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed east, and they separated themselves the one from the other. 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.

¹ And the two agents came to Sodom at evening, and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. And he bowed himself with his face to the earth, ² and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No, but we will abide in the street all night. ³ And he urged them greatly. And they turned in to him, and entered into his house. And he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. ⁴ But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, encompassed the house around, both young and old, all the people from every quarter. ⁵ And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out to us, that we may know them. ⁶ And Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him. ⁷ And he said, I pray you, my brothers, do not so wickedly. ⁸ Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man. Let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes. Only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shadow of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will be a judge. Now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door. ¹⁰ But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. ¹¹ And they smote the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

⁹ Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,

¹ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious against those who work unrighteousness.

⁷ Rest in LORD, and wait patiently for him. Fret not thyself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

³ For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

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.

³¹ Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.

²⁰ Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners, but be thou in the fear of LORD all the day long.

¹⁹ Fret not thyself because of evildoers, nor be thou envious at the wicked.

¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are apparent, which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, licentiousness, ²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, wraths, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, ²¹ envyings, murders, intoxications, revelings, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, as I also did forewarn, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

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 And David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.

⁶ But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. ⁷ In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

³⁵ They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.

¹⁴ Behold the wicked man, he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

⁷ His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

³ Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts.

⁴ He devises iniquity upon his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He does not abhor evil.

⁴ that they may shoot in secret places at a blameless man. Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. ⁵ They encourage themselves in an evil purpose. They converse of laying snares secretly. They say, Who will see them? ⁶ They search out iniquities, saying, We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart are deep.

² and men who devise mischievous things in their heart. They gather themselves continually together for war.

¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord.

⁸ He who devises to do evil, men shall call him a mischief-maker.

⁴ No man sues in righteousness, and no man pleads in truth. They trust in vanity, and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

³ Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge asks for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

³ Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, ⁴ and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

²⁰ Again therefore Pilate called out wanting to release Jesus, ²¹ but they shouted, saying, Crucify, crucify him.

¹⁰ said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of the Lord?

²⁶ And let thy name be magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is God over Israel, and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee.

¹ Wisdom has built her house. She has hewn out her seven pillars.

¹ Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish woman plucks it down with her own hands.

¹² He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

⁹ For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.

⁷ rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as ye were taught, abounding in it with thankfulness.

²² And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and sixty measures of meal, ²³ ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. ²⁴ For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side of the River. And he had peace on all sides round about him. ²⁵ And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. ²⁶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. ²⁷ And those officers provided provisions for king Solomon, and for all who came to king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking. ²⁸ Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

²⁵ And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah. ²⁶ And over those who did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub. ²⁷ And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. And over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸ And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite. And over the cellars of oil was Joash. ²⁹ And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. ³⁰ And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. ³¹ All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

² Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. ³ Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, ⁴ even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses, ⁵ of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artisans. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day to LORD? ⁶ Then the rulers of the fathers, and the rulers of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly. ⁷ And they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. ⁸ And those with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of LORD under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹ Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to LORD. And David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

¹⁸ Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance. For the weight of the brass could not be found out. ¹⁹ And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, also the golden altar, and the tables on which was the showbread, ²⁰ and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold, ²¹ and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold, and that perfect gold, ²² and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold. And as for the entry of the house, the inner doors of it for the most holy place, and the doors of the house, namely, of the temple, were of gold.

⁴ And he did that which was right in the eyes of LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. ⁵ And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God. And as long as he sought LORD, God made him to prosper. ⁶ And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod. And he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. ⁷ And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. ⁸ And the Ammonites gave tribute to Uzziah. And his name spread abroad even to the entrance of Egypt, for he grew exceedingly strong. ⁹ Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. ¹⁰ And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle, also in the lowland and in the plain. And he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields, for he loved husbandry. ¹¹ Moreover Uzziah had an army of fighting men who went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains.

³⁹ For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the heave offering of the grain, of the new wine, and of the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers. And we will not forsake the house of our God.

⁵ had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the heave offerings for the priests. ⁶ But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after certain days I asked leave of the king, ⁷ and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. ⁸ And it grieved me greatly. Therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. ⁹ Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers. And there I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense. ¹⁰ And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each one to his field. ¹¹ Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. ¹² Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries. ¹³ And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah, and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

²¹ that I may cause those who love me to inherit substance, and that I may fill their treasuries.

⁶ In the house of a righteous man is much treasure, but in the revenues of a wicked man is trouble.

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

²⁰ There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of a wise man, but a foolish man swallows it up.

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.

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.

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

¹⁴ Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge. I am understanding, I have might.

²⁹ The way of LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

²² A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of the confidence of it.

¹⁹ Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers that are in a city.

¹⁴ There was a little city, and few men within it. And there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it. ¹⁵ Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man. ¹⁶ Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. ¹⁷ The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools. ¹⁸ Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

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.

¹¹ being strengthened in every ability, according to the dominion of his glory, for all perseverance and longsuffering with joy.

¹⁴ Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.

²² Where there is no counsel, plans are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

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

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?

²⁵ And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable. ²⁶ I therefore run this way, not as aimlessly. I fight this way, not as flaying air. ²⁷ But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.

¹⁰ Finally my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. ¹¹ Put on the full armor of God to enable you to stand against the wiles of the devil. ¹² Because our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principal offices, against the positions of authority, against the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, against the spiritual things of wickedness in the heavenly things. ¹³ Because of this take ye up the full armor of God, so that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. ¹⁴ Stand ye therefore having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet in preparation of the good news of peace. ¹⁶ Above all having taken up the shield of faith, by which ye will be able to quench all the fiery darts of evil. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸ praying through every prayer and entreaty at every time in spirit, and being alert in this same thing in all perseverance and entreaty for all the sanctified, ¹⁹ and for me, so that utterance may be given to me in boldness in opening my mouth to make known the mystery of the good news, ²⁰ for which I am an ambassador in bondage, so that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

¹¹ But thou, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, patience, meekness. ¹² Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life for which thou are called, and confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

⁷ I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.

⁴ His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

⁷ when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street. ⁸ The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood. ⁹ The rulers refrained from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. ¹⁰ The voice of the ranking men was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. ¹¹ For when the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me. ¹² Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him. ¹³ The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem. ¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth. ¹⁸ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. ¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lays all night upon my branch. ²⁰ My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed in my hand. 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. ²³ And they waited for me as for the rain. And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. ²⁴ I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance. ²⁵ I chose out their way, and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as a man who comforts the mourners.

²¹ if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

⁵ His ways are profane at all times. Thy judgments are far above out of his sight. As for all his adversaries, he puffs at them.

⁵ How great are thy works, O LORD! Thy thoughts are very deep. ⁶ A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.

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

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

²⁴ Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

²² Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate.

⁸ Open thy mouth for the mute, in the cause of all such as are left desolate. ⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the poor and needy.

²¹ who make a man an offender in his cause, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nothing.

¹⁰ They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks uprightly.

¹² For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye who afflict the just man, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the gate.

¹⁵ Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate. It may be that LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

¹⁴ Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.

⁴⁴ The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know all the iniquity which thy heart is privy to, what thou did to David my father. Therefore LORD shall return thy iniquity upon thine own head.

¹¹ For they intended evil against thee. They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

²² Do they not err who devise evil? But mercy and truth are to those who devise good.

² For their heart meditates oppression, and their lips talk of mischief.

⁹ The thought of folly is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

⁷ However he does not so reason, nor does his heart so think, but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few. ⁸ For he says, Are not my rulers all of them kings? ⁹ Is not Calno as Carchemish? Is not Hamath as Arpad? Is not Samaria as Damascus? ¹⁰ As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, whose graven images excelled those of Jerusalem and of Samaria, ¹¹ shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? ¹² Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. ¹³ For he has said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. And I have removed the bounds of the peoples, and have robbed their treasures. And like a valiant man I have brought down those who sit on thrones.

⁷ And the instruments of the churl are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

¹⁰ Thus says the lord LORD: It shall come to pass in that day, that things shall come into thy mind, and thou shall devise an evil plan. ¹¹ And thou shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages. I will go to those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,

¹¹ He has gone forth out of thee, who devises evil against LORD, who counsels wickedness.

³⁰ being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;

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.

¹¹³ I hate those who are of a double mind, but I love thy law.

¹⁰ Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.

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

⁸ Scoffers set a city in a flame, but wise men turn away wrath.

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.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou may be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

²⁸ But I say to you, that every man who looks on a woman to crave her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

⁴ And having known their thoughts Jesus said, Why think ye evil in your hearts?

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

²² Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.

⁵ casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,

¹ And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines, and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel, so I shall escape out of his hand.

⁵ But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.

²⁸ Have thou not known? Have thou not heard? The everlasting God, LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, nor is weary. There is no searching of his understanding. ²⁹ He gives power to the faint. And to him who has no might he increases strength. ³⁰ Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall. 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.

⁴⁶ And let not your heart faint. Neither fear ye for the news that shall be heard in the land. For news shall come one year, and after that in another year, news, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.

⁸ For his disciples had gone away into the city so that they might buy food.

¹ Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.

¹³ Therefore I ask that ye not become discouraged at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.

³ For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened. ⁴ Ye have not yet resisted as far as blood, struggling against sin. ⁵ And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of the Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?

³ And thou have perseverance. And thou endured because of my name, and did not become weary.

¹³ I know thy works, and where thou dwell, where Satan's throne is. And thou hold firm my name, and did not deny my faith in the days in which Antipas was my faithful witness, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

⁸ Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up thine enemy into thy hand this day. Now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time. ⁹ And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not, for who can put forth his hand against LORD's anointed, and be guiltless?

¹⁷ And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth.

⁴ Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.

⁶ Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? ⁷ Is it not to deal thy bread to a hungry man, and that thou bring the poor who are cast out to thy house, when thou see a naked man, that thou cover him, and that thou not hide thyself from thine own flesh?

³¹ And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. ³² And likewise also a Levite who happened upon the place, having come, and having looked, passed by on the other side.

²³ But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed. ²⁴ And Pilate decreed their request to happen. ²⁵ And he released the man who had been cast into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they asked for, but he delivered Jesus to their will.

¹⁷ But all the Greeks, having taken Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not going to judge, even of these things.

³¹ And while seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up. ³² And immediately after taking soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them. And they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

¹⁰ And a great conflict having developed, the chief captain, having been alarmed lest Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from the midst of them, and bring him into the fort.

²³ And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night. ²⁴ And provide beasts, so that after mounting Paul, they may bring him safely to Felix the governor, ²⁵ after writing a letter containing this form: ²⁶ Claudius Lysias to the eminent governor Felix, greeting. ²⁷ This man who was seized by the Jews, and was going to be killed by them, having stood by with the soldiers, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman. ²⁸ And wanting to know for what reason they accused him, I brought him down to their council, ²⁹ whom I found accusing about issues of their law, having not one accusation worthy of death or of bonds. ³⁰ And when it was reported to me of a plot going to be against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to thee, also having commanded the accusers to speak before thee the things against him. Be strong. ³¹ Indeed therefore, the soldiers, according to that which was precisely arranged for them, having taken Paul, they brought him through the night to Antipatris. ³² But on the morrow they returned to the fort, having allowed the horsemen to depart with him, ³³ who, after coming to Caesarea and having delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him. ³⁴ And the governor having read it, and having questioned from what province he was, and having found out that he was from Cilicia, ³⁵ he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.

¹⁶ By this we know love, because that man laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. ¹⁷ But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

⁶ LORD kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

⁷ But LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For LORD sees not as man sees, for man looks on the outward appearance, but LORD looks on the heart.

²⁹ And though men be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with LORD thy God. And the souls of thine enemies, them he shall sling out as from the hollow of a sling.

¹¹ For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

⁹ O let the wickedness of the wicked man come to an end, but establish thou the righteous man. For the righteous God tries the minds and hearts.

³ Thou have proved my heart. Thou have visited me in the night. Thou have tried me, and find nothing. I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

²¹ will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

¹² Also to thee, O Lord, belongs loving kindness, for thou render to every man according to his work.

⁹ who holds our soul in life, and does not allow our feet to be moved.

³ He will not allow thy foot to be moved. He who keeps thee will not slumber.

⁸ LORD will keep thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

²¹ For the ways of man are before the eyes of LORD, and he makes level all his paths.

² Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but LORD weighs the hearts.

⁸ If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For a man higher than the high is observing, and there are higher men than they.

¹⁰ I, LORD, search the mind. I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

¹⁹ great in counsel, and mighty in work, whose eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings,

²³ but have lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven. And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine from them. And thou have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor know. And the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, thou have not glorified.

²⁷ For the Son of man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his agents, and then he will reward each man according to his actions.

²⁸ For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.

⁶ who will render to each man according to his works,

¹⁶ in a day when God judges the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my good news.

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.

¹⁰ For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.

¹² For the word of God is living, and potent, and sharper, above every two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division both of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and discernible of the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.

¹⁸ and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.

¹⁸ And to the agent of the congregation in Thyatira write, These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes as a flame of fire, and his feet resembling highly refined metal:

²³ And I will kill her children in death. And all the congregations will know that I am he who searches the inner feelings and hearts. And I will give to you-to each-according to your works.

¹² And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the one of life. And the dead were judged from the things that were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³ And the sea gave up the dead in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead in them. And they were judged, each according to their works. ¹⁴ And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. ¹⁵ And if any man was found not written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

¹² Behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me to render to each man as his work will be

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb.

¹⁰³ How sweet are thy words to my taste, than honey to my mouth!

¹⁶ Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

²⁷ It is not good to eat much honey, so for men to search out their own glory is grievous.

¹¹ Thy lips, O my bride, drop the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

¹ I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends. Drink, yea. Drink abundantly, O beloved.

¹⁵ Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

⁴ Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

¹⁰ More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb. ¹¹ Moreover by them thy servant is warned. In keeping them there is great reward.

¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

¹ My son, if thou will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with thee, 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.

¹⁰ For wisdom shall enter into thy heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to thy soul,

¹³ Happy is the man who finds wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. ¹⁴ For the gain of it is better than the gain of silver, and the profit of it than fine gold. ¹⁵ She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things thou can desire are to be compared to her. ¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, in her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her. And happy is everyone who retains her.

¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee, if they be established together upon thy lips.

¹⁸ For surely there is a reward, and thy hope shall not be cut off.

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.

²¹ Jesus said to him, If thou want to be perfect, go, sell the things being possessed by thee, and give to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.

²⁵ But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.

¹¹ As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?

¹⁸ And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod. ¹⁹ And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, sons and sucklings, and oxen and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

²⁰ Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand. ²¹ And Saul said, Blessed be ye of LORD, for ye have had compassion on me. ²² Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that he deals very shrewdly. ²³ See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come ye again to me of a certainty. And I will go with you, and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.

⁸ He sits in the lurking-places of the villages. In the covert places he murders the innocent man. His eyes are secretly set against the poor man. ⁹ He lurks in secret as a lion in his covert. He lies in wait to catch the poor man. He catches the poor man when he draws him in his net. ¹⁰ He crouches, he bows down, and helpless men fall by his strong men.

³² A wicked man watches a righteous man, and seeks to kill him.

⁶ They gather themselves together. They hide themselves. They mark my steps, even as they have waited for my soul.

³ For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

⁵ The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords. They have spread a net by the wayside. They have set snares for me. Selah.

¹¹ If they say, Come with us. Let us lay wait for blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.

²⁸ Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

¹⁸ And my people shall abide in a peaceable habitation, and in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places.

¹⁹ But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. And I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit of it. And let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may no more be remembered.

⁴ and they deliberated so that they might take Jesus by trickery, and kill him.

²⁴ but their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates both day and night so that they might destroy him.

¹⁶ But the son of Paul's sister, having heard of the ambush, having come and entered into the fort, he informed Paul.

³ asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him on the way.

¹⁰ And David said, As LORD lives, LORD will smite him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down into battle and perish.

⁴ Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

¹⁹ He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

¹⁶ His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.

¹⁹ Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.

²⁴ Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for LORD upholds him with his hand.

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.

¹⁷ A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador is health.

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

¹⁴ Happy is the man who fears always, but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief. ¹⁵ A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people. ¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days. ¹⁷ A man who is laden with the blood of any person shall flee to the pit. Let no man stay him. ¹⁸ He who walks uprightly shall be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

² The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise. She is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

¹⁴ Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, lives, and, As the way of Beersheba lives, they shall fall, and never rise up again.

⁸ Rejoice not against me, O my enemy. When I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, LORD will be a light to me. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. ¹⁰ Then my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is LORD thy God? My eyes shall see my desire upon her. Now she shall be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

²³ And immediately an agent of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired.

⁸ For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive. ⁹ But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead. ¹⁰ Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.

⁸ restricted in everything, yet not confined, perplexed but not despairing, ⁹ persecuted but not forsaken, cast down but not destroyed. ¹⁰ Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body. ¹¹ For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh. ¹² So death indeed works in us, but life in you.

²³ Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. ²⁴ From the Jews five times I received forty save one. ²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth, ²⁶ in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among false brothers, ²⁷ in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.

³ For when they say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction approaches them, as the woman having birth pangs in her womb, and they will, no, not escape.

²⁰ Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her. ²¹ And one mighty agent took up a stone like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus in violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and will, no, not be found any more.

²⁵ And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport to us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house, and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars.

⁵ And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, cursing as he came. ⁶ And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. ⁷ And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow. ⁸ LORD has returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul in whose stead thou have reigned. And LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son, and, behold, thou are taken in thine own mischief because thou are a man of blood. ⁹ Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. ¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because LORD has said to him, Curse David, who then shall say, Why have thou done so? ¹¹ And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse, for LORD has bidden him. ¹² It may be that LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that LORD will reward me good for his cursing of me this day. ¹³ So David and his men went by the way, and Shimei went along on the hill-side opposite him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. ¹⁴ And the king, and all the people who were with him, came weary, and he refreshed himself there.

²⁹ if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

¹⁵ But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The wretches gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not. They tore me, and ceased not.

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.

¹⁰ As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me; while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?

⁵ He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

¹² But look not thou on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster, and rejoice not over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor speak proudly in the day of distress.

⁶ does not rejoice in wrong but rejoices in the truth, ⁷ covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the land of Uz. Yet the cup shall pass through to thee also. Thou shall be drunken, and shall make thyself naked. ²² The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion. He will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom. He will uncover thy sins.

¹⁵ And I am very greatly displeased with the nations that are at ease. For I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. ¹⁶ Therefore thus says LORD: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercies. My house shall be built in it, says LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.

²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.

¹ Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

⁴ I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers. ⁵ I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

¹ Be not thou envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.

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

¹¹ And do not associate with the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead even rebuke them.

² For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boasters, arrogant, blasphemous, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, impious, ³ devoid of natural affection, irreconcilable, slanderous, without self-control, savage, no lovers of good, ⁴ traitors, reckless, beclouded, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God, ⁵ having a form of piety, but repudiating the power of it. Now turn away from these men,

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. 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,

¹⁷ Wicked men shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

⁶ He will rain snares upon sinners. Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.

⁹ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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

¹¹ Woe to the wicked! It is ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.

¹² but the sons of the kingdom will be cast 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.

¹³ wild waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, wandering stars for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved into an age.

³¹ And Israel saw the great work which LORD did upon the Egyptians. And the people feared LORD, and they believed in LORD, and in his servant Moses.

¹ Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took, ² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown, ³ and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, Ye take too much upon you, since all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and LORD is among them. Why then do ye lift up yourselves above the assembly of LORD?

⁵ And they said to him, Behold, thou are old, and thy sons do not walk in thy ways. Now make for us a king to judge us like all the nations. ⁶ But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to LORD. ⁷ And LORD said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to thee, for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them.

¹² And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, ye said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, when LORD your God was your king. ¹³ Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for. And, behold, LORD has set a king over you. ¹⁴ If ye will fear LORD, and serve him, and hearken to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of LORD, then both ye and also the king who reigns over you shall be followers of LORD your God. ¹⁵ But if ye will not hearken to the voice of LORD, but rebel against the commandment of LORD, then the hand of LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers. ¹⁶ Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which LORD will do before your eyes. ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to LORD that he may send thunder and rain, and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of LORD in asking a king for you. ¹⁸ So Samuel called to LORD, and LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared LORD and Samuel. ¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to LORD thy God that we not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask a king for us.

⁶ And he said to his men, LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, LORD's anointed, to put forth my hand against him, since he is LORD's anointed.

¹³ And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. ¹⁴ And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee, for otherwise none of us shall escape from Absalom. Make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. ¹⁵ And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall choose. ¹⁶ And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, who were concubines, to keep the house. ¹⁷ And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and they remained in Beth-merhak. ¹⁸ And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. ¹⁹ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do thou also go with us? Return, and abide with the king, for thou are a foreigner, and also an exile. Return to thine own place. ²⁰ Whereas thou came but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? Return thou, and take back thy brothers. Mercy and truth be with thee. ²¹ And Ittai answered the king, and said, As LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there thy servant will also be. ²² And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. ²³ And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king himself also passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness. ²⁴ And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished passing out of the city. ²⁵ And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I shall find favor in the eyes of LORD he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation. ²⁶ But if he says thus, I have no delight in thee, behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him. ²⁷ The king said also to Zadok the priest, Are thou not a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ See, I will remain at the fords of the wilderness until there comes word from you to report to me. ²⁹ Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem, and they abode there. ³⁰ And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up, and he had his head covered, and went barefoot. And all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. ³¹ And it was told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. ³² And it came to pass, that, when David came to the top of the ascent, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn, and dirt upon his head. ³³ And David said to him, If thou pass on with me, then thou will be a burden to me, ³⁴ but if thou return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king. As I have been thy father's servant in time past, so I will now be thy servant, then thou will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. ³⁵ And have thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? Therefore it shall be, that whatever thing thou shall hear out of the king's house, thou shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. ³⁶ Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son. And by them ye shall send to me everything that ye shall hear. ³⁷ So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

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.

² I say, Keep the king's command, and that because of the oath of God. ³ Be not hasty to go out of his presence. Persist not in an evil matter, for he does whatever pleases him. ⁴ For the king's word has power, and who may say to him, What are thou doing? ⁵ He who keeps a commandment shall know no evil thing. And a wise man's heart discerns the time and decision.

²¹ They say to him, Caesar's. Then he says to them, Therefore, render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God.

¹ Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher. For there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God are those that have been instituted. ² So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves. ³ For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it. ⁴ For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil. ⁵ Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience. ⁶ For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing. ⁷ Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.

¹ Remind them to be submissive to principle offices and positions of authority, to be obedient, to be prepared for every good work,

¹³ Therefore because of the Lord, ye should submit to every human establishment, whether to a king as being supreme, ¹⁴ or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evildoers and praise of well-doers. ¹⁵ Because this way is the will of God, doing good to muzzle the ignorance of the foolish men. ¹⁶ As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God. ¹⁷ Respect all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Respect the king.

³¹ And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that pertained to Korah, and all their goods. ³³ So they, and all that pertained to them, went down alive into Sheol. And the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. ³⁴ And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. ³⁵ And fire came forth from LORD, and devoured the two hundred and fifty men who offered the incense.

¹ Now the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. ² And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons, and the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. ³ And the battle went severely against Saul, and the archers overtook him, and he was greatly distressed because of the archers. ⁴ Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. ⁵ And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. ⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together. ⁷ And when the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁷ And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. ⁸ For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

¹⁶ And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand. ¹⁷ And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter. So there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

¹¹ Who knows the power of thine anger, and thy wrath according to the fear that is due to thee?

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

² The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

¹¹ Ephraim is oppressed. He is crushed in judgment, because he was content to walk after man's command.

¹⁰ Where now is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities, and thy judges, of whom thou said, Give me a king and rulers? ¹¹ I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

¹⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.

¹⁷ Ye shall not respect persons in judgment. Ye shall hear the small and the great alike. Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you ye shall bring to me, and I will hear it.

¹⁹ Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

⁷ Now therefore let the fear of LORD be upon you. Take heed and do it. For there is no iniquity with LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

² How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah. ³ Judge the poor man and the orphan. Do justice to the afflicted and destitute man. ⁴ Rescue the poor and needy man. Deliver from the hand of the wicked man.

⁴³ He who is wise will give heed to these things, and they will consider the loving kindnesses of LORD.

⁶ to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

⁵ To respect the person of a wicked man is not good, nor to turn aside a righteous man in judgment.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

²¹ To have respect of persons is not good, nor that a man should transgress for a piece of bread.

¹ Who is as the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things, prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them. But transgressors shall fall therein.

²⁴ Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

²⁰ Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear. ²¹ I solemnly testify before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen agents, that thou keep these things without prejudice, doing nothing from partiality.

⁴ then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts? 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? ⁶ But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is indeed first pure, then peaceful, gentle, easily entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and non-hypocritical.

¹⁷ And if ye call on a Father, him who judges impartially according to each man's work, live the time of your sojourn in fear.

⁶ Thou shall not distort the justice due to thy poor in his case. ⁷ Keep thee far from a false matter. And do not kill an innocent and righteous man, for I will not justify a wicked man.

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

¹⁵ He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

²⁷ He who gives to the poor shall not lack, but he who hides his eyes shall have many a curse.

¹⁰ Slander not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty.

²⁰ Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil, who put darkness for light, and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

²³ who justify the wicked for rewards, and take away the justice of the righteous man from him!

²⁴ And they shall go forth, and look upon the dead bodies of the men who have transgressed against me. For their worm shall not die, nor shall their fire be quenched, and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh.

¹³ For from the least of them even to the greatest of them everyone is given to covetousness. And from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. ¹⁴ They have also lightly healed the hurt of my people, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

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. ¹¹ And they have lightly healed the hurt of the daughter of my people, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.

²² Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.

¹⁷ Thou shall not hate thy brother in thy heart. Thou shall surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

¹³ For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves, and he did not restrain 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. ²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee because thou have sold thyself to do that which is evil in the sight of LORD.

⁷ Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the ranking men and the rulers, and said to them, Ye exact usury, everyone of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. ⁸ And I said to them, According to our ability we have redeemed our brothers the Jews, who were sold to the nations, and would ye even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us? Then they were silent, and found not a word. ⁹ Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?

⁸ And it grieved me greatly. Therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. ⁹ Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers. And there I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense. ¹⁰ And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each one to his field. ¹¹ Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

¹⁷ Then I contended with the ranking men of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

²⁵ And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

²⁸ And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I chased him from me.

¹⁶ I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaws of the unrighteous, and plucked the prey out of his teeth. ¹⁸ Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

²³ He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

⁴ For John said to him, It is not permitted for thee to have her.

²⁰ Those who sin, rebuke in the sight of all, so that the others may also have fear.

² preach the word, stand ready in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

¹³ This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith,

¹⁵ These things speak and exhort and rebuke with every command. Let no man disregard thee.

³⁸ And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the spirit of God? ³⁹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Inasmuch as God has shown thee all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou. ⁴⁰ Thou shall be over my house, and according to thy word all my people shall be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than thou. ⁴¹ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. ⁴² And Pharaoh took his signet ring from off his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck. ⁴³ And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and they cried before him, Bow the knee. And he set him over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah, and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On, for a wife. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. ⁴⁶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. ⁴⁸ And he gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. The food of the field, which was round about every city, he laid up in the same. ⁴⁹ And Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, for it was without number. ⁵⁰ And two sons were born to Joseph before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. ⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, for God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. ⁵² And the name of the second he called Ephraim, for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. ⁵³ And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. ⁵⁴ And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said. And there was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do. ⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. ⁵⁷ And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe on all the earth.

²⁵ How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

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

¹ The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from LORD.

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.

⁴⁶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors to him. ⁴⁷ The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since thou have been able to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

¹⁷ And having answered, Jesus said to them, Render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. And they marveled at him. ¹⁸ And Sadducees come to him, who say there is no resurrection. And they questioned him, saying,

³² And the scholar said to him, Well, teacher. Thou spoke in truth that he is one, and there is no other but he. ³³ And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. ³⁴ And when Jesus saw him, that he answered wisely, he said to him, Thou are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man dared to question him any more.

¹⁷ And the king commanded, and they hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with shaped stone. ¹⁸ And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites fashioned them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.

⁷ And the house, when it was being built, was built of stone made ready at the quarry. And there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was being built.

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.

¹⁶ Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

¹ Thou shall not take up a false report. Do not put thy hand with the wicked man to be an unrighteous witness.

⁹ Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. ¹⁰ And he inquired of LORD for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

⁹ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. ¹⁰ And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou cursed God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death. ¹¹ And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. ¹² They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. ¹³ And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

³ And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.

⁷ For without cause they have hid their net for me in a pit. Without cause they have dug a pit for my soul.

¹¹ Unrighteous witnesses rise up, they ask me of things that I know not.

¹ Why boast thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God is continual.

⁵ A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness utters lies.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall perish.

²⁸ A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears shall speak so as to endure.

¹⁸ A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

⁵⁹ Now the chief priests and the elders and the whole council sought false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death, ⁶⁰ and they did not find it. And although many false witnesses came, they did not find it.

²³ And the governor said, For what evil has he done? But they cried out even more, saying, He should be crucified.

²⁵ But, that the word that is written in their law may be fulfilled, They hated me without cause.

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.

¹⁵ Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.

¹¹ Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them.

²² And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 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.

²² Say thou not, I will recompense evil. Wait for LORD, and he will save thee.

²¹ If thine enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. ²² For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.

³⁹ But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also. ⁴¹ And whoever will draft thee for one mile, go thou with him two. ⁴² Give to him who asks thee, and turn thou not away from him who wants to borrow from thee. ⁴³ Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

¹⁷ rendering to no man evil for evil, premeditating things right in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If possible from you, keeping peace with all men, ¹⁹ not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord. ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head. ²¹ Be thou not overcome by evil, but overcome evil by good.

¹⁵ See that not any man repays evil for evil to any man, but always pursue the good, both for each other and for all.

⁸ According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

²⁷ Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

¹⁷ I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,

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

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

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. ¹² A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, ¹³ who winks with his eyes, who speaks with his feet, who makes signs with his fingers, ¹⁴ in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who sows discord. ¹⁵ Therefore his calamity shall come suddenly. Suddenly he shall be broken, and that without remedy. ¹⁶ There are six things which LORD hates, yea, seven which are an abomination to him: ¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ a heart that devises wicked purposes, feet that are swift in running to mischief, ¹⁹ a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

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

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.

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

¹ Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter. And on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. ² Therefore I praised the dead who have long been dead more than the living who are yet alive. ³ Yea, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. ⁴ Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind. ⁵ The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. ⁶ Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind. ⁷ Then I returned and saw vanity under the sun. ⁸ There is one man who is alone, and he has not a second, yea, he has neither son nor brother. Yet there is no end of all his labor, nor are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, he says, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a great travail.

¹⁵ All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his evil-doing.

⁹ All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt. 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. ¹¹ Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

¹⁷ And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all the days of thy life. ¹⁸ Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field. ¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.

⁴⁰ let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

²³ The fear of LORD is life to a man, and he shall abide satisfied. He shall not be visited with evil.

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

¹³ The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.

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

⁵ And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard. I will take away the hedge of it, and it shall be eaten up. I will break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down.

³ For thus says LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

⁷ And others fell in the thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

²² And that which was sown in the thorns, this is he who hears the word, and the care of this age, and the deceitfulness of wealth, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

⁸ But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.

¹¹ And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall no more do any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee.

²¹ And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So thou shall put away the evil from the midst of thee, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

²⁹ Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

¹⁷ What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

⁴ Stand in awe, and sin not. Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

¹⁹ But Mary kept all these proclamations, pondering in her heart.

⁵¹ And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

⁶ But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted.

¹¹ Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.

⁵ Now I want to remind you, ye having known this once, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶ And the agents who did not keep their own principality, but left their own habitation, he has kept reserved in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day. ⁷ As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them, the same kind of way with these who indulged in fornication, and who went rear of queer flesh, are set forth an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

⁴ Do not give sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. ⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 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.

¹¹ And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.

¹⁴ Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.

⁶ So then let us not sleep, as also the others, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are intoxicated get drunk at night. ⁸ But we, being of the day, should be sober, putting on a breastplate of faith and love, and a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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

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