Proverbs 13 Cross References - Brenton

¹ A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed. ² A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time. ³ He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself. ⁴ Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent. ⁵ A righteous man hates an unjust word: but an ungodly man is ashamed, and will have no confidence. ⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁷ There are some who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are some who bring themselves down in the midst of much wealth. ⁸ A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor endures not threatening. ⁹ The righteous always have light: but the light of the ungodly is quenched. ^(13:9A) Crafty souls go astray in sins: but just men pity, and are merciful. ¹⁰ A bad man does evil with insolence: but they that are judges of themselves are wise. ¹¹ Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends. ¹² Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life. ¹³ He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health of soul. ^(13:13A) To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright. ¹⁴ The law of the wise is fountain of life: but the man void of understanding shall die by a snare. ¹⁵ Sound discretion gives favour, and to know the law is the part of a sound understanding: but the ways of scorners tend to destruction. ¹⁶ Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief. ¹⁷ A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him. ¹⁸ Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured. ¹⁹ The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge. ²⁰ If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known. ²¹ Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous. ²² A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just. ²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly. ²⁴ He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him. ²⁵ A just man eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.

²⁵ If a man should at all sin against another, then shall they pray for him to the Lord; but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, because the Lord would by all means destroy them.

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. ² For I give you a good gift; forsake ye not my law. ³ For I also was a son obedient to my father, and loved in the sight of my mother: ⁴ who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not: ⁵ and do not neglect the speech of my mouth. ⁶ And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee. ⁷ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁸ Secure it, and it shall exalt thee: honour it, that it may embrace thee; ⁹ that it may give unto thy head a crown of graces, and may cover thee with a crown of delight. ¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many. ¹¹ For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths. ¹² For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed. ¹³ Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, — but keep it for thyself for thy life. ¹⁴ Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors.

²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words: ²¹ that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart. ²² For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

⁷ He that reproves evil men shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself. ⁸ Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹ A wise son makes his father glad: but a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

⁶ Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.

⁵ A fool scorns his father's instruction; but he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: but the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.

²⁰ A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother.

¹⁴ Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with Hades, and agreements with death; if the rushing storm should pass, it shall not come upon us: we have made falsehood our hope, and by falsehood shall we be protected:

^{8 (74:8)} For there is a cup in the hand of the Lord, full of unmingled wine; and he has turned it from side to side, but its dregs have not been wholly poured out; all the sinners of the earth shall drink them.

^{11 (139:11)} A talkative man shall not prosper on the earth: evils shall hunt the unrighteous man to destruction.

¹¹ If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: ¹² and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth: ¹³ let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:

¹⁸ For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.

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

¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression.

¹¹ There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.

¹⁴ The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him.

²⁰ A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.

^{27 (32:27)} And thou shalt say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty; Drink ye, be ye drunken; and ye shall vomit, and shall fall, and shall in nowise rise, because of the sword which I send among you. ^{28 (32:28)} And it shall come to pass, when they refuse to take the cup out of thine hand, to drink it, that thou shalt say, Thus said the Lord; Ye shall surely drink. ^{29 (32:29)} For I am beginning to afflict the city whereon my name is called, and ye shall by no means be held guiltless: for I am calling a sword upon all that dwell upon the earth. ^{30 (32:30)} And thou shalt prophesy against them these words, and shalt say, The Lord shall speak from on high, from his sanctuary he will utter his voice; he will pronounce a declaration on his place; and these shall answer like men gathering grapes: and destruction is coming on them that dwell on the earth, ^{31 (32:31)} even upon the extreme part of the earth; for the Lord has a controversy with the nations, he is pleading with all flesh, and the ungodly are given to the sword, saith the Lord.

⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the nations that are left shall spoil thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

¹⁷ For the ungodliness of Libanus shall cover thee, and distress because of wild beasts shall dismay thee, because of the blood of men, and the sins of the land and city, and of all that dwell in it.

^{1 (38:1)} For the end, a Song of David, to Idithun. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence.

¹⁹ By a multitude of words thou shalt not escape sin; but if thou refrain thy lips thou wilt be prudent.

¹³ For the sin of his lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. ^(12:13A) He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls.

⁷ A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

²¹ Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

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²³ He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble.

¹⁰ Who has exactly calculated the seed of Jacob, and who shall number the families of Israel? let my soul die with the souls of the righteous, and let my seed be as their seed.

^{14 (91:14)} Then shall they be increased in a fine old age; and they shall be prosperous; that they may declare

² thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. ³ For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding, ⁷ and he treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: he will protect their way; ⁸ that he may guard the righteous ways: and he will preserve the way of them that fear him. ⁹ Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgement; and shalt direct all thy course aright.

³⁴ watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances.

⁴ Poverty brings a man low: but the hands of the vigorous make rich. ^(10:4A) A son who is instructed shall be wise, and shall use the fool for a servant.

²⁵ Every sincere soul is blessed: but a passionate man is not graceful.

¹¹ He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. ^(12:11A) He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.

²⁴ The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

¹³ A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.

²⁵ An unbelieving man judges rashly: but he that trusts in the Lord will act carefully.

¹¹ and thy God shall be with thee continually, and thou shalt be satisfied according as thy soul desires; and thy bones shall be made fat, and shall be as a well-watered garden, and as a fountain from which the water has not failed.

^{163 (118:163)} I hate and abhor unrighteousness; but I love thy law.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted their own dishonour.

¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

⁸ Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

⁹ then they of you that escape among the nations whither they were carried captive shall remember me; (I have sworn an oath against their heart that goes a-whoring from me, and their eyes that go a-whoring after their practices;) and they shall mourn over themselves for all their abominations.

⁴³ And ye shall there remember your ways, and your devices wherewith ye defiled yourselves; and ye shall bewail yourselves for all your wickedness.

³¹ And ye shall remember your evil ways and your practices that were not good, and ye shall be hateful in your own sight for your transgressions and for your abominations.

² And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame.

⁸ And I will cut off three shepherds in one month; and my soul shall grieve over them, for their souls cried out against me.

²³ I will seek after the gods of Damascus that smite me. And he said, Forasmuch as the gods of the king of Syria themselves strengthen them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, and they will help me. But they became a stumbling-block to him, and to all Israel.

^{2 (14:2)} He that walks blameless, and works righteousness, who speaks truth in his heart.

^{21 (24:21)} The harmless and upright joined themselves to me: for I waited for thee, O Lord.

^{1 (25:1)} A Psalm of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in my innocence: and hoping in the Lord I shall not be moved.

²² Iniquities ensnare a man, and every one is bound in the chains of his own sins.

³ When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy.

⁵ Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing. ⁶ The righteousness of upright men delivers them: but transgressors are caught in their own destruction.

¹² A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness.

²⁴ There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.

⁹ Better is a man in dishonour serving himself, than one honouring himself and wanting bread.

¹¹ Wealth gotten hastily with iniquity is diminished: but he that gathers for himself with godliness shall be increased. The righteous is merciful, and lends.

¹ Send forth thy bread upon the face of the water: for thou shalt find it after many days. ² Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil there shall be upon the earth.

³⁰ And if a ransom should be imposed on him, he shall pay for the ransom of his soul as much as they shall lay upon him.

¹⁴ And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.

¹² But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

⁴ And the devil answered and said to the Lord, Skin for skin, all that a man has will he give as a ransom for his life.

^{6 (48:6)} They that trust in their strength, and boast themselves in the multitude of their wealth — ^{7 (48:7)} A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself, ^{8 (48:8)} or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labour for ever, ^{9 (48:9)} and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption. ^{10 (48:10)} When he shall see wise men dying, the fool and the senseless one shall perish together; and they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

³⁵ He will not forego his enmity for any ransom: neither will he be reconciled for many gifts.

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^{8 (48:8)} But ten men were found there, and they said to Ismael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he passed by, and slew them not in the midst of their brethren.

¹² And I will leave in thee a meek and lowly people;

³⁶ But to his son I will give the two remaining tribes, that my servant David may have an establishment continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

⁵ But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up. ⁶ His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

¹⁷ Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.

³ As when his lamp shone over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness.

^{11 (96:11)} Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

^{4 (111:4)} To the upright light has sprung up in darkness: he is pitiful, and merciful, and righteous.

¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come.

²⁰ The lamp of him that reviles father or mother shall be put out, and his eyeballs shall see darkness.

²⁰ For the evil man shall have no posterity: and the light of the wicked shall be put out.

¹⁰ Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him hearken to the voice of his servant: ye that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon God. ¹¹ Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said to Gedeon, What is this that thou hast done to us, in that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Madiam? and they chode with him sharply. ² And he said to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ The Lord has delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb; and what could I do in comparison of you? Then was their spirit calmed toward him, when he spoke this word.

¹ And the men of Ephraim assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthae, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire. ² And Jephthae said to them, I and my people and the children of Ammon were very much engaged in war; and I called for you, and ye did not save me out of their hand. ³ And I saw that thou wert no helper, and I put my life in my hand, and passed on to the sons of Ammon; and the Lord delivered them into my hand: and wherefore are ye come up against me this day to fight with me? ⁴ And Jephthae gathered all the men of Galaad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Galaad smote Ephraim, because they that were escaped of Ephraim said, Ye are of Galaad in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasse. ⁵ And Galaad took the fords of Jordan before Ephraim; and they that escaped of Ephraim said to them, Let us go over: and the men of Galaad said, Art thou an Ephrathite? and he said, No. ⁶ Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

¹⁰ And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. ¹¹ And whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I also will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁶ And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessae. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

¹⁰ Thou hast smitten and wounded Edom, and thy heart has lifted thee up: stay at home and glorify thyself; for wherefore art thou quarrelsome to thy hurt? So both thou wilt fall and Juda with thee.

¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels. ¹⁶ A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace.

¹⁴ Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

²⁰ Hear, son, the instruction of thy father, that thou mayest be wise at thy latter end.

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²⁴ A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor.

⁸ Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest thou repent at last.

²⁸ And let him lodge in desolate cities, and enter into houses without inhabitant: and what they have prepared, others shall carry away. ²⁹ Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.

¹⁵ His wealth unjustly collected shall be vomited up; a messenger of wrath shall drag him out of his house.

¹⁹ For he has broken down the houses of many mighty men: and he has plundered an habitation, though he built it not. ²⁰ There is no security to his possessions; he shall not be saved by his desire. ²¹ There is nothing remaining of his provisions; therefore his goods shall not flourish. ²² But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

¹⁶ Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay; ¹⁷ All these things shall the righteous gain, and the truehearted shall possess his wealth.

^{2 (127:2)} Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.

² Treasures shall not profit the lawless: but righteousness shall deliver from death.

²² A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just. ²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.

²¹ A portion hastily gotten at first shall not be blessed in the end.

²³ Do thou thoroughly know the number of thy flock, and pay attention to thine herds. ²⁴ For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation. ²⁵ Take care of the herbage in the field, and thou shalt cut grass, and gather the mountain hay; ²⁶ that thou mayest have wool of sheep for clothing: pay attention to the land, that thou mayest have lambs. ²⁷ My son, thou hast from me words very useful for thy life, and for the life of thy servants.

⁸ He that increases his wealth by usuries and unjust gains, gathers it for him that pities the poor.

²⁰ A man worthy of credit shall be much blessed: but the wicked shall not be unpunished.

²² An envious man makes haste to be rich, and knows not that the merciful man will have the mastery over him.

^{14 (5:13)} And that wealth shall perish in an evil trouble: and the man begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹¹ The partridge utters her voice, she gathers eggs which she did not lay; so is a man gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days his riches shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.

⁶ Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke. ⁷ For suddenly there shall arise up those that bite him, and they that plot against thee shall awake, and thou shalt be a plunder to them.

⁶ And Sarrha said, The Lord has made laughter for me, for whoever shall hear shall rejoice with me. ⁷ And she said, Who shall say to Abraam that Sarrha suckles a child? for I have born a child in my old age.

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, After this I will gladly die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art yet living.

²⁶ And she said, I pray thee, my lord, as thy soul liveth, I am the woman that stood in thy presence with thee while praying to the Lord. ²⁷ For this child I prayed; and the Lord has given me my request that I asked of him. ²⁸ And I lend him to the Lord all his days that he lives, a loan to the Lord: and she said,

^{15 (16:15)} But I shall appear in righteousness before thy face: I shall be satisfied when thy glory appears.

^{2 (39:2)} And he brought me up out of a pit of misery, and from miry clay: and he set my feet on a rock, and ordered my goings aright. ^{3 (39:3)} And he put a new song into my mouth, even a hymn to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall hope in the Lord.

^{1 (41:1)} For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God. ^{2 (41:2)} My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? ^{3 (41:3)} My tears have been bread to me day and night, while they daily said to me, Where is thy God?

^{3 (68:3)} I am weary of crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

^{81 (118:81)} My soul faints for thy salvation: I have hoped in thy words. ^{82 (118:82)} Mine eyes failed in waiting for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ^{83 (118:83)} For I am become as a bottle in the frost: yet I have not forgotten thine ordinances.

^{7 (142:7)} Hear me speedily, O Lord; my spirit has failed; turn not away thy face from me, else I shall be like to them that go down to the pit.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all that lay hold upon her; and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

³⁰ Out of the fruit of righteousness grows a tree of life; but the souls of transgressors are cut off before their time.

¹⁹ The desires of the godly gladden the soul, but the works of the ungodly are far from knowledge.

⁸ I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.

³¹ for he has set at nought the word of the Lord and broken his commands: that soul shall be utterly destroyed, his sin is upon him.

⁹ Why hast thou set at nought the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his eyes? thou hast slain Urias the Chettite with the sword, and thou hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever, because thou has set me at nought, and thou hast taken the wife of Urias the Chettite, to be thy wife.

¹⁶ Nevertheless they sneered at his messengers, and set at nought his words, and mocked his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose up against his people, till there was no remedy.

³ Now then let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all the wives, and their offspring, as thou shalt advise:

^{11 (18:11)} For thy servant keeps to them: in the keeping of them there is great reward.

^{13 (114:13)} He has blessed them that fear the Lord, both small and great.

^{165 (118:165)} Great peace have they that love thy law: and there is no stumbling-block to them.

²⁵ but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;

³⁰ neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.

²¹ Evil shall pursue sinners; but good shall overtake the righteous.

² For all these things are mine, saith the Lord: and to whom will I have respect, but to the humble and meek, and the man that trembles at my words?

^{2 (50:2)} that Azarias son of Maasaeas spoke, and Joanan, the son of Caree, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremias, saying, It is false: the Lord has not sent thee to us, saying, Enter not into Egypt to dwell there:

^{16 (51:16)} As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee. ^{17 (51:17)} For we will surely perform every word that shall proceed out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour drink-offerings to her, as wee and our fathers have done, and our kings and princes, in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and so we were filled with bread, and were well, and saw no evils.

¹³ And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, Walk ye in my commandments: but they walked not in them, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them; and they grievously profaned my sabbaths: and I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

¹⁶ because they rejected mine ordinances, and walked not in my commandments, but profaned my sabbaths, and went after the imaginations of their hearts.

²⁴ because they kept not mine ordinances, and rejected my commandments, and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes went after the imaginations of their fathers.

¹⁶ Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbour: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.

⁶ the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me. ⁷ When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shalt come into his ears.

^{5 (17:5)} The pangs of hell came round about me: the snares of death prevented me.

^{3 (115:3)} The pangs of death compassed me; the dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.

¹¹ For in this way thou shalt live long, and years of thy life shall be added to thee.

²⁷ The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.

²⁴ The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell.

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¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evil; and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He that receives instruction shall be in prosperity; and he that regards reproofs shall be made wise. He that keeps his ways, preserves his own soul; and he that loves his life will spare his mouth.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; but the instruction of fools is evil.

¹⁴ And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ And Saul saw that he was very wise, and he was afraid of him. ¹⁶ And all Israel and Juda loved David, because he came in and went out before the people.

^{9 (94:9)} where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works. ^{10 (94:10)} Forty years was I grieved with this generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways. ^{11 (94:11)} So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

^{10 (110:10)} The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and all that act accordingly have a good understanding; his praise endures for ever and ever.

⁴ so shalt thou find favour: and do thou provide things honest in the sight of the Lord, and of men.

¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble.

³⁵ An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace.

¹⁰ The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully.

¹⁹ Thine apostasy shall correct thee, and thy wickedness shall reprove thee: know then, and see, that thy forsaking me has been bitter to thee, saith the Lord thy God; and I have taken no pleasure in thee, saith the Lord thy God.

¹⁰ And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessae? Now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master. ¹¹ And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?

¹⁷ And now do thou consider, and see what thou wilt do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he is a vile character, and one cannot speak to him.

²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, take to heart this pestilent man, for according to his name, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thy handmaid saw not the servants of my lord whom thou didst send.

^{5 (111:5)} The good man is he that pities and lends: he will direct his affairs with judgment.

²² Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him. ²³ An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.

² The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.

³ Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, his heart will fail him, and all that he thinks of is folly.

¹³ Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.

²⁶ As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.

¹³ As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.

²³ The north wind raises clouds; so an impudent face provokes the tongue.

⁶ He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

¹³ And in the prophets of Samaria I have seen lawless deeds; they prophesied by Baal, and led my people Israel astray. ¹⁴ Also in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen horrible things: as they committed adultery, and walked in lies, and strengthened the hands of many, that they should not return each from his evil way: they are all become to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrha. ¹⁵ Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth into all the land. ¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Hearken not to the words of the prophets: for they frame a vain vision for themselves; they speak from their own heart, and not from the mouth of the Lord.

²⁸ The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, saith the Lord.

¹⁸ When I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou hast not warned him, to give warning to the wicked, to turn from his ways, that he should live; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

⁷ And thou, son of man, I have set thee as a watchman to the house of Israel, and thou shalt hear a word from my mouth. ⁸ When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt surely die; if thou speak not to warn the wicked from his way, the wicked himself shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

^{5 (140:5)} The righteous shall chasten me with mercy, and reprove me: but let not the oil of the sinner anoint my head: for yet shall my prayer also be in their pleasures.

⁹ lest thou give away thy life to others, and thy substance to the merciless: ¹⁰ lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours come into the houses of strangers; ¹¹ And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹² and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³ I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear. ¹⁴ I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.

¹ He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool.

¹³ He that slights a matter shall be slighted of it: but he that fears the commandment has health of soul. ^(13:13A) To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.

³¹ (OMITTED TEXT) ³² He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every bad man becomes a reproach to another man.

¹² In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.

³ O Lord, thine eyes are upon faithfulness: thou hast scourged them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them; but they would not receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; and they would not return. ⁴ Then I said, It may be they are poor; for they are weak, for they know not the way of the Lord, or the judgment of God. ⁵ I will go to the rich men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of God: but, behold, with one consent they have broken the yoke, they have burst the bonds. ⁶ Therefore has a lion out of the forest smitten them, and a wolf has destroyed them even to their houses, and a leopard has watched against their cities: all that go forth from them shall be hunted: for they have multiplied their ungodliness, they have strengthened themselves in their revoltings. ⁷ In what way shall I forgive thee for these things? Thy sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses. ⁸ They became as wanton horses: they neighed each one after his neighbour's wife. ⁹ Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this.

⁴⁸ Moreover thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has this day appointed one of my seed sitting on my throne, and my eyes see it.

²⁸ And he said to man, Behold, godliness is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding.

^{1 (20:1)} For the end, a Psalm of David. O Lord, the king shall rejoice in thy strength; and in thy salvation he shall greatly exult. ^{2 (20:2)} Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not withheld from him the request of his lips. Pause.

^{14 (33:14)} Turn away from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

^{27 (36:27)} Turn aside from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God, and depart from all evil.

¹² Better is he that begins to help heartily, than he that promises and leads another to hope: for a good desire is a tree of life.

²⁷ A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.

⁴ It was as a little while after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

¹² And Lot dwelt in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom. ¹³ But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

¹² And they took also Lot the son of Abram's brother, and his baggage, and departed, for he dwelt in Sodom.

⁸ But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who were brought up with him, who stood in his presence.

¹⁰ And the young men who had been brought up with him, who stood before his face, spoke to him, saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people who have spoken to thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and do thou now lighten it from off us: thus shalt say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.

⁴ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?

³² And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Josaphat king of Juda, that they said, this seems to be the king of Israel. And they compassed him about to fight against him; and Josaphat cried out.

² And there went out to meet him Jeu the prophet the son of Anani, and said to him, King Josaphat, doest thou help a sinner, or act friendly towards one hated of the Lord? Therefore has wrath come upon thee from the Lord.

^{63 (118:63)} I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy commandments.

¹¹ If they should exhort thee, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth: ¹² and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth: ¹³ let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils: ¹⁴ but do thou cast in thy lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch: ¹⁵ go not in the way with them, but turn aside thy foot from their paths: ¹⁶ (OMITTED TEXT) ¹⁷ for nets are not without cause spread for birds. ¹⁸ For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

¹² to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully. ¹³ Alas for those who forsake right paths, to walk in ways of darkness; ¹⁴ who rejoice in evils, and delight in wicked perverseness; ¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding; ¹⁶ to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee, ¹⁷ of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God. ¹⁸ For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants. ¹⁹ None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life. ²⁰ For had they gone in good paths, they would have found the paths of righteousness easy.

²² And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: ²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life.

²⁷ Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.

⁶ Leave folly, that ye may reign for ever; and seek wisdom, and improve understanding by knowledge.

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⁷ Tell me, thou whom my soul loves, where thou tendest thy flock, where thou causest them to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of thy companions. ⁸ If thou know not thyself, thou fair one among women, go thou forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed thy kids by the shepherd's tents.

⁷ Hast thou not sinned if thou hast brought it rightly, but not rightly divided it? be still, to thee shall be his submission, and thou shalt rule over him.

²³ But if ye will not do so, ye will sin against the Lord; and ye shall know your sin, when afflictions shall come upon you.

^{10 (31:10)} Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.

¹⁰ Woe to their soul, for they have devised an evil counsel against themselves, saying against themselves, Let us bind the just, for he is burdensome to us: therefore shall they eat the fruits of their works. ¹¹ Woe to the transgressor! evils shall happen to him according to the works of his hands.

⁷ And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

¹² And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall ye seek their peace or their good for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever.

^{12 (24:12)} Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen. ^{13 (24:13)} His soul shall dwell in prosperity; and his seed shall inherit the earth.

^{25 (36:25)} I was once young, indeed I am now old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.

^{28 (101:28)} The children of thy servants shall dwell securely, and their seed shall prosper for ever.

^{2 (111:2)} His seed shall be mighty in the earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

^{6 (127:6)} And mayest thou see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.

²⁶ For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

⁶ Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. ⁷ For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master, ⁸ he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. ^(6:8A) Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; ^(6:8B) whose labours kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: ^(6:8C) though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom. ⁹ How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? ¹⁰ Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little. ¹¹ Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: ^(6:11A) but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

¹⁸ He that plants a fig-tree shall eat the fruits of it: so he that waits on his own master shall be honoured.

¹⁹ He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows idleness shall have plenty of poverty.

^{9 (5:8)} Also the abundance of the earth is for every one: the king is dependent on the tilled field.

⁵ He that keeps the commandment shall not know an evil thing: and the heart of the wise knows the time of judgement. ⁶ For to every thing there is time and judgement; for the knowledge of a man is great to him. ⁷ Yea, the stork in the heaven knows her time, also the turtle-dove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; but this my people knows not the judgments of the Lord. ⁸ How will ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen. ⁹ The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the word of the Lord; what wisdom is there in them? ¹⁰ Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to new inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, saith the Lord.

¹² for whom the Lord loves, he rebukes, and scourges every son whom he receives.

³⁶ But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

¹⁸ Chasten thy son, for so he shall be hopeful; and be not exalted in thy soul to haughtiness.

¹⁵ Folly is attached to the heart of a child, but the rod and instruction are then far from him.

¹³ Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. ¹⁴ For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

¹⁵ Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.

¹⁷ Chasten thy son, and he shall give thee rest; and he shall give honour to thy soul.

⁴⁸ And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

²⁴ They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.

^{10 (33:10)} The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

^{3 (36:3)} Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

^{16 (36:16)} A little is better to the righteous than abundant wealth of sinners.

^{18 (36:18)} The Lord knows the ways of the perfect; and their inheritance shall be for ever. ^{19 (36:19)} They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

¹¹ Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: ^(6:11A) but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

³ The Lord will not famish a righteous soul: but he will overthrow the life of the ungodly.

³⁴ But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.

¹³ Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall hunger: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall thirst: behold my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: ¹⁴ behold, my servants shall exult with joy, but ye shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit.