Proverbs 15 Cross References - Brenton

¹ Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger. ² The tongue of the wise knows what is good: but the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things. ³ The eyes of the Lord behold both the evil and the good in every place. ⁴ The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding. 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. ⁶ In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish. ⁷ The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe. ⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him. ⁹ The ways of an ungodly man are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness. ¹⁰ The instruction of the simple is known by them that pass by; but they that hate reproofs die disgracefully. ¹¹ Hell and destruction are manifest to the Lord; how shall not also be the hearts of men? ¹² An uninstructed person will not love those that reprove him; neither will he associate with the wise. ¹³ When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad. ¹⁴ An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils. ¹⁵ The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet. ¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord. ¹⁷ Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity. ¹⁸ A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. ^(15:18A) A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs them up. ¹⁹ The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth. ²⁰ A wise son gladdens his father; but a foolish son sneers at his mother. ²¹ The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright. ²² They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors. ²³ A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal. ²⁴ The thoughts of the wise are ways of life, that he may turn aside and escape from hell. ²⁵ The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow. ²⁶ An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour. ²⁷ A receiver of bribes destroys himself; but he that hates the receiving of bribes is safe. ^(15:27A) {\I By alms and by faithful dealings sins are purged away;} but by the fear of the Lord every one departs from evil. ²⁸ The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ^(15:28A) The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends. ²⁹ God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ^(15:29A) Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. ^(15:29B) Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God. ³⁰ The eye that sees rightly rejoices the heart; and a good report fattens the bones. ³¹ (OMITTED TEXT) ³² He that rejects instruction hates himself; but he that mind reproofs loves his soul. ³³ The fear of the Lord is instruction and wisdom; and the highest honour will correspond therewith.

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.

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 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? ¹² So the servants of David turned back, and returned, and came and reported to David according to these words. ¹³ And David said to his men, Gird on every man his sword. And they went up after David, about four hundred men: and two hundred abode with the stuff.

²¹ And David said, Perhaps I have kept all his possessions in the wilderness that he should wrong me, and we did not order the taking anything of all his goods; yet he has rewarded me evil for good. ²² So God do to David and more also, if I leave one male of all that belong to Nabal until the morning. ²³ And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted and alighted from her ass; and she felt before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground ²⁴ even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant. 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. ²⁶ And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal. ²⁷ And now accept this token of goodwill, which thy servant has brought to my lord, and thou shalt give it to the servants that wait on my lord. ²⁸ Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee. ²⁹ And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning thee, and shall appoint thee to be ruler over Israel; ³¹ then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good. ³² And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this very day to meet me: ³³ and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

¹³ And the king answered the people harshly; and Roboam forsook the counsel of the old men which they counselled him. ¹⁴ And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. ¹⁵ And the king hearkened not to the people, because the change was from the Lord, that he might establish his word which he spoke by Achia the Selonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nabat. 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.

¹² Hatred stirs up strife; but affection covers all that do not love strife.

¹⁸ A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a rising one. ^(15:18A) A man slow to anger will extinguish quarrels; but an ungodly man rather stirs them up.

¹⁵ In long-suffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.

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

²² A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.

^{1 (44:1)} For the end, for alternate strains by the sons of Core; for instruction, a Song concerning the beloved. My heart has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

^{7 (58:7)} Behold, they shall utter a voice with their mouth, and a sword is in their lips; for who, say they, has heard?

²³ An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses.

¹⁶ Every prudent man acts with knowledge: but the fool displays his own mischief.

²³ A bad man will by no means attend to counsel; neither will he say anything seasonable, or good for the common weal.

²⁸ The hearts of the righteous meditate faithfulness; but the mouth of the ungodly answers evil things. ^(15:28A) The ways of righteous men are acceptable with the Lord; and through them even enemies become friends.

²³ The heart of the wise will discern the things which proceed from his own mouth; and on his lips he will wear knowledge.

¹¹ As a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so is it to speak a wise word. ¹² In an ear-ring of gold a precious sardius is also set; so is a wise word to an obedient ear.

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness.

⁴ The Lord even God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look upon all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward him. In this thou hast done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with thee.

⁴ Will he not see my way, and number all my steps?

²¹ For he surveys the works of men, and nothing of what they do has escaped him. ²² Neither shall there be a place for the workers of iniquity to hide themselves.

²¹ For the ways of a man are before the eyes of God, and he looks on all his paths.

¹⁷ For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.

²⁴ Shall any one hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

^{19 (39:19)} the Lord of great counsel, and mighty in deeds, the great Almighty God, and Lord of great name: thine eyes are upon the ways of the children of men, to give to every one according to his way:

^{22 (3:23)} And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever — ^{23 (3:24)} So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken. ^{24 (3:25)} And he cast out Adam and caused him to dwell over against the garden of Delight, and stationed the cherubs and the fiery sword that turns about to keep the way of the tree of life.

^{2 (51:2)} thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. ^{3 (51:3)} Thou hast loved wickedness more than goodness; unrighteousness better than to speak righteousness. Pause. ^{4 (51:4)} Thou has loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.

^{22 (108:22)} Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

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.

¹⁸ Some wound as they speak, like swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.

²⁴ Good words are honeycombs, and the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.

⁸ Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

¹⁴ A wise servant calms a man's anger; but who can endure a faint-hearted man?

²² The words of cunning knaves are soft; but they smite even to the inmost parts of the bowels.

² But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise, and healing shall be in his wings: and ye shall go forth, and bound as young calves let loose from bonds.

²³ And he said to them, Why do ye according to this thing, which I hear from the mouth of all the people of the Lord? ²⁴ Nay my sons, for the report which I hear is not good; do not so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God. 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 And it came to pass after this that Abessalom prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. ² And Abessalom rose early, and stood by the side of the way of the gate: and it came to pass that every man who had a cause, came to the king for judgment, and Abessalom cried to him, and said to him, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. ³ And Abessalom said to him, See, thy affairs are right and clear, yet thou hast no one appointed of the king to hear thee. ⁴ And Abessalom said, O that one would make me a judge in the land; then every man who had a dispute or a cause would come to me, and I would judge him! ⁵ And it came to pass when a man came near to do him obeisance, that he stretched out his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. ⁶ And Abessalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgement; and Abessalom gained the hearts of the men of Israel.

¹¹ And now, my son, the Lord shall be with thee, and prosper thee; and thou shalt build a house to the Lord thy God, as he spoke concerning thee. ¹² Only may the Lord give thee wisdom and prudence, and strengthen thee over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord thy God. ¹³ Then will he prosper thee, if thou take heed to do the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.

⁹ And now, my son Solomon, know the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will forsake thee for ever.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my God is with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee, until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.

^{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.

²³ Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.

²³ For the commandment of the law is a lamp and a light; a way of life; reproof also and correction:

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

¹ A wise son is obedient to his father: but a disobedient son will be destroyed.

¹⁸ Instruction removes poverty and disgrace: but he that attends to reproofs shall be honoured.

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

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

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

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. ²³ If by any means he would fill his belly, let God send upon him the fury of wrath; let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.

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

^{3 (111:3)} Glory and riches shall be in his house; and his righteousness endures for evermore.

²¹ that I may divide substance to them that love me, and may fill their treasures with good things. ^(8:21A) If I declare to you the things that daily happen, I will remember also to recount the things of old.

²² The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the righteous; it enriches him, and grief of heart shall not be added to it.

²² A good man shall inherit children's children; and the wealth of ungodly men is laid up for the just.

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without the fear of the Lord.

^{8 (16:5B)} He that seeks the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness: and they that rightly seek him shall find peace.

²⁰ A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up.

⁶ Better is a handful of rest than two handfuls of trouble and waywardness of spirit.

^{10 (5:9)} He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity. ^{11 (5:10)} In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes? ^{12 (5:11)} The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep. ^{13 (5:12)} There is an infirmity which I have seen under the sun, namely, wealth kept for its owner to his hurt. ^{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.

^{30 (36:30)} The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment.

^{2 (44:2)} Thou art more beautiful than the sons of men: grace has been shed forth on thy lips: therefore God has blessed thee for ever.

^{13 (50:13)} Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee. ^{14 (50:14)} Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall joyfully declare thy righteousness. ^{15 (50:15)} O Lord, thou shalt open my lips; and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

^{15 (70:15)} My mouth shall declare thy righteousness openly, and thy salvation all the day; for I am not acquainted with the affairs of men. ^{16 (70:16)} I will go on in the might of the Lord: O Lord, I will make mention of thy righteousness only. ^{17 (70:17)} O God, thou hast taught me from my youth, and until now will I declare thy wonders; ^{18 (70:18)} even until I am old and advanced in years. O God, forsake me not; until I shall have declared thine arm to all the generation that is to come:

^{2 (77:2)} I will open my mouth in parables: I will utter dark sayings which have been from the beginning. ^{3 (77:3)} All which we have heard and known, and our fathers have declared to us. ^{4 (77:4)} They were not hid from their children to a second generations; the fathers declaring the praises of the Lord, and his mighty acts, and his wonders which he wrought. ^{5 (77:5)} And he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, to make it known to their children: ^{6 (77:6)} that another generation might know, even the sons which should be born; and they should arise and declare them to their children.

^{13 (118:13)} With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

²⁰ The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail. ²¹ The lips of the righteous know sublime truths: but the foolish die in want.

⁹ And because the Preacher was wise above others, so it was that he taught man excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought diligently to find out acceptable words, and a correct writing, even words of truth.

¹¹ Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.

¹⁷ And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy people here present, willingly offering to thee.

^{1 (16:1)} A prayer of David. Hearken, O Lord of my righteousness, attend to my petition; give ear to my prayer not uttered with deceitful lips.

²⁹ God is far from the ungodly; but he hearkens to the prayers of the righteous. ^(15:29A) Better are small receipts with righteousness, than abundant fruits with unrighteousness. ^(15:29B) Let the heart of a man think justly, that his steps may be rightly ordered of God.

²⁷ The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly.

⁹ He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even he has made his prayer abominable.

^{1 (4:17)} Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God; and when thou art near to hear, let thy sacrifice be better than the gift of fools: for they know not that they are doing evil.

¹⁴ Thou art my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha. ¹¹ Of what value to me is the abundance of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am full of whole-burnt-offerings of rams; and I delight not in the fat of lambs, and the blood of bulls and goats: ¹² neither shall ye come with these to appear before me; for who has required these things at your hands? Ye shall no more tread my court. ¹³ Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day; ¹⁴ your fasting, and rest from work, your new moons also, and your feasts my soul hates: ye have become loathsome to me; I will no more pardon your sins. ¹⁵ When ye stretch forth your hands, I will turn away mine eyes from you: and though ye make many supplications, I will not hearken to you; for your hands are full of blood.

⁸ For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labour to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

³ But the transgressor that sacrifices a calf to me, is as he that kills a dog; and he that offers fine flour, as one that offers swine's blood; he that gives frankincense for a memorial, is as a blasphemer. Yet they have chosen their own ways, and their soul has delighted in their abominations.

²⁰ Wherefore do ye bring me frankincense from Saba, and cinnamon from a land afar off? your whole-burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices have not been pleasant to me.

²¹ Thus saith the Lord, Gather your whole-burnt-offerings with your meat-offerings, and eat flesh. ²² For I spoke not to your fathers, and commanded them not in the day wherein I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, concerning whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifice: ²³ but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hear ye my voice, and I will be to you a God, and ye shall be to me a people: and walk ye in all my ways which I shall command you, that it may be well with you.

²¹ I hate, I reject your feasts, and I will not smell your meat-offerings in your general assemblies. ²² Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.

⁶ For the Lord knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

^{8 (145:8)} the Lord gives wisdom to the blind: The Lord sets up the broken down: the Lord loves the righteous: the Lord preserves the strangers; ^{9 (145:9)} he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

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

⁴ A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.

⁸ To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right.

²¹ The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.

⁷ The way of the godly is made straight: the way of the godly is also prepared.

¹ Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.

⁷ Hear me, ye that know judgment, the people in whose heart is my law: fear not the reproach of men, and be not overcome by their contempt.

^{4 (51:4)} yet I sent to you my servants the prophets early in the morning, and I sent, saying, Do not ye this abominable thing which I hate.

^{3 (6:4)} let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

¹³ His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: wherefore dost thou look upon despisers? wilt thou be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

¹⁷ And it came to pass when Achaab saw Eliu, that Achaab said to Eliu, Art thou he that perverts Israel?

^{20 (20:20)} And Achaab said to Eliu, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? and he said, I have found thee: because thou hast wickedly sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger;

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is one man here for us to enquire of the Lord by; but I hate him, for he does not speak good of me, but only evil; Michaias son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king say so.

³⁰ neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.

¹² and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

¹⁷ Instruction keeps the right ways of life; but instruction unchastened goes astray.

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

³⁵ And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company?

⁵ Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad. ⁶ From the feet to the head, there is no soundness in them; neither wound, nor bruise, nor festering ulcer are healed: it is not possible to apply a plaister, nor oil, nor bandages.

¹³ Her scum shall become shameful, because thou didst defile thyself: and what if thou shalt be purged no more until I have accomplished my wrath? ¹⁴ I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance, nor on his stature, for I have rejected him; for God sees not as man looks; for man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart.

³⁰ then shalt thou hear from heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling-place, and shalt be merciful, and shalt recompense to the man according to his ways, as thou shalt know his heart to be; for thou alone knowest the heart of the children of men:

⁶ Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

⁹ Oh let the wickedness of sinners come to an end; and then thou shalt direct the righteous, O God that searchest the hearts and reins.

^{21 (43:21)} for he knows the secrets of the heart.

^{8 (138:8)} If I should go up to heaven, thou art there: if I should go down to hell, thou art present.

²⁰ Hell and destruction are not filled; so also are the eyes of men insatiable. ^(27:20A) He that fixes his eye is an abomination to the Lord; and the uninstructed do not restrain their tongue.

¹⁰ I the Lord try the hearts, and prove the reins, to give to every one according to his ways, and according to the fruits of his devices.

⁷ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is yet one man by whom to enquire of the Lord; but I hate him, for he does not prophesy concerning me for good, for all his days are for evil: this is Michaias the son of Jembla. And Josaphat said, Let not the king say so.

¹⁴ Yet such a man says to the Lord, Depart from me; I desire not to know thy ways.

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.

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

¹⁰ They hated him that reproved in the gates, and abhorred holy speech.

² And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, and dost thou not control thyself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

²⁵ A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him.

¹⁵ The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

²² A glad heart promotes health; but the bones of a sorrowful man dry up.

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou hast dealt very mercifully with thy servant David my father according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, to set his son upon his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ And now, O Lord my God, thou hast appointed thy servant in the room of David my father; and I am a little child, and know not my going out an my coming in. ⁸ But thy servant is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen, a great people, which cannot be numbered. ⁹ Thou shalt give therefore to thy servant a heart to hear and to judge thy people justly, and to discern between good and evil: for who will be able to judge this thy great people? ¹⁰ And it was pleasing before the Lord, that Solomon asked this thing. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Because thou hast asked this thing of me, and hast not asked for thyself long life, and hast not asked wealth, nor hast asked the lives of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to hear judgement; ¹² behold, I have done according to thy word: behold, I have given thee an understanding and wise heart: there has not been any one like thee before thee, and after thee there shall not arise one like thee.

^{97 (118:97)} How I have loved thy law, O Lord! it is my meditation all the day.

^{100 (118:100)} I understand more that the aged; because I have sought out thy commandments.

⁵ For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;

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

¹⁵ The heart of the sensible man purchases discretion; and the ears of the wise seek understanding.

¹⁰ who say to the prophets, Report not to us; and to them that see visions, Speak them not to us, but speak and report to us another error;

²⁰ Know thou that their heart is ashes, and they err, and no one is able to deliver his soul: see, ye will not say, There is a lie in my right hand.

¹ But Ephraim is an evil spirit, he has chased the east wind all the day: he has multiplied empty and vain things, and made a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil has gone in the way of traffic into Egypt.

^{35 (37:34)} And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

⁹ And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life, wherein I sojourn, are a hundred and thirty years; few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, they have not attained to the days of the life of my fathers, in which days they sojourned.

^{7 (89:7)} For we have perished in thine anger, and in thy wrath we have been troubled. ^{8 (89:8)} Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance. ^{9 (89:9)} For all our days are gone, and we have passed away in thy wrath: our years have spun out their tale as a spider.

¹³ When the heart rejoices the countenance is cheerful; but when it is in sorrow, the countenance is sad.

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

⁶ A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.

¹⁰ And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart from all my mirth: for my heart rejoiced in all my labour; and this was my portion of all my labour. ¹¹ And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

¹⁸ And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me. ¹⁹ And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity. ²⁰ so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labour wherein I had laboured under the sun. ²¹ For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil. ²² For it happens to a man in all his labour, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labours under the sun. ²³ For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

^{10 (5:9)} He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity. ^{11 (5:10)} In the multitude of good they are increased that eat it: and what virtue has the owner, but the right of beholding it with his eyes? ^{12 (5:11)} The sleep of a servant is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but to one who is satiated with wealth, there is none that suffers him to sleep.

^{1 (132:1)} A Song of Degrees. See now! what is so good, or what so pleasant, as for brethren to dwell together? ^{2 (132:2)} It is as ointment on the head, that ran down to the beard, even the beard of Aaron; that ran down to the fringe of his clothing. ^{3 (132:3)} As the dew of Aermon, that comes down on the mountains of Sion: for there, the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for ever.

¹ Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

⁸ And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are brethren. ⁹ Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.

²⁴ even to his feet, and said, On me, my lord, be my wrong: let, I pray thee, thy servant speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thy servant. 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. ²⁶ And now, my lord, as the Lord lives, and thy soul lives, as the Lord has kept thee from coming against innocent blood, and from executing vengeance for thyself, now therefore let thine enemies, and those that seek evil against my lord, become as Nabal. ²⁷ And now accept this token of goodwill, which thy servant has brought to my lord, and thou shalt give it to the servants that wait on my lord. ²⁸ Remove, I pray thee, the trespass of thy servant; for the Lord will surely make for my lord a sure house, for the Lord fights the battles of my lord, and there shall no evil be ever found in thee. ²⁹ And if a man shall rise up persecuting thee and seeking thy life, yet shall the life of my lord be bound up in the bundle of life with the Lord God, and thou shalt whirl the life of thine enemies as in the midst of a sling. ³⁰ And it shall be when the Lord shall have wrought for my lord all the good things he has spoken concerning thee, and shall appoint thee to be ruler over Israel; ³¹ then this shall not be an abomination and offence to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thine handmaid to do her good. ³² And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this very day to meet me: ³³ and blessed be thy conduct, and blessed be thou, who hast hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself. ³⁴ But surely as the Lord God of Israel lives, who hindered me this day from doing thee harm, if thou hadst not hasted and come to meet me, then I said, There shall surely not be left to Nabal till the morning one male. ³⁵ And David took of her hand all that she brought to him, and said to her, Go in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and accepted thy petition. ³⁶ And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in this house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light. ³⁷ And it came to pass in the morning, when Nabal recovered from his wine, his wife told him these words; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass after about ten days, that the Lord smote Nabal, and he died. ³⁹ And David heard it and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife. ⁴⁰ So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife. ⁴¹ And she arose, and did reverence with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thy servant is for an handmaid to wash the feet of thy servants. ⁴² And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife. ⁴³ And David took Achinaam out of Jezrael, and they were both his wives. ⁴⁴ And Saul gave Melchol his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Amis who was of Romma.

⁴³ And the men of Israel answered the men of Juda, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are older than you, we have also an interest in David above you: and why have ye thus insulted us, and why was not our advice taken before that of Juda, to bring back our king? And the speech of the men of Juda was sharper than the speech of the men of Israel.

²⁹ A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

¹ Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

²⁸ A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.

²¹ A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for soothing will put an end to great offences.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice and cried; and the people wept all that night. ² And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; and all the congregation said to them, ³ Would we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness, would we had died! and why does the Lord bring us into this land to fall in war? our wives and our children shall be for a prey: now then it is better to return into Egypt.

⁷ and spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we surveyed is indeed extremely good. ⁸ If the Lord choose us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. ⁹ Only depart not from the Lord; and fear ye not the people of the land, for they are meat for us; for the season of prosperity is departed from them, but the Lord is among us: fear them not.

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make my way plain before thy face.

^{8 (24:8)} Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he instruct sinners in the way. ^{9 (24:9)} The meek will he guide in judgment: the meek will he teach his ways.

^{12 (24:12)} Who is the man that fears the Lord? he shall instruct him in the way which he has chosen.

^{11 (26:11)} Teach me, O Lord, in thy way, and guide me in a right path, because of mine enemies.

⁶ In all thy ways acquaint thyself with her, that she may rightly direct thy paths.

⁹ They are all evident to those that understand, and right to those that find knowledge.

⁵ Thistles and snares are in perverse ways; but he that keeps his soul will refrain from them.

¹³ The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

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

²¹ and thine ears shall hear the words of them that went after thee to lead thee astray, who say, This is the way, let us walk in it, whether to the right or to the left.

⁸ There shall be there a pure way, and it shall be called a holy way; and there shall not pass by there any unclean person, neither shall there be there an unclean way; but the dispersed shall walk on it, and they shall not go astray.

¹⁴ And they shall say, Clear the ways before him, and take up the stumbling-blocks out of the way of my people.

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

³ Let every one of you reverence his father and his mother; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

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.

⁹ But thou shalt by no means hold him guiltless, for thou art a wise man, and wilt know what thou shalt do to him, and shalt bring down his grey hairs with blood to the grave.

⁷ And it came to pass, as soon as Chiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be God to-day, who has given to David a wise son over this numerous people.

¹⁵ Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart; ¹⁶ and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right.

²² Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old.

³ When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.

¹⁷ The eye that laughs to scorn a father, and dishonours the old age of a mother, let the ravens of the valleys pick it out, and let the young eagles devour it.

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

^{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.

²³ A fool does mischief in sport; but wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

¹² A man void of understanding sneers at his fellow citizens: but a sensible man is quiet.

⁹ The houses of transgressors will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.

¹⁶ A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

¹⁸ As those who need correction put forth fair words to men, and he that first falls in with the proposal will be overthrown; ¹⁹ so are all that lay wait for their own friends, and when they are discovered, say, I did it in jest.

¹⁴ They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.

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⁶ For to every thing there is time and judgement; for the knowledge of a man is great to him.

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.

¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loves right words.

²⁶ and men will kiss lips that answer well.

¹ To all things there is a time, and a season for every matter under heaven.

^{11 (15:11)} Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand there are delights for ever.

^{24 (138:24)} and see if there is any way of iniquity in me, and lead me in an everlasting way.

¹⁸ For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants.

⁵ For the feet of folly lead those who deal with her down to the grave with death; and her steps are not established.

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

⁸ Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁴ For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death.

⁸ And thou shalt say to this people, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, and strong, and terrible God, who does not accept persons, nor will he by any means accept a bribe: ¹⁸ executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not move the landmarks of thy neighbour, which thy fathers set in the inheritance, in which thou hast obtained a share in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit.

^{11 (40:6)} And send forth messengers with wrath; and lay low every haughty one. ^{12 (40:7)} Bring down also the proud man; and consume at once the ungodly. ^{13 (40:8)} And hide them together in the earth; and fill their faces with shame.

^{1 (51:1)} For the end, a Psalm of instruction by David, when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech. Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day

^{5 (51:5)} Therefore may God destroy thee for ever, may he pluck thee up and utterly remove thee from thy dwelling, and thy root from the land of the living. Pause.

^{5 (67:5)} who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place. ^{6 (67:6)} God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.

^{6 (137:6)} For the Lord is high, and yet regards the lowly; and he knows high things from afar off.

^{9 (145:9)} he will relieve the orphan and widow: but will utterly remove the way of sinners.

⁷ When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain.

¹¹ The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless:

¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and haughty, and upon every one that is high and towering, and they shall be brought down;

²⁰ But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was emboldened to act proudly, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his honour was taken from him.

^{14 (18:14)} So shall the sayings of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing continually before thee, O Lord my helper, and my redeemer.

^{30 (36:30)} The mouth of the righteous will meditate wisdom, and his tongue will speak of judgment. ^{31 (36:31)} The law of his God is in his heart; and his steps shall not slide.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just; ¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, — are hateful to God. ¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

⁹ The fools also dies in sins; and uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.

¹⁴ Cleanse thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved: how long will thy grievous thoughts be within thee?

²¹ And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

⁸ And thou shalt not receive gifts; for gifts blind the eyes of the seeing, and corrupt just words.

²⁶ And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, so shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.

¹⁹ they shall not wrest judgment, nor favour persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

¹⁸ But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel and accursed thing, and destroy us.

¹¹ The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store. ¹² And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.

²⁴ And Joshua took Achar the son of Zara, and brought him to the valley of Achor, and his sons, and his daughters, and his calves, and his asses, and all his sheep, and his tent, and all his property, and all the people were with him; and he brought them to Emec Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said to Achar, Why hast thou destroyed us? the Lord destroy thee as at this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones.

³ And his sons did not walk in his way; and they turned aside after gain, and took gifts, and perverted judgments. ⁴ And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel, ⁵ and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations have.

²⁷ The leprosy also of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and to thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, like snow.

¹⁹ These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.

¹⁹ A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.

²⁹ He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

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

¹⁶ A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

⁴ A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys it.

⁸ Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbor's: will ye dwell alone upon the land? ⁹ For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them. ¹⁰ For where ten yoke of oxen plough the land shall yield one jar-full, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.

¹⁵ He that walks in righteousness, speaking rightly, hating transgression and iniquity, and shaking his hands from gifts, stopping his ears that he should not hear the judgement of blood, shutting his eyes that he should not see injustice. ¹⁶ he shall dwell in a high cave of a strong rock: bread shall be given him, and his water shall be sure.

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.

⁹ Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils. ¹⁰ Thou hast devised shame to thy house, thou hast utterly destroyed many nations, and thy soul has sinned. ¹¹ For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beetle out of the timber shall speak.

³ And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every thief shall be punished with death on this side, and every false swearer shall be punished on that side. ⁴ And I will bring it forth, saith the Lord Almighty, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall rest in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, and the timber of it, and the stones of it.

²³ and the king said to them, Thou sayest, This is my son, even the living one, and this woman's son is the dead one: and thou sayest, No, but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. ²⁴ And the king said, Fetch a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Divide the live child, the suckling, in two; and give half of it to one, and half of it to the other. ²⁶ And the woman whose the living child was, answered and said to the king, (for her bowels yearned over her son) and she said, I pray thee, my lord, give her the child, and in nowise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor hers; divide it. ²⁷ Then the king answered and said, Give the child to her that said, æGive it to her, and by no means slay it:' she is its mother. ²⁸ and all Israel heard this judgement which the king judged, and they feared before the king; because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute judgement.

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

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

¹¹ A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part.

²⁰ If thou see a man hasty in his words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.

^{2 (5:1)} Be not hasty with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be swift to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

^{6 (5:5)} Suffer not thy mouth to lead thy flesh to sin; and say not in the presence of God, It was an error: lest God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands.

¹² The words of a wise mouth are gracious: but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly: and the end of his talk mischievous madness. ¹⁴ A fool moreover multiplies words: man knows not what has been, nor what will be: who shall tell him what will come after him?

¹ Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why dost thou overlook us in times of need, in affliction?

^{41 (17:41)} They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.

^{15 (33:15)} The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer: ^{16 (33:16)} but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to destroy their memorial from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord hearkened to them, ^{17 (33:17)} and delivered them out of all their afflictions.

^{18 (65:18)} If I have regarded iniquity in my heart, let not the Lord hearken to me. ^{19 (65:19)} Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

^{27 (72:27)} For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.

^{18 (144:18)} The Lord is near to all that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. ^{19 (144:19)} He will perform the desire of them that fear him: and he will hear their supplication, and save them.

⁸ The sacrifices of the ungodly are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of them that walk honestly are acceptable with him.

⁸ For my counsels are not as your counsels, nor are my ways as your ways, saith the Lord. ⁹ But as the heaven is distant from the earth, so is my way distant from your ways, and your thoughts from my mind.

⁸ And now our God has dealt mercifully with us, so as to leave us to escape, and to give us an establishment in the place of his sanctuary, to enlighten our eyes, and to give a little quickening in our servitude.

^{15 (88:15)} Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of thy countenance.

⁸ Then shall there be health to thy body, and good keeping to thy bones.

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.

²⁵ As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, so is a good message from a land far off.

⁷ Moreover the light is sweet, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun.

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.

⁸ Rebuke not evil men, lest they should hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹ Give an opportunity to a wise man, and he will be wiser: instruct a just man, and he will receive more instruction.

²⁰ If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.

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.

³ Give heed with your ears, and follow my ways: hearken to me, and your soul shall live in prosperity; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the sure mercies of David.

¹⁸ And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them;

²⁰ and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.

^{17 (49:17)} Whereas thou hast hated instruction, and hast cast my words behind thee.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and there is good understanding to all that practise it: and piety toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nought wisdom and instruction.

²⁴ Since I called, and ye did not hearken; and I spoke at length, and ye gave no heed; ²⁵ but ye set at nought my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs; ²⁶ therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you: ²⁷ yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you. ²⁸ For it shall be that when ye call upon me, I will not hearken to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me. ²⁹ For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord: 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. ³² For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly. ³³ But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.

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.

³³ (OMITTED TEXT) ³⁴ watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my entrances. ³⁵ For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and in them is prepared favour from the Lord. ³⁶ But they that sin against me act wickedly against their own souls: and they that hate me love death.

¹⁴ An upright heart seeks discretion; but the mouth of the uninstructed will experience evils.

²¹ The ways of a foolish man are void of sense; but a wise man proceeds on his way aright.

¹⁶ Why has the fool wealth? for a senseless man will not be able to purchase wisdom. ^(17:16A) He that exalts his own house seeks ruin; and he that turns aside from instruction shall fall into mischief.

¹ A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.

⁵ Why should ye be smitten any more, transgressing more and more? the whole head is pained, and the whole heart sad.

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.

^{11 (33:11)} Come, ye children, hear me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

¹³ The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

¹² Before ruin a man's heart is exalted, and before honour it is humble.

⁶ Be not boastful in the presence of the king, and remain not in the places of princes; ⁷ for it is better for thee that it should be said, Come up to me, than that one should humble thee in the presence of the prince; speak of that which thine eyes have seen.

²³ Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.