Proverbs 21 Cross References - Brenton

¹ As a rush of water, so is the king's heart in God's hand: he turns it whithersoever he may desire to point out. ² Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts. ³ To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices. ⁴ A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin. ⁵ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁶ He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death. ⁷ Destruction shall lodge with the ungodly; for they refuse to do justly. ⁸ To the froward God sends froward ways; for his works are pure and right. ⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house. ¹⁰ The soul of the ungodly shall not be pitied by any man. ¹¹ When an intemperate man is punished the simple becomes wiser: and a wise man understanding will receive knowledge. ¹² A righteous man understands the hearts of the ungodly: and despises the ungodly for their wickedness. ¹³ He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him. ¹⁴ A secret gift calms anger: but he that forbears to give stirs up strong wrath. ¹⁵ It is the joy of the righteous to do judgement: but a holy man is abominable with evil-doers. ¹⁶ A man that wanders out of the way of righteousness, shall rest in the congregation of giants. ¹⁷ A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance; ¹⁸ and a transgressor is the abomination of a righteous man. ¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman. ²⁰ A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; but foolish men will swallow it up. ²¹ The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory. ²² A wise man assaults strong cities, and demolishes the fortress in which the ungodly trusted. ²³ He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble. ²⁴ A bold and self-willed and insolent man is called a pest: and he that remembers injuries is a transgressor. ²⁵ Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything. ²⁶ An ungodly man entertains evil desires all the day: but the righteous is unsparingly merciful and compassionate. ²⁷ The sacrifices of the ungodly are abomination to the Lord, for they offer them wickedly. ²⁸ A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously. ²⁹ An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways. ³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly. ³¹ A horse is prepared for the day of battle; but help is of the Lord.

²² and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with gladness, because the Lord made them glad, and he turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the works of the house of the God of Israel.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who has put it thus into the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem; ²⁸ and has given me favour in the eyes of the king, and of his councillors, and all the rulers of the king, the exalted ones. And I was strengthened according to the good hand of God upon me, and I gathered chief men of Israel to go up with me.

¹¹ Turn not away, I pray thee, O Lord, but let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and cause him to find mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cup-bearer.

⁴ And the king said to me, For what dost thou ask thus? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

^{15 (73:15)} Thou didst cleave fountains and torrents; thou driedst up mighty rivers.

^{4 (92:4)} at the voices of many waters: the billows of the sea are wonderful: the Lord is wonderful in high places.

^{25 (104:25)} And he turned their heart to hate his people, to deal craftily with his servants.

^{46 (105:46)} And he caused them to be pitied in the sight of all who carried them captive.

^{3 (113:3)} The sea saw and fled: Jordan was turned back.

^{5 (113:5)} What ailed thee, O sea, that thou fleddest? and thou Jordan, that thou wast turned back?

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^{9 (16:5C)} All of the works of the Lord are done with righteousness; and the ungodly man is kept for the evil day.

²⁴ A man's goings are directed of the Lord: how then can a mortal understand his ways?

¹⁹ Behold, I will do new things, which shall presently spring forth, and ye shall know them: and I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land.

²⁷ Who says to the deep, Thou shalt be dried up, and I will dry up the rivers.

^{35 (4:32)} and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What has thou done?

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.

^{2 (35:2)} For he has dealt craftily before him, to discover his iniquity and hate it.

^{2 (15:33A)} All the works of the humble man are manifest with God; but the ungodly shall perish in an evil day.

²⁵ There are ways that seem to be right to a man, but the end of them looks to the depth of hell.

⁶ A man is valuable, and a merciful man precious: but it is hard to find a faithful man.

¹² But if thou shouldest say, I know not this man; know that the Lord knows the hearts of all; and he that formed breath for all, he knows all things, who renders to every man according to his works.

¹² A wicked generation judge themselves to be just, but do not cleanse their way.

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.

²² And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

^{8 (49:8)} I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually.

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

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. ¹⁶ Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities; ¹⁷ learn to do well; diligently seek judgement, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

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.

^{6 (6:7)} For I will have mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.

⁶ Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, and lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old? ⁷ Will the Lord accept thousands of rams, or ten thousands of fat goats? should I give my first-born for ungodliness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ⁸ Has it not been told thee, O man, what is good? or what does the Lord require of thee, but to do justice, and love mercy, and be ready to walk with the Lord thy God?

⁴ The sinner has provoked the Lord: according to the abundance of his pride he will not seek after him: God is not before him.

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

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.

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

¹³ A wicked generation have lofty eyes, and exalt themselves with their eyelids.

¹¹ For the eyes of the Lord are high, but man is low; and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁷ And every man shall be brought low, and the pride of men shall fall: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

¹⁶ Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:

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.

⁴ Every slothful man desires, but the hands of the active are diligent.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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⁸ He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. ^(22:8A) God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.

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

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.

³¹ Cast away from yourselves all your ungodliness wherein ye have sinned against me; and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why should ye die, O house of Israel?

¹⁶ His trouble shall return on his own head, and his unrighteousness shall come down on his own crown.

¹⁶ The Lord is known as executing judgments: the sinner is taken in the works of his hands. A song of Pause.

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.

⁶ The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but untimely grief shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.

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

²² Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates. ²³ For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.

²³ Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows. ²⁴ Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgement on mine enemies.

⁹ and ye murder, and commit adultery, and steal, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and are gone after strange gods whom ye know not, ¹⁰ so that it is evil with you; yet have ye come, and stood before me in the house, whereon my name is called, and ye have said, We have refrained from doing all these abominations. ¹¹ Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord.

¹⁵ And I will cast you out of my sight, as I cast away your brethren, all the seed of Ephraim.

¹⁸ But if his father grievously afflict, or plunder, he has wrought enmity in the midst of my people, and shall die in his iniquity.

¹³ And if I shall smite my hand at thine iniquities which thou hast accomplished, which thou hast wrought, and at thy blood that has been shed in the midst of thee, ¹⁴ shall thy heart endure? shall thine hands be strong in the days which I bring upon thee? I the Lord have spoken, and will do it.

⁹ Hear now these words, ye chiefs of the house of Jacob, and the remnant of the house of Israel, who hate judgment, and pervert all righteousness; ¹⁰ who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. ¹¹ The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us. ¹² Therefore on your account Sion shall be ploughed as a field, and Jerusalem shall be as a storehouse of fruits, and the mountain of the house as a grove of the forest.

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.

^{5 (6:6)} And the Lord God, having seen that the wicked actions of men were multiplied upon the earth, and that every one in his heart was intently brooding over evil continually, ^{6 (6:7)} then God laid it to heart that he had made man upon the earth, and he pondered it deeply.

^{12 (6:13)} And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

¹⁴ For who, being a mortal, is such that he shall be blameless? or, who that is born of a woman, that he should be just? ¹⁵ Forasmuch as he trusts not his saints; and the heaven is not pure before him. ¹⁶ Alas then, abominable and unclean is man, drinking unrighteousness as a draught.

^{2 (13:2)} The Lord looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after god. ^{3 (13:3)} They are all gone out of the way, they are together become good for nothing, there is none that does good, no not one. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness; their feet are swift to shed blood: destruction and misery are in their ways; and the way of peace they have not known: there is no fear of God before their eyes.

¹⁵ whose paths are crooked, and their courses winding;

²⁶ An unrighteous thought is abomination to the Lord; but the sayings of the pure are held in honour.

^{29 (7:30)} But, behold, this have I found, that God made man upright; but they have sought out many devices.

³ There is this evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yea, the heart of the sons of men is filled with evil, and madness is in their heart during their life, and after that they go to the dead.

¹⁰ Many must be tested, and thoroughly whitened, and tried with fire, and sanctified; but the transgressors shall transgress: and none of the transgressors shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.

¹⁷ Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.

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

¹³ A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

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

²⁴ It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

¹⁵ On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house; so also does a railing woman drive a man out of his own house. ¹⁶ The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.

⁸ Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Let then thy servants find grace in thine eyes, for we are come on a good day; give we pray thee, whatsoever thy hand may find, to thy son David. ⁹ So the servants come and speak these words to Nabal, according to all these words in the name of David. 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?

^{4 (35:4)} He devises iniquity on his bed; he gives himself to every evil way; and does not abhor evil.

^{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.

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

^{9 (111:9)} He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

²⁹ Devise not evil against thy friend, living near thee and trusting in thee.

¹² The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set.

¹³ He that stops his ears from hearing the poor, himself also shall cry, and there shall be none to hear him.

⁶ For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty. ⁷ For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgement. ⁸ But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall stand.

² who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones: ³ even as they devoured the flesh of my people, and stripped their skins off them, and broke their bones, and divided them as flesh for the caldron, and as meat for the pot,

³⁴ And all Israel round about them fled from the sound of them, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

¹¹ And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not again do according to this evil thing among you.

²¹ And the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall die; and thou shalt remove the evil one from yourselves, and the rest shall hear and fear.

^{7 (63:7)} and God shall be exalted, their wounds were caused by the weapon of the foolish children, ^{8 (63:8)} and their tongues have set him at nought, all that saw them were troubled; ^{9 (63:9)} and every man was alarmed, and they related the works of God, and understood his deeds.

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.

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

¹ A man who wishes to separate from friends seeks excuses; but at all times he will be liable to reproach.

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

²⁵ When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: and if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.

²⁹ And it came to pass that when God destroyed all the cities of the region round about, God remembered Abraam, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when the Lord overthrew those cities in which Lot dwelt.

³ And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured.

¹⁵ If he should prop up his house, it shall not stand: and when he has taken hold of it, it shall not remain.

¹⁴ And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king. ¹⁵ It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone. ¹⁶ His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above. ¹⁷ Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out. ¹⁸ Let one drive him from light into darkness. ¹⁹ He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth. ²⁰ But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first. ²¹ These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.

²⁸ so that ye will say, Where is the house of the prince? and where is the covering of the tabernacles of the ungodly? ²⁹ Ask those that go by the way, and do not disown their tokens. ³⁰ For the wicked hastens to the day of destruction: they shall be led away for the day of his vengeance.

¹³ This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty. ¹⁴ And if their children be many, they shall be for slaughter: and if they grow up, they shall beg. ¹⁵ And they that survive of him shall utterly perish, and no one shall pity their widows. 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. ¹⁸ And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web. ¹⁹ The rich man shall lie down, and shall not continue: he has opened his eyes, and he is not. ²⁰ Pains have come upon him as water, and darkness has carried him away by night. ²¹ And a burning wind shall catch him, and he shall depart, and it shall utterly drive him out of his place. ²² And God shall cast trouble upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. ²³ He shall cause men to clap their hands against them, and shall hiss him out of his place.

^{35 (36:35)} I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Libanus. ^{36 (36:36)} Yet I passed by, and lo! he was not: and I sought him, but his place was not found.

^{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.

^{43 (106:43)} Who is wise, and will observe these things, and understand the mercies of the Lord?

³ When a just man dies he leaves regret: but the destruction of the ungodly is speedy, and causes joy. ⁴ (OMITTED TEXT) ⁵ Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

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

³² The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but he who is secure in his own holiness is just.

^{9 (14:10)} Who is wise, and will understand these things? or prudent, and will know them? for the ways of the Lord are straight, and the righteous shall walk in them: but the ungodly shall fall therein.

¹¹ I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodoma and Gomorrha, and ye became as a brand plucked out of the fire: yet not even thus did ye return to me, saith the Lord.

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. ¹² Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

⁷ And if there shall be in the midst of thee a poor man of thy brethren in one of thy cities in the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, neither shalt thou by any means close up thine hand from thy brother who is in want. ⁸ Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a secret thing in thine heart, an iniquity, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, draws nigh; and thine eye shall be evil to thy brother that is in want, and thou shalt not give to him, and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and there shall be great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give to him, and thou shalt lend him as much as he wants, according as he is in need; and thou shalt not grudge in thine heart as thou givest to him, because on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all things on which thou shalt lay thine hand. ¹¹ For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

¹ And the cry of the people and their wives was great against their brethren the Jews. ² And some said, We are numerous with our sons and our daughters; so we will take corn, and eat, and live. ³ And some said, As to our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge them, and we will take corn, and eat. ⁴ And some said, We have borrowed money for the king's tributes: — our fields, and our vineyards, and houses are pledged. ⁵ And now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children are as their children: yet, behold, we are reducing our sons and our daughters to slavery, and some of our daughters are enslaved: and there is no power of our hands, for our fields and our vineyards belong to the nobles.

¹³ And I shook out my garment, and said, So may God shake out every man who shall not keep to this word, from his house, and from his labours, he shall be even thus shaken out, as an outcast and empty. And all the congregation said, Amen, and they praised the Lord: and the people did this thing.

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

^{4 (57:4)} Their venom is like that of a serpent; as that of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

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.

²⁷ He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: but he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress.

⁶ I have not chosen such a fast, saith the Lord; but do thou loose every burden of iniquity, do thou untie the knots of hard bargains, set the bruised free, and cancel every unjust account. ⁷ Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed. ⁸ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall speedily spring forth: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of God shall compass thee. ⁹ Then shalt thou cry, and God shall hearken to thee; while thou art yet speaking he will say, Behold, I am here. If thou remove from thee the band, and the stretching forth of the hands, and murmuring speech;

^{16 (41:16)} But ye turned and profaned my name, to bring back every one his servant, and every one his handmaid, whom ye had sent forth free and at their own disposal, to be to you men-servants and maid-servants. ^{17 (41:17)} Therefore thus said the Lord; Ye have not hearkened to me, to proclaim a release every one to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a release to you, to the sword, and to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will give you up to dispersion among all the kingdoms of the earth.

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Judge righteous judgment, and deal mercifully and compassionately every one with his brother: ¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother. ¹¹ But they refused to attend, and madly turned their back, and made their ears heavy, so that they should not hear. ¹² And they made their heart disobedient, so as not to hearken to my law, and the words which the Lord Almighty sent forth by his Spirit by the former prophets: so there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty. ¹³ And it shall come to pass, that as he spoke, and they hearkened not, so they shall cry, and I will not hearken, saith the Lord Almighty.

²⁰ and ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob comes after us. For he said, I will propitiate his countenance with the gifts going before his presence, and afterwards I will behold his face, for peradventure he will accept me.

¹¹ And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.

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.

⁸ Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward; and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.

²³ The ways of a man who unjustly receives gifts in his bosom do not prosper; and an ungodly man perverts the ways of righteousness.

¹⁶ A man's gift enlarges him, and seats him among princes.

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

¹² For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper. ¹³ Let the blessing of the perishing one come upon me; yea, the mouth of the widow has blessed me. ¹⁴ Also I put on righteousness, and clothed myself with judgment like a mantle. ¹⁵ I was the eye of the blind, and the foot of the lame. ¹⁶ I was the father of the helpless; and I searched out the cause which I knew not. ¹⁷ And I broke the jaw-teeth of the unrighteous; I plucked the spoil out of the midst of their teeth.

^{8 (39:8)} I desired to do thy will, O my God, and thy law in the midst of mine heart.

^{1 (111:1)} Alleluia. Blessed is the man that fears the Lord: he will delight greatly in his commandments.

^{16 (118:16)} I will meditate on thine ordinances: I will not forget thy words.

^{92 (118:92)} Were it not that thy law is my meditation, then I should have perished in mine affliction.

²⁰ Be not intimate with a strange woman, neither fold thyself in the arms of a woman not thine own.

²⁹ The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.

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

¹² I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

⁵ For these blessings shall happen to them that work righteousness, and they shall remember thy ways: behold, thou wast angry and we have sinned; therefore we have erred,

^{14 (48:14)} They have laid them as sheep in Hades; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning, and their help shall fail in Hades from their glory.

^{5 (124:5)} But them that turn aside to crooked ways the Lord will lead away with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel.

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.

²⁶ for she has wounded and cast down many, and those whom she has slain are innumerable. ²⁷ Her house is the way of hell, leading down to the chambers of death.

¹⁸ But he knows that mighty men die by her, and he falls in with a snare of hell. ^(9:18A) But hasten away, delay not in the place, neither fix thine eye upon her: ^(9:18B) for thus shalt thou go through strange water; ^(9:18C) but do thou abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain, ^(9:18D) that thou mayest live long, and years of life may be added to thee.

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

⁶ and them that turn aside from the Lord, and them that seek not the Lord, and them that cleave not to the Lord.

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,

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

²¹ for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.

⁸ A righteous man escapes from a snare, and the ungodly man is delivered up in his place.

³ For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, that saves thee: I have made Egypt and Ethiopia thy ransom, and given Soene for thee. ⁴ Since thou becamest precious in my sight, thou hast become glorious, and I have loved thee: and I will give men for thee, and princes for thy life.

⁴ He bears our sins, and is pained for us: yet we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction. ⁵ But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his bruises we were healed.

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.

^{6 (54:6)} And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest. ^{7 (54:7)} Lo! I have fled afar off, and lodged in the wilderness. Pause.

^{5 (119:5)} Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled among the tents of Kedar. ^{6 (119:6)} My soul has long been a sojourner;

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner on the house-top, than in plastered rooms with unrighteousness, and in an open house.

² Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.

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

¹⁸ He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

^{5 (22:5)} Thou has prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: thou hast thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and thy cup cheers me like the best wine.

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

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.

⁶ In the houses of the righteous is much strength: but the fruits of the ungodly shall perish.

^{19 (5:18)} Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.

^{11 (7:12)} Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and there is an advantage by it to them that see the sun.

¹⁹ Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.

^{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.

⁹ The ways of an ungodly man are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness.

⁴ The fear of the Lord is the offspring of wisdom, and wealth, and glory, and life.

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.

^{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.

⁶ And David and his men, departed to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite that inhabited the land: and it was said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither: for the blind and the lame withstood him, saying, David shall not come in hither. ⁷ And David took first the hold of Sion: this is the city of David. ⁸ And David said on that day, Every one that smites the Jebusite, let him attack with the dagger both the lame and the blind, and those that hate the soul of David. Therefore they say, The lame and the blind shall not enter into the house of the Lord. ⁹ And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.

¹⁶ And a wise woman cried from the wall, and said, Hear, hear; say, I pray ye, to Joab, Draw near hither, and I will speak to him. ¹⁷ And he drew nigh to her, and the woman said to him, Art thou Joab? and he said, I am. And she said to him, Hear the words of thy handmaid; and Joab said, I do hear. ¹⁸ And she spoke, saying, Of old time they said thus, Surely one was asked in Abel, and Dan, whether the faithful in Israel failed in what they purposed; they will surely ask in Abel, even in like manner, whether they have failed. ¹⁹ I am a peaceable one of the strong ones in Israel; but thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother city in Israel: why dost thou seek to ruin the inheritance of the Lord? ²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should ruin or destroy. ²¹ Is not the case thus, that a man of mount Ephraim, Sabee, son of Bochori by name, has even lifted up his hand against king David? Give him only to me, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. ²² And the woman went in to all the people, and she spoke to all the city in her wisdom; and they took off the head of Sabee the son of Bochori; and took it away and threw it to Joab: and he blew the trumpet, and the people separated from the city away from him, every man to his tent: and Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

⁵ A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.

^{19 (7:20)} Wisdom will help the wise man more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

¹³ This I also saw to be wisdom under the sun, and it is great before me: ¹⁴ suppose there were a little city, and few men in it; and there should come against it a great king, and surround it, and build great mounds against it; ¹⁵ and should find in it a poor wise man, and he should save the city through his wisdom: yet no man would remember that poor man. ¹⁶ And I said Wisdom is better than power: yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, and his words not listened to. ¹⁷ The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of them that rule in folly. ¹⁸ Wisdom is better than weapons of war: and one sinner will destroy much good.

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.

³ He that keeps his own mouth keeps his own life: but he that is hasty with his lips shall bring terror upon himself.

²⁷ He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise. ²⁸ Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

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

⁵ And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged, ⁶ and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

¹ Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, and has not stood in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the seat of evil men.

²² So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.

¹⁸ Pride goes before destruction, and folly before a fall.

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

²⁹ Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, and punishments likewise for fools.

^{8 (7:9)} The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded. ^{9 (7:10)} Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

⁶ We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride: thy prophecy shall not be thus, no not thus.

^{29 (31:29)} And I have heard of the pride of Moab, he has greatly heightened his pride and his haughtiness, and his heart has been lifted up.

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.

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

²⁷ A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession.

¹⁹ The ways of sluggards are strewn with thorns; but those of the diligent are made smooth.

²⁴ He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.

⁴ A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

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

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard. ³¹ If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. ³² Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction. ³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast. ³⁴ But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.

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

¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

^{26 (36:26)} He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be blessed.

¹² Then I said, Now will the Philistines come down to me to Galgala, and I have not sought the face of the Lord: so I forced myself and offered the whole-burnt-offering. ¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; for thou hast not kept my command, which the Lord commanded thee, as now the Lord would have confirmed thy kingdom over Israel for ever.

²¹ But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Galgal. ²² And Samuel said, Does the Lord take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams. ²³ For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.

^{8 (49:8)} I will not reprove thee on account of thy sacrifices; for thy whole-burnt-offerings are before me continually. ^{9 (49:9)} I will take no bullocks out of thine house, nor he-goats out of thy flocks. ^{10 (49:10)} For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and oxen. ^{11 (49:11)} I know all the birds of the sky; and the beauty of the field is mine. ^{12 (49:12)} If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness of it. ^{13 (49:13)} Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

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

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. ¹⁶ Wash you, be clean; remove your iniquities from your souls before mine eyes; cease from your iniquities;

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.

¹¹ Is my house, whereon my name is called, a den of robbers in your eyes? And, behold, I have seen it, saith the Lord. ¹² For go ye to my place with is in Selo, where I caused my name to dwell before, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of my people Israel.

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.

¹ Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

¹⁶ And if an unjust witness rise up against a man, alleging iniquity against him; ¹⁷ then shall the two men between whom the controversy is, stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days. ¹⁸ And the judges shall make diligent inquiry, and, behold, if and unjust witness has borne unjust testimony; and has stood up against his brother; ¹⁹ then shall ye do to him as he wickedly devised to do against his brother, and thou shalt remove the evil from yourselves.

¹⁹ An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren.

¹⁹ True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.

¹⁸ As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

^{5 (118:5)} O that my ways were directed to keep thine ordinances.

^{59 (118:59)} I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

⁵ Righteousness traces out blameless paths: but ungodliness encounters unjust dealing.

¹⁴ Blessed is the man who religiously fears always: but the hard of heart shall fall into mischiefs.

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

² Lift up thine eyes to look straight forward, and see where thou hast not been utterly defiled. Thou hast sat for them by the wayside as a deserted crow, and hast defiled the land with thy fornications and thy wickedness. ³ And thou didst retain many shepherds for a stumbling-block to thyself: thou hadst a whore's face, thou didst become shameless toward all.

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.

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^{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.

²⁸ and has turned away from all his ungodliness which he has committed: he shall surely live, he shall not die.

⁵ And now thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you.

⁷ Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways.

^{15 (2:16)} And now consider, I pray you, from this day and beforetime, before they laid a stone on a stone in the temple of the Lord, what manner of men ye were.

^{18 (2:19)} Set your hearts now to think from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid; ^{19 (2:20)} consider in your hearts, whether this shall be known on the corn-floor, and whether yet the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-trees that bear no fruit are with you: from this day will I bless you.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.

⁵ And as for the son of Aram, and the son of Romelias, forasmuch as they have devised an evil counsel, saying, ⁶ We will go up against Judea, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabeel king of it; ⁷ thus saith the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

⁹ Know, ye Gentiles, and be conquered; hearken ye, even to the extremity of the earth: be conquered, after ye strengthened yourselves; for even if ye should again strengthen yourselves, ye shall again be conquered. ¹⁰ And whatsoever counsel ye shall take, the Lord shall bring it to nought; and whatsoever word ye shall speak, it shall not stand among you: for God is with us.

²⁷ For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand?

¹⁰ telling beforehand the latter events before they come to pass, and they are accomplished together: and I said, all my counsel shall stand, and I will do all things that I have planned: ¹¹ calling a bird from the east, and from a land afar off, for the things which I have planned: I have spoken, and brought him; I have created and made him; I have brought him, and prospered his way.

²³ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;

¹³ And the men tried hard to return to the land, and were not able: for the sea rose and grew more and more tempestuous against them.

³ But thou, O Lord, art my helper: my glory, and the one that lifts up my head.

⁸ Deliverance is the Lord's, and thy blessing is upon thy people.

^{7 (19:7)} Some glory in chariots, and some in horses: but we will glory in the name of the Lord our God.

^{17 (32:17)} A horse is vain for safety; neither shall he be delivered by the greatness of his power. ^{18 (32:18)} Behold, the eyes of the Lord are on them that fear him, those that hope in his mercy;

^{20 (67:20)} Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death.

^{10 (143:10)} Even to him who gives salvation to kings: who redeems his servant David from the hurtful sword.

^{10 (146:10)} He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.

¹¹ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.

¹ Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.

²³ Truly the hills and the strength of the mountains were a lying refuge: but by the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.