Proverbs 23 Cross References - Brenton

¹ If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee: ² and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats: but if thou art very insatiable, ³ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life. ⁴ If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom. ⁵ If thou shouldest fix thine eye upon him, he will disappear; for wings like an eagle's are prepared for him, and he returns to the house of his master. ⁶ Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats: ⁷ so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him: ⁸ for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words. ⁹ Say nothing in the ears of a fool, lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words. ¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmarks; and enter not upon the possession of the fatherless: ¹¹ for the Lord is their redeemer; he is mighty, and will plead their cause with thee. ¹² Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion. ¹³ Refrain not from chastening a child; for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die. ¹⁴ For thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from death. ¹⁵ 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. ¹⁷ Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. ¹⁸ For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed. ¹⁹ Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart. ²⁰ Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: ²¹ for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. ²² Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old. ²³ (OMITTED TEXT) ²⁴ A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad. ²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. ²⁷ For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow. ²⁸ For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off. ²⁹ Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? ³⁰ Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them openly. ³¹ For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle. ³² But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. ³³ Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things. ³⁴ And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. 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?

³² And they set on bread for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians. ³³ And they sat before him, the first-born according to his seniority, and the younger according to his youth; and the men looked with amazement every one at his brother. ³⁴ And they took their portions from him to themselves; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as the portions of the others. And they drank and were filled with drink with him.

^{4 (140:4)} Incline not my heart to evil things, to employ pretexts for sins, with me who work iniquity: and let me not unite with their choice ones.

⁶ Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats:

⁸ And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

⁵ Trust in God with all thine heart; and be not exalted in thine own wisdom.

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

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.

¹² I have seen a man who seemed to himself to be wise; but a fool had more hope than he.

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

²¹ Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.

³⁶ And their father Jacob said to them, Ye have bereaved me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will ye take Benjamin? all these things have come upon me.

¹⁴ And, behold, there came a messenger to job, and said to him, The yokes of oxen were ploughing, and the she-asses were feeding near them; ¹⁵ and the spoilers came and took them for a prey, and slew the servants with the sword; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. ¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, Fire has fallen from heaven, and burnt up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds like wise; and I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. ¹⁷ While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, The horsemen formed three companies against us, and surrounded the camels, and took them for a prey, and slew the servants with the sword; and I only escaped, and am come to tell thee.

^{6 (38:6)} Surely man walks in a shadow; nay, he is disquieted in vain: he lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them.

^{36 (118:36)} Incline mine heart to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. ^{37 (118:37)} Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.

²⁴ For a man has not strength and power for ever; neither does he transmit it from generation to generation.

² Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

^{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.

⁸ Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.

² Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labour for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.

¹⁷ Behold, thine eyes are not good, nor thine heart, but they go after thy covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.

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.

⁵⁶ And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,

⁹ He that has pity on the poor shall himself be maintained; for he has given of his own bread to the poor. ^(22:9A) He that gives liberally secures victory an honour; but he takes away the life of them that posses them.

³ desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.

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

⁸ And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. ⁹ Now God had brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the chief of the eunuchs. ¹⁰ And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; also shall ye endanger my head to the king.

¹⁵ And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

²⁶ And Abessalom said to him, And if not, let I pray thee, my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ And Abessalom pressed him, and he sent with him Amnon and all the king's sons; and Abessalom made a banquet like the banquet of the king. ²⁸ And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and slay him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

^{2 (11:2)} Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

^{21 (54:21)} They were scattered at the anger of his countenance, and his heart drew nigh them. His words were smoother than oil, yet are they darts.

²² Mercy is a fruit to a man: and a poor man is better than a rich liar.

²⁷ And as for both the kings, their hearts are set upon mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper; for yet the end is for a fixed time.

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.

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.

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him. ⁵ Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

²¹ And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

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.

¹⁷ Cursed is he that removes his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.

²⁷ Even because ye attack the fatherless, and insult your friend.

⁹ But thou hast sent widows away empty, and has afflicted orphans.

² while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd? ³ They have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

⁹ They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.

²¹ if I lifted my hand against an orphan, trusting that my strength was far superior to his: ²² let them my shoulder start from the blade-bone, and my arm be crushed off from the elbow. ²³ For the fear of the Lord constrained me, and I cannot bear up by reason of his burden.

^{6 (93:6)} They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.

²⁸ Remove not the old landmarks, which thy fathers placed.

⁵ For if ye thoroughly correct your ways and your practices, and do indeed execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

³ thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and justice, and rescue the spoiled out of the hand of him that wrongs him: and oppress not the stranger, and orphan, and widow, and sin not, and shed no innocent blood in this place.

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.

⁵ And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a sift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.

²² Ye shall hurt no widow or orphan. ²³ And if ye should afflict them by ill-treatment, and they should cry aloud to me, I will surely hear their voice. ²⁴ And I will be very angry, and will slay you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children orphans.

¹⁹ Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

²⁵ For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me,

^{5 (11:5)} Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

²³ For the Lord will plead his cause, and thou shalt deliver thy soul in safety.

^{33 (27:33)} Thus saith the Lord; The children of Israel and the children of Juda have been oppressed: all they that have taken them captive have oppressed them together; for they would not let them go. ^{34 (27:34)} But their Redeemer is strong; the Lord Almighty is his name: he will enter into judgment with his adversaries, that he may destroy the earth;

^{36 (28:36)} Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will judge thine adversary, and I will execute vengeance for thee; and I will waste her sea, and dry up her fountain.

² thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. ³ For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures; ⁵ then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord gives wisdom; and from his presence come knowledge and understanding,

¹ My son, attend to my wisdom, and apply thine ear to my words; ² that thou mayest keep good understanding, and the discretion of my lips gives thee a charge. Give no heed to a worthless woman;

¹⁷ Incline thine ear to the words of wise men: hear also my word, and apply thine heart,

¹⁹ Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart.

³¹ They approach thee as a people comes together, and sit before thee, and hear thy words, but they will not do them: for there is falsehood in their mouth, and their heart goes after their pollutions.

²⁴ He that spares the rod hates his son: but he that loves, carefully chastens him.

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

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

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

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

¹⁰ My son, let not ungodly men lead thee astray, neither consent thou to them.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive the utterance of my commandment, and hide it with thee;

¹ Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

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

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

²⁴ A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad.

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

^{41 (39:41)} And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all my soul.

¹⁷ The Lord thy God is in thee; the Mighty One shall save thee: he shall bring joy upon thee, and shall refresh thee with his love; and he shall rejoice over thee with delight as in a day of feasting.

⁶ Hearken to me; for I will speak solemn truths; and will produce right sayings from my lips.

^{1 (36:1)} A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be envious of them that do iniquity. ^{2 (36:2)} For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. ^{3 (36:3)} Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and thou shalt be fed with the wealth of it.

^{3 (72:3)} For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners. ^{4 (72:4)} For there is no sign of reluctance in their death: and they have firmness under their affliction. ^{5 (72:5)} They are not in the troubles of other men; and they shall not be scourged with other men. ^{6 (72:6)} Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. ^{7 (72:7)} Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness: they have fulfilled their intention.

^{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.

³¹ Procure not the reproaches of bad men, neither do thou covet their ways.

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

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them.

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

^{7 (5:6)} For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

¹³ Hear the end of the matter, the sun: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole man. ¹⁴ For God will bring every work into judgment, with everything that has been overlooked, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

¹⁸ For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

^{37 (36:37)} Maintain innocence, and behold uprightness: for there is a remnant to the peaceable man.

¹⁴ Thus shalt thou perceive wisdom in thy soul: for if thou find it, thine end shall be good, and hope shall not fail thee.

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

^{11 (36:11)} And I will devise for you a device of peace, and not evil, to bestow upon you these good things.

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my words; and the years of thy life shall be increased, that the resources of thy life may be many. ¹¹ For I teach thee the ways of wisdom; and I cause thee to go in right paths. ¹² For when thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not be distressed. ¹³ Take hold of my instruction; let it not go, — but keep it for thyself for thy life. ¹⁴ Go not in the ways of the ungodly, neither covet the ways of transgressors. ¹⁵ In whatever place they shall pitch their camp, go not thither; but turn from them, and pass away. ¹⁶ For they cannot sleep, unless they have done evil: their sleep is taken away, and they rest not. ¹⁷ For these live upon the bread of ungodliness, and are drunken with wine of transgression. ¹⁸ But the ways of the righteous shine like light; they go on and shine, until the day be fully come. ¹⁹ But the ways of the ungodly are dark; they know not how they stumble. ²⁰ My son, attend to my speech; and apply thine ear to my words: ²¹ that thy fountains may not fail thee; keep them in thine heart. ²² For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. ²³ Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.

⁶ Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he.

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

¹² Apply thine heart to instruction, and prepare thine ears for words of discretion.

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

¹ Wine is an intemperate thing, and strong drink full of violence: but every fool is entangled with them.

²⁹ Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? ³⁰ Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them openly. ³¹ For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle. ³² But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. ³³ Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things. ³⁴ And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. 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?

⁷ A wise son keeps the law: but he that keeps up debauchery dishonours his father.

⁶ Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain: ⁷ that they may forget their poverty, and may not remember their troubles any more.

¹¹ Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till evening: for the wine shall inflame them.

²² Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:

¹³ but they engaged in joy and gladness, slaying calves, and killing sheep, so as to eat flesh, and drink wine; saying, Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.

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.

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.

¹⁵ Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.

¹⁷ A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;

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.

¹ Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine. ² Behold, the anger of the Lord is strong and severe, as descending hail where there is no shelter, violently descending; as a great body of water sweeping away the soil, he shall make rest for the land. ³ The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.

⁵ Awake, ye drunkards, from your wine, and weep: mourn, all ye that drink wine to drunkenness: for joy and gladness and removed are from your mouth.

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

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; ¹⁹ then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him forth to the elders of his city, and to the gate of the place: 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. 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.

¹⁶ Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

⁸ Hear, my son, the instruction of thy father, and reject not the rules of thy mother.

²⁰ My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

¹¹ A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

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.

¹² But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge? ¹³ A mortal has not known its way, neither indeed has it been discovered among men. ¹⁴ The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. ¹⁵ One shall not give fine gold instead of it, neither shall silver be weighed in exchange for it. ¹⁶ Neither shall it be compared with gold of Sophir, with the precious onyx and sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and crystal shall not be equalled to it, neither shall vessels of gold be its exchange. ¹⁸ Coral and fine pearl shall not be mentioned: but do thou esteem wisdom above the most precious things. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equalled to it; it shall not be compared with pure gold.

^{72 (118:72)} The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

^{127 (118:127)} Therefore have I loved thy commandments more than gold, or the topaz.

² thine ear shall hearken to wisdom; thou shalt also apply thine heart to understanding, and shalt apply it to the instruction of thy son. ³ For it thou shalt call to wisdom, and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ and if thou shalt seek it as silver, and search diligently for it as for treasures;

⁵ and do not neglect the speech of my mouth. ⁶ And forsake it not, and it shall cleave to thee: love it, and it shall keep thee. ⁷ (OMITTED TEXT)

¹⁶ The brood of wisdom is more to be chosen than gold, and the brood of prudence more to be chosen than silver.

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.

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

¹ Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.

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.

¹ And the days of David drew near that he should die: and he addressed his son Solomon, saying, I go the way of all the earth: ² but be thou strong, and shew thyself a man; ³ and keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep the commandments and the ordinances and the judgements which are written in the law of Moses; that thou mayest understand what thou shalt do in all things that I command thee:

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.

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.

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.

⁹ And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one. ¹⁰ And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

²⁵ A foolish son is a cause of anger to his father, and grief to her that bore him.

⁵ And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy mind, and with all thy soul, and all thy strength.

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

^{2 (118:2)} Blessed are they that search out his testimonies: they will diligently seek him with the whole heart.

^{9 (118:9)} Wherewith shall a young man direct his way? by keeping thy words. ^{10 (118:10)} With my whole heart have I diligently sought thee: cast me not away from thy commandments. ^{11 (118:11)} I have hidden thine oracles in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thine heart keep my words:

⁴ who spoke and instructed me, saying, Let our speech be fixed in thine heart, keep our commandments, forget them not:

²³ Keep thine heart with the utmost care; for out of these are the issues of life.

²⁵ Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids assent to just things. ²⁶ Make straight paths for thy feet, and order thy ways aright. ²⁷ Turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left, but turn away thy foot from an evil way: ^(4:27A) {\I for God knows the ways on the right hand, but those on the left are crooked:} ^(4:27B) and he will make thy ways straight, and will guide thy steps in peace.

^{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.

¹⁴ The mouth of a transgressor is a deep pit; and he that is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. ^(22:14A) Evil ways are before a man, and he does not like to turn away from them; but it is needful to turn aside from a perverse and bad way.

¹ And Israel sojourned in Sattin, and the people profaned itself by going a-whoring after the daughters of Moab.

⁴ And it came to pass after this that he loved a woman in Alsorech, and her name was Dalida. ⁵ And the princess of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Beguile him, and see wherein his great strength is, and wherewith we shall prevail against him, and bind him to humble him; and we will give thee each eleven hundred pieces of silver. ⁶ And Dalida said to Sampson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein is thy great strength, and wherewith thou shalt be bound that thou mayest be humbled. ⁷ And Sampson said to her, If they bind me with seven moist cords that have not been spoiled, then shall I be weak and be as one of ordinary men. ⁸ And the princess of the Philistines brought to her seven moist cords that had not been spoiled, and she bound him with them. ⁹ And the liers in wait remained with her in the chamber; and she said to him, the Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke the cords as if any one should break a thread of tow when it has touched the fire, and his strength was not known. ¹⁰ And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast cheated me, and told me lies; now then tell me wherewith thou shalt be bound. ¹¹ And he said to her, If they should bind me fast with new ropes with which work has not been done, then shall I be weak, and shall be as another man. ¹² And Dalida took new ropes, and bound him with them, and the liers in wait came out of the chamber, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he broke them off his arms like a thread. ¹³ And Dalida said to Sampson, Behold, thou hast deceived me, and told me lies; tell me, I intreat thee, wherewith thou mayest be bound: and he said to her, If thou shouldest weave the seven locks of my head with the web, and shouldest fasten them with the pin into the wall, then shall I be weak as another man. ¹⁴ And it came to pass when he was asleep, that Dalida took the seven locks of his head, and wove them with the web, and fastened them with the pin into the wall, and she said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep, and carried away the pin of the web out of the wall. ¹⁵ And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength. ¹⁶ And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death. ¹⁷ Then he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come upon my head, because I have been a holy one of God from my mother's womb; if then I should be shaven, my strength will depart from me, and I shall be weak, and I shall be as all other men. ¹⁸ And Dalida saw that he told her all his heart, and she sent and called the princess of the Philistines, saying, Come up yet this once; for he has told me all his heart. And the chiefs of the Philistines went up to her, and brought the money in their hands. ¹⁹ And Dalida made Sampson sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and he shaved the seven locks of his head, and she began to humble him, and his strength departed from him. ²⁰ And Dalida said, The Philistines are upon thee, Sampson: and he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as at former times, and shake myself; and he knew not that the Lord was departed from him. ²¹ And the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he ground in the prison-house. ²² And the hair of his head began to grow as before it was shaven.

¹⁶ to remove thee far from the straight way, and to estrange thee from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake thee, ¹⁷ of her who has forsaken the instruction of her youth, and forgotten the covenant of God. ¹⁸ For she has fixed her house near death, and guided her wheels near Hades with the giants. ¹⁹ None that go by her shall return, neither shall they take hold of right paths, for they are not apprehended of the years of life.

¹² For at one time she wanders without, and at another time she lies in wait in the streets, at every corner.

²² And he followed her, being gently led on, and that as an ox is led to the slaughter, and as a dog to bonds, or as a hart shot in the liver with an arrow: ²³ and he hastens as a bird into a snare, not knowing that he is running for his life. ²⁴ Now then, my son, hearken to me, and attend to the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine heart turn aside to her ways: 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.

^{26 (7:27)} And I find her to be, and I will pronounce to be more bitter than death the woman which is a snare, and her heart nets, who has a band in her hands: he that is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from her; but the sinner shall be caught by her.

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.

¹¹ The heart of my people has gladly engaged in fornication and wine and strong drink.

¹² His eyes shall be more cheering than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk.

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.

²⁸ And Abessalom charged his servants, saying, Mark when the heart of Amnon shall be merry with wine, and I shall say to you, Smite Amnon, and slay him: fear not; for is it not I that command you? Be courageous, and be valiant.

^{16 (21:16)} And he went forth at noon, an the son of Ader was drinking and getting drunk in Socchoth, he and the kings, even thirty and two kings, his allies. ^{17 (21:17)} And the young men the heads of the districts went forth first; and they send and report to the king of Syria, saying, There are men come forth out of Samaria. ^{18 (21:18)} And he said to them, If they come forth peaceably, take them alive; and if they come forth to war, take them alive: ^{19 (21:19)} and let not the young men the heads of the districts go forth of the city. And the force that was behind them ^{20 (21:20)} smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman. ^{21 (21:21)} And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria. ^{22 (21:22)} And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said, Strengthen thyself, and observe, and see what thou shalt do; for at the return of the year the son of Ader king of Syria comes up against thee.

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

⁷ For these have trespassed through wine; they have erred through strong drink: the priest and the prophet are mad through strong drink, they are swallowed up by reason of wine, they have staggered through drunkenness; they have erred: this is their vision. ⁸ A curse shall devour this counsel, for this is their counsel for the sake of covetousness.

¹⁰ For the enemy shall be laid bare even to the foundation, and shall be devoured as twisted yew, and as stubble fully dry.

²¹ And he drank of the wine, and was drunk, and was naked in his house.

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

² She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine in a bowl, and prepared her table.

⁶ who drink strained wine, and anoint themselves with the best ointment; and have suffered nothing on occasion of the calamity of Joseph.

² And it came to pass toward evening, that David arose off his couch, and walked on the roof of the king's house, and saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

¹ Howbeit hear, Job, my words, and hearken to my speech.

^{37 (118:37)} Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.

²⁵ Let not the desire of beauty overcome thee, neither be thou caught by thine eyes, neither be captivated with her eyelids.

⁵ And all the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, stretching out my hand upon Egypt, and I will bring out the children of Israel out of the midst of them. ⁶ And Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, so did they.

¹² And they cast down each his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.

¹⁶ And let him suck the poison of serpents, and let the serpent's tongue slay him.

¹¹ And thou repent at last, when the flesh of thy body is consumed,

⁸ He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and him that breaks down a hedge a serpent shall bite.

³ The crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, shall be beaten down with the hands and with the feet.

⁵ They have hatched asps' eggs, and weave a spider's web: and he that is going to eat of their eggs, having crushed an addled egg, has found also in it a basilisk.

³¹ the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future.

¹⁷ For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you

¹⁹ As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him; and he should spring into his house, and lean his hands upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

³ If they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, thence will I search them out and take them; and if they should go down from my presence into the depths of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

³² Come and let us make our father drink wine, and let us sleep with him, and let us raise up seed from our father. ³³ So they made their father drink wine in that night, and the elder went in and lay with her father that night, and he knew not when he slept and when he rose up. ³⁴ And it came to pass on the morrow, that the elder said to the younger, Behold, I slept yesternight with our father, let us make him drink wine in this night also, and do thou go in and sleep with him, and let us raise up seed of our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drink wine in that night also, and the younger went in and slept with her father, and he knew not when he slept, nor when he arose. ³⁶ And the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father. ³⁷ And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day. ³⁸ And the younger also bore a son, and called his name Amman, saying, The son of my family. This is the father of the Ammanites to this present day.

^{12 (68:12)} They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

¹² to deliver thee from the evil way, and from the man that speaks nothing faithfully.

⁵ lest they drink, and forget wisdom, and be not able to judge the poor rightly.

⁴ They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of iron, and of wood, and of stone.

⁵ In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.

⁸ And by the breath of thine anger the water parted asunder; the waters were congealed as a wall, the waves were congealed in the midst of the sea.

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.

¹⁶ So be brought him down thither, and behold, they were scattered abroad upon the surface of the whole land, eating and drinking, and feasting by reason of all the great spoils which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Juda. ¹⁷ And David came upon them, and smote them from the morning till the evening, and on the next day; and not one of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who were mounted on camels, and fled.

⁹ And Zambri, captain of half his cavalry, conspired against him, while he was in Thersa, drinking himself drunk in the house of Osa the steward at Thersa.

¹⁹ And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

¹¹ As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. ^(26:11A) {\I There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame {\I that is glory and grace.}}

²² Though thou scourge a fool, disgracing him in the midst of the council, thou wilt still in no wise remove his folly from him.

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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.

^{18 (38:18)} I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, and saying, Thou hast chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not willingly taught: turn thou me, and I shall turn; for thou art the Lord my God.