Proverbs 12 Cross References - LXX2012

¹ He that loves instruction loves sense, but he that hates reproofs is a fool. ² He that has found favor with the Lord [is made] better; but a transgressor shall be passed over in silence. ³ A man shall not prosper by wickedness; but the roots of the righteous shall not be taken up. ⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband. ⁵ The thoughts of the righteous [are true] judgments; but ungodly men devise deceits. ⁶ The words of ungodly men are crafty; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. ⁷ When the ungodly is overthrown, he vanishes away; but the houses of the just remain. ⁸ The mouth of an understanding [man] is praised by a man; but he that is dull of heart is had in derision. ⁹ Better is a man in dishonor serving himself, than one honouring himself and lacking bread. ¹⁰ A righteous man has pity for the lives of his cattle; but the bowels of the ungodly are unmerciful. ¹¹ He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonor in his own strong holds. ¹² The desires of the ungodly are evil; but the roots of the godly are firmly set. ¹³ For the sin of [his] lips a sinner falls into snare; but a righteous man escapes from them. He whose looks are gentle shall be pitied, but he that contends in the gates will afflict souls. ¹⁴ The soul of a man shall be filled with good from the fruits of his mouth; and the recompence of his lips shall be given to him. ¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes; but a wise man hearkens to counsels. ¹⁶ A fool declares his wrath the same day; but a prudent man hides his own disgrace. ¹⁷ A righteous man declares the open truth; but an unjust witness is deceitful. ¹⁸ Some wound as they speak, [like] swords; but the tongues of the wise heal. ¹⁹ True lips establish testimony; but a hasty witness has an unjust tongue. ²⁰ [There is] deceit in the heart of him that imagines evil; but they that love peace shall rejoice. ²¹ No injustice will please a just man; but the ungodly will be filled with mischief. ²² Lying lips are a abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him. ²³ An understanding man is a throne of wisdom; but the heart of fools shall meet with curses. ²⁴ The hand of chosen men shall easily obtain rule; but the deceitful shall be for a prey. ²⁵ A terrible word troubles the heart of a righteous man; but a good message rejoices him. ²⁶ A just arbitrator shall be his own friend; but mischief shall pursue sinners; and the way of ungodly men shall lead them astray. ²⁷ A deceitful man shall catch no game; but a blameless man is a precious possession. ²⁸ In the ways of righteousness is life; but the ways of those that remember injuries [lead] to death.

⁹ For he spoke, and they were made; he commanded, and they were created.

¹⁰ For if wisdom shall come into your understanding, and discernment shall seem pleasing to your soul, ¹¹ good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

¹² and you shall say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs! ¹³ I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, neither did I apply mine ear.

¹⁷ I love those that love me; and they that seek me shall find [me].

³² Now then, [my] son, hear me: blessed is the man who shall listen to me, and the mortal who shall keep my ways;

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

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

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

³ The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel does not know me, and the people has not regarded me.

¹⁵ The heathen are caught in the destruction which they planned: in the very snare which they hid is their foot taken.

⁵ Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places,

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

¹⁸ and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil, —[are hateful to God].

³⁵ For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord.

⁸ There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; and there is no power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in the day of the battle; neither shall ungodliness save her votary.

⁵ And they shall no more at all tell a fool to rule, and your servants shall no more at all say, Be silent. 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 judgment.

³³ and blessed [be] your conduct, and blessed [be] you, who have hindered me this very day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself.

³ And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured. ⁴ Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer. ⁵ For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

²⁹ Neither shall he at all grow rich, nor shall his substance remain: he shall not cast a shadow upon the earth.

⁵ But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction: ⁶ although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds. ⁷ For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he? ⁸ Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night. ⁹ The eye has looked upon him, but shall not [see him] again; and his place shall no longer perceive him.

¹⁶ Even if he should gather silver as earth, and prepare gold as clay; ¹⁷ All these things shall the righteous gain, and the true-hearted shall possess his wealth. ¹⁸ And his house is gone like moths, and like a spider's web.

⁵ The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: you are he that restores my inheritance to me.

¹ (126) A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones. ² Then was our mouth filled with joy, and our tongue with exultation: then would they say among the Gentiles,

²⁵ When the storm passes by, the ungodly vanishes away; but the righteous turns aside and escapes for ever.

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

¹ Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs [hers] down with her hands.

³⁰ A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.

¹³ A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: vows [paid out] of the hire of a harlot are not pure. ¹⁴ Fathers divide house and substance to [their] children: but a wife is suited to a man by the Lord.

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

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

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.

¹⁰ Who shall find a virtuous woman? for such a one is more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils. ¹² For she employs all her living for her husband's good. ¹³ Gathering wool and flax, she makes it serviceable with her hands. ¹⁴ She is like a ship trading from a distance: so she procures her livelihood. ¹⁵ And she rises by night, and gives food to her household, and [appointed] tasks to her maidens. ¹⁶ She views a farm, and buys it: and with the fruit of her hands she plants and a possession. ¹⁷ She strongly girds her loins, and strengthens her arms for work. ¹⁸ And she finds by experience that working is good; and her candle goes not out all night. ¹⁹ She reaches forth her arms to needful [works], and applies her hands to the spindle. ²⁰ And she opens her hands to the needy, and reaches out fruit to the poor. ²¹ Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: for all her household are clothed. ²² She makes for her husband clothes of double texture, and garments for herself of fine linen and scarlet. ²³ And her husband becomes a distinguished [person] in the gates, when he sits in council with the old inhabitants of the land. ²⁴ She makes fine linens, and sells girdles to the Chananites: she opens her mouth heedfully and with propriety, and controls her tongue. ²⁵ She puts on strength and honor; and rejoices in the last days.

¹⁶ I watched, and my belly trembled at the sound of the prayer of my lips, and trembling entered into my bones, and my frame was troubled within me; I will rest in the day of affliction, from going up to the people of my sojourning.

² How long shall I take counsel in my soul, [having] sorrows in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? ³ Look on me, listen to me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;

² For they shall soon be withered as the grass, and shall soon fall away as the green herbs. ³ Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it. ⁴ Delight [yourself] in the Lord; and he shall grant you the requests of your heart.

⁶ O my God, my soul has been troubled within me: therefore will I remember you from the land of Jordan, and of the Ermonites, from the little hill. ⁷ Deep calls to deep at the voice of your cataracts: all your billows and your waves have gone over me.

¹ (141) A Psalm of David. O Lord, I have cried to you; hear me: attend to the voice of my supplication, when I cry to you. ² Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands [as] an evening sacrifice. ³ Set a watch, O Lord, on my mouth, and a strong door about by lips.

²³ All the desire of the righteous is good: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

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

⁷ let the ungodly leave his ways, and the transgressor his counsels: and let him return to the Lord, and he shall find mercy; for he shall abundantly pardon your sins.

¹⁴ Cleanse your heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that you may be saved: how long will your grievous thoughts be within you?

¹ And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Let me now choose out for myself twelve thousand men, and I will arise and follow after David this night: ² and I will come upon him when he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will strike him with terror; and all the people with him shall flee, and I will strike the king only of all. ³ And I will bring back all the people to you, as a bride returns to her husband: only you seek the life of one man, and all the people shall have peace. ⁴ And the saying [was] right in the eyes of Abessalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.

⁷ And Mardochaeus showed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents [to be paid] into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews. ⁸ And he gave him the copy [of the writing] that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, [said he], the days of your low estate, how you were nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do you call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death. ⁹ So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words. ¹⁰ And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say, ¹¹ All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person can’t live: only to whoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days. ¹² And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther. ¹³ Then Mardochaeus said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews. ¹⁴ For if you shall refuse to listen on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but you and your father's house will perish: and who knows, if you have been made queen for this [very] occasion?

⁴ For both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; [both] we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the [is] not worthy of the king's palace. ⁵ And the king said, Who [is] this that has dared to do this thing? ⁶ And Esther said, the adversary [is] Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen.

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

³ Out of the mouth of fools [comes] a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.

⁷ And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;

²⁶ For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them].

¹ Alas for me! for I am become as one gathering straw in harvest, and as [one gathering] grape-gleanings in the vintage, when there is no cluster for me to eat the first-ripe fruit: alas my soul! ² For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:

¹⁶ And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom for ever before me, and his throne shall be set up for ever.

²⁶ Let your name be magnified for ever.

⁶ And in the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men: ⁷ both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga, ⁸ and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca, ⁹ and Marmasima, and Ruphaeus, and Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus, ¹⁰ the ten sons of Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day:

¹⁴ And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Aman to hang.

³ And I have seen foolish ones taking root: but suddenly their habitation was devoured. ⁴ Let their children be far from safety, and let them be crushed at the doors of vile men, and let there be no deliverer.

²⁰ But safety shall fail them; for their hope is destruction, and the eyes of the ungodly shall waste away.

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.

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.

²⁵ Who discovers their works, and will bring night about [upon them], and they shall be brought low.

¹⁰ My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.

¹⁸ Remember this your creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked your name. ¹⁹ Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to you: forget not for ever the souls of your poor.

²¹ He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness he shall receive a faithful reward.

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

²⁵ The Lord pulls down the houses of scorners; but he establishes the border of the widow.

³ A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding. ⁴ By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth.

³⁹ And Pharao said to Joseph, Since God has showed you all these things, there is not a wiser or more prudent man than you.

¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly; for you have not kept my command, which the Lord commanded you, as now the Lord would have confirmed your kingdom over Israel for ever.

¹⁸ And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessae the Bethleemite, and he understands playing [on the harp], and the man [is] prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man [is] handsome, and the Lord [is] with him.

³⁰ [And the chief of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass that from the suficiency of their expedition David acted Wisely above all the servants of Saul; and his name was honored exceedingly. ]

¹⁷ And now do you consider, and see what you will do; for mischief is determined against our lord and against his house; and he [is] a vile character, and one can’t speak to him.

²⁶ therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the ungodly have exalted [their own] dishonor.

²³ Such a man dies with the uninstructed; and he is cast forth from the abundance of his own substance, and has perished through folly.

¹ Who knows the wise? and who knows the interpretation of a saying? A man's wisdom will lighten his countenance; but a man of shameless countenance will be hated.

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

⁸ But you⌃ have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: you⌃ have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty. ⁹ And I have made you despised and cast out among all the people, because you⌃ have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law.

⁷ There are [some] who, having nothing, enrich themselves: and there are [some] who bring themselves down in [the midst of] much wealth.

¹³ And he said to him, My lord knows, that the children are very tender, and the flocks and the herds with me are with young; if then I shall drive them hard one day, all the cattle will die. ¹⁴ Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

²⁶ And Judas said to his brethren, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren listened. ²⁸ And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.

²⁸ And God opened the mouth of the ass, and she says to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have struck me this third time? ²⁹ And Balaam said to the ass, Because you have mocked me; and if I [had] had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed you. ³⁰ And the ass says to Balaam, [Am] not I your ass on which you have ridden since your youth till this day? did I ever do thus to you, utterly disregarding [you]? and he said, No. ³¹ And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding [him] in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshipped on his face. ³² And the angel of God said to him, Why have you struck your ass this third time? and, behold, I came out to withstand you, for your way was not seemly before me; and when the ass saw me, she turned away from me this third time.

⁴ You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn.

⁷ And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I therefore have done, so God has recompensed me: and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

² Naas the Ammanite said to them, On these terms will I make a covenant with you, that I should put out all your right eyes, and I will lay a reproach upon Israel.

¹⁹ In the sweat of your face shall you eat your bread until you return to the earth out of which you were taken, for earth you are and to earth you shall return.

⁴ And they gave him seventy [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith; and Abimelech hired for himself vain and cowardly men, and they went after him.

⁴ One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek: that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey his temple.

² Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

¹⁰ [My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you [to them].

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 there; but turn from them, and pass away.

³² But the adulterer through lack of sense procures destruction to his soul.

⁷ passing by the corner in the passages near her house,

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

¹³ A foolish and bold woman, who knows not modesty, comes to lack a morsel.

¹⁶ [saying], Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; and I exhort those that lack prudence, saying,

²⁰ If you walk with wise men you shall be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.

²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.

⁴ Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent.

²³ With every one [who is] careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in lack.

²⁷ [My] son, you have from me words very useful for your life, and for the life of your servants.

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

⁸ When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to you into your holy temple.

³ And he shall be as a tree planted by the brooks of waters, which shall yield its fruit in its season, and its leaf shall not fall off; and whatever he shall do shall be prospered.

¹⁵ The wealth of rich men is a strong city; but poverty is the ruin of the ungodly.

⁵ He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it. ⁶ A great snare [is spread] for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.

⁶ they that are coming are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and blossom, and the world shall be filled with his fruit.

³¹ And they that are left in Judea shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

²⁶ For among my people were found ungodly men; and they have set snares to destroy men, and have caught [them]. ²⁷ As a snare which has been set is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore have they grown great, and become rich: ²⁸ and they have transgressed [the rule of] judgment; they have not judged the cause of the orphan, nor have they judged the cause of the widow.

⁷ But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord shall be. ⁸ And he shall be as a thriving tree by the waters, and he shall cast forth his root toward a moist place: he shall not fear when heat comes, and there shall be upon him shady branches: he shall not fear in a year of drought, and he shall not fail to bear fruit.

² For the godly is perished from the earth; and there is none among men that orders [his way] aright: they all quarrel even to blood: they grievously afflict every one his neighbor:

¹⁵ He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad. ¹⁶ Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting-net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice. ¹⁷ Therefore will he cast his net, and will not spare to kill the nations continually.

¹⁶ the angel who delivers me from all evils, bless these boys, and my name shall be called upon them, and the name of my fathers, Abraam and Isaac; and let them be increased to a great multitude on the earth.

⁹ And David answered and Rechab and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them, [As] the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all affliction;

²³ And king Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, [if it be not] that Adonias has spoken this word against his own life.

⁶ You will destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.

¹⁹ Let not them that are mine enemies without a cause rejoice against me; who hate me for nothing, and wink with their eyes.

⁸ The nations shall be troubled, and they that inhabit the ends [of the earth] shall be afraid of your signs; you will cause the outgoings of morning and evening to rejoice.

² For a man's own lips become a strong snare to him, and he is caught with the lips of his own mouth.

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

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

⁶ The lips of a fool bring [him] into troubles, and his bold mouth calls for death. ⁷ A fool's mouth is ruin to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

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

¹⁸ Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest you should die before your time.

²⁴ And the king commanded, and they brought the men that had accused Daniel, and they were cast into the den of lions, they, and their children, and their wives: and they reached not the bottom of the den before the lions had the mastery of them, and utterly broke to pieces all their bones.

⁵ They have set up for themselves an evil matter, they have given counsel to hide snares; they have said, Who shall see them?

² A good [man] shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.

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

²⁰ A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips. ²¹ Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.

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

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

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

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

¹² There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it reach to the depths of hell.

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

² 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.

²⁰ Hear, son, the instruction of your father, that you may be wise at your latter end.

² Every man seems to himself righteous; but the Lord directs the hearts.

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

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

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

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

¹³ Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who knows not how to take heed any longer.

¹⁵ A voice was heard in Rama, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not. ¹⁶ Thus says the Lord; Let your voice cease from weeping, and your eyes from your tears: for their is a reward for your works; and they shall return from the land of [your] enemies. ¹⁷ [There shall be] an dwelling [home] for your children. ¹⁸ I have heard the sound of Ephraim lamenting, [and saying], You have chastened me, and I was chastened; I as a calf was not [willingly] taught: turn you me, and I shall turn; for you [are] the Lord my God. ¹⁹ For after my captivity I repented; and after I knew, I groaned for the day of shame, and showed you that I bore reproach from my youth. ²⁰ Ephraim is a beloved son, a pleasing child to me: for because my words are in him, I will surely remember him: therefore I made haste [to help] him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says the Lord. ²¹ Prepare yourself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to your ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which you went, return mourning to your cities. ²² How long, O disgraced daughter, will you turn away? for the Lord has created safety for a new plantation: men shall go about in safety. ²³ For thus says the Lord; They shall yet speak this word in the land of Juda, and in the cities thereof, when I shall turn his captivity; blessed be the Lord on his righteous holy mountain! ²⁴ And there shall be dwellers in the cities of Juda, and in all his land, together with the husbandman, and [the shepherd] shall go forth with the flock. ²⁵ For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul. ²⁶ Therefore I awake, and [*]saw; and my sleep was sweet to me. ²⁷ Therefore, behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Juda with the seed of man, and the seed of beast. ²⁸ And it shall come to pass, that as I watched over them, to pull down, and to afflict, so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, says the Lord.

³⁰ And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, You son of traitorous damsels! for do I not know that you are an accomplice with the son of Jessae to your same, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? ³¹ For so long as the son of Jessae lives upon the earth, your kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die. ³² And Jonathan answered Saul, Why is he to die? What has he done? ³³ And Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan to kill him: so Jonathan knew that this evil was determined on by his father to kill David. ³⁴ And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second [day] of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined [on mischief] against him.

¹ And Achaab told Jezabel his wife all that Eliu [had] done, and how he [had] slain the prophets with the sword. ² And Jezabel sent to Eliu, and said, If you are Eliu and I am Jezabel, God do so to me, and more also, if I do not make your life by this time to-morrow as the life of one of them.

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

³³ There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.

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

⁹ He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide [them] separates friends and kindred.

²⁸ As a city whose walls are broken down, and which is unfortified, so is a man who does anything without counsel.

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

¹⁴ And he answered the king, and said, And who [is] there among all your servants faithful as David, and [he is] a son-in-law of the king, and [he is] executor of all your commands, and [is] honorable in your house? ¹⁵ Have I begun today to enquire of God for him? By no means: let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against you whole of my father's house; for your servant knew not in all these matters anything great or small.

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

⁵ A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.

²⁵ A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful [man] kindles falsehoods.

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

²⁸ He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: and the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgment.

²⁸ A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.

²⁸ Be not a false witness against your [fellow] citizen, neither exaggerate with your lips.

² God looked down from heaven upon the sons of men, to see if there were any that understood, or sought after God.

⁴ Their venom is like [that] of a serpent; as [that] of a deaf asp, and that stops her ears;

⁷ Galaad is mine, and Manasse is mine; and Ephraim is the strength of my head;

³ The words of transgressors have overpowered us; but do you pardon our sins.

²² For they are life to those that find them, and health to all [their] flesh.

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

¹⁷ A rash king shall fall into mischief: but a wise messenger shall deliver him.

⁴ The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.

⁷ The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: but the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

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

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

³³ And the intelligent of the people shall understand much: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, and by captivity, and by spoil of [many] days.

⁵ But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, and the joy of transgressors is destruction:

⁴ Will none of the workers of iniquity know, who devour my people as they would eat bread? they have not called upon God. There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: ⁵ or God has scattered the bones of the men-pleasers; they were ashamed, for God despised them.

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

⁴ And be you⌃ not as your fathers, whom the prophets before charged, saying, Thus says the Lord Almighty: Turn you⌃ from your evil ways, and from your evil practices: but they listened not, and attended not to listen to me, says the Lord. ⁵ Where are your fathers, and the prophets? Will they live for ever? ⁶ But do you⌃ receive my words and mine ordinances, all that I command by my Spirit to my servants the prophets, who lived in the days of your fathers; and they answered and said, As the Lord Almighty determined to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our practices, so has he done to us.

²⁴ A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit. ²⁵ Though [your] enemy entreat you with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

⁶ For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, whose government is upon his shoulder: and his name is called the Messenger of great counsel: for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to him. ⁷ His government shall be great, and of his peace there is no end: [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] his kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth and forever. The seal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

¹⁶ But I have not been weary of following you, nor have I desired the day of man; you know; the [words] that proceed out of my lips are before your face.

¹³ And he shall receive power, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and there shall be a priest on his right hand, and a peaceful counsel shall be between [them] both.

¹⁰ But my horn shall be exalted [as the horn] of a unicorn; and mine old age with rich mercy.

¹⁴ A stout-hearted [man] shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.

¹² And you shall say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to you, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that you shall say to them, ¹³ Thus says the Lord, Behold, I [will] fill the inhabitants of this land, and their kings the sons of David that sit upon their throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and Juda and all the dwellers in Jerusalem, with strong drink. ¹⁴ And I will scatter them a man and his brother, and their fathers and their sons together: I will not have compassion, says the Lord, and I will not spare, neither will I pity [to save them] from destruction.

¹⁶ Drink you also [your] fill of disgrace instead of glory: shake, O heart, and quake, the cup of the right hand of the Lord has come round upon you, and dishonor has gathered upon your glory.

¹⁶ For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ¹⁷ The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

¹ False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable to him.

²⁰ Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.

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

¹⁵ the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

²⁴ but let him that boasts boast in this, the understanding and knowing that I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and righteousness, upon the earth; for in these things is my pleasure, says the Lord.

¹⁹ And they have dishonored me before my people for a handful of barley, and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls which should not die, and to save alive the souls which should not live, while you⌃ speak to a people hearing vain speeches.

²² Because you⌃ have perverted the heart of the righteous, whereas I perverted him not, and [that] in order to strengthen the hands of the wicked, that he should not at all turn from his evil way and live:

¹⁴ The wise will hide discretion; but the mouth of the hasty draws near to ruin.

¹⁹ By a multitude of words you shall not escape sin; but if you refrain your lips you will be prudent.

¹³ A double-tongued man discloses the [secret] counsels of an assembly: but he that is faithful in spirit conceals matters.

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

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

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

¹⁵ And having seen the resting place that it was good, and the land that it was fertile, he subjected his shoulder to labor, and became a husbandman.

²⁸ And the man Jeroboam was very strong; and Solomon saw the young man that he was active, and he set him over the levies of the house of Joseph.

²⁰ And it came to pass when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned out of Egypt, that they sent and called him to the assembly, and they made him king over Israel: and none followed the house of David except the tribe of Juda and Benjamin only.

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

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

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

² A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, and shall divide portions among brethren.

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

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.

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

²⁹ It is fit that an observant man and [one] diligent in his business should attend on kings, and not attend on slothful men.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard. ³¹ If you 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 you do this, your poverty will come speedily; and your lack 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. ¹⁴ As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed. ¹⁵ A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth. ¹⁶ A sluggard seems to himself wiser than one who most satisfactorily brings back a message.

¹ And it came to pass in the month Nisan of the twentieth year of king Arthasastha, that the wine was before me: and I took the wine, and gave [it] to the king: and there was not another before him. ² And the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, and do you not control yourself? and now this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much alarmed,

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.

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

¹⁰ [If] a man's mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.

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

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

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

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

¹¹ [As] a golden apple in a necklace of sardius, so [is it] to speak a [wise] word.

⁹ The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.

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

¹³ And the Lord Almighty answered the angel that spoke with me good words and consolatory sayings.

³ You has proved mine heart; you have visited [me] by night; you have tried me as with fire, and unrighteousness has not been found in me: [I am purposed] that my mouth shall not speak [amiss].

¹² Who will understand [his] transgressions? purge you me from my secret [sins]. ¹³ And spare your servant [the attack] of strangers: if they do not gain the dominion over me, then shall I be blameless, and I shall be clear from great sin.

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

²⁷ He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.

¹⁶ For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

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

² and apply your hand, knowing that it behoves you to prepare such [meats]: but if you are very insatiable,

¹⁵ A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

¹⁵ Behold, I have set before you this day life and death, good and evil.

¹¹ For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.

¹⁶ The works of the righteous produce life; but the fruits of the ungodly [produce] sins.

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

⁹ and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord.

²⁰ But the soul that sins shall die: and the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the iniquity of the transgressor shall be upon him. ²¹ And if the transgressor turn away from all his iniquities which he has committed, and keep all my commandments, and do justice and mercy, he shall surely live, and shall by no means die. ²² None of his trespasses which he has committed shall be remembers: in his righteousness which he has done he shall live. ²³ Shall I at all desire death of the sinner, says the Lord, as I [desire] that he should turn from [his] evil way, and live? ²⁴ But when the righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, according to all the transgressions which the transgressor has wrought, none of his righteousness which he has wrought shall be at all remembered: in his trespass wherein he has trespassed, and in his sins wherein he has sinned, in them shall he die.