1 Samuel 25 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled themselves together, and lamented for him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. ² And there was a man in Ma’on, whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was, while they were shearing his sheep, at Carmel. ³ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard-hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb. ⁴ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. ⁵ And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name after his well-being. ⁶ And ye shall say, May it thus be throughout thy life; and peace be to thee, and peace be to thy house, and unto all that thou hast be peace. ⁷ And now have I heard that thou hast sheep-shearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at Carmel. ⁸ Ask thy young men, and they will tell it thee. Therefore let the young men find favor in thy eyes; for on a festive day are we come: give, I pray thee, whatsoever thy hand is capable of unto thy servants, and to thy son, to David. ⁹ And David’s young men came, and they spoke to Nabal in accordance with all these words in the name of David; and then they ceased. ¹⁰ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now-a-days there are many servants that break away every one from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep-shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they are? ¹² And David’s young men turned about on their way, and returned, and came and told him in accordance with all these words. ¹³ And David said unto his men, Gird ye on, every man, his sword. And they girded on, every man, his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage. ¹⁴ But one of the young men told Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; but he hath spoken rudely to them. ¹⁵ Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field: ¹⁶ A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks. ¹⁷ And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to speak to him. ¹⁸ And Abigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. ¹⁹ And she said unto her young men, Pass on before me: behold, I come after you. But to her husband Nabal she told nothing. ²⁰ And it was so, as she was riding on the ass, and coming down by the covert of the mount, that, behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them. ²¹ Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of good. ²² So may God do unto the enemies of David, and do so yet farther, if I leave of all that pertaineth to him by the morning light, as much as a dog. ²³ And when Abigayil saw David, she hastened, and alighted off the ass, and fell down before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. ²⁴ And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand-maid. ²⁵ Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send. ²⁶ And now, my lord, as the Eternal liveth, and as thy soul liveth, it is the Lord who hath withholden thee from coming to blood-guiltiness, and from helping thyself with thy own hand; and now may like Nabal be thy enemies, and those that seek to do my Lord evil. ²⁷ And now this present which thy hand-maid hath brought unto my Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow in the train my Lord. ²⁸ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand-maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days. ²⁹ And though a man is risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: yet will the soul of my Lord be bound in the bond of life with the Lord thy God; and the soul of thy enemies will he hurl away, as out of the middle of the sling. ³⁰ And it shall come to pass, when the Lord will do to my lord, in accordance with all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and will ordain thee as ruler over Israel, ³¹ That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand-maid. ³² And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me; ³³ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand. ³⁴ But truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning-light so much as a dog. ³⁵ And David took out of her hand that which she had brought him; and unto her he said, Go up in peace to thy house: see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have respected thy presence. ³⁶ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning-light. ³⁷ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died. ³⁹ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath withheld his servant from evil; and the wickedness of Nabal hath the Lord returned upon his own head. And David sent and applied for Abigayil, to take her to himself for wife. ⁴⁰ And the servants of David came to Abigayil to Carmel, and they spoke unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself for wife. ⁴¹ Thereupon she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thy hand-maid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. ⁴² And Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after the messengers of David, and she became his wife. ⁴³ David also took Achino’am of Yizre’el; and both of them became thus his wives. ⁴⁴ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti, the son of Layish, who was of Gallim.

²⁴ Therefore doth a man leave his father and his mother, and cleave unto his wife, and they become one flesh.

⁴ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

² And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

⁶ And the Horites in their mountain Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

¹ After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

⁴ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

²¹ And he said unto him, See, I have favored thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, of which thou hast spoken.

⁶ And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me; for this cause I suffered thee not to touch her.

²¹ And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

²⁷ And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not withdrawn his mercy and his truth from my master; I being on the way, which the Lord hath led me, to the house of the brethren of my master.

³⁷ And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: ³⁸ But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.

⁵¹ Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be the wife of thy master’s son, as the Lord hath spoken.

⁶¹ And Rebekah arose with her maidens, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man; and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. ⁶² And Isaac came from a walk to the well Lachai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country; ⁶³ And Isaac was gone out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, camels were coming. ⁶⁴ And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and she saw Isaac; and she alighted off the camel. ⁶⁵ And she said unto the servant, Who is yonder man that walketh in the field toward us? And the servant said, This is my master; therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. ⁶⁶ And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. ⁶⁷ And Isaac brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

¹³ And the man became great, and went forward and grew, until he became very great;

¹³ And he lodged there that same night; and he took of that which he carried with him a present for Esau his brother: ¹⁴ Two hundred she-goats, and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams. ¹⁵ Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she-asses, and ten foals. ¹⁶ And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said unto his servants, Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove.

¹⁶ And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and he said unto his servants, Pass on before me, and put a space between drove and drove. ¹⁷ And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother should meet thee, and ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither art thou going? and for whom are these before thee? ¹⁸ Then shalt thou say, They belong to thy servant, to Jacob; it is a present sent unto my lord, to Esau; and, behold, also, he is himself behind us. ¹⁹ And so he commanded also the second, also the third, as also all that followed the droves, saying, After this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. ²⁰ And say ye moreover, Behold, also thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will receive me kindly.

²⁰ And say ye moreover, Behold, also thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will receive me kindly.

¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my present that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have a plenty of all. And he urged him, and he took it.

¹³ And it was told unto Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.

¹⁴ Therefore if thou thinkest on me when it shall be well with thee, then show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house;

¹¹ And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this: take of the best products of the land in your vessels, and carry down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and lotus, pistachio-nuts and almonds; ¹² And twofold money take in your hand; and the money that was put back in the mouth of your sacks, you must carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight; ¹³ Also your brother take along, and arise, go again unto the man. ¹⁴ And may God the Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away to you your other brother, and Benjamin. And I, if I am to be bereaved, let me be bereaved.

²³ And he said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you a treasure in your sacks; your money hath come to me. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

⁴ They were gone out of the city, not yet far off, when Joseph said unto the superintendent of his house, Up, follow after the men; and when thou hast overtaken them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye returned evil for good?

¹⁸ Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Pardon, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thy anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.

³³ Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad as bond-man to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers. ³⁴ For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? I should perhaps be compelled to witness the evil which would come on my father.

¹¹ And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the thrashing-floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians; wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizrayim, which is beyond the Jordan.

² And Pharaoh said, Who is the Everlasting, whose voice I am to obey, to let Israel go? I know not the Everlasting, nor will I let Israel go.

²⁹ And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote every first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh that was to sit on his throne unto the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the first-born of cattle.

²² And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them, on their right hand, and on their left.

¹⁰ And Jithro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

¹² And the children of Israel set forward on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud halted in the wilderness of Paran.

¹⁶ And afterward the people removed from Chazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.

³ And Moses sent them out from the wilderness of Paran by the order of the Lord: they all were men, who were heads of the children of Israel.

²⁶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.

^{46 (17:11)} And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer, and put therein fire from off the altar, and put on incense, and carry it quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them; for the wrath is gone forth from the Lord; the plague hath begun. ^{47 (17:12)} And Aaron took as Moses had commanded, and he ran into the midst of the assembly; and, behold, the plague had begun among the people: and he put on the incense, and made an atonement for the people. ^{48 (17:13)} And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

²⁹ And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was departed, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

¹⁷ And thou say in thy heart, My power and the strength of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

^{13 (13:14)} There have gone forth men, children of worthlessness, from the midst of thee, and have misled the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known:

²⁸ The Lord will sinite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with confusion of heart;

²⁹ Happy art thou, O Israel! who is like unto thee, O people, saved by the Lord, the Shield of thy help, and who is the Sword of thy excellency! and thy enemies shall fawn upon thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high-places.

⁸ And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; and then were ended the days of weeping and mourning for Moses.

¹⁴ And the men took of their provisions, but the decision of the Lord they did not ask.

⁶ And the men of Gib’on sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Do not withdraw thy hand from thy servants: come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us; for all the kings of the Emorites that dwell in the mountains are assembled together against us.

⁹ And Joshua came unto them suddenly; the whole night he went up from Gilgal.

¹³ And unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh he gave as a portion among the children of Judah, according to the order of the Lord to Joshua, Kiryath-arba’ the father of ‘Anak, which is Hebron.

¹⁸ And it came to pass, as she came thither, that she persuaded him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What aileth thee?

⁵⁵ Ma’on, Carmel, and Ziph, and Yutah, ⁵⁶ And Yizre’el, and Yokde’am, and Zanoach,

¹⁴ And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask of her father a field: and she alighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What aileth thee?

¹⁰ And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up in his train ten thousand men; also Deborah went up with him.

² When depravity had broken out in Israel, then did the people offer themselves willingly; therefore praise ye the Lord.

⁶ And the princes of Succoth said, Is the sole of the foot of Zebach and Zalmunna’ now already in thy hand, that we should give unto thy army bread?

²⁸ And Ga’al the son of ‘Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Yerubba’al? and Zebul his superintendent? serve the men of Chamor the father of Shechem; for why indeed should we serve him?

²² As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless people, beset the house round about, knocking at the door; and they said to the master of the house, the old man, thus, Bring forth the man that in come to thy house, that we may know him.

¹⁷ Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; may the Lord do so to me, and may he so continue, if aught but death shall part me from thee.

¹⁰ Thereupon she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy eyes, that thou shouldst take cognizance of me, seeing I am but a stranger?

¹³ Then said she, Let me find grace in thy eyes, my lord; for thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken kindly unto the heart of thy handmaid, though I be not like one of thy handmaids.

²⁶ And she said, Pardon, my Lord, as thy soul liveth, my Lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, to pray unto the Lord.

⁹ He ever guardeth the feet of his pious ones, and the wicked shall be made silent in darkness; for not by strength can man prevail.

¹² And the sons of ‘Eli were worthless men: they knew not the Lord.

⁶ And the Lord continued to call again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to ‘Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I did not call, my son: lie down again.

¹⁷ And he said, What is the word which he hath spoken unto thee? do not, I pray thee, conceal it from me: may God do to thee thus, and continue to do so, if thou conceal any thing from me of all the word that he hath spoken unto thee.

⁹ And then see, if it go up by the way to its own boundary, to Beth-shemesh, then hath he done us this great evil; but if not, then shall we know that not his hand hath smitten us; it is a chance which hath happened to us.

¹⁷ And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel: and he built there an altar unto the Lord.

¹¹ And it happened on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and they smote the ‘Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that those that remained were scattered, and no two among them were left together.

¹⁰ And it came to pass, that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.

¹⁴ But now thy government shall not endure: the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people; because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee.

⁴⁴ And Saul said, May God do thus now, and in future also; for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

²⁸ And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee this day, and hath given it to thy associate, who is better than thou.

²² And David left the articles which he had on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran into the array, and came and asked of his brothers after their welfare.

⁴⁷ And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you up into our hand.

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

²⁰ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.

²⁷ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife.

⁷ If he should say thus, It is well: then shall thy servant have peace; but if it be at all displeasing to him, then know that the evil is determined on by him.

⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee?

¹³ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father to do thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father.

¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies.

³⁰ And the anger of Saul was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of perverse rebelliousness! do I not know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thy own shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?

³² And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be put to death? what hath he done? ³³ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.

⁴¹ And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from the south side of the stone, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. ⁴² And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: what we have sworn, both of us, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, shall be kept. ^(21:1) And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

² And there gathered themselves unto him every one that was in distress, and every one that had a creditor, and every one that had an embittered spirit; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. ³ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, go forth with you, until I can know what God will do for me.

⁷ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds? ⁸ That ye have conspired, all of you, against me, and there is none that informeth me, while my son hath made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is concerned for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my servant to lie in wait against me, as it is this day?

¹³ Then arose David and his men, about six hundred men, and departed out of Ke’ilah, and wandered about whithersoever they could go. And when it was told to Saul that David was escaped from Ke’ilah, he forbore to go forth.

¹⁷ And he said unto him, Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father will not find thee; and thou wilt be king over Israel, and I will be next unto thee; and also Saul my father knoweth this.

²⁴ And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Ma’on, in the plain on the right of the desert.

⁵ And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off the corner of Saul’s robe. ⁶ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord’s sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord.

⁶ And he said unto his men, Far be it from me for the Lord’s sake, that I should do this thing unto my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him; because he is the anointed of the Lord. ⁷ So David restrained his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. ⁸ David also arose afterward, and went forth out of the cave, and called after Saul, saying, My Lord, the king! And Saul then looked behind him, and David bowed his face to the earth, and prostrated himself.

¹¹ And now, my father, see, yea, see the corner of thy robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the corner of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and that I have not sinned against thee: yet thou liest in wait for my soul to take it.

¹³ As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the wicked proceedeth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against thee.

¹⁵ May the Lord therefore be judge, and decide between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and obtain me justice out of thy hand.

¹⁷ And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast done for me only what is good, whereas I have rewarded thee only with what is evil.

¹⁹ For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go away on a good road? so may the Lord reward thee with good for what thou hast done unto me this day.

³ Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigayil: and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was hard-hearted and evil in his deeds; and he was of the house of Caleb.

⁷ And now have I heard that thou hast sheep-shearers: now thy shepherds have been with us, we have not injured them, neither hath there aught been missing unto them, all the time they were at Carmel.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? now-a-days there are many servants that break away every one from his master. ¹¹ Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my sheep-shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they are?

¹³ And David said unto his men, Gird ye on, every man, his sword. And they girded on, every man, his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the baggage. ¹⁴ But one of the young men told Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master; but he hath spoken rudely to them. ¹⁵ Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field:

¹⁵ Whereas the men have been very good unto us; and we have not been injured, neither have we missed any thing, all the time that we went about with them, while we were in the field: ¹⁶ A wall were they around us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them, feeding the flocks. ¹⁷ And now know and consider what thou canst do; for evil is determined on against our master, and against all his household; and he is too greatly a worthless man for me to speak to him. ¹⁸ And Abigayil made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. ¹⁹ And she said unto her young men, Pass on before me: behold, I come after you. But to her husband Nabal she told nothing.

²¹ Now David had said, Yea, for naught only have I guarded all that belongeth to this fellow in the wilderness, so that not the least was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath requited me evil instead of good. ²² So may God do unto the enemies of David, and do so yet farther, if I leave of all that pertaineth to him by the morning light, as much as a dog.

²⁴ And she fell at his feet, and said, On me, me, my lord, is the fault: and let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak in thy hearing, and listen to the words of thy hand-maid. ²⁵ Let not my Lord, I pray thee, turn his heart unto this worthless man, unto Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and meanness is with him; but I thy hand-maid did not see the young men of my Lord, whom thou didst send. ²⁶ And now, my lord, as the Eternal liveth, and as thy soul liveth, it is the Lord who hath withholden thee from coming to blood-guiltiness, and from helping thyself with thy own hand; and now may like Nabal be thy enemies, and those that seek to do my Lord evil.

²⁸ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand-maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

³¹ That this shall not be unto thee as a cause of offense and as a reproach of heart unto my lord, both by having shed blood without cause, and by my lord having righted himself; and when the Lord will do good unto my lord, then do thou remember thy hand-maid. ³² And David said to Abigayil, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me; ³³ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand.

³³ And blessed be thy intelligence, and blessed be thou, who hast prevented me this day from coming unto blood-guiltiness, and from helping myself with my own hand. ³⁴ But truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning-light so much as a dog.

³⁴ But truly, as the Lord the God of Israel liveth, who hath withdrawn me from injuring thee, except thou hadst hastened and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left unto Nabal by the morning-light so much as a dog.

⁴⁰ And the servants of David came to Abigayil to Carmel, and they spoke unto her, saying, David hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to himself for wife.

⁴² And Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after the messengers of David, and she became his wife.

⁹ But David said to Abishai, Destroy him not; for who hath stretched forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and remained guiltless? ¹⁰ David said farthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord alone shall strike him down: either his day shall come that he die; or he shall go down into battle, and perish.

¹⁰ David said farthermore, As the Lord liveth, the Lord alone shall strike him down: either his day shall come that he die; or he shall go down into battle, and perish.

²³ And may the Lord recompense to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; since the Lord delivered thee into my hand today, and I would not stretch forth my hand against the anointed of the Lord.

³ And David remained with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, also David with his two wives, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelitess.

³ Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city; and Saul had removed those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

⁵ And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

⁹ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

¹⁴ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.

²¹ And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well-being. ²² Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go. ²³ Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. ²⁴ And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share.

²⁶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord:

² And there were born unto David sons in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Achino’am the Yizre’elitess;

¹⁴ And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

²⁸ And when David heard it afterward, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner: ²⁹ May it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a crutch, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.

² Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

¹³ And David took yet more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were born to David yet more sons and daughters. ¹⁴ And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua’, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, ¹⁵ And Yibchar, and Elishua’, and Nepheg, and Yaphia’, ¹⁶ And Elishama’, and Elyada’, and Eliphelet.

⁷ And the anger of the Lord was kindled against ‘Uzzah; and God smote him there for the error; and he died there by the ark of God.

¹¹ And as it was since the day that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have caused thee to rest from all thy enemies; and the Lord telleth thee that he, the Lord, will make thee a house.

¹⁶ And thy house and thy kingdom shall be steadfast for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.

²⁷ For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, saying, A house will be built up for thee; therefore hath thy servant found the heart to pray unto thee this prayer.

²³ And it came to pass after two full years, that Abshalom had sheep-shearers at Ba’al-chazor, which is near Ephraim; and Abshalom invited all the king’s sons.

²³ And it came to pass after two full years, that Abshalom had sheep-shearers at Ba’al-chazor, which is near Ephraim; and Abshalom invited all the king’s sons. ²⁴ And Abshalom came to the king, and said, Behold, now, thy servant hath sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant.

²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

³³ And now let not my Lord the king take the thing to his heart, thinking, that all the king’s sons are dead; for Amnon alone is dead.

⁹ Then said the woman of Tekoa unto the king, On me, my Lord, O king, be the iniquity, and on my father’s house: and may the king and his throne be guiltless.

¹² Then said the woman, Let thy hand-maid, I pray thee, speak unto my Lord the king one word. And he said, Speak on.

⁹ And the king said unto him, Go in peace: and he arose, and went to Hebron.

¹ And when David was passed a little beyond the top of the mount, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came toward him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dried figs, and a bottle of wine. ² And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou with these? And Ziba said, The asses are for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and the dried figs for the young men to eat; and the wine to drink for such as may be faint in the wilderness.

²⁸ Brought beds, and bowls, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, ²⁹ And honey, and cream, and sheep, and cow’s cheese, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

²⁸ And Achima’az called, and said unto the king, Peace. And he prostrated himself to the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, who hath surrendered the men that had lifted up their hand against my Lord the king.

³² And the king said unto the Cushi, Is the young man Abshalom safe? And the Cushi answered, May like the young man be the enemies of my Lord the king, and all that have risen up against thee for evil.

^{32 (19:33)} Now Barzillai was very aged, eighty years old: and he had sustained the king while he lay at Machanayim; for he was a very great man.

¹ And there happened to be a worthless man, whose name was Sheba’, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the cornet, and said, We have no part in David, nor have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel!

⁴⁷ The Lord liveth, and blessed be my Rock; and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation; ⁴⁸ The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations under me;

⁴⁸ The God, that granteth me vengeance, and bringeth down nations under me; ⁴⁹ And that bringeth me forth from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up, from the man of violence thou deliverest me.

⁶ But the godless are all of them as waving thorns, which cannot be taken in the hand; ⁷ But the man that will touch them must protect his hand with iron and the staff of a spear: and they will be utterly burnt with fire in the dwelling.

¹³ So Gad came to David, and told it unto him; and he said unto him, Shall there come unto thee seven years of famine in thy land? or three months, that thou flee before thy enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be for three days a pestilence in thy land? now consider and see what word I shall bring back to him that hath sent me.

³⁴ So Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’ went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.

⁴⁴ The king said moreover to Shim’i, Thou well knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, that thou hast done to David my father: and the Lord bringeth back thy wickedness upon thy own head;

⁵ Then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever; as I have spoken concerning David thy father, saying, There shall never fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.

¹⁶ So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people gave the king an answer saying, What portion have we in David? nor have we an inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel: now see to thy own house, David. So did Israel go away unto their tents.

¹⁰ Therefore, behold, will I bring evil upon the house of Jerobo’am, and will cut off from Jerobo’am every male, also the guarded and fortified in Israel; and I will sweep out after the house of Jerobo’am as one sweepeth away the dung till there be nothing left of it.

⁵ Because David did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from all that he had commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriyah the Hittite.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Ba’sha: he left him not a single male, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends.

¹⁶ And they went out at midday; while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him.

¹⁰ And seat two men, worthless fellows, opposite to him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast blasphemed God and the king; and then lead him forth, and stone him, that he may die.

¹³ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

²¹ Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and I will sweep out after thee, and will cut off from Achab every male, and the guarded and fortified in Israel,

² And Elijah said unto Elisha’, Remain, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me as far as Beth-el. But Elisha’ said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.

¹⁵ And when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho, at a distance, saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah Doth rest on Elisha’. And they came forth to meet him, and bowed themselves unto him to the ground.

⁶ And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring near to me yet another vessel; and he said unto her, There is not a vessel more: and the oil stayed.

²⁴ Then she saddled the she-ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; do not restrain me in riding, unless I say it to thee.

³⁷ Then went she in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

¹³ And his servants came near, and spoke unto him, and they said, My father, if the prophet had bidden thee a great thing, wouldst thou not do it? how much rather then, when he hath said to thee, Bathe, and become clean? ¹⁴ Then went he down, and dived seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God: and his flesh was restored healthy like the flesh of a little boy, and he became clean. ¹⁵ And he returned to the man of God, he with all his camp, and came and stood before him, and said, Behold, now I know that there is no god on all the earth, but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present from thy servant.

¹⁹ And he said unto him, Go in peace: so he departed from him some distance.

⁸ And the whole house of Achab shall perish: and I will cut off from Achab every male, and the guarded and fortified in Israel;

⁵ And the Lord afflicted the king with leprosy, and he was a leper unto the day of his death, and he dwelt in the leper-house. And Jotham the king’s son was over the house, and judged the people of the land.

³⁵ And it came to pass, on the same night, that an angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred eighty and five thousand men: and when people arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

¹⁸ Then a spirit invested ‘Amassai, the chief of the captains, who said, Thine are we, David, and with thee, O son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to every one that helpeth thee; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and placed them at the head of the troop.

⁴⁰ And also those that were nigh unto them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, food made of meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.

¹⁰ And as it was since the time that I ordained judges to be over my people Israel; and I have humbled all thy enemies; and now I tell thee that the Lord will build for thee a house.

²⁵ For thou, O my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy servant, that thou wilt build for him a house; therefore hath thy servant found himself able to pray before thee.

¹⁵ And the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from God, in order that the Lord might fulfill his word, which he had spoken by means of Achiyahu the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat.

⁷ And there were gathered unto him idle men, worthless persons, and put themselves in violent resistance against Rehobo’am the son of Solomon: while Rehobo’am was young and tender hearted, and could not sustain himself before them.

^{7 (14:6)} Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and surround them with walls, and towers, gates, and bars: the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God,—we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.

¹⁵ And he said, Listen ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus hath said the Lord unto you, Be ye not afraid and be not dismayed because of this great multitude; for not unto you belongeth the battle, but unto God.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, as he was speaking unto him, that he said unto him, Have we ever appointed thee as a counsellor to the king? forbear this: why shouldst thou be smitten? Then did the prophet forbear; and he said, I know that God hath resolved to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

²⁰ And Menasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his stead.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put the like of this in the heart of the king, to glorify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

¹⁰ Then said he unto them, Go your way, eat fat things, and drink sweet drinks, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord: and do not grieve yourselves; but let the joy of the Lord be your stronghold. ¹¹ So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy: and do not grieve yourselves. ¹² And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send out portions, and to prepare for themselves great joy: because they had understood the words which the others had made known unto them.

³ That, in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces who were near him: ⁴ When he showed the riches and the glory of his kingdom, and the brilliance and the splendor of his greatness, during many days, a hundred and eighty days. ⁵ And when these days were completed, the king made unto all the people that were found in Shushan the capital, unto every one, from the great even to the small, a feast of seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace; ⁶ Where were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple, on rollers of silver and pillars of marble; couches of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and yellow, and black marble. ⁷ And they gave them to drink in vessels of gold,—the vessels being diverse one from the other,—and the royal wine was in abundance, according to the ability of the king.

⁷ And the king arose in his fury from the banquet of wine, and went into the palace-garden: and Haman remained behind to make request for his life of Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil fully determined.

¹⁰ So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king was appeased.

³ And Esther spoke again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and wept, and besought him to do away the evil of Haman the Agagite, and his device which he had devised against the Jews.

¹⁹ Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar as one of joy and entertainment, and a feast-day, and of sending portions one to another.

²² Like those days whereon the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was changed unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a feast-day: to make them days of entertainment and joy, and of sending portions one to the other, and gifts to the needy.

³ And his cattle consisted of seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and he had a very great store of servants: so that this man was greater than all the sons of the east.

¹⁰ Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.

²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him. ²² He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

⁸ The children of the worthless, yea, the children of the nameless, who were outcasts from the land.

¹⁷ Or if ever I ate my bread by myself alone, and the fatherless did not eat thereof;

¹⁹ Whereas he is one that showeth no favor to chieftains, and distinguisheth not the rich before the indigent; for all of them are the work of his hands.

¹² And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: and he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

^{16 (7:17)} His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.

³ For the wicked boasteth of the longing of his soul, and the robber blesseth himself when he hath despised the Lord.

¹⁴ From these men—thy hand—O Lord, from the men of this world, whose portion is in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hidden treasure: they have children in plenty, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

^{47 (18:48)} The God that granteth me vengeance, and subdueth nations under me; ^{48 (18:49)} That delivereth me from my enemies: also above my opponents thou liftest me up; thou deliverest me from the man of violence.

¹² They recompense me with evil in place of good, bringing bereavement on my soul.

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

^{20 (38:21)} They also that repay me evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.

^{12 (41:13)} But as for me, thou upholdest me in my integrity, and placest me before thy presence for ever. ^{13 (41:14)} Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.

^{3 (44:4)} For not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor.

^{10 (45:11)} Hearken, O daughter, and look, and incline thy ear, and forget thy own people, and thy father’s house: ^{11 (45:12)} Then will the king long for thy beauty; for he is thy Lord; and bow thyself to him.

^{10 (58:11)} The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked. ^{11 (58:12)} So that a man shall say, Verily fruit will come for the righteous: verily there is a God that judgeth on the earth.

⁹ Who hath appointed our soul to life, and hath not suffered our foot to slip.

¹⁸ Blessed be the Lord the God, the God of Israel, who alone doth wondrous things.

³ For I was envious at the arrogant, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ⁴ For there are no deadly fetters for them, but their strength is firm. ⁵ They share not in the trouble of mortals, and with men are they not afflicted. ⁶ Therefore is pride their neck-chain: violence envelopeth them as a garment. ⁷ Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart’s imaginings.

⁷ Their eyes start out from fatness: they have exceeded their heart’s imaginings. ⁸ They scorn, and speak wickedly of oppression: loftily do they speak.

^{20 (89:21)} I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him;

^{29 (89:30)} And I appoint for ever his seed, and his throne as the days of heaven.

¹ O God, of vengeance, Lord! O God of vengeance, shine forth.

³ Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me, and they fight against me without a cause. ⁴ In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer. ⁵ And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of my love.

⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.

¹⁵ Grievous in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones.

¹ ALEPH. Happy are they whose way is perfect, who walk in the law of the Lord. ² Happy are they who keep his testimonies, that seek him with all their heart. ³ They also commit no injustice; in his ways do they walk.

⁵ Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

⁷ May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces,

³ Be gracious unto us, O Lord! be gracious unto us; for we are overburdened with contempt. ⁴ Our soul is overburdened with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud oppressors.

⁵ If the righteous strike me, it is a kindness; and if he reprove me, it is as oil poured on the head, my head shall not refuse it; for yet my prayer also is offered in their sufferings.

¹² And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof; ¹³ While I hearkened not to the voice of my instructors, and to my teachers I inclined not my ear;

⁴ Grant not any sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids. ⁵ Deliver thyself as a roebuck from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁹ Give to the wise instruction, and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.

¹ The wise among women buildeth her house; but the foolish pulleth it down with her own hands.

²⁹ He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit holdeth up to view his folly.

³³ The fear of the Lord is the correction for wisdom; and before honor there must come humility.

³² One that is slow to anger is better than a hero; and he that ruleth his spirit, than the conqueror of a city.

¹⁰ A reproof penetrateth more deeply into a wise man, than a hundred stripes into a fool.

¹³ Whoso bestoweth evil in return for good—evil shall not depart from his house.

¹² Before downfall the heart of man becometh haughty, and before honor goeth humility.

¹⁶ A man’s gift maketh room for him, and before great men will it lead him.

²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found happiness, and hath obtained favor from the Lord.

² Also in the want of knowledge in the soul there is nothing good; and he that hasteneth with his feet misseth the right path.

¹¹ It is intelligence in man to be slow in his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

¹⁴ House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but from the Lord cometh an intelligent wife.

¹ Wine is a mocker, strong drink is noisy; and whosoever indulgeth therein will never be wise.

¹⁴ A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong fury.

²³ For the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil the life of those that despoil them.

²⁹ Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath quarrels? who hath complaints? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? ³⁰ They that tarry late over the wine: they that come to seek for mixed drink. ³¹ Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily. ³² At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting. ³³ Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things. ³⁴ And thou wilt be like one that lieth down in the heart of the sea, or as he that lieth on the top of a mast. ³⁵ “They smote me, but I suffered no pain; they struck me hard, but I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will continue to seek it again.”

⁸ Do not proceed to a contest hastily, lest thou know not what thou wilt have to do at its end, when thy neighbor hath put thee to confusion.

¹² As an earring of gold, and a pendant of fine gold, so is a wise reprover toward an ear that listeneth.

²¹ As the fining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: so is a man proved according to his praise.

²³ He that reproveth a man after my example will obtain more grace than he that flattereth with the tongue.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman: for far above pearls is her value. ¹¹ The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, and he will not see his gain diminish. ¹² She treateth him well and not ill, all the days of her life.

²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and the law of kindness is on her tongue. ²⁷ She looketh well to the ways of her household, and the bread of idleness she doth not eat.

³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised.

³⁰ False is grace, and vain is beauty: a woman only that feareth the Lord shall indeed be praised. ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates.

² Of laughter I said, It maketh one mad: and of joy, What doth this do? ³ I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.

¹⁰ Thou must not say, How was it that the former days were better than these? for it is not out of wisdom that thou askest concerning this.

¹⁹ For gay pleasure they prepare a feast, and wine is to make the living joyful; but money procureth all things.

¹ Cast thy bread upon the face of the waters; for after many days wilt thou find it again. ² Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth.—

² Give a portion to seven, and also to eight: for thou knowest not what evil may come upon the earth.—

⁸ We have a little sister, and she hath yet no breasts: what shall we do for our sister on the day when she shall be spoken for?

¹¹ Woe unto those that rise up early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink; that continue until late in the twilight, till wine inflame them!

³⁰ Let thy voice resound, O daughter of Gallim; listen Layshah; O poor ‘Anathoth!

⁶ And the wolf shall dwell with the sheep, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling shall be together, and a little boy shall lead them. ⁷ And the cow and the she-bear shall feed, together shall their young ones lie down: and the lion shall like the ox eat straw. ⁸ And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and on the basilisk’s den shall the weaned child stretch out his hand. ⁹ They shall not do hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

¹⁸ All the kings of nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own eternal house.

³ Under feet shall be trodden the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim:

⁷ But these also are now stumbling through wine, and reeling through strong drink: priest and prophet are stumbling through strong drink, they are overpowered with wine, they reel through strong drink; they stumble in divine vision, they are unsteady in giving judgment. ⁸ For all tables are full of vomit of filthiness, there is no place clean.

⁵ The worthless person shall be no more called liberal, and the avaricious man shall not be said to be bountiful.

⁵ The worthless person shall be no more called liberal, and the avaricious man shall not be said to be bountiful. ⁶ For the worthless person ever speaketh villany, and his heart will work injustice, to practise hypocrisy, and to speak error against the Lord, to leave empty the soul of the hungry, and the drink of the thirsty will he take away. ⁷ The instruments also of the avaricious man are evil: he deviseth wicked resolves to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaketh what is right.

⁷ The instruments also of the avaricious man are evil: he deviseth wicked resolves to destroy the poor with words of falsehood, even when the needy speaketh what is right.

²¹ But they remained silent, and answered him not a word; for it was the king’s command, saying, Ye shall not answer him. ²² Then came Elyakim the son of Chilkiyahu, that was superintendent over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Yoach the son of Assaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent; and they told him the words of Rabshakeh.

²⁵ Therefore hath he poured out over him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it blazed all round about him, yet he regarded it not; and it burnt on him, yet he laid it not to heart.

¹⁸ For thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will cast forth as with a sling the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will enclose them, in order that they may find them.

²⁰ And I will make thee unto this people as a fortified brazen wall; and they will fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

²⁰ Shall evil be recompensed instead of good, that they have dug a pit for my life? Remember my standing before thee to speak good concerning them, to cause thy wrath to turn away from them.

²² And a curse shall be derived from them for all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “May the Lord make thee like Zedekiah and like Achab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;”

⁵⁷ And I will make drunken her princes, and her wise men, her governors, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not awake again, saith the King, The Lord of hosts is his name.

⁵⁸ Thou didst plead, O Lord, the causes of my soul: thou didst before this redeem my life. ⁵⁹ Thou hast now seen, O Lord, the wrong I suffer: judge thou my cause. ⁶⁰ Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their plans against me.

^{19 (4:16)} Then was Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, astounded for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king then commenced, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or its interpretation, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, O that the dream might be for those that hate thee, and its interpretation for thy enemies.

¹ King Belshazzar prepared a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and before these thousand did he drink wine. ² Belshazzar ordered, through the counsel of the wine, to bring in the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken away out of the temple which was in Jerusalem: that the king, and his lords, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therefrom. ³ Then they brought in the golden vessels that were taken away out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his lords, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. ⁴ They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of copper, of iron, of wood, and of stone. ⁵ At that same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote opposite to the chandelier upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.

^{6 (2:8)} Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will close it up with a fence, that she shall not find her paths. ^{7 (2:9)} And she will make pursuit after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she will seek them, but shall not find them: then will she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for it was better with me then than now.

¹¹ Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.

⁹ The indignation of the Lord will I bear, because I have sinned against him; until that he plead my cause, and execute justice for me: when he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.

¹⁰ For they, like thorns interwoven, and as men made drunken in their drinking bout, shall be entirely consumed as dry stubble.

¹⁵ Woe unto him that maketh his neighbors drink, to thee that pourest out thy poisonous wine, and makest them also drunken, in order to look on their nakedness! ¹⁶ Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy nakedness be uncovered: there shall be turned around thee the cup of the Lord’s right hand, and filthy spittle shall be on thy glory.

^{5 (2:9)} But I—I will be unto her, saith the Lord, a wall of fire round about, and for glory will I be in the midst of her.

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts: I will even send out against you a curse, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I will curse the same, because ye do not lay it to heart.

¹⁷ And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, on that day which I create as a special treasure: and I will spare them, as a man spareth his son that serveth him.