Proverbs 10 Cross References - Leeser

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother. ² Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death. ³ The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but the sinful desires of the wicked will he cast away. ⁴ He becometh poor that laboreth with an indolent hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. ⁵ He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. ⁶ Blessings come upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. ⁷ The memory of the just is destined to be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot. ⁸ The wise in heart will accept commandments; but he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble. ⁹ He that walketh uprightly ever walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways will be punished. ¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble. ¹¹ A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence. ¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love throweth a cover over all transgressions. ¹³ On the lips of the man of understanding there is found wisdom: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of sense. ¹⁴ Wise men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror. ¹⁵ The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty. ¹⁶ The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: the product of the wicked is for sin. ¹⁷ On the way unto life is he that observeth correction; but he that forsaketh reproof is in error. ¹⁸ He that hideth hatred hath lips of falsehood; and he that spreadeth abroad an evil report, is a fool. ¹⁹ In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent. ²⁰ Like choice silver is the tongue of the righteous: the heart of the wicked is worth but very little. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense. ²² The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto. ²³ It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom. ²⁴ What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant. ²⁵ As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. ²⁶ As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him. ²⁷ The fear of the Lord increaseth man’s days; but the years of the wicked will be shortened. ²⁸ The expectation of the righteous is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish. ²⁹ The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright; but terror is destined to the workers of injustice. ³⁰ The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. ³¹ The mouth of the just uttereth wisdom; but the tongue of perverseness shall be cut out. ³² The lips of the righteous know how to obtain favor; but the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.

^{32 (5:12)} And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, the king of Israel:

²⁰ A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow; and the father of a worthless fool cannot have any joy.

²⁵ A foolish son is a vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that hath born him.

¹³ A calamity unto his father is a foolish son; and a continual dropping are the quarrels of a wife.

¹⁵ My son, If thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. ¹⁶ And my reins shall exult when thy lips speak what is equitable.

²⁴ The father of the righteous will be greatly glad, and he that begetteth a wise child will have joy through him. ²⁵ Let then thy father and thy mother rejoice, and let her that hath born thee be glad.

¹ Also these are the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah the king of Judah have collected.

³ The man that loveth wisdom causeth his father to rejoice; but he that keepeth company with harlots wasteth his wealth.

¹⁵ The rod and reproof impart wisdom; but a lad abandoned to himself bringeth shame on his mother.

¹⁹ And who knoweth, whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have full sway over all my toil wherein I have toiled, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. Also this is vanity.

⁹ And in addition to this that Koheleth was wise, he continually also taught the people knowledge, and he probed, and searched out, and composed many proverbs.

^{6 (49:7)} Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches? ^{7 (49:8)} No one can in any wise redeem his brother, nor can he give to God redemption money for himself; ^{8 (49:9)} For the ransom of their soul is too costly, and it is omitted for ever. ^{9 (49:10)} And should he still live for ever? not see the pit? ^{10 (49:11)} For he must see that wise men die, that together the fool and the brutish person perish and leave to others their wealth.

⁴ Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.

²⁸ On the path of righteousness there is life; and on her pathway there is immortality,

⁶ The getting of treasures by a tongue of falsehood is like the fleeting breath of those that seek death.

² To turn aside from judgment the needy, and to rob the just due of the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may plunder the fatherless! ³ And what will ye do on the day of the visitation, and at the desolation which will come from afar? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?

¹⁹ Their silver shall they cast into the streets, and their gold shall be as though it were unclean: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the Lord; they shall not satisfy their souls, and not fill their bowels; because it was the stumbling-block for their iniquity.

^{27 (4:24)} Therefore, O king, let my counsel be agreeable unto thee, and atone for thy sins by righteousness, and for thy iniquities by showing kindness to the poor: perhaps thy prosperity may thereby endure long.

¹⁸ Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord’s wrath; through the fire of whose zeal the whole land shall be devoured; for destruction, yea, quite sudden, will he prepare for all the inhabitants of the land.

²⁰ In famine he redeemeth thee from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment. ⁶ Though his exaltation should mount up to the heavens, and his head should reach unto the clouds; ⁷ Yet when he but turneth round will he vanish for ever; those who have seen him will say, Where is he? ⁸ Like a dream will he fly away, and men will find him no more; yea, he will be chased away like a vision of the night.

²⁰ Because he knew not quietness in his bosom, shall he not escape through what is the most precious to him. ²¹ Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper. ²² In the fulness of his abundance will distress assail him: every hand of those he troubled will come against him.

²⁸ The product of his house will be banished, flowing away on the day of his wrath.

¹⁴ Thou hast seen it: for thou beholdest mischief and despiteful acts, to requite it with thy hand: unto thee the unfortunate committeth himself; unto the fatherless hast thou ever been a helper.

¹⁹ To deliver from death their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.

^{9 (34:10)} Oh fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to those who fear him. ^{10 (34:11)} The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.

³ Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed thyself with truthfulness.

¹⁹ They shall not be made ashamed in the time of unhappiness; and in the days of famine shall they be satisfied.

²⁵ I have been young, and I am also grown old: yet have I never seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed seeking for bread.

¹⁰ The wicked shall see it, and be vexed; he will gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the longing of the wicked shall perish.

³² Through his own evil is the wicked thrust down; but even in his death doth the righteous have confidence.

¹⁶ He shall dwell on high; rocky strongholds shall be his refuge: his bread shall be given him; his water shall be sure.

⁶ Will not all these take up a parable against him, and a proverb and a satire concerning him? and they will say, Woe to him that increaseth what is not his! for how long? and to him that loadeth himself with a burden of guilt! ⁷ Behold, suddenly will rise up those that afflict thee, and awake those that plague thee, and thou shalt become a booty unto them. ⁸ Because thou hast despoiled many nations will all the remnant of the people despoil thee; because of the blood of men, and the violence against the land, the town, and all that dwell therein.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise. ⁷ She, that hath no prince, officer, or ruler, ⁸ Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food. ⁹ How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ¹⁰ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;” ¹¹ But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.

²⁴ There is a man that scattereth gifts, and yet his wealth is increased: and there is one that withholdeth more than is proper, and still cometh only to want.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent will bear rule; but the indolent must become tributary.

⁴ The sluggard longeth in his soul, and there cometh nothing; but the soul of the diligent will be abundantly gratified.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth man into a deep sleep; and an indolent soul will suffer hunger.

²⁴ When a slothful man hath hidden his hand in the dish, then will he not even bring it back to his mouth.

⁴ Because it is winter’s cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty: open thy eyes, so wilt thou be satisfied with bread.

⁵ The plans of the diligent tend only to plenty; but every hasty man is destined only to want.

³⁰ By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense: ³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down. ³² And when I had indeed beheld this I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning. ³³ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;” ³⁴ But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.

¹⁸ Through slothful hands the rafters will sink; and through idleness of the hands the house will become leaky.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; look on her ways, and become wise.

⁸ Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but as rottenness in his bones is one that bringeth shame on him.

² An intelligent servant will have rule over a son that bringeth shame, and among the brothers will he have part of the inheritance.

²⁶ He that plundereth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that bringeth shame and dishonor.

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, therefore do they prepare in the summer their food;

⁶ Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near. ⁷ Let the wicked forsake his way, and the man of unrighteousness his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and unto our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

² And all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee; because thou wilt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

⁸ And when the king returned out of the palace-garden into the apartment of the banquet of wine, Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was: then said the king. Will he even do violence to the queen before me in the house? The word had just come out of the king’s mouth, when they covered Haman’s face.

¹³ The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and the heart of the widow I caused to sing for joy.

⁴² The righteous shall see it, and rejoice; but all wickedness shall stop her mouth.

¹¹ A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

²⁶ Him that withholdeth corn, the people will denounce; but blessing will be heaped upon the head of the one that selleth it.

²⁵ But to those that punish delight shall be given, and upon them shall come the blessing of the good.

²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings; but he that maketh haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

³⁶ And unto his son will I give one tribe; so that there may remain a government for David my servant at all times before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for me, to put my name there.

³⁴ And I will shield this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for the sake of David my servant.

¹⁶ And they buried him in the city of David among the kings; because he had done a good thing in Israel, and toward God, and his house.

¹⁷ His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

²³ Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.

^{5 (9:6)} Thou hast rebuked nations, thou hast caused the wicked to perish, their name hast thou blotted out for ever and ever. ^{6 (9:7)} O thou enemy, the ruins are passed away for ever, and the cities which thou hast destroyed,—lost is their memorial, yea, theirs.

¹³ Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out.

¹⁵ Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory.

⁶ Surely unto eternity shall he not be moved: in everlasting remembrance shall the righteous be held.

¹⁰ Then also did I see the wicked buried, who had gone to their rest; but those who had acted correctly had to go away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city. Also this is vanity.

¹³ Hope of Israel, O Lord, all that forsake thee shall be made ashamed, and the backsliders among me shall be written down on the earth; because they have forsaken the fountain of living waters, the Lord.

³⁴ Give me understanding, that I may keep thy law, and I will observe it with all my heart.

⁵ The wise will hear, and will increase his information; and the man of understanding will obtain wise counsels:

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

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.

¹ Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

¹³ In the transgression of his lips is the snare of the wicked; but the righteous cometh out of distress.

³ He that watcheth his mouth guardeth his soul; but he that openeth wide his lips prepareth himself destruction.

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the folly of fools is deceit.

²³ In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips lead only to want.

⁶ The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows. ⁷ The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth bring grace; but the lips of a fool will destroy himself.

⁴ Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil; for thou art with me: thy rod and thy staff—they indeed comfort me.

²¹ Let integrity and uprightness guard me; for I wait on thee.

¹¹ But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be gracious unto me. ¹² My foot standeth on an even place: in assemblies will I bless the Lord.

^{11 (84:12)} For a sun and shield is the Lord God; grace and glory will the Lord give; he will not withhold any good from those that walk with integrity.

²³ Then wilt thou walk in safety on thy way, and thy foot will not strike against aught:

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart will not find happiness; and he that hath a perverse tongue will fall into evil.

¹⁸ Whoso walketh in integrity will be saved; but he that walketh perversely on two paths, will fall on one.

¹⁵ He that walketh in righteousness, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands against taking hold of bribes, that stoppeth his ears against hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes against looking on evil; ¹⁶ He shall dwell on high; rocky strongholds shall be his refuge: his bread shall be given him; his water shall be sure.

¹² Whither doth thy heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes gaze at?

¹⁹ Let not rejoice over me those that are my enemies wrongfully: nor let those who hate me without cause wink with the eye.

¹³ He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;

⁸ The wise in heart will accept commandments; but he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it will eat its fruit.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slip.

⁶ Blessings come upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

²⁰ Like choice silver is the tongue of the righteous: the heart of the wicked is worth but very little. ²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense.

³² The lips of the righteous know how to obtain favor; but the mouth of the wicked speaketh perverseness.

¹⁴ The instruction of the wise is a source of life, teaching to avoid the snares of death.

⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge; but the heart of fools is not reliable.

²² Intelligence is a source of life unto its possessor; but the correction of fools is folly. ²³ The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips he increaseth information. ²⁴ Like the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.

⁴ Like deep waters are the words of a wise man’s mouth, and a bubbling brook is the well-spring of wisdom.

¹⁵ There is gold, and a multitude of pearls; but a precious vessel are the lips of knowledge.

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth bring grace; but the lips of a fool will destroy himself. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the last that cometh out of his mouth is evil-bringing madness. ¹⁴ The fool also multiplieth words; but a man cannot know what is to be; and what is to be after him, who can tell him?

¹⁸ A man of fury stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger assuageth contention.

²⁷ An ungodly man diggeth up mischief, and on his lips there is as it were a scathing fire.

⁹ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth confident friends.

²⁵ He that hath an insatiable desire stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lord will be abundantly gratified.

²² A man of anger stirreth up strife; and a man of fury aboundeth in transgression.

¹² And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, and they shall come up over the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the earth, all that the hail hath left.

⁹ Be ye not like the horse, or like the mule, who hath no understanding; who must be held in with bit and bridle, his ornament, lest he come near unto thee.

³² But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.

²² He followed after her suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as in fetters to his correction, the fool:

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble. ¹¹ A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

²¹ The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense.

³¹ The mouth of the just uttereth wisdom; but the tongue of perverseness shall be cut out.

²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken at the proper time, how good is it!

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

²⁹ Punishments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

³ A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.

²² Though thou shouldst pound the fool in a mortar, in the midst of grains of wheat with a pestle: still would his folly not depart from him.

⁴ The Lord Eternal hath given me a tongue for teaching, that I should know how to strengthen the weary with the word: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to listen like those who are well taught.

¹ He that separateth himself from God seeketh his own desires: at every sound wisdom is he enraged.

⁷ The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹⁵ The heart of the man of understanding will obtain knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

⁸ He that getteth intelligence loveth his own soul: he that guardeth understanding will find happiness.

²³ Whoso guardeth his mouth and his tongue guardeth his soul against distresses.

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my trust: ²⁵ If ever I rejoiced because my wealth was abundant, and because my hand had gotten much;

^{6 (49:7)} Of those that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves of the multitude of their riches?

^{7 (52:9)} “Lo, this is the man that made not God his fortress; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, relied proudly on his mischievous wickedness.”

²⁰ Even to his own neighbor is the poor man hateful; but the friends of the rich are many.

¹¹ The rich man’s wealth is his strong town, and as a towering wall in his own conceit.

⁷ All the brothers of the poor hate him: how much more do his friends go far away from him! he pursueth their promises; but these are all that he hath.

²² Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither crush the afflicted in the gate; ²³ For the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil the life of those that despoil them.

¹² For under the shadow of wisdom a man is equally well as under the shadow of money; but the superior excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to him that possesseth it.

^{23 (9:22)} Thus hath said the Lord, Let not the wise glorify himself in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glorify himself in his might, let not the rich glorify himself in his riches;

¹ Woe to those that devise wickedness, and resolve on evil upon their couches! by the first light of the morning they execute it, if they have it in the power of their hand. ² And they covet fields, and rob them; and houses, and take them away: so they defraud the master and his house, and the man and his heritage.

¹⁸ The wicked practiseth a work of falsehood; but he that soweth righteousness obtaineth the reward of truth. ¹⁹ He who is firm in righteousness attaineth to life: and he that pursueth evil doth it to his own death.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is of the tree of life, and the wise draweth souls to himself.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that he hath done well; for the fruit of their doings shall they eat. ¹¹ Woe unto the wicked who doeth evil; for the recompense of his hands shall be bestowed on him.

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.

²⁵ And ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would not accept my admonition: ²⁶ Therefore I also will truly laugh at your calamity; I will deride you when your terror cometh;

³⁰ That they would not attend to my counsel: that they rejected all my admonition.

¹ My son, forget not my teaching, and let thy heart keep my commandments; ² For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they increase unto thee.

¹⁸ A tree of life is she to those that lay hold on her: and every one that firmly graspeth her will be made happy.

⁴ And he instructed me, and said unto me, Let thy heart grasp firmly my words: observe my commandments and live.

¹³ Lay fast hold of correction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

¹² And thou sayest, How have I hated correction, and how hath my heart rejected reproof;

²³ For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and the way of life are the admonitions of correction:

¹⁰ An evil correction is destined for him that forsaketh the right path; he that hateth admonition will die.

¹⁷ Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart unto my knowledge. ¹⁸ For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thy bosom, if they be altogether firmly seated upon thy lips. ¹⁹ That thy trust may be in the Lord, have I made them known to thee this day, yea, even to thee.

¹ A man that, having received many admonitions, still hardeneth his neck, will suddenly be broken, and this without remedy.

^{6 (5:5)} Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy body to sin; and say thou not before the messenger, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry because of thy voice, and destroy the work of thy hands?

²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son-in-law. ²² And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the king’s son-in-law.

²⁹ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy all the time.

²⁷ And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him in private; and he smote him there under the fifth rib, and he died, for the blood of ‘Asahel his brother.

⁸ And David said to Uriyah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah went forth out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of food from the king. ⁹ But Uriyah laid himself down at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. ¹⁰ And they told David, saying, Uriyah is not gone down unto his house: and David said unto Uriyah, Art thou not come from a journey? why then art thou not gone down unto thy own house? ¹¹ Then said Uriyah unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in booths; and my Lord Joab and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open field: and should I alone go unto my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. ¹² And David said unto Uriyah, Tarry here also this day, and tomorrow will I send thee off. So Uriyah remained in Jerusalem on that day and the following. ¹³ And David invited him, and he ate and drank before him, and he made him drunken; and he went out in the evening to lie down on his resting-place with the servants of his lord; but to his house he did not go down. ¹⁴ And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriyah. ¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriyah in front, opposite to the hottest fight, and then withdraw from behind him, that he may be smitten and die.

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. ²⁵ And the king said to Abshalom, No, my son, do not let us all go now, that we may not be a burden upon thee. And he urged him much, but he would not go, and he blessed him. ²⁶ And Abshalom said, If not, let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Abshalom urged him greatly, and he sent with him Amnon and all the sons of the king. 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. ²⁹ And the servants of Abshalom did unto Amnon as Abshalom had commanded. Then arose all the king’s sons, and they rode off, every man on his mule, and fled.

⁹ And Joab said to ‘Amassa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab’s right hand took hold of ‘Amassa’s beard to kiss him. ¹⁰ And ‘Amassa did not guard himself against the sword that was in Joab’s hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. But Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba’ the son of Bichri.

^{9 (5:10)} For there is not in their mouth any sincerity; their inward part is full of deception; an open sepulchre is their throat: they flatter with their tongue.

^{2 (12:3)} Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

³ That uttereth no calumny with his tongue, that doth no evil to his neighbor, and bringeth no reproach on his fellow-man;

²⁰ Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; against thy own mother’s son thou utterest slander.

^{21 (55:22)} The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war in his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbor, him will I destroy: whoso hath proud eyes and a haughty heart, him will I not suffer.

²⁴ With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit: ²⁵ Though he make his voice sound ever so graciously, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ If one’s hatred be covered by deception, then shall be laid bare his wickedness before a whole assembly.

¹ To the chief musician, to Jeduthun, a psalm of David. ^(39:2) I said, I will guard my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, while the wicked is before me.

²⁷ He that holdeth back his speeches hath knowledge; and he that is sparing of his spirit is a man of understanding. ²⁸ Even a fool, when he keepeth silence, is counted wise: he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

^{3 (5:2)} For a dream cometh through being much employed with something, and the voice of a fool cometh with a multitude of words.

⁵ And God saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

²¹ And the Lord smelled the sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for the sake of man; although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth: neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold, and than fine gold; and my products, than choice silver.

¹⁸ There is some one that useth words which are like the thrusts of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is healing.

⁴ A healing word of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit.

¹³ Righteous lips should obtain the favor of kings; and him that speaketh uprightly should they love.

⁷ For as though there were a division in his soul, so doth he act: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

¹¹ Like apples of gold among figures of silver is a word spoken in a proper manner. ¹² As an earring of gold, and a pendant of fine gold, so is a wise reprover toward an ear that listeneth.

⁹ Deceitful is the heart above all things, and sick: who can know it?

³ Behold, thou hast ere this corrected many, and weak hands thou wast wont to strengthen. ⁴ Him that stumbled thy words used to uphold, and to sinking knees thou gavest vigor.

¹² From the commandment of his lips have I also not moved away: as a fixed statute for me have I treasured up the sayings of his mouth.

²¹ Unto me men listened, and waited, and watched in silence for my counsel ²² After my words they made no reply, and my speech dropped on them like dew.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh what is just.

²⁹ For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose;

³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied.

²³ He will indeed die for want of correction; and through the abundance of his folly will he sink into error.

¹⁶ Wherefore is the purchase-money in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

⁹ And in addition to this that Koheleth was wise, he continually also taught the people knowledge, and he probed, and searched out, and composed many proverbs. ¹⁰ Koheleth sought to find out acceptable words, and that which would be written down uprightly, even words of truth.

¹⁵ And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and they shall feed you with knowledge and intelligence.

¹⁶ When thy words were made manifest to me, then I greedily received them; and thy word became unto me the gladness and joy of my heart; for thy name is called upon me, O Lord of hosts.

⁶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, so will I also reject thee, that thou shalt not be a priest to me; and as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, so will I myself also forget thy children.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

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

²³ That I will not take from a thread even to a shoe-latchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine; lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich:

³⁵ And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses.

¹² Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year a hundred-fold: so the Lord blessed him.

¹⁷ And thou say in thy heart, My power and the strength of my hand have gotten me this wealth. ¹⁸ But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; in order that he might fulfill his covenant which he hath sworn unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

¹⁸ But ye, keep yourselves from the devoted things, lest ye devote and yet take of the devoted things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.

¹ But the children of Israel committed a trespass on the devoted things; for ‘Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted things: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. ² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to ‘Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said unto them, thus, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out ‘Ai. ³ And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite ‘Ai: do not fatigue all the people to go thither; for they are but few. ⁴ So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men; and they fled before the men of ‘Ai. ⁵ And the men of ‘Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate unto the stone-quarries, and smote them on the declivity of the hill; wherefore the heart of the people melted, and became as water. ⁶ And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he with the elders of Israel, and they put dust upon their head. ⁷ And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Eternal, wherefore hast thou caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Emorites, to destroy us? and oh! that we had been content, and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan! ⁸ I pray thee, O Lord, what shall I say, since Israel have turned their back before their enemies! ⁹ And when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, they will environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth; and what wilt thou do for thy great name? ¹⁰ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou upon thy face. ¹¹ Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I have commanded them; and they have also taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and have also dissembled, and they have also put it into their own vessels. ¹² Therefore will the children of Israel not be able to stand up before their enemies; their back will they turn before their enemies, because they have become accursed: I will not be any more with you, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. ¹³ Rise up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow; for thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, An accursed thing is in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand up before thy enemies, until ye have removed the accursed from among you. ¹⁴ And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord will seize shall come near according to its families; and the family which the Lord will seize shall come near by households; and the household which the Lord shall seize will come near by its men. ¹⁵ And it shall be, that he that is seized with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he, and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel. ¹⁶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was seized; ¹⁷ And he brought near the family of Judah, and he seized the family of the Zarchites; and he brought near the family of the Zarchites by its men, and Zabdi was seized; ¹⁸ And he brought near his household by its men, and ‘Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerach, of the tribe of Judah, was seized. ¹⁹ And Joshua said unto ‘Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me, I pray thee, what thou hast done: hide nothing from me. ²⁰ And ‘Achan answered Joshua, and said, Truly! I have indeed sinned against the Lord the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: ²¹ I saw among the spoil a handsome Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels in weight, and I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver beneath the same. ²² Joshua thereupon sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hidden in his tent, and the silver beneath it. ²³ And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and they laid them out before the Lord. ²⁴ And Joshua took ‘Achan the son of Zerach, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had, and all Israel were with him, and they brought them up unto the valley of ‘Achor. ²⁵ And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! so shall the Lord trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burnt them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. ²⁶ And they raised over him a great heap of stones which is unto this day; and the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of ‘Achor, unto this day.

⁷ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up. ⁸ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy, to set them among nobles, and he assigneth them the throne of glory; for the Lord’s are the pillars of the earth, on which he hath set the world.

¹⁹ And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, Hast thou murdered, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus hath said the Lord, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, yes, thine also.

²⁶ And he said unto him, My mind was not gone, when the man turned round from his chariot to meet thee. Is it a time to take money, and to take garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and maid-servants? ²⁷ May then the leprosy of Na’aman cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

⁸ For what is the hope of the hypocrite, when he hath gained unjust wealth, when God casteth forth his soul? ⁹ Will God hear his cry, when distress cometh upon him? ¹⁰ Or can he find delight in the Almighty? can he call on God at all times? ¹¹ I will instruct you concerning what is in the hand of God: the way which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. ¹² Lo! ye yourselves have all beheld it: why is it then that ye deal in such vanities? ¹³ This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the portion of tyrants, which they shall receive from the Almighty. ¹⁴ If his children be multiplied, it is only for the sword; and his offspring will not be satisfied with bread. ¹⁵ Those of his that are left to escape will be buried by death; and his widows will not be able to weep. ¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare garments as plentifully as the clay: ¹⁷ He may prepare, but the righteous will clothe himself therewith, and the silver the innocent will divide. ¹⁸ He buildeth his house like the moth, and like a hut that a keeper hath made. ¹⁹ Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered into the grave: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more. ²⁰ Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away. ²¹ The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place. ²² And God will cast evil upon him, and bare no pity: out of his hand his wealth will surely escape. ²³ Men will clap their hands over him, and will hiss after him out of his place.

²² For those blessed of him shall inherit the land; and those cursed of him shall be cut off.

³⁸ He also blesseth them, and they multiply greatly, and he suffereth not their cattle to diminish.

⁷ He raiseth up out of the dust the poor, from the dunghill he lifteth up the needy: ⁸ That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

²¹ An inheritance hastily gotten at the beginning will at its end not be blessed,

²² He that is eager for wealth is a man of an evil eye, and he knoweth not that want will come upon him.

⁶ Will not all these take up a parable against him, and a proverb and a satire concerning him? and they will say, Woe to him that increaseth what is not his! for how long? and to him that loadeth himself with a burden of guilt! ⁷ Behold, suddenly will rise up those that afflict thee, and awake those that plague thee, and thou shalt become a booty unto them. ⁸ Because thou hast despoiled many nations will all the remnant of the people despoil thee; because of the blood of men, and the violence against the land, the town, and all that dwell therein. ⁹ Woe to him that obtaineth an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of the wicked! ¹⁰ Thou hast counselled shame to thy house, by cutting off many people, and sinning against thy soul. ¹¹ For the stone will cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the wood-work will answer it. ¹² Woe to him that buildeth a city with blood-guiltiness, and layeth the foundation of a town by wrong-doing.

⁴ I bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with its timber and its stones.

¹⁴ Who rejoice to do evil, who are delighted in the perverseness of the bad;

⁹ The fool maketh a mockery of guilt; but among the upright there is good will.

²¹ Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding walketh straight forward.

¹⁸ As one fatigueth himself shooting off firebrands, arrows, and death: ¹⁹ So is the man that hath cheated his neighbor, and saith, Behold, I am only jesting.

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youthful vigor, and walk firmly in the ways of thy heart, and in the direction which thy eyes see: but know thou, that concerning all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

²⁵ Because what I greatly dreaded is come upon me, and what I apprehended is come unto me.

²¹ A sound of terrors is in his ears: during peace will the waster come over him.

^{2 (21:3)} The longing of his heart hast thou given him, and the request of his lips hast thou not withholden. Selah.

⁴ And delight thyself in the Lord, and he will give thee the wishes of thy heart.

¹⁹ The desire of those who fear him will he fulfill, and their cry will he hear, and save them.

⁴ So will I also make choice of their misfortune, and what they dread will I bring upon them; because I called, and none did answer; I spoke, and they did not hear; and they did what is evil in my eyes, and that in which I delighted not did they choose.

¹⁸ Are they as straw before the wind, and as chaff which the stealeth away?

¹⁹ Rich will he lie down, but will not be gathered into the grave: one openeth his eyes, and he is no more. ²⁰ Like a flood will terror overtake him, in the night a tempest will steal him away. ²¹ The east wind will lift him up, and he must be gone; and it hurleth him like a storm out of his place.

⁵ That putteth not out his money for interest, and taketh no bribe against the innocent. He that doth these things shall not be moved to eternity.

⁹ For evil-doers shall be cut off; but those that wait upon the Lord, these—shall truly inherit the land. ¹⁰ For yet but for a little while, and the wicked shall be no more: yea, thou wilt look carefully at his place, and he shall not be there.

^{9 (58:10)} Before your pots can feel the thorns, will he take them away with a whirlwind, both the green and the burning.

¹⁸ Surely thou placest them on slippery spots: thou lettest them fall down into destruction. ¹⁹ How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they perish, they come to their end with terrific events. ²⁰ As a dream after awaking, O Lord, reject thou in wrath their image.

²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction.

³⁰ The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

³ A man cannot be firmly established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous will not be moved.

⁷ The wicked are suddenly overthrown, and are no more; but the house of the righteous will endure.

²⁴ Yes, they were not yet planted; yea, they were not yet sown; yea, their stem had not yet taken root in the earth: when he but breathed upon them, and they withered, and the storm-wind carrieth them away as stubble.

¹³ As the cooling of snow on a harvest-day, so is a faithful messenger to those that send him; for he refresheth the soul of his master.

²⁰ As he that taketh off his garment on a cold day, as vinegar is upon natron: so is he that singeth songs before an unhappy heart.

⁶ He choppeth off the feet, and drinketh vexation, that sendeth important messages by the hand of a fool.

⁵ That say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the time.

³² Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green. ³³ He will shake off like the vine his unripe grapes, and cast off like the olive his blossoms.

¹⁵ Wilt thou thus observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden? ¹⁶ Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;

^{4 (21:5)} Life hath he asked of thee, thou gavest it to him, length of days for ever and ever.

^{11 (34:12)} Come, ye children, hearken unto me: the fear of the Lord will I teach you. ^{12 (34:13)} Who is the man that desireth life, loveth many days, that he may see happiness? ^{13 (34:14)} Guard thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking deceit.

^{23 (55:24)} But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.

¹⁶ With length of days will I satisfy him, and I will let him see my salvation.

² For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they increase unto thee.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand: in her left are riches and honor.

¹¹ For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee.

¹⁷ Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou die before thy time?

¹¹ As a cuckoo that sitteth on eggs which he hath not laid, so is he that get the riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be called wicked.

¹³ So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the hypocrite will perish:

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and the means of escape will vanish from them, and their sole hope shall be the breathing out of their soul.

⁹ Therefore is rejoiced my heart, and my spirit is glad: also my flesh shall rest in safety.

²⁴ With thy counsel wilt thou guide me, and afterward take me on to glory. ²⁵ Whom have I in heaven? and beside thee I desire nothing upon earth. ²⁶ Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.

⁷ When a wicked man dieth, his hope vanisheth; and the expectation of his children is lost.

³ Is not calamity ready for the unjust? and misfortune for the wrong-doers?

⁶ For the Lord regardeth the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked leadeth to perdition.

^{12 (36:13)} There are fallen the workers of wickedness: they are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.

²⁰ But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the beauty of the meadow: they pass away; in smoke they pass away.

^{7 (84:8)} They go from strength to strength, each of them appeareth before God in Zion.

^{7 (92:8)} When the wicked spring up like herbs, and when all the workers of wickedness do flourish; it is that they may be destroyed evermore.

¹⁵ It is joy to the righteous to execute justice; but it is a terror to wrong-doers.

³¹ Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.

¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and in his name shall they ever walk, saith the Lord.

⁸ I have always set the Lord before me, that, being at my right hand, I might not be moved.

²⁸ For the Lord loveth justice, and never forsaketh his pious servants: they are for ever preserved; but the seed of the wicked will be cut off. ²⁹ The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell for ever therein.

^{5 (52:7)} Therefore God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—

¹ A song of the degrees. Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth for ever.

²¹ For the upright will dwell on the earth, and the perfect will be left remaining on it. ²² But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be plucked up therefrom.

²⁵ As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

²⁴ Son of man, they that dwell in these ruins in the land of Israel say as followeth, But one man was Abraham, and he obtained the land as an inheritance; and as we are many, the land must surely be given to us for an inheritance. ²⁵ Therefore say unto them, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, By the blood do ye eat, and your eyes do you lift up toward your idols, and blood do ye shed: and ye expect to possess the land? ²⁶ Ye depend upon your sword, ye commit abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbor’s wife: and ye expect to possess the land?

⁹ The wives of my people do you drive out of their delightful houses; from their children do ye take away my ornament for ever. ¹⁰ Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a grievous destruction.

^{18 (31:19)} Let the lying lips be made dumb, which speak hard things against the righteous, with pride and contempt.

^{11 (63:12)} But the king shall rejoice in God: every one that sweareth by him shall glorify himself; for the mouth of those that speak falsehood shall be stopped.

³ What will God give unto thee? or what will he add unto thee, thou tongue of deceit? ⁴ Sharpened arrows of the mighty, with coals of the broom-bush.

¹³ On the lips of the man of understanding there is found wisdom: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of sense.

¹² To deliver thee from the way of the bad, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

¹¹ Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted; but through the mouth of the wicked it is pulled down.

⁶ The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.

² The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly.

²⁸ The heart of the righteous reflecteth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked sputtereth out evil things.

⁶ The lips of the fool come with contention, and his mouth calleth for blows. ⁷ The mouth of the fool is a destruction to himself, and his lips are the snare of his soul. ⁸ The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down indeed into the innermost parts of the body.

¹⁰ Koheleth sought to find out acceptable words, and that which would be written down uprightly, even words of truth.