Proverbs 15 Cross References - Leeser

¹ A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger. ² The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge acceptable; but the mouth of fools sputtereth out folly. ³ In every place are the eyes of the Lord, looking on the bad and the good. ⁴ A healing word of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit. ⁵ A fool contemneth the correction of his father; but he that observeth admonition will become prudent. ⁶ In the house of the righteous there is much treasure; but in the income of the wicked is trouble. ⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge; but the heart of fools is not reliable. ⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright obtaineth his favor. ⁹ An abomination of the Lord is the way of the wicked; but him that pursueth righteousness will he love. ¹⁰ An evil correction is destined for him that forsaketh the right path; he that hateth admonition will die. ¹¹ The nether world and corruption are open before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men! ¹² A scorner loveth not that one should admonish him: unto the wise doth he not go. ¹³ A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed. ¹⁴ The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly. ¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil; but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast. ¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith. ¹⁷ Better is an allowance of herbs when love is there, than a stall-fed ox and hatred therewith. ¹⁸ A man of fury stirreth up strife; but he that is slow to anger assuageth contention. ¹⁹ The way of the slothful man is like a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is a levelled road. ²⁰ A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish man despiseth his mother. ²¹ Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding walketh straight forward. ²² Plans are frustrated without consultation; but through a multitude of counsellors canst thou maintain thyself. ²³ A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth; and a word spoken at the proper time, how good is it! ²⁴ The path of life leadeth upward for the intelligent, in order that he may avoid the nether world beneath. ²⁵ The Lord, will tear down the house of the proud; but he will set up firmly the boundary-stone of the widow. ²⁶ An abomination of the Lord are the thoughts of the bad man; but pleasant speeches are pure before him. ²⁷ He that is greedy after gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts will live. ²⁸ The heart of the righteous reflecteth to answer; but the mouth of the wicked sputtereth out evil things. ²⁹ The Lord is far from the wicked; but the prayer of the righteous doth he hear. ³⁰ What is pleasant to the light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: a good report giveth marrow to the bones. ³¹ The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever abide in the midst of the wise. ³² He that rejecteth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth admonition acquireth intelligence. ³³ The fear of the Lord is the correction for wisdom; and before honor there must come humility.

¹ And the men of Ephraim said unto him, What is this thing that thou hast done unto us, not to call for us, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they quarrelled with him vehemently. ² And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi’ezer? ³ Into your hand God delivered the princes of Midian, ‘Oreb and Zeeb: and what have I been able to do in comparison with you? Then was their anger abated from him, when he had spoken this speech.

³ And when I saw that ye helped me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over to the children of ‘Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand; and why then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? ⁴ Then Yiphthach gathered together all the men of Gil’ad, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gil’ad smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim: Gil’ad is in the midst, between Ephraim and Menasseh. ⁵ And the Gil’adites seized on the passages of the Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it came to pass, when the Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me pass over; that the men of Gil’ad said unto him, Art thou an Ephrathite? and if he said, No; ⁶ Then said they unto him, Do say, Shibboleth; but when he said, Sibboleth, and was not able to pronounce it correctly, they laid hold of him and slew him on the passages of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

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.

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.

^{43 (19:44)} And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, Ten parts have we in the king, and also in David have we more right than ye: why then did ye esteem us lightly? and was not our word the very first to bring back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

¹³ The king answered the people harshly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they had advised him; ¹⁴ And he spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will even add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpion-thorns. ¹⁵ Thus the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was so brought about from the Lord, in order that he might fulfill his word, which the Lord had spoken by means of Achiyah the Shilonite unto Jerobo’am the son of Nebat. 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.

¹² Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love throweth a cover over all transgressions.

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

¹⁵ By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh bones.

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.

¹ To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by the sons of Korach, a Maskil, a song of love. ^(45:2) My heart swelleth with a good speech; I say, “My works shall be for the king:” my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

^{7 (59:8)} Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, say they, doth hear?

²³ A prudent man concealeth his knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth their folly.

¹⁶ Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but a fool spreadeth abroad his folly.

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

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

²³ The heart of the wise maketh his mouth intelligent, and upon his lips he increaseth information.

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.

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.

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.

⁹ For as regardeth the Lord, his eyes roam throughout the whole earth, to hold strongly with those whose heart is entire toward him: thou hast done foolishly for this reason; because from this time forth there will be wars with thee.

⁴ Behold, he truly seeth my ways, and numbereth all my steps;

²¹ For big eyes are upon the ways of man, and all his steps doth he see. ²² There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the evil-doers can hide themselves.

²¹ For before the eyes of the Lord are the ways of man, and all his tracks doth he weigh in the balance.

¹⁷ For my eyes are directed upon all their ways, they are not hidden from my face, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.

²⁴ If a man should hide himself in secret places should I not then see him? saith the Lord. Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? saith the Lord.

¹⁹ Great in counsel, and mighty in execution: thou whose eyes are open over all the ways of the sons of man, to give unto every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings;

²² And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever— ²³ Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flaming sword which revolveth, to guard the way to the tree of life.

^{2 (52:4)} Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs, like a sharpened razor, thou worker of deceit. ^{3 (52:5)} Thou lovest evil more than good; falsehood more than speaking righteousness. Selah. ^{4 (52:6)} Thou lovest all words of destruction, the tongue of deceit.

²² For poor and needy am I, and my heart is deeply wounded within me.

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.

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

²⁴ Like the droppings of honey are pleasant sayings, sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones.

⁸ The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down indeed into the innermost parts of the body.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will readily bear his disease; but a depressed spirit who can bear:

²² The words of a whisperer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost chambers of the body.

^{2 (3:20)} But there shall rise unto you that fear my name the sun of righteousness with healing in his wings: and ye will go forth, and grow fat as calves of the stall.

²³ And he said unto them, Why will ye do such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. ²⁴ No, my sons; for the report that I hear is not good, which the Lord’s people spread abroad. ²⁵ If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him; but if against the Lord a man should sin, who shall pray for him? Nevertheless would they not hearken unto the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to slay them.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Abshalom provided for himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men who ran before him. ² And Abshalom rose up early, and stood on the side of the way to the gate: and it happened, that whenever a man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Abshalom called to him, and said, From what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is from one of the tribes of Israel. ³ And Abshalom said unto him, See, thy words are good and right; but no one listeneth to thee on the part of the king. ⁴ And Abshalom said, Oh, if there were but one to appoint me judge in the land, so that every man who may have any controversy or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! ⁵ And it happened, that when a man came nigh to bow down to him, he used to put forth his hand, and laid hold of him, and kissed him. ⁶ And Abshalom did after this manner to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: and thus did Abshalom steal the heart of the men of Israel.

¹¹ Now, my son, may the Lord be with thee, that thou mayest prosper, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee. ¹² Only may the Lord give thee intelligence and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel, so that thou mayest observe the law of the Lord thy God. ¹³ Then wilt thou prosper, if thou observe to practise the statutes and the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; be not afraid, nor be thou dismayed.

⁹ And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with an entire heart and with a willing soul; for all hearts doth the Lord search, and every imagination of the thoughts doth he understand; if thou seek him, he will let himself be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

²⁰ And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and of good courage, and do the work; fear not, and be not dismayed; for the Lord God, yea, my God is with thee: he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

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.

²³ Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

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

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth his father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.

¹ A wise son becometh so by the correction of his father; but a scorner hearkeneth not to rebuke.

¹⁸ Poverty and disgrace will overtake him that rejecteth correction; but he that observeth admonition will be honored.

³¹ The ear that heareth the admonition of life will ever abide in the midst of the wise. ³² He that rejecteth correction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth admonition acquireth intelligence.

²⁰ Hear counsel, and accept correction, in order that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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

¹⁹ Because he oppressed and forsook the indigent; because he took violently away a house, shall he not rebuild it; 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. ²³ In order to fill his belly, God will send out against him the fury of his wrath, and will rain it upon him for his eating.

¹⁶ Better is the little that the righteous hath, than the great riches of many wicked.

³ Plenty and riches shall be in his house, and his righteousness shall endure for ever.

²¹ That I may cause those that love me to inherit a lasting possession; and their treasures will I fill

²² The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.

²² A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; but the wealth of the sinner is treasured up for the righteous.

¹⁶ Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure and confusion therewith.

⁸ Better is a little with righteousness, than great incomes through injustice.

²⁰ There are a desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man will swallow it up.

⁶ Better is a handful of quiet, than both the hands full of toil and torture of spirit.

^{10 (5:9)} He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity. ^{11 (5:10)} When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it likewise increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see it with his eyes? ^{12 (5:11)} Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. ^{13 (5:12)} There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches reserved for their owner to his own hurt. ^{14 (5:13)} And these riches are lost through an unfortunate event; and he begetteth a son, and hath not the least in his hand:

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

^{2 (45:3)} Thou art more fair than the children of men; grace is poured out over thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.

^{13 (51:15)} I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee. ^{14 (51:16)} Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation; that my tongue may sing aloud of thy righteousness. ^{15 (51:17)} O Lord, open thou my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

¹⁵ My mouth shall relate thy righteousness, all the day thy salvation; for I know not their numbers. ¹⁶ I will come to praise the mighty deeds of the Lord Eternal: I will make mention of thy righteousness, yea, thine only. ¹⁷ O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto I ever tell of thy wondrous deeds. ¹⁸ Therefore also even in old age, and when I am grayheaded, O God, forsake me not: until I have told of thy strength unto this generation, to every one that may come of thy might.

² I will open with a parable my mouth: I will utter riddles out of ancient times; ³ Which we have heard and know, and which our fathers have related unto us. ⁴ We will not conceal them from their children, relating to the latest generation the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful deeds which he hath done. ⁵ Yea, he established a testimony in Jacob, and instituted a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: ⁶ In order that the latest generation might know them, even the children that are to be born; that they may arise and relate them to their children;

¹³ With my lips have I related all the ordinances of thy mouth.

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.

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.

¹¹ Of sweet honey drop thy lips, O bride: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the scent of thy garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

¹⁷ And I know, my God, that thou probest the heart, and uprightness thou receivest in favor. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart have I voluntarily offered all these things; and now thy people, that are present here, do I see with joy offering voluntarily unto thee.

¹ A prayer of David. Hear, O Lord, the cause of righteousness, attend unto my entreaty, give ear unto my prayer, coming from lips without deceit.

²⁹ The Lord is far from the wicked; but the prayer of the righteous doth he hear.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a sinful purpose?

⁹ When one turneth away his ear so as not to listen to the law, even his prayer becometh an abomination.

^{1 (4:17)} Watch thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be near to hearken to his will, more than to give the sacrifice of fools; for they consider not that they do evil to themselves.

¹⁴ O my dove, who art in the clefts of the rock, in the recesses of the cliffs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is comely.—

¹⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom: give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. ¹¹ For what serveth me the multitude of your sacrifices? saith the Lord: I am sated with the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fatted beasts; and the blood of bullocks, and of sheep, and of he-goats, I do not desire. ¹² When ye come to appear in my presence—who hath required this at your hand, to tread down my courts? ¹³ Continue no more to bring an oblation of deceit; incense of abomination is it unto me: new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—I cannot bear misdeed with festive gathering. ¹⁴ Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are become a burden unto me; I am weary to bear them, ¹⁵ And when ye spread forth your hands, I will withdraw my eyes from you; yea, when ye make ever so many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

⁸ For I the Lord love justice, I hate robbery with burnt-offering: therefore will I give them the recompense of their work in truth, and an everlasting covenant will I make with them.

³ He that slaughtereth the ox, slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, breaketh the neck of a dog; he that offereth a meat-offering, offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, blesseth an idol: yea, they have made choice of their own ways, and in their abominations doth their soul delight.

²⁰ To what purpose serveth me the frankincense which cometh from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far-off country? your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices are not agreeable unto me.

²¹ Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Add your burnt-offerings unto your peace-sacrifices, and eat the flesh thereof. ²² For I spoke not with your fathers, and I commanded them not on the day of my bringing them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offering or sacrifice; ²³ But this thing did I command them, saying, Hearken to my voice, and I will be unto you for a God, and ye shall be unto me for a people; and walk ye altogether on the way which I may command you, in order that it may be well unto you.

²¹ I hate, I despise your feast-days, and I will not smell the sacrifices on your festive assemblies. ²² For though ye should offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them in favor: and the peace-offerings of your fatted cattle will I not look at.

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

⁸ The Lord causeth the blind to see; the Lord raiseth up those who are bowed down; the Lord loveth the righteous: ⁹ The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

¹⁹ The way of the wicked is like darkness: they know not against what they stumble.

⁴ Haughtiness of the eyes, and an immoderate heart, are the sinful field of the wicked.

⁸ Perverse is the way of the man that is estranged from goodness; but as for the pure, his work is upright.

²¹ He that pursueth righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor.

⁷ The path of the just is straight: thou, most upright, dost ever level the road of the just.

¹ Hearken to me, ye that pursue righteousness, that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were dug up.

⁷ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, O people in whose heart my law is: ye must not fear the reproach of men, and of their revilings shall ye not be in dread.

⁴ And I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, making them rise early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not commit this abominable thing which I hate.

³ And let us feel it, that we may strive to know the Lord; bright as the morning-dawn is his rising; and he will come as the rain unto us, as the latter rain that maketh fruitful the earth.”

¹³ Thou, who art too pure of eyes to behold evil, and canst not look on trouble, wherefore wilt thou look upon those that deal treacherously, be silent when the wicked swalloweth up him that is more righteous than he?

¹⁷ And it came to pass, when Achab saw Elijah, that Achab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

²⁰ And Achab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to do what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.

⁸ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we might inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he will never prophesy good concerning me, but evil: it is Michayhu the son of Yimlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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

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

¹⁷ On the way unto life is he that observeth correction; but he that forsaketh reproof is in error.

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

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.”

⁵ Why will ye be stricken yet more? that ye increase the revolt? every head is sick, and every heart is faint. ⁶ From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, nor bound up, nor mollified with oil.

¹³ In thy uncleanness is thy incest; because I endeavored to cleanse thee, and thou wouldst not be clean, thou shalt not be cleansed from thy uncleanness any more, until I have assuaged my fury on thee. ¹⁴ I the Lord have spoken it; it cometh to pass, and I will do it; I will not recall my decree, and I will not have pity, nor will I repent: according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall men judge thee, saith the Lord Eternal.

⁷ But the Lord said unto Samuel, Regard not his appearance, nor the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for not what man looketh on;—for man looketh on the eyes, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

³⁰ Then do thou hear from heaven the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and give to every man in accordance with all his ways, as thou mayest know his heart; for thou, thyself alone, knowest the heart of the children of men;

⁶ Naked is the nether world before him, and there is no covering for the place of corruption.

^{9 (7:10)} Oh let the evil of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just, O thou, who triest the hearts and reins, O righteous God.

^{21 (44:22)} Would not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

⁸ If I should ascend into heaven, thou art there; and if I should make my bed in the nether world, behold, thou art there.

²⁰ The nether world and the place of corruption are never satisfied: so are the eyes of man never satisfied.

¹⁰ I the Lord search the heart, probe the reins: yea, to give unto every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.

⁷ And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he never prophesieth any good concerning me, but at all times evil: it is Michayhu the son of Yimla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

¹⁴ And yet they say unto God, “Depart from us; and the knowledge of thy ways we desire not.

⁷ He that correcteth a scorner acquireth for himself abuse; and he that reproveth the wicked getteth himself a blemish. ⁸ Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

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

¹⁰ They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and him that speaketh uprightly they abhor.

² Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.

²⁵ If there be care in the heart of man, let him suppress it; and a good word will change it into joy.

¹⁵ All the days of the afflicted are evil; but he that is of a cheerful heart hath a continual feast.

²² A merry heart causeth a healthy appearance of the countenance, but a depressed spirit drieth up the bones.

⁶ And Solomon said, Thou hast shown unto thy servant David my father great kindness, just as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, and thou hast given him a son who sitteth on his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in the place of David my father: and I am but a young lad; I know not how to go out or come in. ⁸ And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot he numbered nor counted for multitude. ⁹ Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad; for who would otherwise be able to judge this thy great people? ¹⁰ And the speech was pleasing in the eyes of the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. ¹¹ And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; and hast not asked for thyself riches, nor hast asked the life of thy enemies; but hast asked for thyself discernment to understand how to give judgment: ¹² Behold, I have done according to thy word; lo, I have given thee a wise and a discerning heart; so that like unto thee there was none before thee, nor after thee shall any one arise like unto thee.

⁹⁷ MEM. Oh how do I love thy law! all the day is it my meditation.

¹⁰⁰ More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.

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.

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

¹⁰ Who have said to the seers, Ye shall not see; and to the prophets, Reveal not unto us true things, speak unto us smooth things, reveal deceits;

²⁰ He pursueth ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, and will not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?

^{1 (12:2)} Ephraim feedeth on wind, and pursueth the east wind; the whole day he increaseth deceit and corruption; and a covenant do they make with Assyria, and oil is carried into Egypt.

³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I must go down unto my son, mourning, into the grave; thus his father wept for him.

⁹ And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred and thirty years: few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

⁷ For thus are we consumed by thy anger, and by thy fury are we terrified. ⁸ Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our concealed sins before the light of thy countenance. ⁹ For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we consume our years like a word that is spoken.

¹³ A merry heart cheereth up the countenance; but when the heart feeleth pain the spirit is depressed.

²² Intelligence is a source of life unto its possessor; but the correction of fools is folly.

⁶ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

¹⁰ And whatsoever my eyes desired I refused them not; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart was rejoiced with all my toil, and this was my portion of all my toil. ¹¹ But when I turned myself to look on all my works that my hands had wrought, and on the toil that I had toiled to accomplish: then, behold, all was vanity and a torture of the spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹⁸ Yea, I hated also all my toil with which I had toiled under the sun; because I should have to leave it unto the man that will be after me. 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. ²⁰ Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to give up thinking of all the toil wherewith I had toiled under the sun. ²¹ For there is many a man whose toil is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and with energy; yet to a man that hath not toiled therefore must he give it as his portion. Also this is vanity and a great evil. ²² For what doth a man obtain of all his toil, and of the torture of his heart, wherewith he toileth under the sun? ²³ For all his days are full of pains, and vexation is mingled with his employment: yea, even in the night his heart taketh not rest. Also this is vanity.

^{10 (5:9)} He that loveth money will never be satisfied with money; nor he that loveth abundance, with any increase. Also this is vanity. ^{11 (5:10)} When prosperity increaseth, those that consume it likewise increase: and what advantage is there to its owner, saving to see it with his eyes? ^{12 (5:11)} Sweet is the sleep of the laboring man, whether he eat little or much; but the overabundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

¹ A song of the degrees by David. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brethren dwell closely together in union! ² It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, yea, Aaron’s beard, which runneth down upon the upper border of his garments; ³ Like the dew of Chermon, running down upon the mountains of Zion; for there hath the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

¹ Better is a piece of dry bread, and quiet therewith, than a house full of the sacrifices of contention.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a quarrelsome and vexatious woman.

⁸ And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are near relatives. ⁹ Is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right, then I will go to the left.

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.

^{43 (19:44)} And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, Ten parts have we in the king, and also in David have we more right than ye: why then did ye esteem us lightly? and was not our word the very first to bring back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

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

¹ A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.

²⁸ A perverse man scattereth strife; and a whisperer separateth confident friends.

²¹ As charcoals are added to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man fitted to enkindle a dispute.

⁴ If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for submissiveness causeth great offences to be avoided.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried aloud; and the people wept that night. ² And all the people murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole congregation said unto them, Oh who would grant that we had died in the land of Egypt! or that we might but die in this wilderness! ³ And wherefore doth the Lord bring us unto yonder land, to fall by the sword? that our wives and our children may become a prey? is it not better for us to return to Egypt?

⁷ And they said unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, as followeth, The land, through which we have passed to spy it out, this land is exceedingly good. ⁸ If the Lord have delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which is flowing with milk and honey. ⁹ Only against the Lord do ye not rebel; and then ye need not fear the people of the land; for they are our bread: their shadow is departed from them, while the Lord is with us; fear them not.

^{8 (5:9)} O Lord, lead me in thy righteousness because of those that regard me enviously; make straight before me thy way.

⁸ Good and upright is the Lord: therefore he pointeth out to sinners the right way. ⁹ He guideth the meek in justice, and he teacheth the meek his way.

¹² Who is that man that feareth the Lord? to him will he point out the way which he is to choose?

¹¹ Point me out thy way, O Lord! and guide me on a level path, because of those that regard me enviously.

⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

⁹ They are all evident to the man of understanding, and correct to those that have obtained knowledge.

⁵ Thorns and snares are on the way of a perverse man: he that doth guard his soul will keep far from them.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.

¹³ The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets.

²¹ And thy ears shall hear the word behind thee, saying, “This is the way, walk ye in it,” when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.

⁸ And there shall be a highway and a way, and The holy way, shall it be called; no unclean one shall pass over it; but it shall be only theirs; the wayfaring man, and those unacquainted therewith, shall not go astray.

¹⁴ And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, clear out the way, lift up every stumbling block out of the way of my people.

¹² Honor thy father and thy mother; in order that thy days may be prolonged upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

³ Ye shall fear, every man, his mother and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am the Lord your God.

⁴⁸ And also thus hath the king said, Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who hath given me this day one who sitteth on my throne, while my eyes see it.

⁹ But now leave him not unpunished; for thou art a wise man; know then what thou oughtest to do unto him, and bring thou down his hoary head with blood to the grave.

^{7 (5:21)} And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly; and he said, Blessed be the Lord this day, who hath given unto David a wise son over this numerous people.

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.

²² Hearken unto thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother although she be old.

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

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, this shall the ravens of the valley pick out; and the young eagles shall eat it.

²⁸ And he said unto man, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to eschew evil is understanding.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; a good understanding have all that fulfill his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

¹² He that despiseth his neighbor is void of sense; but a man of understanding maintaineth silence.

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

¹⁶ A wise man is fearful, and departeth from evil; but the fool exciteth himself, and is confident.

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.

¹⁴ Where there is no wise guidance, a people must fall: but it will obtain help through the multitude of counsellors.

¹⁸ Plans are established by counsel; and with wise reflection conduct war.

⁶ Because for every pursuit there is a time and a just consequence; for the evil of man resteth heavily upon him.

¹⁴ From the fruit of his mouth will a man be satisfied with what is good; and the recompense of a man’s hands will be brought back unto him.

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

²⁶ Men will kiss the lips of him that giveth a proper answer.

¹ For every thing there is a season; and a proper time is for every pursuit under the heavens.

¹¹ Thou wilt let me know the path of life: fulness of joy is in thy presence; pleasures are at thy right hand for evermore.

²⁴ And see if there be a way of perverseness in me, and lead me on the way of eternity.

¹⁸ For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed lead her tracks.

⁵ Her feet go down to death, her steps take firm hold on the nether world:

²⁷ The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.

⁸ Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

¹⁴ Thou wilt indeed beat him with the rod; but thou wilt deliver his soul from perdition.

⁸ And unto this people shalt thou say, Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who hath no regard to persons, and taketh no bribe; ¹⁸ Who executeth justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and raiment.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remove the landmark of thy neighbor, which they of old time have set, in thy inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it.

¹¹ Scatter abroad the ragings of thy wrath, and look on every proud one, and humble him. ¹² Look on every proud one, and bend him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. ¹³ Hide them in the dust altogether: bind up their faces in concealment.

¹ To the chief musician, a Maskil of David, ^(52:2) When Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Achimelech. ^(52:3) What vauntest thou thyself of wickedness, O mighty man? the kindness of God endureth all the time.

^{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.—

^{5 (68:6)} A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. ^{6 (68:7)} God places those who are solitary in the midst of their families: he bringeth out those who are bound unto happiness; but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

⁶ For exalted is the Lord, yet doth he regard the lowly; but the proud he punisheth from afar.

⁹ The Lord guardeth the strangers; the fatherless and widow he helpeth up; but the way of the wicked he maketh crooked.

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

¹¹ The house of the wicked will be destroyed: but the tent of the upright will flourish.

¹⁰ Remove not the ancient landmark, and into the fields of the fatherless must thou not enter;

¹² For there is a day of judgment unto the Lord of hosts over every proud and lofty one; and over every exalted one, that he be brought low;

²⁰ But, when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit hardened to deal presumptuously, he was cast down from the throne of his kingdom, and his dignity did they take from him;

^{14 (19:15)} May the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable before thee, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer.

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.

¹⁶ Six things there are which the Lord hateth; and seven are an abomination unto his spirit: ¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood, ¹⁸ A heart that contriveth plans of injustice, feet that hasten to run after evil, ¹⁹ A false witness that eagerly uttereth lies, and him that scattereth abroad discord among brethren.

⁹ The counsel of folly is sin; and an abomination to men is the scorner.

¹⁴ Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?

²¹ Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating their own gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

⁸ And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth the clear-sighted, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

²⁶ And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, lest thou become accursed like it: thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is accursed.

¹⁹ Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, and thou shalt not take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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.

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.

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.

³ But his sons walked not in his ways, and they inclined after their own advantage, and took bribes, and perverted justice. ⁴ Then did all the elders of Israel assemble themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, ⁵ And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons have not walked in thy ways: now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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.

¹⁹ So are the paths of every one that is greedy after unlawful gain; it taketh away the life of those that own it.

¹⁹ He who is firm in righteousness attaineth to life: and he that pursueth evil doth it to his own death.

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house will inherit the wind; and the fool will become the servant to the wise of heart.

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

¹⁶ The prince that is void of understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth unjust gain will prolong his days.

⁴ A king will through the exercise of justice establish the welfare of a land; but one that loveth gifts overthroweth it.

⁸ Woe unto those that cause house to join on house, bring field near to field, till there is no more room, so that ye may be left alone as the inhabitants in the midst of the land! ⁹ In my ears spoke the Lord of hosts, Truly many houses shall become desolate, yea, great and beautiful ones without an inhabitant. ¹⁰ Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield but one bath, and a chomer-seed shall yield but an ephah.

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.

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.

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.

³ Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of all the earth; for every one that stealeth as it is on this side shall be in an equal degree entirely destroyed, as also every one that sweareth falsely as it is on that side shall be likewise entirely destroyed. 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.

²³ Then said the king, This one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is dead: and the other saith, It is not so; thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. ²⁴ And the king said, Fetch me a sword: and they brought the sword before the king. ²⁵ And the king said, Hew the living child in two, and give the one half to one, and the other half to the other. ²⁶ Then spoke the woman whose son was the living unto the king, for her love had become enkindled for her son, and she said, O pardon, my Lord, give her the living child, and only do not slay it; but the other said, Neither mine nor thine shall it be, hew it asunder. ²⁷ The king then answered and said, Give her the living child, and do not slay it: she is its mother. ²⁸ And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.

¹⁹ In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.

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

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind; but the wise holdeth it back.

²⁰ Seest then a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.

^{2 (5:1)} Suffer not thy mouth to be rash, and let thy heart not be hasty to utter any word before God; for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth: therefore let thy words be few.

^{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?

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?

¹ Wherefore, O Lord, standest thou afar off? hidest thyself in times of distress?

^{41 (18:42)} They cry, but there is none to help; unto the Lord,—but he answereth them not.

^{15 (34:16)} The eyes of the Lord are directed unto the righteous, and his ears unto their cry. ^{16 (34:17)} But the anger of the Lord is against those that do evil, to cut off from the earth their remembrance. ^{17 (34:18)} Those cry, and the Lord heareth, and from all their distresses he delivereth them.

¹⁸ If I had looked on wickedness with my heart, the Lord would not have heard; ¹⁹ But verily God hath heard; he hath listened to the voice of my prayer.

²⁷ For, lo, those that are far from thee shall perish: thou destroyest every one that strayeth away from thee.

¹⁸ The Lord is nigh unto all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. ¹⁹ The desire of those who fear him will he fulfill, and their cry will he hear, and save them.

⁸ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination of the Lord: but, the prayer of the upright obtaineth his favor.

⁸ For not my thoughts are your thoughts, and not your ways are my ways, saith the Lord. ⁹ For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

⁸ And now for a little moment hath grace been extended from the Lord our God, to preserve us a remnant to escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, that our God might enlighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

^{15 (89:16)} Happy is the people that know the cornet’s sound: O Lord, in the light of thy countenance will they ever walk firmly.

⁸ It will be healing to thy body, and marrow to thy bones.

⁹ The light of the righteous burneth joyfully; but the lamp of the wicked will be quenched.

²⁵ As cold water is to a fainting soul, so are good news from a far-off country.

⁷ Truly the light is sweet, and it is a pleasant thing for the eyes to see the sun;

¹¹ And the Lord will guide thee continually, and will satisfy thy soul in times of famine, and will strengthen thy bones; and thou shalt be like a well-watered garden, and like a spring of water, the waters of which will never deceive.

⁸ Do not correct a scorner, lest he hate thee: reprove a wise man, and he will love thee. ⁹ Give to the wise instruction, and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information.

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men will become wise; but he that associateth with fools will be destroyed.

⁵ A fool contemneth the correction of his father; but he that observeth admonition will become prudent.

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me, hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, the promised mercies of David, which are sure.

¹⁸ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and they chastise him, and he will not hearken unto them:

²⁰ And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not hearken to our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

¹⁷ And yet thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: wisdom and instruction fools alone despise.

²⁴ Whereas I called, and ye refused; I stretched out my hand, and no man was attentive; 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; ²⁷ When your terror cometh like the tempest-cloud, and your calamity hasteneth like a whirlwind; when there come upon you distress and affliction. ²⁸ Then will they call me, but I will not answer; they will seek me earnestly, but they shall not find me; ²⁹ For the reason that they hated knowledge, and the fear of the Lord they did not choose; ³⁰ That they would not attend to my counsel: that they rejected all my admonition. ³¹ Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and from their own counsels shall they be satisfied. ³² For the defection of the simple will slay them, and the prosperity of fools will cause them to be lost. ³³ But he that hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be at rest from the dread of evil.

¹¹ While thou moanest at thy end, when thy flesh and thy body are coming to their end, 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;

³³ Hear correction, and be wise, and reject it not. ³⁴ Happy is the man that hearkeneth unto me, watching day by day at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. ³⁵ For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord. ³⁶ But he that sinneth against me doth violence to his own soul: all those that hate me love death.

¹⁴ The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

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

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

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

⁵ Why will ye be stricken yet more? that ye increase the revolt? every head is sick, and every heart is faint.

³ O Lord, are not thy eyes directed to the truth? thou didst strike them, but they felt it not; thou didst make an end of them, yet they refused to accept correction: they made their faces harder than a rock, they refused to return.

^{11 (34:12)} Come, ye children, hearken unto me: the fear of the Lord will I teach you.

¹³ The fear of the Lord is to hate evil, pride and arrogance, and the evil way: and the mouth of perverseness do I hate.

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

⁶ Do not glorify thyself in the presence of the king, and force thyself not into the place of great men; ⁷ For better it is that it be said unto thee, “Come up hither,” than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince, which thy own eyes have often seen.

²³ The pride of a man will humble him; but the humble in spirit will attain to honor.