Proverbs 9 Cross References - Leeser

¹ Wisdom hath built her house; she hath hewn out her seven pillars; ² She hath killed her cattle; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also set in order her table. ³ She hath sent forth her maidens: she inviteth her guests upon the top of the highest places of the town. ⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him, ⁵ “Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. ⁶ Forsake simplicity, and live; and go onward on the way of understanding. 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. ⁹ Give to the wise instruction, and he will become yet wiser: impart knowledge to the righteous, and he will increase his information. ¹⁰ The commencement of wisdom is the fear of the Lord; and the knowledge of the Most Holy One is understanding. ¹¹ For through me shall thy days be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased unto thee. ¹² If thou art become wise, thou art wise for thyself; but if thou art a scorner, thou alone wilt have to bear it.” ¹³ The woman of folly is noisy: she is simple, and knoweth not what to do. ¹⁴ And she sitteth at the door of her house, upon a chair in the high places of the town. ¹⁵ To call the wayfarers who go straight forward on their paths. ¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him, ¹⁷ “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.” ¹⁸ But he knoweth not that the departed are there; that in the depths of the nether world are her guests.

² He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon: a hundred cubits was its length, and fifty cubits was its breadth, and thirty cubits was its height, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. ³ And it was covered with cedar above over the beams, that lay on the forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row.

⁶ And he made a porch of pillars: fifty cubits was its length, and thirty cubits its breadth; and the porch was before them; and the other pillars with an entablature before them.

²¹ And he set up the pillars for the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called its name Yachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called its name Boaz.

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the superintendent of his house, Bring these men into the house, and slay, and make ready; for with me shall these men dine at noon.

⁵ “Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

³⁰ They that tarry late over the wine: they that come to seek for mixed drink.

² I would lead thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, thou shouldst teach me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, of the sweet juice of my pomegranate.

⁶ And the Lord of hosts will make unto all the nations on this mountain a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.

^{11 (68:12)} The Lord gave happy tidings; they are published by the female messengers, a numerous host.

²⁰ Wisdom crieth loudly without; in the public places she uttereth her voice; ²¹ At the corner of noisy streets she calleth, at the entrances of gates; in the city she sayeth her speeches: ²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge? ²³ Turn back to my admonition: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

¹ Behold, wisdom calleth, and understanding sendeth forth her voice, ² On the top of high places, by the wayside, at the house where there are many paths doth she place herself. ³ Alongside of gates, at the opening of the city, at the entrance of the town-doors doth she call loudly,

¹⁴ And she sitteth at the door of her house, upon a chair in the high places of the town.

^{7 (19:8)} The law of the Lord is perfect, quieting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light, it giveth understanding unto the simple.

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners take their delight in scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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

⁵ Learn, O ye simple, to understand prudence: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; and as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,

^{26 (22:27)} The meek shall eat and be satisfied; they who seek him shall praise the Lord: may your heart live for ever.

^{29 (22:30)} All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.

² She hath killed her cattle; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also set in order her table.

¹⁷ “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread of secrecy is pleasant.”

¹ I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have plucked my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my sugar-cane with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, ye companions; drink, yea, drink abundantly, ye friends.—

¹ Ho, every one of ye that thirsteth, come ye to the water, and he too that hath no money: come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy without money and without price wine and milk. ² Wherefore will ye spend money for what is not bread? and your labor for what satisfieth not? hearken then unto me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. 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.

^{12 (31:11)} And they shall come and sing on the height of Zion, and shall come together as a stream to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flocks and of the herds, and their soul shall be as a well-watered garden; and they shall not farther experience grief any more. ^{13 (31:12)} Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and youth and old men together: and I will change their mourning into gladness, and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. ^{14 (31:13)} And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the Lord.

⁴ I have not sat with men of falsehood, and with dissemblers will I not enter in communion. ⁵ I have hated the assemblage of evil-doers; and with the wicked will I not sit. ⁶ I will wash in innocency my hands, and I will compass thy altar, O Lord:

^{10 (45:11)} Hearken, O daughter, and look, and incline thy ear, and forget thy own people, and thy father’s house:

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, ye evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of God.

¹¹ In the way of wisdom have I instructed thee: I have led thee in the tracks of uprightness.

¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and step not on the way of the bad. ¹⁵ Avoid it, pass not through by it, turn off from it, and pass away.

³⁵ For he who findeth me findeth life, and he obtaineth favor from the Lord.

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

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

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

⁸ Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes, only unto these men do nothing, since they have once come under the shadow of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one man came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge; now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sorely upon the man Lot, and they came near to break the door.

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.

²⁴ And Zedekiah, the son of Kena’anah, went near, and struck Michayhu on the cheek, and said, Which way passed the Spirit of the Lord away from me to speak with thee!

²⁷ And say, Thus hath said the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with sparing bread and with sparing water, until I come home in peace.

²⁰ And the spirit of God endued Zechariah the son of Yehoyada’ the priest, and he stood up above the people, and he said unto them, Thus hath said the true God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord? ye cannot prosper so; because as ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you. ²¹ And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. ²² And king Joash did not remember the kindness which Yehoyada’ his father had shown to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord will see this, and require my blood.

¹⁵ Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amazyahu, and he sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, that have not delivered their own people out of thy hand? 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.

¹⁶ But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scorned his prophets, until the fury of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

¹² A scorner loveth not that one should admonish him: unto the wise doth he not go.

⁹ Speak not before the ears of a fool; for he will despise the intelligence of thy words.

¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt indeed rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin on account of him.

⁶ And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Yephunneh, of those that had spied out the land, rent their garments. 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. ¹⁰ But all the congregation said to stone them with stones: when the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation unto all the children of Israel.

⁷ Then said Nathan to David, Thou art the man! Thus hath said the Lord, the God of Israel, It is I who anointed thee as king over Israel, and it is I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; ⁸ And I gave unto thee the house of thy master, and put the wives of thy master into thy bosom, and gave unto thee the house of Israel and Judah: and if this be too little, I could bestow on thee yet many more like these things. ⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon. ¹⁰ And now, the sword shall not depart from thy house for ever; for the reason that thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriyah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus hath said the Lord, Behold, I will raise up against thee evil out of thy own house, and I will take away thy wives before thy eyes, and I will give them unto thy neighbor; and he shall lie with thy wives before the face of this sun. ¹² For thou hast done it in secret; but I will surely do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. ¹³ Then said David unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, Also the Lord hath caused thy sin to pass away: thou shalt not die. ¹⁴ Nevertheless, because thou hast given great cause to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme through this thing, the child also that hath been born unto thee shall surely die.

²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, here is Nathan the prophet: and when he was come in before the king, he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground.

³² And king David said, Call unto me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’. And they came before the king.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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.

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.

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

⁵ Then wilt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and the knowledge of God wilt thou find.

³ Nor have I learned wisdom, so that I should have knowledge of the Holy One.

¹³ The end of the matter is, let us hear the whole: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.

² In order that you mayest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and in order that thy days may be prolonged.

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.

²⁷ The fear of the Lord increaseth man’s days; but the years of the wicked will be shortened.

² Can a man be serviceable unto God? Truly the intelligent is serviceable unto himself. ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous? or is it any gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

²¹ Do but become acquainted with him, and be at peace: thereby will happiness come unto thee.

⁶ If thou sin, what dost thou effect against him? and if thy transgressions be multiplied, what canst thou do unto him? ⁷ If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what doth he accept out of thy hand?

²⁶ The desire of the laborer laboreth for him; for his mouth imposeth it on him.

²² And now be ye no longer scornful, lest your bonds be made strong; for as completed and fully decreed have I heard it from the Lord Eternal of hosts over all the earth.

²⁰ The soul that sinneth, she alone shall die; the son shall not help to bear the iniquity of the father and the father shall not help to bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

⁶ So that she cannot balance the path of life; her tracks are unsteady, and she knoweth it not.

¹¹ (She is noisy and ungovernable; in her house her feet never rest;

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of a roof, than with a quarrelsome woman in a roomy house.

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

¹⁰ And, behold, a woman came to meet him with the attire of a harlot, and obdurate of heart. ¹¹ (She is noisy and ungovernable; in her house her feet never rest; ¹² At one time she is in the street, at another in the open places, and near every corner doth she lurk,)

³ She hath sent forth her maidens: she inviteth her guests upon the top of the highest places of the town.

¹³ And she caught hold of him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face she said to him, ¹⁴ “I had bound myself to bring peace-offerings; this day have I paid my vows: ¹⁵ Therefore am I come forth to meet thee, to seek thy presence diligently, and I have found thee.

²⁵ Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray on her paths. ²⁶ For many deadly wounded hath she caused to fall: yea, very numerous are all those slain by her. ²⁷ The ways to the nether world is her house leading down to the chambers of death.

²⁷ For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow well. ²⁸ She also lieth in wait like a robber, and she increaseth the treacherous among men.

⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that is void of sense, she saith to him,

⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

²⁴ And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he dismissed the men, and they departed. ²⁵ But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha’ said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gechazi? And he said, Thy servant went not hither or thither. 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.

¹⁸ Come, let us indulge in love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with dalliances. ¹⁹ For the man is not in his house, he is gone on a journey a great way off: ²⁰ The bag of money hath he taken with him, by the day of the new-moon festival only will he come home.”

¹⁷ Bread of falsehood is pleasant to a man; but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel-stones.

³¹ Do not look on the wine when it looketh red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it glideth down so readily. ³² At the last it will bite like a serpent, and like a basilisk will it sting.

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman: she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wrong.

⁵ They know not, nor will they understand; in darkness do they walk on: all the foundations of the earth are moved.

¹⁸ For she sinketh unto death—her house, and unto the departed lead her tracks. ¹⁹ All that come unto her return not again, and they will not reach the paths of life.

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

²⁶ For by means of a harlot one is brought down to the last loaf of bread: and an adulterous woman will even hunt for the precious life,

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