Proverbs 9 Cross References - MKJV

¹ Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out her seven pillars; ² she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. ³ She has sent out her young women; she cries upon the highest places of the city, ⁴ The simple one, let him turn in here. To one lacking heart, she says to him, ⁵ Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed. ⁶ Forsake the foolish and live; and go in the way of understanding. ⁷ One rebuking a scorner gets shame to himself; and one rebuking a wicked one gets himself a blemish. ⁸ Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; give to a wise man, and he will love you. ⁹ Give to a wise one, and he will be still wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning. ¹⁰ The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. ¹¹ For by Me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. ¹² If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself; but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it. ¹³ A foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and knows nothing. ¹⁴ For she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city, ¹⁵ to call those who pass by, who are going straight on their ways; ¹⁶ The simple one, let him turn in here. And to one lacking heart, she says to him, ¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. ¹⁸ But he does not know that the dead are there; her guests are in the depths of hell.

⁶ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make wise, she took of its fruit, and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

⁸ Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man. I pray you, let me bring them out to you, and you do to them as you see fit. But do nothing to these men, for this is why they came under the shadow of my roof. ⁹ And they said, Stand back! And they said, This one came in to stay, and must he judge always? Now we will deal worse with you than with them. And they pressed hard upon the man, Lot, and came near to breaking the door.

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring the men into the house, and kill an animal and make ready. For the men shall dine with me at noon.

¹⁷ You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall always rebuke your neighbor, and not allow sin on him.

⁶ And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those that searched the land, tore their clothes. ⁷ And they spoke to all the company of the sons of Israel saying, The land which we passed through to search is an exceedingly good land. ⁸ If Jehovah delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey. ⁹ Only do not rebel against Jehovah, neither fear the people of the land. For they are bread for us. Their protection has moved from them, and Jehovah is with us. Do not fear them. ¹⁰ But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the sons of Israel.

² that you might fear Jehovah your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life, and so that your days may be prolonged.

⁷ And Nathan said to David, You are the man! So says Jehovah, the God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. ⁸ And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that was too little, I would have given to you such and such things besides. ⁹ Why have you despised the Word of Jehovah, to do evil in His sight? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. ¹⁰ And therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. ¹¹ So says Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. ¹² For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. ¹³ And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said to David, Jehovah also has put away your sin; you shall not die. ¹⁴ Only, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of Jehovah to blaspheme, this child born to you shall surely die.

²³ And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And he came in before the king, and bowed before the king with his face to the ground.

³² And King David said, Call Zadok the priest to me, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

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

⁶ And he made a porch of pillars. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits. And the porch was before them, and the pillars and the roof were over them.

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

¹⁷ And it happened when Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Are you he that troubles Israel?

²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of Jehovah.

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is still one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of Jehovah. But I hate him, for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

²⁴ But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way did the Spirit of Jehovah go from me to speak to you?

²⁷ and say, So says the king, Put this one in the prison and feed him with bread of affliction and the water of affliction, until I come in peace.

²⁴ And he came to the hill, and he took from their hand and stowed them in the house. And he let the men go, and they departed. ²⁵ And he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Where from, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant did not go here or there. ²⁶ And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive silver and to receive clothing and olive-yards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and menservants and maidservants? ²⁷ And the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your seed forever. And he went out from his presence as leprous as snow.

⁹ And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind. For Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you. But if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.

²⁰ And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people and said to them, So says God, Why do you transgress the commandments of Jehovah so that you cannot be blessed? Because you have forsaken Jehovah, He has 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 Jehovah. ²² And Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah will seek you out.

¹⁵ And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent to him a prophet who said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people which could not deliver their own people out of your hand? ¹⁶ And it happened as he talked with him, the king said to him, Have we made you of the king's counsel? Stop! Why should you be stricken? And the prophet stopped. And he said, I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words, and ill-treated His prophets until the wrath of Jehovah arose against His people, until there was no healing.

² Can a man be useful to God, as he who is wise may be useful to himself? ³ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that you are righteous, or gain to Him that you make your ways perfect?

²¹ Now be of service with Him, and be at peace. Good shall come to you by them.

²⁸ And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

⁶ If you sin, what do you do against Him? Or if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to Him? ⁷ If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

⁷ The Law of Jehovah is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making the simple wise.

²⁶ The meek shall eat and be satisfied; those who seek Jehovah shall praise Him; your heart shall live forever.

²⁹ All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.

⁴ I have not sat with lying men, neither will I go in with hypocrites. ⁵ I have hated the congregation of evil-doers, and will not sit with the wicked. ⁶ I will wash my hands in innocency; so I will go around Your altar, O Jehovah,

¹⁰ Listen, O daughter, and look; and bow down your ear; and forget your own people and your father's house.

¹¹ The Lord gave the Word; the bearers of it were a great army.

⁵ They neither know nor will understand; they walk on in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

¹⁰ The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; all practicing them have good understanding; His praise stands forever.

¹¹⁵ Depart from me, you evil-doers, for I will keep the Commandments of my God.

¹³⁰ The entrance of Your Words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

⁵ Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him correct me, it is oil on my head, let not my head refuse it; for still my prayer also shall be against their wickedness.

⁵ the wise hears and increases learning; and understanding ones get wisdom;

⁷ The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

²⁰ Wisdom cries outside; she utters her voice in the streets; ²¹ she cries in the chief place of gathering, in the openings of the gates; in the city she utters her words, saying, ²² How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge?

²² How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge? ²³ Turn at my warning; behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

⁵ then you shall understand the fear of Jehovah and find the knowledge of God.

¹⁸ For her house bows down to death, and her paths to the dead. ¹⁹ All who go in to her do not return, nor do they take hold of the paths of life,

² for they shall add length of days, and long life, and peace to you.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand, riches and honor.

¹¹ I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in the right paths.

¹⁴ Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not into the way of evil. ¹⁵ Avoid it; do not pass by it; turn from it, and pass on!

⁵ Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell, ⁶ lest you should meditate on the path of life, her tracks are movable; you cannot know them.

²⁶ For by means of a harlot a man comes to a piece of bread; and another man's wife will hunt for the precious life.

³² Whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding; he who does it destroys his own soul.

¹⁰ And, behold, there a woman met him, with the dress of a harlot and a guarded heart. ¹¹ She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house;

¹¹ She is loud and stubborn; her feet do not stay in her house; ¹² now she is outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner. ¹³ And she caught him and kissed him, and with a hard face she said to him, ¹⁴ I have peace offerings with me; today I have paid my vows. ¹⁵ so I came out to meet you, earnestly to seek your face, and I have found you.

¹⁸ Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us delight ourselves with caresses. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey; ²⁰ he has taken a bag of silver with him and will come home at the day of the full moon.

²⁵ Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, do not go astray in her paths. ²⁶ For she has cast down many wounded; yea, many strong men have been slain by her. ²⁷ Her house is the way to hell, going down to the rooms of death.

²⁷ Her house is the way to hell, going down to the rooms of death.

¹ Does not wisdom call? And does not understanding put forth her voice? ² She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the path. ³ She cries in the gates, before the entrance of the city, at the doors.

⁵ O simple ones, understand wisdom; and, fools, be of an understanding heart.

³⁵ For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.

² she has killed her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. ³ She has sent out her young women; she cries upon the highest places of the city, ⁴ The simple one, let him turn in here. To one lacking heart, she says to him, ⁵ Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.

¹¹ For by Me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.

¹⁴ For she sits at the door of her house, in a seat in the high places of the city,

¹⁶ The simple one, let him turn in here. And to one lacking heart, she says to him, ¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

¹⁷ He who keeps instruction is in the way of life; but he who refuses reproof goes astray.

²⁷ The fear of Jehovah prolongs days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

¹⁸ Poverty and shame shall be to him who refuses instruction, but he who listens to correction shall be honored.

²⁰ He who walks with the wise shall be wise, but a companion with fools shall be destroyed.

¹² A scorner does not love one who corrects him, nor will he go to the wise.

²⁶ He who labors works for himself, for his mouth craves it from him.

¹⁷ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a quarrelsome woman and to share a house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome and angry woman.

⁹ Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

²⁷ For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow pit. ²⁸ She also lies in wait as for prey, and increases the treacherous among men.

³⁰ Those who stay long at the wine, those who go to seek mixed wine. ³¹ Do not look upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it goes down smoothly ³² At the last it bites like an asp and stings like an adder.

¹² As a ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon a hearing ear.

²³ He who rebukes a man shall afterwards find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

¹ A man who hardens his neck when reproved shall be suddenly broken, and there will be no healing.

³ I have not learned wisdom, nor the knowledge of the holy.

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no evil.

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God, and keep His commandments. For this is the whole duty of man.

¹ I have come into My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I have drunk My wine with My milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O Beloved.

² I would lead You, and bring You into my mother's house. You would instruct me; I would cause You to drink spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

⁶ And in this mountain Jehovah of Hosts shall make a feast of fat things for all the people, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of refined wine on the lees.

²² So then do not be mockers, lest your bands be made strong; for I have heard from the Lord Jehovah of Hosts that a full end is decreed on all the earth.

¹ Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat. Yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. ² Why do you weigh silver for what is not bread? and your labor for what never satisfies? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. ³ Bow down your ear, and come to Me; hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

¹² Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of Jehovah, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd. And their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not pine away any more at all. ¹³ Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their affliction. ¹⁴ And I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says Jehovah.

²⁰ The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.

³ Then we shall know, if we follow on to know Jehovah. His going out is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

⁶ Do not give that which is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and tear you.

¹³ Go in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in through it. ¹⁴ Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

²⁵ At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank You, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the sophisticated and cunning, and revealed them to babes.

²⁷ All things are delivered to Me by My Father. And no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son will reveal Him.

¹¹ He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them. ¹² For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance. But whoever does not have, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.

¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

³ And he sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come.

³ And he sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage.

⁴ Again he sent out other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage. ⁵ But not caring, they went their ways, one to his field, another to his trading. ⁶ And the rest took his servants and treated them spitefully, and killed them. ⁷ But when the king heard, he was angry. And he sent out his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. ⁸ Then he said to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy. ⁹ Therefore go into the exits of the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite them to the marriage.

⁹ Therefore go into the exits of the highways, and as many as you shall find, invite them to the marriage. ¹⁰ So the servants went out into the highways and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. And the wedding was filled with reclining guests. ¹¹ And the king coming in to look over the guests, he saw a man there who did not have on a wedding garment. ¹² And he said to him, Friend, how did you come in here without having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. ¹⁴ For many are called, but few chosen.

²⁶ And as they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat, this is My body. ²⁷ And He took the cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink all of it. ²⁸ For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

⁴⁹ Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute,

²⁴ Strive to enter in at the narrow gate. For I say to you, many will seek to enter in and shall not be able.

¹⁶ And He said to him, A certain man made a great supper and invited many. ¹⁷ And he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

¹⁷ And he sent his servant at supper time to say to those who were invited, Come, for all things are now ready.

²¹ And coming up that servant reported these things to his lord. And the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and the maimed, and the lame and the blind. ²² And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and still there is room. ²³ And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled.

²⁷ Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

⁴⁹ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died. ⁵⁰ This is the Bread which comes down from Heaven, so that a man may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he shall live forever. And truly the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² Then the Jews argued with one another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³ Then Jesus says to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink His blood, you do not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ Whoever partakes of My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who partakes of My flesh and drinks My blood dwells in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father has sent Me, and I live through the Father, so he who partakes of Me, even he shall live by Me. ⁵⁸ This is the Bread which came down from Heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and died; he who partakes of this Bread shall live forever.

³⁷ And in the last day of the great feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

³ And this is life eternal, that they might know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in the synagogue and in the temple, where the Jews always resort, and I have said nothing in secret.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he earnestly testified and exhorted, saying, Be saved from this perverse generation.

⁸ But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead.

¹⁵ And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace and bring glad tidings of good things!"

⁹ For of God we are fellow-workers, a field of God, and you are a building of God. ¹⁰ According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds on it. But let every man be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹ For any other foundation can no one lay than the one being laid, who is Jesus Christ. ¹² And if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble, ¹³ each one's work shall be revealed. For the Day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try each one's work as to what kind it is. ¹⁴ If anyone's work which he built remains, he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵ If anyone's work shall be burned up, he shall suffer loss. But he shall be saved, yet so as by fire.

⁷ Therefore purge out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us. ⁸ Therefore let us keep the feast; not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

²⁰ Then we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as God exhorting through us, we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. ²¹ For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

¹⁷ Therefore come out from among them and be separated, says the Lord, and do not touch the unclean thing. And I will receive you

⁹ and knowing the grace given to me, James, and Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, gave right hands of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we go to the nations, but they to the circumcision.

¹¹ But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was to be blamed. ¹² For before some came from James, he ate with the nations. But when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, so as even Barnabas was led away with their dissembling. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they did not walk uprightly with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before all, If you, being a Jew, live as a Gentile, and not as the Jews, why do you compel the nations to judaize?

²⁰ and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, ²¹ in whom every building having been fitly framed together, grows into a holy sanctuary in the Lord; ²² in whom you also are built together for a dwelling place of God through the Spirit.

¹² For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret.

¹⁵ But if I should delay, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

⁴ he is proud, knowing nothing. He is sick concerning doubts and arguments, from which comes envy, strife, evil speakings, evil suspicions,

³ For He was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who has built the house has more honor than the house. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God. ⁵ And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken afterward. ⁶ But Christ was faithful as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

⁴ For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and have tasted the good Word of God and the powers of the world to come, ⁶ and who have fallen away; it is impossible, I say, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify the Son of God afresh to themselves and put Him to an open shame. ⁷ (For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth plants fit for those by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God. ⁸ But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected and is a curse, whose end is to be burned.)

¹⁴ But each one is tempted by his lusts, being drawn away and seduced by them. ¹⁵ Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin. And sin, when it is fully formed, brings forth death.

⁵ you also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. ⁶ Therefore also it is contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner Stone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him shall never be ashamed."

³ First, knowing this, that there will come in the last days scoffers walking according to their own lusts ⁴ and saying, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation. ⁵ For this is hidden from them by their willing it, that the heavens were of old, and the earth out of the water, and through water, being held together by the Word of God,

¹⁵ And think of the long-suffering of our Lord as salvation (as our beloved brother Paul also has written to you according to the wisdom given to him ¹⁶ as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction).

¹⁶ as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which the unlearned and unstable pervert, as also they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction).

¹⁸ But grow in grace and in knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and know that no lie is of the truth.

¹³ I have written these things to you who believe on the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God.

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God has come, and He has given us an understanding so that we may know Him who is true. And we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and the everlasting life.

¹² Him who overcomes I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will go out no more. And I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God, and My new name.

¹⁷ Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, ¹⁸ I counsel you to buy from Me gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed, and so that the shame of your nakedness does not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.

⁴ And I heard another voice from Heaven, saying, Come out of her, My people, that you may not be partakers of her sins, and that you may not receive of her plagues.

¹⁷ And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let the one hearing say, Come! And let the one who is thirsty come. And he willing, let him take of the Water of Life freely.