Proverbs 4 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding. ² For, good teaching, have I given you, mine instruction, do not ye forsake. ³ For, a son, became I to my father, tender and most precious in the sight of my mother. ⁴ So he taught me, and said to me––Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live! ⁵ Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding, Do not forget, neither decline thou from the sayings of my mouth. ⁶ Do not forsake her, and she will guard thee,––love her and she will keep thee. ⁷ The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding. ⁸ Exalt her, and she will set thee on high, she will bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her: ⁹ She will give for thy head, a wreath of beauty, A crown of adorning, will she bestow upon thee. ¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life. ¹¹ In the way of wisdom, have I taught thee, I have guided thee in tracks of uprightness. ¹² When thou walkest, thy step shall not be hemmed in, and, if thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. ¹³ Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,––keep her, for, she, is thy life.
¹⁴ Upon the path of the lawless, do not thou enter, and do not advance in the way of the wicked: ¹⁵ Avoid it, do not pass thereon––turn from it, and depart. ¹⁶ For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief,––They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble, ¹⁷ For they consume bread gotten by lawlessness, and, wine obtained by violence, they drink. ¹⁸ But, the path of the righteous, is as the light of dawn,––going on and brightening, unto meridian day. ¹⁹ The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.
²⁰ My son, to my words, attend, to my sayings, incline thou thine ear; ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart; ²² For, life, they are, to them who find them,––and, to every part of one’s flesh, they bring healing. ²³ Above all that must be guarded, keep thou thy heart, for, out of it, are the issues of life. ²⁴ Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee. ²⁵ Let, thine eyes, right onward, look,––and, thine eyelashes, point straight before thee. ²⁶ Make level the track of thy foot, that, all thy ways, may be directed aright: ²⁷ Decline not, to the right hand or to the left,––Turn away thy foot from wickedness.

¹¹ Come, ye children! hearken unto me, The reverence of Yahweh, will I teach you.

⁸ Hear, my son, the correction of thy father, and do not reject the instruction of thy mother;

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee; ² So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding; ³ Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice; ⁴ If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her, ⁵ Then, shalt thou understand the reverence of Yahweh, and, the knowledge of God, shalt thou find.

¹ My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear:

²⁰ Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother: ²¹ Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck; ²² When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee: ²³ For, a lamp, is the commandment, and, the instruction, a light, and, the way of life, are the reproofs of correction:

⁴ Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding:

³² Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken to me, for how happy are they who, to my ways, pay regard! ³³ Hear ye correction, and be wise, and do not neglect. ³⁴ How happy the man that doth hearken to me,––keeping guard at my doors, day by day, watching at the posts of my gates; ³⁵ For, he that findeth me, findeth life, and hath obtained favour from Yahweh; ³⁶ But, he that misseth me, wrongeth his own soul, all who hate me, love death.

²⁰ Hear counsel, receive correction, that thou mayest be wise in thine after–life.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear and hear the words of wise men, then, thy heart, wilt thou apply to my teaching;

¹¹ Even as ye know how, unto each one of you, we were as a father unto his own children, consoling you, and soothing, and calling to witness,–– ¹² To the end ye might be walking in a manner worthy of God, who is calling you unto his own kingdom and glory,

¹ For this cause, it behoveth us, with unwonted firmness, to be holding fast unto the things that have been heard, lest, at any time, we drift away.

² Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew,––As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.

⁹ Thou, therefore, Solomon my son, Know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for, all hearts, doth Yahweh search, and, every devised purpose, doth he understand,––If thou seek him, He will be found of thee, but, if thou forsake him, He will cast thee off for ever.

¹⁹ But, if, ye yourselves, shall turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you,––and shall go and serve other gods, and bow down to them,

⁴ Since thou hast said, Right is my doctrine, and pure am I in his eyes.

³ Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

¹ [To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. A Melody.]
Hear ye this, all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world; ² Both sons of the low, And sons of the high,––Together both rich and needy:–– ³ My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:

³⁰ If his sons forsake my law, And, in my regulations, do not walk; ³¹ If, my statutes, they profane, And, my commandments, do not keep: ³² Then will I punish, with a rod, their transgression; And, with stripes, their iniquity:

⁶ Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity; ⁷ For, faithfulness, shall my mouth softly utter, but, the abomination of my lips, shall be lawlessness; ⁸ In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse; ⁹ All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

²⁰ Have I not written for thee noble things, with counsels and knowledge: ²¹ To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.

¹⁶ Jesus, therefore, answered them, and said––My teaching, is not mine, but his who sent me. ¹⁷ If any one intend, his will, to do, he shall get to know concerning the teaching––whether it is, of God, or, I, from myself, am speaking,

⁶ These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied.

⁹ Holding fast, in the matter of his teaching, the faithful word, that he may be able both to encourage with his healthful instruction, and, the gainsayers, to refute.

²⁴ And David consoled Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her,––and she bare a son, and called his name, Solomon, and Yahweh loved him. ²⁵ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and called his name Jedidiah[=Beloved of Yah], for Yahweh’s sake.

¹³ Go, and get thee in unto King David, and thou shalt say unto him––Didst not, thou thyself, my lord O king, swear unto thy handmaid, saying––Solomon thy son, shall become king after me, yea, he, shall sit upon my throne? Why, then, hath, Adonijah, become king? ¹⁴ Lo! while thou art yet speaking there with the king, I also, will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. ¹⁵ So Bath–sheba went in unto the king, into the chamber, now, the king, was very old,––and Abishag the Shunammite, was ministering unto the king. ¹⁶ And Bath–sheba bowed, and did homage unto the king,––and the king said––What aileth thee? ¹⁷ And she said unto him––My lord, thou thyself, didst swear by Yahweh thy God, unto thy handmaid, Assuredly, Solomon thy son, shall become king after me,––yea, he, shall sit upon my throne.

⁵ And, these, were born to him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon––four, by Bathshua, daughter of Ammiel;

⁵ And David said, Solomon my son, is young and tender, and, the house to be built, must be great and lofty and famous and beautiful, for all lands,––oh let me then prepare for it. So David prepared abundantly, before his death.

¹ Then said David the king unto all the convocation, Solomon my son, the one, of whom God hath made choice, is young and tender,––and, the work, is great, seeing that, not for man, is the palace, but for Yahweh Elohim.

²³ I know, O Yahweh, That, not to a son of earth, pertaineth his own path,––Not, to the man who walketh, also to direct his own steps.

¹⁰ But I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitant of Jerusalem, the spirit of favour, and of supplications, and they will look unto me, whom they have pierced,––and will wail over him, as one waileth over an only son, and will make bitter outcry over him, as one maketh bitter outcry over a firstborn.

¹⁶ The same thing, one to another regarding,––not the lofty things regarding, but, by the lowly, being led along. Be not getting presumptuous in your own opinion:

¹⁹ For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice,––To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.

³ After the doings of the land of Egypt wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do,––And, after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither, I, am bringing you in, shall ye not do, And, in their statutes, shall ye not walk: ⁴ My regulations, shall ye do, And, my statutes, shall ye observe, to walk therein,––I––Yahweh, am your God. ⁵ Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which, if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them,––I, am Yahweh.

⁹ Only take thou heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life,––but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons, and unto thy sons’ sons:––

⁶ so shall these words, which I, am commanding thee today, be upon thy heart;

¹¹ Now, my son, Yahweh be with thee,––so shalt thou be prosperous, and shalt build the house of Yahweh thy God, according as he hath spoken concerning thee. ¹² Only Yahweh give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge over Israel,––so that thou take heed unto the law of Yahweh thy God. ¹³ Then, shalt thou prosper, if thou take heed to do the statutes and the regulations, which Yahweh commanded Moses, concerning Israel,––be strong and bold, thou mayst not be in fear, nor be dismayed. ¹⁴ Lo! then, in my humiliation, have I prepared for the house of Yahweh, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and of silver a thousand thousand talents, and, as for bronze and iron, without weight, for, an abundance, hath it become,––timber also and stone, have I prepared, and, thereunto, thou canst add. ¹⁵ And, with thee, in abundance, are workmen, hewers and carvers of stone and wood,––and every sort of wise man, in all manner of work: ¹⁶ for gold and for silver and for bronze and for iron, without number. Arise and do, and Yahweh be with thee!

¹¹ In my heart, have I treasured what thou hast said, to the end I may not sin against thee.

¹ My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe;

² Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

⁶ Train up a youth, in the direction of his duty, even when he becometh old, he will not depart from it.

³ Incline your ear, and come unto me, Hearken, That your soul, may live,––That I may solemnise for you a covenant age–abiding, The Lovingkindness to David, well–assured.

⁵⁰ And I know that, his commandment, is, life age–abiding; The things, therefore, which I speak, just as the Father hath told me, so, I speak.

⁴ And ye fathers, be not provoking your children to anger, but be nourishing them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

⁵ A reminder, having received, of the unfeigned faith, that is in thee,––such, as dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and in thy mother Eunice,––I am persuaded, moreover, that [it dwelleth], in thee also.

¹⁵ And that, from a babe, those sacred letters, thou hast known which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through the faith which is in Christ Jesus:

⁹ And, being made perfect, became, to all them that obey him, Author of salvation age–abiding;

² And he did that which was right, in the eyes of Yahweh,––and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside, to the right hand or to the left.

¹¹ Of his steps, my foot taketh hold, His way, have I kept, and not swerved;

¹⁸ Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;

⁵¹ Insolent men, have derided me exceedingly, From thy law, have I not swerved.

¹⁵⁷ Many, are my persecutors and mine adversaries, From thy testimonies, have I not swerved.

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge? ²³ Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you.

² So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding; ³ Yea if, for understanding, thou cry aloud, for knowledge, utter thy voice; ⁴ If thou seek her as silver, and, like hid treasure, thou search for her,

¹³ How happy the man who hath found wisdom, and the man who draweth forth understanding, ¹⁴ For better is her merchandise, than the merchandise of silver, yea, than gold, her increase; ¹⁵ More precious, is she, than corals, yea, none of thy delightful things, doth equal her: ¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour; ¹⁷ Her ways, are ways of pleasantness, and, all her paths, are peace; ¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

⁵ Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;

¹⁶ To acquire wisdom, how much better than gold! and, to get hold of understanding, more choice than silver!

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.

¹ A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.

⁸ He that acquireth sense, loveth his own soul, he that guardeth understanding, shall find blessing.

²³ Truth, buy thou, but do not sell, wisdom, and correction, and understanding.

⁵ But, if any of you is sinning short of wisdom, let him be asking of God, Who giveth unto all freely and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him;

¹⁰ When wisdom entereth thy heart, and, knowledge, to thy soul, is sweet, ¹¹ Discretion, shall watch over thee, understanding, shall preserve thee:–– ¹² To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;

²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, keep them in the midst of thy heart; ²² For, life, they are, to them who find them,––and, to every part of one’s flesh, they bring healing.

¹⁷ That the Christ may dwell, through means of your faith, in your hearts, in love, having become rooted and founded,

¹⁰ And with all manner of deceit of unrighteousness, in them who are destroying themselves, because, the love of the truth, they did not welcome, that they might be saved; ––

¹⁶ Do not fear, When a man becometh rich, When the glory of his house increaseth; ¹⁷ For, when he dieth, he shall take, nothing, his glory shall not descend after him; ¹⁸ For, though, his own self––while he lived, he used to bless, And they will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself, ¹⁹ He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light. ²⁰ A son of earth though wealthy, who discerneth not, Hath made himself a by–word, Beasts, they resemble.

¹⁰⁴ Out of thy precepts, will I get understanding, For this cause, do I hate every false way.

⁶ The gaining of treasures with a tongue of falsehood, is a vapour driven away, [they who seek them] seek death.

⁴ I enlarged my works,––I built me houses, I planted me vineyards; ⁵ I made me gardens, and parks,––I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit; ⁶ I made me pools of water,––to irrigate therefrom the thick–set saplings growing up into trees: ⁷ I acquired, men–servants and women–servants, and, the children of the household, were mine,––also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem; ⁸ I heaped me up, both silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and provinces,––I provided me singing–men and singing–women, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and wives. ⁹ So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem,––moreover, my wisdom, remained with me;

⁸ Here is one, without a second, even son or brother, he hath none, yet is there no end to all his toil, even his eye, is not satisfied with riches,––neither [saith he] For whom, am I toiling, and letting my soul want good? Even this, was vanity, yea a vexatious employment, it was!

¹² For, a protection, is wisdom, and, a protection, is silver,––but, the advantage of knowledge, is, that, wisdom, giveth life to the possessors thereof.

¹⁶ Then said, I, Better is wisdom than strength,––although, the wisdom of the poor man, be despised, and, his words, not heard. ¹⁷ The words of the wise, in quietness, are heard,––beyond the outcry of one who ruleth over dullards. ¹⁸ Better is wisdom, than weapons of war,––but, one sinner, may destroy much good.

⁴⁴ The kingdom of the heavens is like unto, a treasure hid in the field, which a man, finding, hid,––and, by reason of his joy, withdraweth and selleth whatsoever he hath, and buyeth that field. ⁴⁵ Again, the kingdom of the heavens is, like, unto, a merchant, seeking beautiful pearls,–– ⁴⁶ and, finding one very precious pearl, departing, he at once sold all things, whatsoever he had, and bought it.

³⁶ For, what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and be made to forfeit his life? ³⁷ For what can a man, give, in exchange for his life?

⁴² Of few things, is there need, or, of one; Mary, in fact, hath chosen, the good part,––one which shall not be taken away from her.

²⁰ But God said unto him––Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

⁸ Yea, doubtless! and I account all things to be, loss, because of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for the sake of whom, the loss, of all things, have I suffered, and do account them refuse, in order that, Christ, I may win,

³⁰ Hence, the oracle of Yahweh God of Israel, I, said, that, thy house, and the house of thy father, should go to and fro in my presence, unto times age–abiding: But, now, (is the oracle of Yahweh)––Be it far from me! For, them who honour me, will I honour, but, they who despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.

⁵ In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared unto Solomon, in a dream by night,––and God said, Ask, what I shall give thee. ⁶ Then said Solomon––Thou, didst deal, with thy servant David my father, in great lovingkindness, according 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 lovingkindness, that thou hast given unto him a son, to sit upon his throne, as it is this day. ⁷ Now, therefore, O Yahweh my God, thou, hast made thy servant king, instead of David my father,––and, I, am but a little child, I know not how to go out and come in. ⁸ And, thy servant, is in the midst of thy people, whom thou hast chosen,––a numerous people, that cannot be numbered or summed up, for multitude. ⁹ Wilt thou, then, give unto thy servant, a heart that hearkeneth, to judge thy people, to discern between good and bad,––for who is able to judge this thine honoured people? ¹⁰ And the thing was good 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 many days, nor asked for thyself riches, nor asked the lives of thine enemies,––but hast asked for thyself discernment, in hearing a cause, ¹² lo! I have done according to thy word,––lo! I have given unto thee a wise and discerning heart, so that, like thee, hath been none, before thee, and, after thee, shall rise up none, like thee. ¹³ Moreover also, what thou hast not asked, have I given unto thee, both riches and honour,––so that there hath been none, like thee, among the kings, all thy days.

³⁵ Honour, shall the wise inherit,––but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.

⁴ The reward of humility, is the reverence of Yahweh, riches, and honour, and life.

³ and, they who make wise, shall shine like the shining of the expanse,––and, they who bring the many to righteousness, like the stars to times age–abiding and beyond.

⁹ For, a wreath of beauty, shall they be to thy head, and chains of ornament, to thy neck.

²² So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

³¹ A crown of adorning, is a hoary head, in the way of righteousness, it should be found.

⁵ In that day, will Yahweh of hosts become, A crown of beauty, and, A diadem of majesty,––Unto the remnant of his people:

⁹ In the same way, that, the women, in seemly attire, with modesty and sober–mindedness, be adorning themselves,––not with plaitings and ornamentation of gold, or with pearls, or with costly apparel,–– ¹⁰ But, which becometh women promising godliness, through means of good works.

⁷ Thou hast made him less, some little, than messengers, With glory and honour, hast thou crowned him,––[And hast set him over the works of thy hands]; ⁸ All things, hast thou subjected beneath his feet. For, in subjecting, [to him] the all things, nothing, left he, to him unsubjected; But now, not yet, do we see, to him, the all things subjected; –– ⁹ But, Jesus, made some little less than messengers, we do behold: by reason of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour, to the end that, by favour of God, in behalf of every one, he might taste of death.

⁴ But the hidden character, of the heart,––in the incorruptible [ornament] of the quiet, and meek, spirit, which is, in presence of God, of great price.

⁴ And, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall bear away, the unfading crown of glory.

²¹ He that overcometh, I will give, unto him, to take his seat with me in my throne, as, I also, overcame, and took my seat with my Father in his throne.

¹⁶ Honour thy father, and thy mother, as Yahweh thy God hath commanded, thee,––that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, upon the soil which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee:

² that thou mayest revere Yahweh thy God, [so as] to keep all his statutes and his commandments which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son and thy sons’ son, all the days of thy life,––and that thy days may be prolonged.

²² Accept, I beseech thee, from his mouth––instruction,––and lay up his sayings in thy heart.

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my sayings, and, my commandments, wilt treasure up by thee;

² For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they add to thee.

¹⁶ Length of days, is in her right hand, in her left, are riches and honour;

¹⁰ Receive my correction, and not silver, and knowledge, rather than choicest gold.

²⁰ For hear, O ye women, the word of Yahweh, And let your ear take in the word of his mouth,––And teach your daughters a wail, Yea, each woman––her neighbour, a dirge:––

³² What he hath seen and heard, of, the same, he beareth witness,––and, his witness, no one, receiveth:–– ³³ He that hath received his witness, hath set seal––that, God, is, true.

¹³ And, for this cause, we, are also giving thanks unto God unceasingly, that, when ye received a spoken word from us––which was God’s, ye welcomed it––not as a human word, but, even as it truly is, a divine word,––which is also inwardly working itself in you who believe.

¹⁵ Faithful, the saying! and, of all acceptance, worthy,––that, Christ Jesus, came into the world, sinners, to save: of whom, the chief, am, I; ––

⁵ See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me,––that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it.

²³ As for me also, far be it from me, that I should sin against Yahweh, by ceasing to pray for you,––but I will direct you, in the good and right way. ²⁴ Only, revere Yahweh, and serve him in truth, with all your heart,––for see, what great things he hath done with you.

³ My life, he restoreth, He guideth me in right paths, for the sake of his Name.

⁴ Thy ways, O Yahweh, let me know, Thy paths, teach thou me: ⁵ Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:

⁴ So he taught me, and said to me––Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

⁶ Hear, for, princely things, will I speak, and the opening of my lips shall be of equity;

⁹ All of them, shall be plain, to them who would understand, and just, to such as would gain knowledge.

²⁰ In the way of righteousness, I march along, in the middle of the paths of justice:

⁹ Besides that, the Proclaimer being wise,––still further taught knowledge unto the people, and weighed and searched, arranged proverbs in abundance.

¹⁰ Said––O full of all guile, and all recklessness! Son of an adversary! Enemy of all righteousness!––Wilt thou not cease to pervert the straight ways of the Lord?

³⁷ Thou didst widen my stepping–places, under me,––so that mine ankles faltered not:

⁷ The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down; ⁸ For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

³⁶ Thou didst widen my stepping–places under me, so that, mine ankles, faltered not.

¹¹ For, his messengers, will he charge concerning thee, To keep thee, in all thy ways; ¹² On hands, will they bear thee up, Lest thou strike, against a stone, thy foot;

¹⁶⁵ Blessing in abundance, have the lovers of thy law, and nothing to make them stumble.

²³ Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble;

¹⁹ The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

²² When thou walkest abroad, it shall guide thee, when thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee, when thou wakest, it shall speak to thee:

⁹ With weeping, shall they come in, And, with supplications, will I lead them, I will bring them unto rivers of waters, By a smooth way, wherein they shall not stumble,––For I have become, to Israel, a father, And, as for Ephraim, my firstborn, is he!

⁹ Jesus answered––Are there not, twelve hours, in the day? If one walk in the day, he doth no stumble, because, the light of this world, he seeth; ¹⁰ But, if one walk in the night, he stumbleth, because, the light, is not in him.

³² Wherefore? Because, not by faith but as by works, [have they sought it]: they have stumbled at the stone of stumbling, ³³ Even as it is written––Lo! I lay in Zion, a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over, and, he that resteth faith thereupon, shall not be put to shame.

⁸ And a stone to strike against, and a rock to stumble over: Who stumble because, unto the word, they do not yield,––unto which also they have been appointed;

¹⁰ He that loveth his brother, is abiding, in the light, and, cause of stumbling, in him, is there none. ¹¹ Whereas, he that hateth his brother, in the darkness, dwelleth, and in the darkness, walketh; and knoweth not whither he is drifting, because the, darkness, hath blinded his eyes.

²⁶ Then said he––Let me go, for uprisen hath the dawn. And he said: I will not let thee go,––except, thou have blessed me.

⁴⁷ for it is not, too small a thing, for you, for, it, is your life,––and, hereby, shall ye prolong your days upon the soil whereunto ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.

¹⁸ A tree of life, is she, to them who secure her,––and, they who hold her fast, are every one to be pronounced happy.

⁴ Scarcely had I passed from them, when I found the beloved of my soul,––I caught him, and would not let him go, until that I had brought him into the house of my mother, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

²⁷ And, beginning from Moses, and from all the prophets, he thoroughly explained to them, in all the Scriptures, the things concerning himself. ²⁸ And they drew near unto the village, whither they were journeying; and, he, made for journeying, further. ²⁹ And they constrained him, saying––Abide with us; because it is, towards evening, and the day hath already declined. And he went in to abide with them.

³⁹ And, out of that city, many, believed on him––of the Samaritans,––by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness––He told me all things that ever I did. ⁴⁰ When, therefore, the Samaritans came unto him, they went on to request him to abide with them; and he abode there two days. ⁴¹ And, many more, believed by reason of his discourse; ⁴² and, unto the woman, began to say––No longer, by reason of thy talk, do we believe; for, we ourselves, have heard, and know that, This One, is, in truth, the Saviour of the world.

⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him––Lord! unto whom, shall we go? Declarations of life age–abiding, thou hast;

⁴² And they went on to give constant attention––unto the teaching of the apostles, and unto the fellowship, unto the breaking of bread, and unto the prayers.

²³ Who, arriving, and seeing the favour which was of God, rejoiced, and went on to beseech all, with the purpose of their heart, to abide [in] the Lord;

²¹ [But], all things, put to the proof––what is comely, hold ye fast:

¹³ I know where thou dwellest, where, the throne of Satan, is; and thou art holding fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas, my witness, my faithful one, who was killed near you, where, Satan, dwelleth.

¹¹ And, they, overcame him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of their witnessing word, and they loved not their life, even unto death.

¹ [BOOK THE FIRST]
¶ How happy the man, who hath not walked in the counsel of the lawless,––and, in the way of sinners, hath not stood, and, in the seat of scoffers, hath not sat;

⁴ I have not sat with men of deceit, nor, with dissemblers, would I enter; ⁵ I have hated the convocation of evil–doers, and, with lawless men, would I not sit;

¹⁰ My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent.

¹⁵ My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path.

⁶ Forsake the simple ones, and live, and advance in the way of understanding.

²⁰ He that walketh with the wise, becometh wise, but, the friend of dullards, becometh foolish.

³³ Be not deceiving yourselves,––evil communications corrupt gentle manners:––

⁷ From a matter of falsehood, thou shalt keep far away,––and, the innocent one and the righteous, do not thou slay, for I will not justify a lawless man.

¹⁴ If, iniquity, be in thy hand, Put it far away, and let there not dwell in thy tents perversity,

²³ If thou return unto the Almighty and submit thyself, if thou far remove perversity from thy tent,

⁸ Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house:

⁵ Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.

¹⁵ He that walketh righteously, And speaketh uprightly,––He that refuseth the gain of exactions, That shaketh his hands free from holding a bribe, That stoppeth his ear from hearkening to deeds of blood, And shutteth his eyes from giving countenance to wrong,

¹¹ And be not joining in fellowship in the unfruitful works of darkness, but, rather, be even administering reproof;

²² From every form of wickedness, abstain.

⁴ Iniquity, deviseth he upon his bed,––he taketh his stand in a way, not good, Wrong, doth he not abhor!

¹⁶ For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.

²⁰ But, the lawless, are like the sea when tossed,––For, rest, it cannot! But its waters toss out mire and dirt.

¹ Alas for them who devise iniquity and work wickedness upon their beds,––in the light of the morning, they will execute it, for it is in the power of their hand.

⁶⁶ And, when it became day, the Eldership of the people was gathered together––both High–priests and Scribes,––and they led him away into their high–council, saying––If, thou, art the Christ, tell us!

²⁸ So they lead Jesus from Caiaphas unto the judgment–hall. Now it was early; and, they themselves, entered not into the judgment–hall, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

¹⁴ Having, eyes, full of an adulteress, and that cannot rest from sin, enticing unstable souls, having, a heart trained in greed,––children of a curse,––

⁵ Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young; ⁶ In the field––a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;

⁴ Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people [as] they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.

¹⁷ Stolen waters, will be sweet,––and a secret meal, will be pleasant;

¹⁷ Sweet to a man, may be the bread of falsehood, but, afterward, shall his mouth be filled with gravel.

²⁶ For there have been found among my people, lawless men,––One lieth in wait, as with the stooping of fowlers, They have set a trap, they capture, men: ²⁷ As, a cage, is full of birds, So, are, their houses, full of unrighteous gain,––For this cause, have they become great, and waxen rich: ²⁸ They have waxed fat, they shine, Yea, they have overpassed the records of wickedness. The right, have they not determined, the right of the fatherless, that they might prosper,––Yea, justice to the helpless, have they not decreed.

²⁵ Because, her princes in her midst, are like a roaring lion, rending prey,––Life, have they devoured, Wealth and precious things, have they been wont to take, Her widows, have they multiplied in her midst. ²⁶ Her priests, have done violence to my law, And have profaned my holy things, Between the hallowed and the common, have they put no difference, And, between the unclean and clean, have they not taught men to discern,––And, from my sabbaths, have they hid their eyes, So that I have been profaned in their midst. ²⁷ Her rulers within her, have been like wolves, rending prey,––In shedding blood, In destroying lives, For the sake of getting dishonest gain. ²⁸ And, her prophets, have coated it for them with whitewash, Seeing visions of falsehood, And divining for them lies,––Saying, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, when, Yahweh, hath not spoken. ²⁹ The people of the land, have exacted oppression, and seized plunder,––Even, the afflicted and the needy, have they maltreated, And, the sojourner, have they oppressed, without justice.

⁴ Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: ⁵ Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights: ⁶ Who buy––for silver––the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,––and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.

⁵ Thus, saith Yahweh, concerning the prophets who are leading astray my people,––who bite with their teeth, and then cry––Prosper! and whoso holdeth not to their mouth, they hallow against him a war!

¹² For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood,––and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.

³ Her rulers in her midst, are roaring lions,––her judges, evening wolves, they have left nothing until morning!

¹³ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men,––for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.

⁴ Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields––that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered: ⁵ Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;

⁴ Is even as the light of the morning when ariseth the sun,––A morning, without clouds, [As] from brightness, [and] from rain, the fresh shoots out of the earth.

¹⁷ Above high noon, shall rise life’s continuance, Darkness, like a morning, shall appear,

¹⁰ But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.

⁷ They go from strength to strength, Each one appeareth before God in Zion.

⁷ The path of a righteous man, is, even,––O Upright One! the track of a righteous man, thou makest level.

³ Then let us know––let us press on to know––Yahweh, Like the dawn, is his coming forth assured,––that he may come like a down–pour upon us, like the harvest–rain, [and] the seed–rain of the land.

⁶ And it shall come to pass, in that day,––that there shall be no light, the bright stars, shall be withdrawn; ⁷ And it shall be a day by itself, The same, shall be known unto Yahweh––Not day, nor night,––But it shall come to pass, that, at evening time, there shall be light.

¹⁴ Ye, are the light of the world: it is impossible for a city to be hid, on the top of a mountain, lying.

¹⁶ In like manner, let your light shine before men,––that they may see your good works,––and glorify your Father who is in the heavens.

⁴⁵ That ye may become sons of your Father who is in the heavens: because, his sun, he maketh arise on evil and good, and sendeth rain, on just and unjust.

¹² Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying––I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

¹⁸ And, we all, with unveiled face, receiving and reflecting, the glory of [the] Lord, into the same image, are being transformed, from glory into glory,––even as from a Spirit that is Lord.

¹⁵ In order that ye may become faultless and inviolate, children of God, blameless amidst a crooked and perverted generation, amongst whom ye appear as luminaries in the world,

¹⁹ And we have, more firm, the prophetic word; ––whereunto ye are doing, well, to take heed,––as unto a lamp shining in a dusky place,––until, day, shall dawn, and, a day–star, shall arise in your hearts:––

¹⁸ But be growing in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ:––unto whom be the glory, both now and unto a day that abideth.

²³ And, the city, hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, that they should shine therein; for, the glory of God, illumined it, and, the lamp thereof, was the Lamb.

⁵ And, night, shall be, no more; and they have no need of the light of a lamp or the light of a sun, because, the Lord, God, will give them light,––and they shall reign unto the ages of ages.

⁹ The feet of his loving ones, he doth guard, But, the lawless, in darkness shall be silent,––For, by strength, shall no man prevail.

¹⁴ By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.

²⁵ They grope about in the dark, having no light, and He hath made them to reel, like a drunken man.

⁵ Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,––Neither shall shine the flame of his fire; ⁶ The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

¹⁸ Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

¹³ From them who forsake the paths of rectitude, to walk in the ways of darkness;

⁹ For this cause, hath justice removed far, from us, And righteousness overtaketh, us not,––We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk: ¹⁰ We grope, as blind men, for a wall, Yea, as men without, eyes, do we grope,––We have stumbled, at broad noon, as though it were twilight, In desolate places, like the dead!

¹⁶ Give ye, to Yahweh your God––glory, Before he cause darkness, and, Before your feet stumble upon the twilight mountains; Lest, when ye wait for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, And change it for thick darkness.

¹² Therefore, shall their way become to them like slippery places in darkness, They shall be driven on, and shall fall therein,––For I will bring in upon them calamity––The year of their visitation, Declareth Yahweh.

²³ And, then, will I confess unto them, Never, have I acknowledged you,––Depart from me, ye workers of lawlessness!

¹⁴ Let them alone! they are, blind leaders; and, if the, blind, lead the, blind, both, into a ditch, will fall.

¹⁰ But, if one walk in the night, he stumbleth, because, the light, is not in him.

³⁵ Jesus, therefore, said unto them––Yet a little while, the light, is, among you: Walk, while ye have, the light, lest, darkness, on you should lay hold; and, he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he drifteth.

¹¹ Whereas, he that hateth his brother, in the darkness, dwelleth, and in the darkness, walketh; and knoweth not whither he is drifting, because the, darkness, hath blinded his eyes.

¹ [An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s.]
Give ear, O my people, to mine instruction, Bend your ear to the sayings of my mouth;

¹² How to number our days, so grant us to know, That we may win us a heart that hath wisdom.

²⁰ Observe thou, my son, the commandment of thy father, and do not decline from the instruction of thy mother: ²¹ Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;

¹ My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee;

⁵ While yet he was speaking, lo! a brightly shining cloud, overshadowed them, and lo! a voice, out of the cloud, saying––This, is, my Son, the Beloved, in whom I delight,––Be hearkening to him.

⁸ To do thy good–pleasure, O my God, is my delight, And, thy law, is in the midst of mine inward parts:

³ Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee,––bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

²¹ My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose:

¹ My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee; ² Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

⁸ Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones.

¹⁰ Hear, my son, and receive my sayings, and they will multiply to thee the years of life.

¹⁸ There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

⁶ Behold me! laying upon her a bandage of healing, so will I heal them,––And will reveal to them abundance of prosperity and truth;

²³ Search me, O GOD, and observe my heart, Try me, and observe my cares; ²⁴ And see if there be any idol–way in me, and lead me in a way age–abiding.

⁷ The principal thing, is wisdom, acquire thou wisdom, With all thine acquisition, acquire thou understanding.

¹⁶ A gracious wife, obtaineth honour, but, the diligent, shall obtain wealth.

³ He that watcheth his mouth, guardeth his soul, He that openeth wide his lips, [it shall be] his ruin.

⁵ Thorns and snares, are in the way of the perverse,––he that guardeth his soul, shall be far from them.

¹⁹ Hear, thou, my son, and be wise, and lead forward, in duty, thy heart.

²⁶ He that trusteth his own heart, the same, is a dullard, but, he that walketh wisely, the same, shall be delivered.

¹³ Here was an incurable evil, I had seen under the sun, riches kept by the owner thereof, to his hurt;

⁹ Deceitful, is the heart above all things And, dangerously wayward,––Who can know it?

³⁴ Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure, putteth forth, good things; and, the evil man, out of the evil treasure, putteth forth, evil things.

¹⁹ For, out of the heart, come forth wicked designs,––murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, profane speakings:

²¹ For, from within, out of the heart of men, the base designs, come forth,––fornications, thefts, ²² murders, adulteries, covetousnesses, knaveries, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, profane speaking, foolishness,–– ²³ all these wicked things, from within, come forth, and defile, the man.

³⁸ Be watching and praying, that ye enter not into temptation: the, spirit, indeed, is willing, but, the flesh, weak.

⁴⁵ The good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and, the wicked man, out of the wicked heart, bringeth forth that which is wicked; for, out of an overflowing of heart, speaketh, his mouth.

¹⁵ Using oversight––lest any one be falling behind from the favour of God,––lest any root of bitterness, springing up above, be causing trouble, and, through it, the many, be defiled:

¹⁴ But, each one, is tempted, when, by his own coveting, he is drawn out and enticed, ¹⁵ Then, the coveting, having conceived, giveth birth to sin, and, the sin, when full–grown, bringeth forth death.

¹² An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who––goeth on in perversity of mouth;

⁸ In righteousness, shall be all the sayings of my mouth, nothing therein, shall be crafty or perverse;

¹³ The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.

²⁰ The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.

³¹ Cast off from you, all your transgressions which ye have committed against me, And make you a new heart; And a new spirit,––For why, should ye die, O house of Israel?

²⁵ Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another; ²⁶ Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood, ²⁷ Neither be giving place unto the adversary; ²⁸ Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling,––working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have [wherewith] to be giving away to him that hath need; ²⁹ Let, no putrid discourse, out of your mouth, be going forth, but if anything is good––suited to the needful upbuilding,––that it may give benefit unto them that hear; ³⁰ And be not grieving the Holy Spirit of God, wherewith ye have been sealed unto a day of redemption; ³¹ All bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and outcry, and profane speaking, let it be taken away from you, with all baseness;

⁸ But, now, do, ye also, put them all away,––anger, wrath, baseness, defamation, shameful talk out of your mouth:

⁵ incessant quarrellings of men wholly corrupt in their mind and bereft of the truth,––supposing godliness to be, a means of gain!

²¹ Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:

²⁶ If any thinketh he is observant of religion, not curbing his own tongue, but deceiving his own heart, this one’s, religious observance is, vain:

¹ Putting away, therefore, all vice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envyings and all detractions,

¹ A covenant, I solemnised for mine eyes,––How then could I gaze upon a virgin?

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.

⁵ Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

³³ Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

²² The lamp of the body, is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body, shall be, lighted up;

²³ From Yahweh, are the steps of a man made firm, When, with his way, he is well pleased:

² So he brought me up, Out of the destroying pit, Out of the swampy mire,––And set, upon a cliff, my feet, Making firm my steps:

⁵ Oh would that my ways might be settled! that I might keep thy statutes.

⁵⁹ I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶ Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not [whither].

²¹ For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man,––and, all his tracks, doth he consider:

²⁸ When he considered, then he turned away from all his transgressions, which he had committed, He shall, surely live, He shall not die.

⁵ Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Apply your heart unto your own experience––

⁷ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,––Apply your heart to your own experience:

¹⁵ Be taking heed, therefore, exactly how ye are walking,––not as unwise, but as wise,––

¹⁷ For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

¹³ To the end he may confirms your hearts, faultless in holiness, before our God and Father, in the Presence of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.

³ Faithful, is the Lord,––who will confirm you, and guard you from the wicked one:

¹³ And, straight tracks, be making for your feet––that the lame member may not be dislocated, but, be healed rather.

¹⁰ Howbeit, the God of all favour––who hath called you unto his age–abiding glory in Christ––when, for a little, ye have suffered, Himself, will adjust, confirm, strengthen:––

³² So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you,––ye must not turn aside, to the right hand or to the left.

³² Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,––thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.

¹⁴ and dost not turn side from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right hand or to the left,––to go after other gods, to serve them.

⁷ Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,––that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest.

¹⁷ The highway of the upright, is to avoid evil, He preserveth his soul, who guardeth his way.

¹⁶ Wash you, make you clean, Put away the wickedness of your doings from before mine eyes,––Cease to do evil.

⁹ Your love, [be] without hypocrisy,––loathing that which is wicked, cleaving to that which is good;