Proverbs 7 Cross References - Rotherham

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; ³ Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart; ⁴ Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding: ⁵ That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.
⁶ For, in the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out; ⁷ And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense; ⁸ Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along; ⁹ In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom; ¹⁰ And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart. ¹¹ Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet; ¹² Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait: ¹³ So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him: ¹⁴ Peace–offerings, are by me, today, have I paid my vows; ¹⁵ For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee: ¹⁶ Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark–hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt; ¹⁷ I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon: ¹⁸ Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses; ¹⁹ For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar; ²⁰ A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house. ²¹ She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness,––with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him: ²² Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool. ²³ Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!
²⁴ Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and attend, to the sayings of my mouth; ²⁵ Let not thy heart, turn aside to her ways, Do not go astray, in her paths. ²⁶ For, many, wounded, hath she caused to fall,––yea strong men, slain wholly by her: ²⁷ Ways to hades, are in her house, descending into the chambers of death.

²⁸ and, the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh your God, but shall turn aside out of the way which I am commanding you, today,––to go after other gods, which ye know not.

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

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. ⁶ For, Yahweh, giveth wisdom, out of his mouth, knowledge and understanding; ⁷ Yea he treasureth, for the upright, safety, A shield [is he] to them who walk in integrity,

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

¹⁴ Wise men, treasure up knowledge, but, the mouth of the foolish, is a terror near at hand.

¹⁵ But, that in the good ground, these, are they who, indeed, in a noble and good heart having heard the word, hold fast, and bear fruit with endurance.

²⁸ But, he, said––Yea rather!––Happy they who hear the word of God, and observe it!

²³ Jesus answered, and said unto him––If any man be loving me, my word, he will keep, and, my Father, will love him,––and, unto him, will we come, and, an abode with him, will we make.

²⁰ Remember the word which, I, spake unto you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If, me, they persecuted, you too, will they persecute,––If, my word, they kept, your own also, will they keep.

³ Happy! he that readeth, and they who hear, the words of the prophecy, and keep the things, therein, written; for, the season, is, near.

⁹ and he saith unto me––See [thou do it] not! A fellow–servant, am I, of thee, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them who keep the words of this scroll: unto God, do homage.

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.

¹⁰ He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness,––He encompassed him, watched over him, Shielded him, as the pupil of his own eye.

⁸ Guard me, as the pupil of the eye,––Under the shadow of thy wings, wilt thou hide me:

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

¹³ Take fast hold of correction, let her not go,––keep her, for, she, is thy life.

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.

⁸ Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, For his own honour, hath he sent me unto the nations that are spoiling you,––Surely, he that toucheth you, toucheth the pupil of mine eye.

⁴⁹ Because, I, out of myself, spake not, but, the Father who sent me, hath, himself, given me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 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.

²¹ He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he, it is that loveth me; and, he that loveth me, shall be loved by my Father, and, I, will love him, and will manifest, myself, unto him.

¹⁴ Ye, are, friends of mine, if ye be doing that which, I, am commanding you.

³ And, hereby, perceive we, that we understand him,––if, his commandments, we are keeping. ⁴ He that saith––I understand him! And, his commandments, is not keeping, is false, and, in him, the truth is not!

¹ Whosoever believeth that, Jesus, is the Christ, of God, hath been born: and, whosoever loveth him that begat, loveth him that hath been begotten of him. ² Hereby, perceive we, that we love the children of God, as soon as, God, we love, and, his commandments, we are doing. ³ For, this is the love of God––that, his commandments, we be keeping, and, his commandments, are not burdensome;

¹⁴ Happy, they who are washing their robes, that their right may be unto the tree of life and, by the gates, they may enter into the city.

⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand,––and they shall serve for bands, between thine eyes; ⁹ and thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and within thy gates.

¹⁸ Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul,––and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes; ¹⁹ and ye shall teach them unto your children, by speaking of them,––when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up; ²⁰ and thou shalt write them upon the door–posts of thy house, and within thy gates:

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

²¹ Bind them upon thy heart continually, fasten them upon thy neck;

⁸ Now, enter––Write it upon a tablet before them, And, upon a scroll, inscribe it,––That it may serve for a later day, For futurity, unto times age–abiding:––

¹ The sin of Judah, is written, With a stylus of iron, With the point of a diamond: It is engraved, Upon the tablet of their heart, And upon the horns of your altars;

³³ For, this, is the covenant which I will solemnize with the house of Israel, after those days, Declareth Yahweh, I will put my law within, them, Yea, on their heart, will I write it,––So will I become their, God, And, they, shall become my, people.

³ Manifesting yourselves that ye are a letter of Christ, ministered by us,––inscribed––not with ink, but with [the] Spirit of a Living God, not in tablets of stone, but in tablets [which are] hearts of flesh.

¹⁴ To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm.

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,

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:

¹ Oh that thou hadst been a very brother to me, who had sucked the breasts of my own mother,––Had I found thee without, I had kissed thee, Yea, folk would not have despised me!

⁴⁹ And, stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said, Lo! my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰ For, whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in the heavens, he, is my, brother, and sister, and mother.

²⁷ Now it came to pass, while he was saying these things, that a certain woman out of the multitude, lifting up her voice, said unto him––Happy the womb that bare thee! And the breasts which thou didst suck! ²⁸ But, he, said––Yea rather!––Happy they who hear the word of God, and observe it!

¹⁶ To rescue thee, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who with her speeches seduceth;

³ For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;

²⁴ To keep thee from the wicked woman, from the flattery of the tongue of her that is a stranger.

⁸ And it came to pass, when the days had lengthened out to him there, that Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looked out through the lattice of a window,––and he beheld, and lo! Isaac––laughing with Rebekah his wife.

²⁸ Through the window, looked out and shrilly cried, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice,––Why is his chariot ashamed to come? Why delay the wheels of his chariot?

¹⁶ Now it so came about that, when the ark of Yahweh entered the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter, looked out through the window, and saw King David, leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him, in her heart.

⁷ The, law of Yahweh, is complete, Bringing back the soul, The, testimony of Yahweh, is confirmed, Making wise the simple;

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words, sheddeth light, Giving understanding to the simple.

⁴ For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?

³² For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them,––and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.

³² He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;

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

⁴ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him––

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him:

¹³ In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

¹¹ He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.

¹⁵ The simple, believeth every word, but, the prudent, looketh well to his going.

¹⁸ The simple inherit folly, but, the shrewd, crowneth himself with knowledge.

² Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

²⁵ The scoffer, thou shalt smite, and, the simple, will beware, but correct a man of intelligence––he will understand teaching.

³ A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.

³⁰ By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

¹² A prudent man, seeth calamity––he hideth himself, the simple, pass on––they suffer.

²² Surely, perverse, is my people, Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea, without understanding, they are, Wise, they are, to commit wickedness, But, how to do well, they know not!

¹⁶ And, he, said, To this moment, are, ye also, without discernment?

¹⁸ For, they who are such, unto our Lord Christ are not doing service, but unto their own belly,––and, through their smooth and flattering speech, deceive the hearts of the innocent. ¹⁹ For, your obedience, unto all hath reached,––over you, therefore, I rejoice! But I wish you––to be wise, [indeed], as to that which is good, yet pure, as to that which is evil.

¹ Then went Samson unto Gaza,––and saw there an unchaste woman, and went in unto her.

² And it came to pass that, at eventide, David arose from his couch, and walked to and fro on the roof of the king’s house, when, from the roof, he saw a woman bathing herself,––the woman being exceeding beautiful to look upon. ³ And David sent and enquired after the woman,––and one said––Is not, this, Bath–sheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?

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.

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

¹² Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait:

¹⁸ Flee fornication! Every sin, whatsoever a man shall commit, is, outside his body, but, he that committeth fornication, bringeth sin into his own body.

²² But, from the youthful covetings, flee! and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, along with them who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.

²³ But, on others, have mercy with fear, hating even, the garment, spotted by the flesh.

¹¹ And it came to pass, when, on a certain day, he went into the house to attend to his business,––and there was no man, of the household, there, in the house,

⁶ So shall it be yours, to keep, until the fourteenth day of this month,––then shall all the convocation of the assembly of Israel slay it, between the two evenings.

¹³ They, have become rebels against the light,––they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof. ¹⁴ With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief. ¹⁵ And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;

¹² The night, is far spent and, the day, hath drawn near; let us, then, cast off the works of darkness, [and] let us put on the armour of light,–– ¹³ As in daytime, becomingly let us walk: not in revellings and in drunken bouts, not in chamberings and in wanton deeds, not in strife and envy; –– ¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and, for the flesh, take not forethought to fulfill its covetings.

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

¹ Now, the serpent, was more crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made,––so he said unto the woman, Can it really be, that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

¹⁴ So she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself up, and sat down in the entrance of, Enaim, which is by the way towards Timnah,––for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and, she, had not been given him to wife. ¹⁵ And Judah, seeing her, reckoned her to be an unchaste woman,––for she had covered her face.

²² And it came to pass, when Jehoram saw Jehu, that he said––Is it peace, Jehu? And he said––What can be the peace, while thy mother Jezebel’s harlotries and her incantations do so abound?

³⁰ Now, when Jehu entered Jezreel and, Jezebel, heard of it, she set her eyes in stibium, and ornamented her head, and looked forth through the lattice.

¹⁶ Because haughty, are the daughters of Zion, And they walk with neck thrown back, and wanton eyes,––Tripping along as they go, And, with their feet, making, a tinkling sound, ¹⁷ Therefore will My Lord, smite with leprosy, the crown of hair of the daughters of Zion,––And, as for Yahweh, their shame, will he lay bare! ¹⁸ In that day, will My Lord remove the finery––of the anklets, and the little suns, and the little moons; ¹⁹ the pendants, and the bracelets, and the veils; ²⁰ the chaplets, and the armlets, and the girdles, and the scent–cases, and the amulets; ²¹ the rings, and the nose–jewels; ²² the robes, and the over–tunics, and the cloaks, and the purses; ²³ and the mirrors, and the linen wraps, and the tiaras, and the cloaks. ²⁴ And it shall come to pass–That, instead of fragrance, a putrid odour, shall be, And, instead of a girdle, an encircling rope, And, instead of braided hair, baldness, And, instead of a festal robe, a girding of sackcloth, Branding instead of beauty:

¹⁶ Take thou a lyre, Go round the city, O harlot forgotten,––Sweetly touch the strings, Lengthen out the song, That thou mayest be called to mind.

³⁰ And, when, thou, art laid waste, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothe thyself with crimson, Though thou deck thyself with ornaments of gold, Though thou enlarge with antimony thine eyes, In vain, shalt thou make thyself fair,––Paramours, have rejected thee, Thy life, will they seek!

² For I am jealous over you with a jealousy, of God; for I myself betrothed you unto one husband, to present, a chaste virgin, unto the Christ,–– ³ But I fear lest, by any means, as, the serpent, completely deceived Eve, in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the singleness [and the chasteness] which are [due] unto the Christ.

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,––

³ And he carried me away into a desert, in spirit. And I saw a woman, sitting upon a scarlet wild–beast full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And, the woman, was arrayed with purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,––having a cup of gold in her hand, full of abominations and the impurities of her lewdness; ⁵ and, upon her forehead, a name written, a secret: Babylon the great, the Mother of the Harlots and of the Abominations of the earth.

⁹ And they said unto him, As to Sarah thy wife. . . . And he said, Lo! [she is] in the tent.

¹³ The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

²⁴ Better to dwell on the corner of the roof, than a quarrelsome wife, and a house in common.

¹⁴ He that blesseth his friend, with a loud voice, in the morning early, a reproach, shall it be reckoned to him.
¹⁵ A continuous dripping on a day of downpour, and a contentious wife, are alike:

¹⁰ A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth. ¹¹ The heart of her husband, trusteth her, and, gain, he shall not lack: ¹² She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life: ¹³ She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands: ¹⁴ She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food; ¹⁵ And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens: ¹⁶ She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard: ¹⁷ She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms: ¹⁸ She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night: ¹⁹ Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle: ²⁰ Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy: ²¹ She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson: ²² Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing: ²³ Known in the gates, is her husband, when he sitteth, with the elders of the land: ²⁴ Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader: ²⁵ Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come: ²⁶ Her mouth, she openeth with wisdom, and, the instruction of kindness, is on her tongue: ²⁷ She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat. ²⁸ Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her:–– ²⁹ Many daughters, have done virtuously, but, thou, excellest them all! ³⁰ Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised: ³¹ Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.

¹³ At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies,––saying the things they ought not, ¹⁴ I am minded, therefore, that, the younger ones, marry, bear children, be mistress of the house,––giving, no single occasion, unto the opposer, as a cause, of reviling;

⁵ soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands,––that, the word of God, be not defamed;

¹⁴ So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;

²⁸ Yea, she, as for prey, lieth in wait, and, the treacherous among mankind, she causeth to abound.

²⁰ For, in age–past time, I brake thy yoke, I tare off thy fetters, And thou saidst, I will not transgress,––Nevertheless, on every high hill, and under every green tree, wast thou lying down as an unchaste woman.

³³ How, thou dost make winsome thy way, to seek love! Therefore, even unto wicked women, hast thou taught thy ways.

³⁶ How vigorously, thou goest about, changing thy way! Even of Egypt, shalt thou be ashamed, just as thou wast ashamed of Assyria:

² Lift up thine eyes unto the bare heights, and see––where thou hast not been unchastely embraced! beside the ways, hast thou sat to them, like the Arabian in the desert,––and hast defiled the land, with thine unchastities, and with thy wickedness.

²⁴ That thou didst build thee a brothel,––and didst make thee a height, in every broadway: ²⁵ At the head of every road, didst thou build thy height, And bring thy beauty into disgust, And open thy feet to every passer–by, So didst thou make thine unchaste ways to abound.

³¹ That thou couldst have built thy brothel at the head of every road, And, thy height, couldst have made in every broadway,––Yet becamest not as a harlot, to lay claim to a harlot’s hire.

³ Because, by reason [of the wine] of the wrath of her lewdness, have all the nations fallen, and, the kings of the earth, with her, did commit lewdness, and, the merchants of the earth, by reason of the power of her wantonness, waxed rich.

²³ And light of lamp,––in nowise shine in thee any more; and voice of bridegroom and bride,––in nowise be heard in thee any more; because, thy merchants, were the great ones of the earth, because, with thy sorcery, were all the nations deceived:

⁷ And it came to pass, after these things, that his lord’s wife lifted up her eyes unto Joseph,––and she said––Come! lie with me.

¹² that she caught him by his garment, saying––Come! lie with me. Then left he his garment in her hand, and fled, and gat forth outside.

¹ And Israel remained among the acacias,––and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;

⁶ And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel,––when they, were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel.

¹⁶ Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor,––and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!

²⁹ A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.

⁷ Because, My Lord, Yahweh, would help me, Therefore, was I not deterred by insult,––Therefore, did I set my face, like flint, And I knew, that I should not be put to shame.

⁴ and it is, unto such, sons––of shameless face, and emboldened heart, that I, am sending thee,––therefore shalt thou say unto them, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh.

⁶ But, thou, son of man, Be not afraid of them, Nor, of their words, be afraid, Though, thorns and thistles, are about thee, And, amongst prickly plants, thou dost dwell, Of their words, be not afraid, nor, At their faces, be thou dismayed, For, a perverse house, they are!

⁷ But, the house of Israel, will not be willing to hearken, unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken, unto me,––for, all the house of Israel, are, bold of forehead and hard of heart. ⁸ Lo! I have made thy, face bold, like as their, faces,––and thy, forehead bold, like as their forehead. ⁹ As an adamant, harder than flint, have I made thy forehead,––thou shalt not fear them, neither shalt thou be dismayed at their faces, For, a perverse house, they are!

³³ To all harlots, they give a present,––But, thou, didst give thy, presents to all thy lovers, And didst bribe them, to come in unto thee from every side, in thine unchastity!

²⁰ Nevertheless, I have against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, she who calleth herself a prophetess, and is teaching and leading astray my own servants to commit lewdness and to eat idol–sacrifices;

¹¹ And, this, is the law of the peace–offering which one may bring near unto Yahweh.

¹⁵ But, as for the flesh of his peace–offering of thanksgiving, on the day of bringing it near, shall it be eaten,––he shall not leave thereof, until morning. ¹⁶ But, if, a vow or a freewill offering, be his sacrifice of oblation, in the day he bringeth near his sacrifice, shall it be eaten,––and, on the morrow, then may, the remainder thereof, be eaten;

⁶ and bring in thither your ascending–offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave–offering of your hand,––and your vow–offerings, and your freewill–offerings, and the firstlings of your herd, and of your flock; ⁷ and shall eat there, before Yahweh your God, and rejoice in all whereunto ye are putting your hand, ye, and your households,––wherewith Yahweh thy God hath blessed thee.

⁷ And it came to pass, at the end of forty years, that Absolom said unto the king––Let me go, I pray thee, that I may pay my vow which I have vowed unto Yahweh, in Hebron; ⁸ for thy servant vowed, a vow, while I abode in Geshur in Syria, saying,––If Yahweh, will but bring me back, unto Jerusalem, then will I serve Yahweh, ⁹ And the king said unto him––Go and prosper! So he arose and went to Hebron.

⁹ Now she wrote in the letters, saying,––Proclaim ye a fast, and cause Naboth to sit at the head of the people; ¹⁰ then let two reckless men take their seats before him, that they may bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast reviled God and king! then shall ye carry him forth and stone him, that he die.

⁸ The sacrifice of lawless men, is an abomination to Yahweh, but, the prayer of the upright, is his delight.

¹ Better a dry morsel, and peace therewith, than a house full of contentious sacrifices.

²⁷ The sacrifice of the lawless, is an abomination, how much more, when, with wickedness, he bringeth it in!

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.

²⁸ And the horses that Solomon had were, an export, out of Egypt,––and, a company of the merchants of the king, used to fetch, a drove, at a price,

²² Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing:

¹⁶ [SHE] Lo! thou art beautiful, my beloved, Yea delightful! [BOTH] Yea! our couch, is covered with leaves:

⁷ Lo! his couch, ‘tis Solomon’s own, Threescore heroes, around it,––of the heroes of Israel: ⁸ All of them, grasping the sword, trained for war,––every man, with his sword upon his thigh, because of dread, in the night–time. ⁹ A palanquin, King Solomon made himself, of the trees of Lebanon: ¹⁰ The supports thereof, made he of silver, the couch thereof, of gold, the seat thereof, of purple,––the midst thereof, hath an inlay of love from the daughters of Jerusalem.

⁹ Then shall turn pale, The workers in combed flax,––and, The weavers of white linen;

⁷ Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt, was thy sail, To serve thee for ensign,––Blue and purple from the shores of Aeolis, became thine awning:

²² Lo! I cast her into a bed, and them who are committing adultery with her, into great tribulation,––except they repent out of her works;

²³ Thou, therefore, take to thee––principal spices,––self–flowing myrrh, five hundred, and, fragrant cinnamon, half as much, two hundred and fifty, and, fragrant cane, two hundred and fifty;

⁸ Myrrh and aloes, cassias, all thy garments,––Out of the palaces of ivory, the tones of strings, have rejoiced thee.

⁶ [THEY] Who is this, coming up out of the wilderness, like pillars of smoke,––with perfume of myrrh, and frankincense, besides all the aromatic powder of the merchant?

¹³ Thy buddings forth, are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits,––henna bushes, with nard blossoms: ¹⁴ Nard and saffron, sweet cane and cinnamon, with all woods of frankincense,––myrrh and aloes, with all the chiefs of spices:

⁷ On a mountain high and uplifted, hast thou set thy couch,––Even thither, hast thou gone up, to offer sacrifice; ⁸ And, behind the door and the post, hast thou set thy symbol, For, with another than me, hast thou uncovered thyself and gone up––Hast widened thy couch, And hast solemnised for thyself a covenant from them, Thou hast loved their couch, a sign, hast thou seen; ⁹ And hast gone to the king with oil, And hast multiplied thy perfumes,––And hast sent thy messengers afar, And. . . lowered thyself as far as hades!

¹¹ And, having received it, they began to murmur against the householder, saying––

⁴³ But there is, one thing, ye know––That, if the householder, had known, in what watch, the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert, and not have suffered his house to be dug through.

⁴⁸ But, if that wicked servant should say in his heart––My master, delayeth,

³⁴ As a man from home––having left his house, and given his servants the authority, to each one, his work,––and, unto the porter, hath given command, that he should watch:–– ³⁵ Be watching, therefore, for ye know not, when, the master of the house, is coming,––whether at even, or at midnight, or at cock–crowing, or at early morn; –– ³⁶ Lest, coming suddenly, he find you, sleeping.

³⁹ But, of this, be taking note––Had the householder known, in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not suffered his house, to be digged through.

⁴⁵ But, if that servant should say in his heart––My lord delayeth to come! and should begin to be striking the youths and the maidens,––to be eating also, and drinking, and making himself drunk, ⁴⁶ The lord of that servant, will have come––on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note,––and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint.

⁴ lo! I, am about to build a house for the Name of Yahweh my God, to hallow unto him––to burn before him sweet incense, and for a continual setting in array, and to offer ascending–sacrifices morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the appointed feasts of Yahweh our God,–age–abiding, is this [law] for Israel.

¹⁵ And she said unto him––How canst thou say, I love thee, when, thy heart, is not with me? These three times, hast thou laughed at me, and hast not told me wherein lieth thy great strength. ¹⁶ And it came to pass, when she urged him with her words continually, and pressed him, that his soul became impatient, unto death; ¹⁷ so he told her all his heart, and said to her––No, razor, hath come on my head, for, one separate unto God, have I been, from my birth,––if I were shaven, then would depart from me my strength, and I should become weak, and be as any other man.

²³ But he refused, and said––I will not eat. But, when his servants, and the woman also, strongly urged him, then hearkened he unto their voice,––and rose up from the earth, and sat on the bed.

⁸ And so it was, on a day, that Elisha passed over unto Shunem, where was a woman of position, and she constrained him to eat bread,––and so it came about, whensoever he passed that way, that he turned aside thither, to eat bread.

² Deception, speak they, every one with his neighbour,––with lips uttering smooth things––with a heart and a heart, do they speak.

⁵ That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

²³ And the lord said unto the servant––Go out among the highways and fences, and compel them to come in; that my house may be filled.

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.

¹⁵ And, when she was immersed, and her house, she besought [us], saying––If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.

¹⁴ For, the love of the Christ, constraineth us; –– Having judged this,––that, one, in behalf of all, died, hence, they all, died;

²⁷ And thou dost put––in the stocks––my feet, and observest all my paths, Against the roots of my feet, thou dost cut out a bound;

² then Pashhur smote, Jeremiah the prophet,––and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper, gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Yahweh.

¹³ Also, the priest of the Jupiter that was before the city, bringing bulls and garlands unto the gates, with the multitudes, would have offered sacrifice.

²⁴ who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.

⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

¹⁷ Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings!

¹⁸ But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.

¹² For, indeed, man could not know his own time, like fishes which were caught in a cruel net, and like little birds which were caught in a trap,––like them, were ensnared the sons of men, by a time of misfortune, when it fell upon them suddenly.

¹ Hear, ye sons, the correction of a father, and attend, that ye may know understanding.

⁷ Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth.

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.

¹⁴ Not, to shame you, write I these things; but, as my beloved children, I admonish you. ¹⁵ For, though myriads of tutors ye should have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for, in Christ Jesus, through means of the joyful message, I, begat you.

¹⁹ My dear children! for whom I, again, am in birth–pains, until Christ be formed within you; ––

¹ My dear children! these things, am I writing unto you, in order that ye may not be committing sin. And, if anyone should commit sin, an Advocate, have we, with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous;

¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a wandering sheep, O seek thy servant, For, thy commandments, have I not forgotten.

²³ He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

²⁵ Do not covet her beauty, in thy heart, neither let her take thee, by her eyelashes;

³¹ Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly. ³² Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting. ³³ Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

⁶ We all, like sheep, had gone astray, Every man––to his way, had we burned,––And, Yahweh! caused to light upon him, The guilt of, us all!

²⁸ But, I, say unto you, that, Every one who looketh on a woman so as to covet her, already, hath committed adultery with her, in his heart.

²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and put out his eyes,––and took him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of bronze, and it came to pass that he used to grind in the prison.

⁶ And it came to pass, while the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, that, Abner, shewed himself courageous for the house of Saul.
⁷ Now, Saul, had a concubine, whose name, was Rizpah daughter of Aiah,––and [Ish–bosheth] said unto Abner, Why, wentest thou in, unto my father’s concubine? ⁸ And it provoked Abner greatly, on account of the words of Ish–bosheth, and he said––Am I, the head of the dogs, that pertain unto Judah? Today, would I deal in lovingkindness with the house of Saul thy father, towards his brethren, and towards his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,––and yet thou hast charged upon me the transgression of the woman, today.

²⁷ So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly,––and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.

⁹ Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon! ¹⁰ Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age–abiding times,––because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. ¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh,––Behold me! raising up over thee calamity out of thine own household, and I will take thy wives, before thine eyes, and give unto thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives, in the eyes of this sun.

¹ But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,––women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites: ² out of the nations concerning whom Yahweh had said unto the sons of Israel––Ye shall not go in unto them, and, they, shall not come in unto you, surely they will turn aside your heart after their gods. Unto these, did Solomon cleave in love.

²⁶ Was it not, over these things, that Solomon king of Israel sinned––though, among many nations, there was no king such as he, and he was, beloved by his God, and so God gave him to be king over all Israel,––even him, did foreign women, cause to sin.

³³ Smiting and shame, shall he find, and, his reproach, shall not be wiped out;

⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as, some of them, committed fornication, and there fell, in one day, three and twenty thousand;

²¹ Lest, when I again come, my God should humble me in regard to you,––and I should grieve over many who had before sinned, and not repented of the impurity, and fornication, and wantonness which they had committed.

¹¹ Beloved! I exhort you, as sojourners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly covetings, such as take the field against the soul;

¹⁸ For she hath appointed, unto death, her house, and unto the shades, her courses; ¹⁹ None who go in unto her, come back, neither attain they unto the paths of life:

⁵ Her feet, are going down to death,––on hades, will her steps take firm hold.

²⁶ I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds,––whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.

¹⁵ Outside, are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the unchaste, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one loving and doing falsehood.