Proverbs 13 Cross References - Thomson

¹ A wise son is obedient to his father; but a disobedient son is in the way to destruction. ² A good man eateth of the fruits of righteousness: but the souls of transgressors shall perish untimely. ³ He who guardeth his mouth preserveth his life; but he who is rash with his mouth, shall bring on himself terror. ⁴ Every sluggard is employed in wishing: but the hands of the diligent, in procuring. ⁵ A righteous man hateth a false word; but the wicked is shamed and shall not have confidence. ⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ Some pretend to be rich, having nothing; and some feign themselves poor, in great wealth. ⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth; but a poor man is not subject to threats. ⁹ The righteous have light continually; but the light of the wicked is extinguished. Deceitful souls are led astray by sins; but the righteous exercise pity and compassion. ¹⁰ A wicked man doth mischief with haughtiness; but wise men are their own judges. ¹¹ Wealth acquired by injustice, diminisheth; but he who gathereth for himself with piety, shall be satisfied. A righteous man sheweth mercy and lendeth. ¹² Better is he who heartily beginneth to help, than he who promiseth and giveth expectation; for good desire is a tree of life. ¹³ He who despiseth business shall be despised by it; but he who feareth a commandment is safe. To a deceitful son nothing can be good: but the actions of a wise servant are prosperous, and his way will be prospered. ¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life; but the fool shall die by a snare. ¹⁵ A good understanding giveth favour: and to know the law is a proof of good understanding; but the ways of impostors end in destruction. ¹⁶ Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the fool hath laid open his wickedness. ¹⁷ A daring king will involve himself in evils; but a wise ambassador will deliver him. ¹⁸ Instruction removeth poverty and disgrace; and he who regardeth reproofs shall be honoured. ¹⁹ The desires of the pious sweeten life: but the works of the wicked are far from knowledge. ²⁰ By walking with the wise thou wilt be wise; but he who walketh with fools will be known. ²¹ Evils shall pursue sinners, but good will overtake the righteous. ²² A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children; but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous. ²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth; but the unrighteous shall perish in a short time. ²⁴ He who spareth the rod hateth his son; but he who loveth him correcteth diligently. ²⁵ A righteous man eateth and satisfieth his soul; but the souls of the wicked are insatiate.

²⁵ If one man sin against another, intercession can be made for him to the Lord; but if he sin against the Lord, who can intercede for him? But they hearkened not to the voice of their father, wherefore the Lord determined to destroy them.

¹ Hear, children, the instructions of a father; and attend to know the meaning: ² for I am giving you a good gift: forsake not my law: ³ for I was a son obedient to a father; and beloved in the sight of a mother: ⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget; ⁵ overlook not the dictate of my mouth: ⁶ forsake it not, and it will defend thee: love it and it will preserve thee: ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee: ⁹ that it may be to thy head a crown of graces and cover thee with a crown of pleasure. ¹⁰ Hear my son and receive my words; that, when the years of thy life shall be multiplied, thou mayst have many ways of livelihood: ¹¹ for I am teaching thee ways of wisdom; and confirming thee in right paths. ¹² For when thou goest, thy steps will not be straitened: and when thou runnest thou shalt not be tired. ¹³ Take fast hold of mine instruction, let it not go: but keep it for thyself during thy life. ¹⁴ Go not in the ways of wicked men; nor be fond of the ways of transgressors.

²⁰ Attend, my son, to my speech, and incline thine ear to my words. ²¹ That thy fountains may not fail thee, keep them in thy heart; ²² for they are life to them who find them and health to all flesh.

⁷ He who instructeth the wicked shall receive for himself dishonour; and he who reproveth ⁸ the ungodly will blemish himself. Rebuke not the wicked, lest they hate thee; rebuke a wise man and he will love thee.

¹ A wise son maketh a father glad; but a foolish son is a grief to the mother.

⁶ Thou mayest seek wisdom among the wicked, but shalt not find it; but knowledge is easily found among the prudent.

⁵ A fool despiseth the instruction of a father: but he who keepeth commands is more prudent. Where righteousness aboundeth there is much power: but the wicked being utterly rooted out of the land, shall perish.

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son mocketh his mother.

¹⁴ Therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye rulers of this people in Jerusalem! ¹⁵ Because you said, "We have made a covenant with death: and with the grave we have made a treaty: though the furious tempest may pass through, it will by no means reach us. We have made falsehood our refuge and by this falsehood we shall be saved."

⁸ For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, filled with mixed wine of horror; and out of this he hath poured into that: but the dregs of it are not emptied out; all the sinners of the land shall drink it.

¹¹ A tattling chief cannot prosper in the land: evils will hunt to destruction a man of violence.

¹¹ saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, ¹² and swallow him up alive, as the grave, and take away from earth the remembrance of him. ¹³ Let us seize his precious substance and fill our houses with spoils.

¹⁸ For they who are accomplices to murder, treasure up evils for themselves. And doleful is the destruction of wicked men.

³¹ Let them eat, therefore, the fruits of their own way; and be filled with their own iniquity.

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and drink plentifully of the wine of violence.

¹¹ There is a fountain of life in the hand of the righteous; but destruction will stop the mouth of the wicked.

¹⁴ From the fruits of his mouth the soul of man shall be satisfied with good things; and the recompence of his lips shall be given him.

²⁰ With the fruits of his mouth a man filleth his belly, and with the fruits of his lips he shall be satisfied.

²⁷ And thou shalt say to them, Thus said the Lord Almighty, Drink and be drunk, and you shall vomit, and fall and rise no more because of the sword which I send among you. ²⁸ And if they refuse to take the cup out of thy hand to drink, then thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, You shall drink it: ²⁹ for in the city which is called by my name I am beginning to inflict calamity and with purification you shall not be purified; for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth. ³⁰ Therefore thou shalt prophesy against them all these words and say; The Lord from on high will solemnly pronounce sentence from his sanctuary; he will utter his voice; in his place he will utter a triumphant shout and some like the treaders of grapes will answer. When destruction hath come on the inhabitants of this land; ³¹ upon a part of the earth; because the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will come to judgment with all flesh; and the wicked shall be given up to the sword, saith the Lord.

⁸ Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remaining peoples shall plunder thee for the blood of mankind, and for the impieties of a land and a city and of all them who inhabit it.

¹⁷ For the impiety at Libanus shall cover thee and the sufferings of wild beasts shall terrify thee, on the account of the blood of mankind, and for the wickedness of a land and a city and of all them who inhabit it.

⁶ Because they poured out the blood of thy saints and prophets, therefore thou hast given them blood to drink, for they deserve it.

¹ For the conclusion. For Idithun. An Ode by David. I Said, Let me watch my ways; that I may not sin with my tongue. I set a guard on my mouth; when the sinner stood before me.

¹⁹ In speaking much thou canst not avoid sin; but if thou art sparing of thy lips, thou wilt be wise.

¹³ By the transgression of his lips a sinner falleth into snares: but out of them a righteous man maketh his escape. He whose looks are mild will gain compassion: but he who contendeth in the gates will afflict souls.

⁷ The mouth of a fool is his destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soul.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they who have the command of it shall eat the fruits thereof.

¹⁹ [Omitted]

²³ He who guardeth his mouth and tongue keepeth his soul from trouble.

³⁶ Now I assure you in respect to every idle word which men shall utter, they shall give an account thereof in a day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shall be condemned.

²⁶ If any one among you thinketh to be religious without bridling his tongue, he is but deceiving his heart. Such a one's religion is vain.

² for in many instances we all offend. If any one offend not in discourse he is a perfect man, and able to bridle in the whole body. ³ Behold we put bits in the mouths of horses to make them obey us, and we manage their whole body. ⁴ Behold ships also, how large soever they be, though driven by hard gales are managed by a very small helm, and kept to the course which the pilot in tendeth. ⁵ So also the tongue is a very small member, yet it boasteth great things. See what a great pile of wood a little fire kindleth to a flame! ⁶ Now, the tongue is a fire, the leader of iniquity; the tongue is set among the members, staining the whole body, and setting the wheel of nature in a blaze, when it is itself set in a blaze by hell. ⁷ For all kinds of beasts, and birds, and reptiles, and fishes, are subdued and have been subdued by man; ⁸ But the tongue of man none can subdue. It is an ungovernable monster: it is full of deadly poison. ⁹ With it we bless our God and father; and with it we curse men, who are made after the image of God. ¹⁰ Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. ¹¹ Doth the fountain send forth sweet water and bitter out of the same opening? 12 Can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce olives? Or the vine, figs? So no fountain can yield salt Water and fresh.

¹⁰ Who hath accurately scanned the seed of Jacob? Who can count the communities of Israel? May my soul depart among the souls of the righteous! And my offspring be as the seed of these!

¹⁴ In a vigorous old age they shall still multiply; and continue prosperous;

² thine ear will hearken to wisdom; and thou wilt apply thy heart to understanding, and transmit it for instruction to thy son. ³ For if thou wilt call upon wisdom: and utter thy voice for understanding; ⁴ if thou wilt seek for it as silver; and search for it as for treasures; ⁵ then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord; and find the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom; and from his presence is knowledge and understanding: ⁷ and he treasureth up salvation for the upright. He will protect their going, ⁸ that they may keep the paths of rectitude. And he will guard the way of them who reverence him. ⁹ Then thou shalt understand judgment and justice; and direct all thy wheels right.

³⁴ happy is the man who will hearken to me: and the man who will keep my ways; watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

⁴ Want humbleth a man; but the hands of the diligent enrich. A well instructed son will be wise, and shall have the simple for a servant.

²⁵ A soul is blessed which is altogether sincere: but a passionate man is not respected.

¹¹ He who tilleth his own ground shall be satisfied with bread: but they who pursue vanities are void of understanding. He who taketh pleasure in taverns shall leave disgrace in his own fortresses.

²⁴ The hand of the valiant can easily conquer: but the deceitful shall be for a prey.

¹³ A slothful man sent on a journey saith, There is a lion in the way and murderers in the streets.

²⁵ A faithless man judgeth rashly: but he who trusteth in the Lord will be careful.

¹¹ and thy God will be with thee continually; and thou shalt be satisfied as thy soul desireth; and thy bones shall be made fat and be like a watered garden, and like a spring whose water never failed.

²⁷ Labour not to procure the food which perisheth, but the food which endureth for an everlasting life, which the son of man will give you; for him the Father, namely God, hath sealed.

¹¹ Now we earnestly desire that every one of you would shew the same diligent concern for the full assurance of this hope to the end:

⁵ therefore, having on your part used all diligence for the very same purpose, add to your faith fortitude; and to fortitude, knowledge; ⁶ and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, perseverance; and to perseverance, piety; ⁷ and to piety, brotherly affection; and to brotherly affection, universal love; ⁸ for these being in you, and abounding, dispose you to be neither idle nor unfruitful for the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ: ⁹ for he who is without these is blind, having closed his eyes, having contracted a forgetfulness of the purification of his past sins. ¹⁰ Therefore, brethren, use the more diligence to make your call and election sure; for if you practise these you will never fall; ¹¹ for thus there will further be administered to you, bounteously, the entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ.

¹⁶³ I have hated and abominated iniquity: but thy law I have loved.

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the wicked have extolled dishonour.

¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

⁸ Give me neither riches nor poverty, but order for me things necessary and convenient;

⁹ then shall those of you, who have escaped, remember me among the nations whither they have been carried captives. With their heart which is going a whoring from me, and with their eyes, which are going a whoring after their own devices [I have sworn] they shall bewail themselves for all their abominations

⁴³ and you will there remember your ways and your devices with which you have been polluted, and express contrition for all your acts of wickedness;

³¹ Then will you call to remembrance your evil ways, and your devices which were not good; and in their sight be grieved for your iniquities and your abominations.

² And many of them who sleep in mounds of earth shall be raised up, some for everlasting life and some for disgrace and everlasting shame.

⁸ and remove three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be weighed down against them. For as their souls roared against me,

²⁵ Wherefore, putting away all falsehood, speak truth, every one to his neighbour. Because we are members one of another,

⁹ Lie not one to another. Having put off the old man, with his deeds,

⁸ but the cowards and the unbelieving and abominable and murderers and prostitutes, and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. This is the second death.

²³ I will seek the gods of Damascus who smite me. Because, said he, the gods of the king of Syria strengthen them, therefore I will sacrifice to them and they will help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel.

² He who walketh blameless and Worketh righteousness: And who speaketh truth from his heart.

²¹ To me the innocent and the upright cleaved; because I waited for thee, O Lord.

¹ By David. Judge me, Lord, for I have walked in mine integrity; and trusting in the Lord I should not be shaken.

²² Iniquities hunt a man; but every one is caught by the cords of his own sins.

³ A righteous man dying left sorrow behind him; but the destruction of the wicked cometh suddenly and giveth joy.

⁵ Righteousness maketh spotless ways straight: but wickedness falleth by iniquity. ⁶ The righteousness of upright men delivereth them: but transgressors are caught by their destruction.

¹² A just man discerneth the hearts of the wicked; and despiseth the wicked for their wickedness.

²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less.

⁹ Better is the man, who unhonoured serveth himself: than he who honoureth himself and wanteth bread.

¹¹ Wealth acquired by injustice, diminisheth; but he who gathereth for himself with piety, shall be satisfied. A righteous man sheweth mercy and lendeth.

¹ Send away thy bread on the face of the water; for after many days thou shalt find it. ² Give a portion to seven and even to eight; for thou knowest not what evil may be on the earth.

²¹ Thus let every one [say] to himself who is heaping up treasure and is not rich for God.

³³ sell your possessions and give alms: provide for yourselves purses which do not wear out; a treasure in the heavens, which will never fail; where no thief approacheth, nor moth spoileth:

¹¹ The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus, O God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; nor even as that publican. ¹² I fast twice a week. I pay tithes of all that I possess. ¹³ But the publican, who stood at a distance, did not presume so much as to lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying; God, be merciful to me a sinner. ¹⁴ I tell you, this man went down to his house acquitted, and not the other. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be humbled, but he who humbleth himself shall be exalted.

⁸ You are now full! you are now rich! you have now reigned without us. I wish indeed that you did reign, that we also might reign with you.

¹⁰ We are fools on the account of Christ; but you are prudent in Christ: We are weak; but you are strong: you are honourable; but we are despised: ¹¹ Even at this very moment we are hungry and thirsty and naked and buffeted, and are wandering about and weary,

⁷ and we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may belong to God and not be from, us;

¹⁰ as sorrowful, yet still rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

⁵ Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them who love him?

¹⁹ promising them liberty while they themselves are slaves to corruption; for by whatever one is subdued, by that he is enslaved

⁹ "I know thy works, and thine affliction, and thy poverty, [though thou art rich] and the slander of them who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of satan.

¹⁷ because thou sayest, "I am rich and become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.

³⁰ But if a fine shall be laid upon him, he shall pay as a ransom for his life whatever they lay upon him.

¹⁴ And he carried away captive from Jerusalem all the chiefs and mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, with all the carpenters and mechanics, so that there were none left but the poor of the land.

¹² But he left some of the poor of the land for vine dressers and husbandmen.

⁴ In reply to which Satan said to the Lord, Skin for skin. All that a man hath he will give for his life.

⁶ Some put confidence in their power: and some boast of the abundance of their wealth. ⁷ A brother is not redeemed. Is a man to redeem himself? ⁸ He cannot give to God an atonement for himself; and the price for the redemption of his life: ⁹ Though he laboured for the age that he may live to the end. Shall he therefore not see corruption? ¹⁰ When he seeth the wise dying; together the foolish and senseless shall perish. And they shall leave their wealth to others,

³⁵ nor will he abate his enmity for any ransom; nor be appeased by many gifts.

¹⁰ [Omitted]

⁸ But there were ten men among them who said to Ismael, Do not kill us; for we have treasures in a field, wheat and barley, honey and oil. So he forbore and did not kill them among their brethren.

¹² and I will then expect in thee a meek and lowly people;

²⁶ For what will a man be profited, if he should gain the whole world, and be punished with the forfeit of his life? Or, what will not a man give as a ransom for his life?

¹⁸ knowing that from that vain course of life, handed down to you from your fathers, you have been redeemed not with perishable things such as silver and gold, ¹⁹ but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot,

³⁶ And to his son I will give two tribes, that my servant David, may have a standing continually before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

⁵ The light of the wicked shall indeed be extinguished; and from them a spark shall not ascend. ⁶ The light in his dwelling shall be darkness, and the lamp for him shall be extinguished.

¹⁷ Now doth not he observe the works of the wicked? and should not the lamp, at least of wicked men, be extinguished, and destruction come upon them? And pangs seize them, on account of anger:

³ when his lamp shined over my head; when by his light I walked through darkness;

¹¹ A light is sprung up for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

⁴ To the upright light sprang up in darkness. He is merciful, compassionate and just;

¹⁸ But the paths of the just shine like light; shining more and more until it is perfect day.

²⁰ Whosoever curseth father or mother; let his lamp be extinguished and his eye balls involved in darkness.

²⁰ For the posterity of an evil one cannot continue; and the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.

¹⁰ Who is there among you who feareth the Lord, let him hearken to the voice of his servant. Ye who walk in darkness and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord and stay your selves on God. ¹¹ Behold you are all kindling a fire and increasing the flame; walk in the light of your fire and by the flame which you have kindled. On my account these things have befallen you. You shall lie down in sorrow.

¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, Bind his hands and feet and carry him out and cast him into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there.

⁸ And the foolish said to the prudent, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.

¹ And the man Ephraim said to Gideon, What is this that thou hast done to us in not calling upon us when thou wentest out to fight Madiam? And they spoke sharply to him. ² But he said o to them, What have I now done in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? ³ The Lord hath delivered into your hand the princes of Madiam, Oreb and Zeb. Now what have I been enabled to do in comparison of you? And upon his saying this, their anger against him abated.

¹ Now the Ephraimites assembled, and went northward, and said to Jephthae, Why didst thou go to fight the Ammonites, and not call on us to go with thee? We will burn thy house over thee with fire. ² And Jephthae said to them, When I and my people, and the children of Ammon, were at hard conflict, I called on you; but you did not save me out of their hands. ³ So when I saw that thou wast not a deliverer, I put my life in my hand, and went against the Ammonites, and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Why then are you come up this day to fight against me? ⁴ Then Jephthae re-assembled all the men of Galaad, and came to an engagement with Ephraim. And the men of Galaad smote Ephraim. Because they of Ephraim who were saved, said, You Galaadites belong partly to Ephraim, and partly to Manasses, ⁵ therefore the Galaadites seized the passages of the Jordan before Ephraim; and when those of Ephraim who escaped, said, Let us cross over; the men of Galaad said to them, Art thou an Ephraimite? ⁶ And when any said, No, then they said to him, say Stachys. And if he did not pronounce it distinctly, they took him, and slew him at the passages of the Jordan. So there fell of Ephraim, at that time, forty two thousand men.

¹⁰ And the young men who had been brought up with him, and waited on him spoke to him and said, Thus shalt thou say to this people, who have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, now therefore, lighten it for us, thus thou shalt say to them, My little finger shall be heavier than my father's loins. My father indeed loaded you with a heavy yoke; but I will add to your yoke. ¹¹ My father chastised you with whips; but I will chastise you with scorpions.

¹⁶ therefore when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not to them, they answered the king and said, What portion have we in David? We indeed have no inheritance in the son of Jessai. To thy tents, Israel! Now David, feed thy own house. So Israel departed to their habitations.

¹⁰ Thou hast smitten Idumea, and thy heart is elated. Enjoy thy glory at home. Why seekest thou a quarrel to thy hurt, that thou shouldst fall and Juda with thee?

¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes: but a wise man hearkeneth to advice. ¹⁶ A fool presently sheweth his wrath: but a prudent man concealeth his dishonour.

¹⁴ A righteous government giveth force to words: but sedition and quarrelling are the forerunners of want.

²⁰ Hear my son, the instruction of thy father that thou mayst be wise in thy latter days.

¹⁸ [Omitted]

²⁴ He who is bold, selfwilled and boastful is called loimos [a pest;] and he who harboureth mischief is called a transgressor.

⁸ Enter not hastily into a quarrel: lest thou repent at the last when thy friend shall upbraid thee.

²⁸ Which of you, intending to build a tower, doth not first sit down and calculate the cost, to know whether he hath sufficient to finish it? ²⁹ Lest, having laid the foundation, and not being able to complete the work; he become the scoff of all who see it, ³⁰ who will say, This man began to build, but was not able to finish. ³¹ Or, what king marching out to encounter another in battle, doth not first sit down and consult, whether he with ten thousand men, is able to meet him who is coming against him with twenty thousand? ³² And if not: doth he not, while the other is yet at a great distance, send an embassy, and sue for peace?

²⁴ Now there had been a contest among them in respect to this, which of them should be the greatest.

¹ Now in those days, the number of the disciples being multiplied, there was a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews that their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. ² Wherefore the twelve having called together the multitude of the disciples said, It is not proper that we should leave the word of God to attend tables: ³ look out therefore, brethren, from among yourselves seven men of good reputation, full of a holy spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint to this office. ⁴ And as for us, we will continue in the constant exercise of prayer, and in the ministration of the word. ⁵ And this speech pleased the whole multitude. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and a holy spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenias and Nicholas a proselyte of Antioch,

⁴ he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but raving upon questions and debates about words, from which proceed envy, contention, abusive language, evil suspicions,

¹⁴ But if you have bitter zeal, and strife in your heart, do not boast and lie against the truth. ¹⁵ This is not the wisdom which cometh down from above; but that which is of an earthly, sensual, and devilish nature. ¹⁶ For where there is a zeal with strife, there will be confusion, and every thing which is bad.

¹ Whence come wars and fightings among you? Is it not from this"from those sensual appetites of yours which are at war in your members?

⁵ Do you think that the scripture speaketh in vain? Doth the spirit which dwelt in us excite desire to envy? ⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

⁹ I wrote to the congregation, but Diotrephes, who affecteth a preeminence among them, doth not regard us. ¹⁰ For this cause, when I come I will take notice of his works which he doth, talking lightly of us with malicious words, and not content with this, he doth not entertain the brethren himself, and them who would, he hindereth, and casteth them out of the congregation.

²⁸ let him therefore lodge in deserted cities; and go into uninhabited houses: and what they had got ready, let others carry off. ²⁹ Let him neither be enriched, nor what he hath continue.

¹⁵ Riches collected unrighteously shall be vomited up. Out of his house let an angel drag him.

¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand ²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly. ²¹ Not a scrap of his provisions is left. His good things shall not, on this account, be renewed. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be afflicted, and all manner of distress shall come upon him.

¹⁶ Though he heap up silver as dust; and store up gold as clay: ¹⁷ the righteous shall take charge of all these; and men of truth shall enjoy his wealth.

² Thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands; thou art happy and it shall be well with thee.

² Treasures cannot profit the wicked; but righteousness will deliver from death.

²² A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children; but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous. ²³ The righteous shall spend many years in wealth; but the unrighteous shall perish in a short time.

²¹ A portion got at first with too much haste will not at the last be blessed.

²³ Be careful to know the state of thy flock; and pay close attention to thy herd: ²⁴ for wealth and power do not continue with a man forever; nor can he transmit them from one generation to another. ²⁵ Take care of the herbage in thy field: mow grass and collect provender from the hills: ²⁶ that thou mayst have sheep for clothing. Honour the field that thou mayst have lambs. ²⁷ My son, thou hast sayings from me powerfully conducive to thy life: and the life of thy servants.

⁸ He who increaseth his wealth by usury and unjust gain; gathereth it for him who will pity the poor.

²⁰ A faithful man will be much praised; but the wicked shall not escape punishment.

²² An envious man hasteth to be rich, and knoweth not that the bountiful shall have mastery over him.

¹⁴ Yet these riches acquired with grievous vexation shall perish, and he hath begotten a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

¹¹ A partridge whistled and collected young which it did not bring forth, increasing its wealth but not with judgment; in the midst of its days they will leave it, and at its end it will be a fool.

⁶ will they not all take up a parable against him and a fable to tell of him, saying, Woe to him who is heaping up for himself things which do not belong to him? For how long? And making his yoke grievously heavy. ⁷ For biters of him shall start up suddenly. And the plotters against thee shall be sober and thou shalt be plunder for them.

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten. ³ Your gold and your silver are covered with rust; and the rust of them will be a witness against you, and corrode your flesh like fire. You have heaped up treasure in the last days. ⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. ⁵ You have lived luxuriously on the earth. You have indulged voluptuousness. You have pampered your hearts, as on a day of public feasting.

⁶ And Sarah said, The Lord hath made laughter for me; for whoever shall hear will rejoice with me. ⁷ And she said, Who will tell Abraham that Sarah is suckling a child; that I have born a son in my old age!

³⁰ And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, for thou art still alive.

²⁶ Attend to me, my lord! As thy soul liveth, I am the woman who stood in thy presence with thee when I prayed to the Lord. ²⁷ For this child I prayed, and the Lord hath granted me the petition which I asked of him; ²⁸ therefore I dedicate him to the Lord, all the days of his life, as a loan to the Lord. Then she said,

¹⁵ But as for me, let me appear righteous before thee; let me be satisfied with a display of thy glory.

² and brought me up from a horrible pit and from miry clay; and set my feet on a rock and directed my steps, ³ and put in my mouth a new song; a hymn to our God. Many will see and be struck with awe, and trust in the Lord.

¹ For the conclusion. On understanding. For the sons of Kore. As the hart panteth for fountains of water, so panteth my soul for thee, God. ² My soul hath thirsted for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? ³ My tears were my food day and night, when they said to me continually, Where is thy God?

³ I am weary with crying; my throat is hoarse; and mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁸¹ CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I trusted in thy words. ⁸² Mine eyes failed for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? ⁸³ Though I became like a leathern bag in frost; I did not forget thy statutes.

⁷ Hear me speedily, Lord; my spirit hath failed. Turn not away thy face from me; nor let me be like them who go down to the pit.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord.

³⁰ From the fruit of righteousness springeth up the tree of life: but the lives of transgressors are prematurely destroyed.

¹⁹ The desires of the pious sweeten life: but the works of the wicked are far from knowledge.

⁸ I adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem by the powers and virtues of the field. If you found my dear brother; What should you tell him; Tell him that I am sick of love.

²⁹ Now, O Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace according to thy word, ³⁰ since mine eyes have seen that salvation of thine,

²² So you at present are in grief; but I will see you again and your heart will be made joyful; and that joy of yours no one shall take from you.

² and in the middle of the broad street of the city on both sides of the river at proper distances there was a tree of life bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month and the leaves of the tree are to heal the nations.

³¹ Because he hath despised the statute of the Lord, and hath broken his commandments, that person shall be blotted out: his sin shall be upon him.

⁹ Why then hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast slain Ourias the Chettite with the sword, and taken his wife to be thy wife. Thou hast indeed slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house. Because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Ourias the Chettite to be thy wife,

¹⁶ But they continued to deride his messengers, and to despise his words, and insult his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord ascended against his people; until there was no remedy.

³ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God, to put away all these wives and those born of them as thou shalt advise. Arise, and cause them to tremble at the commandments of our God, and let what the law requireth be done.

¹¹ These indeed thy servant keepeth; for keeping them there is a great reward.

¹³ he hath blessed them, who fear the Lord, both small and great.

¹⁶⁵ Great peace have they who love thy law: and for them there is no stumbling block.

²⁵ but set at naught my counsels and disregarded my reproofs:

³⁰ nor would they attend to my counsels, but contemned my reproofs: ³¹ Let them eat, therefore, the fruits of their own way; and be filled with their own iniquity.

²¹ Evils shall pursue sinners, but good will overtake the righteous.

² For all these things my hand hath made: and all these things are mine saith the Lord. Upon whom therefore will I look down, but upon him only who is humble and quiet, and who trembleth at my words?

² Azarias son of Maasias and Joanan son of Karae, and all the men who had spoken to Jeremias, said in reply, It is false. The Lord hath not sent thee to us, saying, You shall not go to Egypt to dwell there.

¹⁶ In regard to this word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, ¹⁷ we will not hearken to thee; for we will continue to perform every word which shall proceed from our mouth to burn incense to the queen of heaven and pour out libations to her; as we and our fathers and our kings and our chiefs did in the cities of Juda and in the streets of Jerusalem; for we had then plenty of bread and were in happy circumstances and saw no evils:

¹³ And I said to the house of Israel in the wilderness, "Walk in my statutes, "but they walked not. They rejected my rules of rectitude, which if a man practise he shall live by them; and they profaned my sabbaths exceedingly: whereupon I spoke of pouring out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to destroy them utterly:

¹⁶ because they had rejected my rules of rectitude, and had not walked in my statutes; but profaned my sabbaths, and had gone after the desires of their own heart.

²⁴ Because they did not practise my rules of rectitude, but rejected my statutes and profaned my sabbaths, and their eyes were after the desires of their fathers;

¹⁶ Against these things they who feared the Lord spoke to one another; and the Lord hearkened and heard and wrote a book of remembrance before him for them who fear the Lord and revere his name.

¹² Rejoice and exult triumphantly; for great will be your reward in heaven: for thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

³¹ And Abraham said to him, If they will not hearken to Moses, and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.

²⁸ Whoever hath set at naught the law of Moses dieth without mercy, on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ Of how much greater punishment, think ye, will he be thought worthy, who hath trampled upon the Son of God, and accounted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, a common thing, and treated contemptuously the spirit of grace?

⁸ Look to yourselves, that we may not lose our labour, but that we may receive ample wages.

⁶ The pangs of death have compassed me about; The bitterness of death hath invaded me. ⁷ In my distress I will call on the Lord, And to my God I will cry aloud. From his holy temple he will hear my voice, My cry will certainly reach his ears.

⁵ The pangs of Hades surrounded me, and the snares of death were before me.

³ The pangs of death encompassed me; the perils of Hades found me: I met with distress and sorrow:

¹¹ for by this means thou shalt live long, and years of life will be added to thee.

²⁷ The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causeth to decline from the snare of death.

²⁴ The determinations of the wise are ways of life; that he may turn from the mansion of the dead and be saved.

⁶ [Omitted]

¹⁷ The paths of life turn aside from evils: and the ways of righteousness are length of life. He who receiveth instruction shall enjoy good: and he who regardeth reproofs shall be wise. He who watcheth his own ways preserveth his soul: and he who loveth his life will be sparing of his mouth.

²² Understanding is a fountain of life to them who possess it: but the instruction of fools is evil.

¹⁴ And David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ And when Saul saw with what great wisdom he conducted himself, he was afraid of him; ¹⁶ but all Israel and Juda loved David, because he went out and came in before the people.

⁹ [J] where your father"s tried me; they proved me, though they had seen my works. ¹⁰ Forty years. I was incensed with that generation, and said, They do always err with the heart; and have not known my ways; so in mine indignation, ¹¹ I solemnly said, They shall not enter into my rest.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and all who practise it have good understanding. Let the praise of him endure forever.

⁴ and thou shalt find favour. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of the Lord and of men.

¹⁹ But the ways of the wicked being dark; they know not at what they stumble.

³⁵ A wise minister is acceptable to a king: but by his own good conduct he removeth disgrace.

¹⁰ The correction of the innocent is remarked by them who pass by; but they who hate reproofs die dishonourably.

¹⁹ Let this apostacy of thine correct thee. And thy wickedness work conviction in thee. And know and see how bitter a thing it is to forsake me, saith the Lord thy God.

⁵² And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and men.

¹⁰ and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt, and all his household.

²¹ what fruit therefore had you then from those things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of them is death.

¹⁰ Upon which Nabal started up, and in reply said to David's young men, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessai? There are now a days many slaves who run away every one from his master; ¹¹ and shall I take my bread, and my wine, and the flesh I have killed for my sheep shearers, and give them to men whom I know not whence they be?

¹⁷ Now therefore consider, and see what thou canst do: for there is mischief determined on against our master, and his household; but he is so perverse that there is no speaking to him.

²⁵ Let not my lord, I pray thee, set his heart against this perverse man. For as is his name so is he. His name is Nabal, and with him is folly. But I thy servant did not see my lord's servants whom thou didst send.

⁵ a beneficent man who commiserateth and lendeth. He will manage his affairs with judgment;

²² Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but he who dealeth faithfully is acceptable to him. ²³ A prudent man is a throne of knowledge: but the heart of fools will encounter curses.

² The tongue of the wise knoweth good things; but the mouth of fools poureth out evils.

³ In every way at least when a fool is on his march his heart will fail him so that all which he shall devise is folly.

¹³ Behold my servant will mind and be exalted and highly glorified.

¹⁶ Behold I send you forth like sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as the serpents and harmless as the doves.

¹⁹ For your obedience is come abroad to all; I therefore rejoice on your account, and wish you to be indeed wise for good, and without any mixture of evil.

²⁰ Brethren, be not children in your understandings; but be infants in malice; and in your understandings full grown men.

¹⁷ therefore be not without understanding, but intelligent with regard to what is the will of the Lord.

²⁶ As vinegar is hurtful to the teeth; and smoke to the eyes; so is transgression to them who commit it.

¹³ As the coming out of snow in harvest is grateful according to the degree of heat: so is a faithful messenger to them who send him: for he refresheth the souls of them who employ him.

²³ The north wind raiseth clouds: and an impudent countenance irritateth the tongue.

⁶ He who sendeth a message by a foolish messenger; by his own ways procureth disgrace.

¹³ Among the prophets of Samaria I saw indeed unlawful doings; they prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people Israel astray: ¹⁴ but among the prophets of Jerusalem I saw horrible things; some committing adultery, and some walking in lies, and some strengthening the hands of the multitude, that none might turn from his evil way. To me they are all become like Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof like Gomorra: ¹⁵ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I will feed them with worm wood, and give them the water of gall to drink. Because from the prophets of Jerusalem pollution has gone forth through all the land, ¹⁶ thus saith the Lord Almighty, Hearken not to the words of these prophets; for they contrive for themselves a foolish vision: they speak from their own hearts and not from the mouth of the Lord.

²⁸ Let the prophet, who hath a dream, tell his dream: and let him, to whom my word cometh, declare it with truth. Why is the chaff added to the wheat?

¹⁸ When I say to the unrighteous, Thou shalt surely die, and thou hast not warned the unrighteous to turn from his ways that he may live; that unrighteous man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thy hand.

⁷ Now, as for thee son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel, therefore thou shalt hear a word from my mouth. ⁸ When I say to the sinner, Thou shalt die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that unrighteous man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thy hand.

² Now that, which is principally required in a steward, is, that he be found faithful.

¹⁷ For we do not like the many, adulterate the word of God, but as men of sincerity, but as men of God, in the presence of God in Christ we speak.

²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God;

¹² and am thankful to Christ Jesus our Lord who qualified me; for his counting me faithful, putting into office me

² and what thou hast heard from me, in the presence of many witnesses, commit thou to faithful men, who will be able to teach others.

⁵ Let a righteous man correct me with mercy; and he will work conviction in me: but let not the oil of a sinner [for this shall still be my prayer] anoint my head at their pleasure.

⁹ That thou mayst not give thy life to others, and thy substance to the cruel: ¹⁰ that strangers may not be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours go into the houses of strangers, ¹¹ and thou at last be grieved. When the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! ¹³ I hearkened not to the voice of him who instructed me and taught me; nor have I inclined mine ear. ¹⁴ I have been almost in all evil, in the midst of the assembly and congregation."

⁹ Give a wise man a hint and he will be wiser; an intimation to a righteous man and he will proceed to take it.

¹ He who loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he who hateth reproofs is a fool.

¹³ He who despiseth business shall be despised by it; but he who feareth a commandment is safe. To a deceitful son nothing can be good: but the actions of a wise servant are prosperous, and his way will be prospered.

³¹ [Omitted] ³² He who rejecteth instruction hateth himself: but he who regardeth reproofs loveth his soul.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power.

¹² A precious sardius is bound to an ear-ring of gold; and a word of wisdom to an obedient ear.

³ [p] Lord, thine eyes look for faithfulness. Thou hast chastised them: but they have not grieved. Thou hast consumed them and they would not receive instruction. They have made their faces harder than a rock and refused to return. ⁴ Then I said, perhaps they are poor, therefore they could not. Because they have not known the way of the Lord and the judgment of God, ⁵ I will go to the nobles and speak to them. [J] Because these knew the way of the Lord and the judgment of God, and lo! with one consent, have broken the yoke and burst the bands; ⁶ therefore a lion from the forest hath smitten them and a wolf hath destroyed them even in their houses, and a leopard hath lain in wait against their cities. Let all who go out from them be hunted down. Because they have multiplied their iniquities; have strengthened themselves in their apostacies; ⁷ for which of these can I be merciful to thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by things which are no Gods. When I fed them plentifully, they committed adultery, and revelled in the houses of harlots. ⁸ They became furious wanton steeds; they neighed every one for his neigh hour's wife. ⁹ Shall I not visit for these things, saith the Lord, and on such a nation as this shall not my soul be avenged?

²⁵ See that you do not reject him who speaketh. For if they did not escape who rejected him who gave forth oracles on earth, how much less shall we who reject him who is from heaven,

⁴⁸ And the king said to this effect. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath this day set one of my seed on my throne, and my eyes see it.

²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. Lord, in thy strength, the king will rejoice; and exult greatly in thy salvation. ² Thou hast granted him the desire of his soul, and hast not denied him the request of his lips.

¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

²⁷ Depart from evil and do good and dwell for evermore.

⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God and depart from all evil:

¹² Better is he who heartily beginneth to help, than he who promiseth and giveth expectation; for good desire is a tree of life.

²⁷ A righteous man is an abomination to an unjust man: and a straight course is an abomination to a transgressor.

⁴ It was but a little while after I parted from them, till I found him whom my soul loveth. I took hold of him and did not let him go till I brought him to my mother's house and into the chambers of her who conceived me.

¹⁹ Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth firm, having this inscription""The Lord knoweth them who are his;" and "Let every one who nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity."

⁷ I have maintained the good combat. I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. ⁸ As to what remaineth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, not only to me, but to all who have loved his glorious appearance.

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb. ¹⁵ For this cause they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple. And he who sitteth on the throne will spread his tent over them. ¹⁶ They shall no more hunger, nor shall they thirst any more; nor shall the sun dart upon them; nor any scorching heat: ¹⁷ for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will tend them and guide them to living fountains of water; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

¹² and Lot dwelt in a city of the borderers and pitched his tent among the Sodomites, ¹³ though the men of Sodom were wicked and very great sinners in the sight of the Lord.

¹² They took also Lot, Abram's brother's son and his substance, when they went off, as he dwelt among the Sodomites.

⁸ But he slighted the counsel of the old men, which they gave him, and consulted with the young men who had been brought up with him, and who waited on him,

¹⁰ And the young men who had been brought up with him, and waited on him spoke to him and said, Thus shalt thou say to this people, who have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, now therefore, lighten it for us, thus thou shalt say to them, My little finger shall be heavier than my father's loins. My father indeed loaded you with a heavy yoke; but I will add to your yoke.

⁴ Then the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle? To which Josaphat replied, I am as thou art; my people as thy people; my horses as thy horses.

³² Accordingly when the commanders of the chariots saw Josaphat, king of Juda, they said, This appeareth to be the king of Israel, and wheeled about to fight him, and Josaphat uttered a loud cry.

² .Jehu the son of Anani the prophet, went out to meet him, and said to him, King Josaphat, dost thou aid a sinner, or form friendship with one hated by the Lord? On this account there would have been wrath against thee,

⁶³ I am a companion of all them who fear thee; and of them who keep thy commandments.

¹¹ saying, Come with us; partake of blood; and let us hide in the earth an innocent man without cause, ¹² and swallow him up alive, as the grave, and take away from earth the remembrance of him. ¹³ Let us seize his precious substance and fill our houses with spoils. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among us, and let us all have a common purse. Let one scrip serve us. ¹⁵ Go not thou in the way with them; but turn thy foot from their paths. ¹⁶ [Omitted] ¹⁷ For nets are not spread for birds unjustly. ¹⁸ For they who are accomplices to murder, treasure up evils for themselves. And doleful is the destruction of wicked men. ¹⁹ Such are the ways of all who commit iniquitous deeds. For by wickedness they destroy their own soul.

¹² that she may deliver thee from an evil way and from a man who speaketh perversely. ¹³ Alas for them who leave straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ who are delighted with evils and have joy in evil perversion; ¹⁵ whose ways are crooked, and whose paths turn aside to lead thee far from the straight road ¹⁶ and estrange thee from a just determination. ¹⁷ My son, let not evil counsel, who hath forsaken the discipline of youth and hath forgotten the divine covenant, take hold of thee. ¹⁸ For she hath placed her house near death; and her wheels with the earth born near the mansion of the dead. ¹⁹ None who walk by her direction can ever return; nor ever recover the right paths. ²⁰ For they are not taken hold of by years of life. If they indeed had walked in good ways: they would have found the paths of justice smooth.

²² And he is gone after her, attracted by her; as an ox is led to slaughter, or as a dog to be chained: or like a deer pierced through the liver with a dart. ²³ And he hasteth like a bird to a snare; not knowing that he is running the risk of his life.

²⁷ Her house is the highway to Hades, leading down to the chambers of death.

⁶ Forsake folly, that you may reign forever: and seek prudence and build up understanding with knowledge."

³¹ [Omitted]

⁷ Tell me thou whom my soul loveth, where thou tendest thy flock; Where thou causest it to rest at noon, perhaps I may be like a wanderer among the tents of thy companions. ⁸ If thou wouldst not make thyself known, fairest of women; go out by thyself in the track of the flock; and feed thy kids by the shepherds tents.

⁴² and continued stedfast in the doctrine of the apostles and in the community, and in the breaking of the loaf, and in prayers,

³³ Be not led astray; "good morals are debauched by talk profane." ³⁴ Be righteously sober and sin not. For some have not a knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

¹⁴ Form no associations with unbelievers; for what fellowship is there between righteousness and unrighteousness? What communion hath light with darkness? ¹⁵ What concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever? ¹⁶ And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God. As God hath said, "Because I will dwell among them and walk about among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people; ¹⁷ therefore come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you, ¹⁸ and be to you a father, and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."

²⁴ and let us observe one another, in order to excite love and good works,

⁴ And I heard another voice out of heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, that you may not partake of her sins and that you may not receive of her punishments.

⁷ Though thou hast offered right, yet if thou hast not rightly divided, hast thou not sinned? Be composed. To thee shall be his recourse, and thou shalt rule over him."

²³ But if you do not act in this manner, you will sin against the Lord, and you shall be sensible of your sin, when evils overtake you.

¹⁰ Many are the chastisements of the sinner; but mercy will encompass him who trusteth in the Lord.

¹⁰ Alas for their souls! Because they have counselled an evil counsel against themselves, saying, "Let us bind the just one, for he is disagreeable to us;" let them therefore eat the fruits of their deeds. ¹¹ Alas for the wicked! according to the works of his hands evils shall befal him. my people!

⁴ When the barbarians saw the venomous creature hanging to his hand they said to one another, This man is certainly a murderer whom vengeance suffereth not to live, though he hath escaped from the sea.

⁷ to them who by perseverance in well-doing, seek for glory and honour, and incorruption [he will grant] everlasting life; ⁸ but for them who are contentious and disobedient to the truth and in subjection to unrighteousness, there will be indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man who doth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek; ¹⁰ but glory and honour and peace, for every one who doth good; for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.

⁷ And I will establish this my covenant with thee and thy seed after thee, throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God and the God of thy seed after thee. ⁸ And I will give thee and thy seed after thee this land in which thou sojournest; even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

¹² now therefore, give not your daughters to their sons, nor take any of their daughters for your sons; nor shall you seek their peace or their welfare forever, that you may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.

¹² What man soever habitually feareth the Lord; him He will instruct in the way he hath chosen; ¹³ his life shall be spent in the enjoyment of good things and his offspring shall inherit the land.

²⁵ I have been young and am now old, yet I have never seen the righteous utterly forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

²⁸ Let the children of thy servants pitch their tents and their seed be established forever.

² His seed shall be mighty in the land: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

⁶ And mayst thou see children's children! Peace be upon Israel.

²⁶ For to the man who is good in his sight he hath given wisdom and knowledge and joy; and to the sinner he hath given the trouble of gathering and heaping up to give to him who is good in the sight of God. So that this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it. ⁷ For having no cultivated field, no driver, nor master, ⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, sluggard, and when wilt thou rouse from sleep? ¹⁰ Thou art sleeping a little; but resting a little; but taking a short nap; but folding thy hands a little while on thy breast! ¹¹ But is not poverty coming upon thee like an unwelcome traveller? And want like a speedy courier? Whereas if thou be diligent; thy harvest will come like a fountain, and want like a bad courier will run away.

¹⁸ He who planteth a fig tree shall eat of its fruit; and he who guardeth his master shall be honoured.

¹⁹ He who tilleth his own ground shall have plenty of bread; but he who followeth idleness, shall have plenty of poverty.

⁹ and the profit of land is for every one, a king is appendant to the cultivated field.

⁵ He who keepeth a command will not acknowledge it to be; a wicked order; but a wise man's heart knoweth the time of judgment, that; there is a time and a judgment for everything. ⁶ Because the man's determination may be much against him; ⁷ The stork in the heaven knoweth her season; so doth the dove and the swallow of the field; the ostriches observed the time of their coming; but my people do not know the judgments of the Lord. ⁸ How can you say, "We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us." In vain was it made; the scribes had a lying pen. ⁹ Are the wise ashamed? They are indeed dismayed and taken. Because they rejected the law of the Lord; therefore be their wisdom what it may, ¹⁰ I will give their wives to others and their fields to them who will take possession, that they may gather the products thereof, saith the Lord.

¹² for whom the Lord loveth he reproveth: and chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

³⁶ But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."

¹⁸ Chasten thy son, for thus he will be hopeful; but be not in thy soul transported to haughtiness.

¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: but a rod and instruction will drive it from him.

¹³ Refrain not from correcting a child: for if thou beat him with a rod, thou mayst prevent his death. ¹⁴ For thou wilt beat him with a rod and deliver his soul from death.

¹⁵ The rod and reproofs give wisdom: but a child led astray shameth his parents.

¹⁷ Correct thy son and he will give thee rest; and add honour to thy life.

²⁶ If any one cometh to me, and slighteth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, nay, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth. ⁷ If you endure correction God dealeth with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father doth not correct? ⁸ Now if you are without correction, of which all are partakers, you are indeed bastards and not sons.

⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemies, whom the Lord will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things, and thou shalt wear a yoke of iron on thy neck, until it utterly destroy thee.

²⁴ While they are wasting by famine, and voracious birds; The burning carbuncle also shall be incurable; I will send against them the teeth of wild beasts, With the venom of serpents, trailing on the ground.

¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.

³ Trust in the Lord and exercise kindness; dwell in the land and thou shalt be fed with the riches thereof.

¹⁶ Better is the little which a righteous man hath, than the abundant wealth of sinners.

¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the ways of the spotless; and their inheritance shall last forever. ¹⁹ In time of troubles they shall not be shamed, and in days of famine they shall be plentifully fed.

¹¹ But is not poverty coming upon thee like an unwelcome traveller? And want like a speedy courier? Whereas if thou be diligent; thy harvest will come like a fountain, and want like a bad courier will run away.

³ The Lord will not kill with hunger a righteous soul; but he will overthrow the life of the wicked.

³⁴ If such indeed be thy conduct; poverty will come upon thee like a traveller and want like a swift courier.

¹³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold my servants shall eat; but you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink; but you shall be thirsty: behold my servants shall rejoice; but you shall be ashamed: ¹⁴ behold my servants shall triumph with joy: But you shall scream for sorrow of heart, and howl for anguish of spirit.

¹⁰ For when we were with you we gave you this charge, that he who would not work should not eat.

⁸ For bodily exercise is of little service, but this godliness is profitable for all things, having a promise of the present life and of that to come.

⁵ Let your conduct be free from avarice. Be content with what you have; for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor will I ever forsake thee."