Proverbs 16 Cross References - Thomson

¹ [Omitted] ² All the works of the humble are manifest in the sight of God; but the wicked shall perish in an evil day. ³ [Omitted] ⁴ [Omitted] ⁵ Every lofted minded man is impure in the sight of God: and he who hath joined hand to hand unjustly shall not go unpunished. ⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices. ⁸ He who seeketh the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness. And they who seek him early shall find peace. ⁹ All the works of the Lord are with righteousness: but the wicked is kept for an evil day. ¹⁰ Divine sentence is in the mouth of a king: therefore his mouth should not err in judgment. ¹¹ Justice is that which turneth the scales with the Lord. And his works are of just weight. ¹² An evil doer is an abomination to a king: for the throne of government is established by righteousness. ¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loveth right words. ¹⁴ The wrath of a king is a messenger of death: but a wise man can pacify it. ¹⁵ The son of a king is in the light of life: and they who are acceptable to him are as an evening cloud. ¹⁶ The productions of wisdom are better than gold: and the productions of prudence are better than silver. 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. ¹⁸ Pride goeth before destruction: and a haughty spirit before a fall. ¹⁹ A man of a gentle spirit with humility is better than he who divideth spoils with scorners. ²⁰ A man intelligent in business is an inventer of good things: but most happy is he whose trust is in God. ²¹ The wise and prudent are called crafty; and they who are sweet in discourse will be more listened to. ²² Understanding is a fountain of life to them who possess it: but the instruction of fools is evil. ²³ The heart of a wise man will consider the words of his mouth: and on his lips he will carry knowledge. ²⁴ Good words are a honey comb: and the sweetness thereof is health to the soul. ²⁵ There are ways which seem right to a man: but the latter ends of them look to the bottom of Hades. ²⁶ A man by labour laboureth for himself; and wardeth off his own destruction. ²⁷ He who is utterly perverse carrieth destruction in his mouth. A man void of understanding diggeth up evils for himself; and treasureth up fire with his lips. ²⁸ A froward man spreadeth mischief. He will light up a lamp of deceit for evils; and he separateth them who were friends. ²⁹ The man who is a transgressor enticeth friends; and leadeth them in ways which are not good. ³⁰ But he who fixeth his eyes and deviseth froward things; and with his month enforceth all his evil purposes; is a very furnace of wickedness. ³¹ Old age is a crown of glory, when found in the ways of righteousness. ³² A man who is slow to wrath is better than the mighty; and he who subdueth anger is better than he who taketh a city, ³³ All things come upon the wicked into their bosoms: but from the Lord all things which are just.

¹¹ Upon which the Lord said to Moses, Who gave man a mouth? and who made the hard of hearing, and the deaf, him who seeth and the blind? Was it not I who am God? ¹² Now therefore go and I will open thy mouth and teach thee what thou shalt say.

¹⁵ Thou therefore shalt speak to him and commit my words to his mouth. And I will open thy mouth and his mouth and teach you what you shall do.

³¹ So when the commanders of the chariots saw Josaphat, they said, This is the king of Israel, and wheeled about in order to attack him, whereupon Josaphat cried aloud, and the Lord saved him, and God caused them to turn back from him.

²⁷ Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers who thus put it in the king's heart to glorify the house of the Lord which is at Jerusalem,

¹¹ Turn not away, I beseech thee, Lord. But let thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy children, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I beseech thee, thy servant this day, and grant him favour in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's butler,

¹⁷ The Lord hath hearkened to the desire of the oppressed: Thine ear hath attended to the preparation of their heart;

³⁶ Incline my heart to thy testimonies and not to covetousness.

⁹ All the works of the Lord are with righteousness: but the wicked is kept for an evil day.

²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever.

²⁴ The steps for a man are plainly set forth by the Lord: how then should a mortal consider his ways!

¹ The heart of a king is in the hand of God; like a canal of water, he turneth it whithersoever he pleaseth.

⁷ And the Lord said to me, say not "For I am a child." For thou shalt go to all, to whomsoever I send thee; and according to all that I command thee thou shalt speak. ⁸ Be not afraid of them; for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the Lord. ⁹ Then the Lord stretched forth his hand towards me and touched my mouth; and the Lord said to me, Behold I have put my words in thy mouth.

²³ [p] I know, Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, nor can a man who travelleth ensure to himself a prosperous journey.

³⁹ And I will give them another way and another heart that I may be always feared and may be for good to them and their children after them. ⁴⁰ And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, which I will not turn away from them; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not apostatise from me;

²⁶ I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh: ²⁷ And I will put my spirit in you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and to keep my judgments and practise them.

¹⁹ But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for what you are to speak will be suggested to you at the very instant. ²⁰ For it is not you who speak, but the spirit of your father that speaketh in you.

¹¹ Now when they bring you before their synagogues, and magistrates, and rulers, be not anxious how or what defence you shall make, or what you shall say: ¹² for the holy spirit will teach you that very instant, what you ought to say.

¹⁴ Therefore settle it in your minds not to premeditate what defence you shall make. ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.

¹⁶ Now thanks be to God, who putteth the same earnestness for you in the heart of Titus.

¹³ for it is God who is working in you both the will and the power to act.

¹⁶ Be not led astray, my beloved brethren: ¹⁷ Every good donation, and every perfect gift, is from above, and cometh down from the father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will he hath impregnated us with a word of truth, that we may be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

¹³ And when Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord. I have performed all that the Lord hath spoken. ¹⁴ Whereupon Samuel said, But what bleating of flocks is this in my ears? and what is this lowing of cattle which I hear?

⁷ But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, nor the height of his stature, for I have rejected him: for God looketh not superficially as man looketh; for man looketh at the outward appearance, but God will look to the heart.

² because, before him, he hath acted with deceit.

²¹ For the ways of a husband are before the eyes of God, and he examineth narrowly all his paths.

²⁵ There are ways which seem right to a man: but the latter ends of them look to the bottom of Hades.

² Every man appeareth righteous in his own eyes: but the Lord directeth hearts.

¹² If thou should say, I do not know this man: know that the Lord knoweth the hearts of all: and that he, who gave breath to all, knoweth all things: and will render to every one according to his works.

¹² A wicked progeny judge themselves righteous, but have not purged their ways.

⁷ The way of the pious was straight; the way of the pious was well prepared;

²² Though thou wash thyself with nitre and use much soap: thou art stained by thine iniquities in my sight, saith the Lord. ²³ How canst thou say, I am not polluted, nor have I gone after Baal? View thy ways in the grave yard, and recollect what thou hast done. In the evening her voice raised the mournful cry.

¹⁰ [J] I the Lord search hearts and try reins, to give to everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his devices.

²⁷ Thekel; It hath been weighed in a balance and found wanting.

¹⁵ Whereupon he said to them, You are they who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts. Because that which is high among men, is an abomination in the sight of God,

⁹ Then with a view to some who had a confidence in themselves that they were righteous, and who despised others, he spake this parable, ¹⁰ Two men went up to the temple to pray; the one, a Pharisee; and the other, a publican. 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.

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? No, by no means. Indeed I should not have known sin, had it not been for the law. For I should not have known covetousness, had not the law said, "Thou shall not covet" ⁸ But sin having got an advantage by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of desire. For without law sin is dead. ⁹ Now as for me, I for a while was alive without law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

¹⁸ And to the angel of the congregation at Thyatira write, "Thus saith the son of God, whose eyes are like a flame of fire, and whose feet fire like fine brass;

²³ and I will slay her children with death; and all the congregations shall know, that I am the searcher of reins and hearts, and will give to every one of you according to your works.

⁸ [b] No, indeed; but notwithstanding this, let me supplicate the Lord. And call upon the Lord, the master of all,

²⁸ and he will assign thee an habitation of righteousness, and light shall shine upon thy ways.

⁴ Indulge thyself with delight in the Lord, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart. ⁵ Lay open thy way before the Lord, and trust in him; and he will accomplish;

²² Cast thy care on the Lord, and he will sustain thee. He will never suffer the righteous to be shaken.

⁶ Shew it in all thy ways, that it may make thy paths straight.

⁵ And as for the son of Aram and the son of Romelias; because they have taken evil counsel, saying, ⁶ "Let us go up to Judea and confer with the people and bring them into our measures; and let us make the son of Tabeel king over it, ⁷ thus saith the Lord of hosts. This counsel shall not stand; nor shall it take effect.

²⁵ Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body, than raiment? ²⁶ Observe those birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap, nor lay up in granaries; yet your heavenly father feedeth them. Are not you much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Besides, which of you can by his anxiety prolong his life one hour? ²⁸ And with respect to raiment, why are you anxious? Consider those lilies of the field, how they grow. They neither toil nor spin: ²⁹ yet I affirm, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ Now if God thus arrayeth the herbage which is today in the field, and tomorrow to be cast into a furnace, will he not much more clothe you, O ye mistrustful? ³¹ Therefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat; or, what shall we drink; or, with what shall we be clothed? ³² For about all such things the nations are solicitous: for your heavenly father knoweth that you have need of all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you. ³⁴ Wherefore be not anxious about the morrow; for the morrow will be anxious about its own concerns. Sufficient for every day is its own trouble.

²² Then he said to his disciples, For this cause I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat; nor for your body, what you shall wear.

⁶ Be anxious about nothing; but on all occasions, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;

⁷ Having cast all your care upon him, for he careth for you,

³⁰ Because the wicked is reserved for a day of destruction: let them be carried to prison for the day of his indignation.

⁷ all that are called by my name." For I have prepared him for my glory, I have fashioned him and made him,

²¹ my people whom I have preserved to recount my praises.

²² What if God willing to manifest his wrath and make known his power, did with much long suffering, bear with the vessels of wrath fitted for destruction,

³⁶ Because of him, and by him, and for him are all things; to him be the glory forever, Amen;

⁸ is indeed a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence. They disbelieving the word stumble at the thing for which they were laid:

³ Indeed, with insatiable covetousness, they will, with smooth words, make merchandize of you. But the judgment prepared of old for them is not idle, nor is their destruction slumbering.

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from, temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgment, to be punished;

¹¹ Thou, O Lord, art worthy to receive the glory and the honour and the power, because thou hast created all things, and at thy will they exist and were created.

⁷ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not hold him guiltless who taketh his name in vain.

¹² Extinguish also the haughty, and turn the wicked into instant corruption.

¹⁶ Because he delighteth in all those things which God hateth: therefore he is destroyed for the depravity of his soul. ¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood;

¹³ The fear of the Lord hateth injustice and insolence and haughtiness and the ways of the wicked: and I have hated the crooked ways of bad men.

²¹ He who wickedly joineth hand to hand shall not go unpunished: but he who soweth righteousness shall receive a just reward.

¹¹ Alas for the wicked! according to the works of his hands evils shall befal him. my people!

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;

⁶ It granteth indeed a greater favour, therefore it saith, "God resisteth the proud, and granteth favour to the humble."

¹¹ And Abraham said, I indeed thought, as there is no worship of God in this place, they will kill me for my wife's sake.

⁹ I said, This thing which you do is not good. It is not in this manner that you are in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of the nations, our enemies.

¹⁵ those daily allowances with which they who were before me had loaded them, and which they had exacted from them in bread and wine, to the amount at least of forty didrachms of silver. They indeed who had been displaced, tyrannised over the people; but as for me I did not do so; because I feared God.

¹ There was a man in the country of Ausitis whose name was Job. He was a man of truth and integrity, just, pious, and who abstained from every thing that was evil. ² He had seven sons and three daughters; and his cattle were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred breeding asses. ³ His attendants were numerous, and his works great in the country. He was also a man of illustrious birth, among the people of the east. ⁴ Now his sons had a custom of meeting at each others houses, and making an entertainment, each on his day, taking along with them their three sisters to eat and drink with them. ⁵ And soon as the days of the entertainment were over, Job sent for, and purified them early the next morning, and offered sacrifices for them according to their numbers; a young bull for a sin offering for each of them; for Job said, Perhaps my children have in their mind conceived evil before God. In this manner therefore Job acted after every of those days. ⁶ And it came to pass that on the same day, when lo! the angels of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan also came with them; ⁷ and the Lord said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan in reply said to the Lord, Having gone round the earth, and roved the whole of it under heaven, I am come here. ⁸ And the Lord said to him, Hast thou harboured in thy mind any thing against my servant Job? For there is not like him on the earth, a man unblameable, true, pious, abstaining from every thing evil.

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

¹⁰ Mercy and truth have met each other; righteousness and peace have mutually embraced.

¹⁶ A wise man, when terrified, declineth from evil: but the fool, confident in himself, mixeth with transgressors.

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

²⁸ Beneficence and truth are a guard to a king: and they will encompass his throne with justice.

²⁷ For this cause, king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee; and make atonement for thy sins by acts of kindness, and for thy transgressions by tender mercies for the distressed. Perhaps God may forgive thine offences.

¹⁸ Who is a God like unto thee, taking away iniquities, and passing by the transgressions of the remnant of his heritage? He hath not kept his anger in remembrance; because he delighteth in mercy; ¹⁹ he will turn and have compassion on us: he will bury deep our iniquities: they shall be whelmed in the depths of the sea. ²⁰ All our sins he will give up for truth to Jacob, as an act of mercy to Abraham as he sware to our fathers, according to the days which have been heretofore.

⁴¹ But with respect to the things in it, give alms, and behold they are all clean to you.

² Every branch in me which beareth not fruit, he loppeth off; and every branch which beareth fruit he cleaneth to make it more fruitful.

⁹ and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by belief.

¹ Having therefore, beloved, these promises, let us purify ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

²¹ Be subject to one another in the fear of God.

²² Having, in obedience to the truth, purified your souls by the spirit for an unfeigned brotherly affection, love one another fervently with a pure heart,

⁴¹ So Esau harboured a rooted hatred against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And in this agitation of his mind Esau said, O! that, the days of mourning for my father were come that I may kill my brother Jacob.

⁶ So the messengers returned to Jacob and said, We have been to thy brother Esau; and lo! he is coming to meet thee; and four hundred men with him. ⁷ Thereupon Jacob was greatly terrified and distressed. And he divided the people who were with him and the cattle and the camels and the flocks into two camps.

²⁸ Thereupon he said to him, Thy name shall no more be Jacob only, but Israel also shall be thy name. Since thou hast been enabled to prevail with God, therefore with men thou shalt be mighty.

⁴ And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell upon his neck and kissed him and they both wept.

¹⁰ And there was a dread of the Lord on all the kingdoms of the land around Juda, so that they did not make war on Josaphat.

³¹ this indeed will be more pleasing to God than a young bull with horns and hoofs.

¹¹ Be it so; O Lord, while they enjoy prosperity.[J] Did I not stand by thee, in the time of their calamities and in the time of their affliction, for good with the enemy?

¹ As for Saul he was still breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord. Having gone to the chief priest, ² he asked letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, that if he should find any of this way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

¹⁹ and having taken some food, he was strengthened. And Saul was some days with the brethren in Damascus, ²⁰ and forthwith, in the synagogues proclaimed Jesus that he is the son of God.

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

¹⁸ Now I have all things and abound. I am fully supplied, having received your presents by Epaphroditus, a fragrant odour, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

¹⁰ with all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthy of the Lord, to all well pleasing. By every good work we bear fruit, and grow up for the acknowledgment of God;

²⁰ Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

²¹ perfect you in every good work, that you may do his will, working in you what is well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ: to whom be the glory for the ages of the ages. Amen.

²² and whatever we ask we obtain from him, because we keep his commandments, and do the things which are pleasing in his sight.

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

¹⁶ Better is a small portion with the fear of the Lord, than great treasures without that fear.

⁶ He who getteth treasures by a lying tongue, pursueth vanity to the snares of death. ⁷ Destruction shall lodge with the wicked; because they refuse to do justice.

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.

¹⁰ Will fire and the house of an unrighteous man [do it?] Or he who is treasuring up unlawful treasures and iniquities with haughtiness?

⁶ Now this religion, with contentment, is a great gain. ⁷ For we brought nothing into this world; and it is evident that we can carry nothing out of it. ⁸ Having then food and raiment let us be content with these. ⁹ But they who determine to be rich, fall headlong into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful desires, which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

²³ The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, when he taketh delight in his way.

¹ [Omitted]

³⁰ There is no wisdom, there is no fortitude, no counsel in the wicked.

¹⁰ who can declare events before they happen, as if they were already accomplished. When I have spoken, all my counsel shall stand; and all that I have determined, I will effect.

⁵ Why have you stolen my silver cup? Is not this it out of which my lord drinketh. By it indeed he divineth. You have done evil in so doing.

¹⁵ And Joseph said to them, What is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can divine?

¹⁸ And when he is settled in his government, he shall write for himself this repetition of the law in a book, from that which is in the custody of the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹ And he shall keep it by him, and shall read therein all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord thy God, and to keep all these commandments, and execute all these judgments; ²⁰ that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren; that he may not turn aside from these commandments, to the right, or to the left, to the end that he and his sons may long enjoy his government among the children of Israel.

³ The God of Israel saith to me, A watchman of Israel hath spoken a proverb. I said as a man, [d] How can you strengthen the fear of an anointed? ⁴ [p] With the light of the God of the morning. [d] David. [p] Prophet. [d] Let the Sun rise in the morning betimes. [p] Is not the Lord gone forth with splendour? [d] Yes, like the spring of grass on the earth after rain;

²⁸ And when all Israel heard the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king, for they saw that there was in him the wisdom of God to execute judgment.

⁶ Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude. ⁷ Thou didst love righteousness and hate iniquity, therefore God, thy God anointed thee with the oil of joy above thy associates.

¹ For Solomon. GOD give the king thy judgment; and thy righteousness to the king's son. ² That he may judge thy people with righteousness; and thy distressed ones with judgment. ³ Let the mountains and the hills resume peace for thy people: ⁴ Let him judge righteously such of the people as are distressed; and save the children of the needy: and humble oppressors:

⁴ As the honour of a king loveth judgment; thou hast provided rules of rectitude; and executed judgment and justice in Israel.

¹² An evil doer is an abomination to a king: for the throne of government is established by righteousness. ¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loveth right words.

¹ For behold a righteous king shall reign and chiefs shall rule with justice. ² And this man will be one who hideth his words, and he will be hid as from a rolling flood. And he will be seen on Sion like a glorious stream in a thirsty land.

⁵ Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous shoot, who shall reign king and understand and execute judgment and justice on the earth. ⁶ In his days Juda shall be saved and Israel shall dwell securely. And the name which the Lord will give him by the prophets shall be Josedek [Lord of righteousness.]

⁴ But as for this king, what can he do for us? Speaking words, false pretences, will he make a covenant? Will judgment spring up like a weed in an uncultivated field?

⁷ He is the exalter of judgment and hath established righteousness for the earth.

¹² Can horses pursue among rocks? Will they refrain from whinnying at females? Because you have turned judgment into fury, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

³⁵ you shall not do injustice in the exercise of judgment, nor in measures, nor in weights, nor in balances. ³⁶ You shall have among you just balances, just weights and a just measure. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

¹³ Thou shalt not have in thy bag different weights, a great and a small; ¹⁴ nor shall there be in thy house, different measures, a great and a small. ¹⁵ Thou shalt have a just and true weight, and thou shalt have a just and true measure; that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for a possession;

¹ A deceitful balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

¹⁰ Diverse weights and diverse measures are impure in the sight of the Lord. Yes, both they and he who useth them.

²³ A diverse weight is an abomination to the Lord: and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

¹⁰ Let your weights and measures be just.

⁷ As for Chanaan, in his hand is a deceitful balance. He loved to tyrannise.

⁵ "When will the new moon be over that we may buy? And the sabbaths, that we may open store? to make the measure small, and the weight heavy, and to make the balance uneven,

¹¹ Will an unrighteous man be justified by a balance, or false weights by a bag

¹⁶ for every one who doth these things; every one who committeth injustice, is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

¹⁸ [Omitted]

⁵ Slay the wicked from the presence of a king and his throne will be established in righteousness.

⁹ As for him who turneth away his ear from hearkening to the law; even his prayer is an abomination.

¹⁴ When a king judgeth the poor faithfully; his throne will be established for a memorial.

⁴⁸ but he who did not know it, and did things deserving chastisement, shall be beaten with few. For to whom much is given, of him much will be required. And the more a man is entrusted with, the more will be demanded from him.

¹¹ Then I saw the heaven opened and behold a white horse I and he who was mounted on him was called; Faithful And True, and with righteousness he judgeth and maketh war.

⁵ Him, who privily slandered his neighbour, I expelled. With one of a haughty eye and unsatiable heart I would not eat. ⁶ Mine eyes have been on the faithful of the land; that they might dwell with me. He who walked in a perfect way, hath been employed in my service. ⁷ He who practised haughtiness found no abode in my family. He who spoke unjustly was not right in mine eyes.

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

¹¹ The Lord loveth holy hearts; and all the unspotted are acceptable to him. A king feedeth with his lips;

³¹ And he said, God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha shall stand on him this day. ³² Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And when the king despatched a man before him; before the messenger came to him he said to the elders, Do you see that this son of a murderer hath sent to take off my head? Look! when the messenger cometh, shut the door and stop him there. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? ³³ And while he was speaking with them, behold the messenger came down to him. And when the king said, Behold this calamity is from the Lord; why should I wait any longer for the Lord?

¹¹ Every wicked man stirreth up contention: but the Lord will send him a cruel messenger.

¹² The threat of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but his favour is like dew on the grass.

² The threat of a king is like the rage of a lion; and he who provoketh him sinneth against his own life.

⁴ If the spirit of a ruler rise up against thee, resign not thy place: for a reconciliation will mollify great offences.

¹³ Upon this Nabuchodonosar in wrath and fury commanded to bring Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago: and when they were brought before the king, ¹⁴ Nabuchodonosar addressed them, saying, Is it true, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? ¹⁵ Now therefore are you ready, when you hear the sound of the trumpet and syrinx and of the kithara and sambuk and of the psaltery and symphony and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall prostrate and worship the golden image which I have made? For if you do not worship you shall, that very hour, be cast into the furnace of fire, which is heated. And what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands? ¹⁶ In reply to this, Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago said to the king Nabuchodonosar, We are at no loss to answer thee in respect to this matter. ¹⁷ For our God in heaven, whom we worship, is able to deliver us out of the furnace of fire which is heated, and he will deliver us, king, out of thy hands. ¹⁸ But even though he do not, be it known to thee, king, that we cannot serve thy gods, nor will we worship the image which thou hast set up. ¹⁹ At this Nabuchodonosar was filled with wrath, and the form of his countenance was changed against Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago. And he ordered to heat the furnace seven fold, till it was hot as possible: ²⁰ and commanded some strong men to bind Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago, and cast them into the furnace of fire which was heated. ²¹ Then were these men bound, clad as they were with their Babylonish dress and with turbans and boots; and cast into the midst of the furnace of fire which was heated, ²² as the command of the king was peremptory. But though the furnace was heated to an excessive degree and ²³ these three men, Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago fell bound into the midst of the glowing furnace, yet they walked about in the midst of the flame, praising God and blessing the Lord. ²⁴ When Nabuchodonosar heard them singing praise he was amazed and starting up hastily said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? And when they said to the king, True, king, ²⁵ the king said, Here I see four men loose and walking about in the midst of the fire unhurt: And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of a god.

²⁷ So the king immediately despatched a sentinel with orders to bring the head of the baptist. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

⁴ therefore I say to you, my friends; Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that can do no more: ⁵ but I will point out to you whom you should fear; Fear him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. I repeat it to you, Fear him.

²⁰ Now Herod was meditating a war against the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they with one accord waited on him, and having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they sued for peace, because their country was subsisted by that of the king.

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

²³ As the thirsty earth receiveth rain, so did they my speech. ²⁴ If I smiled on them they could scarce believe it. And the light of my countenance was not lost.

⁶ Many say, Who will shew us good things? On us, Lord, is marked the light of thy countenance:

⁶ For thou wilt give him everlasting blessing; and with the joy of thy countenance make him glad.

⁵ Because at his wrath there is vexation; but in his favour, life; in the evening weeping may pitch its tent; and in the morning, joy.

⁶ Let him descend like rain on a fleece; and like showers gently falling on the ground.

³ Let us acknowledge; let us continue our pursuit to know the Lord; sure as the morning we shall find him. He will come like rain for us; like the former and latter rain for the earth."

¹ ask ye of the Lord, rain in its season, the former and latter rain. The Lord hath made appearances, and he will give rain in plenty; to every one herbage in his field.

²⁸ Thou hast made known to me the ways of life. Thou with thy presence wilt fill me with joy."

¹³ A mortal knoweth not the way thereof; nor hath it indeed been found out by men. ¹⁴ The abyss said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not in me. ¹⁵ would not one give for it all he hath got? ¹⁶ But silver cannot be weighed as its price; nor can it be purchased with the gold of Sophir; with the precious onyx or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and chrystal cannot equal it in value; nor can jewels of gold be a barter for it. ¹⁸ Things above need not be mentioned: but prize thou wisdom above all things below. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it in value: nor is it to be rated by pure gold. ²⁰ But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? ²¹ It hath escaped the knowledge of every man; and is hid from the birds of the air. ²² Destruction and death said, We have heard the fame of it. ²³ God is perfectly acquainted with its way and knoweth its place. ²⁴ For he surveyeth the whole world; and knoweth all on the earth; ²⁵ all that he hath made; the weight of winds and the measures of water. ²⁶ When he had made and seen and numbered them; and also a way for the pealing thunder: ²⁷ then did he see it and declare it: and having prepared and traced it, ²⁸ he said to man, "Behold the worshipping of God is wisdom: and to abstain from evil is understanding."

¹²⁷ For this cause I loved thy commandments more than gold or the topaz.

¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value. ¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. 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.

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¹⁰ Receive instruction in preference to silver, and knowledge rather than fine gold. ¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones: and no costly thing is equal to it in value.

¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold and precious stones: and my productions are better than choice silver.

¹² Wisdom is like the shade of money; but the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is; it will give life to him who is a follower of it.

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?

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

²⁴ Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put perverse lips far from thee. ²⁵ Let thine eyes look straight forward and thine eyelids wink justly. ²⁶ Make straight paths with thy feet and order all thy ways right. ²⁷ Turn not to the right, nor the left; but turn away thy foot from an evil way; for God knoweth the ways on the right, but those on the left are crooked. But he will make thy paths straight and conduct thy steps in peace.

⁹ He who walketh uprightly walketh securely; but he who perverteth his ways shall be known.

¹⁶ He who keepeth a command preserveth his soul; but he who despiseth his own ways shall perish.

⁸ There will be there a pure highway, which shall be called The Holy way. And the unclean shall not come there; nor shall there be there an unclean way. But as for the dispersed, they shall travel it, and shall not be led astray.

¹³ But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved.

³⁵ but in every nation he who feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him.

¹⁶ and with this I exercise myself to have a conscience void of offence before God and men continually.

¹⁰ not embezzling, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may in all things adorn the doctrine of our saviour God. ¹¹ For the favour of God which is for salvation hath been brightly displayed for all men ¹² teaching us in order that we, renouncing impiety and worldly lusts, may live soberly and righteously and piously in this present world, ¹³ waiting for the blessed hope and the bright display of the glory of the great God, and saviour of us Jesus Christ, ¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

³⁹ But we are not of them who draw back for perdition; but of them who believe for the attainment of life.

²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, as you expect the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for everlasting life;

²⁴ Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you, without blemish, before his glory with great joy

¹⁰ Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will keep thee from the hour of trial which is coming soon on the whole world, to try the inhabitants of the earth.

⁵ So when Haman understood that Mordecai did not bow down to him,

⁶ And the king said to Haman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? Upon this Haman said to himself, Whom doth the king wish to honour but me?

¹⁰ So Haman was hanged on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger was appeased.

² Where pride entereth, there dishonour [entereth] also. But the mouth of the lowly speaketh wisdom.

¹⁹ He who is fond of sinning delighteth in quarrels:

¹² Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, and before honour it is humble.

²³ A man's pride will bring him low: but the Lord will gloriously support the humble.

¹¹ "For the eyes of the Lord are lofty; but man is low; and the loftiness of these men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. ¹² For the day of the Lord of hosts is against every scorner and haughty man; and against every one high and lofty, and they shall be humbled:

¹⁰ Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, "Let not thy God, on whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians. ¹¹ Hast thou not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done? How they have destroyed all the land? ¹² And shalt thou be delivered? Have the gods of the nations delivered them whom my ancestors destroyed? Either, Goza or Charran or Raphath which are in the country of Theemath? ¹³ Where are the kings of Emath? And where those of Arphath? And where those of the city Eppharuim, of Anagougana?

³⁰ he spake, saying, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the house of a kingdom, by the might of my power, for the display of my glory? ³¹ While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, To thee Nabuchodonosar it is said, the regal power is gone from thee ³² and thou shalt be driven from among men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and they shall feed thee with grass like an ox; and seven seasons shall revolve over thee, that thou mayst know that the Most High ruleth over the kingdom of men and can give it to whom he will. ³³ In that very hour the word was fulfilled on Nabuchodonosar; and he was driven from among men and ate grass like an ox and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew strong like the shag of lions and his nails like the claws of birds. ³⁴ And at the end of the days I Nabuchodonosar lifted up mine eyes to heaven, and mine understanding was restored to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and glorified him who liveth forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion and his kingdom is to endless generations, ³⁵ and all the inhabitants of the earth are reckoned as nothing; and he doth according to his pleasure in the army of heaven and in the habitations of the earth; and there is none who can stay his hand, or say to him, What hast thou done. ³⁶ At this very hour my senses were restored to me and I reassumed the honour of my kingdom; and my form returned to me; and my princes and my grandees sought me; and I was reestablished in my kingdom and greater majesty was added to me. ³⁷ Now therefore I Nabuchodonosar praise and extol and glorify the king of heaven; for all his works are true and his ways are judgments and all them who walk in pride he can abase.

²² Now thou, Baltasar, his son, hast not therefore humbled thy heart before this God. Hast thou not known all these things?

²⁴ For this cause a joint of a hand hath been sent from his presence, and it hath sketched this writing.

³ Behold I have made thee very small among the nations: thou art dishonoured in a high degree. The pride of thy heart puffed thee up, dwelling in the clefts of rocks. [Having made his habitation high he said in his heart, Who can bring me down to the ground?] ⁴ Though thou shouldst soar aloft like an eagle, and make thy nest among the stars; thence I will pull thee down, saith the Lord.

³³ Thereupon Peter addressing him, said, Though all should be stumbled at thee; as for me, I will never be stumbled. ³⁴ Jesus said to him, Verily I say to thee, This very night, before cock crowing, thou wilt three times deny me. ³⁵ Peter saith to him, Though I should die with thee, I will not deny thee. And so said all the disciples.

⁷⁴ Then he began to curse and to swear, I do not know the man. And immediately a cock crowed.

²⁰ Well! They were broken off for their disbelief, and thou standest for thy belief. Be not high minded; but fear;

⁶ not one newly converted, lest, being lifted up with pride, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

⁹ The enemy said, I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoil; I will glut my vengeance: My sword shall slay; my hand shall prevail.

¹⁸ The Lord is near to those of a contrite heart; and will save them who are lowly in spirit.

⁶ For the Lord is high and looketh down on the things which are low: and from afar he knoweth the things which are high.

³ With regard to the bulk of the people, whom thou hast brought back in thy joy, they shall rejoice in thy presence, like them who rejoice in the harvest, and like them who are dividing spoils;

⁶ I will send this anger of mine to a lawless nation; and I will order this people of mine to gather spoil and take the prey, and to trample down cities and lay them in the dust.

¹³ For he said, "With this power I will perform exploits; and by the wisdom of mine understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and make a prey of their strength, ¹⁴ and shake inhabited cities, and seize with my hand the whole World as a nest; and carry off the inhabitants like deserted eggs. There is none who can escape me or chirp against me." ¹⁵ Shall an axe boast without him who cutteth with it; or a saw lift itself up, without him who draweth it; as one could lift up a staff or a piece of wood? No; this shall not be permitted:

¹² therefore he shall inherit many and divide the spoils of the strong. [p] Because his soul was delivered up to death and he was numbered among transgressors and bore away the sins of many and on account of their iniquities was delivered up;

¹⁵ Thus saith the Most High, who on earth inhabiteth eternity, who is Holy among holies; whose name is THE MOST HIGH; who at rest in the holies giveth patience to the humble, and life to them who are of a contrite heart;

³ Happy the poor in spirit; for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

⁵¹ With his arm he hath displayed strength. He hath scattered them who were elated with the imagination of their heart. ⁵² From thrones he hath hurled potentates, and exalted them of low degree. ⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty.

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.

³⁸ And Pharao said to all his servants, Can we find such a man as this who hath in him the spirit of God? ³⁹ Then Pharao said to Joseph, Seeing God hath shewn thee all these things, there is none more prudent and wise than thou thyself. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my household and to thy command all my people shall pay obedience. Only on the throne will I be greater than thou.

²⁰ they prevailed over them. And the Agarenians with all their tents, were delivered into their hands. For in the battle they cried to God and he hearkened to them, because they trusted in him.

¹² Keep fast hold of instruction; the Lord may be angry and you may perish out of the right way. When his anger suddenly blazeth forth, happy are all they who have trusted in him.

⁸ Taste and see that the Lord is good! happy is the man, who trusteth in him.

¹ A Song of the steps. They who trust in the Lord shall be like mount Sion; he who inhabiteth Jerusalem shall never be shaken.

⁵ Happy he whose helper is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord his God,

³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.

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.

² A wise servant will rule over foolish masters; and divide portions among brothers.

⁸ He who procureth wisdom loveth himself; and he who keepeth it shall find good things.

¹⁹ In order that thy hope may be upon the Lord; and that he may make known to thee thy way. ²⁰ Write thou them for thyself three times over; for counsel and knowledge, on the table of thy heart.

³ By wisdom a house is built; and by understanding it is established. ⁴ By knowledge chambers are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ⁵ Better is a wise man than one who is strong: and the man who hath understanding, than he who hath a large cultivated field.

³ who support truth and keep peace; because their confidence is placed in thee, Lord! ⁴ who art to everlasting, the Mighty, the Eternal God,

¹⁸ [p] But again the Lord will wait to be gracious to you, and will therefore be exalted for compassionating you. Because the Lord your God is judge, happy are they who wait for him.

⁷ But blessed is the man who hath trusted in the Lord; and whose hope is the Lord. ⁸ He will be like a thriving tree near waters which shall shoot out its roots in a moist soil. It will not be afraid when heat cometh, though its stock be loaded with branches. In a year of drought it will not be afraid, nor will it fail to bear fruit.

¹⁹ And the king conversed with them. And among them all there were none found equal to Daniel and Ananias and Misael and Azarias. So they stood before the king. ²⁰ And in every subject of wisdom and science on which the king questioned them he found them ten times more skilled than all the soothsayers and the magians who were in the realm. ²¹ And Daniel continued to the first year of Cyrus the king.

²⁸ Then Nabuchodonosar the king addressing them, said, "Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago, who hath sent his angel and delivered his servants. Because they have trusted in him and have altered the king's decree and delivered up their bodies to fire that they might not serve nor worship any god, but only their own God,

²³ At this the king was exceedingly rejoiced and gave order to take Daniel up out of the den. So he was taken up out of the den and there was no manner of hurt found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

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.

¹² to the end that we who first trusted in the Christ might be for the praise of his glory; ¹³ and by whom you also, when you heard the word of this truth, the glad tidings of this salvation of yours"by whom you indeed, when you believed, were sealed with the spirit of the promise

¹² behold I have granted thy request; behold I have given thee a wise and understanding heart, so that before thee there hath not been one like thee, nor after thee shall there arise one like thee.

² Thou art fairer than the sons of men: grace is poured out by thy lips; for this cause God hath blessed thee forever.

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a prevaricating babbler shall be subverted.

⁷ The lips of the wise are devoted to knowledge; but the hearts of fools are not safe.

²³ The heart of a wise man will consider the words of his mouth: and on his lips he will carry knowledge. ²⁴ Good words are a honey comb: and the sweetness thereof is health to the soul.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart be wise, thou wilt gladden my heart.

⁹ With myrrh and wine and perfumes the heart is cheered: but with misfortunes the spirit is broken.

¹⁰ the preacher made diligent search to find pleasing words and a writing of rectitude; words of truth.

⁴ The Lord Lord giveth me an instructed tongue, to know when it is proper to speak a word. He gave it me in the morning; he gave me in addition an ear to hear.

²² And all bore testimony in his favour, and expressed admiration at the graceful words which proceeded from his mouth, and said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

⁴⁶ The officers replied, Never did a man speak like this man.

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.

¹⁷ Now the wisdom which cometh from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

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

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life; but the fool shall die by a snare.

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

²⁸ The hearts of the righteous study faithfulness: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. The ways of the righteous are acceptable to the Lord: and by them enemies are made friends.

⁴ A speech in a man's heart is deep water; but a stream issueth forth and a flowing spring.

¹⁴ Let them alone. They are blind leaders of blind. Now if the blind lead the blind, they will both fall into a ditch.

¹⁶ Alas for you, blind guides, who say, to swear by the temple is not binding; but to swear by the gold of the temple is binding. ¹⁷ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gold? Or the temple which halloweth the gold? ¹⁸ And, to swear by the altar doth not bind; but to swear by the gift thereon is binding. ¹⁹ Foolish and blind! which is greater? The gift? Or the altar which halloweth the gift? ²⁰ He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it and by all on it. ²¹ And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by him who dwelleth therein. ²² And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him who sitteth upon it. ²³ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you pay tithe of mint, and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law; justice, mercy and fidelity. These you ought to have practised without omitting those. ²⁴ Blind guides, you are skimming off the gnat, and swallowing the camel. ²⁵ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of the cup and the plate; but on the inside they are full of rapine, and intemperance. ²⁶ Blind Pharisee, cleanse first what is within the cup, and the plate; so the outside will be clean.

³⁹ Then he spake a parable to them; Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? ⁴⁰ A scholar is not above his teacher. But every one will be instructed as his teacher is.

²⁴ Verily, verily I say to you, He who heareth my word, and believeth on him who sent me, hath an everlasting life, and doth not incur condemnation, but hath passed from death to that life.

⁶³ It is the spirit which giveth life, the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I speak to you are spirit, they are life.

⁶⁸ Whereupon Simon Peter answered him, Master, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of an everlasting life,

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous will speak wisdom, and his tongue will talk of justice. ³¹ The law of his God is in his heart, and his footsteps shall not slide.

¹ For the conclusion. Respecting them who are to be changed. For the sons of Kora. An Ode for understanding. Concerning the Beloved. My heart hath indited a good word, I recite my performances to the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear to the words of the wise; and hear my discourse and apply thy heart; ¹⁸ that thou mayst know that they are good. If thou indeed wilt lay them up in thy heart; they will give thee delight and be on thy lips.

³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of his heart produceth good things; and the bad man, out of his bad treasure produceth bad things.

¹⁶ Let the word of the Christ dwell richly in you with all wisdom, when you teach and admonish one another; when with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs you sing gratefully to the Lord with your heart.

² Let my doctrine be expected like rain, And my words distil as the dew; Like gentle rain on the tender herb, And like a heavy shower on the grass.

¹⁰ They are more to be desired than gold, or many precious stones; and sweeter than honey or the honey comb.

¹⁰³ How sweet are thine oracles to my taste! They are sweeter than honey to my mouth.

⁸ then shall thy body have health and thy bones a cure.

²² for they are life to them who find them and health to all flesh.

¹⁸ They who wound with their speeches are swords: but the tongues of the wise are healing.

²³ A wicked man will not hearken to it, nor can he say any thing in season, or for the publick good.

²⁶ An evil thought is an abomination to the Lord: but the speeches of the chaste are grave.

¹⁶ And thy lips, if they be right, will hold long conversation with mine.

¹³ My son, eat honey [for a honey comb is good] that thy palate may be sweetened. ¹⁴ In like manner let thy soul taste wisdom; for if thou find it, thy end will be good and hope will not forsake thee.

¹¹ It is an apple of gold in a sardine bracelet, thus to speak a word. ¹² A precious sardius is bound to an ear-ring of gold; and a word of wisdom to an obedient ear.

¹¹ thy lips, my spouse, drop as a honey comb: honey and milk flow from thy tongue: and the fragrance of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

¹⁶ Bring them to an end. But let Thy word be to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart. Because I am called by Thy name, O Lord Almighty;

¹⁹ In the evening, on that same day, the first day of the week, the doors where the disciples assembled being shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith to them, "Peace be to you." ²⁰ And having said this, he shewed them his hands and his side, and the disciples were rejoiced at seeing the Lord. ²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be to you. As the Father sent me so I send you.

¹⁵ The ways of fools are right in their own eyes: but a wise man hearkeneth to advice.

²⁶ A righteous judge will be a friend to himself: but evils shall pursue sinners: and the way of the wicked shall deceive them.

¹² There is a way which seemeth right to a man; but the end of it is at the bottom of Hades.

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." ¹⁶ Therefore thus saith the Sovereign Lord; behold I lay for the foundation of Sion a stone of inestimable worth; a chosen, precious corner stone for the foundations of it, and he who believeth shall not be ashamed. ¹⁷ And I will establish judgment for hope, and my mercy shall be for scales. But as for you who have vainly trusted in falsehood, that the tempest would not reach you; ¹⁸ and that it would not break your treaty with death; the hope which you have with respect to the grave shall not last: when the furious tempest cometh, by it you shall be beaten down. ¹⁹ When it cometh it will overtake you. Early, very early in the morning it will come, and at night your hope will be wretched. Learn to hear, "

⁴⁷ Thereupon the Pharisees answered them, Are you also seduced? ⁴⁸ Hath any of the chief priests believed in him, or any of the Pharisees? ⁴⁹ But this multitude, which know not the law, are accursed.

⁴⁰ and some of the Pharisees who were with him, when they heard this, said, Are we blind?

⁹ as for me I indeed myself thought that I ought to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.

⁵ Examine yourselves whether you be in the faith: prove yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless you are somehow incapable of standing the test.

¹² My son, if thou art wise for thyself, thou wilt be wise also for thy neighbours. But if thou become wicked, thou alone shalt draw up evils. He who leaneth upon lies, feedeth on the wind, and he shall pursue flying birds; for he hath left the walks of his own vineyard, and wandered out of the paths of his own field, and traverseth a desert without water, and a land destined to thirst; and with his hands gathereth sterility.

²³ With all who are careful there is abundance; but he who is delicate and taketh no trouble shall be in want.

⁷ All the labour of a man is for the mouth; yet the appetite will not be satisfied:

¹¹ and to make it your ambition to live quietly, and to mind your own business, and work with your own hands, as we charged you; ¹² that your walk may appear orderly to the world, and that you may be in want of nothing.

⁸ nor eat any man's bread for nothing; but with labour and toil worked night and day, that we might not be burthensome to any of you; ⁹ not because we are destitute of authority, but that we might exhibit ourselves as a pattern for you to imitate. ¹⁰ For when we were with you we gave you this charge, that he who would not work should not eat. ¹¹ For we hear that there are some among you who walk disorderly, doing no work, but busying themselves impertinently. ¹² Now we charge such, and intreat them by the Lord Jesus Christ, to work quietly, and eat their own bread.

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.

¹ men of Israel; and there happened to be there a turbulent man whose name was Sabee, son of Bochori, the chief of the Jeminites, and he sounded a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jessai. Every man to his tent, Israel.

¹⁴ from thine enemies hand Dismiss them, Lord, from the land: disperse them in their life time. Though their belly was filled with thy stores; they glutted themselves with swine's flesh, and left the relicks for their children. ¹⁵ But as for me, let me appear righteous before thee; let me be satisfied with a display of thy glory.

² Thy tongue is like a sharp razor: thou hast practised deceit. ³ Thou hast loved evil more than good; lying more than speaking the truth. ⁴ Thou hast loved all the decrees of destruction; a tongue practised in deceit.

⁴ and delivered my soul from the midst of lions. I laid me down to sleep, troubled as I was. As for the sons of men, their teeth are weapons and darts; and their tongue is a sharp sword.

⁴ if thou wilt seek for it as silver; and search for it as for treasures;

¹² A man void of understanding, and a transgressor, walketh in ways which are not good.

¹⁴ his depraved heart contriveth mischief. Such a one is continually raising tumults in a city.

¹⁸ Woe unto them who draw out sins as for a long cable: and iniquities as for an ox chain:

¹³ Are not these things from the Lord Almighty? When many nations have fainted by fire, and many peoples have been dispirited,

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.

¹ Now the two, both Adam and his wife were naked, and were not ashamed. But the serpent was the wisest of all the beasts on the earth which the Lord God had made, and the serpent said to the woman, "Why hath God said, you must not eat of every tree of the garden?" ² And the woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; ³ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God said, You shall not eat of it, nor touch it, that you may not die." ⁴ And the serpent said to the woman, "You will not by death die. ⁵ For God knew that in the day you eat thereof, your eyes would be opened and you would be like gods knowing good and evil." ⁶ And the woman saw that the tree was good for food; and that it is delightful to see with the eyes; and that to exercise understanding is comely, so having taken some of the fruit thereof, she ate and gave also to her husband with her. And when they had eaten, ⁷ the eyes of them both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and made for themselves girdles. ⁸ And when they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening, both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God, among the trees of the garden. ⁹ And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, "Adam, where art thou?" ¹⁰ And he said to him, "I heard the sound of thee walking in the garden and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself." ¹¹ And God said to him, "Who told thee that thou art naked, if so be thou hast not eaten of the tree of which alone I commanded thee not to eat of this?" ¹² And Adam said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree and I did eat." ¹³ And the Lord God said to the woman, "Why hast thou done this?" And the woman said, "The serpent seduced me and I ate."

⁹ Then David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people who say, Behold David seeketh thy life?

¹⁹ as a false witness he spreadeth lies, and soweth discord among brethren.

¹⁸ A wrathful man prepareth battles; but he who is slow to anger appeaseth the rising quarrel. A man slow to anger will extinguish law suits; but the wicked rather promote them.

⁹ He who hideth transgressions seeketh friendship: but he who hateth to conceal, setteth friends and relations at varriance.

⁸ Fear depresseth the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall suffer want.

²⁰ By much fuel a fire is nourished: but where there is no stirrer up of quarrels, contention ceaseth. ²¹ A hearth is for coals and fuel for fire: and a contentious man for the bustle of strife. ²² The words of the crafty are soft: but they pierce the inmost recesses of the soul.

²² A passionate man stirreth up strife: but a furious man is a digger up of sin.

³³ Churn milk and there will be butter, and if thou wringest the nose, blood will issue forth; so if thou usest provoking language contentions and quarrels will ensue.

²⁹ filled as they were with all manner of injustice, lewdness, maliciousness, covetousness, mischief, being full of envy, murder, contention, fraud, evil habits; being whisperers,

²⁰ For I am afraid lest when I come I shall not find you such as I wish, and that you will not find me such as you wish; lest should there be debates, envyings, animosities, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings and tumults,

³ If any one teacheth otherwise, and doth not attend to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to godliness, ⁴ he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but raving upon questions and debates about words, from which proceed envy, contention, abusive language, evil suspicions, ⁵ preposterous studies of men whose minds are corrupt and devoid of truth, who suppose this religion to be a matter of gain. From such withdraw thyself.

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.

¹¹ Saul sent messengers that night to David's house, to watch him, with an intent to put him to death in the morning. But Melchol, David's wife, told him, and said, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou wilt be put to death.

¹⁷ Whereupon Saul said to Melchol, Why hast thou thus deceived me, and sent away my enemy, so that he hath escaped? And Melchol said to Saul, He said, Let me go, else I will put thee to death.

⁷ Saul said to his servants who attended him, Hearken, I pray you, ye sons of Benjamin! Can the son of Jessai really give every one of you fields, and vineyards, and make you all captains of hundreds, and captains of thousands, ⁸ that you all conspire against me; and there is not one who informed me when my son made a league with the son of Jessai; nor one of you who is sorry for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my vassal against me to be my enemy, as is now the case? ⁹ Then Doek the Syrian, who had the care of Saul's asses, answered and said, I saw the son of Jessai coming to Nomba, to Abimelech the son of Achitob, the priest;

¹⁹ Then the Ziphites went up from the wilderness to Saul, on the mount, and said, Behold doth not David hide himself near us at Messara, at the straits by Kaina, on mount Echala, which is to the right of Jessamon? ²⁰ Now therefore every thing answereth the king's desire to induce him to come down. Come down to us. He is shut into the king's hands. ²¹ Thereupon Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord; for you have cared for me.

¹³ and that Tobias and Sanaballat had hired a multitude against me, that I might be frightened, and act in this manner, and take a wrong step, and fall into disrepute, that they might reproach me.

¹⁰ My son, let not wicked men lead thee astray. Consent not when they advise thee, 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.

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

³¹ Acquire not the reproaches of bad men, nor be fond of their ways.

¹⁷ As you therefore, beloved, know these things beforehand, be on your guard, that you may not be hurried away by the error of these lawless men, and fall from your stedfastness;

¹² A man void of understanding, and a transgressor, walketh in ways which are not good. ¹³ But he winketh with his eye and maketh a sign with his foot; and teacheth, by pointing his fingers; ¹⁴ his depraved heart contriveth mischief. Such a one is continually raising tumults in a city.

¹⁰ He who winketh deceitfully with his eyes, collecteth sorrows for men; but he who reproveth freely maketh peace.

²⁷ He who is utterly perverse carrieth destruction in his mouth. A man void of understanding diggeth up evils for himself; and treasureth up fire with his lips.

¹⁰ for the heart of this people is stupefied; and their ears are dull of hearing; and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes; and hear with their ears; and understand with their hearts; and return that I may heal them.

³ they are preparing their hands for evil. The chief asketh and the judge hath spoken words of peace! He is entirely at his devotion;

¹⁵ for the heart of this people is callous, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, that for a while they may not see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and return that I may heal them."

⁷ Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. ⁸ And she at the instigation of her mother, said, Give me here in a basin the head of John the Baptist.

²³ Thereupon the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they with more vehemence cried, Let him be crucified. ²⁴ When Pilate saw that he could not in the least prevail, but that a tumult rather was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am clear from the blood of this innocent person. Look ye to it. ²⁵ Upon which all the people, answering, said, His blood be upon us and upon our children. ²⁶ Then he released to them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him up to be crucified.

²⁰ For whosoever doeth evil hateth the light, and doth not come to the light, that his deeds may not be detected.

⁷ And when Joseph introduced his father Jacob and presented him before Pharao and Jacob had blessed Pharao, ⁸ Pharao said to Jacob, How many are the years of the days of thy life? ⁹ And Jacob said to Pharao, The days of the years of my life which I am now sojourning are a hundred and thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life. They have not reached to the days of the years of the life of my fathers which they sojourned. ¹⁰ And when Jacob had blessed Pharao he went out from him.

³² you shall rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of an elder, and fear thy God. I am the Lord your God;

² and now behold the king goeth out before you. As for me, I am grown old, therefore I will stay at home. And as for my sons, behold they are among you. With regard to myself, behold I have gone out before you from my youth even to this day. ³ Here I am. Bring your complaints against me before the Lord, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom among you have I oppressed? or whom have I aggrieved? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a shoe latchet? Witness against me, and I will make you restitution. ⁴ Thereupon they said to Samuel, Thou hast not injured us; nor tyrannised over us; nor afflicted us; nor taken any thing from the hand of any man. ⁵ Then Samuel said to the people, The Lord is a witness among you, and his anointed is this day a witness, that you have found nothing in my hand. And they said, He is a witness.

¹⁰ and blessed the Lord in the presence of the assembly, saying, Blessed art thou Lord God of Israel, our Father, from everlasting to everlasting. ¹¹ To thee, Lord, be ascribed greatness, and power, and exultation, and victory, and majesty; for thou hast dominion over all things in heaven and on earth. At thy presence every king and nation is struck with awe. ¹² From thee come riches and glory; Thou, Lord, rulest over all. Thou art the head of all dominion, and in thy hand is majesty and power. And by thy hand, Almighty Sovereign, all things are made great and strong. ¹³ Now therefore, Lord, to thee we render thanks; and we praise thy glorious name. ¹⁴ But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be enabled to shew such liberality to thee. For all things are thine and of thine own we have given thee. ¹⁵ For we before thee are strangers and sojourners as all our fathers were. Our days on earth are like a shadow and there is no fixed abiding. ¹⁶ Lord our God, all this store which I have provided for building a house to thy holy name is from thy bounty, and belongeth all to thee. ¹⁷ As I know, O Lord, that thou triest hearts and lovest righteousness, I have with singleness of heart freely offered all these things, and have now seen with joy all thy people who are here present freely offering to thee. ¹⁸ Lord, the God of Abraham and Isaak and Israel our fathers, keep these things forever in the thoughts of the hearts of thy people and direct their hearts to thee, ¹⁹ and give to my son Solomon a good heart to execute all thy commandments, and thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and that he may finish completely the structure of thy house. ²⁰ Then David said to all the congregation, Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord the God of their fathers, and with bended knees made a reverence to the Lord and to the king. ²¹ And on the morrow of the first day, when David had offered up whole burnt offerings to God, he sacrificed as thank offerings to the Lord a thousand young bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs with their libations, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. ²² And having eaten and drunk that day with gladness before the Lord, they proclaimed Solomon son of David king a second time, and anointed him to be king for the Lord, and Sadok to be priest. ²³ So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him ²⁴ The chiefs, and the men in authority, and all the sons of king David his father were subject to him, ²⁵ and the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and gave him royal glory, such as no king had before him.

⁶ therefore Elius the son of Barachiel the Buzite taking up the argument, said, I indeed am young and you are old; therefore I kept silence and was afraid to give my opinion. ⁷ For I said, Is it not age which speaketh? And by many years they have gained wisdom.

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace.

⁶ Children's children are the crown of old men: and the boast of children, is their fathers. Every ornament of wealth belongeth to the faithful; but to the unfaithful, not a farthing.

²⁹ Wisdom is an ornament to young men: and grey hairs are the glory of the old.

¹³ Better is a poor and wise subject than an old and foolish king who hath not yet learned how to conduct himself;

⁶ They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking in all the commandments and precepts of the Lord, without blame.

²⁹ Now, O Lord, thou dismissest thy servant in peace according to thy word, ³⁰ since mine eyes have seen that salvation of thine, ³¹ which thou hast prepared in the sight of all peoples, ³² a light to illuminate the nations; the glory of thy people Israel. ³³ And while Joseph and the mother of the child were wondering at the things spoken concerning him, ³⁴ Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold this child is destined for the fall and the rising again of many in Israel, and for an object of calumny ³⁵ [yea, a sword will pass through thy soul also] so that the ill grounded reasoning of many hearts will be revealed. ³⁶ There was also one Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years. Having lived seven years with a husband from her virgin state, ³⁷ she was now a widow, about eighty four years old, who departed not from the temple, performing religious service, with fasting and prayers, night and day. ³⁸ She coming up at that instant, did, in a responsive strain, give thanks to the Lord; and she spake of him to all those in Jerusalem who were expecting a deliverance.

⁹ yet on account of this love I rather use entreaty. Being such as I am, Paul an old man, and now indeed a prisoner on account of Jesus Christ,

⁸ He is the Lord gracious and merciful; slow to anger and abundant in kindness;

²⁹ A man slow to wrath, is of great understanding; but a passionate man is egregiously foolish.

¹⁹ A man of a gentle spirit with humility is better than he who divideth spoils with scorners.

¹¹ A merciful man is slow to wrath; and his boast is over transgressors.

²⁸ A man who doth any thing without counsel; is like a city which hath the foundations of walls laid and is without walls.

²¹ Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

¹ be ye therefore imitators of God as beloved children.

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

²¹ To him who overcometh I will grant to sit with me on my throne, as I have overcome, and sit with my Father on his throne.

⁵⁵ Among these names the land shall be parcelled out, by lot. They shall inherit according to the tribes of their patriarchal families. ⁵⁶ By lot thou shalt parcel out their inheritance, to the many and the few. ⁵⁷ Now these were the children of Levi, according to their communities; of Gerson, the community of the Gersonites; of Kaath, the community of the Kaathites; of Merari, the community of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are also communities of the children of Levi; the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the community of the Musites. ⁵⁹ And Kaath begot Ambram, whose wife's name was Jochabed, a daughter of Levi and she bore these for Levi in Egypt; She bore by Ambram, Aaron, and Moses, and Mariam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abiud died when they presented strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶² From the review of them, they were twenty three thousand, including every male, from a month old and upwards; for they were not reviewed among the children of Israel; because there was no portion given them among the children of Israel. ⁶³ Now this was the review of Moses and Eleazar the priest, who reviewed the Israelites at Arabeth-Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho; ⁶⁴ and among them there was not a man of those who had been reviewed by Moses and Aaron, when they reviewed the Israelites in the wilderness of Sina. ⁶⁵ Because the Lord said to them, they shall assuredly die in the wilderness; therefore there was not one of them left, save Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.

¹⁴ You shall therefore all assemble to-morrow, by tribes; and whatever tribe the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by communities; and whatever community the Lord shall point out, you shall present it by houses; and whatever house the Lord shall point out, you shall present it man by man;

⁵ he distinguished for them seven portions, saying, Let Juda stand. Their boundary is south of this. And let the children of Joseph stand. Their boundary is north of this.

¹⁰ and Joshua cast lots for them at Selo, before the Lord,

⁴¹ Then Saul said, Lord the God of Israel, why hast thou not answered thy servant this day? If the fault be in me, or in Jonathan my son, Lord God of Israel make us manifest. And when he said these words, Give I beseech thee to thy people Israel, Give I beseech thee Sanctity, the lot fell on Jonathan and Saul; and the people escaped. ⁴² Then Saul said, Cast the lot between me, and Jonathan my son, and against whomsoever the Lord shall decide by lot, let him be put to death. But the people said to Saul, This is not confirmed. But Saul prevailed over the people, so they cast the lot between him and his son Jonathan; and the lot fell on Jonathan.

¹ Now the chiefs of the people dwelt at Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one of every ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, and nine parts in their cities.

¹⁸ The silent lot putteth an end to contention, and determineth among the mighty.

²⁶ Many court the favour of princes: but justice cometh to a man from the Lord.

⁷ Then they said, one to another, Come let us cast lots and know on whose account this calamity is come on us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonas.

²⁶ they cast lots; and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.