Proverbs 19 Cross References - Thomson

¹ [Omitted] ² [Omitted] ³ The folly of a man maketh his ways destructive; but in his heart he blameth God. ⁴ Wealth maketh many friends; but a poor man is forsaken by the only friend he hath. ⁵ A false witness shall not go unpunished; and he who accuseth unjustly shall not escape. ⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power. ⁷ Every one who hateth a brother in distress shall be far from friendship. A good understanding will approach them who know it, and a prudent man will find it. He who doth much evil perfecteth wickedness; and he who useth irritating words shall not be safe. ⁸ He who procureth wisdom loveth himself; and he who keepeth it shall find good things. ⁹ Let not a false witness go unpunished; and let him who kindleth mischief perish by it. ¹⁰ It is not seemly for a fool to enjoy delicacies; nor for a servant to begin to domineer with haughtiness. ¹¹ A merciful man is slow to wrath; and his boast is over transgressors. ¹² The threat of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but his favour is like dew on the grass. ¹³ A foolish son is a shame to a father. vows for the hire of a harlot are not pure. ¹⁴ Fathers bequeath houses and wealth to children; but the Lord accommodateth a wife to a husband. ¹⁵ Fear restraineth the effeminate; but the soul of the slothful shall suffer want. ¹⁶ He who keepeth a command preserveth his soul; but he who despiseth his own ways shall perish. ¹⁷ He who is kind to the poor lendeth to God; and according to his gift he will repay him. ¹⁸ Chasten thy son, for thus he will be hopeful; but be not in thy soul transported to haughtiness. ¹⁹ Let a malicious man be fined high; but if he take away life, let him forfeit his own. ²⁰ Hear my son, the instruction of thy father that thou mayst be wise in thy latter days. ²¹ There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever. ²² Beneficence is a crop for a man: and a poor just man is better than a rich liar. ²³ The fear of the Lord conduceth to a man's life: but he who is fearless will lodge in places where knowledge doth not watch. ²⁴ He who hideth his hands in his bosom unjustly; should not bring them out for his mouth. ²⁵ When a criminal is scourged, a simpleton becometh more wary: but if thou rebukest a wise man, he will call to mind knowledge. ²⁶ He who bringeth dishonour on a father and causeth his mother to flee; shall be exposed to shame and shall be reproached. ²⁷ A son who ceaseth to keep the instruction of a father; will meditate on evil sayings. ²⁸ He who is surety for a foolish son, shall rail at the statute; but the mouth of the wicked shall swallow decisions. ²⁹ Rods are prepared for the profligate: and punishments in like manner for fools.

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.

¹¹ As for me, I have walked in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me.

²⁶ All the day long he is merciful and lendeth, and his seed shall be entitled to a blessing.

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

² He who walketh uprightly, feareth the Lord; but he who is perverse in his ways, shall be dishonoured.

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

⁸ He who seeketh the Lord shall find knowledge with righteousness. And they who seek him early shall find peace.

²² Beneficence is a crop for a man: and a poor just man is better than a rich liar.

⁷ He who conducteth himself spotless in justice shall leave behind him his children happy.

⁶ Better is a poor man who walketh in truth than a rich liar.

³ For your hands are polluted with blood, and your fingers with sins; your lips have spoken iniquity, and your tongue contriveth injustice.

³¹ Therefore I say to you, all manner of sin and slander may be forgiven men; but this slanderous speaking against the spirit is not to be forgiven men ³² Even though one speak against the son of man, it may be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the holy Spirit is not to be forgiven, either in the present age, or in that to come. ³³ Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad. For the tree is known by its fruit ³⁴ Brood of vipers! how can you who are evil speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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?

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? ⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals?

⁵ Have I walked with scoffers or hath my foot hasted to deceit?

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²¹ The lips of the righteous are skilled in things lofty; but those devoid of understanding die of want.

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

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

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.

²⁰ If thou seest a man hasty in his words: be assured there is more hope of a fool than of him.

⁹ Be not apt to be grieved in spirit; for grief will rest in the bosom of fools.

⁹ And moreover, because the preacher was wise, because he taught mankind wisdom; that the ear might find what is comely from parables,

¹¹ And after a time there will be no verdure in it, by reason of its being parched up. [p] ye women who are coming from a goddess attend! For this is not a people, who have understanding; therefore he[c] the city. [v] the vineyard. who made them will not have pity on them; nor will he who formed them shew them any favour.

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.

⁶ my people is like one that hath not knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, therefore I will reject thee from being my priest: as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God; I also will forget thy children.

³ And these things they will do to you because they know neither the Father nor me.

² For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

⁹ and this I pray that your love may abound still more and more, in knowledge and all discernment,

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."

⁵ but upon Cain and upon his sacrifices he did not look with regard. Thereupon Cain was exceedingly grieved and his countenance became dejected. ⁶ And the Lord God said to Cain, "Why art thou become sorrowful and why is thy countenance dejected?" 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." ⁸ Then Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go into the plain." And when they were in the plain, Cain rose upon Abel his brother and slew him. ⁹ And when the Lord God said to Cain, "Where is Abel thy brother?" he said I know not. Am I my brother's keeper? ¹⁰ Then the Lord said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me out of the ground. ¹¹ Now therefore thou art cursed from this land, which hath opened its mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand. ¹² When thou tillest the ground, it will not henceforth yield thee its strength. Thou shalt be in a state of anguish and terror in this land." ¹³ And Cain said to the Lord God, "Is my fault too great to be forgiven? ¹⁴ If thou castest me out this day from the face of this land and I be hid from thy presence and be in a state of anguish and terror in the land, it will come to pass that whoever findeth me will kill me."

¹⁹ and Kore had collected against them all his company, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation. ²⁰ And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying, ²¹ Separate yourselves from among this congregation, and I will consume them all at once. ²² At this they fell on their faces and said, God, the God of the spirits even of all flesh! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord against the whole congregation? ²³ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴ Speak to the congregation, and say, Withdraw all around from the congregation of Kore. ²⁵ Accordingly Moses, arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron; and all the elders of Israel accompanied him. ²⁶ And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these wicked men, and touch not any of the things which belong to them, lest you be consumed with them in their sins. ²⁷ And when they had drawn back, all around, from the tent of Kore, Dathan and Abiron came out, and stood at the doors of their tents, with their wives and their children, and their attendants. ²⁸ And Moses said, By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works, and that they are not of myself; ²⁹ If these men die the common death of all men; or if their visitation be according to the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me: ³⁰ but if the Lord demonstrate by a miracle, and the earth opening its mouth, shall swallow up them and their households, and their tents, and all that belong to them; and they go down alive to the mansion of the dead; then you will know that these men have provoked the Lord. ³¹ And when he had made an end of speaking all these words, the earth was rent under them; ³² and the earth opened; and it swallowed up them, and their households, and all the men who were with Kore, and all their cattle. ³³ And they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive to the mansions of the dead, and the earth covered them. And they were destroyed from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry; for they said, Perhaps the earth may swallow us up. ³⁵ And there went forth a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who were offering incense! ³⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, ³⁷ and to Eleazar the priest, the son of Aaron, Gather up the brasen censers from among them who were burned; but as for the strange fire, scatter it there ³⁸ Because they have hallowed the censers of these sinful men with their lives, therefore make them up into thin plates, as a cover for the altar. Because they were presented before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed, and made a sign for the children of Israel. ³⁹ So Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, took the brasen censers which they who were burned up had presented; and of them made a cover for the altar, ⁴⁰ a memorial to the children of Israel, that none of another family, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to present incense before the Lord, lest he be like Kore, and his confederacy, as the Lord spoke to him by the ministry of Moses. ⁴¹ On the next day, when the people murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have slain the people of the Lord;

¹² And when they had done so, the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we have been wasted, we have been destroyed, we have been cut off suddenly; ¹³ every one who toucheth the tabernacle of the Lord dieth. Must we all die?

¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, It is of no avail to thee, because thou hast not kept my command which the Lord commanded thee. Till now the Lord had prepared thy kingdom over Israel for ever:

²³ Because divination is a sin, the consulting Theraphin bringeth sorrow and distress: because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, therefore the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

¹³ Then Saul said to him, Why hast thou conspired against me, thou and the son of Jessai, that thou shouldst give him bread, and a sword, and consult God for him to make him my enemy, as is now the case? ¹⁴ And Abimelech answered the king and said, Who among all thy servants was like David, in high trust, and the king's son in law, and thy prime minister, and highly honoured in thy house? ¹⁵ Have I now begun to consult God for him? Xo. Let not the king bring a charge against his servant, and against all my father's house. For thy servant knew nothing of all these things, less or more. ¹⁶ Then Saul the king said, Thou shalt surely be put to death, both thou Abimelech, and all the house of thy father. ¹⁷ And the king said to the light infantry who stood before him, Go near and put to death the priests of the Lord, because their hand was with David; and because they knew that he was fleeing, and did not inform me. And when the servants of the king refused to lift their hands against the priests of the Lord, ¹⁸ the king said to Doek, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. Thereupon Doek, the Syrian, turned and slew the priests of the Lord that day, three hundred and five men, all wearing an ephod. ¹⁹ Then he smote Nomba the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, infant and suckling, with the cattle, and the asses, and the sheep. ²⁰ But one son of Abimelech, son of Achitob, escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David. ²¹ And when Abiathar told David that Saul had slain all the priests of the Lord, ²² David said to Abiathar, I might have known that day; that Doek the Syrian; that he would tell Saul; I am answerable for the lives of thy father's household. ²³ Stay with me. Fear not. For wherever I provide a place for my own safety, I will provide also for thy safety; for thou hast been preserved to be with me.

⁴² Then he said to him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a destructive man, therefore thy life shall answer for his life; and thy people for his people. ⁴³ And the king of Israel went away confounded and sorrowful, and came to Samaria.

⁹ So the king of Israel and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom, went out and took a circuit of seven days, and there was no water for the army nor for the cattle which attended them. ¹⁰ And when the king of Israel said, Alas! for the Lord hath called the three kings who have come thus far, to deliver them into the hand of Moab;

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?

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war. ¹⁰ Upon this Asa was enraged at the prophet, and committed him to prison. Because this gave offence, Asa proceeded to outrage against the people at the same time.

¹ By David. Fret not because of evil doers: nor envy them who commit iniquity.

⁷ Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him; fret not at the man who prospereth in his way; at the man who committeth iniquity.

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

²¹ Upon you indeed there shall come a grievous famine; and it shall come to pass that when you are hungry, you will fret and curse the ruler and the customs of your country. And they will look up to the heaven above, ²² then down on the earth beneath, and lo distress and darkness! tribulation and anguish and a gloom so as not to see!

⁴⁵ But when the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with zeal and contradicted what was spoken by Paul; contradicting and reviling. ⁴⁶ Whereupon Paul and Barnabas with great freedom of speech said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you. But since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of this everlasting life, behold we turn to the Gentiles

⁹ And the men were scorched with great heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who hath power over these plagues and did not reform to give glory to him. ¹⁰ And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, ¹¹ and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain, and because of their ulcers, and did not reform from their works.

¹⁵ my nearest friends did not regard me: like a failing brook, or like a wave of the sea, they passed me by. ¹⁶ They who had assiduously paid me court, now made me a slight visit, like snow or hoar frost, ¹⁷ which melting at the approach of heat, the place where it was is not known. ¹⁸ Thus was I forsaken by all, and being undone, I became an outcast. ¹⁹ Take a view of the ways of the Thaimanites, ye who mark out the Sabean tracks! ²⁰ and they who trust in cities and wealth must blush. But now when you have come to me, it is without compassion; ²¹ just to see my wound and be terrified. But why? ²² Have I asked anything of you, or do I crave any help from you? ²³ to save me from mine enemies; or deliver me out of the hand of the mighty?

¹³ My brethren stood aloof from me, they acknowledged strangers rather than me; and my friends were not compassionate. ¹⁴ My nearest relations paid me no attention: and they who knew my name forgot me. ¹⁵ As for my domesticks and maid servants, in their view I was a stranger. ¹⁶ When I called my servant, he did not answer me. ¹⁷ When with my mouth I entreated and supplicated my wife, and called affectionately the children of my concubines:

¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is a strong city: but penury is the destruction of the wicked.

²⁰ Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

⁶ Many court the favour of kings; but every one who is wicked is a disgrace to a man in power. ⁷ Every one who hateth a brother in distress shall be far from friendship. A good understanding will approach them who know it, and a prudent man will find it. He who doth much evil perfecteth wickedness; and he who useth irritating words shall not be safe.

¹³ And not many days after, the younger son having gathered all together, took a journey to a distant country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there came a grievous famine over all that country, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ So he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his farm to feed swine,

¹ Thou shalt not countenance an idle report, nor conspire with the unrighteous to be a false witness.

¹¹ Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not purify him who taketh his name in vain.

¹⁶ And if a false witness rise up against a man, and accuse him of any crime, ¹⁷ the two men between whom is the controversy, shall stand before the Lord, and before the priests, and before the judges, who may be in those days. ¹⁸ And when the judges have made a strict examination, if the false witness hath testified falsehoods, and risen up against his brother; ¹⁹ you shall do to him as he wickedly thought to do to his brother. thou shalt remove the evil from among you; ²⁰ and the rest, when they hear, will be afraid, and thenceforth proceed no more to commit such evil among you. ²¹ Thine eye shall not pity him; life for life; eye for eye; tooth for tooth; hand for hand; foot for foot.

⁹ Now thou art not to hold him guiltless. As thou art a wise man, thou thyself therefore wilt know what to do to him, and wilt bring down his grey hairs to the grave with blood.

³ What should be given thee? Or what return made thee for a deceitful tongue? ⁴ Arrows of the mighty sharpened with devouring coals.

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

⁹ Let not a false witness go unpunished; and let him who kindleth mischief perish by it.

²⁸ A false witness shall perish; but a man who is a witness will speak guardedly.

²⁴ Then the king commanded and they brought the men who had accused Daniel, and they and their sons and their wives were cast into the den of the lions. And before they reached the bottom of the den the lions had such mastery over them that they broke all their bones.

²⁰ Moreover ye shall say, Behold thy servant Jacob is coming behind us. For he said, I will appease him with these previous gifts, and afterwards I will look him in the face, perhaps he will receive me favourably.

⁶ Joseph was the governor of the country; he sold to all the people of that land. So when Joseph's brothers came they made obeisance to him with their face to the ground.

¹⁵ So the men took the presents and the double money in their hands and Benjamin and arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

¹⁹ and said to the king, Let not my lord, I pray thee, impute to me my transgression; nor call to remembrance what thy servant did perversely, on the clay when my lord went out of Jerusalem, that the king should lay it to heart. ²⁰ Because thy servant was conscious that he had sinned, therefore behold I am come, the first of all Israel, and of the house of Joseph, in coming down to meet my lord the king. ²¹ To this Abessa son of Saruia, answered and said, Shall not Semei be put to death, because he cursed the anointed of2 the Lord? ²² But David said, What have you to do with me, ye sons of Saruia, that you are now laying snares for me? There shall not a man of Israel be this day put to death. For I do not yet know whether I am king over Israel. ²³ Then the king said to Semei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him. ²⁴ Memphibosthe also, the grandson of Saul, came down to meet the king. Now he had not dressed his feet, nor pared his nails, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king went away, to the day he returned, in peace. ²⁵ And when he came to Jerusalem, and waited on the king, and the king said to him, Why didst thou not go with me, Memphibosthe? ²⁶ Memphibosthe said to the king, my lord the king, my servant deceived me. For thy servant said to him, Saddle me the ass, that I may mount thereon and go with the king. [For thy servant is lame.] ²⁷ But he acted deceitfully with thy servant, before my lord the king. But my lord the king is as an angel of God. Do therefore what is good in thy sight. ²⁸ For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king, yet thou didst set thy servant among them who eat at thy table. What right then have I to cry any more to the king? ²⁹ And the king said to him, What need of more words. I have said, Thou and Siba shall divide the fields. ³⁰ Whereupon Memphibosthe said to the king, Nay, let him take all, seeing my lord the king is returned to his house in peace. ³¹ Berzelli, the Galaadite, also came down from Rogellim, and crossed the Jordan with the king, to convoy him over the Jordan. ³² Now Berzelli was a very old man, being then eighty years of age, and he had supplied the king and his household with provisions at Manaim, for he was a very wealthy man. ³³ When the king said to Berzelli, Thou shalt come over with me, that I may nourish thy old age with me at Jerusalem; ³⁴ Berzelli said to the king, How many can the days of the years of my life be, that I should go with the king to Jerusalem? ³⁵ I am now eighty years of age. Can I distinguish between good and evil? Can thy servant any more relish what I eat or drink? Or can I any more hear the voice of singing men or singing women? Why then should thy servant be a burthen to my lord the king? ³⁶ Thy servant will go a little way across the Jordan with the king; but why should the king make me such a recompence? ³⁷ Let thy servant, I pray thee, stay, that I may die in my own city, near the tomb of my father and mother. And behold thy servant Chamaam shall go over with my lord the king. Do to him what is good in thy sight. ³⁸ And the king said, Let Chamaam come over with me, and I will do for him what is good in my sight, and whatever thou requirest of me, I will do for thee. ³⁹ Now all the people had crossed the Jordan, and when the king had crossed, he kissed Berzelli, and bade him farewell, and he returned to his place;

²⁴ If I smiled on them they could scarce believe it. And the light of my countenance was not lost. ²⁵ I chose their way and sat as chief, and dwelt as a king among warriors; as one who comforteth the afflicted.

¹² when the daughters of Tyre bow down to him with gifts, the richest people of the land will supplicate thy favour.

¹⁵ The son of a king is in the light of life: and they who are acceptable to him are as an evening cloud.

⁸ Instruction is a precious reward to them who use it: and whithersoever it turneth it will prosper.

¹⁶ A man's gift maketh room for him, and procureth him a seat among the mighty.

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

¹⁴ A gift given secretly pacifieth resentments: but he who is sparing of gifts exciteth strong wrath.

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

¹¹ and having entered the house they found the child with Mary his mother. Whereupon, prostrating themselves, they did him homage. Then opening their treasures they presented him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.

²³ For die wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹¹ My friends and my neighbours stood over against me: they drew near and stopt; even my near relations stood aloof.

⁸ Thou hast removed far from me my acquaintance, they accounted me an abomination to them. I was delivered up and did not go abroad;

¹⁸ Thou hast removed a friend far from me, my acquaintance also, because of misery.

⁴ Wealth maketh many friends; but a poor man is forsaken by the only friend he hath.

¹³ He who stoppeth his ears that he may not hear the distressed shall himself cry, and there shall be none to answer.

¹⁵ but he happened to find in it a poor wise beggar, and this man by his wisdom saved the city; yet no man remembered the class of this poor beggar. ¹⁶ Now I have said, Wisdom is better than power, yet the wisdom of this poor man is despised and his words are not regarded.

³⁸ he cried, saying, Jesus, son of David, have pity on me. ³⁹ Upon this they who went before checked him that he might hold his peace; but he cried still the louder, Son of David, have pity on me. ⁴⁰ Whereupon Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. And when he came near, Jesus asked him,

⁶ But you have treated the poor with disdain. Do not the rich domineer over you? Do they not drag you to tribunals?

¹⁵ Suppose a brother or a sister be naked, or in want of daily food, ¹⁶ and one of you should say to them, go in peace: be warmed, and be fed to the full; and you do not give them the things necessary for the body, is this any advantage?

¹⁷ Whosoever hath worldly substance, and seeth his brother in want, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? ¹⁸ My children, let us not love in word, and with the tongue, but in deed, and in truth.

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

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive the dictate which I enjoin and hide it with thee, 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.

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.

²¹ My son, be not wanting in retention: but keep my counsel, namely, the sentiment:

⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget;

⁶ forsake it not, and it will defend thee: love it and it will preserve thee:

²¹ That thy fountains may not fail thee, keep them in thy heart;

³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord. ³⁶ But they who sin against me act wickedly against their own souls; and they who hate me love death."

²⁰ A man intelligent in business is an inventer of good things: but most happy is he whose trust is in God.

¹⁶ Why should a fool have wealth? For the stupid cannot purchase wisdom. He who buildeth his house high seeketh destruction: and he who is backward to learn shall fall into evils.

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.

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:

²⁵ He who loveth his life, will lose it: but he who slighteth his life in this world, shall keep it for an everlasting life.

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

¹⁰ For "whoever desireth life; and loveth to see good days; Let him keep his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking guile;

⁵ A false witness shall not go unpunished; and he who accuseth unjustly shall not escape.

¹⁵ the aged and the honourable, this was the head; and the prophet who teacheth falsehood, he is the tail. ¹⁶ Still there will be deceivers, who will call this people happy, and lead them astray, that they may devour them; ¹⁷ therefore the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men; and on their orphans and their widows he will have no compassion; because they are all wicked and regardless of law, and every mouth speaketh perversely. For all this his wrath is not turned away but still his hand is lifted high.

²⁵ I have heard what these prophets speak; what they prophesy in my name, saying falsely, "I have dreamed a dream." ²⁶ How long shall it be in the heart of these prophets, who prophesy lies, that by prophesying the desires of their own hearts; ²⁷ they may count upon causing my name to be forgotten, by their dreams which they tell, every one to his neighbour; as their fathers forgot my name by using Baal? 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? ²⁹ Is not this the case with my words? saith the Lord. Behold are not my words like fire? saith the Lord; and like a sledge which breaketh a rock? ³⁰ Therefore behold I am against those prophets, saith the Lord, who steal my words every one from his neighbour. ³¹ Behold I am against those prophets, who belch forth prophesies of the tongue and drowse their dozy drowsings: ³² therefore behold I am against those prophets who prophesy false dreams. Have they not told them and led my people astray by their lies and their errors? As for me, I neither sent them nor commanded them; therefore they cannot in any wise benefit this people.

¹⁵ Then Jeremias said to Ananias, the Lord hath not sent thee; and thou hast made this people trust in a lie. ¹⁶ For this cause thus saith the Lord, "Behold I send thee from the face of the earth. This very year thou shalt die." So he died in the seventh month.

³¹ Send to the captives, and say, Thus said the Lord, against Samaias the Ailamite, Because Samaias hath prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he hath made you trust in falsehoods, ³² therefore thus said the Lord, Behold I will punish Samaias and his family, and there shall not be a man of them among you to see the good things which I will do for you. They shall not see them.

²² Because you turned aside the heart of the righteous, whom I turned not aside, in order that you might strengthen the hands of a transgressor that he should by no means turn from his evil way and live;

⁸ then will be revealed that lawless one, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of his mouth. With the brightness of his coming he will indeed put a stop to the operations ⁹ of him, whose coming is according to the energy of satan, with' all the power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood, ¹⁰ and with all the deceit of this unrighteousness among them who perish. Because they did not embrace the love of the truth that they might be saved;

¹ But the spirit saith expressly that in latter times some will apostatise from this belief, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines concerning demons, ² through the hypocrisy of liars, who have their own conscience seared,

¹ Now there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves speedy destruction. ² And many will follow their pernicious courses, on the account of whom the way of the truth will be ill spoken of. 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.

²⁰ And the beast was taken and with him the false prophet who did these signs before him by which he led astray them who had received the mark of the beast, and them who worshipped his image. Both these were cast alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone;

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.

¹⁵ but without are the dogs and the sorcerers and the prostitutes and the murderers and the idolaters and every one who loveth and practiseth falsehood.

³⁶ Then Abigaia went to Nabal, and behold he had an entertainment at his house like that; of a king, and Nabal's heart was elated for he was very drunk, so she told him nothing less or more till the next morning.

²⁴ Joab went to the king, and said, What is this thou hast done? Behold Abenner came to thee! Why then hast thou sent him away? And he is gone in peace? ²⁵ Dost thou not know the wickedness of Abenner son of Ner; that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in; and to know all that thou art doing?

³⁹ and that though I am a relation, and constituted a king, yet these sons of Saruia are too hard for me? The Lord retribute to the doer of evil according to his wickedness?

¹⁵ And when the business was despatched at Susoi, the king and Haman sat down to revel, but the city was struck with consternation.

⁷ Faithful lips will not harmonize with a fool; nor lying lips with a righteous man.

¹ As dew at the ingathering of fruit and as rain in harvest: so is honour for a fool.

²¹ By three things a land is disturbed, and a fourth it cannot bear: ²² a servant when he reigneth; a fool when filled with meat;

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun as if something involuntary came forth from the presence of a person in authority. ⁶ The fool is set in high stations while the rich shall sit in a low place. ⁷ I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking like slaves on the ground.

⁵ And upon one another the people will fall foul, and jostle every man against his neighbour; the boy against the elder and the base against the honourable.

¹¹ Woe to them, who rise early to follow strong drink, and continue at it till late at night; for the wine will inflame them. ¹² For with kithara and psaltery, tabors and pipes, they drink wine; but they regard not the works of the Lord, nor consider the operations of his hands.

¹² Though the Lord of hosts, on that day, called for mourning, and lamentation, and for shaving of hair and girding with sackcloth, ¹³ yet they indulged themselves in joy and gladness, slaying oxen and sacrificing sheep, that they might eat flesh and drink wine, saying, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." ¹⁴ Yes, these were their undisguised expressions, in the hearing of the Lord of hosts, therefore this sin will not be forgiven you till you die.

³ They made kings glad by their wickedness and chiefs by their lies. ⁴ They all burn with adultery, like an oven for baking cakes, which, after putting in the fire, after mixing the dough, is kept burning, till the dough is leavened. ⁵ With regard to the days of your kings, the chiefs had begun to be inflamed with wine. He had stretched forth his hand with turbulent men.

¹ Rejoice not, Israel; nor be elated like the tribes, because thou hast gone a whoring from thy God. Thou didst love gifts on every corn floor;

³ who are coming to an evil day, who are drawing near and on the point of touching false sabbaths? ⁴ Some of you are sleeping on beds of ivory and lolling at ease on their couches, and eating kids from the flocks, and from the herds calves fed with milk: ⁵ some are dwelling: on the sound of musical instruments; as if they thought it fixed and not fleeting. ⁶ Some are drinking filtered wine and anointing themselves with most precious ointment and have no feeling for the affliction of Joseph.

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man who was clad with purple and cotton robes, and who feasted daily in a splendid manner.

²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

⁹ Be afflicted and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into grief; and your joy into con fusion of face.

¹⁵ Now when Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps Joseph may bear us a grudge and requite us for all the ills which we have done to him. ¹⁶ So they came to Joseph and said, Our father before he died adjured us saying, ¹⁷ Thus shall you say to Joseph. Forgive them their iniquity and their sin for having done thee evil. Now therefore forgive the iniquity of the servants of the God of thy father. And while they were speaking to him, Joseph wept. ¹⁸ And they came near to him and said, We are thy servants, ¹⁹ upon which Joseph said to them, Fear not, for I am God's servant. ²⁰ You indeed consulted against me for evil: but God determined concerning me for good, to bring to pass as at this day, that much people might be nourished. ²¹ Moreover he said to them, Be not afraid. I will continue to nourish you and your families. So he comforted them, and spoke affectionately to them,

¹⁶ A fool presently sheweth his wrath: but a prudent man concealeth his dishonour.

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.

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,

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

³ It is an honour to a man to abstain from railing; but with such things every fool is entangled.

²¹ If thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty give him drink:

⁴⁴ But I say to you, Love your enemies. Bless them who curse you. Do good to them who hate you: and pray for them who spitefully use you and persecute you; ⁴⁵ that you may be the children of your Father in heaven: for he causeth the sun to rise on bad and good, and sendeth the rain on just and unjust.

²¹ Then Peter accosting him, said, Master, how often is my brother to trespass against me and I to forgive him? Till seven times? ²² Jesus saith to him, I do not say to thee seven times, but seventy times seven.

¹⁸ If possible, that is, as far as in your power, be at peace with all men. ¹⁹ Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but give place to the wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is mine; I will requite, saith the Lord." ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger feed him; if he be thirsty, give him drink; for by doing so thou wilt use the means to melt him. ²¹ Be not overcome by evil; but overcome evil with good.

³² and be kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, forgiving one another. And as God hath in Christ forgiven you,

¹² put on therefore as chosen of God, holy and beloved, bowels of tender mercies, gentleness, humility, meekness, long suffering, ¹³ bearing with one another, and forgiving one another. If any one hath a cause of complaint against another; as the Christ hath freely forgiven you, so do ye.

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

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;

⁸ And on the king's returning out of the garden as Haman had prostrated himself on the sopha to supplicate the queen, the king said, What! would he offer violence to my wife in my house? Upon hearing this Haman was confounded.

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

³ It is like the dew of Hermon, which descendeth on the mountains of Sion; for there the Lord commanded the blessing, Life for evermore.

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.

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

¹⁵ He who ruleth over a poor nation, himself being poor, is a hungry lion and a ravening wolf.

⁴ as a king is absolute; and who can say to him, What dost thou?

¹² Upon this the king in furious wrath gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ So the decree went forth. And when the wise men began to be slain Now search had been made for Daniel and his friends to slay them

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.

¹⁹ And because of the majesty which he gave him, all the peoples, tribes and languages trembled and were struck with awe at his presence. Whom he would he slew, and whom he would he smote, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.

⁵ I will be to Israel like dew. He shall bloom like a lily, and shoot out his roots like Lebanon.

⁷ And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many people, like dew falling from the Lord and like lambs upon the wilds. That none may be ungathered or left behind among the children of men,

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.

¹ After this, Abessalom, a son of David, having a very beautiful sister whose name was Themar, Amnon the son of David fell in love with her. ² And Amnon was so distressed that he pined away on account of Themar his sister, for she was a virgin, and it appeared monstrous in the eyes of Amnon to have any thing to do with her. ³ Now Amnon had a companion whose name was Jonadab. He was the son of Samaa the brother of David. And Jonadab was a man of great subtilty; ⁴ and he said to him, What is the matter with thee, son of the king, that thou art so languishing for some time past? Why dost thou not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I am in love with Themar, the sister of my brother Abessalom. ⁵ Upon this Jonadab said to him, Take to thy bed, and feign thyself sick, and when thy father cometh to see thee say to him, I pray thee, let Themar my sister come to me, and feed me; and let her prepare the victuals in my sight, that I may see, and eat out of her hands. ⁶ So Amnon went to bed, and feigned himself sick: and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray thee let Themar my sister come to me, and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat out of her hands. ⁷ And David sent to the house to Themar, and said, Go, I pray thee, to thy brother's house, and prepare something for him to eat. ⁸ Accordingly Themar went to the house of Amnon, her brother, and he was a bed; and she took the dough, and kneaded it, and made it into cakes before his eyes, and stewed them ⁹ and she took the pan and poured them out before him, but he would not eat. Then Amnon said, Go out every man from me. And when every one was gone out from him, ¹⁰ Amnon said to Themar, Bring the victuals into the chamber that I may eat out of thy hand so Themar took the cakes she had made and carried them to her brother Amnon into the bed chamber. ¹¹ But when she brought them to him, that he might eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come, lie with me, my sister. ¹² And she said to him, No, my brother, thou must not dishonour me; for such a thing ought not to be done in Israel. Thou must not commit such folly. ¹³ As for me where could I hide my dishonour? And with regard to thyself, thou wouldst be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, speak I pray thee to the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. ¹⁴ But Amnon would not hearken to her, but overpowered her by force, and dishonoured her. ¹⁵ And when he had lain with her, Amnon hated her with an exceeding great hatred; so that the hatred with which he hated her, was greater than the love with which he had loved her, and his last wickedness was greater than the first. And Amnon said to her, Arise and begone. ¹⁶ Whereupon Themar said to him, To send me thus away is adding a still greater injury to that which thou hast already done me. But Amnon would not hearken to her voice, ¹⁷ but called his servant who superintended his house, and said to him, Send away, I pray thee, this one from me, out of doors, and shut the door after her. ¹⁸ Now she had on an embroidered robe; for such was the dress which the king's daughters wore, who were virgins. So when the servant led her out, and shut the door after her,

¹⁹ Waters have worn stones smooth; and waters have washed away mounds of earth; and thou hast destroyed the patience of man.

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

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

²¹ A father hath no joy in an unteachable son: but a prudent son is the joy of his mother.

²⁵ A foolish son is a vexation to a father; and sorrow to her who bore him.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner in the open air; than in apartments plaistered with injustice; and in a house which is not clean.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a quarrelsome, clamorous and passionate wife.

²⁴ It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, than with a scolding wife in a wide house.

¹⁵ A continual dropping driveth a man out of his house in a rainy day: and so doth a contentious wife.

¹⁸ and I hated all this labour of mine for which I am toiling under the sun; because I must leave it to a man who is coming after me; ¹⁹ and who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? Now if he hath power over all my labour for which I have toiled and in which I have displayed wisdom under the sun; surely this is vanity.

⁷ The Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my nativity; who spoke to me, and who sware to me saying, "To thee I will give this land and to thy seed;" he will send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take thence a wife for my son.

¹ Upon this Isaak called Jacob to him and blessed him and charged him saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Chananites. ² Arise and go to Mesopotamia and to the house of Bathuel thy mother's father, and take thence a wife for thyself of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. ³ And may my God bless thee and make thee fruitful and multiply thee, that thou mayst become a multitude of nations. ⁴ And may he give thee the blessing of my father Abraham, to thee and thy seed after thee, to inherit this land of thy sojourning, which God gave to Abraham.

¹⁶ he shall not be at liberty, when he bequeatheth his substance to his children, to give the right of primogeniture to the son of the beloved, and overlook the son of the hated, who is the first born;

²³ And when Joshua had taken all the land as the Lord commanded Moses, he gave it for an inheritance to Israel, in parcels, according to their tribes; and the land rested from war.

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

²² A good man shall leave an inheritance to his children; but the wealth of the wicked is treasured up for the righteous.

²² He who hath found a good wife hath found favour, and hath received joy from God. He who putteth away a good wife, putteth away good things; but he who retaineth an adulteress is foolish and wicked.

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusteth in her: such a one hath no need of spoils: ¹² for she laboureth for her husband's good all her life long. ¹³ Having spun wool and flax she made a useful work with her hands. ¹⁴ She was like a merchant vessel which bringeth riches from afar: ¹⁵ She arose by night and gave food to her household and work to her maids. ¹⁶ Having viewed a field she bought it, and with the fruits of her hands planted the purchase. ¹⁷ Having girded herself tight about the waist, she strengthened her arms for work. ¹⁸ And finding that it was good to work, her lamp is not extinguished the whole night. ¹⁹ Her elbows she extendeth over the spindle; and her hands she keepeth at the distaff. ²⁰ But she opened her hand to the needy; and stretched out her handful to the distressed. ²¹ Her husband when long abroad is not concerned for those at home: for all with her are well clothed. ²² She made for her husband double garments; and for herself robes of cotton and purple. ²³ And her husband is distinguished in the gates; when he sitteth in council with the elders of the land. ²⁴ She made sindons and sold girdles to the Chananites. She opened her mouth sparingly and with propriety; and had her tongue in due subjection. ²⁵ She clothed herself with majesty and excellence, and enjoyed delights in her latter days. ²⁶ The gates of her house were kept close shut; and she eateth not the bread of idleness. ²⁷ She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and maxims of prudence. ²⁸ Her bounty caused her children to honour her; for they were rich, and her husband praised her. ²⁹ Many daughters have possessed wealth, many have acted virtuously: but thou hast surpassed: thou hast excelled all. ³⁰ False are allurements, and vain the beauty of a wife. For a woman of understanding is blessed. Let her therefore praise the fear of the Lord. ³¹ Give her of the fruits of her hands; and let her husband be praised in the gates.

¹⁴ Behold I am in preparation to come to you a third time, and I will not be burthensome to you. For I seek not your possessions, but yourselves. For children are not bound to lay up treasures for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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.

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!

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. ⁵ A prudent son is safe from heat; but a transgressing son is blasted in harvest.

²⁴ He who hideth his hands in his bosom unjustly; should not bring them out for his mouth.

¹³ Love not contradiction that thou mayst not be destroyed: open thine eyes and be filled with bread.

²¹ For every one addicted to revelling and stews shall come to beggary: and every one given to sleep shall be clothed with rags and tatters.

³³ I am dozing a little: just taking a short nap; just infolding my breast with my hands.

¹⁰ you see that they are all blind; that they have not knowledge. They are dumb dogs, they cannot bark: they are asleep in bed, they love to slumber:

¹¹ Furthermore, as we know the season, that it is now high time for us to rouse from sleep, for our deliverance is nearer now than when we first believed: ¹² The night is far spent; the day is drawing on; let us therefore put off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light;

¹⁴ therefore it is said, "Awake thou who sleepest and arise from the dead and the Christ will shine upon thee.

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

¹⁸ for them who keep his covenant, and remember his commands to do them.

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments.

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.

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

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.

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

⁵ Thorns and snares are in crooked paths: but he who watcheth his soul shall avoid them.

¹⁸ With a sinful nation an instructor can not continue: but he who keepeth the law is most happy.

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.

¹³ As a conclusion of the discourse, hear thou the whole sum and substance: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this conclusion every man should draw,

²³ but only gave them this charge saying, "Hearken to my voice and I will be your God and you shall be my people; and walk in all my ways which I command you that it may be well with you."

⁵ Because upon hearing the sound of the trumpet he did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself; for had he taken warning he might have saved his life.

²⁸ Upon this Jesus said to him, Thou hast answered right. Do this and thou shall live.

²⁸ Whereupon he said, Nay, rather happy they who hear the word of God and keep it.

¹⁵ If you love me keep my commandments,

²¹ He who hath my commandments and keepeth them; he. it is who loveth me. And he who loveth me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him. ²² Judas [not the Iscariot] saith to him, Master, How is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?" ²³ Jesus in reply, said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word and my Father will love him; and we will come to him and make an abode with him.

¹⁰ If you keep my commandments, you shall continue in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments and continue in his love. ¹¹ These things I have spoken to you that my joy may continue, and that your joy may be complete. ¹² This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³ No one hath greater love than this, that he would lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

¹⁹ The circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing, in comparison with keeping the commandments of God.

³ Now by this we know that we have known him, if we keep his commandments. ⁴ He who saith I know him, and doth not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

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

³ for this is the love of God that we keep his commandments. Now his commandments are not grievous,

¹⁴ Happy they who perform his commandments that they may have access to the tree of life and enter by the gates into the city:

⁷ If then there chance to be among you a needy person; one of thy brethren, in one of thy cities in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy brother who is in want. ⁸ Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to him, and lend him what he is in want of, according to his necessity. ⁹ Take heed to thyself that there be not a lurking thought in thy heart; a wicked suggestion, saying, The seventh year, the year of remission is near at hand. When thou shalt look with an evil eye at thy brother who is in want, and not give him, he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a great sin in thee. ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and lend him freely, what he is in want of, according to his necessity. And thou shalt not be grieved at heart when thou givest to him; for on this account the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the labours of thy hands. ¹¹ Because thy land may never be without some indigent person in it, therefore I give thee a charge to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt open thy hands liberally to thy brother who is in want, and to the needy in thy land. ¹² And if thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold to thee, he shall serve thee six years; and on the seventh thou shalt send him away from thee, free. ¹³ And when thou shalt send him away free from thee, thou shalt not send him away empty. ¹⁴ Thou shalt furnish him liberally with provision for the journey, from thy flock and from thy corn, and thy wine. According as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee, thou shalt give him;

⁶ and shall make sevenfold restitution for the lamb, because he hath done such a deed and had no compassion.

²⁴ There are some who scattering their substance make it more: and some who gather and make it less. ²⁵ A soul is blessed which is altogether sincere: but a passionate man is not respected.

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.

²¹ He who despiseth the poor, sinneth: but he who compassionateth the poor is blessed.

³¹ He who oppresseth the poor, provoketh his maker; but he who honoureth him, compassionateth the distressed.

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

²⁷ He who giveth to the poor shall not be in want: but he who turneth away his eyes shall be indigent.

¹ Send away thy bread on the face of the water; for after many days thou shalt find it.

⁷ deal out thy bread to the hungry, and take into thy house the poor who have no shelter; if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and look not scornfully on dependants of thy race; ⁸ then shall thy light break forth like the morning, and thy remedies shall spring up speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lord will surround thee. ⁹ Then thou shalt cry and God will answer thee; and whilst thou art speaking he will say, Lo I am here. If thou remove from thee the bond, and the vote and decree which occasion murmuring, ¹⁰ and from thy soul give bread to the hungry and satisfy an afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness; and thy darkness shall be as the noon day: 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.

⁴¹ He who receiveth a prophet on the account of his being a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward. And he who receiveth a righteous man on the account of his being a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. ⁴² And whoever shall give any one of these little ones, were it only a cup of cold water to drink, on the account of his being a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

⁴⁰ And the king in reply will say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done this to one of these my brethren, even the least, you have done it to me.

³⁸ Give; and to you will be given; into your lap there shall be given good measure, pressed down and shaken and running over. For with the same measure with which you mete to others, you shall have measure returned to you.

⁶ Now considering this, that he who soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly, and that he who soweth bountifully will reap bountifully, ⁷ let every one give as he is predisposed in his heart, not with regret, nor reluctance; for God loveth a cheerful giver: ⁸ and God is able to make every bounty redound to your advantage. That you having always a sufficiency in every thing, may abound to every good work,

¹⁷ Not that I desire a gift, but I wish for the fruit which aboundeth to your account.

¹⁰ For God is not unjust to forget your work, and the labour of that love which you have shewn for his name, by the assistance which you have given and continue to give to the saints.

²⁴ He who spareth the rod hateth his son; but he who loveth him correcteth diligently.

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.

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. ⁹ Well then: we have had fathers of our flesh who have corrected us, and we have reverenced them; shall we not much more submit ourselves to the father of our spirits, and live? ¹⁰ For they indeed for a few days corrected us as they thought fit; but he for our advantage, that we may partake of his holiness.

³⁰ Upon this Saul was greatly enraged at Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of the perverse and rebellious! For do I not know that thou art an accomplice of the son of Jessai, to thy own shame, and the confusion of thy mother? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jessai liveth, thy kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send and seize that young man, for he shall surely die.

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; ¹⁰ and he inquired of God for him, and gave him victuals. He gave him also the sword of Goliath. ¹¹ Upon this the king sent for Abimelech, son of Achitob, and all his father's sons, the priests at Nomba; and when they all came to the king, ¹² Saul said, Hear now thou son of Achitob! And he said, Here I am. Speak, my lord.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast returned me good; but I have returned thee evil. ¹⁸ Thou hast indeed proved to me this day the good thou hast done me; as the Lord delivered me this day into thy hands, and thou hast not slain me. ¹⁹ Now, because if any man find his enemy in distress, and send him away well, the Lord will reward him with good, ²⁰ therefore now behold I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in thy hand. ²¹ Now therefore swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me; nor blot out my name from the house of my father. ²² So David sword to Saul, and Saul departed to his place, and David and his men went up to the straits of Messara.

²¹ Then Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm; because my life hath been precious in thy sight, at the very time when I was led astray by folly, and egregiously mistaken. ²² And David answered and said, Behold here is the king's lance; let one of the young men come over and take it. ²³ The Lord will render to every one according to his righteousness, and his fidelity. As the Lord delivered thee this day into my hands, and I would not lay my hand on the Lord's anointed; ²⁴ and behold as thy life was this day highly regarded in my eyes, so may my life be highly regarded in the sight of the Lord, and may he protect me! He indeed will deliver me out of all affliction. ²⁵ Then Saul said to David, Blessed art thou, my son. Thou shalt surely perform exploits, and prevail. Then David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

⁵ And when king David was going to Baurim, behold there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Semei, son of Gera. He came out, cursing David as he came, ⁶ and throwing stones at David, and at all the servants of king David. Now all the people, even all the mighty men, were on the right and left of the king.

²⁴ Have no fellowship with a man addicted to wrath; nor lodge with a friend who is passionate: ²⁵ lest thou learn his ways and lay a snare for thine own life.

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

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

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!

¹⁶ who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thou didst not know, and which was not known by thy fathers, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days.

²⁹ They have not bent their minds to understand; Let them lay up these things for time to come.

³⁷ Preserve innocence and eye rectitude; for there is a remnant for the man of peace.

¹² so to number them. Thus make known thy right hand; and them whose hearts are instructed in wisdom.

¹⁴ In the morning we were filled with thy mercy. We indeed rejoiced and were made glad.

⁸ My son, hear the instruction of thy father and reject not the maxims of thy mother:

¹ Hear, children, the instructions of a father; and attend to know the meaning:

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

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

¹⁹ There was a certain rich man who was clad with purple and cotton robes, and who feasted daily in a splendid manner. ²⁰ And there was a certain poor man, named Lazarus, who was laid at his gate, full of sores, ²¹ desirous indeed to be fed with the crumbs which fell from his table: and moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. ²² At length this poor man died, and was carried by angels to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man died also, and was buried. ²³ And in the mansion of the dead having lifted up his eyes, being in torment, he seeth Abraham far off and Lazarus in his bosom.

¹⁹ and said one to another, Behold the dreamer is coming. ²⁰ Now therefore come let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits, and we will say a savage beast hath devoured him. And let us see what will become of his dreams.

⁴ Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me? And when they came near; he said, I am Joseph your brother whom you sold into Egypt. ⁵ Now therefore be not grieved, nor let it afflict you that you sold me hither; for God sent me before you for life. ⁶ For this is but the second year of famine on the earth and there will be yet five years, in which there will be neither tillage nor harvest, ⁷ so that God hath sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on the earth and to nourish your great remnant. ⁸ Now therefore it was not you who sent me hither, but it was God. And he hath made me like a father to Pharao, and lord of all his house and governor of all the land of Egypt.

²⁰ You indeed consulted against me for evil: but God determined concerning me for good, to bring to pass as at this day, that much people might be nourished.

²⁵ and as he went to the king with an intention to hang Mordecai, but all the evils he endeavoured to bring on the Jews, fell upon himself, and he and his sons were hanged;

¹³ But if he hath judged thus, who can gainsay him? For he hath done what was his pleasure.

¹¹ Because on thee they were turning evils. Were devising a counsel which they could not accomplish;

¹⁰ The Lord dissipateth the counsels of nations, and disannulleth the devices of peoples. He disannulleth also the counsels of chiefs. ¹¹ But the counsel of the Lord shall endure forever, the thoughts of his heart from generations to generations.

⁴ Come, said they, let us cut them off from being a nation: and let the name of Israel be no more remembered.

² He who hath found favour with the Lord groweth better; but the transgressor shall be put to silence.

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

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

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

²⁹ God made mankind upright; but they have found out many classes.

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.

²⁴ Thus saith the Lord of hosts, as I have spoken so it shall be; and as I have determined, so it shall stand.

²⁶ [p] This is the counsel which the Lord hath taken against the whole empire, and this is the hand which is lifted high against all the nations. ²⁷ For who can disannul what the holy God hath decreed? and his hand which is lifted high, who can turn aside?

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.

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.

²⁴ and come peaceably into rich provinces, and do what neither his fathers, nor his fathers' fathers ever did. Plunder and spoils and wealth he will scatter among them; and against Egypt he will forecast devices even for a time. ²⁵ And his power and his heart will be stirred up against a king of the south, with a great army; and the king of the south will join battle with an exceeding great and powerful army;

⁴ and were consulting how they might take Jesus by surprise and kill him. ⁵ And they said, Not at the festival, that there may not be a tumult among the people.

⁶³ and said, Sir, we have recollected that this impostor, when alive, said, After three days I shall be raised up. ⁶⁴ Give orders therefore that the sepulchre be secured till the third day. Perhaps his disciples may come by night, and steal him away, and tell the people, he is risen from the dead. So this last imposture will be worse than the first.

²⁷ For indeed against thy holy Child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and the tribes of Israel, were gathered together, ²⁸ to do what thy hand and thy council had determinately marked out beforehand to be brought to pass.

³⁸ Now therefore on this occasion I say to you, Forbear from meddling with these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men; it will moulder away. ³⁹ But if it be of God you cannot annul it. Peradventure you may be found even fighting against God."

¹¹ by whom we, [having been previously marked out in a determinate manner, according to the purpose of him who effecteth all things according to the counsel of his will] were made his inheritance,

¹⁷ God, willing on this occasion to shew more fully to the heirs of this promise the immutability of his determination, interposed an oath, ¹⁸ that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to deceive, there might be strong consolation for us who have fled to take hold of this proffered hope,

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:

⁴ For Certain persons have slily crept in among us, who have been of old written of, and for this very crime, wicked men, who are turning the favour of our God into licentiousness, and denying our only sovereign God, and Lord Jesus Christ.

² According to my utmost ability I have provided for the house of my God, gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, stones of Soam, and stones to be set, precious and variegated, every kind of precious stones, and Parian marble in abundance. ³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, the gold and silver which I kept for myself, behold this I have given for the house of my God, over and above what I provided for the house of the Holies;

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.

⁸ the Lord said to my father David, Forasmuch as it came into thy heart to build a house for my name, thou hast done well that it was in thy heart.

¹⁵ my nearest friends did not regard me: like a failing brook, or like a wave of the sea, they passed me by.

⁵ Shall he reckon misfortunes for his portion; and were his eyes melted for his children?

⁹ But as for the vain sons of men; the lying sons of men; Even in an unfair balance they are altogether vanity.

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⁴¹ As Jesus was sitting over against the treasury, he observed in what manner the multitude throw money into the treasury. And many being rich, threw in a great deal. ⁴² At length a poor widow came, and threw in two mites, which make a farthing. ⁴³ Thereupon Jesus, having called his disciples to him, saith to them, Verily I say to you, This poor widow hath thrown in more than all those who have thrown into the treasury. ⁴⁴ For they have all contributed out of their superfluous store; but she, out of what she wanted for herself, hath thrown in all that she had"her whole living.

⁶ Jesus said, Let her alone. Why do ye trouble her? She hath done a good work for me. ⁷ For you have the poor always with you and can, when you please, do them good; but me you have not always. ⁸ She hath done what she could. She hath come beforehand to anoint my body for its embalment.

² that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy, though their poverty was very great, abounded for the richness of their liberality ³ that to the utmost of their ability, I bear them witness, nay, beyond their ability, they were of themselves forward,

¹² For if there be a willingness, a person is accepted according to what he hath; not according to what he hath not.

² in hope of an everlasting life, which the God of truth promised before the times consisting of ages,

⁹ The fear of the Lord is pure, it endureth forever. The judgments of the Lord are true, they are justified for being so.

¹³ his life shall be spent in the enjoyment of good things and his offspring shall inherit the land.

¹⁸ Behold the eyes of the Lord are on them who fear him; on them who confide in his mercy; ¹⁹ to deliver their souls from death; and to nourish them in a famine.

⁹ fear the Lord all ye his saints! for they who fear him have no want. ¹⁰ Rich men have become poor and hungry: But they who seek the Lord shall not want any good thing. ¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me: and I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

⁹ moreover his salvation will be near them who fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.

¹⁶ With length of days I will satisfy him; and I will shew him my salvation.

¹⁷ But the mercy of the Lord is from age to age over them who fear him: and his saving goodness over children's children,

¹⁸ The Lord is near to all who invoke him; to all that call upon him with truth. ¹⁹ He will fulfil the desire of them who fear him: he will hear their prayer and save them. ²⁰ The Lord keepeth all them who love him; but all the wicked he will utterly destroy.

²⁷ The fear of the Lord prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

²¹ Nothing unjust can please a righteous man: but the wicked can fill themselves with mischief.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord a man hath hope of strength; and to his children he leaveth a support. ²⁷ The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causeth to decline from the snare of death.

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. ¹⁷ And they shall be, saith the Lord Almighty, an acquisition for me, on the day which I make; and I will make choice of them, as a man maketh choice of a son who serveth him.

² But to you who fear my name the son of righteousness will arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth and leap for joy like young bullocks loosed from yokes.

⁶ Happy they who hunger and thirst for righteousness; for they shall be satisfied.

³¹ Now then the congregations throughout all Judea and Galilee, and Samaria, were enjoying peace. Being built up and walking in the fear of the Lord, and the consolation of the holy spirit, they were multiplied.

²⁸ And we know that all things are working together for good to them who love God"to them who according to a previous purpose are now actually called.

¹¹ Not that I speak with regard to want; for I have learned, in whatever circumstances I am, to be contented. ¹² I know how to be brought low; and I know how to abound: in every respect, and in all things, I have been initiated into the mysteries of feeding plentifully, and suffering hunger; of abounding, and being in want.

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.

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.

¹⁸ And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory, for the ages of the ages. Amen.

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." ⁶ So that we may say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear what man can to do me."

¹¹ Why dost thou withdraw thy hand? Let thy right hand be ever out of thy bosom.

²⁷ A deceitful man shall not enjoy what he hath caught; but as for a pure man, his acquisition is precious.

¹⁹ The ways of the slothful are strewed with thorns; but those of the diligent are well beaten.

¹⁵ Fear restraineth the effeminate; but the soul of the slothful shall suffer want.

³⁰ A fool is like a field, and a man void of understanding, like a vineyard; ³¹ if thou lettest them alone, they will be overrun with weeds and grass, and become useless, and their stone fences will be thrown down. ³² I have at length repented and looked about, with a view to chuse instruction. ³³ I am dozing a little: just taking a short nap; just infolding my breast with my hands. ³⁴ If such indeed be thy conduct; poverty will come upon thee like a traveller and want like a swift courier.

¹³ A slothful man sent on a journey saith, There is a lion in the way and murderers in the streets. ¹⁴ As a door turneth on its hinges so doth a slothful man on his bed. ¹⁵ A slothful man having hid his hand in his bosom cannot bring it out to his mouth. ¹⁶ A slothful man thinketh himself wiser than him who in plenty carrieth a message.

²³ Whereupon he answering, said, One who hath dipped his hand in the dish with me is to deliver me up.

²⁰ And he answering, said to them, It is one of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish.

¹¹ So all Israel will hear, and be afraid, and no more proceed to do any such wickedness as this among you.

²¹ Thereupon the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall be put to death. So thou shalt remove the wicked from among you; and the rest, who hear, will be struck with awe.

⁸ the ungodly will blemish himself. Rebuke not the wicked, lest they hate thee; rebuke a wise man and he will love thee. 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. ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and knowledge is the counsel of the holy. For to know the law is a characteristick of a good understanding;

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.

¹⁰ A threat affecteth the heart of the prudent: but a fool, though scourged, is not made sensible.

¹¹ When a profligate is punished the innocent become more cautious; and the intelligent wise man will gain knowledge.

¹⁹ Whomsoever I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore, and reform.

¹⁸ If any man hath a stubborn, and rebellious son, who hearkeneth not to the voice of his father, nor to the voice of his mother; and they have corrected him, and he will not hearken to them; ¹⁹ his father and his mother shall take him, and bring him out to the senate of his city, and to the gate of the place; ²⁰ and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he hearkeneth not to our voice. He is devoted to revelling and drunkenness. ²¹ Thereupon the men of his city shall stone him with stones, and he shall be put to death. So thou shalt remove the wicked from among you; and the rest, who hear, will be struck with awe.

⁵ A prudent son is safe from heat; but a transgressing son is blasted in harvest.

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

²² Hearken, my son, to the father who begot thee: and despise not thy mother because she is old. ²³ [Omitted] ²⁴ A righteous father nourisheth thee well; and his soul rejoiceth in a wise son. ²⁵ Let thy father and thy mother have joy in thee: and let her who bare thee rejoice.

⁷ A wise son keepeth the law; but he who feedeth prodigality dishonoureth his father.

¹⁴ Happy the man who piously feareth all things: but he who is of an intractable temper will fall into evils.

²⁴ He who casteth off a father or mother and thinketh that he doth not sin; is indeed the partner of an impious man.

¹¹ A wicked progeny curse their father and bless not their mother.

¹⁷ The eye which derideth a father and despiseth the old age of a mother, may the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles devour it.

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that portion of the estate which falleth to my share. So he divided the moveable estate between them. ¹³ And not many days after, the younger son having gathered all together, took a journey to a distant country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. ¹⁴ And when he had spent all, there came a grievous famine over all that country, and he began to be in want. ¹⁵ So he went and connected himself with one of the citizens of that country who sent him to his farm to feed swine, ¹⁶ and he was fain to fill his belly with the carob pods which the swine were eating, as nobody gave him any thing.

³⁰ but soon as this son of thine is come, who hath devoured thy substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

¹ If a prophet should start up among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and give thee a sign or a wonder; ² and the sign or the wonder should come to pass, which he mentioned to thee saying, Let us go and worship other gods which you do not know; ³ you shall not hearken to the words of that prophet, or of that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord thy God trieth you, to know whether you love your God with your whole heart, and with your whole soul. ⁴ You shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and hearken to his voice, and cleave to him.

²² And the Lord said to him, How? And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt deceive him and actually prevail. Go and do so. ²³ Now therefore behold the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these prophets of thine; but the Lord hath spoken evils against thee. ²⁴ Thereupon Sedekias son of Chanaan went near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord is that which hath spoken by thee? ²⁵ To which Michaias replied, Behold thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into thy inmost chamber to hide thyself there. ²⁶ Then the king of Israel said, Take Michaias and carry him back to Semer, the ruler of the city, ²⁷ and tell Joas, the ruler's son, to put him in ward and feed him with the bread of affliction, and water of affliction, till I return in peace. ²⁸ And Michaias said, If thou return in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me.

⁷ All things are contrary to a foolish man: but wise lips are the arms of knowledge.

¹⁵ Now beware of false teachers, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but are inwardly ravenous wolves.

⁶ And Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

¹² Then they understood that he did not caution them against the leaven of the bread, but against the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

²⁴ Moreover he said to them, Consider what you hear. With whatever measure you deal out, you shall receive; and to you who are attentive more shall be given.

⁶ In reply to which he said to them, Well did Esaias prophesy concerning you, hypocrites; as it is written, "This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. ⁷ And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines, the commands of men. ⁸ For laying aside the commandment of God, you adhere to the doctrine of men; the dipping of cups, and drinking vessels, and many other things, of the like nature. ⁹ Indeed said he to them, You fairly annul the commandment of God to make room for this doctrine of yours. ¹⁰ For Moses said, "Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Let him who curseth father or mother be put to death." ¹¹ But you say, "If a man say to his father, or to his mother, Let that be Corban, [that is to say dedicated,] by which thou mightest be benefitted by me;" ¹² do not then permit him any more to do any thing for his father or his mother;" ¹³ thus annulling the word of God, by this doctrine of yours, which you have handed down. And thus you act in many other instances. ¹⁴ Then having called to him the whole multitude he said to them, Hearken to me, all of you, and understand.

⁵ They will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.

¹³ For such as they are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ Nor is this to be wondered at; for Satan himself putteth on the appearance of an angel of light: ¹⁵ No wonder, then, if his ministers transform themselves to appear like ministers of righteousness. But their end will be according to their works.

¹⁴ that we may no longer be infants, tossed like waves, and whirled about by every wind of doctrine, by the cheating sleight of men, by a skill in the art of deceiving:

⁷ But as for vain and groundless fables, reject them, and exercise thyself for godliness.

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.

¹ Now there were also false prophets among the people, as there will be also among you false teachers, who will introduce destructive sects, denying even the Lord who bought them, bringing on themselves speedy destruction. ² And many will follow their pernicious courses, on the account of whom the way of the truth will be ill spoken of.

¹ Beloved, trust not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they be of God; for many false teachers, are gone forth into the world.

¹⁰ If any one cometh to you, and doth not bring this doctrine, receive him not into your family; nor wish him success;

² I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear with them who are evil, and hast tried them who pretend to be apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars,

¹⁰ and suborn two wicked men and let them testify against him saying, He renounced God and the king. Then let him be led out and stoned to death.

¹³ and there came in two wicked men and sat over against him and testified against him saying, Thou hast renounced God and the king. Upon which they led him out of the city, and stoned him with stones so that he died.

¹⁶ how abominable and filthy must man be; who drinketh iniquity in, like water!

¹² If wickedness be sweet in his mouth, he will hide it under his tongue. ¹³ He will not be sparing of it, nor forsake it, but will gather it together in his mouth; therefore let him not be able to help himself.

⁷ What man is there like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water;

⁵ his ways are polluted on every occasion. Thy judgments are removed from his sight; shall he have a mastery over all his enemies?

¹¹ For he said in his heart God hath forgotten; He hath turned his face from ever seeing.

¹⁴ An upright heart seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the uninstructed will taste evils.

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." 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.

⁸ Shall they eat the sin offerings of my people and by their iniquities support their lives?

² saying, There was in a certain city a judge, who neither feared God, nor regarded man. ³ And there was in that city a widow, who went to him, saying, Do me justice on mine adversary. ⁴ And for a while he would not. But afterwards he said within himself, Though I neither fear God, nor regard man,

¹¹ they suborned men to say, We heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. ¹² And having stirred up the people and the elders and the Scribes, they came upon him and seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrim, ¹³ and set up false witnesses, who said, This man is incessantly speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law;

³⁴ The Lord resisteth the proud; but he granteth favour to the humble.

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.

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.

¹³ He who from his lips uttereth wisdom, smiteth an imprudent man with a rod.

⁶ The lips of a fool lead him into trouble; and his mouth when bold provoketh death.

³ As a whip for a horse and a goad for an ass; so is a scourge for a sinful nation.

²² As for you therefore, be not filled with joy, yet let not your bonds gather strength. For the things are complete and decisive which I have heard from the Lord of Hosts; which he will execute on all this land.

²⁰ The lawless one hath failed, and the haughty one is destroyed, and these are utterly cut off who maliciously commit iniquity,

⁴⁰ Take heed therefore that what is said in the prophets may not come upon you ⁴¹ "Behold ye despisers, and express your amaze and vanish. For I am working a work in your days, which you will not believe, though one tell you."

⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.

³ knowing this first, that in the last day scoffers will come, walking after their own desires, ⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." ⁵ For this they wilfully forget, that by the word of God there were heavens of old, and an earth consisting of water and in water, ⁶ by which the world that then existed, being deluged, was destroyed; ⁷ but the heavens and the earth which now exist are, by the same word, treasured up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment, and destruction of these impious men.