Proverbs 22 Cross References - Thomson

¹ A good name is to be chosen in preference to great wealth; and good favour, in preference to gold and silver. ² The rich and poor have met each other; and the Lord hath made them both. ³ A prudent man seeing the wicked severely punished instructeth himself: but the foolish passed heedlessly by and were punished. ⁴ The offspring of wisdom are the fear of the Lord and riches and glory and life. ⁵ Thorns and snares are in crooked paths: but he who watcheth his soul shall avoid them. ⁶ [Omitted] ⁷ The rich rule over the poor; though servants lend to their own masters. ⁸ He who soweth iniquity shall reap evils; and compleat the punishment of his deeds. God blesseth a cheerful giver; and will supply the deficiency of his works. ⁹ He who compassionateth the poor shall be fed; for he gave of his own bread to the poor. He who giveth gifts secureth victory and honour. He indeed taketh away the soul of the receivers. ¹⁰ Expel from council an overbearing man; and contention will go out with him: for if he sitteth in council he dishonoureth all. ¹¹ The Lord loveth holy hearts; and all the unspotted are acceptable to him. A king feedeth with his lips; ¹² but the eyes of the Lord diligently watch the sentiment: and a transgressing word setteth it at naught. ¹³ A slothful man maketh excuse and saith, There is a lion in the highways and murderers in the streets. ¹⁴ The mouth of a transgressor is a deep ditch; and he who is hated of the Lord shall fall into it. There are bad ways before a man and he loveth not to avoid them: but he ought to avoid a crooked and bad way. ¹⁵ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: but a rod and instruction will drive it from him. ¹⁶ Some plunder the poor to increase their wealth and give to the rich to lessen it. ¹⁷ Incline thine ear to the words of the wise; and hear my discourse and apply thy heart; ¹⁸ that thou mayst know that they are good. If thou indeed wilt lay them up in thy heart; they will give thee delight and be on thy lips. ¹⁹ In order that thy hope may be upon the Lord; and that he may make known to thee thy way. ²⁰ Write thou them for thyself three times over; for counsel and knowledge, on the table of thy heart. ²¹ For this purpose I teach thee sound doctrine and knowledge good to be listened to: that thou mayst answer them who propound to thee words of truth. ²² Oppress not the needy because he is poor: nor treat with disrespect at the gates one who is weak. ²³ For the Lord will judge his cause; and thou shouldst preserve thy life safe and secure. 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. ²⁶ Do not out of respect for a person become surety. ²⁷ For if thou hast not wherewithal to pay, thy bed will be taken from under thee. ²⁸ Remove not ancient boundaries which thy fathers have set. ²⁹ A man clear in his perceptions and quick in the despatch of business should stand before kings and not wait on slothful men.

⁴⁷ the king's servants went in to congratulate our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and magnify his throne above thy throne! And the king bowed on his bed.

¹ A good name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than a birth day.

²⁰ Nevertheless, rejoice not at this, that spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven.

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

³ And I intreat thee also, my faithful colleague, assist them; for they were fellow labourers of mine in the gospel, with Clement in particular, and the rest of mv fellow labourers whose names are in the book of life.

³⁹ Though these all received a testimonial by means of their belief, they did not obtain the promise,

⁷ The Lord impoverished, and maketh rich; He humbleth, and he exalteth on high.

¹⁵ Was not I formed in the womb as they were? And were we not alike fashioned in the belly?

¹⁹ Who hath no respect for the person of an honourable man; nor knoweth how to honour nobles by respecting their persons."

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm for the sons of Kore. Hear these things, all ye nations; listen attentively, all ye inhabitants of the World! ² both ye of lowest rank, and heads of families; both rich and poor together.

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

¹³ When creditor and debtor meet each other; the Lord hath a watch over both.

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 and the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee: nor can the head say to the feet, I have no need of you.

² For if there should come into your assembly a man in splendid dress, having his fingers adorned with gold rings; and there should come in also a poor man in mean apparel; ³ and you should pay respect to the man in the splendid dress, and say to him, sit thou here in an honourable place; and say to the poor man, stand thou there; or, sit here below my footstool: ⁴ have you not actually made distinctions among yourselves, and become ill principled judges? 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?

²⁰ Such of the attendants of Pharao as feared the Lord gathered their cattle into houses. ²¹ But such as paid no regard to the word of the Lord left their cattle in the fields.

⁷ and if among the simple youths she chanceth to see a young man, void of understanding,

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

¹⁶ "Let him who is the simplest of you turn aside to me; and them who want prudence I exhort saying, ¹⁷ Taste sweetly bread in secret and water sweeter for being stolen. ¹⁸ He indeed did not know that with her the earth born perish; that he is lighting upon the perch of death. But fly thou away speedily; tarry not in that place, nor fix thine eyes upon her; for in this manner thou shouldst pass by strange water. Abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain; that thou mayst live long, and that years of life may be added to thee.

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

¹² When ills approach, a prudent man is hidden: but the simple pass on to their sorrow.

¹ Better is a man of experience, than a man who is stiff-necked: for when the latter is suddenly burned, there is no healing him.

²⁰ Go my people, enter into thy chambers; shut thy door: hide thyself for a little while; until the anger of the Lord is passed. ²¹ For behold the Lord from his sanctuary is about to bring wrath on the inhabitants of this land; and the land will disclose the blood on it, and will no longer cover the slain.

¹⁵ Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, [reader attend!] ¹⁶ then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains: ¹⁷ and let not him who is on the house top go down, to carry away any thing out of the house, ¹⁸ nor him who is in the field turn back to take up his clothes.

² for you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord cometh as a thief at night. ³ For whilst they are saying, there is peace and safety, sudden destruction is then upon them, like the pangs of a woman in travail, and they cannot escape. ⁴ But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that this day should break upon you at unawares as a thief. ⁵ You are all children of light and children of the day. We are not of night, nor of darkness. ⁶ Therefore let us not sleep as others do; but let us watch and be sober.

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,

⁷ By faith Noah, when warned of unforeseen events, with a religious concern prepared an ark for the saving of his household; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of that righteousness which is by faith.

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.

¹ An Alleluia. Happy the man who feareth the Lord! in his commandments he will greatly delight. ² His seed shall be mighty in the land: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. ³ Glory and riches are in his house; and his righteousness shall endure forever.

¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy.

²¹ The way of justice and mercy will lead to life and glory.

⁶ [c] By law they were to be delivered up; in treasures is our safety. [p] Let there be there wisdom and knowledge and piety towards the Lord, [These are the treasures of righteousness;]

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

³³ But seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all those things will be superadded to you.

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

¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord and he will exalt you. Speak not, brethren, against one another. He who speaketh against a brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh against law, and judgeth law. Now if thou judgest law, thou art not a doer of law, but a judge.

¹³ be assured that the Lord will no more drive out those nations from before you; but they shall be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until you be destroyed from this good land, which the Lord your God hath given you.

⁸ His foot is caught in a trap;

⁶ Upon the wicked he will rain snares. Fire and brimstone and a tempestuous wind, shall be the portion of their cup.

²⁶ and with a harmless man thou wilt be harmless; with a warrior thou wilt be a warrior, and with the wily, thou wilt practise wiles. ²⁷ Because thou wilt save a dejected people; therefore the eyes of the lofty thou wilt humble.

¹ The praise of an Ode. By David. He who dwelleth under the protection of the Most High shall lodge in the shelter of the God of heaven.

³ He who guardeth his mouth preserveth his life; but he who is rash with his mouth, shall bring on himself terror.

¹⁵ A good understanding giveth favour: and to know the law is a proof of good understanding; but the ways of impostors end in destruction.

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

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.

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

¹⁸ and we know that every one who is born of God doth not sin; he indeed who is born of God guardeth himself and the wicked one doth not cling to him.

²⁰ But as for you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying with a holy spirit, ²¹ keep yourselves in the love of God, as you expect the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ for everlasting life;

¹⁹ For I know that he will command his children and his household after him, who are to keep the ways of the Lord, to execute judgment and justice, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all that he hath spoken to him.

⁹ Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently. Forget not all the things which thine eyes have seen, and let them not depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; that thou mayst impress upon thy children, and thy childrens' children,

⁷ and thou shalt impress them on thy children, and speak of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou art walking abroad, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up;

²⁸ therefore I dedicate him to the Lord, all the days of his life, as a loan to the Lord. Then she said,

²⁶ But the child Samuel proceeded on, and was in favour with the Lord, and with men.

² and now behold the king goeth out before you. As for me, I am grown old, therefore I will stay at home. And as for my sons, behold they are among you. With regard to myself, behold I have gone out before you from my youth even to this day. ³ Here I am. Bring your complaints against me before the Lord, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom among you have I oppressed? or whom have I aggrieved? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a shoe latchet? Witness against me, and I will make you restitution.

³ such as we have heard and known, which our fathers have related to us. ⁴ They were not hid from their children: one generation told another the praises of the Lord, his acts of power, and the wonders which he hath done. ⁵ Thus he raised up a testimony in Jacob, and established a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers to make known to their children: ⁶ that the succeeding generation; the children to be born, might know it, and rise and tell the same to their children:

⁴ And you, parents, exasperate not your children, but educate them with the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

¹⁵ and that, from thy childhood, thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus.

¹ When a woman, a widow, of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Thy servant, my husband, is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant was one who feared the Lord, and the creditor is come to take my two sons to be his slaves,

⁴ There were others who said, We have borrowed money to pay the king's tribute, and pledged our fields and our vineyards and our houses, ⁵ and now our flesh is the same as that of our brethren, our sons the same as theirs, yet behold we are subjecting our sons and our daughters to be slaves, nay, some of our daughters are already subjected to bondage, and we have no means to redeem them, for our nobles have got our fields and our vineyards.

¹⁶ Some plunder the poor to increase their wealth and give to the rich to lessen it.

²² Oppress not the needy because he is poor: nor treat with disrespect at the gates one who is weak.

² And it shall be as with the people so with the priest; as with the servant, so with the master; as with the maid, so with the mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller, as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the debtor, so with the creditor.

⁶ Thus saith the Lord, For the three transgressions of Israel, and for four, shall I not be averse from him? Because they sold a righteous one for silver and a needy one for a pair of sandals;

¹ Hear this word, ye heifers of Basanitis, ye who are on the mountain of Samaria; who tyrannise over the distressed and trample the needy, who say to your masters, Bring and let us drink.

¹¹ therefore because they have beaten the poor with their fists, though you had received from them choice gifts; you have built houses of hewn stone; but in them you shall not dwell; you have planted lovely vineyards, but you shall not drink the wine thereof. ¹² [p] Because I know your manifold impieties and your sins are mighty: you trample down the righteous, take pledges and turn aside the poor in the gates;

⁴ [p] Hear this, I beseech you, ye who every morning oppress the needy, and by your tyranny drive the poor from the land, saying,

⁶ that we may purchase the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, when from every kind of product we shall have made gain.

²⁵ And as he had not wherewithal to pay; his lord ordered him and his wife and all that he had, to be sold and payment to be made.

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

¹ Come, now, ye rich; weep, and raise a mournful cry for the miseries which are coming upon you.

⁴ Behold the wages of the labourers who have reaped your fields, which you have withholden, raise a cry; and the outcries of these reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

⁸ As I have seen men ploughing improper grounds: they who sow such places shall reap sorrows.

³ for the Lord will not suffer the rod of the wicked to be over the inheritance of the righteous; that the righteous may not stretch forth their hands to iniquities.

³ From the mouth of fools there is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.

⁴ because the yoke which lay upon them, is taken away, and the rod which was over their neck. For he hath broken the rod of the exactor, as in the day of Madiam:

⁵ Ho! Assyrians! The rod of my wrath, even mine anger is in their hands,

²⁹ Rejoice not, foreign tribes, with one consent, because the yoke of him who smote you is broken; for from the seed of a serpent will come forth young asps, and their offspring will be flying serpents.

³¹ For by the voice of the Lord the Assyrians shall be beaten down by the stroke with which he will smite them.

⁷ because they sowed blasted seed, therefore the catastrophe was correspondent; there is not a handful capable of yielding meal. And had it succeeded, strangers would have devoured it.

¹³ Why have you concealed impiety and gathered in the iniquities thereof? You have eaten false fruit. [J] Because thou hast trusted in thy sins, and in the multitude of thine army,

⁷ Be not deceived. God is not to be imposed on; for whatever a man soweth, that he shall reap. ⁸ Because he who soweth for his flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption; but he who soweth for the spirit shall from the spirit reap life everlasting;

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.

⁵⁶ And the tender, and very delicate woman among you, whose foot never ventured to tread the ground because of her delicateness, and effeminacy will look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and on her son, and her daughter,

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail; ¹⁷ if I have eaten my morsel alone, and have not shared it with the orphan; ¹⁸ [for from my youth I as a father nourished them, and was their guide from my mother's womb] ¹⁹ If I have seen the naked perishing and have not clothed them; ²⁰ and if the poor have not blessed me, and their shoulders been warmed with the fleece of my lambs;

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. Happy he who is considerate with regard to the distressed and needy; in time of trouble the Lord will deliver him. ² May the Lord preserve him and keep him alive, and make him happy in the land, and may he never deliver him into the hands of his enemy! ³ May the Lord support him on his bed of languishing! thou hast made all his bed in this sickness of his.

⁹ He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness shall endure forever. His horn shall be gloriously exalted:

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

¹⁷ He who is kind to the poor lendeth to God; and according to his gift he will repay him.

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

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

⁸ But the pious have counselled with understanding; and their counsel shall be established."

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. ¹² And thine old waste places shall be rebuilded; and thy foundations shall last for generations of generations: and thou shalt be called the repairer of breaches, and shalt enjoy rest in the midst of thy paths.

¹⁵ Is it not lawful for me to do what I please with mine own? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

³⁴ Then the king will say to them on his right, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the formation of the world: ³⁵ for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you lodged me; ³⁶ naked, and you clothed me; sick, and you took care of me; I was in prison, and you visited me. ³⁷ Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee; or thirsty, and give thee drink? ³⁸ When saw we thee a stranger, and lodged thee; or naked, and clothed thee? ³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? 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.

²² thefts, inordinate desires, malice, fraud, sensuality, envy, detraction, pride, foolishness.

³⁵ But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be great. And you will be the children of the Most High Because he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant; ³⁶ be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful. ³⁷ Furthermore, judge not, that so you may not be judged. Condemn not, that so you may not be condemned. Forgive; and you shall be forgiven. 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.

¹³ But when thou makest an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind,

³⁵ On all occasions I have suggested to you that you ought thus to labour, and support the indigent, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he said, "It is a greater happiness to give, than to receive."

¹ We now, brethren, make known to you, the bounty of God which hath been granted by the congregations of Macedonia, 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

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, ⁹ [as it is written, "He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his righteousness shall endure for ever;" ¹⁰ and may He who furnisheth abundantly seed for the sower and bread for food, supply and multiply your seed, and increase the products of your righteousness!] ¹¹ you are enriched in every thing for every act of bounty, which operateth through us to produce thanksgiving to God.

¹⁸ to be beneficent; to be rich in good works, ready to distribute; willing to communicate, ¹⁹ laying up for themselves a good deposit for the time to come, that they may obtain the life everlasting.

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.

¹⁶ and forget not beneficence and contribution: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

⁹ Be hospitable to one another without grudging.

⁹ And when Sarah saw the son of Agar the Egyptian who was born to Abraham sporting with her son Isaak, ¹⁰ she said to Abraham, Send away this girl and her son; for the son of this girl shall not be heir with my son Isaak.

¹ Now when Sanaballat heard that we were building the wall it appeared evil to him and he was much incensed, and railed against the Jews, ² and said before his brethren, Is the army of Somoron reduced to this, that these Jews are building their city? They are indeed offering sacrifice; but can they prevail? Can they heal the stones after being burned to a heap of dust? ³ Thereupon Tobias the Ammonite came near him and said to them, Can they either sacrifice or eat in that place of theirs? Cannot a fox go up and demolish their stone walls?

²⁸ And one of the sons of Joada the son of Elisub the high priest, being the son in law of Sanaballat the Ouranite, I drove him from me.

⁵ Him, who privily slandered his neighbour, I expelled. With one of a haughty eye and unsatiable heart I would not eat.

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

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

²⁰ By much fuel a fire is nourished: but where there is no stirrer up of quarrels, contention ceaseth. ²¹ A hearth is for coals and fuel for fire: and a contentious man for the bustle of strife.

¹⁷ And if he disregard them, tell the congregation; and if he disregard the congregation, let him be to thee as the heathen and the publican.

⁵ to deliver such a one over to satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. ⁶ This boasting of yours is unbecoming. Do you not know that a little leaven leaveneth the whole mixture?

¹³ and God will pass sentence on those without. Therefore remove the wicked person from among yourselves.

³⁹ Then Pharao said to Joseph, Seeing God hath shewn thee all these things, there is none more prudent and wise than thou thyself. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my household and to thy command all my people shall pay obedience. Only on the throne will I be greater than thou. ⁴¹ Moreover Pharao said to Joseph, Behold I have set thee this day over all the land of Egypt, ⁴² And Pharao took off the ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him with a cotton robe, and put a chain of gold about his neck; ⁴³ and caused him to mount a chariot next to that of his own. And a herald made proclamation before him. And when he had set him over all the land of Egypt, ⁴⁴ Pharao said to Joseph, I am Pharao. Without thee no man shall lift up his hand in all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁵ And Pharao called Joseph's name Psonthomphanech and gave him Aseneth a daughter of Petephres the priest of Heliopolis to be his wife. ⁴⁶ Now Joseph was thirty years old, when he stood before Pharao king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao and went through all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷ And in the seven years of plenty the land produced in vast abundance ⁴⁸ and he collected all the varieties of food of those seven years, in which there was plenty in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he stored the eatable productions of the fields around. ⁴⁹ So Joseph collected food like the sand of the sea in great abundance until it could not be numbered, for it was innumerable. ⁵⁰ Now before the seven years of famine Joseph had two sons, whom Aseneth the daughter of Petephres the priest of Heliopolis bore to him. ⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of his first born Manasses, because God hath made me forget all my troubles and all my father's family. And the name of his second son he called Ephraim, because God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.

⁵³ And when the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt were past, ⁵⁴ the seven years of famine began to come as Joseph said. And there was a famine in the whole earth, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. ⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt began to be in want and the people cried to Pharao for bread, Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph and do whatever he saith to you. ⁵⁶ As the famine was over the face of the whole earth, when Joseph opened all his granaries and sold to all the Egyptians, ⁵⁷ all the countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine was great in the whole earth.

⁶ This Esdras who came up from Babylon, was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord the God of Israel had given to Israel. And when the king gave him leave, because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him in all that he sought, ⁷ there came up to Jerusalem some of the children of Israel, and some of the priests, and some of the Levites, namely, the musicians and the keepers of the gates and the Nathinims in the seventh year of Arthasastha, the king; ⁸ and they arrived at Jerusalem in the fifth month of the said seventh year of the king. ⁹ For on the first day of the first month he settled his journey up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month they arrived at Jerusalem. For the good hand of his God was upon him, ¹⁰ because Esdras had set his heart to seek the law, and to do and to teach in Israel the statutes and the judgments. ¹¹ Now this is the copy of the decree which Arthasastha gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe of the book of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.

⁴ Thereupon the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? And when I had prayed to the God of heaven, ⁵ I said to the king, If it seemeth good to the king, and if thy servant shall find favour in thy sight, that thou wouldst send me to Juda to the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, and let me rebuild it. ⁶ Upon this the king said to me [now his concubine was sitting by him] For how long shall thy journey be, and when wilt thou return? So the king being pleased to send me, I set him a time

³ Now Mordecai was viceroy of king Artaxerxes, and was great in the kingdom, and being honoured by the Jews and beloved, he enforced the observance of their religion on all his nation. And Mordecai said, These things have been done by God; for I remember the dream I had concerning these matters, and not one particular has failed [to occur]. A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water. This river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen; and the two dragons are myself and Haman. And the nations were those that gathered to destroy the name of the Jews; and my nation is Israel, they that cried unto God and were delivered. For the Lord hath delivered His people, and the Lord hath saved us from all these evils. And God hath wrought signs and great wonders that have not been performed among the gentiles. Therefore hath he ordained two lots; one for the people of God and another for all the gentiles. And these two lots came in an hour and time and day of judgment before the face of God, and for all nations. And God remembered His people, and vindicated His inheritance. And they shall observe those days in the month Adar-the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month-with an assembly, and joy and gladness before God, among His people Israel throughout the generations forever. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheos, who said he was a priest and a Levite, and his son, Ptolemy, brought this published epistle of Phrurai, which they said was the same [as the original by Mordecai], and which Lysimachos, the son of Ptolemy [Dositheos' son], had interpreted.

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

⁶ Mine eyes have been on the faithful of the land; that they might dwell with me. He who walked in a perfect way, hath been employed in my service.

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

¹³ Righteous lips are acceptable to a king; and he loveth right words.

⁴⁶ Then king Nabuchodonosar fell on his face, and made obeisance to Daniel and ordered holy gifts, and sweet odours to be offered to him. ⁴⁷ And the king answered and said to Daniel, Of a truth, your God is the God of Gods, and the Lord of kings, the revealer of secrets; since thou hast been enabled to reveal this secret. ⁴⁸ Then the king raised Daniel to high rank and gave him many great gifts, and set him over the whole region of Babylon, and a chief satrap over all the wise men of Babylon. ⁴⁹ And Daniel requested of the king, and he set Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago, over the works of the region of Babylon. And Daniel was in the court of the king.

³⁰ Then the king reinstated Sedrach, Misach and Abdenago in the province of Babylon, and advanced them in dignity and honoured them with a command over all the Jews in his realm.

²⁰ And when he approached the den, he cried with a loud voice, Daniel, the servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest continually, been able to deliver thee from the mouths of the lions? ²¹ Thereupon Daniel said to the king, king live forever! ²² My God sent his angel and shut the mouths of the lions and they have not hurt me. For before him rectitude was found in me; and even in thy sight, king, I have committed no offence. ²³ At this the king was exceedingly rejoiced and gave order to take Daniel up out of the den. So he was taken up out of the den and there was no manner of hurt found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

⁸ Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

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

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.

¹² Who changeth the counsels of the crafty, so that their hands can perform no enterprise. ¹³ Who entangleth the wise in their wisdom, and defeateth the counsel of the artful.

¹⁹ and they from the west shall revere the name of the Lord; and they from the rising of the sun, his glorious name. For he will come like an impetuous stream; for the wrath of the Lord will come with fury. ²⁰ For the sake of Sion the Deliverer will come, and turn away ungodliness from Jacob. ²¹ And this shall be my covenant with them, said the Lord, this spirit of mine which is upon thee, and these words which I have put in thy mouth shall not fail from thy mouth, nor from the mouth of thy seed, [for the Lord hath spoken] from this time forth forever.

¹⁶ Upon this Peter, in reply, said, Thou art The Christ, the son of the living God. ¹⁷ And Jesus answering, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my father who is in heaven. ¹⁸ Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter, [a rock,] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

³⁹ But if it be of God you cannot annul it. Peradventure you may be found even fighting against God."

⁹ Now there was a certain man, named Simon, who had heretofore practised magical arts in that city and astonished the nation of Samaria, pretending that he was an extraordinary person, ¹⁰ to whom all paid regard, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. 11 To him indeed they paid regard because for a long time he had astonished them with his magical arts

¹² But when they believed Philip's proclamation of the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

²³ And instantly an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory. And being gnawed by worms he died. ²⁴ Still the word of God increased and was multiplied;

⁸ But Elymas the Magian, [for thus his name is translated] set himself against them, endeavouring to divert the proconsul from the belief. ⁹ Upon which Saul, who is also called Paul, being filled with a holy spirit, and having his eyes fixed upon him, ¹⁰ said, O! full of all deceit and of all wickedness, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord! ¹¹ Now therefore behold the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shall be blind and shall not see the sun for a season. And instantly there fell upon him a mist and darkness. And groping about he sought some to lead him by the hand. ¹² Then the proconsul, upon seeing what was done, believed, being struck with awe at the doctrine concerning the Lord.

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

⁸ Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these men withstand the truth, having their minds corrupted, being, with respect to this belief, such as cannot stand the test ⁹ But they shall not advance much further; for the folly of these shall be exposed to the world, as that of those was.

³ And I will give to my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days clothed in sackcloth. ⁴ These are the two olive trees and the two lamps which stand before the God of the earth. ⁵ And if any one attempt to injure them a fire issueth out of their mouth, and utterly devoureth their enemies. If any one indeed attempt to wrong them in this manner he ought to be slain. ⁶ These have power to shut the heaven that it may not rain in the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every calamity as often as they please. ⁷ And when they shall be performing their testimony the beast which ascendeth out of the bottomless gulf will come to battle with them, and overcome them, and kill them, ⁸ and their corpses will be in the broad street of the great city which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt where our Lord was crucified; ⁹ and some of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will see their dead bodies three days and a half and will not permit their dead bodies to be put in graves. ¹⁰ And they who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and be glad, and will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented them who dwelt on the earth. ¹¹ And after the three days and a half, a breath of life from God came upon them and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon them who beheld them;

¹⁴ and to the woman were given two wings of the great eagle that she might fly to the wilderness to her place where she is nourished for a time and times and the half of a time from the face of the serpent. ¹⁵ And the serpent spouted out of his mouth after the woman water like a river that she might be swept away by the stream; ¹⁶ and the earth helped the woman; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the torrent which the dragon spouted out of his mouth: ¹⁷ and the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war against the rest of her seed them who were keeping the commandments of God and maintaining the testimony of Jesus Christ.

³² And they gave an astonishing account of the land which they had viewed, to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to view it, is a land which devoureth them who dwell therein; and all the people which we saw are men of immense stature. ³³ There indeed we saw the giants, and we were before them like grasshoppers; indeed we were nothing else before them.

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.

¹⁹ And the Lord saw, and was provoked to jealousy; He was provoked at the temper of his sons and daughters,

²⁰ And when Dalida said, The Philistines are upon thee Sampson! He awoke from his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times heretofore, and rouse myself. He indeed did not know that the Lord had departed from him. ²¹ Then the Philistines seized him and put out his eyes, and carried him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass, and he was kept grinding in the prison house.

²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by doing so? Though among many nations there was not a king like him? Though he was beloved by God, and God had made him king over all Israel, yet strange women led him astray.

¹² Therefore I gave them up to the devices of their own hearts. Let them walk in their own devices.

¹⁶ and estrange thee from a just determination. ¹⁷ My son, let not evil counsel, who hath forsaken the discipline of youth and hath forgotten the divine covenant, take hold of thee. ¹⁸ For she hath placed her house near death; and her wheels with the earth born near the mansion of the dead. ¹⁹ None who walk by her direction can ever return; nor ever recover the right paths.

³ for honey droppeth from the lips of a harlot, which for a while pleaseth thy palate; ⁴ but in the end thou wilt find it bitterer than gall, and sharper than a two edged sword. ⁵ For the feet of folly lead them, who indulge themselves with her, down with death to the mansion of the dead. Her steps indeed are not established, ⁶ for she walketh not in the ways of life. Her paths are slippery and not easily known. ⁷ Now therefore, my son, hearken to me and slight not my words. ⁸ Remove thy way far from her, go not near the doors of her house; ⁹ That thou mayst not give thy life to others, and thy substance to the cruel: ¹⁰ that strangers may not be filled with thy wealth, and thy labours go into the houses of strangers, ¹¹ and thou at last be grieved. When the flesh of thy body is consumed, ¹² then thou wilt say, "How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! ¹³ I hearkened not to the voice of him who instructed me and taught me; nor have I inclined mine ear. ¹⁴ I have been almost in all evil, in the midst of the assembly and congregation." ¹⁵ Drink water from thine own vessels, and from the wells of thine own fountain. ¹⁶ Let not the waters from thy fountain over flow for thee; but let thy waters run in thine own streets. ¹⁷ Let them be for thyself only, and let no stranger partake with thee. ¹⁸ Let thy fountain of water be appropriate to thyself; and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. ¹⁹ Let thy loving hind and graceful fawn converse with thee; and let her be accounted peculiarly thine, and be with thee on all occasions. For ravished with her love thou wilt become a numerous family. ²⁰ Be not devoted to a strange woman, nor embraced in the arms of one not thine own. ²¹ For the ways of a husband are before the eyes of God, and he examineth narrowly all his paths. ²² Iniquities hunt a man; but every one is caught by the cords of his own sins. ²³ Such a one dieth with the uninstructed, but from his plentiful means of living he was cast out, and perished by reason of folly.

²⁴ to keep thee from a married woman; and from the flattering tongue of a strange woman. ²⁵ Let not a lust for beauty overcome thee: be not captivated by thine eyes, nor ensnared by her eyelids. ²⁶ For the price of a harlot is scarce that of a single loaf; but an adulteress hunteth for the precious lives of men. ²⁷ Can any one put fire in his bosom and not burn his clothes? ²⁸ Or can one walk on coals of fire and not burn his feet? ²⁹ So he who goeth in, to a married woman, cannot escape punishment; no, nor any one who toucheth her.

⁵ that she may keep thee from a strange and wicked woman, in case she, with alluring words should attack thee. ⁶ For through a lattice she looketh out of her house into the streets; ⁷ and if among the simple youths she chanceth to see a young man, void of understanding, ⁸ walking near a corner in the passages to her house, ⁹ and talking in the twilight, when the evening is still and duskish: ¹⁰ then this woman, who maketh the hearts of young men flutter, meeteth him, in the attire of a harlot. ¹¹ Indeed she is ever on the wing and insatiable, and her feet abide not at home. ¹² For sometimes she roveth abroad: and sometimes lieth in wait in the streets, at every corner. ¹³ Ha! she hath caught him and kissed him, and with an unblushing countenance, said to him: ¹⁴ "I have a peace offering; today I am paying my vows: ¹⁵ for this reason I came out to meet thee: earnestly longing to see thee. ¹⁶ I have found thee. With cords I have stretched my bed, and decked it with tapestry from Egypt. ¹⁷ I have perfumed my bed with saffron, and my house with cinnamon: ¹⁸ come, and let us take our fill of love till the morning: come and let us solace ourselves with love. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; ²⁰ he took in his hand a roll of silver, and will return to his house after many days." ²¹ So with much fawning discourse she led him astray; and with the flattery of her lips inveigled him. ²² And he is gone after her, attracted by her; as an ox is led to slaughter, or as a dog to be chained: or like a deer pierced through the liver with a dart. ²³ And he hasteth like a bird to a snare; not knowing that he is running the risk of his life. ²⁴ Now therefore ray son hearken to me; and attend to the words of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways: ²⁶ for she hath wounded and brought down many; and innumerable are they whom she hath slain. ²⁷ Her house is the highway to Hades, leading down to the chambers of death.

²⁷ For a strange house is a hogshead full of holes: and a strange well is narrow.

²⁶ That bitterer than death is that whole class of women who are prostitutes. Though their heart is nets and their hands chains, he who is good in the sight of God shall be delivered from them; but a sinner shall be taken by them.

⁴ For who can be free from stain? Surely none.

⁵ For behold I was born in iniquity; in sins my mother conceived me:

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

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

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.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the spirit, is spirit.

³ among whom when we also were all formerly leading our lives in the desires of our flesh, executing the dictates of the flesh, and the imaginations, and were naturally children of wrath even as the rest;

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. ¹¹ Now all correction seemeth, for the present, not to be matter of joy, but of grief; yet afterwards it produceth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to them who are exercised therewith.

¹⁹ Because he broke up the families of princes; and plundered dwellings and suffered them not to stand ²⁰ There is no security for his possessions; nor shall he be saved by what he valueth highly. ²¹ Not a scrap of his provisions is left. His good things shall not, on this account, be renewed. ²² In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be afflicted, and all manner of distress shall come upon him. ²³ If by any means he be permitted to fill his belly; may he send against him fiery indignation, and pour upon him sorrows! ²⁴ Let him not escape from the edge of the sword! ²⁵ May the brasen bow wound him, and the dart pass through his body, and stars light on his dwellings! ²⁶ May terrors stalk around him and total darkness await him! An unkindled fire devoureth him. May his guest also afflict his family! ²⁷ may the heaven disclose his iniquities, and the earth rise up against him! ²⁸ May destruction bring his house to an end! Upon him may there come a day of wrath! ²⁹ This is the portion of a wicked man from the Lord, and this his possession, from the superintending Being.

⁵ Because of the oppression of the poor; because of the groans of the needy; now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set in safety and speak boldly.

²² Oppress not the needy because he is poor: nor treat with disrespect at the gates one who is weak. ²³ For the Lord will judge his cause; and thou shouldst preserve thy life safe and secure.

³ A mighty man by wicked acts oppresseth the poor. As a sweeping rain is indeed unprofitable,

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

² They coveted fields and plundered orphans and tyrannised over houses; they plundered a man and his household; a man and his inheritance; ³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold against this tribe I am planning evils, from which you shall not withdraw your necks, nor walk erect suddenly. Because it is an evil time,

⁹ Thus saith the Lord Almighty, Execute just judgment and shew mercy and compassion one to another; ¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, nor the orphan, nor the stranger, nor the poor; and let none treasure up in his heart for evil an injury done by his brother; ¹¹ but they refused to attend and turned back contemptuously; and stopped their ears that they might not hear; ¹² and made their heart disobedient that they might not hearken to my law; therefore [according to the words which the Lord Almighty by his spirit sent by the ministry of the former prophets] there was great wrath from the Lord Almighty; ¹³ that it might come to pass as he said, "As they hearkened not, so they shall cry and I will not listen, saith the Lord Almighty, ¹⁴ and I will cast them out into all the nations which they knew not; and the land behind them shall be a desolation, without a traveller and without a sojourner."

³³ And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are you entitled to? For even sinners do the same. ³⁴ And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receives what thanks are you entitled to. For even sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as much in return. ³⁵ But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be great. And you will be the children of the Most High Because he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant;

¹² Then he said to him who had invited him; When thou makest a dinner or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy relations, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also invite thee in their turn, and a recompense be made thee. ¹³ But when thou makest an entertainment, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame and the blind, ¹⁴ and thou shall be happy. For as they are not of ability to requite thee, a requital will be made to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.

²⁴ Whereupon he cried and said, Father, Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

¹³ for the sentence of judgment shall be without mercy for him who hath not exercised mercy, though mercy glorieth over a sentence of judgment.

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

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

³ the interpretation of sentences; a discernment of true justice; and to direct judgment,

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.

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

⁴ and they said when they taught me, "Let our words sink deep in thy heart. Keep our commandments; do not forget; ⁵ overlook not the dictate of my mouth: ⁶ forsake it not, and it will defend thee: love it and it will preserve thee: ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee:

¹ My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thine ear to my words, ² that thou mayst keep a good understanding. Now the sense of my lips giveth thee this injunction; listen not to an abandoned woman;

³³ [Omitted] 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.

¹² Apply thy heart to instruction; and prepare thine ears for the words of knowledge.

²⁵ I took a circuit with my heart to know and examine carefully and to seek wisdom and a mode of calculating, and to gain a knowledge of a particular folly and disquietude and madness of one destitute of the fear of God; and I find and an declare,

⁹ Having taken a view of this as a whole, I applied my heart to every work which is done under the sun; to all those things in which man exerciseth authority over man to his hurt.

¹⁶ In all those things to which I applied my heart to know wisdom and to take a view of the business which is done on the earth; because day and night this is never at rest,

³ Incline your ears and follow in my paths; hearken to me and your soul shall live on good things; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant; the gracious promises to David which are faithful.

⁵ While he was yet speaking, behold! a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo! from the cloud, a voice, saying, This is my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him.

¹⁸ for I am full of words; for I am pained with a spirit within me; ¹⁹ for I am like a vessel full of new wine, in fermentation, without vent; or like the labouring bellows of a smith.

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

¹³ With my lips I have declared all the judgments of thy mouth.

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

¹¹¹ I have taken thy testimonies for an everlasting inheritance: for they are the joy of my heart.

¹⁶² Let me exult with joy for thine oracles; as one who findeth great spoils.

¹⁷¹ Let my lips solemnly utter a hymn; when thou hast taught me thy statutes.

¹⁰ For when wisdom entereth into thine understanding: and knowledge appeareth pleasant to thy soul:

¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.

⁶ Hearken to me, for I will speak solemn things; and with my lips disclose things which are right.

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

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

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

²¹ The wise and prudent are called crafty; and they who are sweet in discourse will be more listened to.

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

¹¹ It is an apple of gold in a sardine bracelet, thus to speak a word.

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

⁷ Because the lips of a priest were to keep knowledge therefore law was to be sought from his mouth; since he is a messenger of the Lord Almighty:

³⁸ He who believeth in me; as the scripture hath said, Out of his belly will flow streams of living water.

¹⁵ By him therefore let us offer up continually to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips, praising his name;

⁸ Trust in him all ye congregated people: pour out your hearts before him; for God is our helper.

⁵ Trust in God with thy whole heart; and be not elated for thine own wisdom.

² Behold! my God is my Saviour, I will trust in him and not be afraid. Because the Lord is my glory and my praise; and hath become unto me salvation;

⁴ who art to everlasting, the Mighty, the Eternal God,

⁷ But blessed is the man who hath trusted in the Lord; and whose hope is the Lord.

²¹ who by him believe in God, who hath raised him from the dead, and hath given him glory, so that you may have faith and hope in God.

⁶ The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; tried silver, clear of dross, seven times purified.

¹² I will prescribe for him a multitude. Though his rites were devised for other purposes, the altars were objects of love.

¹⁵ and that, from thy childhood, thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise for salvation by trusting in Christ Jesus. ¹⁶ All scripture, given by divine inspiration, is indeed profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for reformation, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷ that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly fitted for every good work.

¹⁹ Therefore we have a more complete confirmation of the prophetic word, to which you do well in giving attention, as to a lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawn, and the bringer of light rise in your hearts; ²⁰ knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture explaineth itself, ²¹ for prophecy was not uttered in former days at the will of man; but the holy men of God spoke by an impulse of the holy spirit.

³ it seemed good to me. also, when I had accurately traced every thing from the very first, immediately afterwards to write to thee, most excellent Theophilus, ⁴ that thou mayst know the certainty of those doctrines in which thou hast been instructed.

³¹ But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life by his name.

¹⁵ but sanctify the Lord in your hearts" and be always prepared, in answer to every one who demandeth of you a reason for the hope which is in you, to make a defence with meekness and fear,

¹³ These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the son of God, that you may know that you have everlasting life; and that you may believe in the name of the son of God:

⁶ Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of a poor man in the trial of his cause.

¹² for I saved the poor from the hand of the mighty; and assisted the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ The blessing of him who was perishing came upon me: and the mouth of the widow blessed me. ¹⁴ I put on righteousness and cloathed myself with justice as with a mantle. ¹⁵ I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. ¹⁶ I was a father to those in distress; and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

¹⁶ Far from depriving the poor of what they had, or causing the heart of a widow to fail;

²¹ If I have raised a hand against the fatherless, because I had around me greater support:

¹⁰ Remove not ancient land marks, nor encroach upon the possession of the fatherless. ¹¹ For the Lord who is their redeemer is strong; and will plead their cause with thee.

²⁹ crushing by usurped authority the people of the land, and ravening prey, oppressing the poor and needy, and paying no regard to strangers to the administration of justice.

¹⁰ and oppress not the widow, nor the orphan, nor the stranger, nor the poor; and let none treasure up in his heart for evil an injury done by his brother;

⁵ And I will bring to judgment before you and be a swift witness against sorcerers, and against adulteresses, and against them who swear by my name to a falsehood, and against them who deprive the hireling of his wages, and them who oppress the widow, and them who buffet the fatherless, and them who turn aside the cause of the stranger, and them who do not fear me, saith the Lord Almighty.

¹² The Lord judge between me and thee. And the Lord avenge thee on thyself. Let not my hand be upon thee.

¹⁵ The Lord be a judge, and a discerner of right, between me and thee. May the Lord see, and judge my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand!

³⁹ And when David heard it, he said, Blessed be the Lord who hath judged the cause of my reproach, out of the hand of Nabal, and hath preserved his servant from the hand of wicked men. The Lord hath turned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. Then David sent and spoke of Abigaia to take her for a wife;

¹ By David. Judge them, Lord, who do me wrong. Fight against them who are at war with me.

¹⁰ Let all my bones say, Lord, who is like thee, who deliverest the afflicted from the hand of them who are stronger than he; the afflicted and needy from them who spoil him?

¹ A Psalm by David. Judge me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: deliver me from an unjust and deceitful man.

⁵ Let them be awed at the presence of him, who is the father of the fatherless, and the judge of them who are widows. God is in a place consecrated to him:

¹² I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted and the right of the needy:

¹¹ For the Lord who is their redeemer is strong; and will plead their cause with thee.

¹ [p] Woe to them who miserably afflict you; but none can make you miserable. Even the deceiver doth not deceive you. The deceivers shall be taken and delivered up and like a moth on a garment they shall be crushed.

³⁴ therefore their Redeemer; the Mighty One, whose name is The Lord Almighty will plead their cause with their adversaries. In order that he may remove this land out of the way he will sharpen for the inhabitants of Babylon

³⁶ [J] For this cause, thus saith the Lord, Behold I will judge thine adversary and avenge thy cause; and I will drain off her sea and make her fountain dry,

⁹ I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him; until he vindicate my cause. He will do me justice and bring me out into light;

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

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

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

³⁵ but mingled with those nations; and learned their works.

²⁰ By walking with the wise thou wilt be wise; but he who walketh with fools will be known.

³³ Be not led astray; "good morals are debauched by talk profane."

¹ My son, if thou become surety for thy friend, thou wilt deliver up thy hand to an enemy. ² For a man's own lips are a powerful snare, and he is caught by the words of his own mouth. ³ Do, my son, what I enjoin thee, and save thyself; for thou art come into the hands of bad men on thy friend's account. Be not remiss, but importune thy friend for whom thou art surety. ⁴ Give no sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids, ⁵ that thou mayst be saved like a roe from a toil, and like a bird from a snare.

¹⁵ A wicked man doth hurt, when he associateth with the just: but he hateth the sound of safety.

¹⁸ A man void of understanding clappeth his hands and applaudeth himself on becoming surety for his friends,

¹³ Take away his mantle, for a scorner passed by who wasteth the property of others.

²⁶ And if thou hast taken the mantle of thy neighbour as a pledge, thou shalt restore it to him before the setting of the sun; ²⁷ for it is his covering. This mantle is the only covering of his nakedness. In what can he sleep? If therefore he cry to me, I will hear him; for I am merciful.

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¹⁴ Thou shalt not remove the boundaries of thy neighbour, which thy fathers have settled at the distribution of the inheritances, which were given thee to possess in the land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee by lot.

¹⁷ Cursed he who removeth his neighbour's land mark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

² and the wicked transgressed all bounds; and ravaged both the flock and the shepherd?

¹⁰ Remove not ancient land marks, nor encroach upon the possession of the fatherless.

⁴⁶ Now Joseph was thirty years old, when he stood before Pharao king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharao and went through all the land of Egypt.

⁸ Happy thy wives, and happy these servants of thine who stand continually in thy presence and hear all thy wisdom.

²⁸ this man Jeroboam was mighty in power, and Solomon seeing that the youth was a man of business set him over the burdens of the house of Joseph.

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.

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

¹⁰ Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might; since there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge nor wisdom in the mansion of the dead to which thou must go.

²¹ and his master said to him; "Well done, good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful in a small trust, I will give thee a much greater; enter into the joy of thy master:"

²³ his master said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant, thou hast been faithful in a small trust, I will give thee a much greater, enter thou into the joy of thy master:

¹¹ in business be not slothful: Be fervent in spirit; constant in serving the Lord;

² proclaim the word; be intent thereon, in season and out of season; convince, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.