Proverbs 3 Cross References - Thomson

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace. ³ Let not acts of kindness and faithfulness forsake thee: but bind them about thy neck ⁴ and thou shalt find favour. Be provident in regard to things good in the sight of the Lord and of men. ⁵ Trust in God with thy whole heart; and be not elated for thine own wisdom. ⁶ Shew it in all thy ways, that it may make thy paths straight. ⁷ Be not wise in thine own conceit; but fear God and depart from all evil: ⁸ then shall thy body have health and thy bones a cure. ⁹ Honour the Lord with some of thy righteous labours: and set apart for him some of thy fruits of righteousness: ¹⁰ that thy barns may be plenteously filled with corn; and that thy vats may overflow with wine. ¹¹ My son, slight not the correction of the Lord; nor faint when reproved by him: ¹² for whom the Lord loveth he reproveth: and chastiseth every son whom he receiveth. ¹³ Happy the man, who hath found wisdom: and the mortal who hath seen prudence: ¹⁴ for it is better to traffick for her, than for treasures of gold and silver. ¹⁵ She is more precious than costly stones: and nothing evil can be compared to her. She is easily known by all who approach her; but no price is equal to her in value. ¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. ¹⁸ She is a tree of life to all who take hold of her; and safe for them who rely on her, as on the Lord. ¹⁹ By wisdom God founded the earth; and by understanding he furnished the heavens. ²⁰ By knowledge the deeps were broken up and the clouds distilled dew. ²¹ My son, be not wanting in retention: but keep my counsel, namely, the sentiment: ²² that thy soul may live and that grace may be around thy neck: and it will be health to thy flesh and a cure for thy bones; ²³ that thou mayst proceed on in all thy ways in peace and security; and that thy foot may not stumble. ²⁴ For when thou liest down, thou shalt be free from fear: and when thou sleepest, thou shalt sleep sweetly; ²⁵ and shalt not fear the bursting in of terror; nor the sudden assaults of wicked men. ²⁶ For the Lord will be over all thy ways, and will support thy foot that thou mayst not be shaken. ²⁷ Delay not to do good to the needy, when it is in the power of thy hand to help. ²⁸ Do not say, Go away and come again: tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it in thy power to do good: for thou knowest not what to-morrow will bring forth. ²⁹ Devise not evils against thy friend; who sojourneth with thee and confideth in thee. ³⁰ Be not at enmity with a man without cause; lest he do thee some mischief. ³¹ Acquire not the reproaches of bad men, nor be fond of their ways. ³² For every transgressor is impure in the sight of the Lord; and among the righteous he taketh not a seat. ³³ The curse of God is in the houses of the wicked: but the folds of the righteous are blessed. ³⁴ The Lord resisteth the proud; but he granteth favour to the humble. ³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory; but the wicked have extolled dishonour.

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,

²³ take heed to yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord our God, which he made with you, and transgress and make for yourselves a graven image of any of the things about which the Lord thy God hath given thee a charge;

⁶ And these injunctions, which I this day give thee in charge, shall be in thy heart, and in thy soul; 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; ⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes. ⁹ You shall also write them on the posts of your houses and gates.

¹ All the commands which I this day give you in charge you shall be careful to perform, that you may live, and be multiplied, and go in, and possess the land which the Lord your God solemnly promised to your fathers;

¹⁶ If thou wilt hearken to the commandments of the Lord thy God which I this day enjoin thee, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his rules of rectitude, and his judgments, you shall live, and multiply, and the Lord thy God will bless thee in all the land to which thou art going, there to take possession of it. ¹⁷ But if thy heart turn aside, and thou wilt not hearken, but go astray, and worship other gods, and serve them, ¹⁸ I announce to thee this day, that you shall surely perish, and shall not prolong your lives in the land, to which you are about to cross the Jordan, to take possession of it. ¹⁹ I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that I have set Life and Death, the Blessing and the Curse before you. Chuse thou life, that thou and thy seed may live, ²⁰ by loving the Lord thy God, and hearkening to his voice, and cleaving to him. For this is thy life, and the lengthening of thy days, to dwell in the land which the Lord solemnly promised thy fathers, Abraham, and Isaak, and Jacob, that he would give them.

¹¹ I have hid thine oracles in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

¹⁶ I will meditate on thy judgments and not forget thy words.

³⁴ Give me understanding that I may search thy law, and keep it with my whole heart.

⁴⁷ and have meditated on thy commandments, in which I took great delight; ⁴⁸ and have held up my hands for thy precepts which I loved, and meditated on thy rules of rectitude.

⁹³ Let me never forget thy rules of rectitude: for by them thou hast kept me alive.

¹⁵³ RESH Behold my affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.

¹⁷⁶ Like a lost sheep I have gone astray: O seek thy servant; since I have not forgotten thy commandments.

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

⁵ overlook not the dictate of my mouth:

⁵ lest by drinking they forget wisdom, and become incapable of administering justice to the oppressed.

¹⁷ Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem who hast drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his indignation. For thou hast drunk the cup of horror; the great cup of his wrath; and drained it.

³³ For this, saith the Lord, is my covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will adapt my laws to their understanding and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.

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.

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. ²⁴ He who doth not love me, doth not keep my words. Now the word which you hear is not mine only, but the Fathers who sent me.

²⁶ And thou shalt come to the grave like ripe grain cut in due season; or like a heap from a threshing floor, carried home in time.

⁴ He asked of thee life; and thou hast given him length of days forever.

¹¹ Come, ye children, hearken to me: and I will teach you the fear of the Lord. ¹² What man soever desireth life and loveth to see good days: ¹³ keep thy tongue from evil; and thy lips from speaking guile: ¹⁴ depart from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

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

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

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

¹⁶ For length of days and years of life are in her right hand; and in her left, riches and glory. Out of her mouth proceedeth righteousness: and on her tongue she carrieth law and mercy. ¹⁷ Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.

¹⁰ Hear my son and receive my words; that, when the years of thy life shall be multiplied, thou mayst have many ways of livelihood:

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

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

¹⁷ And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall enjoy rest. As for them who have kept up their confidence till that age;

¹⁹ peace upon peace to them near and to them far off. So the Lord said, I will heal them. ²⁰ But the wicked shall be tossed like waves and shall not be able to rest. "There is no peace, "said God, "to the wicked."

¹ Therefore being justified because of belief, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

¹⁷ For the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in a holy spirit.

¹³ Now may the God of this trust fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in this trust by virtue of a holy spirit.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother [this is the first commandment with a promise] ³ that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayst live long on the earth.

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.

⁹ And it shall be to thee for a sign on thy hand and for a memorial before thy eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord thy God hath brought thee out of Egypt;

⁸ and thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy right hand, and it shall be immoveably before thine eyes.

¹⁸ Therefore lay up these things in your heart, and in your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, that they may be immoveably before your eyes. ¹⁹ And you shall teach them to your children, by speaking of them, when thou sittest at home, and when thou walkest abroad, and when thou liest down to sleep, and when thou risest up. ²⁰ And you shall write them on the door posts of your houses, and of your gates; ²¹ that you may prolong your lives, that the days of your children in the land which the Lord solemnly promised your fathers to give them, may be as the days of heaven over the earth.

²⁰ As thou art come but yesterday, shall I to-day cause thee to move with us, and change thy abode? As for me, I will go where I can; but return thou and take back thy brethren with thee; and the Lord will deal mercifully and truly with thee.

¹⁰ All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth; to them who seek his covenant and his testimonies.

⁹ for thou wilt receive a graceful crown for thy head; and a chain of gold for thy neck.

²¹ Bind them continually on thy mind: and tie them as a chain around thy neck.

³ Bind them about thy fingers, and write them on the table of thy heart.

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

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¹ [p] Hear a word of the Lord, children of Israel! the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of this land; because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land;

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

⁶ The law of truth was in his mouth: and iniquity should not have been found in his lips. Walking uprightly with me in peace, he indeed turned many from iniquity.

²³ Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you pay tithe of mint, and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law; justice, mercy and fidelity. These you ought to have practised without omitting those.

³ You are shewn publickly because you are the letter of Christ which we make use of. It is written, not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God; not on tables of stone, but on fleshly tables of the heart.

¹ be ye therefore imitators of God as beloved children. ² And walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, as an3 offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

⁹ [for the fruit of this light consists of goodness and righteousness and truth of every sort]

¹⁶ This is the covenant which I will make with Them "After these days, saith the Lord, having adapted my laws to their understandings, I will write them on their minds,

² And the Lord was with Joseph, so that he was a fortunate man and was in the same house with his master the Egyptian. ³ And his master perceived that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord prospered in his hands what ever he did. ⁴ So Joseph found favour in the sight of his master; and he was pleased with him and set him over his household and committed all that he had to Joseph's charge.

²¹ But in the prison the Lord was with Joseph, and continued his kindness and gave him favour in the sight of the principal keeper of the prison.

⁷ Therefore be strong, and courageous, to watch, and to do as my servant Moses commanded. Thou must not deviate from them, to the right or to the left. That thou mayst clearly understand all that thou art to do: ⁸ the book of the Law must never be out of thy mouth. Thou must study it day and night, that thou mayst know how to do all that are written. Then shalt thou be prospered; and thou wilt make thy ways prosperous; and then thou shalt have a good understanding.

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

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

⁹ Now God had brought Daniel into favour and compassion with the high chamberlain,

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

⁴⁷ praising God and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added daily to the congregation them who were cured.

¹⁸ For he who serveth the Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

¹⁵ Though the Almighty, as he hath begun, may subdue me: yet I will speak and plead before him.

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

⁵ Lay open thy way before the Lord, and trust in him; and he will accomplish;

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.

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

⁹ The house of Israel have trusted in the Lord: he is their helper and protector. ¹⁰ The house of Aaron have trusted in the Lord; he is their helper and protector. ¹¹ They who fear the Lord have trusted in him: he is their helper and protector.

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

³ Trust not in chiefs, nor in sons of men, in whom there is no safety. ⁴ His breath goeth out and he shall return to his earth; on that day all his projects shall perish. ⁵ Happy he whose helper is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord his God,

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

¹⁹ In order that thy hope may be upon the Lord; and that he may make known to thee thy way.

⁴ If thou art poor, enter not into competition with one who is rich: but be restrained by thine own prudence

²⁶ He who putteth confidence in the boldness of his heart is a fool: but he who walketh wisely shall be saved.

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;

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

²³ [J] Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man boast of his wisdom: nor the mighty man boast of his strength; neither let the rich man boast of his riches:

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

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

¹⁶ Set not your minds on high things, but accommodate yourselves to things which are low. Be not wise in your own conceits.

¹⁸ Whosoever you are, let no one deceive himself. If am one among you seemeth to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God: for it is written, He entangleth the wise in their craft." ²⁰ And again, "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain."

¹ Now with regard to the things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. [This knowledge puffeth up; but love edifieth. ² If then any one thinketh that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.

¹² to the end that we who first trusted in the Christ might be for the praise of his glory;

¹¹ And the ark of God was taken, and Ophni and Phineas, the two sons of Eli, were both slain. ¹² And there ran a Jeminite from the battle, and came to Selom the same day, with his clothes rent and dust on his head.

⁸ And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this horde? Shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue, for thou shalt overly take them and without fail rescue.

⁹ And now, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searcheth all hearts and knoweth every thought. If thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will at last forsake thee.

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

²² for I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen, to protect us from enemies on the way; for we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is over all them for good, who seek him; and his power and his wrath is against all them who forsake him. ²³ So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he hearkened to us.

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

⁴ Thereupon the king said to me, For what dost thou make request? And when I had prayed to the God of heaven,

⁸ The Lord is gracious and righteous: therefore he will instruct sinners in the way: ⁹ he will guide the meek in judgment: he will teach the meek his ways.

⁸ Let me instruct thee and teach thee the way thou shouldst go. I will fix steadily mine eyes upon thee.

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

¹⁷ Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

²¹ and thine ears will hear the words of the deceivers behind thee who say, This is the way let us walk in it, whether to the right or left;

¹³ It is I who have raised him up with righteousness to be king; and all his ways shall be straight. He shall rebuild this city of mine, and send back the captives of this my people, not for ransom nor reward, said the Lord of Hosts.

¹⁷ Thus saith the Lord who hath redeemed thee, the Holy One of Israel, I am thy God. I pointed out to thee, how to find the way in which thou shouldst walk.

³¹ Whether then you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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

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

¹⁷ Indeed whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to the God and Father by him.

²³ and whatever you do, do it heartily as for the Lord, and not for men,

⁵ And if any of you wanteth wisdom, let him ask it of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

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

¹ There was a man in the country of Ausitis whose name was Job. He was a man of truth and integrity, just, pious, and who abstained from every thing that was evil.

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

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

¹² I have seen a man who thought himself wise: but there was more hope of a fool than of him.

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,

²¹ Woe to them who are wise in their own conceit, and in their own eyes prudent.

²⁵ For, that you, brethren, may not have too high an opinion of your selves, I would not have you ignorant of this secret, That a partial blindness hath come upon Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles shall have come in,

²⁴ his entrails are cloathed with fat, and his bones abound with marrow.

³ He healeth the broken hearted, and bindeth up their wounds;

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

²⁴ Good words are a honey comb: and the sweetness thereof is health to the soul.

⁶ from the feet to the head, there is no soundness therein. Is it not, here a wound, there a bruise, there a putrefying sore? there is no applying poultice, nor oil, nor bandages.

¹² Thus said the Lord, I raised up affliction; thy wound was grievous; ¹³ there is none to plead thy cause; the attempts to cure thee increased thy pain; there is no relief for thee;

⁴ and this is the history of thy birth; on the day thou wast born thy navel was not tied nor wert thou washed with water nor sprinkled with salt; nor wert thou wrapped up in swaddling bands. ⁵ But mine eye which was over thee did not spare to do for thee all these things; to compassionate thee. When thou wast cast out into the open field for thine ill shape, on the day thou wast born;

¹⁸ Melchisedek also the king of Salem carried out bread and wine. Now he was a priest of the most High God, ¹⁹ and he blessed Abram, and said, May Abram be blessed by God the Most High, who created the heaven and the earth: ²⁰ And blessed be God the Most High who hath delivered thy enemies into thy hands. And Abram gave him a tenth of all. ²¹ And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the men, but take the horses for thyself.

²⁹ The first fruits of thy threshing floor and of thy press thou shalt not withhold. The first born of thy sons thou shalt give to me.

¹⁹ The dedications of the first products of thy land thou shalt bring to the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in the milk of its dam.

²⁶ The first fruits of thy land thou shalt lay by for the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not boil a lamb in the milk of its dam.

²⁰ Thereupon all the congregation of the children of Israel went out from Moses and all whose heart prompted them and all to whom it seemed good in their mind brought every one an offering. ²¹ And when they had brought an offering to the Lord for all the works of the tabernacle of the testimony, and for all its appurtenances, and for all the holy garments, ²² then the men brought from their wives; every one as it seemed good brought seals and pendants and rings and necklaces and bracelets and all sorts of jewels of gold. ²³ And when they had all brought their offerings of gold to the Lord, then every one who had cotton or skins of blue or rams' skins dyed red brought ²⁴ them; And every one who had made a dedication of silver or brass brought them as offerings to the Lord; and they who had incorruptible timber did the same. ²⁵ And when they had brought materials for all the works of the service, then every woman skilled in spinning brought blue and purple and scar let and cotton thread; ²⁶ and all the women who had understanding and skill spun the goats' hair. ²⁷ And the chiefs brought the smaragdine stones and the stones to be set in the ephod and the oracle, ²⁸ and the materials both for the anointing oil and the compound incense. ²⁹ And when all the Israelites, men and women, whose understanding prompted them to promote all the works which the Lord had by Moses commanded them to make, had brought an offering to the Lord,

² the chiefs of Israel, the twelve chiefs of the houses of their head families who were the chiefs of the tribes, the same who attended at the review, made an offering, ³ and brought as their gifts before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen, a waggon from two chiefs, and an ox from each one. And when they had brought them before the Lord, ⁴ the Lord spoke to Moses saying, ⁵ Receive them from them, and they shall be for the works of the service of the tabernacle of the testimony; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each community according to their service. ⁶ So Moses, having taken the waggons and the oxen, gave them to the Levites; ⁷ he gave two waggons and four oxen to the Gersonites, according to their service; ⁸ and four waggons and eight oxen, he gave to the Merarites, according to their service, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But to the Kaathites he gave none, because they having the sacred services of the sanctuary, are to carry on their shoulders. ¹⁰ The chiefs tendered also an offering for the dedication of the altar, on the day he anointed it. But when the chiefs brought their gift over against the altar, at some distance from it, ¹¹ the Lord said to Moses, One chief a day. Let them bring forward, every chief his gifts on his day, for the dedication of the altar. ¹² So he who brought forward his gifts on the first day, was Naasson, son of Aminadab chief of the tribe of Judas; ¹³ and he offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for a sacrifice; ¹⁴ one censer, of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ¹⁵ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, ¹⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering, ¹⁷ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Naasson, son of Aminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nathaniel, son of Sogar, the chief of the tribe of Issachar made his offering; ¹⁹ and he presented as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mixed up with oil for a sacrifice; ²⁰ one censer of ten shekels of gold full of incense; ²¹ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, ²² and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Nathaniel son of Sogar.

²⁴ On the third day the chief of the Zabulonites, Eliab, son of Chailon, ²⁵ offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ²⁶ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ²⁷ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, ²⁸ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ²⁹ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Eliab, son of Chailon. ³⁰ On the fourth day the chief of the Reubenites, Elisur son of Sedur, offered as his gift ³¹ one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ³² one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ³³ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; ³⁴ one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ³⁵ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisur son of Sedur. ³⁶ On the fifth day the chief of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son of Surisadai, ³⁷ offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ³⁸ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ³⁹ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, ⁴⁰ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁴¹ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Salamiel, son of Surisadai. ⁴² On the sixth day the chief of the Gadites, Elisaph son of Raguel, offered as his gift, ⁴³ one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ⁴⁴ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁴⁵ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, ⁴⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁴⁷ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisaph, son of Raquel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day the chief of the Ephraimites, Elisama, son of Emiud, ⁴⁹ offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ⁵⁰ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁵¹ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, ⁵² and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁵³ and, for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisama, son of Emiud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day the chief of the children of Manasses, Gamaliel, son of Phadassur, ⁵⁵ offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice, ⁵⁶ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁵⁷ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, ⁵⁸ and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; ⁵⁹ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Gamaliel, son of Phadassur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day the chief of the Benjaminites, Abidan, son of Gadeoni, ⁶¹ offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ⁶² one censer of two shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁶³ one young bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; ⁶⁴ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁶⁵ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five lie-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Abidan, son of Gadeoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth clay, the chief of the Danites, Achieser, son of Amisadai, ⁶⁷ offered as his gift, one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice; ⁶⁸ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁶⁹ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, ⁷⁰ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁷¹ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achieser, son of Amisadai. ⁷² On the eleventh day, the chief of the Aserites, Phagael, son of Echran, ⁷³ offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil, for a sacrifice; ⁷⁴ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁷⁵ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; ⁷⁶ and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁷⁷ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Phagael, son of Echran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day, the chief of the Nephthaleimites, Achire, son of Ainan, ⁷⁹ offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; ⁸⁰ one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; ⁸¹ one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; ⁸² and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; ⁸³ and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achire, son of Ainan. ⁸⁴ This was the dedication of the altar, when he anointed it, from the chiefs of the Israelites, twelve silver chargers, twelve silver cups, twelve censers of gold, ⁸⁵ each charger one hundred and thirty shekels, and each cup seventy shekels, all the silver of these vessels, two thousand four hundred shekels, and the shekels were after the holy shekel; ⁸⁶ twelve golden censers, full of incense; all the gold of the censers was one hundred and twenty shekels. ⁸⁷ All the cattle for the whole burnt offering were twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs of the first year, with their sacrifices of flour and their libations; and twelve kids of the goats for the sin offering. ⁸⁸ All the cattle for the sacrifice of thanksgiving, were twenty four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty ewe lambs of the first year, without blemish. This was the dedication of the altar. After filling his own hands, and after the anointing, ⁸⁹ when Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak to the Lord, he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him, from above the propitiatory, which is over the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubims, and he answered him,

⁵⁰ We have therefore brought, as every man chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to make atonement for us before the Lord. ⁵¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest, received from them the gold; all the wrought jewels; ⁵² and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. ⁵³ Of the spoil, which the warriors made every man for himself, ⁵⁴ Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, to be a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

² thou shalt take some of the first fruits of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and put them in a basket, and go to the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen for his name to be there invoked; ³ and thou shalt go to the priest, who shall be in those days, and say to him, I acknowledge this day to the Lord my God, that I am come to the land which the Lord solemnly promised our fathers to give us. ⁴ Thereupon the priest shall take the basket out of thy hands, and set it down over against the altar of the Lord thy God, ⁵ and in the presence of the Lord shall answer, and say, My father left Syria, and went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, with a small number, and became there a great nation, and a vast multitude. ⁶ And when the Egyptians afflicted us, and humbled us, and imposed upon us hard labours, ⁷ and we cried to the Lord our God, the Lord heard our voice. When he saw our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression, ⁸ the Lord himself brought us out of Egypt with his great power, and with his strong hand, and outstretched arm, and with great visions, and with signs, and with wonders, ⁹ and brought us to this place, and gave us this land; a land flowing with milk and honey. ¹⁰ Now therefore, behold, I have brought this offering of the products of the land, which thou, Lord, hast given me; a land flowing with milk and honey. Then thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God; and when thou hast worshipped before the Lord thy God, ¹¹ thou shalt regale thyself with all the good things which the Lord thy God hath given thee, thou, and thy family, and the Levite, and the proselyte who is with thee. ¹² And when thou hast finished tything the tenth of all thy produce in the third year, thou shalt give another tenth to the Levite, and the proselyte, and the orphan, and the widow; that they may eat in thy cities, and be regaled. ¹³ Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have removed the hallowed things clean out of my house, and have given them to the Levite, and the proselyte, and the orphan, and the widow, according to all the commands which thou hast commanded me. I have not transgressed thy command, nor forgot it. ¹⁴ I have not, in my mourning, eaten any of them, nor offered any of them in homage to an unclean thing, nor given any of them to the dead. I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God. I have done as thou hast commanded me. ¹⁵ Look down from thy holy habitation; from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and this land which thou hast given them, as thou didst solemnly promise our fathers to give us a land flowing with milk and honey.

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

⁴ "Is it indeed time for you to dwell in your cieled houses, whilst this house of ours is lying waste?" ⁵ Now therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, "Turn your thoughts on your ways. ⁶ You have sown much and gathered little. You have eaten but have not had enough. You have drunk, but not plentifully; you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed. And he who earned wages put it in a bag with holes. ⁷ Thus saith the Lord Almighty apply your thoughts to these ways of yours: ⁸ Go up to the mountain and cut timber. Build this house that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, saith the Lord. ⁹ You have looked for much, but little came; and when it was brought home I blowed upon it on this account, saith the Lord, because my house is waste and you attend every one to his own house;

⁸ Will a man supplant God? For you supplant me: and will you say, "wherein have we supplanted thee?" Because the tythes and the first fruits are with you, ⁹ and you view them again and again and supplant me. The year is ended and you have carried the products into [a] The objection, [b] The answer. your stores. ¹⁰ Now let that which hath been plundered from him be in his house. Turn now in this respect, saith the Lord Almighty: [see] if I will not open for you the flood gates of heaven and pour my blessing upon you, until there is enough;

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.

¹⁰ Upon this, Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, in order to deliver him up to them. ¹¹ And when they heard, they rejoiced exceedingly, and promised to give him money. So he sought a favourable opportunity to deliver him up. ¹² And on the first day of the festival of unleavened bread, the day when the paschal lamb was to be killed, his disciples said to him, Where wouldst thou have us go and prepare for thine eating the paschal lamb. ¹³ Thereupon he despatched two of his disciples, saying to them, Go to the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him. ¹⁴ And wherever he shall enter, say to the master of the house, The teacher saith, Where is the dining room in which I may eat the passover with my disciples? ¹⁵ And he will shew you a large upper room, ready furnished. Make preparation for us there. ¹⁶ So the disciples went, and came to the city, and found as he had told them, and prepared the passover. ¹⁷ And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. ¹⁸ And as they were at table, and eating, Jesus said, Verily I say to you, One of you, who is eating with me, is to deliver me up. ¹⁹ At this they began to be sorrowful, and to say severally; one, Am I? And another, Am I? ²⁰ And he answering, said to them, It is one of the twelve who is dipping with me in the dish. ²¹ The son of man departeth indeed as it is written of him, but alas for that man.by whom the son of man is delivered up. Good were it for that man, if he had never been born.

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.

² Every first day of the week, let every one of you lay by him, and put into a common treasury, what he can conveniently; that when I come there may be no collection then made.

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,

⁸ I do not say this by way of command, but am, during the exertion of others, proving the genuineness of your love. ⁹ For you know the bounty of our Lord Jesus Christ, that rich as he was, he for your sakes became poor, that through his poverty you might become rich.

¹⁷ Not that I desire a gift, but I wish for the fruit which aboundeth to your account. ¹⁸ Now I have all things and abound. I am fully supplied, having received your presents by Epaphroditus, a fragrant odour, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

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.

² you shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my holy things. I am the Lord; ³ if you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them, ⁴ I will give you rain in its season: and the land shall yield its productions; ⁵ and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit; and the thresher shall overtake the vintager; and the vintager shall overtake the sower; and you shall eat your bread in plenty; and dwell in your land securely, and war shall not pass through your land.

⁸ The Lord send upon thee the blessing in thy store houses, and on all the labours of thy hands, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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.

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

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.

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.

²⁴ And your threshing floors shall be filled with corn, and your vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

¹⁹ lay up in your minds whether that will be the case in the threshing floor? whether the vine or the fig tree or the pomegranate or the olive tree will any more be unproductive? From this very day I will bless.

¹⁰ Now let that which hath been plundered from him be in his house. Turn now in this respect, saith the Lord Almighty: [see] if I will not open for you the flood gates of heaven and pour my blessing upon you, until there is enough; ¹¹ and send you it for food and no more destroy the fruit of your land; so that your vine shall no more be sickly in the field, saith the Lord Almighty,

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.

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.

⁵ but now, when trouble hath come upon thee and touched thee, thou art impatient:

¹⁷ But happy the man whom the Lord correcteth. Therefore despise not thou the correction of the Almighty.

¹² Happy the man, whom thou, O Lord wilt instruct; and whom thou wilt teach out of thy law;

¹⁰ In a man who is self willed, arrogant and boastful there is impurity: in an evil day and a day of adversity, he will be stained deeper and deeper, until he utterly faint.

³⁰ For youths will hunger and young men be weary, and chosen warriors will become strengthless; ³¹ but they who wait upon God shall have new strength; they shall put forth fresh feathers like eagles; they shall run and not be wearied; they shall march on and shall not faint.

³² And being judged, we are corrected by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

¹ Having therefore this ministration, as we have obtained mercy, we do not falter,

¹⁶ For this cause we do not faint: nay though this outer man of ours is wasted, yet the inner is renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For this momentary and light affliction of ours is working out for us an eternal weight of glory, great beyond expression,

³ Consider him who bore such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you may not grow weary, nor faint in your minds.

⁵ And have you forgotten this exhortation which speaketh to us as to children, "My son slight not the correction of the Lord, Nor faint when reproved by him; ⁶ For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth. ⁷ If you endure correction God dealeth with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father doth not correct? ⁸ Now if you are without correction, of which all are partakers, you are indeed bastards and not sons. 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. 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. ¹² Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the knees which are feeble,

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

⁵ so that thou must know in thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee;

¹³ As a father pitieth his children; the Lord hath pitied them who fear him,

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

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

¹ When the queen of Saba heard of the fame of Solomon and the name of the Lord, she came to try him with questions hard to be solved, ² and came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, and with camels carrying spices, and gold in great abundance, and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon and had propounded to him all that was in her mind, ³ Solomon answered all her questions. There was not a question overlooked by the king which he did not explain to her. ⁴ And when the queen of Saba saw all the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had built, ⁵ and his provisions, and the order in which his servants sat at table, and in which the attendants stood; and his dress, and his cup bearers, and his whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was struck with surprise, ⁶ and said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own country concerning thy knowledge and thy understanding; ⁷ but I did not believe them who told me till I came and my own eyes have seen. Now behold what they told me was not one half. Thou surpassest in good qualities all the report which I heard of thee in my own country. ⁸ Happy thy wives, and happy these servants of thine who stand continually in thy presence and hear all thy wisdom. ⁹ Blessed be the Lord thy God who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel. Because the Lord thy God loveth to establish Israel for ever, therefore he hath made thee king over them, to administer justice according to their righteousness and their demerits.

²³ So Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth in riches and understanding. ²⁴ And all the kings of the land sought an interview with Solomon, to hear his wisdom which the Lord put in his heart.

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

⁵ overlook not the dictate of my mouth: ⁶ forsake it not, and it will defend thee: love it and it will preserve thee: ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee: ⁹ that it may be to thy head a crown of graces and cover thee with a crown of pleasure.

³² Now therefore, my son hearken to me: 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. ³⁵ For my ways are the ways of life; and volition is obtained from the Lord.

¹ He who desireth to part with friends seeketh excuses; but he will always be liable to reproach.

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. ¹⁷ The words of wise men in a time of rest are more minded than the shout of men exercising authority in the bustles of folly. Wisdom is better than implements of war. One sinner indeed will destroy much good.

¹¹ And God said to Solomon, Because this hath been in thy heart; and thou hast not asked wealth nor glory nor the life of thy enemies; nor even asked long life; but hast asked for thyself wisdom and understanding that thou mayst judge my people over whom I have made thee king: ¹² Wisdom and understanding I now give thee: And I will give thee riches and wealth and glory, such as none of the kings who were before thee have had; nor shall any after thee have the like.

¹³ A mortal knoweth not the way thereof; nor hath it indeed been found out by men. ¹⁴ The abyss said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not in me. ¹⁵ would not one give for it all he hath got? ¹⁶ But silver cannot be weighed as its price; nor can it be purchased with the gold of Sophir; with the precious onyx or the sapphire. ¹⁷ Gold and chrystal cannot equal it in value; nor can jewels of gold be a barter for it. ¹⁸ Things above need not be mentioned: but prize thou wisdom above all things below. ¹⁹ The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it in value: nor is it to be rated by pure gold.

⁷² The law of thy mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver.

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.

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

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

¹⁶ The productions of wisdom are better than gold: and the productions of prudence are better than silver.

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?

⁸ nay more, I do therefore indeed count all things but refuse, on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have given up all and account them but dregs, that I may gain Christ ⁹ and be found in him, not having for my righteousness, that which is of the law, but that which is by a belief in Christ"that which is of God"a righteousness for this belief.

¹⁸ I advise thee to purchase of me gold tried in the fire that thou mayst be rich, and white raiment that thou mayst be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness may not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayst see.

¹⁸ Things above need not be mentioned: but prize thou wisdom above all things below.

³ Because thy kindness is better than life; my lips shall continually praise thee.

²⁵ For what is there in heaven for me; or what on earth have I desired, besides thee? ²⁶ Hath my heart and my flesh failed? God is the strength of my heart; God is my portion forever.

¹¹ For wisdom is better than precious stones: and no costly thing is equal to it in value.

¹⁵ [Omitted]

¹⁰ Who can find a virtuous woman? Such a one is indeed more valuable than precious stones.

⁴⁴ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like treasure hid in the field, which, when a man found, he concealed, and for joy thereof goeth away and selleth all that he hath, and purchaseth that field. ⁴⁵ Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant in quest of fine pearls, ⁴⁶ who, having met with one of great value, went and sold all that he had and purchased it.

¹⁸ For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be set against that glory which is about to be revealed for us.

¹³ Moreover I have given thee what thou didst not ask, riches and glory; so that there hath not been among kings a man like thee.

⁹ Cast me not off in the time of old age: forsake me not when my strength faileth.

² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace.

⁶ forsake it not, and it will defend thee: love it and it will preserve thee: ⁷ [Omitted] ⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee: ⁹ that it may be to thy head a crown of graces and cover thee with a crown of pleasure. ¹⁰ Hear my son and receive my words; that, when the years of thy life shall be multiplied, thou mayst have many ways of livelihood:

¹⁸ With me are riches and glory; even great possessions and righteousness. ¹⁹ My fruit is better than gold and precious stones: and my productions are better than choice silver. ²⁰ I walk in the ways of righteousness; and am conversant in the paths of judgment: ²¹ that I may distribute wealth to them who love me; and fill their treasuries with good things. Having told you things which happen daily; I will now remember to reckon up things of old.

⁴ The offspring of wisdom are the fear of the Lord and riches and glory and life.

³⁰ who shall not now, even in the present time, receive an hundred fold compensation for houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, as well as for persecutions and in the age to come, everlasting life.

²¹ So let no one boast in men; for all things .are yours: ²² whether Paul. or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come, all are yours, ²³ and you are Christ's and Christ is God's.

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

¹⁰ They are more to be desired than gold, or many precious stones; and sweeter than honey or the honey comb. ¹¹ These indeed thy servant keepeth; for keeping them there is a great reward.

¹¹ But the meek shall inherit the land, and delight themselves in the abundance of peace.

³ Because thy kindness is better than life; my lips shall continually praise thee. ⁴ Thus will I bless thee while I live: and in thy name I will lift up my hands. ⁵ Let my soul be filled as with marrow and fatness: that my joyful lips may praise thy name.

¹ An Alleluia. Happy the man who feareth the Lord! in his commandments he will greatly delight.

¹⁴ I have been delighted with the way of thy testimonies, as for all manner of riches.

⁴⁷ and have meditated on thy commandments, in which I took great delight;

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

¹⁷⁴ Lord, I have longed earnestly for thy salvation: and thy law is my study.

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

⁷ The beginning of a good way is to do things just and acceptable in the sight of God, rather than to offer sacrifices.

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.

³ who support truth and keep peace; because their confidence is placed in thee, Lord!

¹⁹ peace upon peace to them near and to them far off. So the Lord said, I will heal them.

²⁸ Come to me all ye who labour and are heavily burdened and I will give you rest. ²⁹ Take upon you my yoke and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest for your souls. ³⁰ For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

⁷⁹ to give light to them who are sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet to the way of peace."

⁸ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are venerable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are friendly, whatsoever things are reputable, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things, ⁹ and practise what you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me; and the God of peace be with you.

⁹ And God caused to spring up there also out of that ground every tree beautiful to the sight and good for food, and the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree for the purpose of knowing what was to be known of good and evil.

²² And God said, "Behold Adam was made like one of us to know good and evil. And now perhaps he may stretch forth his hand and take of the tree of life and eat, so shall he live forever."

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

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

⁴ A healing tongue is a tree of life; and he who keepeth it shall be filled with the spirit.

⁷ Whosoever hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith to the congregations. To him who overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God."

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

²⁴ How manifold are thy works, Lord, with wisdom thou hast done them all. The earth is filled with thy creatures;

⁵ to him who made the heavens with wisdom: for his mercy endureth forever;

²⁷ When he furnished the heaven, I was with him; and when he set apart his own throne on the winds: ²⁸ and when he strengthened the clouds above: ²⁹ and when he secured the fountains of the earth below; And when he made the foundations of the earth strong:

¹² It is the Lord who made the earth by his power, who established the World by his wisdom: and by his understanding spread out the heaven,

¹⁵ [c] The Lord is he who made the earth by his power, who fitted up the World by his wisdom. By his understanding he stretched out the heaven.

³ By him all things were made, and without him there was not made one single thing.

⁹ Then God said, "Let the water which is below the heaven be gathered into one receptacle and let the dry land appear."

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noe's life, the second month and twenty seventh day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the abyss were burst open and the cataracts of heaven were opened,

²⁸ Therefore God give thee from the dew of heaven and from the fatness of the land plenty of corn and wine.

³⁷ And Isaak in reply said to Esau, Seeing I have made him thy lord and made all his brethren his servants and have also supported him with corn and wine, what can I do for thee, my son? ³⁸ And Esau said to his father, Hast thou but one blessing, father? Bless, I beseech thee, me also, father. And Isaak being deeply affected, Esau raised his voice and wept. ³⁹ And Isaak his father answered and said to him, Behold thy dwelling shall border on the fatness of the earth and on the dew of heaven from above.

²⁸ And Israel shall dwell securely alone, In the land of Jacob, fed with corn and wine: And the heaven shall drop with dew for thee.

²⁷ and by him the particles of rain can be counted. ²⁸ When they are collected into a cloud for rain, the heavens will pour down. But when the clouds cast a shade over the dumb creation he impressed a care on beasts, and they know the order for going to bed.

⁸ It was I who shut up the sea with gates, when it rushed eagerly from its mother's womb. ⁹ It was I who made a cloud its cloathing; and thick darkness its swaddling bands. ¹⁰ It was I who set bounds to it; surrounded it with bars and gates; ¹¹ and said to it, Thus far thou shalt come and no farther: but in thyself thy waves shall be spent.

²⁶ and a way for impetuous storms to water the ground, where there is not a man; the desert where no man dwelleth; to saturate an untrodden, uninhabited land ²⁷ and cause the bud of the tender herb to spring? ²⁸ Who is the father of rain, and who hath begotten the drops of dew?

⁹ Thou hast visited the earth and watered it: thou hast multiplied the means of enriching it. The river of God is full of water: thou hast provided the supply for it. Because such is thy provision, O! water its furrows plenteously: multiply its productions. ¹⁰ By these showers on it, it will be gladdened; and will give a spring to vegetation. ¹¹ Bless the crown of the year with thy goodness: and let the fields be filled with fatness; ¹² let the mountains of the wilderness be made fertile; and the hills be girt with joy.

⁸ They ascend mountains, they go down vallies; to the place which thou hast founded for them. ⁹ Thou has set a bound which they shall not pass; nor shall they return to cover the earth.

²² Is there any among the idols of the nations who can give rain? and if the heaven shed its abundance, art Thou not He who causeth it. Therefore we will wait on Thee, O Lord, for Thou hast done all these things

²³ rejoice therefore, ye children of Sion and exult in the Lord your God: for he hath given you this food for righteousness, and he will distil upon you the former and the latter rain as heretofore.

⁴⁶ Attend with your heart to all these words which I this day testify to you, and which you are to give in charge to your children, that they may keep, and perform all the words of this law; ⁴⁷ for this is not a vain thing for you; for it is your life; and, for the sake of this word, you shall prolong your days in the land to which you are going, to cross the Jordan to take possession.

⁸ the book of the Law must never be out of thy mouth. Thou must study it day and night, that thou mayst know how to do all that are written. Then shalt thou be prospered; and thou wilt make thy ways prosperous; and then thou shalt have a good understanding.

⁷ and he treasureth up salvation for the upright. He will protect their going,

¹ My son, forget not my laws; but let thy heart keep my commandments. ² For they will add to thee length of days and years of life and peace. ³ Let not acts of kindness and faithfulness forsake thee: but bind them about thy neck

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

³¹ therefore to the Jews who believed in him Jesus said, If you continue steadily in this doctrine of mine, you are my disciples indeed;

⁶ if any one continueth not in me he is thrown away as the branch is when it is withered. Such indeed are gathered and thrown into the fire and burned. ⁷ If you continue in me, and my words continue in you, ask what you will and it will be done for you:

¹ For this cause we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we, through negligence, let them slip. ² For if the word spoken by messengers was firm, and every transgression and disobedience received as its reward a correspondent requital, ³ how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation, which was first published by the Lord, and confirmed for us by them who heard him,

²⁴ As for you, therefore, let that which you have heard from the beginning abide in you. If that which you have heard from the beginning abide in you, then you will abide in the Son, and in the Father.

²⁷ As for you, the unction which you have received from him abideth in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you. As then this unction itself teacheth you concerning all, and is true, and is not a falsity; abide ye in him as it hath taught you.

¹⁶ Of this indeed thou, O Lord, wast told, and thou hast restored my breath and I am comforted and live. 17 For thou hast rescued my soul that it should not perish; and hast cast behind thee all my sins.

⁴⁹ Because I have not spoken from myself, but the father who sent me hath himself given me a command what I should enjoin, and what I should speak, ⁵⁰ and I know that his commandment is everlasting life, therefore what I speak, I speak just as the father directed me.

²³ The steps of a man will be directed by the Lord, when he taketh delight in his way. ²⁴ When he happeneth to fall, he shall not fall with violence; for the Lord is a stay to his hand.

³¹ The law of his God is in his heart, and his footsteps shall not slide.

¹¹ For he will give his angels a charge concerning thee; to keep thee in all thy ways; ¹² with their hands they shall bear thee up; shouldst thou chance to strike thy foot against a stone.

³ let him not suffer my feet to stumble: nor let him, who keepeth me, slumber.

⁸ The Lord will guard thy coming in and going out henceforth and forever.

⁸ that they may keep the paths of rectitude. And he will guard the way of them who reverence him.

¹² For when thou goest, thy steps will not be straitened: and when thou runnest thou shalt not be tired.

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

¹² And I will strengthen them in the Lord their God, and in his name they shall boast; saith the Lord.

⁶ I will indeed give you peace in your land; and you shall lie down to rest; and there shall be none to make you afraid. I will destroy the wild beasts out of your land;

¹⁹ For thou shalt rest at ease, and none shall be at war with thee: and many, changing their conduct, will intreat thy favour.

⁵ I laid me down to rest and slept; I awoke. Because the Lord will protect me,

⁸ while I will lay me down in peace and sleep because thou, Lord, hast only caused me to dwell in hope.

⁴ Lo! he who keepeth Israel, will neither slumber nor sleep. ⁵ The Lord will keep thee! The Lord at thy right hand will be thy shelter: ⁶ the sun by day shall not scorch thee; nor shall the moon hurt thee by night. ⁷ May the Lord preserve thee from all evil! the Lord will keep thy soul.

² in vain is your early rising. Ye who eat the bread of care, rise when you have rested; when he hath given his beloved sleep.

²² When thou walkest, take this along and let it be with thee: and when thou sleepest, let it guard thee; that when thou awakest, it may talk with thee.

²⁶ [p] Upon this I awoke and beheld and my sleep was sweet to me.

¹⁵ I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will give them repose, and they shall know that I am the Lord. Thus saith the Lord, Lord,

⁶ And when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that very night, as Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, being bound with two chains; and the guards before the door were keeping watch,

¹³ Now I would not, brethren, have you ignorant in respect to them who are composed to rest, that you may not be afflicted with grief, like others who have no hope. ¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so [should we] also, that God will, by the agency of Jesus, bring with him them who are composed to rest.

²¹ He will hide thee from the scourge of the tongue: and thou need'st not be afraid of impending ills. ²² At the wicked and unrighteous thou shalt laugh;

¹³ For if thou hast made thy heart pure, and lift thy hands to him: ¹⁴ if there be any iniquity in thy hand, put it far from thee; and let not injustice lodge in thy dwelling. ¹⁵ For thus will thy countenance brighten like pure water: thou wilt disrobe thyself of filth, and no more be terrified:

¹ A Psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my saviour. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defender of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid? ² When evil doers approached me, to devour my flesh; they, who afflicted me, even mine enemies fainted and fell.

¹ At the conclusion. For the sons of Kora. A Psalm concerning hidden things. GOD is our refuge and strength; our helper in the troubles which often befal us. ² Therefore we will not be dismayed, though the earth be shaken, and mountains be hurled to the midst of seas. ³ Their waters roared and were troubled. By his power the mountains were convulsed.

¹⁹ how they were for destruction! They are gone in a moment! They perished for their iniquity!

⁵ Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night; nor of the arrow which flieth by day;

⁷ at bad news he will not be terrified: his heart is prepared to trust in the Lord.

²⁷ Yes, when tumult shall suddenly come upon you; and destruction like a whirlwind shall be at hand; even when tribulation and siege approach you; or when destruction is advancing upon you.

¹² saying, Perhaps they may order what is hard; [for whatever this people order is hard.] Be not ye terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed; ¹³ hallow the Lord himself, and let him be thy fear:

¹⁰ Fear not, for I am with thee; be not led astray, for I am thy God. I have strengthened thee and helped thee, and secured thee with my just right hand. ¹¹ Behold all thine adversaries shall be ashamed and confounded; for they shall be as nothing and all thine opponents shall be destroyed. ¹² Thou mayst seek but thou shalt not find the men, who through drunkenness will dare to insult thee. For they shall be as mere nothing: and they who war against thee shall be no more. ¹³ For I am thy God, who have hold of thy right hand, and who say to thee, ¹⁴ Fear not, Jacob, diminutive Israel! I have helped thee, saith thy God, who redeemeth thee, Israel.

¹⁷ For our God in heaven, whom we worship, is able to deliver us out of the furnace of fire which is heated, and he will deliver us, king, out of thy hands. ¹⁸ But even though he do not, be it known to thee, king, that we cannot serve thy gods, nor will we worship the image which thou hast set up.

²⁴ And behold there came on a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the vessel was covered with the waves, and he was asleep. ²⁵ Thereupon his disciples came and awoke him, saying, Master, save us! we are perishing. ²⁶ And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea, and a great calm ensued.

⁶ As you will soon hear of wars and rumours of wars, see that you be not troubled. For all these things must happen, but the end is not yet.

¹⁵ Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, [reader attend!]

⁴⁰ Then he said to them, Why are you so much afraid. How is it that you have not faith?

⁹ And when you hear of wars and insurrections, be not terrified; for these things must first happen; but the end will not follow immediately.

¹⁸ But not a hair of your head shall be lost. ¹⁹ By your perseverance preserve your lives; ²⁰ and when you see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that its desolation is near. ²¹ Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let them who are in the midst of this [city] withdraw; and let not them who are in the regions enter it. ²² Because these are days of vengeance that all which are written may be accomplished; ²³ alas therefore for the women with child and for them who give suck in those days; for there will be great distress in this land and wrath on this people. ²⁴ They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and be led captives to all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trampled down by nations until the times of nations shall be fulfilled. ²⁵ There will indeed be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth, anguish of desponding nations, while the sea is roaring and the billows thereof; ²⁶ and men are fainting with fear and apprehension of the things which are coming on the world. For the powers of heaven will be shaken, ²⁷ and they shall then see the son of man coming in a cloud, with power and great glory. ²⁸ Now when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up your heads, for your deliverance is drawing near.

¹ Let not your hearts be troubled. Trust in God: trust also in me.

¹⁴ But if you should even suffer on the account of righteousness, you are happy. Be not terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed;

⁹ He granteth the petitioner his prayer, And hath blessed the years of the righteous; Because a man is not mighty in strength,

³ Because he will deliver thee from the snare of hunters; and tumultuous accusation;

⁹ Because thou, O Lord, my hope; hast made the Most High thy refuge; ¹⁰ no evils shall come upon thee, nor shall a scourge approach thy dwelling.

²⁶ In the fear of the Lord a man hath hope of strength; and to his children he leaveth a support.

¹⁷ Since the fig tree will not flourish, nor will there be fruit on the vines; the product of the olive will fail and the fields will supply no food; For want of food the flocks have failed, and there are no kine in the stalls; ¹⁸ As for me, I will rejoice in the Lord; I shall have joy for God my saviour.

²⁹ and it is now in my power to punish thee. But the God of thy father spoke to me last night saying, Take care that thou speak not evil to Jacob.

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God.

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues; tribute to whom tribute; custom to whom custom; reverence to whom reverence; honour to whom honour is due.

¹⁰ As we therefore have an opportunity let us do good to all, but more especially to them who are of the household of faith.

¹⁴ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. 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?

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.

¹³ thou shalt nut injure thy neighbour, nor commit rapine; nor shall the wages of a hireling remain with thee till the morning.

¹² And if the man be very poor, thou shalt not go to sleep with his pledge. ¹³ Thou shalt surely restore him his pledge at the going down of the sun, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee, and there shall be mercy for thee in the sight of the Lord thy God. ¹⁴ Thou shalt not withhold the wages of a poor and needy man, whether he be one of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities. ¹⁵ Thou shalt pay him his wages on the very day: let not the sun set upon it. For he is poor, and dependeth on it; and he will cry to the Lord against thee, and it will be a sin in thee.

¹ Boast not of things of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what the coming day will bring forth.

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.

⁶ In the morning sow thy seed; and in the evening let not thy hand forbear; for thou knowest not which will succeed, whether this or that; and should both prosper alike, they are good.

¹¹ Now therefore compleat the doing, that the performance with what you have, may be answerable to the readiness with which you undertook it.

³ Now I have sent these brethren, that this boast of ours on your behalf may not, in this instance, be vain; that, as I said, you may be ready prepared;

¹⁸ to be beneficent; to be rich in good works, ready to distribute; willing to communicate,

²⁰ For to me indeed they spoke words of peace, while with wrath they were contriving plots.

²⁰ he hath stretched forth his hand with retribution. They profaned and broke his covenant:

³ For behold they have hunted my life: the mighty are set against me: though there is no transgression; no sin, Lord, in me.

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

¹⁸ his heart contriveth wicked purposes, and his feet are swift to do evil:

²² They who are led astray devise mischief; but the good devise mercy and truth. The contrivers of mischief know neither mercy nor truth; but acts of kindness and truth are with them, who contrive good.

²⁹ The man who is a transgressor enticeth friends; and leadeth them in ways which are not good. ³⁰ But he who fixeth his eyes and deviseth froward things; and with his month enforceth all his evil purposes; is a very furnace of wickedness.

¹⁸ Upon this they said, "Come let us settle on account with Jeremias. Because law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor a word from the prophet, Come and that we may smite him with the tongue, let us hear all his words." ¹⁹ Hear me, Lord, and hearken to my justification. ²⁰ Shall evils be returned for good offices? Because they contrived designs against my life and concealed the punishment they intended for me. Remember how I stood before thee to intercede for them; to turn away thy wrath from them.

¹ They planned mischief; they contrived evils on their beds, and soon as it was day they executed them; for they did not lift up their hands to God. ² They coveted fields and plundered orphans and tyrannised over houses; they plundered a man and his household; a man and his inheritance;

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

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

⁸ Enter not hastily into a quarrel: lest thou repent at the last when thy friend shall upbraid thee. ⁹ In yielding shew no contempt,

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

³⁹ But I say to you, Contend not with the injurious: but if one smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰ And if any determine to sue thee at law for thy vest, give it up to him, nay were it even thy mantle. ⁴¹ And if one press thee to go one mile, go with him two.

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.

⁶ but brother goeth to law with brother and that before unbelievers? ⁷ Now, then, it is indeed a disparagement to you that you have law suits among yourselves. Why do you not rather suffer wrong? Why do you not rather suffer loss? ⁸ Instead of this you yourselves do wrong, and defraud even your brethren.

²⁴ Now, the servant of the Lord ought not to be at strife; but ought to be gentle towards all, ready to teach, patient of ills,

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. ⁸ Cease from anger and forsake wrath; be not fretted so as to do evil; ⁹ for they who do evil shall be cut off: but they who wait for the Lord shall inherit the land.

³ for I envied the unrighteous; when I saw the prosperity of sinners.

¹⁵ Go not thou in the way with them; but turn thy foot from their paths. ¹⁶ [Omitted] ¹⁷ For nets are not spread for birds unjustly. ¹⁸ For they who are accomplices to murder, treasure up evils for themselves. And doleful is the destruction of wicked men.

¹² that she may deliver thee from an evil way and from a man who speaketh perversely. ¹³ Alas for them who leave straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴ who are delighted with evils and have joy in evil perversion; ¹⁵ whose ways are crooked, and whose paths turn aside to lead thee far from the straight road

¹² The desires of the wicked are evil: but the roots of the righteous are in secure places.

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.

¹ My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them:

¹⁹ Rejoice not over evil doers nor envy sinners. ²⁰ For the posterity of an evil one cannot continue; and the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.

⁸ If thou seest a frivolous accusation of a poor man, and a rigorous exaction of judgment and justice in a country, marvel not at the matter. Because there is a high one over a high one to watch, and high ones are for these things,

²¹ envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and the like, of which I forewarn you, as I have indeed before declared that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God:

⁴ when I was making my ways conspicuous; when God watched over my family;

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.

¹⁴ The Lord is the strength of them who fear him; and it is his covenant to display it for them.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; and having seen its ways follow the example and be wiser than it. ⁷ For having no cultivated field, no driver, nor master, ⁸ it provideth its food in summer, and layeth up a plentiful supply in harvest. Or go to the bee and learn what a Worker she is: and how seriously she performeth her work, to the labours of which both kings and subjects apply themselves as far as health permits; and to all it is agreeable and honourable. And though her strength be small, having honoured wisdom she is diligently employed. ⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, sluggard, and when wilt thou rouse from sleep? ¹⁰ Thou art sleeping a little; but resting a little; but taking a short nap; but folding thy hands a little while on thy breast! ¹¹ But is not poverty coming upon thee like an unwelcome traveller? And want like a speedy courier? Whereas if thou be diligent; thy harvest will come like a fountain, and want like a bad courier will run away. ¹² A man void of understanding, and a transgressor, walketh in ways which are not good. ¹³ But he winketh with his eye and maketh a sign with his foot; and teacheth, by pointing his fingers; ¹⁴ his depraved heart contriveth mischief. Such a one is continually raising tumults in a city. ¹⁵ For this cause his destruction cometh suddenly; Wounds and incurable bruises. ¹⁶ Because he delighteth in all those things which God hateth: therefore he is destroyed for the depravity of his soul. ¹⁷ His eye is that of a scorner; his tongue is false; his hands are employed in shedding innocent blood; ¹⁸ his heart contriveth wicked purposes, and his feet are swift to do evil: ¹⁹ as a false witness he spreadeth lies, and soweth discord among brethren.

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

²⁰ Crooked ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

¹⁰ The heart of a man who hath sensibility; the soul of him who hath a feeling for pain, when he is made glad, mingleth not with pride.

¹⁵ He who acquitteth the wicked and condemneth the just, is unclean and abominable in the sight of God.

²⁵ At that time Jesus took occasion to say, I thank thee, O father, Lord of heaven and earth; that thou having hid these things from the wise and prudent, hast revealed them to babes.

¹¹ And he in reply said to them, To you it hath been granted to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens; but to them it hath not been granted.

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

¹⁵ I no longer call you servants; because the servant doth not know what his master doth. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you all that I heard from my Father.

¹⁷ Let him who hath an ear hear what the spirit saith to the congregations. To him who overcometh I will grant to eat of the manna which was laid up; and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he who receiveth it.

¹⁴ Now if you will not hearken to me, nor perform these my commandments, ¹⁵ but disobey them, and your souls abhor my judgments, so as not to perform all my commandments, so as to break my covenant, ¹⁶ I will deal with you in this manner; I will send against you distress, and the scab, and the gangrene to eat out your eyes; and wasting consumption; and you shall sow your seed in vain; for your enemies shall eat it: ¹⁷ and I will set my face against you; and you shall fall before your enemies; and they who hate you shall pursue you; and you shall flee when there is none pursuing you. ¹⁸ And if for all this you will not hearken to me, I will proceed to chastise you seven fold for your offences, ¹⁹ and break the haughtiness of your pride.; I will make the heaven for you as iron, and your land as brass; ²⁰ and your strength shall be spent in vain. The earth shall not yield you its seed, nor shall the trees of the field yield you their fruit. ²¹ And after all these things, if you walk adversely and will not hearken to me, I will bring seven fold plagues upon you according to your sins; ²² I will send against you the wild beasts of the earth, and they shall devour you, and destroy your cattle; and I will make you few in number, and your high ways shall be desolate. ²³ And if by these things you be not reformed, but walk adversely before me, ²⁴ I also will walk with you in adverse wrath, and smite you seven fold for your sins; ²⁵ I will bring a sword against you to avenge the cause of the covenant; and when you flee to your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies. ²⁶ In your affliction for want of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven and dole out your bread by weight, and you shall eat, but shall not be satisfied. ²⁷ And if for these things you will not hearken to me, but walk adversely before me, ²⁸ I also will walk with you in adverse ire, and chastise you seven fold, according to your sins. ²⁹ And you shall eat the flesh of your sons; and the flesh of your daughters also you shall eat: ³⁰ and I will lay waste your pillars, and utterly destroy your carved images of wood, and cast your mangled limbs among the mangled limbs of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. ³¹ And I will lay waste your cities, and make your sanctuaries a desolation, and no longer be regaled with the smell of your sacrifices. ³² I will also make your land a desolation, and your enemies who dwell therein shall be astonished at it. ³³ And I will scatter you among the nations, and a sword shall overtake and consume you. And your land shall be a waste, and your cities a desolation. ³⁴ And the land shall then enjoy its sabbaths all the time of its desolation. When you shall be in the land of your enemies, the land shall then rest; and the land shall keep those sabbaths, ³⁵ which it did not keep by your sabbaths when you dwelt therein. ³⁶ And upon those of you who are left, I will bring a slavery, which shall reach their very hearts, in the land of their enemies. The sound of a leaf driven by the wind will scare them; and they shall flee like those who flee from a battle, and shall fall when none pursueth. ³⁷ And brother shall overlook brother as in a battle, though none attacketh; and you shall not be able to withstand your enemies. ³⁸ And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall devour you. ³⁹ And those of you who are left shall pine away for their sins, and for the sins of their fathers; In the land of their enemies they shall pine away, ⁴⁰ and confess their sins and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed, and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me, ⁴¹ and I have walked with them in vengeful ire. When I am destroying them in the land of their enemies, then will their uncircumcised heart be ashamed, and then will they bear their sins with humble submission; ⁴² whereupon I will call to remembrance the covenant with Jacob, and the covenant with Isaak, and I will call to remembrance the covenant with Abraham, and remember the land. ⁴³ When the land shall be forsaken by them, and when the land shall have enjoyed its sabbaths by being made a waste on their account, and they have borne their iniquities because they neglected my judgments, and in their hearts abhorred my statutes, ⁴⁴ [as I did not, when they were in their enemies' country, wholly overlook them, nor abhor them so as to destroy them utterly, for breaking my covenant which I made with them, for I am the Lord their God] ⁴⁵ then will I remember the covenant with them; that old covenant when I brought them out of the land of Egypt; out of the house of bondage, to be their God. I am the Lord; ⁴⁶ These are my judgments, and these are my statutes, and this is the law which the Lord hath given between himself and the children of Israel, at mount Sina, by the ministration of Moses.

²⁶ therefore thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house; for thou wilt be an Anathema as well as it. Thou shalt utterly detest it, and hold it in utter abomination; for it is an Anathema, [a devoted thing.]

²⁸ and the curse, if you will not hearken to the commandments of the Lord our God, in all respects, as I this day command you; but turn aside out of the way to which I have enjoined you, and go to serve other gods, which you do not know.

² and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and find thee. If thou wilt hearken diligently to the voice of the Lord thy God, ³ Blessed shalt thou be in the city; and blessed shalt thou be in the field; ⁴ blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the products of thy land, and thy herds, and thy flocks. ⁵ Blessed shall be thy granaries, and thy stores. ⁶ Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed when thou goest out. ⁷ May the Lord thy God deliver up thine enemies, who rise up against thee, to be smitten before thee. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. ⁸ The Lord send upon thee the blessing in thy store houses, and on all the labours of thy hands, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ⁹ The Lord establish thee a holy people for himself, as he solemnly promised thy fathers. If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and walk in all his ways, ¹⁰ then shall all the nations of the earth see that thou art called by the name of the Lord, and they will be afraid of thee; ¹¹ and the Lord thy God will multiply thee, for good, in the offspring of thy body, and in the increase of thy cattle, and in the products of thy ground, in the land which he solemnly promised thy fathers to give thee. ¹² The Lord open for thee his good treasury, the heaven, to give thy land the rain in due season. May he bless all the works of thy hands, so that thou mayst lend to many nations, and not borrow of them; ¹³ and that thou mayst rule over many nations, and they not rule over thee. May the Lord establish thee for a head and not for a tail, so that thou mayst be above, and not beneath. If thou wilt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep all that I this day enjoin thee, ¹⁴ thou wilt not turn aside from all the commandments which I this day command thee, either to the right, or to the left, to go after other gods, to serve them. ¹⁵ But in case thou wilt not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God to keep all his commandments which I this day give thee in charge, all these evils shall come upon thee and overtake thee: ¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed thou in the field. ¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy granaries, and thy stores. ¹⁸ Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the products of thy land, thy herds and thy flocks. ¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed thou when thou goest out. ²⁰ The Lord send upon thee want, and famine, and destruction on all the labour of thy hands, until he utterly root thee out, and until he destroy thee quickly, on the account of thy wicked devices. Seeing thou hast forsaken me, ²¹ may the Lord make the pestilence cleave to thee, until it utterly consume thee from the land to which thou art going, to take possession of it. ²² The Lord smite thee with anxiety, and fever, and chilness, and restlessness, and blasting, and mildew, that they may pursue thee until they utterly destroy thee. ²³ And when the heaven over thy head shall be brass, and the earth under thy feet iron, ²⁴ may the Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust, so that dust from heaven may descend until it waste thee, and until it destroy thee speedily. ²⁵ May the Lord deliver thee up to slaughter before thine enemies, so that thou mayst go out one way to meet them, and flee seven ways from before them; and be a dispersion among all the kingdoms of the earth; ²⁶ and your dead carcasses be food for the birds of the air, and the wild beasts of the earth, and there be none to fray them away. ²⁷ The Lord smite thee with the Egyptian boil in thy seat, and with wild fire, and with itching, so that thou canst not be cured. ²⁸ The Lord smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart, ²⁹ so that thou mayst grope about at noon day, as a blind man gropeth in darkness; and let him not prosper thy ways, so thou shalt then be injured, and spoiled continually, and there will be none to help thee. ³⁰ Thou wilt take a wife, and another man shall have her. Thou wilt build a house, but shall not dwell therein. Thou wilt plant a vineyard, but shalt not gather the grapes thereof. ³¹ Thy ox will be slaughtered before thy face, and thou shalt not eat thereof. Thy ass will be taken from thee, and shall not be restored; thy flocks will be given to thine enemies, and there shall be none to help thee; ³² thy sons, and thy daughters, will be given to another nation, and thine eyes will melt in looking at them; there will be no strength in thy hand. ³³ A nation, which thou knowest not will eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours; and thou shalt be injured, and oppressed continually ³⁴ , and driven to madness at the sight of thine eyes, which thou shalt see. ³⁵ The Lord smite thee with a grievous boil on thy knees, and on thy legs, so that thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy feet to the crown of thy head. ³⁶ The Lord carry away thee, and thy rulers, whom thou mayst set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers knew, that thou mayst there serve other gods; stocks and stones; ³⁷ and be there for a bye word, and a proverb, and a public example to all the nations to which the Lord shall bring thee. ³⁸ There thou shalt carry out much seed into the field, and shalt bring little home, for the locust shall devour it; ³⁹ thou shalt plant a vineyard and dress it; but shalt not press out wine, nor regale thyself from it; for worms shall eat it up. ⁴⁰ Thou shalt have plantations of olive trees, in all thy borders, but shalt not be anointed with oil, for thine olive tree shall cast its fruit: ⁴¹ thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but shalt not have them with thee; for they shall go into captivity. ⁴² All thy trees and the products of thy land, shall be consumed with blasting. ⁴³ The stranger who is with thee shall rise higher and higher; but thou shalt fall lower and lower. ⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee; and thou shalt not lend to him: He shall be head; and thou shalt be tail. ⁴⁵ All these curses shall actually come upon thee, and pursue thee, and overtake thee, until he root thee out, and utterly destroy thee because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments, and his rules of rectitude, which he commanded thee, ⁴⁶ And they shall be signs for thee, and wonders for thine offspring forever. ⁴⁷ Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with gladness, and with a good understanding, for the abundance of all things; ⁴⁸ therefore thou shalt serve thine enemies, whom the Lord will send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things, and thou shalt wear a yoke of iron on thy neck, until it utterly destroy thee. ⁴⁹ The Lord will bring against thee a nation from afar; from the extremity of the earth, with the impetuosity of an eagle; A nation whose voice thou shalt not understand; ⁵⁰ a nation of an unblushing countenance, which will not respect the person of an elder, nor compassionate a youth. ⁵¹ And it shall devour the increase of thy cattle, and the products of thy land, so as not to leave thee corn, wine, oil, herds or flocks, until it hath destroyed thee, ⁵² and wasted thee in thy cities; until they have demolished thy high, and strong walls, in which thou hast placed thy confidence, throughout thy whole land. And when he shall afflict thee in thy cities which he hath given thee; ⁵³ in thy siege, and in the affliction, with which thine enemy shall afflict thee, thou shalt eat the offspring of thy body; the flesh of thy sons, and thy daughters, whom he gave thee. ⁵⁴ The tender, and very delicate man who is with thee, will look with an evil eye on his brother, and on the wife in his bosom, and the remaining children which may be left him, ⁵⁵ so as not to give one of them any of the flesh of his sons, which he may be eating, because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in that affliction of thine with which thine enemies will afflict thee, in all thy cities. 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, ⁵⁷ even the female infant she bore, or the male child which she may have brought forth; for on the account of the want of all things, she will eat these secretly in thy siege, and in that affliction of thine with which thine enemy will afflict thee in thy cities. ⁵⁸ If thou wilt not hearken to do all the words of this law, which are written in this book, to fear this glorious, this wonderful name, The Lord Thy God, ⁵⁹ the Lord will make thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, wonderful beyond conception; he will make them great, and marvellous, and thy diseases sore, and lasting, ⁶⁰ and will bring upon thee all the affliction of Egypt; that grievous affliction which thou didst dread on their account, and they shall cleave to thee. ⁶¹ The Lord will also bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague, which is not written, and every one which is written in this book of the law, until he root thee out. ⁶² And you shall be left few in number, instead of being, as you were, like the stars of heaven for multitude. Because thou didst not hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, ⁶³ therefore it shall come to pass, that as the Lord delighted in you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the Lord will rejoice over you, in rooting you out; and you shall be removed speedily from the land to which thou art going to take possession of it. ⁶⁴ And the Lord thy God will scatter thee among all the nations, from one extremity of the earth to the other; and thou shalt there serve other gods; stocks and stones, which neither thou, nor thy fathers have known. ⁶⁵ But even among these nations he will not give thee rest, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. Indeed the Lord will give thee there a strange trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a desponding soul, ⁶⁶ and thy life shall hang in suspence before thine eyes, and thou shalt be in terror, day and night, and have no assurance of thy life. ⁶⁷ In the morning thou wilt say; How will it be with me in the evening! And in the evening thou wilt say, How may it be with me in the morning! on account of the terror of thy heart with which thou shalt be affrighted, and on account of the sights of thine eyes which thou shalt see. ⁶⁸ And the Lord will send thee back into Egypt, in ships, [by the way which I ordered thou shalt see it no more:] and thou shalt there be exposed to sale to your enemies, for bond men and bond women, and there will be no purchaser.

¹⁹ Now in case any one shall hear the words of this curse, and bless himself in his heart, saying, Good luck betide me! I will walk in the error of my own heart, that the sinner may not involve the guiltless in ruin with himself. ²⁰ God will not be propitious to him, but most assuredly the anger of the Lord, and his indignation, will then be kindled against that man; and all the curses of this covenant, which are written in this book, shall cleave to him; and the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven. ²¹ The Lord will indeed separate him, from all the children of Israel, according to all the curses of this covenant, which are written in this book of the law. ²² And when the generations to come; your children who shall rise up after yon, and the stranger who may come from a far distant country, will say; when they shall see the plagues of that land, and the diseases thereof, which the Lord hath sent upon it; ²³ brimstone and burnt salt; when through the whole land there shall be no sowing; no natural productions, no verdure on it, a destruction like that of Sodom and Gomorra, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord overthrew with wrath and indignation; ²⁴ When all the nations shall say, Why hath the Lord dealt thus with this land? What hath occasioned this great fierceness of indignation? ²⁵ Then they will say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, ²⁶ and went and served strange gods, which they did not know, and which he had not arranged for them, ²⁷ therefore the Lord was provoked to wrath against this land, to bring upon it all the curses which are written in the book of the law; ²⁸ and the Lord rooted them out from their land, with wrath, and anger, and very great indignation, and cast them out into another land, as at this day. ²⁹ The things which are secret are for the Lord our God; but the things which are manifest are for us and our children forever, that we may perform all the words of this law;

¹⁸ But be you very careful to abstain from the Anathema, lest peradventure you through covetousness, take something of what is devoted, and make the camp of the Israelites an Anathema, and destroy us.

¹³ Arise, hallow the people, and order them to hallow themselves, against to-morrow. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, The Anathema is among you. You cannot stand before your enemies, until you remove the Anathema from among you.

¹¹ And the ark of the Lord abode in the house of Abeddara the Gethite three months, and the Lord blessed the whole house of Abeddara, and all belonging to him.

⁶ If thou art pure and upright, he will hear thy prayer; and render to thee the reward of righteousness. ⁷ Let thy beginning therefore be ever so small, thy end will be unspeakably great.

³ And he will be like the tree planted by the streams of water, which will yield its fruit in due season, and its fruit shall not fall untimely. In all that he doth he shall be prospered.

²² Hence they who bless him shall inherit the land; but they who curse him shall be rooted out.

¹⁰ no evils shall come upon thee, nor shall a scourge approach thy dwelling.

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

³ Whereupon he said to me, This is the curse which is going forth over the face of the whole earth. Since every thief on the one hand is to be punished with death, and every false swearer on the other hand is to be punished; ⁴ therefore I will bring it out saith the Lord Almighty; and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who sweareth by my name to a falsehood; and it shall lodge in his house, and destroy it with the timber and the stones thereof.

² If you will not hearken and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, I will send that curse against you and curse your blessing. I will curse it; and disperse your blessing and it shall not be among you because you do not lay this to heart.

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

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

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.

²⁹ Rods are prepared for the profligate: and punishments in like manner for fools.

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

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;

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

⁵ Likewise ye who are young, submit to those more advanced in years. And being all submissive to one another; adorn yourselves with humility; because "God resisteth the proud and granteth favour to the humble;"

³⁰ For this cause, thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, I said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, shall go out before me for ever; but now the Lord saith, Far be this from me; for I will honour them only who honour me. And he who despiseth me shall be despised.

²⁴ with thy counsel thou hast guided me, and taken me to thyself with glory.

¹⁸ His enemies I will clothe with shame; but on him my crown shall flourish.

⁸ secure it and it will exalt thee: honour it that it may embrace thee:

⁸ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth; but a poor man is not subject to threats.

¹³ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold my servants shall eat; but you shall be hungry: behold my servants shall drink; but you shall be thirsty: behold my servants shall rejoice; but you shall be ashamed: ¹⁴ behold my servants shall triumph with joy: But you shall scream for sorrow of heart, and howl for anguish of spirit. ¹⁵ For you shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen. As for you, the Lord will destroy you; but to my servants, a new name shall be given

² And many of them who sleep in mounds of earth shall be raised up, some for everlasting life and some for disgrace and everlasting shame. ³ And they who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and some of the many righteous like the stars for the ages and longer.