Proverbs 9 Cross References - Thomson

¹ Wisdom hath built herself a house, and fixed underneath it seven pillars. ² She hath slain her victims. She hath mixed her wine for the cup and furnished her table. ³ She hath sent out her servants, and with a loud proclamation hath given an invitation to her entertainment, saying, ⁴ "Whosoever is simple, let him come to me." And to them who want understanding she saith, ⁵ "Come, eat of my bread and drink the wine which I have mixed for you. ⁶ Forsake folly, that you may reign forever: and seek prudence and build up understanding with knowledge." 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. ⁹ Give a wise man a hint and he will be wiser; an intimation to a righteous man and he will proceed to take it. ¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and knowledge is the counsel of the holy. For to know the law is a characteristick of a good understanding; ¹¹ for by this means thou shalt live long, and years of life will be added to 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. ¹³ A woman who is foolish and bold needeth a curb; she hath no sense of shame. ¹⁴ She sat at the doors of her house; on a seat open to view in the streets; ¹⁵ calling to passengers who were going right on their ways, ¹⁶ "Let him who is the simplest of you turn aside to me; and them who want prudence I exhort saying, ¹⁷ Taste sweetly bread in secret and water sweeter for being stolen. ¹⁸ He indeed did not know that with her the earth born perish; that he is lighting upon the perch of death. But fly thou away speedily; tarry not in that place, nor fix thine eyes upon her; for in this manner thou shouldst pass by strange water. Abstain from strange water, and drink not of a strange fountain; that thou mayst live long, and that years of life may be added to thee.

² He built it with timber from the forest of Libanus. The length of it was a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty cubits, and the height thirty cubits. It had three rows of cedar pillars, and the shoulders of the pillars were of cedar, ³ and he vaulted the house above on the sides of the pillars. The number of pillars were forty, and five the row.

⁶ And the ailam of the pillars which was fifty cubits in length, and fifty cubits in breadth, was joined to another ailam of the same dimensions in front of them, and the thickness of the pillars in front of it was for the ailamins.

²¹ And he set up the two pillars in the ailam of the temple. And when he set up the one pillar he called its name Jachum; and when he set up the other pillar he called its name Boloz.

¹⁸ Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter, [a rock,] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

⁹ For we are fellow labourers belonging to God; you are God's field; you are his building. ¹⁰ According to the favour of God granted to me, I, like a skilful architect, have laid a foundation, and another buildeth upon it. But let every one take heed how he buildeth thereon. ¹¹ For no one can lay any other foundation than that which is laid, which is Jesus The Christ. ¹² Now if upon this foundation any one buildeth gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; ¹³ the work of every one will be made manifest; for the day will shew it: Because it is revealed with fire, therefore the fire will prove every one's work of what sort it is. ¹⁴ If any one's work which he hath built upon it, shall stand the test, he will receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any one's work be consumed he will lose that; but he shall himself be saved but so as through fire.

⁹ even James, and Cephas, and John, those eminent pillars, knowing the favour granted to me, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should be for the nations, and they for the circumcision,

²⁰ built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner stone, ²¹ by whom the whole building being united in symmetry is to grow up to a holy temple in the Lord; ²² by whom you also are builded up together with them by the spirit, for an habitation of God.

¹⁵ but if I be delayed, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, that is in the congregation of the living God. The pillar and firm support of the truth is

³ For he hath been counted worthy of as much greater honour than Moses, as he who hath builded a house hath more honour than the house. ⁴ For every house hath some builder, but he who builded all things is God. ⁵ Now Moses was faithful in this whole house of his as a servant for a testimony of those things to be spoken; ⁶ but Christ as a son over his own house, whose house we are, if we stedfastly maintain this confidence, and the boast of this hope, firm to the end.

⁵ and you yourselves as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ; ⁶ on which account also there is in the scripture this passage, "Behold I lay in Sion a chosen, precious, chief corner stone, and he who confideth in it, shall not be ashamed,"

¹² Him who overcometh I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out no more. And I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [the new Jerusalem which cometh down out of heaven from my God] and mine own new name.

¹⁶ And when Joseph saw them and Benjamin his brother by the same mother he said to his steward, conduct these men into the house and kill victims and make ready, for these men are to dine with me at noon.

⁵ "Come, eat of my bread and drink the wine which I have mixed for you.

³⁰ Are they not theirs who tarry long at wine; who frequent the places where there are revels? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with righteous men: and converse in the publick walks.

² I could take thee and conduct thee to my mother's house: and to the inmost apartment of her who conceived me, I could cause thee to drink spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranates;

⁶ then will the Lord of Hosts make provision for all the nations. On this mount they shall drink gladness:

³ And he sent his servants to call them who were invited to the wedding, but they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell them who have been invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner. My bullocks and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast. ⁵ But they turned away with indifference, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise ⁶ and the rest seized his servants, insulted, and slew them. ⁷ When the king heard this he was incensed, and sent forth his armies, and destroyed the murderers, and burned their city. ⁸ Then he saith to his servants, The wedding is indeed ready. but they who have been invited are unworthy; ⁹ Go ye therefor, to the highways, and invite to the wedding as many as you meet with. ¹⁰ Accordingly the servants went out to the highway and assembled all that they met, bad and good. And the wedding was plentifully supplied with guests. ¹¹ And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment, and saith to him, ¹² Companion, how camest thou hither without having on a wedding garment. And he was struck speechless. ¹³ Then the king said to the attendants, Bind his hands and feet and carry him out and cast him into the outer darkness. Weeping and gnashing of teeth will be there. ¹⁴ For there are many called, but few chosen.

¹⁶ Whereupon he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many. ¹⁷ But when he sent out his servants at supper time, to say to them who were invited; Come, for all things are now ready;

⁷ Purge out therefore the old leaven that you may be a new mass as you are unleavened. For Christ our Paschal lamb is indeed slain for us, ⁸ so that we should keep the festival, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of wickedness and malignity; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

¹¹ God the Lord will issue an order to them, who publish good news to the mighty host;

²⁰ Wisdom uttereth her song at the gates and in the streets speaketh boldly; ²¹ and on the tops of walls she maketh proclamation; and at the gates of mighty men taketh a seat and at the gates of a city with confidence saith, ²² "While the innocent adhere to justice they shall not be put to shame: but as for fools who delight in mischief, having become wicked they hated knowledge and are become liable to censures. ²³ Behold I will pour forth to you the dictate of my spirit: and teach you this word of mine;

¹ As for thee thou art to proclaim wisdom; that understanding may attend thee. ² For she is on the lofty summits; and hath taken her stand in the middle of highways. ³ For at the gates of the mighty she hath taken a seat, and at the entrance thereof chanteth her song.

¹⁴ She sat at the doors of her house; on a seat open to view in the streets;

³ And he sent his servants to call them who were invited to the wedding, but they would not come. ⁴ Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell them who have been invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner. My bullocks and my fatlings are killed and all things are ready. Come to the wedding feast.

⁹ Go ye therefor, to the highways, and invite to the wedding as many as you meet with.

⁴⁹ on this account indeed said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill, and others they will persecute,

¹⁷ But when he sent out his servants at supper time, to say to them who were invited; Come, for all things are now ready;

²¹ So the servant came and told his master these things. And the master of the family, being incensed, said to his servant, Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the maimed, and the lame, and the blind. ²² And when the servant said, Master, I have done as thou didst command, and still there is room; ²³ the master said to the servant, Go out to the highways and hedges, and press people to come that my house may be full.

³⁷ It being now the last the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

²⁰ Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world, I taught always in the synagogues and in the temple, to which the Jews always resort. And I have spoken nothing in secret.

¹⁵ and how shall they proclaim, unless they be sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of them who proclaim the joyful message of peace"who proclaim the glad tidings of good things."

²⁰ we therefore as ambassadors for Christ; as if God were exhorting by us, we, in behalf of Christ, intreat, "Be reconciled to God; ²¹ for he hath made him who knew no sin, a sin offering for us, that by him we may be made the righteousness of God;

⁷ The law of the Lord is perfect, it restoreth souls: The testimony of the Lord is faithful, it maketh infants wise.

¹³⁰ The manifestation of thy words will enlighten, and make the simple wise.

²² "While the innocent adhere to justice they shall not be put to shame: but as for fools who delight in mischief, having become wicked they hated knowledge and are become liable to censures.

³² But he, who through want of understanding, committeth adultery, provideth destruction for his soul.

⁵ Ye who are innocent learn discretion: and ye who are uninstructed give attention.

¹⁶ "Let him who is the simplest of you turn aside to me; and them who want prudence I exhort saying,

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.

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

¹⁷ Now the spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him who heareth say Come. And let every one who thirsteth come; and let every one who is willing take of the water of life at free cost.

²⁶ The needy shall eat and be satisfied: and they who seek the Lord will praise him. Their heart shall be forever alive.

²⁹ All the fat ones of the earth have eaten and worshipped: before him shall bow all that go down to the dust. Let my soul therefore live for him.

² She hath slain her victims. She hath mixed her wine for the cup and furnished her table.

¹⁷ Taste sweetly bread in secret and water sweeter for being stolen.

¹ I have come to my garden, my sister spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices: I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; drink; yes drink plentifully brethren.

¹ HO! ye who are thirsting, come to water! And ye who have no money, come buy and eat, without money and without price, wine and the choicest bread. ² Why are you expending money and labour for that which will not satisfy? Hearken to me and you shall eat good things; and your soul will be regaled with delicacies. ³ Incline your ears and follow in my paths; hearken to me and your soul shall live on good things; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant; the gracious promises to David which are faithful.

¹² therefore they shall come and rejoice on mount Sion. They shall indeed come to the good things of the Lord; to a land of corn and wine, and of fruits and herds and flocks; and their soul shall be like a fruitful tree; and they shall no more be hungry. ¹³ Then shall virgins rejoice in the assembly of youths; the elders also shall be filled with joy; for I will turn their mourning into joy and make them glad. ¹⁴ I will enlarge and satisfy the soul of the priests the sons of Levi. And my people shall be regaled with my good things. Thus said the Lord,

²⁶ Now as they were eating, Jesus having taken the loaf and pronounced a blessing, broke and gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; This is my body. ²⁷ Then having taken the cup and given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. ²⁸ For this is my blood; that of the new covenant; that shed for many, for the remission of sins.

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

⁴⁹ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and died. ⁵⁰ Such is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that whoever shall eat of it shall not die. ⁵¹ I am that living bread which came down from heaven. If any one eat of this bread he shall live forever. Now the bread which I will give is this flesh of mine, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² Upon this the Jews debated among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³ Therefore Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ He who eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath an everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For this flesh of mine is food indeed; and this blood of mine is indeed drink. ⁵⁶ He who eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he. who eateth me, even he will live by me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread which is come down from heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eateth this bread shall live forever.

⁴ I did not sit with the council of vanity; nor can I go with them who transgress: ⁵ I hated the assembly of evil doers; and with the ungodly I cannot sit. ⁶ I will wash my hands in innocence and go round thine altar, O Lord:

¹⁰ Hear, daughter, and behold, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and thy father's house.

¹¹⁵ Away from me ye evil doers, for I will diligently seek the commandments of my God.

¹¹ for I am teaching thee ways of wisdom; and confirming thee in right paths.

¹⁴ Go not in the ways of wicked men; nor be fond of the ways of transgressors. ¹⁵ In what place soever they encamp, go not thither: but turn away from them and keep at a distance:

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

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

¹⁷ Instruction keepeth the just ways of life; but unexamined instruction leadeth astray.

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

¹³ Enter in at the strait gate. Because the gate is wide and the way broad which leadeth to destruction, therefore many there are who go in through it: ¹⁴ because the gate is strait and the way narrow, which leadeth to life, therefore there are few who find it.

²⁴ Strive with all your might to enter in through the narrow gate; for many, I assure you, will seek to enter, who will not be able.

⁴⁰ And with many other words he obtested and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this depraved generation."

¹⁷ therefore come out from among them and separate yourselves, saith the Lord, and touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you,

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

⁸ I have two daughters who have not known man; Let me bring out these to you, and use them as you please; only do no injury to these men in as much as they have come under the shelter of my roof. ⁹ And they said to him, Begone there! Thou camest to sojourn, didst thou also, to be our judge? Now therefore we will treat thee worse than them. And they pressed violently against the man, Lot; and came near to break open the door.

¹⁷ And when Achab saw Elias, he said to him, Art thou he, the troubler of Israel?

²⁰ And Achab said to Elias, Hast thou found me, my enemy? To which he replied, I have found thee. Because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to wrath,

²⁴ Thereupon Sedekias son of Chanaan went near and smote Michaias on the cheek, and said, What sort of a spirit of the Lord is that which hath spoken by thee?

²⁷ and tell Joas, the ruler's son, to put him in ward and feed him with the bread of affliction, and water of affliction, till I return in peace.

²⁰ then the Spirit of God came upon Azarias the priest, the son of Jodae, and he stood above the people and said, Thus saith the Lord, Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord? You cannot prosper. Because you have forsaken the Lord, therefore he will forsake you. ²¹ Upon this they fell upon him and stoned him by the command of the king, in the court of the house of the Lord. ²² Thus Joas remembered not the kindness which Jodae his father had done him, but put to death his son, and when he was dying he said, May the Lord see and judge.

¹⁵ therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Amasias, and he sent a prophet to him and said to him, Why hast thou sought the gods of this people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand? ¹⁶ But while the prophet was speaking to him lie said to him, Have I made thee a counsellor of the king? Forbear, lest thou be scourged. Thereupon the prophet held his peace, for I know, said he, that he hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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

¹² An uninstructed man will not love them who reprove him, nor will he associate with the wise.

⁹ Make no addresses to a man void of understanding: lest he peradventure mock thy judicious discourse.

¹⁷ thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart. With rebuke thou shalt correct thy neighbour, and not contract guilt on his account;

⁶ and Joshua the son of Nave, and Chaleb the son of Jephonne, two of them who had viewed the land, rent their clothes, ⁷ and spoke to all the congregation of the Israelites, saying, The land which we viewed is indeed a most excellent land. ⁸ If the Lord delighteth in us, he will lead us to that land, and give it to us. It is a land flowing with milk and honey. ⁹ Only rebel not against the Lord, and you need not be afraid of the people of the land, for they are food for us. For their time is over, and the Lord is with us. Fear them not. ¹⁰ And when all the congregation ordered to stone them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, over the tabernacle of the testimony, to all the children of Israel.

⁷ Whereupon Nathan said to David, Thou art the man who hath done this. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and it was I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul, ⁸ and gave thee the house of thy master, and thy master's wives into thy bosom. I gave thee also the house of Israel and Juda, and if this had not been enough, I would have added still more. ⁹ Why then hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast slain Ourias the Chettite with the sword, and taken his wife to be thy wife. Thou hast indeed slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. ¹⁰ Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thy house. Because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Ourias the Chettite to be thy wife, ¹¹ therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold I will raise up evils against thee out of thy own house; and I will take thy wives before thy eyes, and give them to thy neighbour, and he will lie with thy wives in the face of the sun. ¹² Thou indeed didst act secretly; but I will do this thing in the sight of all Israel, and in the face of yonder sun. ¹³ Then David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord hath put away thy sin. Thou shalt not die. ¹⁴ But because thou hast by this deed given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, therefore thy son who is born to thee shall surely die.

²³ Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came into the king's presence, and had made obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground,

³² Then king David said, Call to me Sadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Banaias, son of Jodae. And when they came in before the king,

⁸ And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, There is a certain man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him; for he never speaketh good of me; but evil; one Michaias, son of Jemblaa. And Josaphat king of Juda said, Let not the king speak so.

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

¹⁸ Instruction removeth poverty and disgrace; and he who regardeth reproofs shall be honoured.

²³ He who reproveth a man's ways shall have more thanks than he who hath a flattering tongue.

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

⁶ Give not that which is holy to dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine; lest they trample them under foot, and turning tear you.

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

¹¹ And when Peter came to Antioch I .opposed him to his face, because he was reprehensible. ¹² For before certain persons came from James, he had eaten with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew, and kept himself apart, being afraid of them who were of the circumcision. ¹³ And the rest of the Jews also dissembled with him, insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they were not walking uprightly, according to the truth of the glad tidings, I said to Peter before them all, "If thou being a Jew mayst live after the manner of the Gentiles, and not as the Jews do, why compellest thou .the Gentiles to conform to the rites of the Jews?

⁴ for with regard to them who have been once enlightened, and have tasted this free, this heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of a holy spirit, ⁵ and tasted the good word of God, and the miraculous powers of the age about to come, ⁶ and have fallen off; it is impossible to renew them again for a reformation, since they are crucifying for themselves afresh the son of God and exposing him to open shame. ⁷ For ground which drinketh up the rain that frequently falleth on it, and produceth plants fit for the use of them for whom it is cultivated, receiveth a blessing from God; ⁸ but that which produceth briars and thorns is rejected, and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.

¹⁵ and reckon the long suffering of our Lord to be salvation; as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, hath also written to you; ¹⁶ as he hath also in all his letters, when speaking of these things; in which there are some things hard to be understood; which the unlearned and unstable torture, as they do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

⁵ for by attending to them a wise man will become wiser; and a man of understanding will possess a ride of government

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

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

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. ¹² For to him who improveth, more shall be given and he shall abound: but from him who improveth not, even that which he hath shall be taken.

¹⁸ but increase in the favour and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

²⁰ But to the end that they might be made manifest [because all are not of us] even you yourselves have an unction from the holy one, and know everyone. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth; but because you know it, and because no kind of falsehood is of the truth.

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

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.

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

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.

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And all who practise this have good understanding. And piety towards God is the beginning of discernment: but the wicked despise wisdom and instruction.

⁵ then thou shalt understand the fear of the Lord; and find the knowledge of God.

³ God hath taught me wisdom: and I have gained a knowledge of holy things.

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,

²⁷ All things are delivered up to me by my father; and none but the father knoweth the son; nor doth any know the father, but only the son, and he to whom the son is pleased to reveal him.

³ Now this is the life everlasting that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

²⁰ and we know that the son of God is come, and hath given us understanding that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, and in his son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the life eternal.

² that you may fear the Lord your God. You shall keep all his statutes, and his commandments, which I this day command you, both thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, all the days of thy life, that you may live many days.

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

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.

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

² Is it not the Lord who teacheth wisdom and understanding? ³ What! Is it any advantage to the Lord, if thou, in works, art irreprehensible? or any profit, that thou shouldst keep a straight course?

²¹ Become hardened now, if thou remainest; and shalt thou be rewarded with good things?

⁶ If thou hast sinned, what canst thou do? And if thou hast multiplied transgressions, what canst thou effect? ⁷ If thou art righteous, what canst thou give him? Or will he receive any thing at thy hands?

²⁶ A man by labour laboureth for himself; and wardeth off his own destruction.

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

²⁰ But the soul which sinneth shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of his father; nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and upon the iniquitous shall be his iniquity.

³ knowing this first, that in the last day scoffers will come, walking after their own desires, ⁴ and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."

¹⁶ as he hath also in all his letters, when speaking of these things; in which there are some things hard to be understood; which the unlearned and unstable torture, as they do the other scriptures, to their own destruction.

⁶ for she walketh not in the ways of life. Her paths are slippery and not easily known.

¹¹ Indeed she is ever on the wing and insatiable, and her feet abide not at home.

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

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

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

¹⁰ then this woman, who maketh the hearts of young men flutter, meeteth him, in the attire of a harlot. ¹¹ Indeed she is ever on the wing and insatiable, and her feet abide not at home. ¹² For sometimes she roveth abroad: and sometimes lieth in wait in the streets, at every corner.

³ She hath sent out her servants, and with a loud proclamation hath given an invitation to her entertainment, saying,

¹³ Ha! she hath caught him and kissed him, and with an unblushing countenance, said to him: ¹⁴ "I have a peace offering; today I am paying my vows: ¹⁵ for this reason I came out to meet thee: earnestly longing to see thee.

²⁵ Let not thy heart turn aside to her ways: ²⁶ for she hath wounded and brought down many; and innumerable are they whom she hath slain. ²⁷ Her house is the highway to Hades, leading down to the chambers of death.

²⁷ For a strange house is a hogshead full of holes: and a strange well is narrow. ²⁸ For that will quickly perish; and every transgressor shall be destroyed.

⁴ "Whosoever is simple, let him come to me." And to them who want understanding she saith,

⁶ And the woman saw that the tree was good for food; and that it is delightful to see with the eyes; and that to exercise understanding is comely, so having taken some of the fruit thereof, she ate and gave also to her husband with her. And when they had eaten,

²⁴ And when he came to a dark place, he took them from the hands of his servants, and laid them up in the house. And when he had dismissed the men, ²⁵ he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Giezi? To which he replied, Thy servant hath not gone any where. ²⁶ And Elisha said to him, My heart indeed did not go with thee, when the man turned about from his chariot to meet thee. Now thou hast received silver; and thou hast now received the apparel and olive yards and vine yards, and flocks and herds and men servants, and maid servants; ²⁷ but the leprosy of Naiman shall cleave to thee, and thy seed forever. So he went out from his presence, leprous like snow.

¹⁸ come, and let us take our fill of love till the morning: come and let us solace ourselves with love. ¹⁹ For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; ²⁰ he took in his hand a roll of silver, and will return to his house after many days."

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³¹ For if thou givest thine eyes to cups and goblets; thou wilt go about afterwards naked as a pestle: ³² and be, at last, like one swollen by the bite of a serpent; or as one stung by a basilisk.

²⁰ Such is the way of an adulterous woman, who having committed the act and washed herself, saith, that she hath done nothing improper.

⁸ But sin having got an advantage by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of desire. For without law sin is dead.

¹² for as to the things done by them in secret, it is shameful even to mention them.

¹⁴ But every one is tempted by his own desire, when allured and ensnared. ¹⁵ In that case desire having conceived, bringeth forth sin, and sin, when grown up, produceth death.

⁵ They did not know; nor did they understand. They walked on in darkness. All the foundations of the land shall be shaken.

¹⁸ For she hath placed her house near death; and her wheels with the earth born near the mansion of the dead. ¹⁹ None who walk by her direction can ever return; nor ever recover the right paths.

⁵ For the feet of folly lead them, who indulge themselves with her, down with death to the mansion of the dead. Her steps indeed are not established,

²⁶ For the price of a harlot is scarce that of a single loaf; but an adulteress hunteth for the precious lives of men.

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

⁵ For this they wilfully forget, that by the word of God there were heavens of old, and an earth consisting of water and in water,