Proverbs 10 Cross References - YLT

¹ Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.
² Treasures of wickedness profit not, And righteousness delivereth from death. ³ Jehovah causeth not the soul of the righteous to hunger, And the desire of the wicked He thrusteth away.
⁴ Poor is he who is working—a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
⁵ Whoso is gathering in summer is a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest is a son causing shame.
⁶ Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
⁷ The remembrance of the righteous is for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.
⁸ The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.
⁹ Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.
¹⁰ Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
¹¹ A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
¹² Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
¹³ In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.
¹⁴ The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.
¹⁵ The wealth of the rich is his strong city, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.
¹⁶ The wage of the righteous is for life, The increase of the wicked for sin.
¹⁷ A traveller to life is he who is keeping instruction, And whoso is forsaking rebuke is erring.
¹⁸ Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.
¹⁹ In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.
²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked—as a little thing. ²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
²² The blessing of Jehovah—it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.
²³ To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.
²⁴ The feared thing of the wicked it meeteth him, And the desire of the righteous is given. ²⁵ As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.
²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the slothful to those sending him.
²⁷ The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened. ²⁸ The hope of the righteous is joyful, And the expectation of the wicked perisheth.
²⁹ The way of Jehovah is strength to the perfect, And ruin to workers of iniquity. ³⁰ The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.
³¹ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out. ³² The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

³² And he speaketh three thousand similes, and his songs are five, and the chief one;

¹ Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

²⁰ A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

²¹ Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

²⁵ A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

¹³ A calamity to his father is a foolish son, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

¹⁵ My son, if thy heart hath been wise, My heart rejoiceth, even mine, ¹⁶ And my reins exult when thy lips speak uprightly.

²⁴ The father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him. ²⁵ Rejoice doth thy father and thy mother, Yea, she that bare thee is joyful.

¹ Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: —

³ A man loving wisdom rejoiceth his father, And a friend of harlots destroyeth wealth.

¹⁵ A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.

⁹ And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many similes.

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish. ⁷ A brother doth no one at all ransom, He doth not give to God his atonement. ⁸ And precious is the redemption of their soul, And it hath ceased—to the age. ⁹ And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit. ¹⁰ For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

⁴ Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

²⁸ In the path of righteousness is life, And in the way of that path is no death!

⁶ The making of treasures by a lying tongue, Is a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

² To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil. ³ And what do ye at a day of inspection? And at desolation? —from afar it cometh. Near whom do ye flee for help? And where do ye leave your honour?

¹⁹ Their silver into out-places they cast, And their gold impurity becometh. Their silver and their gold is not able to deliver them, In a day of the wrath of Jehovah, Their soul they do not satisfy, And their bowels they do not fill, For the stumbling-block of their iniquity it hath been.

²⁷ `Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and thy sins by righteousness break off, and thy perversity by pitying the poor, lo, it is a lengthening of thine ease.

¹⁸ Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!

¹⁵ And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.' <sup>16</sup> And he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well; ¹⁷ and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits? ¹⁸ and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, ¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry. ²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be? ²¹ so is he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

²² `And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham—and the rich man also died, and was buried; ²³ and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom,

⁵ but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

²¹ that even as the sin did reign in the death, so also the grace may reign, through righteousness, to life age-during, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

⁹ not having my righteousness, which is of law, but that which is through faith of Christ—the righteousness that is of God by the faith,

¹ Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you; ² your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; ³ your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days!

²⁰ In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

⁵ That the singing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the profane for a moment, ⁶ Though his excellency go up to the heavens, And his head against a cloud he strike— ⁷ As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where is he?' ⁸ As a dream he fleeth, and they find him not, And he is driven away as a vision of the night,

²⁰ For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself. ²¹ There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay. ²² In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

²⁸ Remove doth the increase of his house, Poured forth in a day of His anger.

¹⁴ Thou hast seen, For Thou perverseness and anger beholdest; By giving into Thy hand, On Thee doth the afflicted leave it, Of the fatherless Thou hast been an helper.

¹⁹ To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

⁹ Fear Jehovah, ye His holy ones, For there is no lack to those fearing Him. ¹⁰ Young lions have lacked and been hungry, And those seeking Jehovah lack not any good,

³ Trust in Jehovah, and do good, Dwell in the land, and enjoy faithfulness,

¹⁹ They are not ashamed in a time of evil, And in days of famine they are satisfied.

²⁵ Young I have been, I have also become old, And I have not seen the righteous forsaken, And his seed seeking bread.

¹⁰ The wicked seeth, and hath been angry, His teeth he gnasheth, and hath melted, The desire of the wicked doth perish!

³² In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death is the righteous.

¹⁶ He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock are his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

⁶ Do not these—all of them—against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges? ⁷ Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them? ⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it.

³⁰ `And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe—not much more you, O ye of little faith? ³¹ therefore ye may not be anxious, saying, What may we eat? or, What may we drink? or, What may we put round? ³² for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these; ³³ but seek ye first the reign of God and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you.

²² And he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on; <sup>23</sup> the life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing. <sup>24</sup> `Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

³¹ but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

⁵ Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,' <sup>6</sup> so that we do boldly say, `The Lord is to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'

⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; ⁷ Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, ⁸ She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. ⁹ Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? ¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest, ¹¹ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

²⁴ There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

²⁴ The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

⁴ The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

¹⁵ Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

²⁴ The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.

⁴ Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

¹³ Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes—be satisfied with bread.

⁵ The purposes of the diligent are only to advantage, And of every hasty one, only to want.

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. ³¹ And lo, it hath gone up—all of it—thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. ³² And I see—I—I do set my heart, I have seen—I have received instruction, ³³ A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down. ³⁴ And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

¹⁸ By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

²⁷ work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal—even God.'

⁵⁸ so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

¹¹ and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end, ¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

⁵ And this same also—all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, ⁶ and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, ⁷ and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; ⁸ for these things being to you and abounding, do make you neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; ¹⁰ wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

⁶ Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

⁸ She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

⁴ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

² A wise servant ruleth over a son causing shame, And in the midst of brethren He apportioneth an inheritance.

²⁶ Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.

²⁵ The ants are a people not strong, And they prepare in summer their food,

⁶ Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near, ⁷ Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

² and all these blessings have come upon thee, and overtaken thee, because thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God:

⁸ And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

¹³ The blessing of the perishing cometh on me, And the heart of the widow I cause to sing.

⁴² The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.

¹¹ A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

²⁶ Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing is for the head of him who is selling.

²⁵ And to those reproving it is pleasant, And on them cometh a good blessing.

²⁰ A stedfast man hath multiplied blessings, And whoso is hasting to be rich is not acquitted.

¹⁹ And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;

¹⁶ may the Lord give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because many times he did refresh me, and of my chain was not ashamed, ¹⁷ but being in Rome, very diligently he sought me, and found; ¹⁸ may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

³⁶ and to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.

³⁴ And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

¹⁶ and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.

¹⁷ His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

²³ It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

⁵ Thou hast rebuked nations, Thou hast destroyed the wicked, Their name Thou hast blotted out to the age and for ever. ⁶ O thou Enemy, Finished have been destructions for ever, As to cities thou hast plucked up, Perished hath their memorial with them.

¹³ His posterity is for cutting off, In another generation is their name blotted out.

¹⁵ They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.

⁶ For—to the age he is not moved; For a memorial age-during is the righteous.

¹⁰ And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also is vanity.

¹³ The hope of Israel is Jehovah, All forsaking Thee are ashamed, And `My apostates' in the earth are written, For they have forsaken Jehovah, A fountain of living waters.

⁹ Verily I say to you, wherever this good news may be proclaimed in the whole world, what also this woman did shall be spoken of—for a memorial of her.'

⁴⁸ Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

³⁴ Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.

⁵ (The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)

⁹ Give to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.

¹⁰ Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

¹ Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

¹³ In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

³ Whoso is keeping his mouth, is keeping his soul, Whoso is opening wide his lips—ruin to him!

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

²³ In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips is only to want.

⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹² Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

²⁴ `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; ²⁵ and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

¹³ Who is wise and intelligent among you? let him shew out of the good behaviour his works in meekness of wisdom,

⁴ Also—when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou art with me, Thy rod and Thy staff—they comfort me.

²¹ Integrity and uprightness do keep me, For I have waited on Thee.

¹¹ And I, in mine integrity I walk, Redeem me, and favour me. ¹² My foot hath stood in uprightness, In assemblies I bless Jehovah!

¹¹ For a sun and a shield is Jehovah God, Grace and honour doth Jehovah give. He withholdeth not good To those walking in uprightness.

²³ Then thou goest thy way confidently, And thy foot doth not stumble.

²⁰ The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

¹⁸ Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.

¹⁵ Whoso is walking righteously, And is speaking uprightly, Kicking against gain of oppressions, Shaking his hands from taking hold on a bribe, Stopping his ear from hearing of blood, And shutting his eyes from looking on evil, ¹⁶ He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock are his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

²⁶ `Ye may not, therefore, fear them, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, and hid, that shall not be known;

¹ At which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy; ² and there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

⁵ so, then, nothing before the time judge ye, till the Lord may come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of the darkness, and will manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then the praise shall come to each from God.

¹³ and dissemble with him also did the other Jews, so that also Barnabas was carried away by their dissimulation. ¹⁴ But when I saw that they are not walking uprightly to the truth of the good news, I said to Peter before all, `If thou, being a Jew, in the manner of the nations dost live, and not in the manner of the Jews, how the nations dost thou compel to Judaize?

²⁵ in like manner also the right works are manifest beforehand, and those that are otherwise are not able to be hid.

¹² What—doth thine heart take thee away? And what—are thine eyes high?

¹⁹ Mine enemies rejoice not over me with falsehood, Those hating me without cause wink the eye.

¹³ Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,

⁸ The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

¹⁰ because of this, if I may come, I will cause him to remember his works that he doth, with evil words prating against us; and not content with these, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and those intending he doth forbid, and out of the assembly he doth cast.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment. ³¹ The law of his God is his heart, His steps do not slide.

⁶ Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked—as a little thing. ²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

³² The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

¹⁴ The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.

⁷ The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.

²² A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.
²³ The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,
²⁴ Sayings of pleasantness are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.

⁴ Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

¹⁵ Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

¹² Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly, And the latter end of his mouth Is mischievous madness. ¹⁴ And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'

³⁴ `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things—being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak. <sup>35</sup> The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things. <sup>36</sup> `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; ³⁷ for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

²⁹ Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

⁵ so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! ⁶ and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. ⁷ For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, ⁸ and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,

¹⁸ A man of fury stirreth up contention, And the slow to anger appeaseth strife.

²⁷ A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips—as a burning fire.

⁹ Whoso is covering transgression is seeking love, And whoso is repeating a matter Is separating a familiar friend.

²⁵ Whoso is proud in soul stirreth up contention, And whoso is trusting on Jehovah is made fat.

²² An angry man stirreth up contention, And a furious man is multiplying transgression.

⁴ The love is long-suffering, it is kind, the love doth not envy, the love doth not vaunt itself, is not puffed up, ⁵ doth not act unseemly, doth not seek its own things, is not provoked, doth not impute evil, ⁶ rejoiceth not over the unrighteousness, and rejoiceth with the truth; ⁷ all things it beareth, all it believeth, all it hopeth, all it endureth.

¹ Whence are wars and fightings among you? not thence—out of your passions, that are as soldiers in your members?

²⁰ let him know that he who did turn back a sinner from the straying of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

⁸ and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

¹² And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Stretch out thy hand against the land of Egypt for the locust, and it goeth up against the land of Egypt, and doth eat every herb of the land—all that the hail hath left.'

⁹ Be ye not as a horse—as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.

³² He who committeth adultery with a woman lacketh heart, He is destroying his soul who doth it.

²² He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,

¹⁰ Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.
¹¹ A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

³¹ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

²³ Joy is to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season—how good!

¹⁰ Rebuke cometh down on the intelligent More than a hundred stripes on a fool.

²⁹ Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!

³ A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

²² If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

⁴ The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary by a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones.

²² and all were bearing testimony to him, and were wondering at the gracious words that are coming forth out of his mouth, and they said, `Is not this the son of Joseph?'

¹ For an object of desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

¹⁵ The heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

⁸ Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good.

²³ Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

⁴⁴ `Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

⁵² And he said to them, `Because of this every scribe having been discipled in regard to the reign of the heavens, is like to a man, a householder, who doth bring forth out of his treasure things new and old.'

⁶ because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who did shine in our hearts, for the enlightening of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. ⁷ And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

²⁴ If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, `My trust,' ²⁵ If I rejoice because great is my wealth, And because abundance hath my hand found,

⁶ Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

⁷ `Lo, the man who maketh not God his strong place, And trusteth in the abundance of his riches, He is strong in his mischiefs.'

²⁰ Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich are many.

¹¹ The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength, And as a wall set on high in his own imagination.

⁷ All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words—they are not!

²² Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate. ²³ For Jehovah pleadeth their cause, And hath spoiled the soul of their spoilers.

¹² For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors.

²³ Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

¹ Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is—to God. ² And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

²⁴ And the disciples were astonished at his words, and Jesus again answering saith to them, `Children, how hard is it to those trusting on the riches to enter into the reign of God!

¹⁹ and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

¹⁷ Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; —

¹⁸ The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness—a true reward.
¹⁹ Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil—for his own death.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

¹⁰ Say ye to the righteous, that it is good, Because the fruit of their doings they eat. ¹¹ Woe to the wicked—evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

¹⁷ so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits. ¹⁸ A good tree is not able to yield evil fruits, nor a bad tree to yield good fruits.

³³ `Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree bad, and its fruit bad, for from the fruit is the tree known. <sup>34</sup> `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things—being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.

¹⁹ for out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, whoredoms, thefts, false witnessings, evil speakings:

²³ for the wages of the sin is death, and the gift of God is life age-during in Christ Jesus our Lord.

⁷ Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow—that also he shall reap, ⁸ because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during; ⁹ and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap—not desponding;

¹⁷ and their word as a gangrene will have pasture, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus, ¹⁸ who concerning the truth did swerve, saying the rising again to have already been, and do overthrow the faith of some;

¹³ and evil men and impostors shall advance to the worse, leading astray and being led astray.

¹⁰ for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

¹⁶ And it cometh to pass, in his speaking unto him, that he saith to him, `For a counsellor to the king have we appointed thee? cease for thee; why do they smite thee?' And the prophet ceaseth, and saith, `I have known that God hath counselled to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.'

²⁵ And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. ²⁶ I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh,

³⁰ They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,

¹ My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep, ² For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

¹⁸ A tree of life she is to those laying hold on her, And whoso is retaining her is happy.

⁴ And he directeth me, and he saith to me: `Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

¹³ Lay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.

¹² And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

²³ For a lamp is the command, And the law a light, And a way of life are reproofs of instruction,

¹⁰ Chastisement is grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoso is hating reproof dieth.

¹⁷ Incline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge, ¹⁸ For they are pleasant when thou dost keep them in thy heart, They are prepared together for thy lips. ¹⁹ That thy trust may be in Jehovah, I caused thee to know to-day, even thou.

¹ A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

²⁴ `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; <sup>25</sup> and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock. <sup>26</sup> `And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand; ²⁷ and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.'

²⁸ And he said, `Yea, rather, happy those hearing the word of God, and keeping it!'

¹ Because of this it behoveth us more abundantly to take heed to the things heard, lest we may glide aside,

²⁵ See, may ye not refuse him who is speaking, for if those did not escape who refused him who upon earth was divinely speaking—much less we who do turn away from him who speaketh from heaven,

⁵ And this same also—all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge, ⁶ and in the knowledge the temperance, and in the temperance the endurance, and in the endurance the piety, ⁷ and in the piety the brotherly kindness, and in the brotherly kindness the love; ⁸ for these things being to you and abounding, do make you neither inert nor unfruitful in regard to the acknowledging of our Lord Jesus Christ, ⁹ for he with whom these things are not present is blind, dim-sighted, having become forgetful of the cleansing of his old sins; ¹⁰ wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble, ¹¹ for so, richly shall be superadded to you the entrance into the age-during reign of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

²¹ and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, `By the second—thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.' ²² And Saul commandeth his servants, `Speak unto David gently, saying, Lo, the king hath delighted in thee, and all his servants have loved thee, and now, be son-in-law to the king.'

²⁹ and Saul addeth to be afraid of the presence of David yet; and Saul is an enemy with David all the days.

²⁷ And Abner turneth back to Hebron, and Joab turneth him aside unto the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smiteth him there in the fifth rib —and he dieth—for the blood of Asahel his brother.

⁸ And David saith to Uriah, `Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet;' and Uriah goeth out of the king's house, and there goeth out after him a gift from the king, <sup>9</sup> and Uriah lieth down at the opening of the king's house, with all the servants of his lord, and hath not gone down unto his house. <sup>10</sup> And they declare to David, saying, `Uriah hath not gone down unto his house;' and David saith unto Uriah, `Hast thou not come from a journey? wherefore hast thou not gone down unto thy house?' <sup>11</sup> And Uriah saith unto David, `The ark, and Israel, and Judah, are abiding in booths, and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field are encamping; and I—I go in unto my house to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife! —thy life, and the life of thy soul—if I do this thing.' ¹² And David saith unto Uriah, `Abide in this place also to-day, and to-morrow I send thee away;' and Uriah abideth in Jerusalem, on that day, and on the morrow, <sup>13</sup> and David calleth for him, and he eateth before him, and drinketh, and he causeth him to drink, and he goeth out in the evening to lie on his couch with the servants of his lord, and unto his house he hath not gone down.
<sup>14</sup> And it cometh to pass in the morning, that David writeth a letter unto Joab, and sendeth by the hand of Uriah; <sup>15</sup> and he writeth in the letter, saying, `Place ye Uriah over-against the front of the severest battle, and ye have turned back from after him, and he hath been smitten, and hath died.'

²³ And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which is with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king. ²⁴ And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.' <sup>25</sup> And the king saith unto Absalom, `Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;' and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him. ²⁶ And Absalom saith, `If not—let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?' ²⁷ and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king. ²⁸ And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon is glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.' ²⁹ And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.

⁹ And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou in peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him; ¹⁰ and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that is in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth rib, and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated it to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

⁹ For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart is mischiefs, An open grave is their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

² Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

³ He hath not slandered by his tongue, He hath not done to his friend evil; And reproach he hath not lifted up Against his neighbour.

²⁰ Thou sittest, against thy brother thou speakest, Against a son of thy mother givest slander.

²¹ Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart is war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they are drawn swords .

⁵ Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.

²⁴ By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, ²⁵ When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart. ²⁶ Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

²⁰ And, having watched him, they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, ²¹ and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;

¹ To the Overseer, to Jeduthun. —A Psalm of David. I have said, `I observe my ways, Against sinning with my tongue, I keep for my mouth a curb, while the wicked is before me.'

²⁷ One acquainted with knowledge is sparing his words, And the cool of temper is a man of understanding. ²⁸ Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

³ For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

¹⁹ So then, my brethren beloved, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger,

² for we all make many stumbles; if any one in word doth not stumble, this one is a perfect man, able to bridle also the whole body;

⁵ And Jehovah seeth that abundant is the wickedness of man in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart only evil all the day;

²¹ and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, `I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man is evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;

¹⁹ Better is my fruit than gold, even fine gold, And mine increase than choice silver.

¹⁸ A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

⁴ A healed tongue is a tree of life, And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.

¹³ The delight of kings are righteous lips, And whoso is speaking uprightly he loveth,

⁷ For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.

¹¹ Apples of gold in imagery of silver, Is the word spoken at its fit times. ¹² A ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.

⁹ Crooked is the heart above all things, And it is incurable—who doth know it?

³⁴ `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things—being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak. ³⁵ The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

³ Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong. ⁴ The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

¹² The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

²¹ To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel. ²² After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.

²⁹ Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

³¹ And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

²³ He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

¹⁶ Why is this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

⁹ And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many similes. ¹⁰ The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.

¹⁵ And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

¹⁶ Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

⁶ Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

¹⁹ Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding—the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

¹⁹ `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil; ²⁰ for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

¹⁵ When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.' <sup>16</sup> He saith to him again, a second time, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Tend my sheep.' ¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, `Simon, son of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;

²⁸ And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

² feed the flock of God that is among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

² And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.

² and Abram is exceedingly wealthy in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

²³ from a thread even unto a shoe-latchet I take not of anything which thou hast, that thou say not, I—I have made Abram rich;

³⁵ and Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;

¹² And Isaac soweth in that land, and findeth in that year a hundredfold, and Jehovah blesseth him;

¹⁷ and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth: ¹⁸ `And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it is who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as at this day.

¹⁸ and surely ye have kept from the devoted thing, lest ye devote yourselves, and have taken from the devoted thing, and have made the camp of Israel become a devoted thing, and have troubled it;

¹ And the sons of Israel commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, taketh of the devoted thing, and the anger of Jehovah burneth against the sons of Israel. ² And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, `Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai, <sup>3</sup> and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, `Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they are few.' ⁴ And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai, ⁵ and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.
⁶ And Joshua rendeth his garments, and falleth on his face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah till the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and they cause dust to go up on their head. ⁷ And Joshua saith, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, why hast Thou at all caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us? —and oh that we had been willing—and we dwell beyond the Jordan! <sup>8</sup> Oh, Lord, what do I say, after that Israel hath turned the neck before its enemies? <sup>9</sup> and the Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land do hear, and have come round against us, and cut off our name out of the earth; and what dost Thou do for Thy great name?'
<sup>10</sup> And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Rise for thee, why is this? —thou art falling on thy face? ¹¹ Israel hath sinned, and also they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them, and also taken of the devoted thing, and also stolen, and also deceived, and also put it among their vessels, ¹² and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you—if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst. ¹³ `Rise, sanctify the people, and thou hast said, Sanctify yourselves for to-morrow; for thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, A devoted thing is in thy midst, O Israel, thou art not able to stand before thine enemies till your turning aside of the devoted thing out of your midst; <sup>14</sup> and ye have been brought near in the morning by your tribes, and it hath been, the tribe which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by families, and the family which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by households, and the household which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by men; <sup>15</sup> and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'
<sup>16</sup> And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and bringeth Israel near by its tribes, and the tribe of Judah is captured; <sup>17</sup> and he bringeth near the family of Judah, and he captureth the family of the Zarhite; and he bringeth near the family of the Zarhite by men, and Zabdi is captured; <sup>18</sup> and he bringeth near his household by men, and Achan—son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah—is captured. <sup>19</sup> And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done—hide not from me.' ²⁰ And Achan answereth Joshua, and saith, `Truly I have sinned against Jehovah, God of Israel, and thus and thus I have done; <sup>21</sup> and I see among the spoil a goodly robe of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one wedge of gold, whose weight is fifty shekels, and I desire them, and take them; and lo, they are hid in the earth, in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.' <sup>22</sup> And Joshua sendeth messengers, and they run unto the tent, and lo, it is hidden in his tent, and the silver under it; <sup>23</sup> and they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before Jehovah. <sup>24</sup> And Joshua taketh Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, and the robe, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his ox, and his ass, and his flock, and his tent, and all that he hath, and all Israel with him, and they cause them to go up the valley of Achor. <sup>25</sup> And Joshua saith, `What! thou hast troubled us! —Jehovah doth trouble thee this day;' and all Israel cast stones at him, and they burn them with fire, and they stone them with stones, ²⁶ and they raise up over him a great heap of stones unto this day, and Jehovah turneth back from the heat of His anger, therefore hath one called the name of that place `Valley of Achor' till this day.

⁷ Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high. ⁸ He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause them to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah are the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world.

¹⁹ and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, Hast thou murdered, and also possessed? and thou hast spoken unto him, saying, Thus said Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, do the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.'

²⁶ And he saith unto him, `My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants? ²⁷ yea, the leprosy of Naaman doth cleave to thee, and to thy seed, —to the age;' and he goeth out from before him—leprous as snow.

⁸ For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul? ⁹ His cry doth God hear, When distress cometh on him? ¹⁰ On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?
¹¹ I shew you by the hand of God, That which is with the Mighty I hide not. ¹² Lo, ye—all of you—have seen, And why is this—ye are altogether vain? ¹³ This is the portion of wicked man with God, And the inheritance of terrible ones From the Mighty they receive. ¹⁴ If his sons multiply—for them is a sword. And his offspring are not satisfied with bread. ¹⁵ His remnant in death are buried, And his widows do not weep. ¹⁶ If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing, ¹⁷ He prepareth—and the righteous putteth it on, And the silver the innocent doth apportion. ¹⁸ He hath built as a moth his house, And as a booth a watchman hath made. ¹⁹ Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. ²⁰ Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. ²¹ Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place, ²² And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth. ²³ It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

²² For His blessed ones do possess the land, And His reviled ones are cut off.

³⁸ And He blesseth them, and they multiply exceedingly, And their cattle He doth not diminish.

⁷ He is raising up from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He exalteth the needy. ⁸ To cause to sit with princes, With the princes of His people.

²¹ An inheritance gotten wrongly at first, Even its latter end is not blessed.

²² Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.

⁶ Do not these—all of them—against him a simile taken up, And a moral of acute sayings for him, And say, Woe to him who is multiplying what is not his? Till when also is he multiplying to himself heavy pledges? ⁷ Do not thy usurers instantly rise up, And those shaking thee awake up, And thou hast been for a spoil to them? ⁸ Because thou hast spoiled many nations, Spoil thee do all the remnant of the peoples, Because of man's blood, and of violence to the land, To the city, and to all dwelling in it. ⁹ Woe to him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil, ¹⁰ Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful is thy soul. ¹¹ For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it. ¹² Woe to him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

⁴ `I have brought it out—an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts—and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.'

¹ Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you; ² your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten; ³ your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them for a testimony shall be to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye made treasure in the last days! ⁴ lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you—doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered; ⁵ ye did live in luxury upon the earth, and were wanton; ye did nourish your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

¹⁴ Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

⁹ Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.

²¹ Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.

¹⁸ As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death, ¹⁹ So hath a man deceived his neighbour, And hath said, `Am not I playing?'

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy childhood, And let thy heart gladden thee in days of thy youth, And walk in the ways of thy heart, And in the sight of thine eyes, And know thou that for all these, Doth God bring thee into judgment.

²⁵ For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

²¹ A fearful voice is in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.

² The desire of his heart Thou gavest to him, And the request of his lips Thou hast not withheld. Selah.

⁴ And delight thyself on Jehovah, And He giveth to thee the petitions of thy heart.

¹⁹ The desire of those fearing Him He doth, And their cry He heareth, and saveth them.

⁴ I also—I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not—fixed.

⁶ `Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness—because they shall be filled.

¹⁸ `I will not leave you bereaved, I come unto you;

²⁴ till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

²⁷ but a certain fearful looking for of judgment, and fiery zeal, about to devour the opposers;

¹⁴ And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us, ¹⁵ and if we have known that He doth hear us, whatever we may ask, we have known that we have the requests that we have requested from Him.

¹⁸ They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,

¹⁹ Rich he lieth down, and he is not gathered, His eyes he hath opened, and he is not. ²⁰ Overtake him as waters do terrors, By night stolen him away hath a whirlwind. ²¹ Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

⁵ His silver he hath not given in usury, And a bribe against the innocent Hath not taken; Whoso is doing these is not moved to the age!

⁹ For evil doers are cut off, As to those waiting on Jehovah, they possess the land. ¹⁰ And yet a little, and the wicked is not, And thou hast considered his place, and it is not.

⁹ Before your pots discern the bramble, As well the raw as the heated He whirleth away.

¹⁸ Only, in slippery places Thou dost set them, Thou hast caused them to fall to desolations. ¹⁹ How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended—consumed from terrors. ²⁰ As a dream from awakening, O Lord, In awaking, their image Thou despisest.

²⁷ When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

³⁰ The righteous to the age is not moved, And the wicked inhabit not the earth.

³ A man is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.

⁷ Overthrow the wicked, and they are not, And the house of the righteous standeth.

²⁴ Yea, they have not been planted, Yea, they have not been sown, Yea, not taking root in the earth is their stock, And also He hath blown upon them, and they wither, And a whirlwind as stubble taketh them away.

¹⁸ `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

²⁰ being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner-stone,

¹⁹ treasuring up to themselves a right foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life age-during.

¹⁹ sure, nevertheless, hath the foundation of God stood, having this seal, `The Lord hath known those who are His,' and `Let him depart from unrighteousness—every one who is naming the name of Christ.'

¹³ As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, So is a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

²⁰ Whoso is taking away a garment in a cold day, Is as vinegar on nitre, And a singer of songs on a sad heart.

⁶ He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

⁵ Who are saying, `Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.' These are a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.

²⁶ `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

¹¹ in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

¹² that ye may not become slothful, but followers of those who through faith and patient endurance are inheriting the promises.

³² Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green. ³³ He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.

¹⁵ The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden? ¹⁶ Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

⁴ Life he hath asked from Thee, Thou hast given to him—length of days, Age-during—and for ever.

¹¹ Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. ¹² Who is the man that is desiring life? Loving days to see good? ¹³ Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

²³ And Thou, O God, dost bring them down To a pit of destruction, Men of blood and deceit reach not to half their days, And I—I do trust in Thee!

¹⁶ With length of days I satisfy him, And I cause him to look on My salvation!

² For length of days and years, Life and peace they do add to thee.

¹⁶ Length of days is in her right hand, In her left are wealth and honour.

¹¹ For by me do thy days multiply, And added to thee are years of life.

¹⁷ Do not much wrong, neither be thou a fool, why dost thou die within thy time?

¹¹ A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end—he is a fool.

²⁰ `And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare—to whom shall they be?

¹³ So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

²⁰ And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

⁹ Therefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:

²⁴ With Thy counsel Thou dost lead me, And after honour dost receive me. ²⁵ Whom have I in the heavens? And with Thee none I have desired in earth. ²⁶ Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.

⁷ In the death of a wicked man, hope perisheth, And the expectation of the iniquitous hath been lost.

²³ and in the hades having lifted up his eyes, being in torments, he doth see Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom, ²⁴ and having cried, he said, Father Abraham, deal kindly with me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and may cool my tongue, because I am distressed in this flame. ²⁵ `And Abraham said, Child, remember that thou did receive—thou—thy good things in thy life, and Lazarus in like manner the evil things, and now he is comforted, and thou art distressed; ²⁶ and besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that they who are willing to go over from hence unto you are not able, nor do they from thence to us pass through.

² through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

¹² in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

¹³ and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

¹⁶ and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

³ Is not calamity to the perverse? And strangeness to workers of iniquity?

⁶ For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

¹² There have workers of iniquity fallen, They have been overthrown, And have not been able to arise!

²⁰ But the wicked perish, and the enemies of Jehovah, As the preciousness of lambs, Have been consumed, In smoke they have been consumed.

⁷ They go from strength unto strength, He appeareth unto God in Zion.

⁷ When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity—For their being destroyed for ever and ever!

¹⁵ To do justice is joy to the righteous, But ruin to workers of iniquity.

³¹ But those expecting Jehovah pass to power, They raise up the pinion as eagles, They run and are not fatigued, They go on and do not faint!

¹² And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!

²² Many will say to me in that day, Lord, lord, have we not in thy name prophesied? and in thy name cast out demons? and in thy name done many mighty things? ²³ and then I will acknowledge to them, that—I never knew you, depart from me ye who are working lawlessness.

²⁶ then ye may begin to say, We did eat before thee, and did drink, and in our broad places thou didst teach; ²⁷ and he shall say, I say to you, I have not known you whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of the unrighteousness.

⁸ and to those contentious, and disobedient, indeed, to the truth, and obeying the unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, ⁹ tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

¹³ For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

⁸ I did place Jehovah before me continually, Because—at my right hand I am not moved.

²⁸ For Jehovah is loving judgment, And He doth not forsake His saintly ones, To the age they have been kept, And the seed of the wicked is cut off. ²⁹ The righteous possess the land, And they dwell for ever on it.

⁵ Also—God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.

¹ A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah are as Mount Zion, It is not moved—to the age it abideth.

²¹ For the upright do inhabit the earth, And the perfect are left in it, ²² And the wicked from the earth are cut off, And treacherous dealers plucked out of it!

²⁵ As the passing by of a hurricane, So the wicked is not, And the righteous is a foundation age-during.

²⁴ `Son of man, the inhabitants of these wastes on the ground of Israel are speaking, saying: Alone hath been Abraham—and he possesseth the land, and we are many—to us hath the land been given for a possession. ²⁵ Therefore say unto them: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: With the blood ye do eat, And your eyes ye lift up unto your idols, And blood ye shed, and the land ye inherit! ²⁶ Ye have stood on your sword, Ye have done abomination, Each the wife of his neighbour ye have defiled, And the land ye possess!

⁹ The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age. ¹⁰ Rise and go, for this is not the rest, Because of uncleanness it doth corrupt, And corruption is powerful.

⁴¹ They say to him, `Evil men—he will evilly destroy them, and the vineyard will give out to other husbandmen, who will give back to him the fruits in their seasons.'

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ³⁶ (according as it hath been written—`For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') ³⁷ but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us; ³⁸ for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, ³⁹ nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

¹⁸ Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

¹¹ And the king doth rejoice in God, Boast himself doth every one swearing by Him, But stopped is the mouth of those speaking lies!

³ What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue! ⁴ Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

¹³ In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

¹² To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

¹¹ By the blessing of the upright is a city exalted, And by the mouth of the wicked thrown down.

⁶ The words of the wicked are : `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

² The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

²⁸ The heart of the righteous meditateth to answer, And the mouth of the wicked uttereth evil things.

⁶ The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. ⁷ The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
⁸ The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.

¹⁰ The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written by the upright, words of truth.

⁸ discourse sound, irreprehensible, that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having nothing evil to say concerning you.