Every wise woman buildeth her house;
But {Hebrew: folly.}the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;
But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;
But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies.
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;
But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
{Or, Go from…For thou wilt not & c.}Go into the presence of a foolish man,
And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;
But the folly of fools is deceit.
{Or, Fools make a mock at sin}A trespass-offering mocketh fools;
But among the upright there is {Or, the favor of God}good will.
The heart knoweth its own bitterness;
And a stranger doth not inter-meddle with its joy.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;
But the tent of the upright shall flourish.
There is a way which {Or, is straight before}seemeth right unto a man;
But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;
And the end of mirth is heaviness.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;
And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The simple believeth every word;
But the prudent man looketh well to his going.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;
But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
He that is soon angry will deal foolishly;
And a man of wicked devices is hated.
The simple inherit folly;
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The evil bow down before the good;
And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;
But the rich hath many friends.
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
{Or, Shall they not go astray}Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
In all labor there is profit;
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
{Or, Their riches is a crown unto the wise}The crown of the wise is their riches;
But the folly of fools is only folly.
A true witness delivereth souls;
But he that {Hebrew: breatheth out.}uttereth lies causeth deceit.
In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence;
And {Or, the children of him that hath it}his children shall have a place of refuge.
The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life,
That one may depart from the snares of death.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory;
But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
He that is slow to anger is of great understanding;
But he that is hasty of spirit {Or, carrieth away}exalteth folly.
A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh;
But {Or, jealously}envy is the rottenness of the bones.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;
But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.
The wicked is thrust down in his {Or, calamity}evil-doing;
But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding;
{Or, And in the midst of fools it maketh itself known}But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.
Righteousness exalteth a nation;
But sin is a reproach to {Hebrew: peoples.}any people.
The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely;
But his wrath will be against him that {Or, doeth shamefully}causeth shame.
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The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
He that despiseth his neighbor is void of {Hebrew: heart.}wisdom;But a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity,Than he that is {Hebrew: perverse of two ways.}perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,I who called upon God, and he answered:The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great lovingkindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great lovingkindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Have mercy upon us, O Jehovah, have mercy upon us;For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was {Hebrew: Iyob.}Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
Our soul is exceedingly filledWith the scoffing of those that are at ease,And with the contempt of the proud.
And unto man he said,Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;And to depart from evil is understanding.
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that rejecteth you rejecteth me; and he that rejecteth me rejecteth him that sent me.
Let integrity and uprightness preserve me,For I wait for thee.
And the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all these things; and they scoffed at him.
{Hebrew: Hallelujah.}Praise ye Jehovah.Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah,That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
{Or, Let us hear the conclusion of the whole master}This is the end of the matter; all hath been heard: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for {Or, this is the duty of all men}this is the whole duty of man.
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him that he might fear; and he feared me, and stood in awe of my name.
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, haughty, railers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
The law of truth was in his mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good,
So the church throughout all Judæa and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being {Greek: builded up.}edified; and, walking {Or, by}in the fear of the Lord and {Or, by}in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.
And they said, Cornelius a centurion, a righteous man and one that feareth God, and well reported of by all the nation of the Jews, was warned of God by a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words from thee.
but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him.