American Standard Version of 1901
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a {Hebrew: tree.}gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a {Hebrew: tree.}gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;But Jehovah weighteth the hearts.
To do righteousness and justiceIs more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
A high look, and a proud heart, {Or, And the tillage}Even the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness;But every one that is hasty hasteth only to want.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongueIs a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away,Because they refuse to do justice.
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;But as for the pure, his work is {Or, straight}right.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,Than with a contentious woman in {Or, a house in common Hebrew: a house of society.}a wide house.
The soul of the wicked desireth evil:His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise;And {Or, when one considereth the wise}when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
{Or, One that is righteous…he overthroweth the wicked &c.}The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked,How the wicked are overthrown to their ruin.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor,He also shall cry, but shall not be heard.
A gift in secret {Hebrew: bendeth.}pacifieth anger;And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; {Or, But destruction shall be to &c.}But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understandingShall rest in the assembly of {Or, the shades Hebrew: Rephaim.}the dead.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man:He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous;And the treacherous cometh in the stead of the upright.
It is better to dwell in a desert land,Than with {Or, a contentious woman and vexation}a contentious and fretful woman.
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise;But a foolish man swalloweth it up.
He that followeth after righteousness and kindnessFindeth life, righteousness, and honor.
A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty,And bringeth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongueKeepeth his soul from troubles.
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
The desire of the sluggard killeth him;For his hands refuse to labor.
There is that coveteth greedily all the day long;But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination:How much more, when he bringeth it {Or, to atone for wickedness}with a wicked mind!
A false witness shall perish;But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
A wicked man hardeneth his face;But as for the upright, {Another reading is, he considereth his way.}he establisheth his ways.
There is no wisdom nor understandingNor counsel against Jehovah.
The horse is prepared against the day of battle;But {Or, deliverance}victory is of Jehovah.
The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name;He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
But Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to try the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them that have buried thy husband are at the door, and they shall carry thee out.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,So is a fair woman that {Hebrew: turneth aside from.}is without discretion.