American Standard Version of 1901
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To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; {Or, Else might he forsake Or, But he forsaketh}Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook,As the channel of brooks that pass away;
Which are black by reason of the ice,And wherein the snow hideth itself:
What time they {Or, shrink}wax warm, they vanish;When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.
{Or, The paths of their way are turned aside}The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside;They go up into the waste, and perish.
The caravans of Tema looked,The companies of Sheba waited for them.
They were put to shame because they had hoped;They came thither, and were confounded.
For now ye {Another reading is, are like thereto.}are nothing;Ye see a terror, and are afraid.
Did I say, Give unto me?Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?
Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand?Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.
But whoso hath the world's goods, and beholdeth his brother in need, and shutteth up his compassion from him, how doth the love of God abide in him?
I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan:Very pleasant hast thou been unto me:Thy love to me was wonderful,Passing the love of women.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,Than a house full of {Hebrew: the sacrifices of strife.}feasting with strife.
A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that {Or, doeth shamefully}causeth shame,And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;But Jehovah trieth the hearts.
An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips;And {Hebrew: falsehood.}a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker;And he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
Children's children are the crown of old men;And the glory of children are their fathers.
{Or, Arrogant}Excellent speech becometh not a fool;Much less do lying lips a prince.
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;Whithersoever {Or, he}it turneth, {Or, he}it {Or, dealeth wisely}prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;But he that harpeth on a matter separateth chief friends.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understandingThan a hundred stripes into a fool.
{Or, A rebellious man (Hebrew: Rebellion) seeketh only evil}An evil man seeketh only rebellion;Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man,Rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good,Evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:Therefore leave off contention, before there is quarrelling.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous,Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,Seeing he hath no {Hebrew: heart.}understanding?
A friend loveth at all times;And {Or, is born as a brother}a brother is born for adversity.
A man void of {Hebrew: heart.}understanding striketh hands,And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
{Or, He that loveth transgression loveth strife}He loveth transgression that loveth strife:He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good;And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into {Or, calamity}mischief.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow;And the father of a fool hath no joy.
A cheerful heart {Hebrew: causeth good healing.}is a good medicine;But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom,To pervert the ways of justice.
Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding;But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father,And bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to {Or, fine}punish the righteous is not good,Nor to smite the noble for their uprightness.
He {Or, that hath knowledge spareth his words, And a man of understanding is of a cool spirit}that spareth his words hath knowledge;And he that is of a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; {Or, He that shutteth his lips is &c.}When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
A friend loveth at all times;And {Or, is born as a brother}a brother is born for adversity.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.
Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto his Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them {Or, to the uttermost}unto the end.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
No longer do I call you {Greek: bondservants.}servants; for the {Greek: bondservant.}servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known unto you.
Jesus saith to her, {Greek: Take not hold on me}Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
{Another reading is, In all their adversity he was no adversary}In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is;Hear it, and know thou it {Hebrew: for thyself.}for thy good.
Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help us in time of need.