American Standard Version of 1901
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And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there.
And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place, and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Then said Micah, Now know I that Jehovah will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest.
And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of {Another reading is, Manasseh.}Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
Boast not thyself of to-morrow;For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;A stranger, and not thine own lips.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty;But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is {Hebrew: a flood.}overwhelming;But who is able to stand before jealousy?
Better is open rebukeThan love that is hidden.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend;But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
The full soul {Hebrew: trampleth upon.}loatheth a honeycomb;But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,So is a man that wandereth from his place.
Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;So doth the sweetness of a man's friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;And go not to thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad,That I may answer him that reproacheth me.
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger;And hold him in pledge that is surety for a foreign woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning,It shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy dayAnd a contentious woman are alike:
He that would {Hebrew: hide.}restrain her {Hebrw: hideth.}restraineth the wind;And {Or, the oil of his right hand betrayeth itself}his right hand encountereth oil.
Iron sharpeneth iron;So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
{Or, As water showeth face to face, so the heart showeth man to man}As in water face answereth to face,So the heart of man to man.
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied;And the eyes of man are never satisfied.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;And a man is tried by {Or, that which he praiseth Or, that whereof he boasteth}his praise.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain,Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,And look well to thy herds:
For riches are not for ever:And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
The {Hebrew: grass.}hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
The lambs are for thy clothing,And the goats are the price of the field;
And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,And maintenance for thy maidens.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,So is a man that wandereth from his place.
For there is one God, one mediator also between God and men, himself man, Christ Jesus,
Wherefore also he is able to save {Greek: completely.}to the uttermost them that draw near unto God through him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.