American Standard Version of 1901
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A gracious woman obtaineth honor;And violent men obtain riches.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul;But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
The wicked earneth deceitful wages;But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
{Or, So righteousness tendeth to life, and he &c.}He that is stedfast in righteousness shall attain unto life;And he that pursueth evil doeth it to his own death.
They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah;But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.
{Or, My hand upon it! Hebrew: Hand to hand.}Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished;But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
As a ring of gold in a swine's snout,So is a fair woman that {Hebrew: turneth aside from.}is without discretion.
The desire of the righteous is only good;But the expectation of the wicked is {Or, arrogance}wrath.
{Or, The words of Lemuel king of Massa, which &c. See chapter 30:1 margin.}The words of king Lemuel; the {Or, burden}oracle which his mother taught him.
What, my son? and what, O son of my womb?And what, O son of my vows?
Give not thy strength unto women,Nor thy ways to {Or, as otherwise read, them that destroy}that which destroyeth kings.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;Nor for princes {Another reading is, to desire strong drink.}to say, Where is strong drink?
Lest they drink, and forget {Hebrew: that which is decreed.}the law,And pervert the justice due to {Hebrew: all the sons of the affliction.}any that is afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,And wine unto the bitter in soul:
Let him drink, and forget his poverty,And remember his misery no more.
Open thy mouth for the dumb,In the cause of all such as are {Or, ready to pass away Hebrew; the sons of passing away.}left desolate.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,And minister justice to the poor and needy.
A worthy woman who can find?For her price is far above rubies.
The heart of her husband trusteth in her,And he shall have no lack of {Hebrew: spoil.}gain.
She doeth him good and not evilAll the days of her life.
She seeketh wool and flax,And worketh {Or, at the business of}willingly with her hands.
She is like the merchant-ships;She bringeth her bread from afar.
She riseth also while it is yet night,And giveth food to her household,And their {Or, portion}task to her maidens.
She considereth a field, and buyeth it;With the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
She girdeth her loins with strength,And maketh strong her arms.
She perceiveth that her merchandise is profitable;Her lamp goeth not out by night.
She layeth her hands to the distaff,And her {Hebrew: palms.}hands hold the spindle.
She stretcheth out her {Hebrew: palm.}hand to the poor;Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household;For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
She maketh for herself {Or, cushions}carpets of tapestry;Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
Her husband is known in the gates,When he sitteth among the elders of the land.
She maketh linen garments and selleth them,And delivereth girdles unto the {Hebrew: Canaanites.}merchant.
Strength and dignity are her clothing;And she laugheth at the time to come.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom;And the {Or, teaching}law of kindness is on her tongue.
She looketh well to the ways of her household,And eateth not the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up, and call her blessed;Her husband also, and he praiseth her, saying:
Many daughters have done worthily,But thou excellest them all.
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain;But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.
Give her of the fruit of her hands;And let her works praise her in the gates.
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
For what the law could not do, {Greek: wherein.}in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of {Greek: flesh of sin.}sinful flesh {Or, and as an offering for sin Leviticus 7:37 & c. Hebrews 10:6 & c. }and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
that the {Or, requirement}ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For they that are after the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be:
and they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies {Many ancient authorities read because of.}through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
So then, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh:
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the {Greek: doings.}deeds of the body, ye shall live.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:
and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified with him.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
For the earnest expectation of the creation waiteth for the revealing of the sons of God.
For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, {Or, in hope: because the creation & c.}in hope
that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain {Or, with us}together until now.
And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
For {Or, by}in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: {Many ancient authorities read for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?}for who {Some ancient authorities read awaiteth.}hopeth for that which he seeth?
But if we hope for that which we see not, then do we with {Or, stedfastness}patience wait for it.
And in like manner the Spirit also helpeth our infirmity: for we know not how to pray as we ought; but the Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered;
and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, {Or, that}because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
And we know that to them that love God {Some ancient authorities read God worketh all things with them for good.}all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
For whom he foreknew, he also foreordained to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren:
and whom he foreordained, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not also with him freely give us all things?
Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? {Or, Shall God that justifieth?}It is God that justifieth;
who is he that condemneth? {Or, Shall Christ Jesus that died…us?}It is Christ Jesus that died, yea rather, that was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love {Some ancient authorities read of God.}of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Even as it is written, {Psalms 44:22}For thy sake we are killed all the day long;We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
nor height, nor depth, nor any other {Or, creation}creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The plans of the heart belong to man;But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes;But Jehovah weigheth the spirits.
{Hebrew: Roll.}Commit thy works unto Jehovah,And thy purposes shall be established.
Jehovah hath made everything for {Or, his own purpose}its own end;Yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah:Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
When a man's ways please Jehovah,He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Better is a little, with righteousness,Than great revenues with injustice.
A man's heart deviseth his way;But Jehovah directeth his steps.
{Hebrew: Divination.}A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
A just balance and scales are Jehovah's;All the weights of the bag are his work.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;For the throne is established by righteousness.
Righteous lips are the delight of kings;And they love him that speaketh right.
The wrath of a king is as messengers of death;But a wise man will pacify it.
In the light of the king's countenance is life;And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold!Yea, to get understanding is rather to be chosen than silver.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil:He that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
Pride goeth before destruction,And a haughty spirit before a fall.
Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the {Or, meek}poor,Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
He that {Or, handleth a matter wisely}giveth heed unto the word shall find good;And whoso trusteth in Jehovah, happy is he.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent;And the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it;But the correction of fools is their folly.
The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth,And addeth learning to his lips.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb,Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way which {Or, is straight before}seemeth right unto a man,But the end thereof are the ways of death.
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
A worthless man {Hebrew: diggeth.}deviseth mischief;And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
A perverse man scattereth abroad strife;And a whisperer {Or, alienateth his friend}separateth chief friends.
A man of violence enticeth his neighbor,And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
{Or, He that shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things, That compresseth his lips, bringeth &c.}He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things:He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
The hoary head is a crown of {Or, beauty}glory; {Or, If it be found}It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
The lot is cast into the lap;But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.