American Standard Version of 1901
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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.
If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, {Or, what doth it profit me, if the dead are not raised? Let us eat &c.}what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
{Or, but we ourselves}yea, we ourselves have had the {Greek: answer.}sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead:
And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.
For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of {Greek: Artemis.}Diana, brought no little business unto the craftsmen;
whom he gathered together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this business we have our wealth.
And ye see and hear; that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they are no gods, that are made with hands:
and not only is there danger that this our trade come into disrepute; but also that the temple of the great goddess {Greek: Artemis.}Diana be made of no account, and that she should even be deposed from her magnificence whom all Asia and {Greek: the inhabited earth.}the world worshippeth.
And when they heard this they were filled with wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is {Greek: Artemis.}Diana of the Ephesians.
And the city was filled with the confusion: and they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel.
And when Paul was minded to enter in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
And certain also of the {That is, officers having charge of festivals &c. In the Roman province of Asia.}Asiarchs, being his friends, sent unto him and besought him not to adventure himself into the theatre.
Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was in confusion; and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.
{Or, And some of the multitude instructed Alexander}And they brought Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made a defense unto the people.
But when they perceived that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is {Greek: Artemis.}Diana of the Ephesians.
And when the townclerk had quieted the multitude, he saith, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there who knoweth not that the city of the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great {Greek: Artemis.}Diana, and of the image which fell down from {Or, heaven}Jupiter?
Seeing then that these things cannot be gainsaid, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.
For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
If therefore Demetrius, and the craftsmen that are with him, have a matter against any man, {Or, court days are kept}the courts are open, and there are proconsuls: let them accuse one another.
But if ye seek anything about other matters, it shall be settled in the regular assembly.
For indeed we are in danger to be {Or, accused of riot concerning this day}accused concerning this day's riot, there being no cause for it: and as touching it we shall not be able to give account of this concourse.
And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.