Ketuvim
Mishlei20
Proverbs · Chapter 20
Wine
is a mocker, strong drink
is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
The fear of a king
is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso
provoketh him to anger sinneth
against his own nephesh.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
therefore
shall he beg in harvest, and
have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man
is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
The just
man walketh in his integrity: his children
are
blessed after him.
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Divers weights,
and divers measures, both of them
are
alike abomination to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
be
pure, and whether
it be right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath made even both of them.
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes,
and
thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
It is naught,
it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge
are a precious jewel.
Take his garment that is surety
for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Bread of deceit
is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
He that goeth about
as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
An inheritance
may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Say not thou, I will recompense evil;
but wait on 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and he shall save thee.
Divers weights
are an abomination unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and a false balance
is not good.
Man’s goings
are of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); how can a man then understand his own way?
It is a snare to the man
who devoureth
that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
The spirit of man
is the candle of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
The glory of young men
is their strength: and the beauty of old men
is the grey head.
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so
do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Ketuvim
Mishlei21
Proverbs · Chapter 21
The king’s heart
is in the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
as
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man
is right in his own eyes: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) pondereth the hearts.
To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) than sacrifice.
An high look, and a proud heart,
and the plowing of the wicked,
is sin.
The thoughts of the diligent
tend only to plenteousness; but of every one
that is hasty only to want.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
The way of man
is froward and strange: but
as for
the pure, his work
is right.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
The nephesh of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
The righteous
man wisely considereth the house of the wicked:
but Elohim overthroweth the wicked for
their wickedness.
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
He that loveth pleasure
shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The wicked
shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
A wise
man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his nephesh from troubles.
Proud
and haughty scorner
is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
The sacrifice of the wicked
is abomination: how much more,
when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but
as for the upright, he directeth his way.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
The horse
is prepared against the day of battle: but safety
is of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Ketuvim
Mishlei22
Proverbs · Chapter 22
A
good name
is rather to be chosen than great riches,
and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
The rich and poor meet together: 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is the maker of them all.
A prudent
man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
By humility
and the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
are riches, and honour, and life.
Thorns
and snares
are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his nephesh shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower
is servant to the lender.
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips the king
shall be his friend.
The eyes of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
The slothful
man saith,
There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
The mouth of strange women
is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall fall therein.
Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child;
but
the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his
riches, and he that giveth to the rich,
shall surely
come to want.
Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
For
it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
That thy trust may be in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Rob not the poor, because he
is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
For 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will plead their cause, and spoil the nephesh of those that spoiled them.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy nephesh.
Be not thou
one of them that strike hands,
or of them that are sureties for debts.
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean
men.