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.
Ketuvim
Mishlei23
Proverbs · Chapter 23
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou
be a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties: for they
are deceitful meat.
Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for
riches
certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward shamayim.
Eat thou not the bread of
him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so
is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart
is not with thee.
The morsel
which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
For their redeemer
is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Withhold not correction from the child: for
if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his nephesh from hell.
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but
be thou in the fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) all the day long.
For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe
a man with rags.
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Buy the truth, and sell
it not;
also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise
child shall have joy of him.
Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
For a whore
is a deep ditch; and a strange woman
is
a narrow pit.
She also lieth in wait as
for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup,
when it moveth itself aright.
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
They have stricken me,
shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me,
and I felt
it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.