The young exhorted to B. C. about 1000. f Ps. 91. 5. & 112. 7. g Rom. 13. 7. Gal. 6. 10. + Heb. the owners thereof. h Lev. 19. 13. Deut. 24.15. Il Or, Practise no evil. i Rom. 12. 18. k Ps. 37. 1. & 73. 3. ch. 24. 1. + Heb. a man of violence. 1 Ps. 25. 14. m Lev. 26. 14, &c. Ps. 37. 22. Zech. 5. PROVERBS. 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked but he 4. Mal. 2. 2. blesseth the habitation of the just. 34° Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. n Ps. 1. 3. • James 4. 6. 1 Pet. 5. 5. 35 The wise shall inherit glory : but shame shall be the promotion of fools. 5 Get wisdom, get understanding :| forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. attend to instruction. 11 I have taught thee in the way B. C. of wisdom; I have led thee in right about 1000. paths. 12 When thou goest,' thy steps shall | 1 Ps. 18. 96. not be straitened; mand when thou m Ps. 91. 11, runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go keep her; for she is thy life. 12. 1. 10, 15. 14 ¶ "Enter not into the path of the Ps. 1. 1. ch. wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. 18 PBut the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. 20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; 'keep them in the midst of thine heart. o Ps. 36. 4. Is. 57. 20. P Matt. 5. 14. ! 45. Phil. 2. 15. q 2 Sam. 23. 4. r1 Sam. 2. 9. Job 18. 5, 6. 18. 59. 9. 10. Jer. 23. 12 John 12. 35. ch. 3. 3, 21 tch. 2. 1. u ch. 3. 8. & 12. 18. 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and "thealth to all their Heb, medflesh. icine. 23 Keep thy heart with all dili-+ Heb. above gence; for out of it are the issues of all keeping. life. 24 Put away from thee a froward Heb. fro mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left remove thy foot from evil. CHAPTER V. 6 Forsake her not, and she shall An exhortation to attend to wisdom; 3 to avoid the preserve thee: 'love her, and she keep thee. snare of the strange woman; 15 and to be chaste. 22 The end of the wicked. Y son, unto wisdom, shall Wisdom is the principal thing: Mandate the car to way um wardness of mouth, and perverseness of lips. Or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright. I Deut. 5. 32. & 29.14 Josh. 1. 7. y Is. 1. 16. Rom. 12 9. 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep Mal. 2. 7. knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 'Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. b ch. 2. 16. & 6. 21. + Heb. palate. e Ps. 55. 21. d Eec. 7. 26. • Heb. 4. 12 f ch. 7. 2 Exhortation to chastity. B. C. PROVERBS. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the about 1000 path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! 14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. 16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. 17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. 18 Let thy fountain be blessed and See Cant 2 rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 19 * Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts + satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. ↑ Heb. water thee, ↑ Heb. err thou always is her love. 3 20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ch 2. 16. & 7. ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. 2 Chr. 16. 9. Job 31. 4. & 34 21. ch. 15. 3. Jer. 16. 17. & 32. 19. Hos. 7. 2. Heb. 4. 13. + Heb. sin. Ps. 9. 15. 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. 23 He shall-die without instruction; Cautions and admonitions. hand of thy friend; go, humble thy- 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; 8 Provideth her meat in the sum- B. C. about 1000. Or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend. b Ps. 132. 4. c Job 12. 7. 34. 9 d How long wilt thou sleep, Od ch. 24. 33, sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as t one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. e ch. 10. 4. & 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, hef Job 15. 12. speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, deviseth mischief continually; † soweth discord. Ps. 35. 19. ch. 10. 10. he Mic. 2. 1. heb ver. 19. + Heb. casteth forth. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be bro-i Jer. 19. 11. ken without remedy. 16 ¶ These six things doth the LORD hate; yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 1t A proud look, ma lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. k 2 Chr. 36. 16. + Heb. of his eyes. 1 Ps. 18. 27. & m Ps. 120. 2, 3, ch. 19. 5, 9. r ver. 14. 20 My son, keep thy father's 4Ps, 27, 12. commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: 8 ch. 1. 8. Eph. 6. 1. 21 Bind them continually upon t ch. 3. 3. & 7. thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it shall lead 121. and in the greatness of his folly he thee; when thou sleepest, it shall The mischief of adultery. B. C. about 1000. Heb. the wo man of a man, or, a man's wife. c Gen. 39. 14. d Ez. 13. 18. • Ex. 22. 1, 4. f ch. 7. 7. + Heb. He will of bread and the adulteress will streets, and lieth in wait at every 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. 30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; 31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. 32 But whoso committeth adultery with a wolnan 'lacketh † understanding he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. 33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. 34 For jealousy is the rage of a man therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. 35 + He will not regard any ransom; not accept the neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. face of any ransom. a ch. 2. 1. b Lev. 18. 5. ch. 4. 4. Is. 55. 3. e Deut. 32. 10. d Deut. 6. 8. & 11. 18. ch. 3. 3. & 6. 21. e ch. 2. 16. & 5. 3. & 6. 24. + Heb. the fch. 6. 32. & 9. 4, 16. g Job 24, 15. + Heb. in the evening of the day. h ch. 9. 13. 13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said + Heb. she unto him, 14 ↑ I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows. 15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. 16 I have decked my bed with cov- 17 I have perfumed my bed with 19 For the goodman is not at home, strengthened her face, and said. + Heb Peace offerings are upon me. k 1s. 19. 9. 20 He hath taken a bag of money + with him, and will come home at Heb, in his "the day appointed. m 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. 22 He goeth after her † straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; hand. | Or, the new moon. 1 ch. 5. 3. Heb. suddenly. 23 Till a dart strike through his liver; "as a bird hasteth to the snare, Ecc. 9. 12 and knoweth not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me now there My son, keep my worth, ts with fore, O ye children, and attend to the 64 For at the window of my house DOTH not wisdom cry? and ach 1. 20. & 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: 10 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtile of heart. 11 h She is loud and stubborn; 'her 1 Tim. 5. 13. feet abide not in her house: Tit. 2. 5. 2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. 3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: 4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. 50 ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of 'excel- b ch. 22. 20 lent things; and the opening of my 12 Now is she without, now in the lips shall be right things. The excellence of wisdom. B. C. PROVERBS. about 1000. and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. + Heb. the abomination of my lips. +Heb.wreath ed. Job 28. 15, & 113, 127. ch. Her feast and invitation. B. C. 7 For my mouth shall speak truth; | decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he ap- about 1000. pointed the foundations of the earth: 30 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always Matt. 3. 17. before him; 8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than ruand all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. &c. Pa. 19.10bies; 3 14, 15, & 4. 5, 7. & 16. 16. Or, subtilty. 4 ch. 16. 6. ⚫ ch. 6. 17. fch. 4. 24. (Ecc. 7. 19. Dan. 2. 21. Rom. 13. 1. 11 Sam. 2. 30. P 91. 14. John 14. 21. k James 1. 5. 1 ch. 9. 16. Matt. 6. 33. ch. 3. 14. ver. 10. 1 Or, walk. ach. 3. 19. John 1. 1. P&. 26. P Job 15. 7, 8. 1 Or, ореп places. 1Or, the chief part Or, a circle. 13en. 1.9, 10. 12 I wisdom dwell with "prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and 'the froward mouth, do I hate. 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom I am understanding; I have strength. 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 17 I love them that love me; and *those that seek me early shall find me. 18' Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: 21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. 22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. 23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. 24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: 26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. 27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth : 28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the P 33.7.& fountains of the deep: Jobs. 10,11. 104. 9. Jer. 5. 22. 7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame : and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest hei Matt. 7. 6. hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and Ps. 141. 5. he will love thee. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in Matt. 13, 12. learning. 10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding. k ver. 10. + Heb. a fool of lips. Or, shall be beaten. 1 P8. 23. 4. ch. 28. 18. Is. 33. 15, 16. m ch. 6. 13. n ver. 8. Or, shall be beaten. • Ps. 37. 30. ch. 13. 14. & 18. 4. p Ps. 107. 42. ver. 6. q ch. 17. 9. + Heb. heart. ch. 18. 7. & 21. 23. t Job 31. 24. Ps. 52. 7. ch. 18. 11. e 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but 'the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. e d 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. 15. 21. b Job 15. 21. P. 145, 19. Matt, 5. 6. d Ps. 37. 9, 10, e ver. 30. Ps. 15. 5. Mat. 7. 24, 25. & 16. 18. f ch. 9. 11. 27 The fear of the LORD † prolong-+Heb. addeth. eth days: but & the years of the wick-8 Job 15. 32 ed shall be shortened. ོ,2 5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: * but †a prating fool I shall fall. 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. : 10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: "but a prating fool I shall fall. 11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but P violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. 13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but 'a rod is for the back of him that is void oft understanding. 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city the destruction of the 1 Tim. 6. 17. poor is their poverty. 16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life the fruit of the wicked to sin. 17 He is in the way of life that 33. & 22. 16. Ps. 55, 23. Ecc. 7. 17. 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of Job 8. 13. & the wicked shall perish. 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. k 30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. 11. 20. Ps. 112 10, ch. 11.7. i Ps. 1.6. & $7,20. Ps. 37. 22, 29. & 125, 1. ver. 25. 31 The mouth of the just bringeth1 Ps. 57. SO. forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. 32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. CHAPTER XI. Sundry Proverbs. A+FALSE balance is abomina + Heb. fro wardnesses. ances of tion to the LORD: but ta just deceit." weight is his delight. 2 b When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. + Heb. a perfect stone. a Lev. 19. $5, 36. Deut. 25, 13-16 ch. 16. 11. & 20, 10, 23. b ch. 15. 33. & 16. 18. & 18. 12. Deut. 4. 30, 31. c ch. 18. 6. |
