Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked sinners against the Lord.

And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are eliminated.’

Oh that Job were tested to the limit, Because he answers like sinners.

BOOK 1

The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted.

Blessed is the person who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!

Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.

The Lord is good and upright; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way.

Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed,

Then I will teach wrongdoers Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You.

May sinners be removed from the earth And may the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, my soul. Praise the Lord!

The Enticement of Sinners

Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction, And do not ignore your mother’s teaching;

My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.

Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity.

Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the Lord always.

But wrongdoers and sinners together will be broken, And those who abandon the Lord will come to an end.

Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.

Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. “Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?”

All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, ‘The catastrophe will not overtake or confront us.’

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and began dining with Jesus and His disciples.

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

Now go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.

When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating with tax collectors and sinners?”

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”