Old/New Testament
22 A good name is to be chosen above great riches. And loving favor is above silver and above gold.
2 The rich and poor meet together, the LORD the maker of them all.
3 A prudent man sees the plague and hides himself. But the foolish go on still, and are punished.
4 The reward of humility and the fear of God is riches and glory and life.
5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse. But he who guards his soul will depart far from them.
6 Teach a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he shall not depart from it.
7 The rich rules the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.
8 He who sows iniquity shall reap affliction. And the rod of his anger shall fail.
9 He who has a generous eye shall be blessed, for he gives his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out the scoffer, and strife shall go out. Indeed, contention and dishonor shall cease.
11 He who loves pureness of heart shall the king befriend, because of the grace of his lips.
12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge. But He overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13 The slothful says, “A lion is outside. I shall be killed in the street.”
14 The mouth of strange women is as a deep pit. He with whom the LORD is angry shall fall therein.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child. But the rod of correction shall drive it away from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor for his own gain, giving to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge.
18 For it shall be pleasant if you keep them in your core; and if they are set together on your lips.
19 That your confidence may be in the LORD, I have shown you this day. Yes, you.
20 Have I not written to you before in counsels and knowledge,
21 that I might show you the assurance of the words of truth; and to answer words of truth to those who have sent you?
22 Do not rob the poor because he is poor; nor oppress the afflicted in the gate.
23 For the LORD will defend their cause and spoil the soul of those who spoil them.
24 Make no friendship with an angry man, nor go with the furious man,
25 lest you learn his ways and receive destruction to your soul.
26 Do not be one of those who shakes hands in pledges; nor among those who are surety for debts.
27 If you have nothing to pay, why should he take your bed from under you?
28 You shall not remove the ancient boundaries which your fathers have made.
29 You see that a man who is diligent in his business stands before kings; and does not stand before the lowly.
23 When you sit to eat with a ruler, diligently consider what is before you;
2 and put your knife to your throat if you are a man given to overeating.
3 Do not be desirous of his delicacies. For it is deceptive food.
4 Do not overwork to be rich. Cease from your own understanding.
5 Will you set your eyes on that which is nothing? For riches takes to her wings, as an eagle, and flies into the sky.
6 Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye; nor desire his delicacies.
7 For as he thinks in his heart, so he is. He will say to you, “Eat and drink.” But his heart is not with you.
8 You shall vomit your morsel that you have eaten, and you shall lose your sweet words.
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool. For he will despise the wisdom of your words.
10 Do not remove the ancient boundaries. And do not enter into the fields of the fatherless.
11 For He who redeems them is mighty. He will defend their cause against you.
12 Apply your heart to instruction; and your ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Do not withhold correction from the child. If you strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 You shall strike him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from Hell.
15 My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice (and I also).
16 Indeed, my core shall rejoice when your lips speak righteous things.
17 Do not let your heart be envious against sinners. But let it be in the fear of the LORD, continually.
18 For surely there is an end. And your hope shall not be cut off.
19 O my son, hear, and be wise. And guide your heart in the way.
20 Do not keep company with drunkards, nor with gluttons.
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall be poor. And the sleeper shall be clothed with rags.
22 Obey your father who has begotten you. And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy the truth, but do not sell it (likewise wisdom, instruction, and understanding).
24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice. And he who begets a wise child shall have joy from him.
25 Your father and your mother shall be glad. And she who bore you shall rejoice.
26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 For a whore is as a deep ditch. And a strange woman is as a narrow pit.
28 Also, she lies in wait, as if for a prey. And she increases the transgressors among men.
29 To whom is woe? To whom is sorrow? To whom is strife? To whom is murmuring? To whom are wounds without cause? To whom is the redness of the eyes?
30 It is to those who linger long at the wine; to those who go and seek mixed wine.
31 Do not look at the wine when it is red; when it shows its color in the cup or goes down pleasantly.
32 In the end, it will bite like a serpent; and hurt like a viper.
33 Your eyes shall look upon strange women. And your heart shall speak lewd things.
34 And you shall be as one who sleeps in the midst of the sea; or who sleeps on the top of the mast, saying,
35 “They have stricken me, but I was not sick. They have beaten me, but I did not know it.” Therefore, when I awake, I will still seek it.
24 Do not be envious against evil men, nor desire to be with them.
2 For their heart imagines destruction, and their lips speak mischief.
3 Through wisdom is a house built. And with understanding it is established.
4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5 A wise man is strong. For a man of understanding increases his strength.
6 For with counsel you shall wage your war. And health is in a multitude of counselors.
7 Wisdom is high to a fool. He cannot open his mouth in the gate.
8 He who plots to do evil, men shall call him an author of wickedness.
9 The wicked thought of a fool is sin. And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
10 If you sink down on the day of adversity, your strength is small.
11 Deliver those who are drawn to death. And will you not preserve those who are led to be slain?
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know of this”, does not He Who ponders hearts understand it? And does not He Who keeps your soul know it? Will He not also repay every man according to his works?
13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the honeycomb, for it is sweet to your mouth.
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul if you find it. And there shall be an end; and your hope shall not be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous. And do not spoil his resting place.
16 For a just man falls seven times and rises again. But the wicked fall into mischief.
17 Do not be glad when your enemy falls. And do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles;
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease Him. And He turns His wrath from him.
19 Do not fret because of the malicious, nor be envious of the wicked.
20 For there shall be no posterity for the evil. The light of the wicked shall be put out.
21 My son, fear the LORD, and the King. Do not associate with those given to change.
22 For their destruction shall rise suddenly. And who knows the ruin of them both?
23 Also, these things pertain to the wise: It is not good to show partiality to any person in judgment.
24 He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”, the people shall curse him. And the multitude shall abhor him.
25 But to those who rebuke him, shall be pleasure. And upon them shall come the blessing of goodness.
26 They shall kiss the lips of him who answers uprightly.
27 Prepare your outside work and make ready your things in the field. And afterward, build your house.
28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and deceive with your lips.
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me. I will recompense every man according to his work.”
30 I passed by the field of the slothful; and by the vineyard of the man destitute of understanding.
31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns; nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I looked. I considered it well. I looked at it and received instruction.
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.
34 So your poverty comes as drifter, and your necessity like an armed man.
8 We also make known to you, brothers, the grace of God bestowed upon the Churches of Macedonia.
2 Because, in great trial of affliction, their joy abounded, and their most extreme poverty abounded unto their rich generosity.
3 For to their power I bear record. Yea, and beyond their power they were willing.
4 And asked us with great instance to receive the grace and fellowship of the ministry which is toward the Saints.
5 And this they did, not as we expected; but gave themselves, first to the Lord, and afterwards to us, by the will of God;
6 that we should exhort Titus to accomplish the same grace among you which he had begun.
7 Therefore, as you abound in everything - in faith and Word and knowledge and in all diligence and in your love towards us - see that you also abound in this grace.
8 This I say not by Commandment, but because of the diligence of others. Therefore, I prove the sincerity of your love.
9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: that He, being rich, became poor for your sakes. So that you, through his poverty, might be made rich.
10 And in this I give my counsel. For it is profitable for those of you who a year ago began not only to do, but also to will.
11 Now therefore, complete the doing of it also. So that as there was a readiness of will, you may also complete it out of that which you have.
12 For if there is first a willing mind, it is accepted, according to what one has, and not according to what he has not.
13 Nor should others be eased, and you grieved. But out of equality, your abundance supplies their lack at this time.
14 And also their abundance may be for your lack, that there may be equality.
15 As it is written, “He who gathered much, did not abound, and he who gathered little, did not lack.
16 And thanks be to God, Who had put in the heart of Titus the same care for you.
17 Because he accepted the exhortation. Yea, he was so careful, that of his own accord he went to you.
18 And we have also sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the Gospel throughout all the Churches.
19 And not only so but was also chosen by the churches to be a fellow traveler concerning this grace that is ministered by us, to the glory of the same Lord, and the declaration of your eager mind.
20 And so avoiding this: that no one should blame us in this abundance that is ministered by us,
21 providing for honest things, not only before the Lord, but also before man.
22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have often proved to be diligent in many things, but who is now much more diligent because of the great confidence in you.
23 And if anyone asks about Titus, he is my partner and helper concerning you; or of our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
24 Therefore, show toward them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of the rejoicing that we have on your behalf.
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