Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

¹² My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.

19 Better is the poor man, that walketh in his simplicity, than a rich man that is perverse in his lips, and unwise.

² Where there is no knowledge of the soul, there is no good: and he that is hasty with his feet shall stumble.

³ The folly of a man supplanteth his seeps: and he fretteth in his mind against God.

⁴ Riches make many friends: but from the poor man, even they whom he had, depart.

⁵ A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

⁶ Many honour the person of him that is mighty, and are friends of him that giveth gifts.

⁷ The brethren of the poor man hate him: moreover also his friends have departed far from him. He that followeth after words only, shall have nothing.

⁸ But he that possesseth a mind, loveth his own soul, and he that keepeth prudence shall find good things.

⁹ A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.

¹⁰ Delicacies are not seemly for a fool: nor for a servant to have rule over princes.

¹¹ The learning of a man is known by patience and his glory is to pass over wrongs.

¹² As the roaring of a lion, so also is the anger of a king: and his cheerfulness as the dew upon the grass.

¹³ A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through.

¹⁴ House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

¹⁵ Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

¹⁶ He that keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul: but he that neglecteth his own way, shall die.

¹⁷ He that hath mercy on the poor, lendeth to the Lord: and he will repay him.

¹¹ For this is the declaration, which you have heard from the beginning, that you should love one another.

¹² Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother's just.

¹³ Wonder not, brethren, if the world hate you.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not, abideth in death.

¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in himself.

¹⁶ In this we have known the charity of God, because he hath laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷ He that hath the substance of this world, and shall see his brother in need, and shall shut up his bowels from him: how doth the charity of God abide in him?