Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹¹ For Thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for it is great.

¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that He shall choose.

¹³ His soul shall dwell at ease, and his seed shall inherit the earth.

¹⁴ The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.

¹⁵ Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He shall pluck my feet out of the net.

¹⁶ Turn Thee unto me and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.

¹⁷ The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.

¹⁸ Look upon mine affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.

¹⁹ Consider mine enemies, for they are many; they hate me with cruel hatred.

²⁰ O keep my soul and deliver me; let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in Thee.

19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

² Even as a soul without knowledge is not good, so he that maketh haste with his feet sinneth.

³ The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

⁴ Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

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

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

⁷ All the brethren of the poor hate him—how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, yet they are not forthcoming to him.

⁸ He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

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

¹⁰ Delight is not seemly for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

¹¹ The discretion of a man deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

¹² The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

¹⁴ House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, and a prudent wife is 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 despiseth His ways shall die.

¹⁷ He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given, He will repay him again.

¹¹ For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning: that we should love one another.

¹² Be not as Cain, who was of that wicked one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

¹³ Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

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

¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

¹⁶ Hereby we perceive the love of God: because He laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

¹⁷ But whoso hath this world’s goods and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up the compassion of his heart from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?