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He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

…if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

…if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.

By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;

By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.

Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.

…calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

By the blessing of the upright a city is built up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.

An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble.

By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

The poor man is hated even by his neighbor, but many are those who love the rich.

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

By loving devotion and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the LORD one turns aside from evil.

With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.

Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

Even a young man is known by his actions—whether his conduct is pure and upright.

Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.

Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.

Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established;

I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.

These are additional proverbs of Solomon, which were copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.

He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.

An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

There is no limit to all the people who were before them. Yet the successor will not be celebrated by those who come even later. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.

“Behold,” says the Teacher, “I have discovered this by adding one thing to another to find an explanation.

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

He who digs a pit may fall into it, and he who breaches a wall may be bitten by a snake.

The one who quarries stones may be injured by them, and he who splits logs endangers himself.

The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.

And by these, my son, be further warned: There is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.

But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

Your men will fall by the sword, and your warriors in battle.

In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”

…when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,

…a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.

Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.

When it was reported to the house of David that Aram was in league with Ephraim, the hearts of Ahaz and his people trembled like trees in the forest shaken by the wind.

By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.

For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

The infant will play by the cobra’s den, and the toddler will reach into the viper’s nest.

Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

…which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.

In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.