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If his sons forsake My law and do not walk in My judgments,

…if they violate My statutes and fail to keep My commandments,

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong—yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

If I say, “My foot is slipping,” Your loving devotion, O LORD, supports me.

For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—

…if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

My son, if you accept my words and hide my commandments within you,

…if you incline your ear to wisdom and direct your heart to understanding,

…if you truly call out to insight and lift your voice to understanding,

…if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Prize her, and she will exalt you; if you embrace her, she will honor you.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,

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

Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.

Yet if caught, he must pay sevenfold; he must give up all the wealth of his house.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.

If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

A man of great anger must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do so again.

If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Take the garment of the one who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

…and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.

My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.

If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.

If you find honey, eat just what you need, lest you have too much and vomit it up.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

Take the garment of him who posts security for a stranger; get collateral if it is for a foreigner.

If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

If you have foolishly exalted yourself or if you have plotted evil, put your hand over your mouth.

Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!

Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone?

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.

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

…even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

I saw every work of God, and that a man is unable to comprehend the work that is done under the sun. Despite his efforts to search it out, he cannot find its meaning; even if the wise man claims to know, he is unable to comprehend.

If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.

If the axe is dull and the blade unsharpened, more strength must be exerted, but skill produces success.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.

Sow your seed in the morning, and do not rest your hands in the evening, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or if both will equally prosper.

So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.

If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.

If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

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

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.

The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you do not stand firm in your faith, then you will not stand at all.’”

To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar’?

Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!

I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.

If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

…and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,