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Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah, And his good deed will he pay him again.

For which of you, desiring to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, whether he have wherewith to complete it?

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children; And the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the righteous.

The rich ruleth over the poor; And the borrower is servant to the lender.

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, — read the full passage →

The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him. — read the full passage →

A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.

I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name.

Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

and Jehovah will guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in dry places, and make strong thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; But a foolish man swalloweth it up.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

And Jehovah answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. — read the full passage →