Overwork

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked. — read the full passage →

let all things be done decently and in order.

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal, — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

`And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

And he said to them, `The sabbath for man was made, not man for the sabbath,

and, before all things, to one another having the earnest love, because the love shall cover a multitude of sins;

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

and we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the infirm, be patient unto all;

She hath sought wool and flax, And with delight she worketh <FI>with<Fi> her hands.

Whoso is lending <FI>to<Fi> Jehovah is favouring the poor, And his deed He repayeth to him.

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, <FI>is<Fi> the fulness of law.

`Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

There is who is scattering, and yet is increased, And who is keeping back from uprightness, only to want.

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And <FI>be<Fi> ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that <FI>is<Fi> in you, with meekness and fear;

honourable <FI>is<Fi> the marriage in all, and the bed undefiled, and whoremongers and adulterers God shall judge.

Those rich in the present age charge thou not to be high-minded, nor to hope in the uncertainty of riches, but in the living God, who is giving to us all things richly for enjoyment; --

Put to death, then, your members that <FI>are<Fi> upon the earth--whoredom, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and the covetousness, which is idolatry--

for where your treasure is, there will be also your heart.

Labour not to make wealth, From thine own understanding cease, Dost thou cause thine eyes to fly upon it? Then it is not.

Righteous <FI>is<Fi> the first in his own cause, His neighbour cometh and hath searched him.

Brethren, if any among you may go astray from the truth, and any one may turn him back, — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

Not that I did already obtain, or have been already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by the Christ Jesus; — read the full passage →

be angry and do not sin; let not the sun go down upon your wrath,

for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'

Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them. — read the full passage →

For as he hath thought in his soul, so <FI>is<Fi> he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart <FI>is<Fi> not with thee.

A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold--good grace. — read the full passage →

The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.

Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

and he who did look into the perfect law--that of liberty, and did continue there, this one--not a forgetful hearer becoming, but a doer of work--this one shall be happy in his doing.

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

Yea, she riseth while yet night, And giveth food to her household, And a portion to her damsels.

for also with my bonds ye sympathised, and the robbery of your goods with joy ye did receive, knowing that ye have in yourselves a better substance in the heavens, and an enduring one.

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

And the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned,

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space.

Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried. — read the full passage →

`An empty vine <FI>is<Fi> Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars. — read the full passage →

As astonished at thee have been many, (So marred by man his appearance, And his form by sons of men.)

And played hath a suckling by the hole of an asp, And on the den of a cockatrice Hath the weaned one put his hand.

Two things I have asked from Thee, Withhold not from me before I die. — read the full passage →

Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: --I have wearied myself <FI>for<Fi> God, I have wearied myself <FI>for<Fi> God, and am consumed. — read the full passage →

Without a Vision is a people made naked, And whoso is keeping the law, O his happiness!

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother. — read the full passage →

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing. — read the full passage →

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!

Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: -- — read the full passage →

Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance <FI>is<Fi> in a multitude of counsellors.

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

Death and life <FI>are<Fi> in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Deep waters <FI>are<Fi> the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom <FI>is<Fi> a flowing brook.

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools <FI>is<Fi> folly.

A liberal soul is made fat, And whoso is watering, he also is watered.

The blessing of Jehovah--it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

A fountain of life <FI>is<Fi> the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

Wealth and honour <FI>are<Fi> with me, Lasting substance and righteousness.

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise; — read the full passage →

My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand, — read the full passage →

Length of days <FI>is<Fi> in her right hand, In her left <FI>are<Fi> wealth and honour.

Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! Praise ye Jehovah from the heavens, Praise ye Him in high places. — read the full passage →

Praise ye Jah! For <FI>it is<Fi> good to praise our God, For pleasant--comely <FI>is<Fi> praise. — read the full passage →

By rivers of Babylon--There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

A Song of the Ascents, by Solomon. If Jehovah doth not build the house, In vain have its builders laboured at it, If Jehovah doth not watch a city, In vain hath a watchman waked.

`Jehovah doth open to thee his good treasure--the heavens--to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand, and thou hast lent to many nations, and thou--thou dost not borrow.

`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, and unto Aaron, saying, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year of their going out of the land of Egypt, saying: — read the full passage →

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; — read the full passage →

`Thou dost not desire the house of thy neighbour, thou dost not desire the wife of thy neighbour, or his man-servant, or his handmaid, or his ox, or his ass, or anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.'

`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

`And God speaketh all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

And I make thee become a great nation, and bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing.