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The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

The law of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> perfect, refreshing the soul, The testimonies of Jehovah <FI>are<Fi> stedfast, Making wise the simple,

The prudent hath seen the evil, he is hidden, The simple have passed on, they are punished.

The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned <FI>with<Fi> knowledge.

A preserver of the simple <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, I was low, and to me He giveth salvation.

Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars--seven. — read the full passage →

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil. — read the full passage →

Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

And the greater of you shall be your ministrant, — read the full passage →

A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

`Who <FI>is<Fi> simple? let him turn aside hither.' Whoso lacketh heart: she hath said to him,

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

for revealed is the wrath of God from heaven upon all impiety and unrighteousness of men, holding down the truth in unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On a disease.' --An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness,

unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful; — read the full passage →

for not by will of man did ever prophecy come, but by the Holy Spirit borne on holy men of God spake.

for the reckoning of God is living, and working, and sharp above every two-edged sword, and piercing unto the dividing asunder both of soul and spirit, of joints also and marrow, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

for by grace ye are having been saved, through faith, and this not of you--of God the gift, — read the full passage →

`And if the herb of the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow is cast to the furnace, God doth so clothe--not much more you, O ye of little faith? — read the full passage →

Fear of man causeth a snare, And the confident in Jehovah is set on high. — read the full passage →

By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit, — read the full passage →

`For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing? — read the full passage →

Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? The God of the age--Jehovah, Preparer of the ends of the earth, Is not wearied nor fatigued, There is no searching of His understanding. — read the full passage →

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent <FI>is<Fi> easy. — read the full passage →

My son, if sinners entice thee be not willing. — read the full passage →

And Jehovah God formeth the man--dust from the ground, and breatheth into his nostrils breath of life, and the man becometh a living creature.

and let the endurance have a perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire--in nothing lacking; — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the <FI>son<Fi> of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things, — read the full passage →

And he, willing to declare himself righteous, said unto Jesus, `And who is my neighbour?' — read the full passage →

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding-- — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth. — read the full passage →

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches, — read the full passage →

Woe <FI>to<Fi> those saying to evil `good,' And to good `evil,' Putting darkness for light, and light for darkness, Putting bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. — read the full passage →

Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease. — read the full passage →

The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment--a tongue of falsehood. — read the full passage →

Let not kindness and truth forsake thee, Bind them on thy neck, Write them on the tablet of thy heart, — read the full passage →

Come ye, children, hearken to me, The fear of Jehovah I do teach you. — read the full passage →

O the happiness of that one, who Hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked. And in the way of sinners hath not stood, And in the seat of scorners hath not sat; — read the full passage →

And Solomon saith, `Thou hast done with Thy servant David my father great kindness, as he walked before Thee in truth and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with Thee, and Thou dost keep for him this great kindness, and dost give to him a son sitting on his throne, as <FI>at<Fi> this day. — read the full passage →

`And it hath been, if thou dost hearken diligently to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, that Jehovah thy God hath made thee uppermost above all the nations of the earth, — read the full passage →

and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

Be not led astray, my brethren beloved; — read the full passage →

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; -- — read the full passage →

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord, — read the full passage →

Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow--that also he shall reap, — read the full passage →

And he said, `All these I did keep from my youth;' — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them. — read the full passage →

There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end <FI>are<Fi> ways of death.

for where zeal and rivalry <FI>are<Fi> , there is insurrection and every evil matter; — read the full passage →

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please--Christ's servant I should not be.

`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear <FI>them<Fi> now; — read the full passage →

and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and remind you of all things that I said to you. — read the full passage →

`Then shall the king say to those on his right hand, Come ye, the blessed of my Father, inherit the reign that hath been prepared for you from the foundation of the world; — read the full passage →

`Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock; — read the full passage →

From their fruits ye shall know them; do <FI>men<Fi> gather from thorns grapes? or from thistles figs? — read the full passage →

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding,

`For I testify to every one hearing the words of the prophecy of this scroll, if any one may add unto these, God shall add to him the plagues that have been written in this scroll, — read the full passage →