Genesis 5-7 (New International Version)

Genesis 5-7 (New International Version)

Genesis 5
From Adam to Noah
1 This is the written account of Adam's line.
When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called them "man. [a] "

3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died.

6 When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father [b] of Enosh. 7 And after he became the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters. 8 Altogether, Seth lived 912 years, and then he died.

9 When Enosh had lived 90 years, he became the father of Kenan. 10 And after he became the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters. 11 Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died.

12 When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel. 13 And after he became the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters. 14 Altogether, Kenan lived 910 years, and then he died.

15 When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared. 16 And after he became the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters. 17 Altogether, Mahalalel lived 895 years, and then he died.

18 When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch. 19 And after he became the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 20 Altogether, Jared lived 962 years, and then he died.

21 When Enoch had lived 65 years, he became the father of Methuselah. 22 And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. 23 Altogether, Enoch lived 365 years. 24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.

25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech. 26 And after he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters. 27 Altogether, Methuselah lived 969 years, and then he died.

28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son. 29 He named him Noah [c] and said, "He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed." 30 After Noah was born, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters. 31 Altogether, Lamech lived 777 years, and then he died.

32 After Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Genesis 6
The Flood
1 When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, 2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. 3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with [d] man forever, for he is mortal [e] ; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."

4 The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of men and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

5 The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. 6 The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. 7 So the LORD said, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—men and animals, and creatures that move along the ground, and birds of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.

9 This is the account of Noah.
Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God. 10 Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham and Japheth.

11 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence. 12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, "I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make yourself an ark of cypress [f] wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out. 15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. [g] 16 Make a roof for it and finish [h] the ark to within 18 inches [i] of the top. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks. 17 I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish. 18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. 19 You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you. 20 Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive. 21 You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them."

22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.
Genesis 7

1 The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation. 2 Take with you seven [j] of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and two of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate, 3 and also seven of every kind of bird, male and female, to keep their various kinds alive throughout the earth. 4 Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."

5 And Noah did all that the LORD commanded him.

6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters came on the earth. 7 And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood. 8 Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground, 9 male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And after the seven days the floodwaters came on the earth.

11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. 12 And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.

13 On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. 14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. 16 The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the LORD shut him in.

17 For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. 18 The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. 20 The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than twenty feet. [k] , [l] 21 Every living thing that moved on the earth perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. 22 Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. 23 Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; men and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds of the air were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.

24 The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days.

Footnotes:

1. Genesis 5:2 Hebrew adam
2. Genesis 5:6 Father may mean ancestor ; also in verses 7-26.
3. Genesis 5:29 Noah sounds like the Hebrew for comfort .
4. Genesis 6:3 Or My spirit will not remain in
5. Genesis 6:3 Or corrupt
6. Genesis 6:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
7. Genesis 6:15 Hebrew 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high (about 140 meters long, 23 meters wide and 13.5 meters high)
8. Genesis 6:16 Or Make an opening for light by finishing
9. Genesis 6:16 Hebrew a cubit (about 0.5 meter)
10. Genesis 7:2 Or seven pairs ; also in verse
11. Genesis 7:20 Hebrew fifteen cubits (about 6.9 meters)
12. Genesis 7:20 Or rose more than twenty feet, and the mountains were covered

Proverbs 1-4 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Proverbs 1-4 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)

Proverbs 1
The Purpose of Proverbs
1 The proverbs of Solomon (A) son of David, king of Israel:

2 For gaining wisdom and being instructed;
for understanding insightful sayings;

3 for receiving wise instruction
[in] righteousness, justice, and integrity; (B)

4 for teaching shrewdness to the inexperienced, (C) [a]
knowledge and discretion (D) to a young man—

5 a wise man will listen and increase his learning, (E)
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—

6 for understanding a proverb or a parable, [b]
the words of the wise, and their riddles. (F)

7 The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of knowledge; (G)
fools despise wisdom and instruction. (H) [c]


Avoid the Path of the Violent
8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction,
and don't reject your mother's teaching, (I)

9 for they will be a garland (J) of grace on your head
and a [gold] chain around your neck. (K)

10 My son, if sinners entice you, (L)
don't be persuaded. (M)

11 If they say—"Come with us!
Let's set an ambush (N) and kill someone. [d]
Let's attack some innocent person (O) just for fun! [e]

12 Let's swallow them alive, (P) like Sheol,
still healthy as they go down to the Pit. (Q)

13 We'll find all kinds of valuable property
and fill our houses with plunder. (R)

14 Throw in your lot with us,
and we'll all share our money" [f] —

15 my son, don't travel that road with them (S)
or set foot on their path, (T)

16 because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder. (U) [g]

17 It is foolish to spread a net
where any bird can see it,

18 but they set an ambush to kill themselves; [h]
they attack their own lives.

19 Such are the paths of all who pursue gain dishonestly; (V)
it takes the lives of those who profit from it. [i]


Wisdom's Plea
20 Wisdom calls out in the street;
she raises her voice in the public squares. (W)

21 She cries out above [j] the commotion;
she speaks at the entrance of the city gates:

22 "How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
[How long] will [you] mockers (X) enjoy mocking
and [you] fools hate knowledge? (Y)

23 If you turn to my discipline, (Z) [k]
then I will pour out my spirit on you (AA)
and teach you my words.

24 Since I called out and you refused, (AB)
extended my hand and no one paid attention, (AC)

25 since you neglected all my counsel (AD)
and did not accept my correction,

26 I, in turn, will laugh at your calamity. (AE)
I will mock when terror strikes you,

27 when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when trouble and stress overcome you.

28 Then they will call me, but I won't answer;
they will search for me, but won't find me. (AF)

29 Because they hated knowledge,
didn't choose to fear the LORD, (AG)

30 were not interested in my counsel,
and rejected all my correction, (AH)

31 they will eat the fruit of their way (AI)
and be glutted with their own schemes. (AJ)

32 For the waywardness of the inexperienced will kill them, (AK)
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

33 But whoever listens to me will live securely
and be free from the fear of danger." (AL)
Proverbs 2
Wisdom's Worth
1 My son, if you accept my words (AM)
and store up my commands within you,

2 listening closely [l] to wisdom
and directing your heart to understanding;

3 furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

4 if you seek it like silver
and search for it like hidden treasure, (AN)

5 then you will understand the fear of the LORD
and discover the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD gives wisdom;
from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. (AO)

7 He stores up success [m] for the upright;
He is a shield for those who live with integrity (AP)

8 so that He may guard the paths of justice
and protect the way of His loyal followers. (AQ)

9 Then you will understand righteousness, justice,
and integrity—every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.

11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you, (AR)

12 rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

13 [from] those who abandon the right paths
to walk in ways of darkness, (AS)

14 [from] those who enjoy doing evil (AT)
and celebrate perversity,

15 whose paths are crooked, (AU)
and whose ways are devious. (AV)

16 It will rescue you from a forbidden woman, (AW)
from a stranger [n] with her flattering talk, (AX)

17 who abandons the companion of her youth (AY)
and forgets the covenant of her God;

18 for her house sinks down to death
and her ways to the land of the departed spirits. (AZ)

19 None return who go to her;
none reach the paths of life. (BA)

20 So follow the way of good people, (BB)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright will inhabit the land,
and those of integrity will remain in it; (BC)

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, (BD)
and the treacherous uprooted from it. (BE)
Proverbs 3
Trust the LORD
1 My son, don't forget my teaching,
but let your heart keep my commands; (BF)

2 for they will bring you
many days, a full life, (BG) [o] and well-being. (BH)

3 Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Tie them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart. (BI)

4 Then you will find favor and high regard
in the sight of God and man. (BJ)

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, (BK)
and do not rely on your own understanding; (BL)

6 think about Him in all your ways,
and He will guide you on the right paths. (BM)

7 Don't consider yourself to be wise; (BN)
fear the LORD and turn away from evil. (BO)

8 This will be healing for your body (BP) [p]
and strengthening for your bones. (BQ)

9 Honor the LORD with your possessions
and with the first produce of your entire harvest; (BR)

10 then your barns will be completely filled,
and your vats will overflow with new wine. (BS)

11 Do not despise the LORD's instruction, my son,
and do not loathe His discipline; (BT)

12 for the LORD disciplines the one He loves,
just as a father, the son he delights in. (BU)


Wisdom Brings Happiness
13 Happy is a man who finds wisdom (BV)
and who acquires understanding,

14 for she is more profitable than silver,
and her revenue is better than gold. (BW)

15 She is more precious than jewels; (BX)
nothing you desire compares with her. (BY)

16 Long life [q] is in her right hand;
in her left, riches and honor. (BZ)

17 Her ways are pleasant, (CA)
and all her paths, peaceful.

18 She is a tree of life (CB) to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.

19 The LORD founded the earth by wisdom (CC)
and established the heavens by understanding.

20 By His knowledge the watery depths broke open, (CD)
and the clouds dripped with dew. (CE)

21 Maintain [your] competence and discretion.
My son, don't lose sight of them. (CF)

22 They will be life for you (CG) [r]
and adornment [s] for your neck.

23 Then you will go safely on your way;
your foot will not stumble. (CH)

24 When you lie [t] down, you will not be afraid; (CI)
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

25 Don't fear sudden danger
or the ruin of the wicked when it comes, (CJ)

26 for the LORD will be your confidence [u]
and will keep your foot from a snare. (CK)


Treat Others Fairly
27 When it is in your power, [v]
don't withhold good (CL) from the one to whom it is due.

28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go away! Come back later.
I'll give it tomorrow"—when it is there with you. (CM)

29 Don't plan any harm against your neighbor, (CN)
for he trusts you and lives near you.

30 Don't accuse anyone without cause, (CO)
when he has done you no harm.

31 Don't envy a violent man (CP)
or choose any of his ways;

32 for the devious are detestable to the LORD,
but He is a friend [w] to the upright. (CQ)

33 The LORD's curse is on the household of the wicked, (CR)
but He blesses the home of the righteous;

34 He mocks those who mock,
but gives grace to the humble. (CS)

35 The wise will inherit honor,
but He holds up fools to dishonor. [x]
Proverbs 4
A Father's Example
1 Listen, [my] sons, to a father's discipline, (CT)
and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

2 for I am giving you good instruction. (CU)
Don't abandon my teaching.

3 When I was a son with my father,
tender and precious to my mother,

4 he taught me and said:
"Your heart must hold on to my words.
Keep my commands and live. (CV)

5 Get wisdom, get understanding; (CW)
don't forget or turn away from the words of my mouth.

6 Don't abandon wisdom, and she will watch over you;
love her, (CX) and she will guard you.

7 Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom.
And whatever else you get, get understanding. (CY)

8 Cherish her, and she will exalt you;
if you embrace her, she will honor you. (CZ)

9 She will place a garland of grace on your head;
she will give you a crown of beauty." (DA)


Two Ways of Life
10 Listen, my son. Accept my words, (DB)
and you will live many years. (DC)

11 I am teaching you the way of wisdom;
I am guiding you on straight paths. (DD)

12 When you walk, your steps will not be hindered; (DE)
when you run, you will not stumble. (DF)

13 Hold on to instruction; don't let go. (DG)
Guard it, for it is your life.

14 Don't set foot on the path of the wicked; (DH)
don't proceed in the way of evil ones.

15 Avoid it; don't travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.

16 For they can't sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. (DI)

17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.

18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, (DJ)
shining brighter and brighter until midday.

19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; (DK)
they don't know what makes them stumble. (DL)


The Straight Path
20 My son, pay attention to my words;
listen closely to my sayings. (DM)

21 Don't lose sight of them; (DN)
keep them within your heart.

22 For they are life to those who find them,
and health to one's whole body.

23 Guard your heart above all else, [y]
for it is the source of life. (DO)

24 Don't let your mouth speak dishonestly, (DP)
and don't let your lips talk deviously.

25 Let your eyes look forward;
fix your gaze [z] straight ahead. (DQ)

26 Carefully consider the path [aa] for your feet, (DR)
and all your ways will be established.

27 Don't turn to the right or to the left; (DS)
keep your feet away from evil.

Footnotes:

1. Proverbs 1:4 Or simple, or gullible
2. Proverbs 1:6 Or an enigma
3. Proverbs 1:7 This verse states the theme of Pr.
4. Proverbs 1:11 Lit Let's ambush for blood
5. Proverbs 1:11 Lit person for no reason
6. Proverbs 1:14 Lit us; one bag will be for all of us
7. Proverbs 1:16 Lit to shed blood
8. Proverbs 1:18 Lit they ambush for their blood
9. Proverbs 1:19 Lit takes the life of its masters
10. Proverbs 1:21 Lit at the head of
11. Proverbs 1:23 Lit back to my reprimands
12. Proverbs 2:2 Lit you, stretching out your ear
13. Proverbs 2:7 Or resourcefulness
14. Proverbs 2:16 Or foreign woman
15. Proverbs 3:2 Lit days, years of life
16. Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel
17. Proverbs 3:16 Lit Length of days
18. Proverbs 3:22 Or be your throat; Hb nephesh can mean throat, soul, or life.
19. Proverbs 3:22 Or grace
20. Proverbs 3:24 LXX reads sit
21. Proverbs 3:26 Or be at your side
22. Proverbs 3:27 Lit in the power of your hands
23. Proverbs 3:32 Or confidential counsel
24. Proverbs 3:35 Or but haughty fools dishonor, or but fools exalt dishonor
25. Proverbs 4:23 Or heart with all diligence
26. Proverbs 4:25 Lit eyelids
27. Proverbs 4:26 Or Clear a path


Cross references:

1. Proverbs 1:1 : 1Kg 4:32; Pr 10:1; 25:1; Ec 12:9;
2. Proverbs 1:3 : Pr 2:9;
3. Proverbs 1:4 : Pr 8:5;
4. Proverbs 1:4 : Pr 2:11; 3:21;
5. Proverbs 1:5 : Pr 9:9; 16:21; 23;
6. Proverbs 1:6 : Num 12:8; Jdg 14:12; Ps 49:4; Hab 2:6;
7. Proverbs 1:7 : Jb 28:28; Ps 111:10; Pr 9:10; 15:33;
8. Proverbs 1:7 : Eph 5:17;
9. Proverbs 1:8 : Pr 6:20; 31:1;
10. Proverbs 1:9 : Pr 4:9;
11. Proverbs 1:9 : Gn 41:42; Pr 6:21; Dn 5:29;
12. Proverbs 1:10 : Pr 16:29;
13. Proverbs 1:10 : Ps 141:4;
14. Proverbs 1:11 : Pr 12:6; Jr 5:26;
15. Proverbs 1:11 : Ps 10:8;
16. Proverbs 1:12 : Ps 124:3;
17. Proverbs 1:12 : Ps 28:1;
18. Proverbs 1:13 : Pr 24:4;
19. Proverbs 1:15 : Ps 1:1; Pr 4:14;
20. Proverbs 1:15 : Ps 119:101; Pr 16:19;
21. Proverbs 1:16 : Pr 6:17-18; Is 59:7; Rm 3:15;
22. Proverbs 1:19 : Pr 15:27; Ezk 22:27; Hab 2:6-12;
23. Proverbs 1:20 : Pr 8:1-3; 9:3;
24. Proverbs 1:22 : Ps 1:1;
25. Proverbs 1:22 : Jb 21:14; Pr 1:29; 5:12;
26. Proverbs 1:23 : Pr 3:11; 15:5;, 31-32;
27. Proverbs 1:23 : Jl 2:28;
28. Proverbs 1:24 : Is 65:12; 66:4; Jr 7:13; Zch 7:11;
29. Proverbs 1:24 : Is 65:2; Rm 10:21;
30. Proverbs 1:25 : Ps 107:11; Lk 7:30;
31. Proverbs 1:26 : Ps 2:4;
32. Proverbs 1:28 : 1Sm 8:18;
33. Proverbs 1:29 : Pr 1:7;
34. Proverbs 1:30 : Pr 5:12; 15:5;
35. Proverbs 1:31 : Jr 6:19;
36. Proverbs 1:31 : Pr 14:14; 28:19;
37. Proverbs 1:32 : Jr 2:19;
38. Proverbs 1:33 : Ps 112:7-8; Pr 3:24-26;
39. Proverbs 2:1 : Pr 4:10;
40. Proverbs 2:4 : Jb 3:21; Mt 13:44;
41. Proverbs 2:6 : Jb 32:8;
42. Proverbs 2:7 : Ps 84:11; Pr 10:9; 20:7; 28:18; 30:5;
43. Proverbs 2:8 : 1Sm 2:9; Ps 66:9;
44. Proverbs 2:11 : Pr 4:6; 6:22;
45. Proverbs 2:13 : Ps 82:5; Pr 15:19; 16:17; Jn 3:19;, 20;
46. Proverbs 2:14 : Pr 10:23;
47. Proverbs 2:15 : Ps 125:5; Pr 21:8;
48. Proverbs 2:15 : Pr 3:32; 14:2;
49. Proverbs 2:16 : Pr 9:13-18;
50. Proverbs 2:16 : Pr 5:3;, 20; 6:24; 7:5;, 21; 23:27;
51. Proverbs 2:17 : Mal 2:14-15;
52. Proverbs 2:18 : Pr 7:27; 9:18; 21:16;
53. Proverbs 2:19 : Ps 16:11; Pr 5:6; 7:5;, 21-27; 23:27-28; Ec 7:26;
54. Proverbs 2:20 : Heb 6:12;
55. Proverbs 2:21 : Pr 10:30; Mt 5:5-6;
56. Proverbs 2:22 : Ps 37:38;
57. Proverbs 2:22 : Dt 28:63; Ps 52:5;
58. Proverbs 3:1 : Dt 30:16;
59. Proverbs 3:2 : Ps 91:16; Pr 3:16; 4:10; 9:11; 10:27;
60. Proverbs 3:2 : Pr 4:1-4; 6:20-23; 7:1-3;
61. Proverbs 3:3 : Pr 1:9; 6:21; 7:3; 2Co 3:3;
62. Proverbs 3:4 : Dt 4:6; 1Sm 2:26; Lk 2:52; Rm 14:18;
63. Proverbs 3:5 : Ps 37:3;, 5;
64. Proverbs 3:5 : Jr 9:23;
65. Proverbs 3:6 : Pr 11:5;
66. Proverbs 3:7 : Pr 26:5;, 12; 28:11;, 26; Rm 12:16;
67. Proverbs 3:7 : Jb 1:1; 28:28; Ps 37:27; Pr 16:6;
68. Proverbs 3:8 : Pr 4:22;
69. Proverbs 3:8 : Jb 21:24;
70. Proverbs 3:9 : Ex 23:19; Lv 23:9-14; Dt 26:2;
71. Proverbs 3:10 : Dt 28:8; Mal 3:10;
72. Proverbs 3:11 : Pr 5:11-13; 15:5;, 31-33;
73. Proverbs 3:12 : Dt 8:5; Jb 5:17-18; Pr 13:24; Heb 12:5-7;
74. Proverbs 3:13 : Pr 8:32;, 34;
75. Proverbs 3:14 : Jb 28:15-19; Pr 8:10;, 19; 16:16; 22:1;
76. Proverbs 3:15 : Jb 28:18;
77. Proverbs 3:15 : Pr 8:11; 20:15;
78. Proverbs 3:16 : Pr 8:18; 21:21; 22:4;
79. Proverbs 3:17 : Mt 11:19;
80. Proverbs 3:18 : Gn 2:9; Pr 11:30; 13:12; 15:4; Rv 2:7;
81. Proverbs 3:19 : Ps 104:24; Pr 8:27;
82. Proverbs 3:20 : Gn 7:11;
83. Proverbs 3:20 : Dt 33:28; Jb 36:28;
84. Proverbs 3:21 : Pr 4:21;
85. Proverbs 3:22 : Pr 4:22;
86. Proverbs 3:23 : Ps 91:12; Pr 4:12;
87. Proverbs 3:24 : Jb 11:19; Ps 3:5; Pr 6:22;
88. Proverbs 3:25 : Jb 5:21; Ps 91:5; 1Pt 3:14;
89. Proverbs 3:26 : 1Sm 2:9;
90. Proverbs 3:27 : Gl 6:10;
91. Proverbs 3:28 : Lv 19:13; Dt 24:15;
92. Proverbs 3:29 : Pr 6:14; 14:22;
93. Proverbs 3:30 : Pr 24:28; Rm 12:18;
94. Proverbs 3:31 : Ps 37:1; Pr 23:17; 24:1;, 19;
95. Proverbs 3:32 : Ps 25:14; Pr 11:20; 12:22; 15:8-9;
96. Proverbs 3:33 : Zch 5:3-4; Mal 2:2;
97. Proverbs 3:34 : Jms 4:6; 1Pt 5:5;
98. Proverbs 4:1 : Ps 34:11; Pr 1:8;
99. Proverbs 4:2 : Jb 11:4;
100. Proverbs 4:4 : Pr 3:1-2; 6:20-23; 7:1-2;
101. Proverbs 4:5 : Pr 16:16;
102. Proverbs 4:6 : 2Th 4:10;
103. Proverbs 4:7 : Pr 16:16;
104. Proverbs 4:8 : 1Sm 2:30;
105. Proverbs 4:9 : Pr 1:9; 16:31;
106. Proverbs 4:10 : Pr 2:1;
107. Proverbs 4:10 : Pr 3:2;
108. Proverbs 4:11 : 1Sm 12:23;
109. Proverbs 4:12 : Jb 18:7; Ps 18:36;
110. Proverbs 4:12 : Pr 3:23;
111. Proverbs 4:13 : Pr 3:18;
112. Proverbs 4:14 : Ps 1:1; Pr 1:15;
113. Proverbs 4:16 : Ps 36:4; Mic 2:1;
114. Proverbs 4:18 : 2Sm 23:4;
115. Proverbs 4:19 : Is 59:9-10; Jr 23:12; Jn 12:35;
116. Proverbs 4:19 : Pr 24:16; Jn 11:10;
117. Proverbs 4:20 : Pr 5:1;
118. Proverbs 4:21 : Pr 3:21;
119. Proverbs 4:23 : Mt 15:19; Mk 7:18-23;
120. Proverbs 4:24 : Pr 6:12;
121. Proverbs 4:25 : Heb 12:2;
122. Proverbs 4:26 : Pr 5:6;, 21; Heb 12:13;
123. Proverbs 4:27 : Dt 5:32-33; 28:13-14; Jos 1:7; 23:6; 1Kg 15:5;

Ecclesiastes 1-7 (Amplified Bible

Ecclesiastes 1-7 (Amplified Bible)
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Ecclesiastes 1
1THE WORDS of the Preacher, the son of David and king in Jerusalem.

2Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory).(A)

3What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils [a]under the sun? [Is life worth living?]

4One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.(B)

5The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

6The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again.(C)

7All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there and from there they return again.

8All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.(D)

9The thing that has been--it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun.

10Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been, in the vast ages of time [recorded or unrecorded] which were before us.

11There is no remembrance of former happenings or men, neither will there be any remembrance of happenings of generations that are to come by those who are to come after them.

12I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13And I applied myself by heart and mind to seek and search out by [human] [b]wisdom all human activity under heaven. It is a miserable business which [c]God has given to the sons of man with which to busy themselves.

14I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind.

15What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.

16I entered into counsel with my own mind, saying, Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom, yes, more than all who have been over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge.

17And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind and a feeding on it.(E)

18For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.


Ecclesiastes 2
1I SAID in my mind, Come now, I will prove you with mirth and test you with pleasure; so have a good time [enjoy pleasure]. But this also was vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!(F)

2I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish?

3I searched in my mind how to cheer my body with wine--yet at the same time having my mind hold its course and guide me with [human] wisdom--and how to lay hold of folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives.

4I made great works; I built myself houses, I planted vineyards.

5I made for myself gardens and orchards and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

6I made for myself pools of water from which to water the forest and make the trees bud.

7I bought menservants and maidservants and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

8I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for myself men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men--[d]concubines very many.(G)

9So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me.

10And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil.

11Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun.(H)

12So I turned to consider [human] wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing but what has been done already.

13Then I saw that even [human] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly as far as light is better than darkness.

14The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that [in the end] one event happens to them both.(I)

15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me. And of what use is it then for me to be more wise? Then I said in my heart, This also is vanity (emptiness, vainglory, and futility)!

16For of the wise man, the same as of the fool, there is no permanent remembrance, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!

17So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

18And I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will succeed me.(J)

19And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have dominion over all my labor in which I have toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

20So I turned around and gave my heart up to despair over all the labor of my efforts under the sun.

21For here is a man whose labor is with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who has not toiled for it he must leave it all as his portion. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a great evil!

22For what has a man left from all his labor and from the striving and vexation of his heart in which he has toiled under the sun?

23For all his days are but pain and sorrow, and his work is a vexation and grief; his mind takes no rest even at night. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

25For who can eat or who can have enjoyment any more than I can--[e]apart from Him ?

26For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and heaping up, that he may give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


Ecclesiastes 3
1TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven:

2A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted,(K)

3A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up,

4A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

5A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,

6A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away,

7A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak,(L)

8A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.(M)

9What profit remains for the worker from his toil?

10I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves.

11He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.

12I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live;

13And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor--it is the gift of God.

14I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is].(N)

15That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself ].

16Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also.

17I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work.

18I said in my heart regarding the subject of the sons of men, God is trying (separating and sifting) them, that they may see that by themselves [under the sun, without God] they are but like beasts.

19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even [in the end] one thing befalls them both. As the one dies, so dies the other. Yes, they all have one breath and spirit, so that a [f]man has no preeminence over a beast; for all is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

20All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

21Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth?

22So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him back to see what will happen after he is gone?


Ecclesiastes 4
1THEN I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter.

2So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive.

3But better than them both [I thought] is he who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

4Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man's rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

5The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence].

6Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it.

7Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms].

8Here is one alone--no one with him; he neither has child nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither does he ask, For whom do I labor and deprive myself of good? This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy business.(O)

9Two are better than one, because they have a good [more satisfying] reward for their labor;

10For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

11Again, if two lie down together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone?

12And though a man might prevail against him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who [g]no longer knows how to receive counsel (friendly reproof and warning)--

14Even though [the youth] comes out of prison to reign, while the other, born a king, becomes needy.

15I saw all the living who walk under the sun with the youth who was to stand up in the king's stead.

16There was no end to all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it.


Ecclesiastes 5
1KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil.(P)

2Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

3For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words.

4When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow.(Q)

5It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay.(R)

6Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error or mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands?(S)

7For in a multitude of dreams there is futility and worthlessness, and ruin in a flood of words. But [reverently] fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is].

8If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in the state or province, do not marvel at the matter. [Be sure that there are those who will attend to it] for a higher [official] than the high is observing, and higher ones are over them.

9Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

10He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

11When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes?

12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.

13There is a serious and severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt.

14But those riches are lost in a bad venture; and he becomes the father of a son, and there is nothing in his hand [with which to support the child].

15As [the man] came forth from his mother's womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; and he will take away nothing for all his labor which he can carry in his hand.

16And this also is a serious and severe evil--that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he who labors for the wind?(T)

17All his days also he eats in darkness [cheerlessly, with no sweetness and light in them], and much sorrow and sickness and wrath are his.

18Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is for one to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun all the days which God gives him--for this is his [allotted] part.(U)

19Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and the power to enjoy them and to accept his appointed lot and to rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God [to him].

20For he shall not much remember [seriously] the days of his life, because God [Himself] answers and corresponds to the joy of his heart [the tranquillity of God is mirrored in him].


Ecclesiastes 6
1THERE IS an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily upon men:

2A man to whom God has given riches, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he might desire, yet God does not give him the power or capacity to enjoy them [things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] consumes and enjoys them. This is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); it is a sore affliction!(V)

3If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, but his life is not filled with good, and also he is given no burial [honors nor is laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], I say that [he who had] an untimely birth [resulting in death] is better off than he,(W)

4For [the untimely one] comes in futility and goes into darkness, and in darkness his name is covered.

5Moreover, he has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge, yet he [the stillborn child] has rest rather than he [who is aware of all that he has missed and all that he would not have had to suffer].

6Even though he lives a thousand years twice over and yet has seen no good and experienced no enjoyment--do not all go to one place [the place of the dead]?

7All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied.(X)

8For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men's eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?

9Better is the sight of the eyes [the enjoyment of what is available to one] than the cravings of wandering desire. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it!

10Whatever [man] is, he has been named that long ago, and it is known that it is man [h][Adam]; nor can he contend with Him who is mightier than he [whether God or death].

11Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man?

12For who [[i]limited to human wisdom] knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow [going through the motions but accomplishing nothing]? For who can tell a man what will happen [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun after he is gone?


Ecclesiastes 7
1A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth.

2It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart.

3Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better and gains gladness.(Y)

4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy.

5It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools.

6For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)!

7Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment.

8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

9Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools.(Z)

10Do not say, Why were the old days better than these? For it is not wise or because of wisdom that you ask this.

11Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yes, more excellent it is for those [the living] who see the sun.

12For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it.

13Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked?

14In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him.

15I have seen everything in the days of my vanity (my emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility): there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in [spite of] his evildoing.

16Be not [morbidly exacting and externally] righteous overmuch, neither strive to make yourself [pretentiously appear] overwise--why should you [get puffed up and] destroy yourself [with presumptuous self-sufficiency]?

17[Although all have sinned] be not wicked overmuch or willfully, neither be foolish--why should you die before your time?

18It is good that you should take hold of this and from that withdraw not your hand; for he who [reverently] fears and worships God will come forth from them all.

19[True] wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers or valiant generals who are in the city.(AA)

20Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and never sins.(AB)

21Do not give heed to everything that is said, lest you hear your servant cursing you--

22For often your own heart knows that you have likewise cursed others.

23All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]--but it was far from me.

24That which is is far off, and that which is deep is very deep--who can find it out [true wisdom independent of the fear of God]?(AC)

25I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness].

26And I found that [of all sinful follies none has been so ruinous in seducing one away from God as idolatrous women] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets and whose hands are bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

27Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]--

28Which I am still seeking but have not found--one upright man among a thousand have I found, but an upright woman among all those [one thousand in my harem] have I not found.(AD)

29Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].



Footnotes:

1. Ecclesiastes 1:3 Ecclesiastes is the book of the natural man whose interests are confined to the unstable, vanishing pleasures and empty satisfactions of those who live merely "under the sun." The natural man is not aware that all the affirmative answers to life are to be found in Him Who is above, not "under," the sun. The natural man grovels in the dust and finds only earthworms, while the spiritual man may soar on wings like eagles (Isa. 40:31) above all that is futile and disappointing, and may live in the consciousness of God's companionship, favor, and incomparable, everlasting rewards.
2. Ecclesiastes 1:13 The "Wisdom" of Proverbs is not the "wisdom" of Ecclesiastes. The former is Godlike, the latter is usually human.
3. Ecclesiastes 1:13 Throughout this book not once is the Supreme Being recognized as "Lord" [of lords and King of kings]. The word used to designate Him is invariably the one that may be applied to God or to idols--"Elohim," the God recognized "under the sun." The wisdom which is thus limited can end only in "a miserable business" and in vexation of spirit until it finds "the wisdom that is from above" (James 3:17 KJV), "the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory" (I Cor. 2:7 KJV).
4. Ecclesiastes 2:8 Solomon's reign began under most promising conditions: he "loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father.. . All Israel... feared the king [Solomon], for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment" (I Kings 3:3, 28 KJV). But soon his own "wisdom" alone was guiding him. He openly affronted God by taking many wives, including even heathen women. They seduced him into tolerating and even practicing idolatry (I Kings 11:1ff.).
5. Ecclesiastes 2:25 According to The Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament) and The Syriac reading: Jesus recognized the unprecedented glory which Solomon's human wisdom had brought him, but He said that Solomon arrayed in all of it was not equal in glory to one tiny lily of the field--which God's wisdom had made (Matt. 6:29).
6. Ecclesiastes 3:19 Does the Bible really teach that "a man has no preeminence over a beast"? No! The Bible only records that the book of Ecclesiastes says it. Then why is this book in the Bible? Can it possibly be called inspired by God when it makes such "under the sun" pronouncements, some only partially true, others entirely false? Here is the tested answer: "Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching ... reproof... correction, for instruction... in righteousness." (II Tim. 3:16 ASV.) The divine purpose in including Ecclesiastes in the Bible is obvious. It gives a startling picture of how fatal it is for even the wisest of men to substitute man's "wisdom" for God's wisdom, and to attempt to live by it. Solomon's reign began with God, gold, and glory. It ended with bafflement, brass, and bewildered acceptance of man's having "no preeminence over a beast"!--man, who was made "in the image and likeness of God" (Gen. 1:27) and "but little lower than God [or heavenly beings]"! (Ps. 8:5.)
7. Ecclesiastes 4:13 "Christianity calls upon us to make our old age into an aspect of youth. There is to be no old age in the sense of spiritual exhaustion or moral decrepitude or misanthropic isolation; old age is to be equivalent to increase of kingliness and bounty and holy influence." "The path of the righteous is as the dawning light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (Prov. 4:18 ASV).
8. Ecclesiastes 6:10 The Hebrew "Adam" means man, of the ground. The very name witnesses to his frailty.
9. Ecclesiastes 6:12 How impressive throughout Ecclesiastes is the evidence that, while Solomon is doing his utmost to prove that life is futile and not worth living, the Holy Spirit is using him to show that these conclusions are the tragic effect of living "under the sun"--ignoring the Lord, dwelling away from God the Father, oblivious of the Holy Spirit--and yet face to face with the mysteries of life and nature!


Cross references:

1. Ecclesiastes 1:2 : Rom 8:20
2. Ecclesiastes 1:4 : Ps 119:90
3. Ecclesiastes 1:6 : John 3:8
4. Ecclesiastes 1:8 : Prov 27:20
5. Ecclesiastes 1:17 : I Thess 5:21
6. Ecclesiastes 2:1 : Luke 12:19, 20
7. Ecclesiastes 2:8 : I Kings 9:28; 10:10, 14, 21
8. Ecclesiastes 2:11 : Matt 16:26
9. Ecclesiastes 2:14 : Prov 17:24
10. Ecclesiastes 2:18 : Ps 49:10
11. Ecclesiastes 3:2 : Heb 9:27
12. Ecclesiastes 3:7 : Amos 5:13
13. Ecclesiastes 3:8 : Luke 14:26
14. Ecclesiastes 3:14 : Ps 19:9; James 1:17
15. Ecclesiastes 4:8 : Prov 27:20; I John 2:16
16. Ecclesiastes 5:1 : Gen 35:1-4; Exod 3:5
17. Ecclesiastes 5:4 : Ps 50:14; 66:13, 14; 76:11
18. Ecclesiastes 5:5 : Prov 20:25; Acts 5:4
19. Ecclesiastes 5:6 : Mal 2:7
20. Ecclesiastes 5:16 : I Tim 6:6
21. Ecclesiastes 5:18 : I Tim 6:17
22. Ecclesiastes 6:2 : Luke 12:20
23. Ecclesiastes 6:3 : Job 3:16
24. Ecclesiastes 6:7 : Prov 16:26
25. Ecclesiastes 7:3 : II Cor 7:10
26. Ecclesiastes 7:9 : James 1:19, 20
27. Ecclesiastes 7:19 : Ps 127:1; II Tim 3:15
28. Ecclesiastes 7:20 : Isa 53:6; Rom 3:23
29. Ecclesiastes 7:24 : Job 28:12-28; I Cor 2:9-16
30. Ecclesiastes 7:28 : I Kings 11:3

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John 1
The Word Became Flesh
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.

3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood[a] it.

6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.[b]

10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent,[c] nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[d] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

15John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' " 16From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,[e][f]who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Christ
19Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ.[g]"

21They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?"
He said, "I am not."
"Are you the Prophet?"
He answered, "No."

22Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' "[h]

24Now some Pharisees who had been sent 25questioned him, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

26"I baptize with[i] water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
Jesus the Lamb of God
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I meant when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.' 31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel."

32Then John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' 34I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God."
Jesus' First Disciples
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!"

37When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, "What do you want?"
They said, "Rabbi" (which means Teacher), "where are you staying?"

39"Come," he replied, "and you will see."
So they went and saw where he was staying, and spent that day with him. It was about the tenth hour.

40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). 42And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which, when translated, is Peter[j]).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, "Follow me."

44Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph."

46"Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" Nathanael asked.
"Come and see," said Philip.

47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false."

48"How do you know me?" Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, "I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you."

49Then Nathanael declared, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel."

50Jesus said, "You believe[k] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that." 51He then added, "I tell you[l] the truth, you[m] shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

Footnotes:

1. John 1:5 Or darkness, and the darkness has not overcome
2. John 1:9 Or This was the true light that gives light to every man who comes into the world
3. John 1:13 Greek of bloods
4. John 1:14 Or the Only Begotten
5. John 1:18 Or the Only Begotten
6. John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only (or only begotten) Son
7. John 1:20 Or Messiah. "The Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "the Anointed One"; also in verse 25.
8. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
9. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33
10. John 1:42 Both Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) mean rock.
11. John 1:50 Or Do you believe ...?
12. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
13. John 1:51 The Greek is plural.





Our God is an ever present comrade no matter where in the world we go,
He is our beginning and our end if we choose to follow him,
He is our creator and loves us without end.

Galatians 1 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
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Galatians 1
Greeting
1 Paul, (A) an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father (B) who raised Him from the dead (C) — 2 and all the brothers who are with me:

To the churches of Galatia. (D) [a]

3 Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord [b] Jesus Christ, 4 who gave Himself for our sins (E) to rescue us from this present evil age, (F) according to the will of our God and Father, (G) 5 to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.


No Other Gospel
6 I am amazed that you are so quickly turning away from Him who called (H) you by the grace of Christ, [and are turning] to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another [gospel], (I) but there are some (J) who are troubling you and want to change the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel (K) from heaven should preach to you a gospel other than what we have preached to you, (L) a curse be on him! [c] 9 As we have said before, I now say again: if anyone preaches to you a gospel contrary to what you received, (M) a curse be on him! [d]

10 For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? (N) Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.


Paul Defends His Apostleship
11 Now I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel preached by me is not based on a human point of view. [e] 12 For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation (O) from Jesus Christ. (P)

13 For you have heard about my former way of life (Q) in Judaism: (R) I persecuted (S) God's church to an extreme degree and tried to destroy it; 14 and I advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries among my people, because I was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. (T) 15 But when God, who from my mother's womb set me apart and called (U) me by His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His Son (V) in me, so that I could preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone. [f] 17 I did not go up to Jerusalem (W) to those who had become apostles (X) before me; instead I went to Arabia (Y) and came back to Damascus. (Z)

18 Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem (AA) to get to know Cephas, (AB) [g] and I stayed with him 15 days. 19 But I didn't see any of the other apostles except James, (AC) the Lord's brother. 20 Now in what I write to you, I'm not lying. God is my witness. [h]

21 Afterwards, I went to the regions of Syria (AD) and Cilicia. (AE) 22 I remained personally unknown to the Judean churches in Christ; 23 they simply kept hearing: "He who formerly persecuted (AF) us now preaches the faith (AG) he once tried to destroy." 24 And they glorified God because of me.

Footnotes:

1. Galatians 1:2 A Roman province in what is now Turkey
2. Galatians 1:3 Other mss read God our Father and the Lord
3. Galatians 1:8 Or you, let him be condemned, or you, let him be condemned to hell; Gk anathema
4. Galatians 1:9 Or received, let him be condemned, or received, let him be condemned to hell; Gk anathema
5. Galatians 1:11 Lit not according to man
6. Galatians 1:16 Lit flesh and blood
7. Galatians 1:18 Other mss read Peter
8. Galatians 1:20 Lit Behold, before God


Cross references:

1. Galatians 1:1 : Ac 13:9;
2. Galatians 1:1 : Mt 5:16; 6:1; 11:27; Jn 8:42;
3. Galatians 1:1 : Ac 9:6; 20:24; 22:10-21; 26:16;
4. Galatians 1:2 : Ac 16:6; 18:23; 1Co 16:1; 2Tm 4:10; 1Pt 1:1;
5. Galatians 1:4 : Rm 6:23; Ti 2:14;
6. Galatians 1:4 : Mt 20:28; Rm 4:25; 1Co 15:3; Gl 2:20;
7. Galatians 1:4 : Php 4:20; 1Th 1:3; 3:11; 13; Heb 10:7; 1Pt 3:17; Rv 10:7;
8. Galatians 1:6 : Col 3:15; 1Pt 1:15;
9. Galatians 1:7 : Ac 4:12; 1Co 3:11;
10. Galatians 1:7 : Jude 4;
11. Galatians 1:8 : Gn 16:7; Mt 13:49; Lk 1:11; Ac 5:19; Rv 14:6;
12. Galatians 1:8 : Rm 15:20;
13. Galatians 1:9 : Jude 3;
14. Galatians 1:10 : 1Th 2:4;
15. Galatians 1:12 : 1Pt 4:13;
16. Galatians 1:12 : 1Co 11:23; 15:3;
17. Galatians 1:13 : 2Pt 3:11;
18. Galatians 1:13 : Ac 8:1-9:2; 26:4; Php 3:5-6;
19. Galatians 1:13 : Php 3:6; 2Tm 3:12;
20. Galatians 1:14 : Mk 7:3;
21. Galatians 1:15 : Mt 24:22; Col 3:15;
22. Galatians 1:16 : Jn 5:19; Heb 1:2;
23. Galatians 1:17 : Mt 23:37; Ac 8:1;
24. Galatians 1:17 : Jude 17;
25. Galatians 1:17 : Is 21:13; Jr 25:24; Ezk 27:21; Gl 4:25;
26. Galatians 1:17 : 2Sm 8:5;
27. Galatians 1:18 : Ac 9:26;
28. Galatians 1:18 : Jn 1:42;
29. Galatians 1:19 : Jude 1;
30. Galatians 1:21 : Num 23:7; Lk 2:2;
31. Galatians 1:21 : Ac 9:30; 11:25-26;
32. Galatians 1:23 : Ac 8:1-3;
33. Galatians 1:23 : Jude 3;





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Acts 1-6 (King James Version)
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Acts 1

1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,

2Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:

3To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:

4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.

5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

6When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?

7And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.

8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

9And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

11Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

12Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.

13And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

14These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

15And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

16Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

17For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.

20For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

21Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

22Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.

23And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

24And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,

25That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.

26And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
Acts 2

1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

5And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.

6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.

7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?

8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?

9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,

10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

13Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.

14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:

15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.

16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;

17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:

19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come:

21And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

22Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

23Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

25For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved:

26Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

27Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

28Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.

29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;

31He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

32This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.

33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

34For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

35Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

36Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.

37Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

38Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.

40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

41Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

42And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

43And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.

44And all that believed were together, and had all things common;

45And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.

46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,

47Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.



Acts 3

1Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.

2And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;

3Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.

4And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

5And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.

6Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

7And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.

8And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.

9And all the people saw him walking and praising God:

10And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.

11And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.

12And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?

13The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.

14But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;

15And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

16And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

17And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.

18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

19Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

20And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:

21Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

22For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.

23And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.

24Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days.

25Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

26Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts 4

1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

2Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

6And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

10Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

14And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.

15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,

16Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.

20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done.

22For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

23And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

26The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.

27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

28For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.

29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

30By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.

31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,

35And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.

36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,

37Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.
Acts 5

1But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.

3But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

5And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

6And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

7And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

8And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

9Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

10Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

11And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.

13And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them.

14And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.

16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

17Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

19But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,

20Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

21And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

22But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

23Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.

24Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.

25Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

26Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

27And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

28Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.

29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

30The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.

31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.

32And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.

33When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

34Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;

35And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

36For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

37After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.

38And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:

39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.

40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

41And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

42And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
Acts 6

1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

2Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

3Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

4But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

5And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

6Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

7And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

9Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

11Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

12And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

13And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

14For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

15And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.



Psalm 27 (King James Version)
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Psalm 27

1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.

6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.

7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

9Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.

11Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.

12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.


Psalm 33-35 (King James Version)


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Psalm 33

1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.

2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

3Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

4For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.

5He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

6By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

7He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

8Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

10The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

11The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

13The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men.

14From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

15He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

16There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

18Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.

21For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.

22Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.
Psalm 34

1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

8O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

9O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

11Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

12What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?

13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

14Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

15The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

16The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

17The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

21Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.

22The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Psalm 35

1Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.

2Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.

3Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

4Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

5Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.

6Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

7For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.

8Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.

9And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.

10All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?

11False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

12They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.

13But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:

16With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

17Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions.

18I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.

19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.

20For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.

21Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.

22This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

23Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.

24Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.

25Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.

27Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

28And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.