The way of the LORD {is} strength to the upright: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

Whoso {is} wise, and will observe these {things}, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear {them} not, because ye are not of God.

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

A wise {man} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

The law of the LORD {is} perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD {is} sure, making wise the simple. {law: or, doctrine} {converting: or, restoring}

The way of the just {is} uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

The just LORD {is} in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. {every...: Heb. morning by morning}

Who {is} the wise man, that may understand this? and {who is he} to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth {and} is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

I know, O LORD, that thy judgments {are} right, and {that} thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. {right: Heb. righteousness}

Therefore I esteem all {thy} precepts {concerning} all {things to be} right; {and} I hate every false way.

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And blessed is {he}, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Unto you therefore which believe {he is} precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, {precious: or, an honour}

Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

Wherefore the law {is} holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

Wherefore? Because {they sought it} not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

Blessed {is} the man whose strength {is} in thee; in whose heart {are} the ways {of them}.

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this {child} is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners {shall be} together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. {destruction: Heb. breaking}

The works of his hands {are} verity and judgment; all his commandments {are} sure.

They go from strength to strength, {every one of them} in Zion appeareth before God. {strength to...: or, company to company}

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

{Is it fit} to say to a king, {Thou art} wicked? {and} to princes, {Ye are} ungodly?

{Even him}, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

But the path of the just {is} as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, {that he should do} wickedness; and {from} the Almighty, {that he should commit} iniquity. {men...: Heb. men of heart}

Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and {let} him {be} your fear, and {let} him {be} your dread.

And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,

Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. {be...: Heb. add strength}

For my thoughts {are} not your thoughts, neither {are} your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; {and} their hearts, that they cannot understand. {shut: Heb. daubed}

ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous {are} thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true {are} thy ways, thou King of saints. {saints: or, nations, or, ages}

O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Whoso {is} wise, and will observe these {things}, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every {thing} that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai {be} of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, {thou} child of the devil, {thou} enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

But wisdom is justified of all her children.

Who {is} the wise man, that may understand this? and {who is he} to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth {and} is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.

And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. {was...: that is, was encouraged}

And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this {child} is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number {is} Six hundred threescore {and} six.

The righteous {man} wisely considereth the house of the wicked: {but God} overthroweth the wicked for {their} wickedness.

This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.

The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and {the man of} wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. {the man...: or, thy name shall see that which is}

And here {is} the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.

And thou shalt do {that which is} right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,

All the paths of the LORD {are} mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

These {things} also {belong} to the wise. {It is} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

O {thou that art} named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? {are} these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? {straitened: or, shortened?} {uprightly: Heb. upright?}

Why do ye not understand my speech? {even} because ye cannot hear my word.

For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. {blindness: or, hardness}

Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.

But Mary kept all these things, and pondered {them} in her heart.

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. {I will not: or, Shall I not} {fall: or, be punished}

And the likeness of their faces {was} the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments {are} far above out of his sight: {as for} all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. {destruction: Heb. treading down}

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.