Pro 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}
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But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that {it is} an evil {thing} and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear {is} not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more {shall not} we {escape}, if we turn away from him that {speaketh} from heaven:
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. {remained: Heb. stood}
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered {with fatness}; then he forsook God {which} made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Now the just shall live by faith: but if {any man} draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; {it is} that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his {days} be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
There is a sore evil {which} I have seen under the sun, {namely}, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. {Because...: or, With whom also there be no changes, yet they}
Let their table become a snare before them: and {that which should have been} for {their} welfare, {let it become} a trap.
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
And they shall turn away {their} ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, {yet} will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, {the youths: Heb. the sons}
See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more {shall not} we {escape}, if we turn away from him that {speaketh} from heaven:
So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? {whom the king...: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth}
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. {I thought: Heb. I said} {I thought...: or, I said with myself, He will surely come out, etc: Heb. I said} {strike: Heb. move up and down}
Righteous {art} thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of {thy} judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? {wherefore} are all they happy that deal very treacherously? {talk...: or, reason the case with thee}
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. {remained: Heb. stood}
Cursed {shall be} thy basket and thy store.
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat {was} yet in their mouths,