For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. {obtain: Heb. bring forth}

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. {discretion: Heb. judgment}

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said {to be} bountiful.

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

The heathen are sunk down in the pit {that} they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.

{There is} no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither {hath he} power in the day of death: and {there is} no discharge in {that} war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. {discharge: or, casting off weapons}

An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. {obtain: Heb. bring forth}

{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth {shall be} to them that devise good.

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

{He that is} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. {discretion: Heb. judgment}

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous {there is} favour.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, {that} at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: {think...: or, conceive a mischievous purpose}

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters {are} good and right; but {there is} no man {deputed} of the king to hear thee. {there...: or, none will hear thee from the king downward}

For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.