16, Proverbs 11-12; Deuteronomy 18; Amos 2:6-16; Matthew 1:1-17
Proverbs 11
1
A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
9 I
2
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
8 I
3
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
14 I
4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
2 I
5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
4 I
6
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
9 I
7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
4 I
8
The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
2 I
9
An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
7 I
10
When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
5 I
11
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
12
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
2 I
13
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
10 I
14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
2 I
15
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
2 I
16
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
7 I
17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
7 I
18
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
11 I
19
As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
16 I
20
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
5 I
21
Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
5 I
22
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
23
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
8 I
24
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
18 I
25
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
35 I
26
He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
6 I
28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
5 I
29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
18 I
31
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs 12
1
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
9 I
2
A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
13 I
3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
7 I
4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
3 I
5
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
6 I
6
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
3 I
7
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
3 I
8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
2 I
9
He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
9 I
11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
5 I
12
The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
7 I
13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
5 I
14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
5 I
15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
9 I
16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
7 I
17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
5 I
18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
5 I
19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
5 I
20
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
3 I
21
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
5 I
22
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
7 I
23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
2 I
24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
7 I
25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
11 I
26
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
4 I
27
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
2 I
28
In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
17 I
Deuteronomy 18
1
The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance.
10 I
2
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.
10 I
3
And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
10 I
4
The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
10 I
5
For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.
10 I
6
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the Lord shall choose;
10 I
7
Then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord.
10 I
8
They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.
10 I
9
When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
10 I
10
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
10 I
11
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
10 I
12
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
10 I
13
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
33 I
14
For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
10 I
15
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
10 I
16
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
10 I
17
And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
10 I
18
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
10 I
19
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
10 I
20
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
10 I
21
And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?
10 I
22
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
10 I
Amos 2
6
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
10
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
12
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13
Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
Matthew 1
1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3
And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
4
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
5
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
6
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
7
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
11
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16
And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.