Proverbs 7 Warning Against the Adulteress 1(GP) My son, keep my words and treasure up my commandments with you; 2(GQ) keep my commandments and live; keep my teaching as(GR) the apple of your eye; 3(GS) bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”… Continue Reading
Proverbs 6 Practical Warnings 1My son, if you have put up(EK) security for your neighbor, have given your pledge for a stranger, 2if you are(EL) snared in the words of your mouth, caught in the words of your mouth, 3then do this, my son, and save yourself, for you have come into the hand of… Continue Reading
Proverbs 5 Warning Against Adultery 1(DB) My son, be attentive to my wisdom; (DC) incline your ear to my understanding, 2that you may keep(DD) discretion, and your lips may(DE) guard knowledge. 3For the lips of(DF) a forbidden[k] woman drip honey, and her speech[l] is(DG) smoother than oil, 4but in the end she is(DH) bitter as(DI)… Continue Reading
Proverbs 4 A Father’s Wise Instruction 1(BH) Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may(BI) gain[h] insight, 2for I give you good(BJ) precepts; do not forsake my teaching. 3When I was a son with my father, (BK) tender,(BL) the only one in the sight of my mother, 4he(BM) taught me and… Continue Reading
Proverbs 3 Trust in the LORD with All Your Heart 1(A) My son, do not forget my teaching, (B) but let your heart keep my commandments, 2for(C) length of days and years of life and(D) peace they will add to you. 3Let not(E) steadfast love and(F) faithfulness forsake you; (G) bind them around your neck;… Continue Reading
Proverbs 2 The Value of Wisdom 1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden… Continue Reading
Proverbs 1 The Beginning of Knowledge 1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, 3to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and… Continue Reading
2 Corinthians 13 Final Warnings 1 This is the third time I am coming to you. Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 2 I warned those who sinned before and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I… Continue Reading
14Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. 15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more,… Continue Reading
2 Corinthians 12 Paul’s Visions and His Thorn 1I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do… Continue Reading