Thursday, April 10, 2025

^65:8Thus saith the Lord, As a grape-stone shall be found in the cluster, and they shall say, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for the sake of him that serves me, for his sake I will not destroy them all. ⁹And I will lead forth the seed that came of Jacob and of Juda, and they shall inherit my holy mountain: and mine elect and my servants shall inherit it, and shall dwell there. ¹⁰And there shall be in the forest folds of flocks, and the valley of Achor shall be for a resting-place of herds for my people, who have sought me. ¹¹But ye are they that have left me, and forget my holy mountain, and prepare a table for the devil, and fill up the drink-offering to Fortune. ¹²I will deliver you up to the sword, ye shall all fall by slaughter: for I called you, and ye hearkened not; I spoke, and ye refused to hear; and ye did evil in my sight, and chose the things wherein I delighted not. ¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall hunger: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: ¹⁴behold, my servants shall exult with joy, but ye shall cry for the sorrow of your heart, and shall howl for the vexation of your spirit. ¹⁵For ye shall leave your name for a loathing to my chosen, and the Lord shall destroy you: but my servants shall be called by a new name, ¹⁶which shall be blessed on the earth; for they shall bless the true God: and they that swear upon the earth shall swear by the true God; for they shall forget the former affliction, and it shall not come into their mind.

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^46:1And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac. ²And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it? ³And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation. ⁴And I will go down with thee into Egypt, and I will bring thee up at the end; and Joseph shall put his hands on thine eyes. ⁵And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to take them. ⁶And they took up their goods, and all their property, which they had gotten in the land of Chanaan; they came into the land of Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him. ⁷The sons, and the sons of his sons with him; his daughters, and the daughters of his daughters; and he brought all his seed into Egypt.

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^23:15Son, if thy heart be wise, thou shalt also gladden my heart; ¹⁶and thy lips shall converse with my lips, if they be right. ¹⁷Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day. ¹⁸For if thou shouldest keep these things, thou shalt have posterity; and thine hope shall not be removed. ¹⁹Hear, my son, and be wise, and rightly direct the thoughts of thine heart. ²⁰Be not a wine-bibber, neither continue long at feasts, and purchases of flesh: ²¹for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments. ²²Hearken, my son, to thy father which begot thee, and despise not thy mother because she is grown old. ²⁴A righteous father brings up his children well; and his soul rejoices over a wise son. ²⁵Let thy father and thy mother rejoice over thee, and let her that bore thee be glad. ²⁶My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. ²⁷For a strange house is a vessel full of holes; and a strange well is narrow. ²⁸For such a one shall perish suddenly; and every transgressor shall be cut off. ²⁹Who has woe? who trouble? who has quarrels? and who vexations and disputes? who has bruises without a cause? whose eyes are livid? ³⁰Are not those of them that stay long at wine? are not those of them that haunt the places where banquets are? Be not drunk with wine; but converse with just men, and converse with them openly. ³¹For if thou shouldest set thine eyes on bowls and cups, thou shalt afterwards go more naked than a pestle. ³²But at last such a one stretches himself out as one smitten by a serpent, and venom is diffused through him as by a horned serpent. ³³Whenever thine eyes shall behold a strange woman, then thy mouth shall speak perverse things. ³⁴And thou shalt lie as in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot in a great storm. ³⁵And thou shalt say, They smote me, and I was not pained; and they mocked me, and I knew it not: when will it be morning, that I may go and seek those with whom I may go in company? ^24:1My son, envy not bad men, nor desire to be with them. ²For their heart meditates falsehoods, and their lips speak mischiefs. ³A house is built by wisdom, and is set up by understanding. ⁴By discretion the chambers are filled with all precious and excellent wealth. ⁵A wise man is better than a strong man; and a man who has prudence than a large estate.

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