The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And she shall hold him fast, and he shall not be confounded: and she shall exalt him among his neighbours.

And in the midst of the church she shall open his mouth, and shall fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.

She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name.

But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit.

Lying men shall be mindful of her: but men that speak truth shall be found with her, and shall advance, even till they come to the sight of God.

Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:

For wisdom came forth from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and the sovereign Lord will give praise unto it.

Say not: It is through God, that she is not with me: for do not thou the things that he hateth.

Say not: He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of wicked men.

The Lord hateth all abomination of error, and they that fear him shall not love it.

God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his own counsel.

He added his commandments and precepts.

If thou wilt keep the commandments and perform acceptable fidelity for ever, they shall preserve thee.

He hath set water and fire before thee: stretch forth thy hand to which thou wilt.

Before man is life and death, good and evil, that which he shall choose shall be given him:

For the wisdom of God is great, and he is strong in power, seeing all men without ceasing.

The eyes of the Lord are towards them that fear him, and he knoweth al the work of man.

He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, and he hath given no man license to sin;

For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.

Rejoice not in ungodly children, if they be multiplied: neither be delighted in them, if the fear of God be not with them.

Trust not to their life, and respect not their labours.

For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.

And it is better to die without children, than to leave ungodly children.

By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become desolate.

Many such things hath my eyes seen, and greater things than these my ear hath heard.

In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath shall flame out.

The ancient giants did not obtain pardon for their sins, who were destroyed trusting to their own strength:

And he spared not the place where Lot sojourned, but abhorred them for the pride of their word.

He had not pity on them, destroying the whole nation that extolled themselves in their sins.

So did he with the six hundred thousand footmen, who were gathered together in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had escaped unpunished:

For mercy and wrath are with him. He is mighty to forgive, and to pour out indignation:

According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.

The sinner shall not escape in his rapines, and the patience of him that sheweth mercy shall not be put off.

All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and according to the wisdom of his sojournment.

Say not: I shall be hidden from God, and who shall remember me from on high?

In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?

Behold the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight,

The mountains also, and the hills, and the foundations of the earth: when God shall look upon them, they shall be shaken with trembling.

And in all these things the heart is senseless: and every heart is understood by him.

And his ways who shall understand, and the storm, which no eye of man shall see?

For many of his works are hidden, but the works of his justice who shall declare? or who shall endure? for the testament is far from some, and the examination of all is in the end.

He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things.

Hearken to me, my son, and learn the discipline of understanding, and attend to my words in thy heart.

And I will shew forth good doctrine in equity, and will seek to declare wisdom: and attend to my words in thy heart, whilst with equity of spirit I tell thee the virtues that God hath put upon his works from the beginning, and I shew forth in truth his knowledge.

The works of God are done in judgment from the beginning, and from the making of them he distinguished their parts, and their beginnings in their generations.

He beautified their works for ever, they have neither hungered, nor laboured, and they have not ceased from their works.

Nor shall any of them straiten his neighbour at any time.

Be not thou incredulous to his word.

After this God looked upon the earth, and filled it with his goods.

The soul of every living thing hath shewn forth before the face thereof, and into it they return again.

God created man of the earth, and made him after his own image.

And he turned him into it again, and clothed him with strength according to himself.

He gave him the number of his days and time, and gave him power over all things that are upon the earth.

He put the fear of him upon all flesh, and he had dominion over beasts and fowls.

He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, and ears, and a heart to devise: and he filled them with the knowledge of understanding.

He created in them the science of the spirit, he fired their heart with wisdom, and shewed them both good and evil.

He set his eye upon their hearts to shew them the greatness of his works:

That they might praise the name which he hath sanctified: and glory in his wondrous act that they might declare the glorious things of his works.

Moreover he gave them instructions, and the law of life for an inheritance.

He made an everlasting covenant with them, and he shewed them his justice and judgments.

And their eye saw the majesty of his glory, and their ears heard his glorious voice, and he said to them: Beware of all iniquity.

And he gave to every one of them commandment concerning his neighbour.

Their ways are always before him, they are not hidden from his eyes.

Over every nation he set a ruler.

And Israel was made the manifest portion of God.

And all their works are as the sun in the sight of God: and his eyes are continually upon their ways.

Their covenants were not hid by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.

The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the apple of the eye:

And afterward he shall rise up, and shall render them their reward, to every one upon their own head, and shall turn them down into the bowels of the earth.

But to the penitent he hath given the way of justice, and he hath strengthened them that were fainting in patience, and hath appointed to them the lot of truth.

Turn to the Lord, and forsake thy sins:

Make thy prayer before the face of the Lord, and offend less.

Return to the Lord, and turn away from thy injustice, and greatly hate abomination.

And know the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the lot set before thee, and in prayer to the most high God.

Go to the side of the holy age, with them that live and give praise to God.

Tarry not in the error of the ungodly, give glory before death. Praise perisheth from the dead as nothing.

Give thanks whilst thou art living, whilst thou art alive and in health thou shalt give thanks, and shalt praise God, and shalt glory in his mercies.

How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness to them that turn to him!

For all things cannot be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and they are delighted with the vanity of evil.

What is brighter than the sun; yet it shall be eclipsed. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood hath invented? and this shall be reproved.

He beholdeth the power of the height of heaven: and all men are earth and ashes.

He that liveth for ever created all things together. God only shall be justified, and he remaineth an invincible king for ever.

Who is able to declare his works?

For who shall search out his glorious acts?

And who shall show forth the power of his majesty? or who shall be able to declare his mercy?

Nothing may be taken away, nor added, neither is it possible to find out the glorious works of God.

When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.

What is man, and what is his grace? and what is his good, or what is his evil?

The number of the days of men at the most are a hundred years, as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as a pebble of the sand, so are a few years compared to eternity.

Therefore God is patient in them, and poureth forth his mercy upon them.

He hath seen the presumption of their heart that it is wicked, and hath known their end that it is evil.

Therefore hath he filled up his mercy in their favour, and hath shewn them the way of justice.

The compassion of man is toward his neighbour: but the mercy of God is upon all flesh.

He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.

He hath mercy on him that receiveth the discipline of mercy, and that maketh haste in his judgments.

My son, in thy good deeds, make no complaint, and when thou givest any thing, add not grief by an evil word.

Shall not the dew assuage the heat? so also the good word is better than the gift.

Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.

A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.

Before judgment prepare thee justice, and learn before thou speak.