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Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:

Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, even four generations.

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?

But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother’s children.

But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.

I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.

I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad.

Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.

And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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

And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.