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Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.

Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.

Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it; and it shall burn in them, and not be quenched; it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and devour them as a leopard.

Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.

Many, when a thing was lent them, reckoned it to be found, and put them to trouble that helped them.

If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half, and he will count as if he had found it: if not, he hath deprived him of his money, and he hath gotten him an enemy without cause: he payeth him with cursings and railings; and for honour he will pay him disgrace.

Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend, and let it not rust under a stone to be lost.

Lay up thy treasure according to the commandments of the most High, and it shall bring thee more profit than gold.

Shut up alms in thy storehouses: and it shall deliver thee from all affliction.

It shall fight for thee against thine enemies better than a mighty shield and strong spear.

Suretiship hath undone many of good estate, and shaken them as a wave of the sea: mighty men hath it driven from their houses, so that they wandered among strange nations.

Be it little or much, hold thee contented, that thou hear not the reproach of thy house.

For it is a miserable life to go from house to house: for where thou art a stranger, thou darest not open thy mouth.

What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.

It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.

It is a stumblingblock unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.

Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended? or done evil, and hath not done it?

If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, There is much meat on it.

Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.

Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.

Eat as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.

Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk moderately: what life is then to a man that is without wine? for it was made to make men glad.

Drunkenness increaseth the rage of a fool till he offend: it diminisheth strength, and maketh wounds.

Speak, thou that art the elder, for it becometh thee, but with sound judgment; and hinder not musick.

As the clay is in the potter’s hand, to fashion it at his pleasure: so man is in the hand of him that made him, to render to them as liketh him best.

Give not thy son and wife, thy brother and friend, power over thee while thou livest, and give not thy goods to another: lest it repent thee, and thou intreat for the same again.

For better it is that thy children should seek to thee, than that thou shouldest stand to their courtesy.

He that washeth himself after the touching of a dead body, if he touch it again, what availeth his washing?

So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, and goeth again, and doeth the same: who will hear his prayer? or what doth his humbling profit him?

The prayer of the humble pierceth the clouds: and till it come nigh, he will not be comforted; and will not depart, till the most High shall behold to judge righteously, and execute judgment.

Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?

And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it.

My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.

My son, prove thy soul in thy life, and see what is evil for it, and give not that unto it.

Take no heaviness to heart: drive it away, and member the last end.

Forget it not, for there is no turning again: thou shalt not do him good, but hurt thyself.

The smith also sitting by the anvil, and considering the iron work, the vapour of the fire wasteth his flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the furnace: the noise of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, and his eyes look still upon the pattern of the thing that he maketh; he setteth his mind to finish his work, and watcheth to polish it perfectly:

He fashioneth the clay with his arm, and boweth down his strength before his feet; he applieth himself to lead it over; and he is diligent to make clean the furnace:

Many shall commend his understanding; and so long as the world endureth, it shall not be blotted out; his memorial shall not depart away, and his name shall live from generation to generation.

If he die, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand: and if he live, he shall increase it.

His blessing covered the dry land as a river, and watered it as a flood.

Thine eye desireth favour and beauty: but more than both corn while it is green.

Riches and strength lift up the heart: but the fear of the Lord is above them both: there is no want in the fear of the Lord, and it needeth not to seek help.

My son, lead not a beggar’s life; for better it is to die than to beg.

Woe be unto you, ungodly men, which have forsaken the law of the most high God! for if ye increase, it shall be to your destruction:

Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every thing.

Therefore be shamefaced according to my word: for it is not good to retain all shamefacedness; neither is it altogether approved in every thing.

The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:

At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?

A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes.

Great is the Lord that made it; and at his commandment runneth hastily.

Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.

Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it; very beautiful it is in the brightness thereof.

It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.

It compasseth the heaven about with a glorious circle, and the hands of the most High have bended it.

The eye marvelleth at the beauty of the whiteness thereof, and the heart is astonished at the raining of it.

The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.

When the cold north wind bloweth, and the water is congealed into ice, it abideth upon every gathering together of water, and clotheth the water as with a breastplate.

It devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the grass as fire.

They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof; and when we hear it with our ears, we marvel thereat.

With Isaac did he establish likewise [for Abraham his father’s sake] the blessing of all men, and the covenant, And made it rest upon the head of Jacob. He acknowledged him in his blessing, and gave him an heritage, and divided his portions; among the twelve tribes did he part them.

This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.

Who before him so stood to it? for the Lord himself brought his enemies unto him.

The Lord gave strength also unto Caleb, which remained with him unto his old age: so that he entered upon the high places of the land, and his seed obtained it for an heritage:

That all the children of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.

Thy soul covered the whole earth, and thou filledst it with dark parables.

Who wast ordained for reproofs in their times, to pacify the wrath of the Lord’s judgment, before it brake forth into fury, and to turn the heart of the father unto the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.

Elias it was, who was covered with a whirlwind: and Eliseus was filled with his spirit: whilst he lived, he was not moved with the presence of any prince, neither could any bring him into subjection.

The remembrance of Josias is like the composition of the perfume that is made by the art of the apothecary: it is sweet as honey in all mouths, and as musick at a banquet of wine.

It was Ezekiel who saw the glorious vision, which was shewed him upon the chariot of the cherubims.

He took care of the temple that it should not fall, and fortified the city against besieging:

In the fifth year, and in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burnt it with fire.

And they sent it to Jerusalem unto Joachim the high priest, the son of Chelcias, son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,

And ye shall say, To the Lord our God belongeth righteousness, but unto us the confusion of faces, as it is come to pass this day, unto them of Juda, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.

To bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that were written in the law of Moses;

Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.

And the house which is called by thy name hast thou laid waste, as it is to be seen this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Juda.

For I knew that they would not hear me, because it is a stiffnecked people: but in the land of their captivities they shall remember themselves.

And I will bring them again into the land which I promised with an oath unto their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.

How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies’ land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,

Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it: their children were far off from that way.

It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.

It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.

But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts:

He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.

He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.

He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.

He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.

This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever: all they that keep it shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.

Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.

For as it was your mind to go astray from God: so, being returned, seek him ten times more.

A copy of an epistle, which Jeremy sent unto them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God.

As for their tongue, it is polished by the workman, and they themselves are gilded and laid over with silver; yet are they but false, and cannot speak.

And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loveth to go gay, they make crowns for the heads of their gods.

Sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves.