Today’s Reading :  Proverbs  8 – 11  and  Hebrews 11  (KJV)

 

 

 Proverbs 8

Pro 8:1  Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Pro 8:2  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

Pro 8:3  She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Pro 8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

Pro 8:5  O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Pro 8:6  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

Pro 8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Pro 8:8  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

Pro 8:9  They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Pro 8:10  Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Pro 8:11  For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Pro 8:12  I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Pro 8:13  The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Pro 8:14  Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Pro 8:15  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Pro 8:16  By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

Pro 8:17  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Pro 8:18  Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Pro 8:19  My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Pro 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

Pro 8:21  That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Pro 8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Pro 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Pro 8:24  When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.

Pro 8:25  Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Pro 8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Pro 8:27  When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Pro 8:28  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Pro 8:29  When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

Pro 8:30  Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;

Pro 8:31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.

Pro 8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

Pro 8:33  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Pro 8:34  Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Pro 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Pro 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

 

Proverbs 9

Pro 9:1  Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Pro 9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Pro 9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Pro 9:4  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Pro 9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Pro 9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Pro 9:7  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Pro 9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Pro 9:9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

Pro 9:10  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Pro 9:11  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Pro 9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.

Pro 9:13  A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Pro 9:14  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Pro 9:15  To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Pro 9:16  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Pro 9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Pro 9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

 

Proverbs 10

Pro 10:1  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

Pro 10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Pro 10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Pro 10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Pro 10:5  He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

Pro 10:6  Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Pro 10:7  The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Pro 10:8  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Pro 10:9  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Pro 10:10  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Pro 10:11  The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Pro 10:12  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Pro 10:13  In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Pro 10:14  Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Pro 10:15  The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

Pro 10:16  The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Pro 10:17  He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Pro 10:18  He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Pro 10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

Pro 10:20  The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Pro 10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Pro 10:22  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Pro 10:23  It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Pro 10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Pro 10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Pro 10:26  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Pro 10:27  The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Pro 10:28  The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Pro 10:29  The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Pro 10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Pro 10:31  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Pro 10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

 

Proverbs 11

Pro 11:1  A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Pro 11:2  When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

Pro 11:3  The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Pro 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Pro 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Pro 11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

Pro 11:7  When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

Pro 11:8  The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Pro 11:9  A hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Pro 11:10  When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Pro 11:11  By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Pro 11:12  He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Pro 11:13  A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Pro 11:14  Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Pro 11:15  He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Pro 11:16  A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Pro 11:17  The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Pro 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Pro 11:19  As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

Pro 11:20  They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Pro 11:21  Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Pro 11:22  As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.

Pro 11:23  The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Pro 11:24  There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

Pro 11:25  The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Pro 11:26  He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

Pro 11:27  He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Pro 11:28  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Pro 11:29  He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Pro 11:30  The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Pro 11:31  Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

 

 

Hebrews 11

Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Heb 11:2  For by it the elders obtained a good report.

Heb 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

Heb 11:4  By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Heb 11:5  By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Heb 11:7  By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

Heb 11:8  By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Heb 11:9  By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Heb 11:10  For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Heb 11:11  Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Heb 11:12  Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.

Heb 11:13  These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Heb 11:14  For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

Heb 11:15  And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Heb 11:16  But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

Heb 11:17  By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Heb 11:18  Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Heb 11:19  Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

Heb 11:20  By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Heb 11:21  By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshiped, leaning upon the top of his staff.

Heb 11:22  By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Heb 11:23  By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

Heb 11:24  By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

Heb 11:25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Heb 11:26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.

Heb 11:27  By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Heb 11:28  Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

Heb 11:29  By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.

Heb 11:30  By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

Heb 11:31  By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

Heb 11:32  And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

Heb 11:33  Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Heb 11:34  Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

Heb 11:35  Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Heb 11:36  And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Heb 11:37  They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

Heb 11:38  (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Heb 11:39  And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:

Heb 11:40  God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.