Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 When you sit down to eat with a leader, pay close attention to what has been set before your face, 2 and put a knife to your throat, if, in such a way, you could hold your soul in your own power. 3 Do not desire his foods, in which is the bread of […]

1 Do not imitate evil men, nor desire to be among them. 2 For their mind meditates on robberies, and their lips speak deceptions. 3 By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened. 4 By doctrine, the storerooms shall be filled with every substance that is precious and most […]

1 These, too, are parables of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transferred. 2 It is to the glory of God to conceal a word, and it is to the glory of kings to investigate speech. 3 Heaven above, and earth below, and the heart of kings are each unsearchable. 4 Take […]

1 In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish. 2 Like a bird flying away to another place, and like a sparrow that hurries away freely, so also a curse uttered against someone without cause will pass away. 3 A whip is […]

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what the future day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips. 3 A stone is weighty, and sand is burdensome; but the wrath of the foolish is heavier than both. 4 Anger […]

1 The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread. 2 Because of the sins of the land, it has many princes. And because of the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the leader shall be […]

1 The man who, with a stiff neck, treats the one who corrects him with contempt will be suddenly overwhelmed to his own destruction, and reason shall not follow him. 2 When just men are multiplied, the common people shall rejoice. When the impious take up the leadership, the people shall mourn. 3 The man […]

1 The words of the Gatherer, the son of the Vomiter. The vision that the man spoke. God is with him, and he, being strengthened by God and abiding with him, said: 2 “I am the most foolish among men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. 3 I have not learned wisdom, […]

1 The words of king Lamuel. The vision by which his mother instructed him: 2 “What, O my beloved? What, O beloved of my womb? What, O beloved of my vows? 3 Do not give your substance to women, or your riches to overthrow kings. 4 Not to kings, O Lamuel, not to kings give […]