Proverbs 22

On Life and Conduct 1 Agoodname is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold. 2 The rich and the poor have a common…

Nehemiah 5

Usury Abolished 1 Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. 2 For there were those who said, “We, our sons…

Judges 12

Jephthah and His Successors 1 Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the…

Proverbs 23

On Life and Conduct 1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, 2 And put a knife to your throat If you…

Judges 13

Philistines Oppress Again 1 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lordgave them into the hands of the Philistines forty…

Nehemiah 6

The Enemy’s Plot 1 Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, andthatno…

Proverbs 24

Precepts and Warnings 1 Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; 2 For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble. 3…

Nehemiah 7

Census of First Returned Exiles 1 Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed,…

Judges 14

Samson’s Marriage 1 Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah,oneof the daughters of the Philistines. 2 So he came back and told his father and…

Proverbs 25

Similitudes, Instructions 1 These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But…