Proverbs 12:15–16

⁷¶ Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

²⁰Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

¹²Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

²All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

²⁵There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

³For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

⁵A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

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

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.

¹³¶ Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

¹⁵Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

¹⁶So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

¹⁷Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

¹⁸But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

¹⁹And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

²⁰But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

²¹But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

²²And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

²³So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

²⁴¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

²⁶Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

²⁷Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

²⁸So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

¹⁶The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

¹¹The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

¹²There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

¹¹A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

¹⁹Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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

⁹He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

²⁸He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

³³Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

²²Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

¹AND Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.

²Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

³⁰Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

³¹For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

³²And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?

³³And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.

³⁴So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.