Proverbs 14:16–17

³A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

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

²²Abstain from all appearance of evil.

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

⁹If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

¹⁰And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

¹¹And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

⁹And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself.

²¹If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

²²Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

²³For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

¹⁷The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

⁶By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

¹⁴Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

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.

¹⁸And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

¹⁸For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

¹⁹Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

²²He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

¹²⁰My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

¹³The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

²⁸And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

⁴⁰And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?

²⁴And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

²⁵And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

¹⁵But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

¹⁴Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

²⁹He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

⁹Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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

²²An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

¹⁸A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

³²He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

²⁴Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

⁶And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

⁵¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

⁶And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

⁷The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

²⁶For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

²⁷As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

²⁸They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

²⁹Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

¹⁶A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

²A good man obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

¹⁸An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,