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Данный сборник текстов из Старого Завета и Нового Завета составлен для учащихся православных школ, изучающих английский язык. Тексты отобраны в соответствии с духовно-нравственным содержанием и представляют собой поучительные рассказы, притчи, беседы. При работе с текстами учащиеся анализируют, обсуждают содержание и переводят в современный мир.

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Введение

Данный сборник текстов из Библии - это попытка отобрать выборочные

тексты, содержащие поучительные краткие истории с нравственным

содержанием.

Сегодняшнее современное общество через образовательные стандарты

второго поколения ставит перед учителем определенную задачу– «воспитание,

социально-педагогическая поддержка становления и развития

высоконравственного, ответственного, творческого, инициативного,

компетентного гражданина России», где «современный национальный

воспитательный идеал - это высоконравственный, творческий, компетентный

гражданин России, принимающий судьбу Отечества как свою личную,

осознающий ответственность за настоящее и будущее своей страны,

укорененный в духовных и культурных традициях многонационального народа

Российской Федерации».

Таким образом, духовно-нравственное развитие и воспитание

обучающихся является первостепенной задачей современной

образовательной системы и представляет собой важный компонент

социального заказа для образования. Нравственное чувство просыпается в человеке довольно рано,

приблизительно в трехлетнем возрасте и хотя наибольший расцвет его

наблюдается в пятнадцать или семнадцать лет, т. е. в таком возрасте, когда

ученики начальной школы почти забывают школьные познания, но и более

ранний возраст дает возможность воспитателю направить рост нравственности

в ученике на должный путь.

Многие ученые, педагоги, психологи рассматривают вопрос о

нравственном воспитании учащихся. Это Ушинский, Макаренко….

К. Д. Ушинский, подчеркивая роль воспитания в жизни ребенка, требует

от воспитателя быть «всесторонне образованным христианином», отдавая ему

приоритет по сравнению с «просто» учителем, т. е. человеком, который дает

знания, не ставя перед собой воспитательных задач . Писатель и богослов

первых веков христианства Климент Александрийский с изумительной

точностью вывел образ Божественного Педагога, показав всю возможную

высоту и полноту учительского служения .

Цель педагога — улучшение детской души, а отнюдь не научение ее.

Поэтому ему должно быть свойственно, прежде всего, умение воздействовать

на ее расположение и на весь духовный облик воспитанников.

«Подавление, оттеснение какой-либо сферы души, — пишет В. В.

Зеньковский, — неизбежно влечет за собой расстройство психического

равновесия, расстройство в иерархии психических сил. Дитя цельно, и всякий

разрыв в какой-либо сфере души неизбежно влечет за собой тяжелые

последствия» . Отсюда ученый делает вывод о важности для духовного (а,

следовательно, и физического) здоровья ребенка нормального развития

религиозной сферы.


«...религиозные образы в душе ребенка помогают развернуться лучшим

движениям детской души, — отмечает педагог, — изнутри согревают и

просветляют ее. Школа, которая не хочет иметь дела с религиозной сферой

ребенка... отбрасывает от себя огромную творческую силу и вынуждена

прибегать к суррогатам и подменам» .

Не принятые во внимание и своевременно не удовлетворенные запросы

духа компенсируются за счет других сфер. Это приводит к расстройству в

иерархии психических сил, а в социальной жизни проявляется как осознанное

или неосознанное стремление личности к жестокости, физическому или

моральному саморазрушению, которое проявляется в различных аномалиях

поведения (грубость, хулиганство, алкоголизм, наркомания, токсикомания,

самоубийства, участие в деструктивных сектах и пр. ).

Принимая во внимание внутреннюю целостность и иерархичность

строения личности (дух-душа-тело) школа должна равно заботиться о всех трех

сферах ее реального бытия.

Христианство, базирующееся на учении Библии, формирует все стороны

человеческой жизни, мышления, эмоций, поведения, деятельности по

отношению к Богу, и к окружающим людям. Нет ни одной стороны бытия

человеческой жизни, на которую не дала бы ответ Библия. Представляя

духовный мир Бога, она не просто как-то положительно влияет на человека, она

формирует личность и социум.

«Главную задачу воспитания, — пишет К. Д. Ушинский, — составляет

влияние нравственное» . О приоритете нравственного воспитания с

замечательной ясностью и образностью высказался И. Г. Песталоцци, назвав

его «морем бесконечной силы совершенной любви» . «Любить вообще, —

пишет прот. И. Базаров, — так близко сердцу человека, так естественно для его

природы. Но как любить, уметь любить — это задача жизни...».

Помочь в решении этой задачи и призвано духовно-нравственное

воспитание, цель которого — научить ребенка любить, явить ему примером,

словом и делом всю высоту, глубину и полноту этого поистине Божественного

чувства.

Существует огромное количество сказок, историй, рассказов,

содержащих в себе положительный смысл, нравственное воспитание, примеры

любви, добра, смелости…

Безусловно, можно выбрать любой текст и разобрать его,

проанализировать с нравственной точки зрения, обсудить плюсы и минусы

героев, их поступки, их мысли, чувства. Но являются ли эти герои

совершенством во всем?! Нет! Они все без исключения обладают

человеческими качествами. Следовательно, положительными и

отрицательными. От этого никуда не деться, от рождения в человеке есть и

светлое и черное начала.

Тогда, кого мы можем выбрать за образец совершенства, за идеал, к

которому нужно стремиться, чтобы быть человечнее?


Ответ один: Иисус Христос, который является образцом любви. Всей

своей жизнью он доказал нам как надо жить, поступать в самые тяжелые и

светлые минуты своей жизни. Его притчи дают образец правильного поведения,

образец духовно чистого нравственного человека.

Следовательно, наиболее подходящими текстами для нравственного

воспитания учащихся являются тексты из Библии и Евангелия.


Genesis 3

1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast

of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said

unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of

every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may

eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst

of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it,

neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall

not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat

thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as

gods, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for

food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the

fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of

them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and

made themselves aprons.

8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:

and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the

garden.

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I

hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I

commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,

and I did eat.

13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the

woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent,

Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all

cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy

belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the

days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and

the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it

shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly

multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow

thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall

be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou

hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast

eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee,

saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground

for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the

days of thy life;


18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it

wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed

them.

22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:

and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from

whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a

flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4

1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she

conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man

from the LORD.

2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And

Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the

ground.

3 And in process of time it came to pass, that

Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto

the LORD.

4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of

his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had

respect unto Abel and to his offering:

5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not

respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance

fell.

6 And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou

wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and

if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall

be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field,

that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I

my brother's keeper?

10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from

the ground.

11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy

brother's blood from thy hand;

12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive

and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.


Genesis 19

1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and

Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to

meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the

ground;

2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray

you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash

your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways.

And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned

in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a

feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city,

even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both

old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where

are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring

them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for

therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he

will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon

the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the

door.

11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and

great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy

daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of

the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said,

Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked

unto his sons in law.

15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife,

and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife,

and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him

forth, and set him without the city.

17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy

life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be

consumed.

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy,

which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some

evil take me, and I die:

20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is

it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.


21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not

overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore

the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the

LORD out of heaven;

25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and

that which grew upon the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and

beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered

Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which

Lot dwelt.

30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him;

for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the

earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve

seed of our father.

33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with

her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay

yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with

him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with

him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

37 And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the

Moabites unto this day.

38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father

of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Exodus 20

1 And God spake all these words, saying,

2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought

thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image,

or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that

is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the

earth:

5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor

serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto

the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

6 And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that

love me, and keep my commandments.


7 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold

him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work,

thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy

stranger that is within thy gates:

11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and

rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the

LORD thy God giveth thee.

13 Thou shalt not kill.

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15 Thou shalt not steal.

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor

his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

18 And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet,

and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.

Proverbs 1

1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of

David, king of Israel;

2 To know wisdom and instruction; to

perceive the words of understanding;

3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,

justice, and judgment, and equity;

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the

young man knowledge and discretion.

5 A wise man will hear, and will increase

learning; and a man of understanding shall attain

unto wise counsels:

6 To understand a proverb, and the

interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark

sayings.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of

knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and

instruction.

8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father,

and forsake not the law of thy mother:

9 For they shall be an ornament of grace

unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou

not.

11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent

without cause:

12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:


14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the

owners thereof.

20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she

uttereth

her words, saying,

22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their

scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my

words unto you.

24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man

regarded;

25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;

when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they

shall

not find me: 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall

destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 2

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her

words;

17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.


19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of

it.

Proverbs 3

1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table

of thine heart: 4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and

man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

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

8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than

fine gold.

15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be

compared unto her.

16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth

her.

19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the

heavens.

20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep

shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to

do it.

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou

hast it by thee.

29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

32 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the

just.

34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.


Proverbs 4

1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my

commandments, and live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get

understanding.

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost

embrace her.

9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not

stumble.

13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away,

unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect

day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 5

1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:

2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not

know them.

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;


13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that

instructed me!

14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.

17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and

be thou ravished always with her love.

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of

a stranger?

21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of

his sins.

23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 10

1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the

Heaviness of his mother.

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

3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the

substance of the wicked.

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

5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that

causeth shame.

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

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

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

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

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

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the

wicked.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

granted.

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

foundation.

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


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

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

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

iniquity.

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

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

32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh

frowardness.

Proverbs 11

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

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

3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall

destroy them.

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

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

wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their

own naughtiness.

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

perisheth.

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

9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall

the just be delivered.

10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish,

There is shouting.

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

wicked.

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

peace.

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

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

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

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

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

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

reward.

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

20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in

Their way are his delight.

21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the

Righteous shall be delivered.

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

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

24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet,

but it tendeth to poverty.

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

26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head

of him that selleth it.


27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall

come unto him.

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

29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the

wise of heart.

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

31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the

sinner.

Proverbs 12

1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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

3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be

moved.

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness

in his bones.

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall

deliver them.

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall

be despised.

9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh

bread.

10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are

cruel.

11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is

void of understanding.

12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a

man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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

17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth

them.

27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent

man is precious.

28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.


Proverbs 13

1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat

violence.

3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have

destruction.

4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be

made fat.

5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the

sinner.

7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet

hath great riches.

8 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall

be rewarded.

14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof

shall be honoured.

19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from

evil.

20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner

is laid up for the just.

23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Proverbs 14

1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways

despiseth him.

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that

understandeth.

7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of

knowledge.


8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall

flourish.

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

13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be atisfied

from himself.

15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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

17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction

of the prince.

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

folly.

30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy

on the poor.

32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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

of fools is made known.

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth

shame.

Proverbs 18

1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all

wisdom.

2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing

brook.

5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the

belly.

9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.


11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the

Bars of a castle.

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips

shall he be filled.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit

thereof.

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

23 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh

closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19

1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a

fool.

2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet

sinneth.

3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

6 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him?

he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.

10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual

dropping.

14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways

shall die.

17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will

He pay him again.

18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it

again.

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

21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall

stand.

22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not


be visited with evil.

24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth

again.

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and

he will understand knowledge.

26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and

bringeth reproach.

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 20

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against

his own soul.

3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and

have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with

bread.

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange

woman.

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that

flattereth with his lips.

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be

blessed.

22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.


Proverbs 21

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it

whithersoever he will.

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

3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only

to want.

6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek

death.

7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide

house.

10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed,

He receiveth knowledge.

12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the

wicked for their wickedness.

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be

heard.

14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation

of the dead.

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man

spendeth it up.

21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence

thereof.

23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a

wicked mind?

28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.


Proverbs 22

1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver

and gold.

2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

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

punished.

4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from

them.

6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the

transgressor.

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall

therein.

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from

him.

16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall

surely come

to want.

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my

knowledge.

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy

lips.

19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer

the

words of truth to them that send unto thee?

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

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

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand

before mean men.


Matthew 5

1 AND seeing the multitudes, he went up

into the mountain; and he having sat down, his

disciples came to him.

2 And he opened his mouth, and taught

them, saying:

3 Happy the poor in spirit; for theirs is the

kingdom of heaven.

4 Happy they that mourn; for they shall be

comforted.

5 Happy the meek; for they shall inherit the

earth.

6 Happy they that hunger and thirst after

righteousness; for they shall be filled.

7 Happy the merciful; for they shall obtain

mercy.

8 Happy the pure in heart; for they shall see

God.

9 Happy the peacemakers; for they shall be

called sons of God.

10 Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for theirs is the kingdom of

heaven.

11 Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you

falsely, for my sake.

12 Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the

prophets that were before you.

13 Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? It

is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men.

14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill can not be hid.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand; and it shines

to all that are in the house.

16 Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your

Father who is in heaven.

17 Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to

fulfill.

18 For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from

the law, till all be fulfilled.

19 Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so,

shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be

called great in the kingdom of heaven.

20 For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and

Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

21 Ye heard that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall

be in danger of the judgment.

22 But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause, shall be in

danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council;

and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire.

23 Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has

aught against thee;


24 leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then

come and offer thy gift.

25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest haply the

adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into

prison.

26 Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost

farthing.

27 Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

28 But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already

committed adultery with her in his heart.

29 And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is

profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

30 And if thy right hand causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is

profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.

31 And it was said: Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of

divorcement.

32 But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication,

makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.

33 Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt

perform to the Lord thine oaths.

34 But I say to you, swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne;

35 nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

36 Nor shalt thou swear by thy head; because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

37 But let your word be, Yea, yea, Nay, nay; for that which is more than these comes of evil.

38 Ye heard that it was said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

39 But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek,

turn to him the other also.

40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

41 And whoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

42 Give to him that asks of thee, and from him

that would borrow of thee turn not away.

43 Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love

thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy.

44 But I say to you, love your enemies, and

pray for those who persecute you;

45 that ye may be sons of your Father who is

in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil

and the good, and sends rain on the just and the

unjust.

46 For if ye love those who love you, what

reward have ye? Do not also the publicans the same?

47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what

do ye that excels? Do not also the heathen thus?

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your

Father who is in heaven is perfect.


Matthew 6

1 TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness

before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no

reward with your Father who is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a

trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues

and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I

say to you, they have in full their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand

know what thy right hand does;

4 that thine aims may be in secret and thy Father

who sees in secret will himself reward thee.

5 And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the

hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the

synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may

be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their

reward.

6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,

and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and

thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall

be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before

ye ask him.

9 Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy

name.

10 Thy kingdom come; thy will be done, as in heaven, so also on the earth.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as also we forgave our debtors.

13 And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you;

15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their

faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

18 that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who

sees in secret will reward thee.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where

thieves break through and steal.

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and

where thieves do not break through nor steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

22 The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be

light;

23 but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is

darkness, how great the darkness!

24 No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he

will hold to one and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.


25 For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye

shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than

raiment?

26 Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your

heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 And which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.

They toil not, nor spin;

29 and I say to you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the

oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith?

31 Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or,

Wherewith shall we be clothed?

32 For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need

of all these.

33 But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to

you.

34 Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself.

Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

Matthew 7

1 JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall

be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall

be measured to you.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in

thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is

in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let

me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the

beam is in thine own eye?

5 Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of

thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast

out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs,

nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they

trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye

shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.

8 For every one that asks receives; and he that

seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

10 And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will

your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

12 Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them;

for this is the law and the prophets.


13 Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and

broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in

thereat.

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to

life, and few are they who find it.

15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing,

but inwardly are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes

from thorns, or figs from thistles?

17 So every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree

brings forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree

bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.

20 So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.

21 Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he

that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

22 Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy

name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles?

23 And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

24 Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to

a wise man, who built his house on the rock.

25 And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that

house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

26 And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a

foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

27 And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that

house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished

at his teaching.

29 For he taught them as having authority,

and not as the scribes.

Matthew 13

1 AND on that day Jesus went out of the

house, and sat by the sea-side.

2 And great multitudes were gathered

together to him, so that he went into the ship and

sat down; and all the multitude stood on the

beach.

3 And he spoke many things to them in

parables, saying:

4 Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and

the birds came and devoured them.

5 And others fell on the rocky places,

where they had not much earth; and forthwith

they sprang up, because they had not depth of

earth.


6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they

withered away.

7 And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked them.

8 And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty,

some thirty.

9 He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And the disciples came and said to him: Why dost thou speak to them in parables?

11 And he answering said to them: To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom

of heaven; but to them it is not given.

12 For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has

not, even what he has shall be taken from him.

13 Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear

not, nor understand.

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: With the hearing ye will hear,

and will not understand; And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.

15 For the heart of this people is become gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their

eyes they have closed; Lest haply they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand

with their heart, And turn, and I shall heal them.

16 But happy are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

17 For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are

beholding, and did not see, and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.

18 Hear therefore the parable of the sower.

19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil

one and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the way-side.

20 And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with

joy receives it;

21 and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution

arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.

22 And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of this world

and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and

it becomes unfruitful.

23 And that sown on the good ground,

this is he that hears the word and understands;

who bears fruit, and produces, some a

hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

24 Another parable he put forth to them,

saying: The kingdom of heaven is likened to a

man that sowed good seed in his field.

25 But while men slept, his enemy came

and sowed darnel among the wheat, and went

away.

26 And when the blade sprang up and

produced fruit, then appeared the darnel also.

27 And the servants of the householder

came and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow

good seed in thy field? From whence then has it

darnel?

28 He said to them: An enemy did this.

The servants said to him: Wilt thou then that we

go and gather them up?


29 He said: Nay, lest while ye gather up the darnel, ye root up the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest. And in time of harvest I will say to the reapers:

Gather up first the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

31 Another parable he put forth to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of

mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.

32 Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and

becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.

33 Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a

woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

34 All these things Jesus spoke to the multitudes in parables; and without a parable he spoke

nothing to them;

35 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying: I will open my

mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.

36 Then having sent away the multitudes, he went into the house. And his disciples came to

him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.

37 And answering he said to them: He that sows the good seed is the Son of man.

38 The field is the world. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are

the sons of the evil one,

39 and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the

reapers are angels.

40 As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of

the world.

41 The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the

causes of offense, and those who do iniquity,

42 and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the gnashing of

teeth!

43 Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has

ears to hear, let him hear.

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found

and concealed; and for joy thereof, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking goodly pearls;

46 and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, cast into the sea, and gathering together of

every kind.

48 Which, when it was filled, they drew up upon the beach, and sat down and gathered the

good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked

from among the just,

50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the gnashing of

teeth!


Matthew 18

1 AT that time came the disciples to Jesus,

saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of

heaven?

2 And Jesus, calling a little child to him,

placed it in the midst of them,

3 and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not

turn and become as the little children, ye shall not

enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whoever therefore shall humble himself

as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom

of heaven.

5 And whoever shall receive one such little

child, in my name, receives me.

6 But whoever shall cause one of these little

ones that believe on me to offend, it were better for

him that an upper millstone were hanged about his

neck, and he were plunged in the depth of the sea.

7 Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that causes of offense come;

but woe to that man, through whom the cause of offense comes!

8 But if thy hand or thy foot causes thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better

for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the

everlasting fire.

9 And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee

to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.

10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in

heaven always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11 For the Son of man came to save that which was lost.

12 What think ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is gone astray, does he not

leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains, and go and seek that which is gone astray?

13 And if it be that he find it, verily I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety

and nine that went not astray.

14 So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones perish.

15 But if thy brother shall sin against thee, go show him his fault between thee and him alone,

If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

16 But if he hear not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three

witnesses every word may be established.

17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church; and if he neglect to hear the

church also, let him be to thee as a heathen and a publican.

18 Verily I say to you: Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and

whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

19 Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth, concerning any thing that they

shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

21 Then Peter came to him, and said: Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I

forgive him? Until seven times?

22 Jesus says to him: I say not to thee, until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who desired to make a

reckoning with his servants.


24 And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand

talents.

25 But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and

children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

26 The servant therefore, falling, prostrated himself before him, saying: Have patience with

me, and I will pay thee all.

27 And the lord of that servant, moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the

debt.

28 But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred

denбries; and laying hold of him he took him by the throat, saying: Pay me that thou owest.

29 Therefore his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me,

and I will pay thee.

30 And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31 And his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed

to their lord all that was done.

32 Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that

debt, because thou besoughtest me.

33 Shouldest not thou also have had pity on thy fellow-servant, as I too had pity on thee?

34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was

due to him.

35 So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one

his brother.

Luke 10

25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up,

tempting him, saying: Teacher, what shall I do to

inherit eternal life?

26 He said to him: What is written in the law?

How readest thou?

27 And he answering said: Thou shalt love the

Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and

thy neighbor as thyself.

28 And he said to him: Thou answeredst

rightly. This do, and thou shalt live.

29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to

Jesus: Who then is my neighbor?

30 And Jesus answering said: A certain man

was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell

among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and

wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

31 And by chance a certain priest was going

down that way; and seeing him, he passed by on the

other side.

32 And in like manner also a Levite, arriving at the place, came and saw, and passed by on

the other side.

33 And a certain Samaritan, as he was journeying, came where he was, and seeing him had

compassion;

34 and coming to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and setting him on his

own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him.


35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took

out two denбries and gave to the host, and said: Take care

of him; and whatever thou spendest more, when I come

again, I will repay thee.

36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was

neighbor to him that fell among the robbers?

37 And he said: He that had mercy on him. And

Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.

37 And he said: He that had mercy on him. And

Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou likewise.

38 And it came to pass, as they were going, that he

entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named

Martha received him into her house.

39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at

the feet of Jesus, and heard his word.

40 But Martha was encumbered with much serving;

and she came to him, and said: Lord, dost thou not care that

my sister left me to serve alone? Bid her therefore that she help

me.

41 And Jesus answering said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art anxious and troubled about

many things.

42 But one thing is needful; and Mary chose the good part, which shall not be taken away

from her.

John 10

7 Therefore said Jesus to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door. If any one enter in through

me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out

and find pasture.

10 The thief comes not but to steal,

and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they

may have life, and that they may have it

abundantly.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good

shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12 But he that is a hireling, and not a

shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees

the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and

flees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters

the sheep.

13 The hireling flees, because he is a

hireling, and cares not for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd; and I

know mine, and am known by mine,

15 as the Father knows me, and I

know the Father; and I lay down my life for

the sheep.


16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall

hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

17 For this the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I

have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father.

Luke 12

15 And he said to them: Take heed, and

beware of all covetousness; because a man's life

consists not in the abundance of his possessions.

16 And he spoke a parable to them, saying:

The ground of a certain rich man brought forth

plentifully.

17 And he thought within himself, saying:

What shall I do, because I have not where to store my

fruits?

18 And he said: This will I do; I will pull

down my barns, and will build greater; and there I will

store all my fruits and my goods.

19 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast

many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,

eat, drink, be merry.

20 But God said to him: Fool! this night thy

soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall those

things be, which thou didst provide?

21 So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and

is not rich toward God.

22 And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to

you, take not thought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.

23 The life is more than food, and the body than raiment.

24 Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn;

and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds!

25 And which of you by taking thought can add a cubit to his stature?

26 If therefore ye can not do even that which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

27 Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I say to you, that even

Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the

oven, how much more you, ye of little faith?

29 And ye, seek not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, and be not of a doubtful mind.

30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye

have need of these.31 But seek his kingdom, and these things shall be added to you.

32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

33 Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure

unfailing in the heavens, where a thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.

34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.


Luke 15

3 And he spoke this parable to them, saying:

4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep,

and having lost one of them, does not leave the

ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that

which is lost, until he finds it?

5 And having found it, he lays it on his

shoulders, rejoicing.

6 And coming home, he calls together his

friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with

me; because I found my sheep which was lost.

7 I say to you, that so there will be joy in

heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over

ninety and nine just persons, who have no need of

repentance.

11 And he said: A certain man had two

sons.

12 And the younger of them said to his

father: Father, give me the portion of the

property that falls to me. And he divided to

them his living.

13 And not many days after, the

younger son gathered all together, and went

abroad into a far country, and there wasted his

substance in riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all, there

arose a grievous famine in that country; and he

began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to

one of the citizens of that country; and he sent

him into his fields to feed swine.

16 And he would fain have filled his

belly with the husks which the swine ate; and

no one gave to him.

17 And coming to himself, he said: How

many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!

18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and

before thee.

19 I am no longer worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw

him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

21 And the son said to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer

worthy to be called thy son.

22 But the father said to his servants: Bring forth a robe, the best, and put it on him; and put a

ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet;

23 and bring the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat and be merry.

24 Because this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. And they began to

be merry.


25 Now his elder son was in the field. And

as he came, and drew near to the house, he heard

music and dancing.

26 And calling to him one of the servants,

he inquired what these things meant.

27 And he said to him: Thy brother is

come; and thy father killed the fatted calf, because

he received him back, safe and sound.

28 And he was angry, and would not go in;

and his father came out, and entreated him.

29 And he answering said to his father: Lo,

so many years do I serve thee, and never

transgressed thy command; and to me thou never

gayest a kid, that I might make merry with my

friends.

30 But when this thy son came, who

devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for

him the fatted calf.

31 And he said to him: Child, thou art ever

with me, and all that I have is thine.

32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead

and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

Luke 16

19 There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in

purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day.

20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus,

who was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21 and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell

from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and

licked his sores.

22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died; and he

was borne away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The

rich man also died, and was buried;

23 and in the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being

in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his

bosom.

24 And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have

mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of

his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in

this flame.

25 But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in

full, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art tormented.

26 And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf is fixed; that they who would pass

from hence to you may not be able, nor those from thence pass over to us.

27 And he said: I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house.

28 For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they may not also come into this

place of torment.

29 Abraham says to him: They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them.


30 And he said: Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they will

repent.

31 And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and

the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though

one should rise from the dead.

Luke 17

11 And it came to pass, as he was going

to Jerusalem, that he went through the midst of

Samaria and Galilee.

12 And as he was entering into a certain

village, there met him ten leprous men, who

stood afar off.

13 And they lifted up their voice, saying:

Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

14 And seeing it, he said to them: Go,

show yourselves to the priests. And it came to

pass that, as they went, they were cleansed.

15 And one of them, seeing that he was

healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying

God,

16 and fell down on his face at his feet,

giving thanks to him; and he was a Samaritan.

17 And Jesus answering said: Were not

the ten cleansed? And where are the nine?

18 Were none found returning to give

glory to God, except this stranger?

19 And he said to him: Arise, and go; thy faith has made thee whole.

Luke 18

10 Two men went up into the temple to pray;

one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.

11 The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with

himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other

men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this

publican.

12 I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all

that I possess.

13 And the publican, standing afar off, would

not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon

his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner.

14 I say to you, this man went down to his

house justified, rather than the other. For every one

that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that

humbles himself shall be exalted.


Matthew 7

1 JUDGE not, that ye be not judged.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it

shall be measured to you.

\Matthew 18

1 AT that time came the disciples to

Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the

kingdom of heaven?

2 And Jesus, calling a little child to

him, placed it in the midst of them,

3 and said: Verily I say to you, if ye

do not turn and become as the little children,

ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

4 Whoever therefore shall humble

himself as this little child, he is the greatest in

the kingdom of heaven.

5 And whoever shall receive one such

little child, in my name, receives me.

Matthew 19

13 Then were brought to him little children, that he might put his hands on them and pray;

and the disciples rebuked them.

14 But Jesus said: Suffer the little children, and

forbid them not to come to me; for to such belongs the

kingdom of heaven.

15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed

thence.

Luke 19

1 AND having entered in, he was passing

through Jericho.

2 And behold, there was a man named

Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this man

was rich.

3 And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and

he could not on account of the multitude, because he

was small in stature.

4 And running before, he climbed up into a

sycamore-tree to see him; because by that way he was

to pass through.


5 And Jesus, when he came to the place, looked up and saw him, and said to him: Zaccheus,

make haste and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house.

6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

7 And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner.

8 And Zaccheus stood up, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to

the poor; and if I took aught from any one by false accusation, I restore fourfold.

9 And Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a

son of Abraham.

10 For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.

Luke 7

37 And, behold, a woman who was a

sinner in the city, learning that he is reclining at

table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an

alabaster box of ointment;

38 and standing behind at his feet

weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and

wipe them with the hairs of her head, and

kissed his feet, and anointed them with the

ointment.

39 And seeing it, the Pharisee who

had bidden him spoke within himself, saying:

This man, if he were a prophet, would know

who and what sort of woman this is that

touches him; for she is a sinner.

40 And Jesus answering said to him:

Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee. And

he says: Teacher, say on.

41 A certain money-lender had two

debtors. The one owed five hundred denбries,

and the other fifty.

42 And they having nothing to pay, he

forgave them both. Which of them therefore, tell me, will love him most?

43 Simon answering said: I suppose he to whom he forgave most. And he said to him: Thou

didst rightly judge.

44 And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy

house, thou gayest me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with

her hair.

45 Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, from the time I came in, ceased not to kiss my feet.

46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she anointed my feet with ointment.

47 Wherefore I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom

little is forgiven, the same loves little.

48 And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven.

49 And they who reclined with him began to say within themselves: Who is this that also

forgives sins?

50 And he said to the woman: Thy faith has saved thee; go in peace.


Matthew 21

33 Hear another parable. There was a householder, who

planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress

in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went

abroad.

34 And when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his

servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.

35 And the husbandmen taking his servants, beat one, and

killed another, and stoned another.

36 Again he sent other servants, more than the first; and

they did to them likewise.

37 And afterward he sent to them his son, saying: They

will reverence my son.

38 But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among

themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his

inheritance. 39 And taking him, they cast him out of the vineyard, and

killed him.

40 When therefore the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen?

41 They say to him: He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the

vineyard to other husbandmen, who will deliver over to him the fruits in their seasons.

42 Jesus says to them: Did ye never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders

disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; This is from the Lord, And is wonderful in

our eyes.

43 Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a

nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And he that falls upon this stone will be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will

grind him to powder.

45 And the chief priests and Pharisees, hearing his parables, knew that he spoke of them.

46 And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the

multitudes, since they held him as a prophet.

Matthew 25

1 THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be

likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went

out to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five

foolish.

3 The foolish, taking their lamps, took no oil

with them;

4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with

their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all

slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight a cry was made: Behold,

the bridegroom! Go out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed

their lamps.

8 And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of

your oil, for our lamps are going out.


9 But the wise answered, saying: Not so; there will not be enough for us and you. Go rather

to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with

him to the marriage; and the door was shut. 11 And afterward come also the rest of the virgins,

saying: Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answering said: Verily I say to you, I know you not.

13 Watch, therefore; because ye know not the day, nor the hour!

Mark 12

38 And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of

the scribes, who love to go about in long robes, and love

greetings in the markets,

39 and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first

places at the feasts;

40 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense

make long prayers; these shall receive greater

condemnation.

41 And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld

how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that

were rich cast in much.

42 And one poor widow came, and cast in two

mites, which are a farthing.

43 And calling to him his disciples, he said to them:

Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all

who are casting into the treasury.

44 For all cast in out of their abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her

whole living.

1 Corinthians 13

4 Love suffers long, is kind; love envies not; love

vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,

5 does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not its own,

is not easily provoked, imputes no evil;

6 rejoices not at unrighteousness, but rejoices with the

truth;

7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,

endures all things.

8 Love never fails; but whether there are

prophesyings, they will be done away; whether tongues, they

will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that

which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I thought as a child, I reasoned as a child; but now

that I am become a man, I have done away the things of the child.

12 For we see now in a mirror, obscurely; but then face to face. Now I know in part; but then

I shall know fully, even as I also am fully known.

13 And now remain faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.


Revelation 3

14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea

write: These things says the Amen, the faithful and

true witness, the beginning of the creation of God.

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither

cold nor hot. I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So, because thou art lukewarm, and

neither hot nor cold, I am about to vomit thee out of

my mouth.

17 Because thou sayest: I am rich, and have

gotten wealth, and have need of nothing, and

knowest not that thou art the wretched and the

pitiable one, and poor, and blind, and naked;

18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined

by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white

garments, that thou mayest be clothed, and the

shame of thy nakedness not be made manifest, and

to anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest

see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock; if any one hear my voice, and open the door, I will

come in to him, and I will sup with him and he with me.

21 He that overcomes, I will give to him to sit with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and

sat down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

American Bible Union New Testament (2nd Edition 1865.)

Originally titled: THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS

CHRIST.


Contents 1. Введение

2. Genesis 3

3. Genesis 4

4. Genesis 19

5. Exodus 20

6. Proverbs 1-5, 10-14, 18-22.

7. Matthew 5

8. Matthew 6

9. Matthew 7

10. Matthew 13

11. Matthew 18

12. Luke 10

13. John 10

14. Luke 12

15. Luke 15

16. Luke 16

17. Luke 17

18. Luke 18

19. Matthew 7

20. Matthew 18

21. Matthew 19

22. Luke 19

23. Luke 7

24. Matthew 21

25. Matthew 25

26. Mark 12

27. 1 Corinthians 13

28. Revelation 3

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