How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced?

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one’s life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced.

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.

The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.

The one who robs his father and mother and says, “There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.

One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me,” says the Lord.

The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.

“‘But you must offer to the Lord an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished.

For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

So in fact children were fathered by one man – and this one as good as dead – like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore.

And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.

Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites.