Amshir 27, 1744

20Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.

21She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:

22"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.

23Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.

24Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,

25Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,

26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,

27When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.

28"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.

29Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,

30They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.

31Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

32For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."

13The LORD of hosts, Him you shall hallow; Let Him be your fear, And let Him be your dread.

14He will be as a sanctuary, But a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense To both the houses of Israel, As a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

15And many among them shall stumble; They shall fall and be broken, Be snared and taken."

16Bind up the testimony, Seal the law among my disciples.

17And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.

18Here am I and the children whom the LORD has given me! We are for signs and wonders in Israel From the LORD of hosts, Who dwells in Mount Zion.

19And when they say to you, "Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter," should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living?

20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

21They will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry; and it shall happen, when they are hungry, that they will be enraged and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

22Then they will look to the earth, and see trouble and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they will be driven into darkness.

1Nevertheless the gloom will not be upon her who is distressed, As when at first He lightly esteemed The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, And afterward more heavily oppressed her, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, In Galilee of the Gentiles.

2The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

3You have multiplied the nation And increased its joy; They rejoice before You According to the joy of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

4For You have broken the yoke of his burden And the staff of his shoulder, The rod of his oppressor, As in the day of Midian.

5For every warrior's sandal from the noisy battle, And garments rolled in blood, Will be used for burning and fuel of fire.

6For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

7Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgment and justice From that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

2Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

3When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.

4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.Selah

5I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.Selah

6For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.

7You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance.Selah

8I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

9Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.

10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

11Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

11Now as they heard these things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.

12Therefore He said: "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

13So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, "Do business till I come.'

14But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, "We will not have this man to reign over us.'

15"And so it was that when he returned, having received the kingdom, he then commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.

16Then came the first, saying, "Master, your mina has earned ten minas.'

17And he said to him, "Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.'

18And the second came, saying, "Master, your mina has earned five minas.'

19Likewise he said to him, "You also be over five cities.'

20"Then another came, saying, "Master, here is your mina, which I have kept put away in a handkerchief.

21For I feared you, because you are an austere man. You collect what you did not deposit, and reap what you did not sow.'

22And he said to him, "Out of your own mouth I will judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, collecting what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow.

23Why then did you not put my money in the bank, that at my coming I might have collected it with interest?'

24"And he said to those who stood by, "Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has ten minas.'

25(But they said to him, "Master, he has ten minas.')

26"For I say to you, that to everyone who has will be given; and from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

27But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me."'

28When He had said this, He went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.

9I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.

10Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world.

11But now I have written to you not to keep company with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--not even to eat with such a person.

12For what have I to do with judging those also who are outside? Do you not judge those who are inside?

13But those who are outside God judges. Therefore "put away from yourselves the evil person."

1Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

2Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

3Do you not know that we shall judge angels? How much more, things that pertain to this life?

4If then you have judgments concerning things pertaining to this life, do you appoint those who are least esteemed by the church to judge?

5I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you, not even one, who will be able to judge between his brethren?

3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

4to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

5who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

7that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,

8whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

9receiving the end of your faith--the salvation of your souls.

10Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,

11searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.

12To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things which angels desire to look into.