Wisdom & Truth Verses

Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. {borne: Heb. borne them}

Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants.

{As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have {occasion} any more to use this proverb in Israel.

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, {that...: Heb. judgment and justice}

He {that} hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, {that} hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. {blood: Heb. bloods}

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, {but} hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, {hath not...: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge}

For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn {yourselves}, and live ye. {yourselves: or, others}

And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, {and} devoured men.

Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.