True Riches (1 Timothy 6:17–19; James 5:1–6)
Saying 7 1 WBS When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: BSB BSB: When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 WBS And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite. BSB BSB: and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 WBS Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful food. BSB BSB: Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Saying 8 4 WBS Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom. BSB BSB: Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself.
5 WBS Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. BSB BSB: When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
Saying 9 6 WBS Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties: BSB BSB: Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
7 WBS For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. BSB BSB: for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 WBS The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. BSB BSB: You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Saying 10 9 WBS Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. BSB BSB: Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Saying 11 10 WBS Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: BSB BSB: Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
11 WBS For their redeemer is mighty; he will plead their cause with thee. BSB BSB: for their Redeemer is strong; He will take up their case against you.
Saying 12 12 WBS Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge. BSB BSB: Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
Saying 13 13 WBS Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. BSB BSB: Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
14 WBS Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. BSB BSB: Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol.
Saying 14 15 WBS My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. BSB BSB: My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
16 WBS Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. BSB BSB: My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Saying 15 17 WBS Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. BSB BSB: Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always continue in the fear of the LORD.
18 WBS For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off. BSB BSB: For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
Saying 16 19 WBS Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way. BSB BSB: Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
20 WBS Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: BSB BSB: Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat.
21 WBS For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. BSB BSB: For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
Saying 17 22 WBS Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. BSB BSB: Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 WBS Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. BSB BSB: Invest in truth and never sell it—in wisdom and instruction and understanding.
24 WBS The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. BSB BSB: The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.
25 WBS Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice. BSB BSB: May your father and mother be glad, and may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Saying 18 26 WBS My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways. BSB BSB: My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
27 WBS For a lewd woman is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. BSB BSB: For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
28 WBS She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. BSB BSB: Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
Saying 19 29 WBS Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? BSB BSB: Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
30 WBS They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. BSB BSB: Those who linger over wine, who go to taste mixed drinks.
31 WBS Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. BSB BSB: Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
32 WBS At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. BSB BSB: In the end it bites like a snake and stings like a viper.
33 WBS Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things. BSB BSB: Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
34 WBS And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. BSB BSB: You will be like one sleeping on the high seas or lying on the top of a mast:
35 WBS They have stricken me, wilt thou say , and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. BSB BSB: “They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
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