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THIRD PART

The Preparation of the God's People

Spiritual nourishment for the Preparation of the People of God stemming from all nations.

Translating by the french to the english, the original one is in greek

Introduction

Spiritual food for the Preparation of the People of God stemming from all nations.

It is necessary first of all, to get ready in his thought. To learn to manage the thoughts. It is necessary completely to decide to want to become a real son or girl of God, to will it completely in his spirit and in his heart:

I'm going to reveal you that each of you, have with you a guardian angel or some.

They have for mission to blow you in your soul, in your heart, choices which allow you to get closer to the Lord, by doing good around you.

Obviously, the bad and his (her) devils exist well and truly, they chose not to recognize any more God, and to prove to God that the people do not love Him either.

They blow you also more selfish, more sneaky thoughts, they flatter your ego, they push you to the discouragement, etc…. And especially they divert you the Truths coming from God, from Jesus Christ, from the Holy Bible and the word of God.

If you do not accept the "good" thoughts of your guardian angel, then often you follow the thoughts of the others, which are very strong and which know very well your weak points.

For example, if you are jealous or have fears, they are going to feed your jealousy or your fears, to amplify them until make lose you all your energy, until you loose courage.

Because when you are tired, weak and discouraged, you do not analyze anything any more and you are ready to make all the fatal thoughts that they blow you.

It is necessary for you to learn to feel your thoughts at any time, to feel that this thought does not deserve the functioning of a child of God.

In the beginning, it is hard, one often falls, but with the will and the perseverance and the steady attention, one arrives there. And when one got used to it is sharply easier.

Be allowed to be guided correctly and to feel these thoughts; it is necessary to know how to discern, but to discern it is necessary the knowledge of the divine truths. The knowledge of God and God's word contained in the Holy Bible is the food that God gave of any time to His people, it is necessary to pray, it is necessary to read.

Ask and it will be given to you. Ask and you will receive.

The more you are virtuous, brilliant, the more the guardian angel who is with you is high in God's hierarchy.

Because at the top, everything is treated on a hierarchical basis.

It is necessary for you to learn to love God, to love yourself healthyly and to love the others healthyly, with the wisdom, the difference, the kindness, the patience, to develop sense of justice, knowledge of the good and the evil, the power to analyze functioning superior than God asks and lower functioning, knowledge of which exactly it consists. To learn to accept the freedom of choice which God gives to every man..

The Freedom of choice which God gave to all, to all the heavenly Hierarchy and to all the people.
Yes, God allowed all the heavenly have the right to choose when the Devil began to hurt. And to the people also, God freed of the choice. God loves that one chooses to love Him and to live in the Light of His truth. He will not impose it.

To learn to rise towards the divine Truth, and to learn to encircle the human truths, to differentiate them.

To learn to be a child of God at any time of day, due to the love(thought, word, acts).

I, God of the Universe give a method of work to all my children who want to be a part of My People stemming from any nations.

Golden rule is to learn to love Me, I God of the Universe, Creator of the Sky and the Earth, the God of Israel, the God of Abraham, the God of Moses, the God of Jesus Christ, etc.

And second golden rule is to learn to love healthyly your fellow man as you even.

To love yourself and to love the others it is worth saying correctly that Limit to be never exceeded is to damage yourself and to damage the others.

It is a very important limit which it is imperative to understand well, because never you will manage to rise spirityally if you do not understand this LIMIT.

Every person who harms and harms the others will not be able to be a part of My People on the New Earth, because nothing of impure will enter the New Jerusalem.

It is written THROUGHTOUT MY WORD WRITTEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE IN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT.

The fulfillment of the Perfection is the healthy love. And the Love not allow any nuisance neither in his thougts, nor in his words, nor in his acts.

It is very possible to manage to control your thoughts, your words, your acts in everyday life.

This food is intended to allow you to become the son of God, as God would love that you are.

First of all, when you think, learn all the time to realize of what consists your thought. If you think of harmful, negative situations, it harms to you, because you are not very brilliant when you maintain thoughts also lower.

If your thoughts are steered against somebody who has done you harm, try not to think any more of all these nuisances, because automatically they damage you, because they put yourself prisoner of these negative thoughts, and you maintain in your spirit the evil which he continues to make you.

Release yourselves, it is the Truth which allow you to get free, of to free your spirit and your thought.

Learn to steer your spirit towards thoughts filled with love and towards healthy thoughts which are going to reconstruct you, they permit to animate your inside world.

Learn to become brilliant, warm, vivifying as the sun which animates everything on the passage. Find your spiritual internal sun, and give it with love to all my children.

Learn to master your word, learn in not to damage yourselves and not to damage anybody by unhealthy, negative words.

Do not open the mouth to say wickedness, judgments, words of malicious gossip, inequitable or cruel words.

Apply and you will notice results.

Your acts and your words on no account can damage you and the others.

If you do not know how to love yourself and love healthyly the others, as Jesus Christ asked you for it, the Limit which I, God of the Universe forbids you to exceed is to damage yourself and to damage the others.

In the first place, all the acts which touch you personnally. Reflect if they damage you to yourself.

How your acts can damage you?

By destroying you either physically, or morally, or psychologically.

Today, when you decide to act, everything in the beginning, at first, learn to think, to discern the nature of your acts.

These acts which you want to begin they will allow you to live in accordance with yourself? Will allow you - they to make you better or will bring you-they inconveniences?

The Quality of your acts must be watched. It is a custom to set.

The quantity of your acts also.

Because a good activity can become harmful if it is badly managed.

Too much or not enough can damage you.

So, when you think, when you speak and when you act, to watch in not ever to damage yourselves.

Some concrete examples:

To work to satisfy the necessites, it is very normal and it is necessary, but to exaggerate in the work and to prevent you from taking charge of you, of your children, of your husband or of your wife and from having no time either to pray Me, or to raise yourself spiritually, it is harmful to you and to your family.

To go and do a sport, it is very well, but to make only that without any management, is harmful for you and your family, etc.

That your thoughts, your words, your acts do not damage anybody, you including.

There are several sorts of nuisances, physical nuisance, spiritual nuisance and psychological nuisance.

Physical nuisance are all the reprehensible acts when you damage yourselves physically, gives drugs, alcohol, etc.

And physical nuisance concerning the others is all the reprehensible acts when you damage the others physically.

Pollution on the earth, to fight, to give knocks, to rape the others, to kill the others, to oblige the others physically, etc.

Spiritual nuisance is when you don’t give yourselves a chance and the time to recognize God and His Word.

I am going to give you a sentence to be meditated :

Your freedom stops, there where begins that of the others.

And theirs, stops, there where begins yours.

How can one damage the others psychologically, I am going to explain it to you :

First of all, by making feel guilt the others non-stop, in their Freedom to live their life according to their choices, while they do not damage you in any way either in word, or in act.

Extreme Limit between the GOOD AN THE EVIL, the Just man and the Inequitable, is the Limit which exceed when you damage somebody by your thought, your words and your acts.

To oblige them to undergo the inconveniences of your acts, so your bad choice.

If your bad choices succeed on fatal situations for you, and if you decide by your demands, your complaints, fault, to attach them to the disastrous consequences of your bad acts and choice, then this situation becomes very fast fatal for themselves, and for their family.

It is imperative to understand that you damage the others whom you try to pull them to your problem by any sorts of processes to be undergone the consequences of your bad choice, which do not concern them.

To prevent them to you psychogically, morally to live their life, their choice, you encroach on their freedom to live that I grant to every man.

Furthermore, when you allow to damage the other one, to imprison him to you psychologically.

You take him all his force, all his dynamism, any sound enthuses, all the joy of living.

He does not know how to go out any more of the mental prison, where you locked him, because their spirit is not free any more, it does not stop thinking of the evil which it undergoes.

You prevent him from having spirit loosened to turn to Me, God of the Universe. And you prevent him from turning to himself to live the life, and to turn to his family, his wife, and the worst of everything towards his children.

Because when spirit is prisoner by the nuisances which you cause, it is not available any more, he does not live, does not see anything of what surrounds him, does not hear anything, does not take charge more either of him; or his family, and he does not know how to laugh any more and be warm with his children, his wife, and his friends.

They are violent the damages which you undergo moraly to the others by damaging them, it is a mental prison.

Look around you, the people who undergo the consequences of acts and choices, other human beings around you, in your family, in your friends, in your circle of acquaintances, in the society, and on all the earth.

To avoid all these inconviniences, I, God of the Universe ask necessarily all my children to learn to master, to discern, to learn the good and the evil, and the Limit of the Nuisance.

All the forms of nuisances, physical, psychological and spiritual.

Love healthyly without any limit all the people, it is Golden rule, and only limit lower that it is necessary on no account to allow the others to exceed is that to damage you.

Prevent, at first, at the beginning, try to discern the moment when one begins to damage you, to prevent the evil and the damages, say it clearly.

If you are watchful, of not let damage you, then you will not be imprisoned psychologically, you will not be weakened, and there, yes, you will continue to love them, them at first, you, and every others.

It is never necessary to let someone to weaken you and to prevent you from continuing to live your life and your choices.

Love them of a deep love, a healthy love without limit, a sincere love, a vivifying love, a constructive love, surround them with the love, make feel them that you love them as they are, it doesn't much matter their way of living and their choices.

To love it is also the power to accept without any judgment the way of living of the others, their way of seeing things of life, their freedom of choice, yes, they have the right to choose to believe or not to believe, and so on.

It is not your problem, do not judge them, do not criticize them in any stadia where they are.

They have the right to live as they wish it.

As far as they do not damage you, they have the right to be as they want, it is not your problem, and you have to learn to love them healthyly in all your differences. That is real love.

But the Only LIMIT which you never have to allow anybody to cross, it is to damage you, to you, to your family, and to the others.

Love has no limit, the more we love healthily the others, and the more one is loved, appreciated, looked for and especially never forget that more one gives some love, more one possesses it, the healthily love is the Perfection.

But the lower limit of the love it is not to damage.

Because if one does not know how to love, not damage mean respecting; so to love.

Because when one loves, one does not harm any way.

And those that in the name of the love morally imprison the others by not stopping complaining, by not stopping making feel guilty them, are as harmful as those that damage physically the others.

Because the physical prison is transformed into moral, psychological prison and prevent them from living their life and their choice.

So, I God of the Universe, I would love that my children, find their FREEDOM to live, their freedom of thought, their freedom of word, and the freedom to act to manage to be the Man such as I conceived him.

Healthy thoughts, healthy words and healthy acts.

So, in the daily when one tries to damage you, be watchful, and learn to prevent by the force from the active word to the others from damaging yourself.

It concerns nuisances in everyday life.

Those that damage physically by the crime, the rape, and knocks, and so on, those, it is imperative to prevent them from damaging you, and to be able to stop damaging others.

To PREVENT the other one and the others from damaging yourself, is not an act of cruelty, is not an immoral act, is not an act of judgment, is not a reprehensible act, is not an act of wickedness.

It is an act of love for him, for you and for the others.

Yes! You do not return him his cruelty, you do not return him an immoral act, you do not carry judgment, you do not return him a wickedness, to prevent him to you simply from damaging himself, from damaging yourself, and from continuing to damage the others.

Why is it an act of love?

Simply, when you love your child, because you love him, you prevent him from making errors, nuisances, wickedness.

Quite naturally, you do not let him make everything for not he hurts himself, for not damages himself, and damages the others.

You can easily transpose this process at the adult.

Because you love him, you love each other and love the others, you prevent him from damaging himself and others.

The day when you will be on the New earth, you will understand that it is by this Law of the Love that the love and the peace will reign for the centuries of centuries !

It applies to all that you say and in all your schemes, you will wonder if this act, if this word, if this company, if this leisure, this attitude harms to you, to the others, to the society.

And you will be able to understand, and to discern. You go to learn to be autonomous, responsibe and ripe of your thoughts, your words and your acts.

It is that the real management of the thought, the words and the acts.

This nurishment is not given to you to begin a revolution on earth, but at least in the daily in your relations to manage to rise freely towards the Divine Truths, and Education.

How many people maintain in them the spirit of revolt! Revolt against such situation as they find unbearable or against such person who seems to them dishonest or inequitable…..

React, look for all the reasons for which these situations it are unwound, and look for the means to remedy it while applying common sense, difference, the truth which frees(releases).

Do not let drag this kind of thoughts for such a long time., try to remedy it by the dialogue and if there is no will on both sides to have a conversation, a constructive understanding, go away without producing of wickedness.

Each is free to live as he wants it. And to think as he wants as far as he does not damage the others.

Common sense and difference allows you to feel the exact limit where begins the freedom of the others.

The freedom of the others stops when they begin to damage you either to damage your family or your circle of acquaintances of the society.

And yes, the responsible and ripe person requires that one respects him, that one respects his family, that one respects his circle of acquaintances, and the society.

Because otherwise, it is as responsible for caused damages as those that provoked them.

To be a son of God, does not want to say to be cowardly, to be incapable to react in front of situations which damage.

To have the repect for the others, it is necessary to respect himself, to know how to respect the others, and to know how to be respected by the others.

For insignificances, it is necessary also to know how to close eyes, because in the life there are little things of the daily life, which one can drop not to aggravate relations.

But in front of big things which provoke substantial damages, let make is cowardly.

Because consequences are sometime irreversible, very grave, and if one lets them continue provoke rather violent situations.

It is necessary to discern the little things of the big.

Do not accept of person that one deprives you your dignity in front of you, because behind people have the annoying custom to criticize everything and everybody without proper judgment.

But to accept that one mistreats you whithout reason and not to say anything, it is of the cowardice.

Nobody has the right to say to you wickednesses without foundation, the fact of not saying it, is that you are what he says.

The Law of the Ease and the Law of Silence are bad counselors.

One settles (adjusts) by leaving anything the others to act so, on the contrary, in the future they will continue of more beautiful.

God of the Universe asks you to be very attentive to your words, your thoughts, your acts.

But God raises you by this education towards the Freedom, and nobody has the right to deprive you the freedom that He offers you by verbal attacks or in acts in your freedom, as far as you do not damage anybody including yourseves, you have the right to live and to think as you wish it, that you do all that you want, but ever in this freedom, you have to damage for whoever it is, and by your fault to provoke agonies and problems to the others.

One owes you respect in your freedom but you owe them respect in their freedom.

But nobody has the right to damage, it is the only real limit that you have no right to exceed, and consequently the duty respect to.

Not let damage yourself and damage the others is an act of love for all.

Furthermore, certain persons are past boss in the art to make feel guilty non-stop the others, and prevent them in this way from evolving in their life as he wishes it.

Real healthy love, and real respect of the other one is to accept that he lives as it wishes him because it does not harm to anybody.

To learn to live with the others the right to be themselves in their life, in their choice, in their activity without always making feel guilty them.

To learn to assume the choices without always pulling the others with one in the decisions.

It is necessary to learn to assume without disturbing the others.

You can make what you want in your freedom, but you have no right to demand that the others follow you or undergo the consequences of your acts or of your decisions.

These rules of life, have to allow you to rise spiritually, they are not given to you today to adjust all the problem of your societies, but at least in everyday life, learn to rise.

These rules of life if they had been applied before in your societies, many current problems would not exist.

These rules of life, are given to you not to begin a revolution on all the earth, but to begin to rise spiritually to have a healthy functioning, which will take all its dimension, all its application in the Kingdom of God, on the New Earth.

Get down to the task, to make you better, begin with yourself.

And fulfillment will make on the New Earth, that it is imperative to soak you some Education which God chose for His People.

Love healthily without limit, let speak about your heart to all, one will never love enough somebody, your children, your husband or your wife, your family, your circle of acquaintances, the complete earth, it is not the healthy love which puts problems, healthy love the more you will give it, the more you will have it, healthy love has no measure, love is.

To love healthy is the most beautiful act, the only limit which it is advisable to put to prevent inconveniences, never damage, but to prevent that one damages you, by saying it simply.

To be able to keep intact your force to love everybody and yourself.

You do not hurt by saying to the other one, you can not damage me, or stop damaging yourself.

Not while by saying in other than he harms you, than this establishes a crime of violence, an act of cruelty, an act of judgment, a despicable act of the man.

If you think well, it is an act of love, because you understand very well for your children, because you love them you do not let them make a mistake.

Transpose at the adults !

Because this act of love is an act to strengthen, to strengthen your human relations, and is preventive, because so you will be able to continue to love healthily everybody as it is, as far as he does not damage you.

This is given to you so that at your level, for yourself and for the others, in relations at the daily life with your family, your children, your friends, there are no more problems.

And especially to keep the force to love, to help everybody without weakening!

Most do not know how to love, but in more they cause so damages, that it is by love of your children, your family, all the children of the world, that it is necessary to stop damages.

Nobody has the right to damage!

If you do not know how to love, at least do not damage, it is the Extreme Limit of the Love !

It is not to settle today problem to the earth, that all this is given by God to his children, not!

It will be Golden rule on the New Earth.

Here we are, Golden Rule to be never broken on the New Earth. And those that will agree to learn to work so, are invited by God and Jesus to be a part of the New Earth.

Observe well and you will notice that the one that is in the truth distinguishes himsef the others by any qualitative sorts, but especially by his kindness, the nobility, his disinterestedness, by his difference, by his sense of justice, by his healthy love ans his respect to the others, he never harms them.

I tell you to give, to give your healthy love, your time, your wisdom, your common sense, to give to the one that is hungry, to give to the one that is cold, to the one that is ill, to give also to those that try to damage you, but it is necessary to prevent them from continuing to damage you not, was what to stop nuisance and to show them the force of the truth.

Nobody has the right to damage you, it is the only limit that it is never necessary to accept that the others overtake, because it is necessary to love them as yourself, you would agree to damage yourselves, no, then the others have not more have no right to damage you.

The key in all the human problems is exactly in this limit to be never let exceed : you can not damage me, you can not damage the others.

Due to this limit you will remove the evil once for everybody. This limit is Solution of all the problems.

By telling to other one not to damage itself, you love him healthy because you return him service by showing to him that it has to see again his functioning.

When one loves healthy the other, he wants for his the better.

When you raise your children, you love them, because you love them healthily that you do not allow them to damage.

It is the similar for the adults, because you love them healthily, it is necessary to teach them not to damage.

And when they understood, everybody appreciates their changement of their functioning, and then everybody loves them.

And if you had not said anything they would have continue to damage you and the others.

They would have suffered from this situation, because everybody needs to be loved, to be recognized and to be appreciated.

By saying to them this limit with love and truth, you love them.

And it is to permit that the bad does not continue to damage the others, than by love you find the force to say : stop damaging. By healthy love for the others, one stops the evil.

It is a magic sentence : stop damaging !

By preventing other one from damaging itself, it does not deprive you the force to continue to love him, to help him, to warm him, to return him gradually towards the knowledge of God and Jesus.

If you let him, continue to damage yourselves, you will be annihilated, for you, for those that approach you, and for the one that continues to damage you, you will have only resentments.

This limit of not nuisance is to limit of healthy love, and certainly no crime of violence, neither of hatred, nor judgment.

I, God of the Universe explained you all this to make understand you that never it was written that the children of God undergo everything, without any reaction.

Some biblical extracts of the New Testament

Matthew Chapter 5 verse 6

Matthew Chapter 5 verse 13

Matthew Chapter5 verse 17

Matthew Chapter 5 verse 21-23

( So here Jesus tells to you to pay attention to your words, and to your acts, to ask for forgiveness, and to repair your damages, your debts.)

Matthew Chapter 5 verse 27-28

(Here, Jesus gives a concrete example where you have to manage your thought, only to think it, it is bad).

Matthew Chapter 7 verse 12

(You want that one loves you, love them, you want that one respects you, respect them, you want that one does not disturb you every day, do not disturb them, you want that one does not ask you for a service every time when one meets you, do not ask them for a service systematically, make all what you can make by yourself, without disturbing anybody; occasionally a service asked by friend, is always a pleasure.

That’s why it is written in proverbs: "Your best friend, if you see him every day he will become your worst enemy". That is why it is necessary to learn to manage what we say,what we do, and what we ask.

Any badly managed situation becomes harmful.

You do not like when one critizes you without reason, the others neither.

You appreciate completely to live your life according to your choices, the others also.

You do not like when one makes you feel guilty without reason because you did no damage to anybody, the others also.

You do not like when one damages you by propelling you in a fatal situation, the others also.

Learn to undergo the consequences of your bad choice, without involving others with it.

You appreciate good advice to improve your life, the others also.

You do not like that one damages you, the others also.

But you could not take the problems of the others on your shoulders the rest of your life, do not demand it from others.

Help that is associated with a situation, you have to understand that you should organize your life for the better, and your bindings should not take away your freedom. You can help teach one to fly with his own wings, but tell him from the beginning that you can’t help him for ever, it is only temporary and for a certain situation only. If you don’t tell him from the beginning he will not understand, then it will become a problem for him and you.

And to discern who you can help concretely, be careful and watch not to fall in certain traps of which you will not escape so easily, and without damage to you.

That’s why, you should give attention to the wisdom which is in the Old Testament that was given to you in the Open Book in proverbs, Sirach, Psalms, etc.)

Matthew chapter 7 verse 13-14

( All the rules of life for which God asks his children, they have to choose them, want them and maintain them).

Matthew chapter 10 verse 11-15

( Here, Jesus spoke about all the people who went away to evangelize in cities and foreign countries. You can notice that Jesus asks them to respect the freedom of choice of everyone, to agree or not, to receive the Good News.

So, do not use force to persuade them, but to accept that they do not want to listen, and to go away silently.

You also, if people do not want to hear anything, not to oblige then, do not say anything evil to them, you should just go away!) 

Matthew chapters 10 verse 16-27

(When Jesus tells you to be careful as snakes and peaceful as doves.

It is necessary for you to be careful with your words, and your acts before you bind yourself to other peoples schemes, because they are wolves. He recommends that you be watchful, to discern situations, to avoid others that will do damage to you, and at the same time to be enlightened of the divine word.

But if you take the time to meditate the nurishments which is given to you in proverbs, psalms, sirach, and so on, you will know how to find one's way.

He asks you to be strong, to dare to say the truth and certainly not to be afraid of saying it, a child of God is a servant of God.

Jesus is our example, and if others mistreated Jesus, do not be afraid if they mistreat you, and God will give you answers, divine arguments to fight against the evil, and in certain situations, do not expose yourself pointlessly, sometime it's better to avoid cruelty, and intolerance, that’s why Jesus tells you : avoid ! So do not put yourselves in danger !

And don’t be afraid if they call possessed because they aslo called Jesus the same.)

Matthiew chapter 10 verse 32-33

(Jesus asks you to dare to say that you love Him, because if you are ambarassed to acknowledge Him, He will be ambarassed to aknowledge you, and if somebody laughs at God, Jesus, and of God's Word, if you do not say anything, that means that you agree with what they say.

Never accept when anyone laughs at God and at Jesus, and about God's Word in front of you, you tell them, I accept that you do not believe, and I do not laugh at you, I demand the same of you about my beliefs.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK AND TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO IMPOSE ON ME YOUR POINT OF VIEW, OR TO LAUGH AT MINE. JESUS HAS NEVER TOLD US TO BE COWARDLY, AND TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING WITHOUT SAYING A WORD, ON THE CONTRARY HE SHOWED US AN EXAMPLE.

And if a quarrel begins, go away, because the man of God, speaks but does not get mixed with quarrels which do not stop with anything.)

Matthew chapters 10 verse 34-39

(Jesus asks you to love God and Himself more than anything, because if your own family, does not want to believe in God and in Jesus, you are responsible for your own choice.

If by ease you prefer to have peace in your life and you deny God and Jesus, then you lose your life. If the Holy Spirit of God speaks to you and asks you to help the others by bringing them Light, and your family opposes to it, you do not deserve to receive Him, because to love God and Jesus, and not to want to make the least gesture for the others because of your family, you do not deserve to be a child of God.

Jesus says it to you clearly, if one day you have to choose, which is the right choice ? Nobody can demand to come before God and Jesus in your life and yes, you are responsible for your choice !)

Matthieu chapters 12 verse 30-32

( Jesus expresses to you clearly that nobody has the right to laugh at the Holy Spirit, notably when a child of God receives the Holy Spirit of God, if you laugh at that, it will not be forgiven of you, because you are not laughing at the person, but at the Holy Spirit of God, so pay attention to your comments.)

Matthew chapters 12 verse 33-37

(God and Jesus inform you to pay attention to what comes out of your mouth, do not allow your words to do damage, your words should be carefully measured. Using a biblical argument when somebody commits a wickedness, but you have on no account to return the evil, or say to them a word of excess, be careful in what comes out of your mouth.

If somebody critisezes you, look in your conscience if this criticism is true or not.

If it is true, repair directly by asking for forgiveness humbleness and sincerety, and by promising not to do it again.

If the criticism is not true, it is only wickedness, then say to him that these words are damaging to you, and if he wants to have a good relation with you, tell him to be more careful of the things he tells you.

If he does not want to understand anything in what you tell him, and he continues to damage you by these words, go away. Maybe he will learn to appreciate your company and all that you offered to him.

If he makes a step towards you by apologizing and by saying to you that he understands and that he will not begin again, forgive him!

You should learn to manage your words so that they never damages anybody. Give God's word to those that show interest and want you to continue to give it, otherwise do not say any more to them. But learn to be tolerant to your circle of acquaintances.

Be very watchful in your words, in your acts and in your functioning because it shows good fruition.

The study of proverbs, sirach, psalms and so on, in depth is going to help you to learn enormously.)

Matthew chapters 13 verse 37-43

(When you will meditate in depth proverbs and the Wisdom of the Old Testament, you will be able to understand what God expects from us, and what He dislikes, and what it means to do things against God's law.

They are not the same fruits. Who does good is the child of God and those that act badly are the children of the other one, the cunning.

All those who have the responsibility to bring down the others in the sin and do opposite things of God's law, you know about whom He speaks : all the persons who are not ashamed at all to damage you and society, who to satisfy their ambition, to arrive at their glory, and to feed their greed, their pride, their complex of syperiority, and who pay attention only to their small person, have no remorse to hurt the others, in words and in acts, they have no remorse to sow evil around them , to behave as gluttonous and grasping wolves without consciousness.

Even sometimes by using biblical arguments, to make you feel guilty, to be able to continue to take advantage of you, they do not hesitate to make you dirty that you are not children of God, because you prevent them from damaging you.

Some, know the writings so well, they tell you that Jesus said you have to turn your other cheek, that you can not judge me, it is necessary to forgive me, you do not know how to forgive for me? You have to love me, because Jesus said to love your enemies ?

And I, God of the Universe I say it to you, it is preferable for those that know the writings so well, to hide behind and to continue to hurt and that you accept them to continue to do you damage, while making you feel pitiful in front of their argumentations, it would be better if they never knew the Writings.

But if they know the writings so well, they know very well that they have to love their fellow man, how they dare to hide behind certain truths to camouflage their bad words and actions.

The one that commits the evil serves his father, the Devil, and the one that commits the good in word and in act, serves Me, I, God of the Universe.

Do not allow anybody to destabilize you any more, neither to throw you off balance, or weaken you by schemes and coments.

The one that digs the hole of the other one, falls inside himself.

Those that hide behind the biblical truths to continue to hurt my children, it is better for them not to quote them any more, because they aggravate their case for the Day of the Judgment, if you so well know the biblical truths you know also the biggest commands : You will love God with all your heart and with all your spirit, and you will love your fellow man as yourself.

If you do not know how to love him healthily, at least do not damage him.

Because by not damaging him, you respect him, so you love him.

All the sentences that Jesus said to you it was to allow you and to teach you to love healthily each other, and not to hurt, by giving you a good conscious..

And my children will shine as the sun in My Kingdom.

Why as the sun, because the sun shines, illuminates, regenerates, and warms everything on its passage.

So, I, God of the Universe would love that my children walking on the earth, brilliant and warm as the sun, and without ever damaging anybody neither in word, nor in thought, nor in act.

Preparation of God's People

The wisdom from God in the Old Testament, biblicals extraxt:

The wisdom of Jesus the son of Sirah or ECCLESIASTICUS

Chapter 1

1:All wisdom comes from the Lord and is with him for ever.
2:The sand of the sea, the drops of rain, and the days of eternity -- who can count them?
3:The height of heaven, the breadth of the earth, the abyss, and wisdom - who can search them out?
4:Wisdom was created before all things, and prudent understanding from eternity.
5:The root of wisdom -- to whom has it been revealed? Her clever devices -- who knows them?
6:There is One who is wise, greatly to be feared, sitting upon his throne.
7:The Lord himself created wisdom; he saw her and apportioned her, he poured her out upon all his works.
8:She dwells with all flesh according to his gift, and he supplied her to those who love him.
9:The fear of the Lord is glory and exultation, and gladness and a crown of rejoicing.
10:The fear of the Lord delights the heart, and gives gladness and joy and long life.
11:With him who fears the Lord it will go well at the end; on the day of his death he will be blessed.
12:To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; she is created with the faithful in the womb.
13:She made among men an eternal foundation, and among their descendants she will be trusted.
14:To fear the Lord is wisdom's full measure; she satisfies men with her fruits;
15: she fills their whole house with desirable goods, and their storehouses with her produce.
16: The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom, making peace and perfect health to flourish.
17: He saw her and apportioned her; he rained down knowledge and discerning comprehension,
and he exalted the glory of those who held her fast.
18: To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom, and her branches are long life.
22: Unrighteous anger cannot be justified, for a man's anger tips the scale to his ruin.
23: A patient man will endure until the right moment, and then joy will burst forth for him.
24: He will hide his words until the right moment, and the lips of many will tell of his good sense.
25: In the treasuries of wisdom are wise sayings, but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
26: If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will supply it for you.
27: For the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction, and he delights in fidelity and meekness.
28: Do not disobey the fear of the Lord; do not approach him with a divided mind.
29: Be not a hypocrite in men's sight, and keep watch over your lips.
30: Do not exalt yourself lest you fall, and thus bring dishonor upon yourself.
The Lord will reveal your secrets
and cast you down in the midst of the congregation,
because you did not come in the fear of the Lord,
and your heart was full of deceit.

Chapter 2

1: My son, if you come forward to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for temptation.
2: Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be hasty in time of calamity.
3: Cleave to him and do not depart, that you may be honored at the end of your life.
4: Accept whatever is brought upon you, and in changes that humble you be patient.
5: For gold is tested in the fire, and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
6: Trust in him, and he will help you; make your ways straight, and hope in him.
7: You who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy; and turn not aside, lest you fall.
8: You who fear the Lord, trust in him, and your reward will not fail;
9: you who fear the Lord, hope for good things, for everlasting joy and mercy.
10: Consider the ancient generations and see: who ever trusted in the Lord and was put to shame?
Or who ever persevered in the fear of the Lord and was forsaken?
Or who ever called upon him and was overlooked?
11: For the Lord is compassionate and merciful; he forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
12: Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands, and to the sinner who walks along two ways!
13: Woe to the faint heart, for it has no trust! Therefore it will not be sheltered.
14: Woe to you who have lost your endurance! What will you do when the Lord punishes you?
15: Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words, and those who love him will keep his ways.
16: Those who fear the Lord will seek his approval, and those who love him will be filled with the law.
17: Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts, and will humble themselves before him.
18: Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, but not into the hands of men;
for as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.

Chapter 3

1: Listen to me your father, O children; and act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.
2: For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons.
3: Whoever honors his father atones for sins,
4: and whoever glorifies his mother is like one who lays up treasure.
5: Whoever honors his father will be gladdened by his own children,
and when he prays he will be heard.
6: Whoever glorifies his father will have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will refresh his mother;
7: he will serve his parents as his masters.
8: Honor your father by word and deed, that a blessing from him may come upon you.
9: For a father's blessing strengthens the houses of the children, but a mother's curse uproots their foundations.
10: Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your father's dishonor is no glory to you.
11: For a man's glory comes from honoring his father, and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.
12: O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives;
13: even if he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your strength do not despise him.
14: For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, and against your sins it will be credited to you;
15: in the day of your affliction it will be remembered in your favor;
as frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.
16: Whoever forsakes his father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is cursed by the Lord.
17: My son, perform your tasks in meekness; then you will be loved by those whom God accepts.
18: The greater you are, the more you must humble yourself; so you will find favor in the sight of the Lord.
20: For great is the might of the Lord; he is glorified by the humble.
21: Seek not what is too difficult for you, nor investigate what is beyond your power.
22: Reflect upon what has been assigned to you, for you do not need what is hidden.
23: Do not meddle in what is beyond your tasks, for matters too great for human understanding
have been shown you.
24: For their hasty judgment has led many astray, and wrong opinion has caused their thoughts to slip.
26: A stubborn mind will be afflicted at the end, and whoever loves danger will perish by it.
27: A stubborn mind will be burdened by troubles, and the sinner will heap sin upon sin.

28: The affliction of the proud has no healing, for a plant of wickedness has taken root in him.
29: The mind of the intelligent man will ponder a parable, and an attentive ear is the wise man's desire.
30: Water extinguishes a blazing fire: so almsgiving atones for sin.
31: Whoever requites favors gives thought to the future; at the moment of his falling he will find support.

Chapter 4

1: My son, deprive not the poor of his living, and do not keep needy eyes waiting.
2: Do not grieve the one who is hungry, nor anger a man in want.
3: Do not add to the troubles of an angry mind, nor delay your gift to a beggar.
4: Do not reject an afflicted suppliant, nor turn your face away from the poor.
5: Do not avert your eye from the needy,nor give a man occasion to curse you;
6: for if in bitterness of soul he calls down a curse upon you, his Creator will hear his prayer.
7: Make yourself beloved in the congregation; bow your head low to a great man.
8: Incline your ear to the poor, and answer him peaceably and gently.
9: Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of the wrongdoer; and do not be fainthearted in judging a case.
10: Be like a father to orphans, and instead of a husband to their mother;
you will then be like a son of the Most High, and he will love you more than does your mother.
11: Wisdom exalts her sons and gives help to those who seek her.
12: Whoever loves her loves life, and those who seek her early will be filled with joy.
13: Whoever holds her fast will obtain glory,and the Lord will bless the place she enters.
14: Those who serve her will minister to the Holy One; the Lord loves those who love her.
15: He who obeys her will judge the nations, and whoever gives heed to her will dwell secure.
16: If he has faith in her he will obtain her; and his descendants will remain in possession of her.
17: For at first she will walk with him on tortuous paths,
she will bring fear and cowardice upon him,
and will torment him by her discipline
until she trusts him,
and she will test him with her ordinances.
18: Then she will come straight back to him and gladden him,
and will reveal her secrets to him.
19: If he goes astray she will forsake him, and hand him over to his ruin.
20: Observe the right time, and beware of evil; and do not bring shame on yourself.
21: For there is a shame which brings sin, and there is a shame which is glory and favor.
22: Do not show partiality, to your own harm, or deference, to your downfall.
23: Do not refrain from speaking at the crucial time, and do not hide your wisdom.
24: For wisdom is known through speech, and education through the words of the tongue.
25: Never speak against the truth, but be mindful of your ignorance.
26: Do not be ashamed to confess your sins, and do not try to stop the current of a river.
27: Do not subject yourself to a foolish fellow, nor show partiality to a ruler.
28: Strive even to death for the truth and the Lord God will fight for you.
29: Do not be reckless in your speech, or sluggish and remiss in your deeds.
30: Do not be like a lion in your home, nor be a faultfinder with your servants.
31: Let not your hand be extended to receive, but withdrawn when it is time to repay.

Chapter 5

1: Do not set your heart on your wealth, nor say, "I have enough."
2: Do not follow your inclination and strength, walking according to the desires of your heart.
3: Do not say, "Who will have power over me?" for the Lord will surely punish you.
4: Do not say, "I sinned, and what happened to me?" for the Lord is slow to anger.
5: Do not be so confident of atonement that you add sin to sin.
6: Do not say, "His mercy is great, he will forgive the multitude of my sins,"
for both mercy and wrath are with him, and his anger rests on sinners.
7: Do not delay to turn to the Lord, nor postpone it from day to day;
for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will go forth, and at the time of punishment you will perish.
8: Do not depend on dishonest wealth, for it will not benefit you in the day of calamity.
9: Do not winnow with every wind, nor follow every path: the double-tongued sinner does that.
10: Be steadfast in your understanding, and let your speech be consistent.
11: Be quick to hear, and be deliberate in answering.
12: If you have understanding, answer your neighbor; but if not, put your hand on your mouth.

13: Glory and dishonor come from speaking, and a man's tongue is his downfall.
14: Do not be called a slanderer, and do not lie in ambush with your tongue;
for shame comes to the thief, and severe condemnation to the double-tongued.
15: In great and small matters do not act amiss,

Chapter 6

1: and do not become an enemy instead of a friend; for a bad name incurs shame and reproach:
so fares the double-tongued sinner.
2: Do not exalt yourself through your soul's counsel, lest your soul be torn in pieces like a bull.
3: You will devour your leaves and destroy your fruit, and will be left like a withered tree.
4: An evil soul will destroy him who has it, and make him the laughingstock of his enemies.
5: A pleasant voice multiplies friends, and a gracious tongue multiplies courtesies.
6: Let those that are at peace with you be many, but let your advisers be one in a thousand.
7: When you gain a friend, gain him through testing, and do not trust him hastily.
8: For there is a friend who is such at his own convenience, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
9: And there is a friend who changes into an enemy, and will disclose a quarrel to your disgrace.
10: And there is a friend who is a table companion, but will not stand by you in your day of trouble.
11: In prosperity he will make himself your equal, and be bold with your servants;
12: but if you are brought low he will turn against you, and will hide himself from your presence.
13: Keep yourself far from your enemies, and be on guard toward your friends.
14: A faithful friend is a sturdy shelter: he that has found one has found a treasure.
15: There is nothing so precious as a faithful friend, and no scales can measure his excellence.
16: A faithful friend is an elixir of life; and those who fear the Lord will find him.
17: Whoever fears the Lord directs his friendship aright, for as he is, so is his neighbor also.
18: My son, from your youth up choose instruction, and until you are old you will keep finding wisdom.
19: Come to her like one who plows and sows, and wait for her good harvest.
For in her service you will toil a little while, and soon you will eat of her produce.
20: She seems very harsh to the uninstructed; a weakling will not remain with her.
21: She will weigh him down like a heavy testing stone, and he will not be slow to cast her off.
22: For wisdom is like her name, and is not manifest to many.
23: Listen, my son, and accept my judgment; do not reject my counsel.
24: Put your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her collar.
25: Put your shoulder under her and carry her, and do not fret under her bonds.
26: Come to her with all your soul, and keep her ways with all your might.
27: Search out and seek, and she will become known to you; and when you get hold of her, do not let her go.
28: For at last you will find the rest she gives, and she will be changed into joy for you.
29: Then her fetters will become for you a strong protection, and her collar a glorious robe.
30: Her yoke is a golden ornament, and her bonds are a cord of blue.
31: You will wear her like a glorious robe, and put her on like a crown of gladness.
32: If you are willing, my son, you will be taught, and if you apply yourself you will become clever.
33: If you love to listen you will gain knowledge, and if you incline your ear you will become wise.
34: Stand in the assembly of the elders. Who is wise? Cleave to him.
35: Be ready to listen to every narrative, and do not let wise proverbs escape you.
36: If you see an intelligent man, visit him early; let your foot wear out his doorstep.
37: Reflect on the statutes of the Lord, and meditate at all times on his commandments.
It is he who will give insight to your mind, and your desire for wisdom will be granted.

Chapter 7

1: Do no evil, and evil will never befall you.
2: Stay away from wrong, and it will turn away from you.
3: My son, do not sow the furrows of injustice, and you will not reap a sevenfold crop.
4: Do not seek from the Lord the highest office, nor the seat of honor from the king.
5: Do not assert your righteousness before the Lord, nor display your wisdom before the king.
6: Do not seek to become a judge, lest you be unable to remove iniquity,
lest you be partial to a powerful man, and thus put a blot on your integrity.
7: Do not offend against the public, and do not disgrace yourself among the people.
8: Do not commit a sin twice; even for one you will not go unpunished.
9: Do not say, "He will consider the multitude of my gifts, and when I make an offering to the Most High
God he will accept it."
10: Do not be fainthearted in your prayer, nor neglect to give alms.
11: Do not ridicule a man who is bitter in soul, for there is One who abases and exalts.
12: Do not devise a lie against your brother, nor do the like to a friend.
13: Refuse to utter any lie, for the habit of lying serves no good.
14: Do not prattle in the assembly of the elders, nor repeat yourself in your prayer.
15: Do not hate toilsome labor, or farm work, which were created by the Most High.
16: Do not count yourself among the crowd of sinners; remember that wrath does not delay.
17: Humble yourself greatly, for the punishment of the ungodly is fire and worms.
18: Do not exchange a friend for money, or a real brother for the gold of Ophir.
19: Do not deprive yourself of a wise and good wife, for her charm is worth more than gold.
20: Do not abuse a servant who performs his work faithfully, or a hired laborer who devotes himself to you.
21: Let your soul love an intelligent servant; do not withhold from him his freedom.
22: Do you have cattle? Look after them; if they are profitable to you, keep them.
23: Do you have children? Discipline them, and make them obedient from their youth.
24: Do you have daughters? Be concerned for their chastity, and do not show yourself too indulgent with them.
25: Give a daughter in marriage; you will have finished a great task. But give her to a man of understanding.
26: If you have a wife who pleases you, do not cast her out; but do not trust yourself to one whom you detest.
27: With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of your mother.
28: Remember that through your parents you were born; and what can you give back to them that equals
their gift to you?
29: With all your soul fear the Lord, and honor his priests.
30: With all your might love your Maker, and do not forsake his ministers.
31: Fear the Lord and honor the priest, and give him his portion, as is commanded you:
the first fruits, the guilt offering, the gift of the shoulders, the sacrifice of sanctification,
and the first fruits of the holy things.
32: Stretch forth your hand to the poor, so that your blessing may be complete.
33: Give graciously to all the living, and withhold not kindness from the dead.
34: Do not fail those who weep, but mourn with those who mourn.
35: Do not shrink from visiting a sick man, because for such deeds you will be loved.
36: In all you do, remember the end of your life, and then you will never sin.

Chapter 8

1: Do not contend with a powerful man, lest you fall into his hands.
2: Do not quarrel with a rich man, lest his resources outweigh yours;
for gold has ruined many, and has perverted the minds of kings.
3: Do not argue with a chatterer, nor heap wood on his fire.
4: Do not jest with an ill-bred person, lest your ancestors be disgraced.
5: Do not reproach a man who is turning away from sin; remember that we all deserve punishment.
6: Do not disdain a man when he is old, for some of us are growing old.
7: Do not rejoice over any one's death; remember that we all must die.
8: Do not slight the discourse of the sages, but busy yourself with their maxims;
because from them you will gain instruction and learn how to serve great men.
9: Do not disregard the discourse of the aged, for they themselves learned from their fathers;
because from them you will gain understanding and learn how to give an answer in time of need.
10: Do not kindle the coals of a sinner, lest you be burned in his flaming fire.
11: Do not get up and leave an insolent fellow, lest he lie in ambush against your words.
12: Do not lend to a man who is stronger than you; but if you do lend anything, be as one who has lost it.
13: Do not give surety beyond your means, but if you give surety, be concerned as one who must pay.
14: Do not go to law against a judge, for the decision will favor him because of his standing.
15: Do not travel on the road with a foolhardy fellow, lest he be burdensome to you;
for he will act as he pleases, and through his folly you will perish with him.
16: Do not fight with a wrathful man, and do not cross the wilderness with him;
because blood is as nothing in his sight, and where no help is at hand, he will strike you down.
17: Do not consult with a fool, for he will not be able to keep a secret.
18: In the presence of a stranger do nothing that is to be kept secret,
for you do not know what he will divulge.
19: Do not reveal your thoughts to every one, lest you drive away your good luck.

Chapter 9

1: Do not be jealous of the wife of your bosom, and do not teach her an evil lesson to your own hurt.
2: Do not give yourself to a woman so that she gains mastery over your strength.
3: Do not go to meet a loose woman, lest you fall into her snares.
4: Do not associate with a woman singer, lest you be caught in her intrigues.
5: Do not look intently at a virgin, lest you stumble and incur penalties for her.
6: Do not give yourself to harlots lest you lose your inheritance.
7: Do not look around in the streets of a city, nor wander about in its deserted sections.
8: Turn away your eyes from a shapely woman, and do not look intently at beauty belonging to another;
many have been misled by a woman's beauty, and by it passion is kindled like a fire.
9: Never dine with another man's wife, nor revel with her at wine;
lest your heart turn aside to her, and in blood you be plunged into destruction.
10: Forsake not an old friend, for a new one does not compare with him.
A new friend is like new wine; when it has aged you will drink it with pleasure.
11: Do not envy the honors of a sinner, for you do not know what his end will be.
12: Do not delight in what pleases the ungodly; remember that they will not be held guiltless
as long as they live.

13: Keep far from a man who has the power to kill, and you will not be worried by the fear of death.
But if you approach him, make no misstep, lest he rob you of your life.
Know that you are walking in the midst of snares, and that you are going about on the city battlements.
14: As much as you can, aim to know your neighbors, and consult with the wise.
15: Let your conversation be with men of understanding, and let all your discussion be about the law of the Most High.
16: Let righteous men be your dinnerand let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
17: A work will be praised for the skill of the craftsmen; so a people's leader is proved wise by his words.
18: A babbler is feared in his city, and the man who is reckless in speech will be hated.

Chapter 10

1: A wise magistrate will educate his people, and the rule of an understanding man will be well ordered.
2: Like the magistrate of the people, so are his officials; and like the ruler of the city, so are all its inhabitants.
3: An undisciplined king will ruin his people, but a city will grow through the understanding of its rulers.
4: The government of the earth is in the hands of the Lord, and over it he will raise up the right man for the time.
5: The success of a man is in the hands of the Lord, and he confers his honor upon the person of the scribe.
6: Do not be angry with your neighbor for any injury, and do not attempt anything by acts of insolence.
7: Arrogance is hateful before the Lord and before men, and injustice is outrageous to both.
8: Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth.
9: How can he who is dust and ashes be proud? for even in life his bowels decay.
10: A long illness baffles the physician; the king of today will die tomorrow.
11: For when a man is dead, he will inherit creeping things, and wild beasts, and worms.

12: The beginning of man's pride is to depart from the Lord;
his heart has forsaken his Maker.
13: For the beginning of pride is sin, and the man who clings to it pours out abominations.
Therefore the Lord brought upon them extraordinary afflictions, and destroyed them utterly.
14: The Lord has cast down the thrones of rulers, and has seated the lowly in their place.
15: The Lord has plucked up the roots of the nations, and has planted the humble in their place.
16: The Lord has overthrown the lands of the nations, and has destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
17: He has removed some of them and destroyed them, and has extinguished the memory of them from the earth.
18: Pride was not created for men, nor fierce anger for those born of women.
19: What race is worthy of honor? The human race.
What race is worthy of honor? Those who fear the Lord.
What race is unworthy of honor? The human race.
What race is unworthy of honor? Those who
transgress the commandments.
20: Among brothers their leader is worthy of honor, and those who fear the Lord are worthy of honor in his eyes.
22: The rich, and the eminent, and the poor -- their glory is the fear of the Lord.
23: It is not right to despise an intelligent poor man,
nor is it proper to honor a sinful man.
24: The nobleman, and the judge, and the ruler will be honored, but none of them is greater than the man who fears the Lord.
25: Free men will be at the service of a wise servant, and a man of understanding will not grumble.
26: Do not make a display of your wisdom when you do your work, nor glorify yourself at a time when you are in want.
27: Better is a man who works and has an abundance of everything, than one who goes about boasting, but lacks bread.
28: My son, glorify yourself with humility, and ascribe to yourself honor according to your worth.
29: Who will justify the man that sins against himself? And who will honor the man that dishonors his own life?
30: A poor man is honored for his knowledge, while a rich man is honored for his wealth.
31: A man honored in poverty, how much more in wealth! And a man dishonored in wealth, how much more in poverty!

Chapter 11

1: The wisdom of a humble man will lift up his head, and will seat him among the great.
2: Do not praise a man for his good looks, nor loathe a man because of his appearance.
3: The bee is small among flying creatures, but her product is the best of sweet things.
4: Do not boast about wearing fine clothes, nor exalt yourself in the day that you are honored;
for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works are concealed from men.
5: Many kings have had to sit on the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
6: Many rulers have been greatly disgraced, and illustrious men have been handed over to others.
7: Do not find fault before you investigate; first consider, and then reprove.
8: Do not answer before you have heard, nor interrupt a speaker in the midst of his words.
9: Do not argue about a matter which does not concern you,
nor sit with sinners when they judge a case.
10: My son, do not busy yourself with many matters;
if you multiply activities you will not go unpunished,
and if you pursue you will not overtake, and by fleeing you will not escape.
11: There is a man who works, and toils, and presses on, but is so much the more in want.
12: There is another who is slow and needs help, who lacks strength and abounds in poverty;
but the eyes of the Lord look upon him for his good; he lifts him out of his low estate
13: and raises up his head, so that many are amazed at him.

14: Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, come from the Lord.
15 : Wisdom, knoledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: loven and the way of good works, are from him;

16 : error and darkness gad tgeur beginning together with sinners: and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.

17: The gift of the Lord endures for those who are godly, and what he approves will have lasting success.
18: There is a man who is rich through his diligence and self-denial, and this is the reward allotted to him:
19: when he says, "I have found rest, and now I shall enjoy my goods!"
he does not know how much time will pass until he leaves them to others and dies.
20: Stand by your covenant and attend to it, and grow old in your work.
21: Do not wonder at the works of a sinner, but trust in the Lord and keep at your toil;
for it is easy in the sight of the Lord to enrich a poor man quickly and suddenly.
22: The blessing of the Lord is the reward of the godly,
and quickly God causes his blessing to flourish.
23: Do not say, "What do I need, and what prosperity could be mine in the future?"
24: Do not say, "I have enough, and what calamity could happen to me in the future?"
25: In the day of prosperity, adversity is forgotten, and in the day of adversity, prosperity is not remembered.
26: For it is easy in the sight of the Lord to reward a man on the day of death according to his conduct.
27: The misery of an hour makes one forget luxury, and at the close of a man's life his deeds will be revealed.
28: Call no one happy before his death; a man will be known through his children.
29: Do not bring every man into your home,
for many are the wiles of the crafty.
30: Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of a proud man,
and like a spy he observes your weakness;
31: for he lies in wait, turning good into evil, and to worthy actions he will attach blame.
32: From a spark of fire come many burning coals, and a sinner lies in wait to shed blood.
33: Beware of a scoundrel, for he devises evil, lest he give you a lasting blemish.
34: Receive a stranger into your home and he will
upset you with commotion,
and will estrange you from your family.

Chapter 12

1: If you do a kindness, know to whom you do it,
and you will be thanked for your good deeds.
2: Do good to a godly man, and you will be repaid -- if not by him, certainly by the Most High.
3: No good will come to the man who persists in evil or to him who does not give alms.
4: Give to the godly man, but do not help the sinner.
5: Do good to the humble, but do not give to the ungodly;
hold back his bread, and do not give it to him, lest by means of it he subdue you;
for you will receive twice as much evil for all the good which you do to him.
6: For the Most High also hates sinners and will inflict punishment on the ungodly.
7: Give to the good man, but do not help the sinner.
8: A friend will not be known in prosperity, nor will an enemy be hidden in adversity.
9: A man's enemies are grieved when he prospers, and in his adversity even his friend will separate from him.
10: Never trust your enemy, for like the rusting of copper, so is his wickedness.
11: Even if he humbles himself and goes about cringing, watch yourself, and be on your guard against him;
and you will be to him like one who has polished a mirror, and you will know that it was not hopelessly tarnished.
12: Do not put him next to you, lest he overthrow you and take your place;
do not have him sit at your right, lest he try to take your seat of honor,
and at last you will realize the truth of my words, and be stung by what I have said.
13: Who will pity a snake charmer bitten by a serpent, or any who go near wild beasts?
14: So no one will pity a man who associates with a sinner and becomes involved in his sins.
15: He will stay with you for a time, but if you falter, he will not stand by you.
16: An enemy will speak sweetly with his lips, but in his mind he will plan to throw you into a pit;
an enemy will weep with his eyes, but if he finds an opportunity his thirst
for blood will be insatiable.
17: If calamity befalls you, you will find him there ahead of you; and while pretending to help you, he will
trip you by the heel;
18: he will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his expression.

Chapter 13

1: Whoever touches pitch will be defiled, and whoever associates with a proud man will become like him.
2: Do not lift a weight beyond your strength, nor associate with a man mightier and richer than you.
How can the clay pot associate with the iron kettle? The pot will strike against it, and will itself be broken.
3: A rich man does wrong, and he even adds reproaches; a poor man suffers wrong, and he must add apologies.
4: A rich man will exploit you if you can be of use to him, but if you are in need he will forsake you.
5: If you own something, he will live with you; he will drain your resources and he will not care.
6: When he needs you he will deceive you, he will smile at you and give you hope.
He will speak to you kindly and say, "What do you need?"
7: He will shame you with his foods, until he has drained you two or three times;
and finally he will deride you. Should he see you afterwards, he will forsake you,
and shake his head at you.
8: Take care not to be led astray, and not to be humiliated in your feasting.
9: When a powerful man invites you, be reserved; and he will invite you the more often.
10: Do not push forward, lest you be repulsed; and do not remain at a distance, lest you be forgotten.
11: Do not try to treat him as an equal, nor trust his abundance of words;
for he will test you through much talk, and while he smiles he will be examining you.
12: Cruel is he who does not keep words to himself; he will not hesitate to injure or to imprison.
13: Keep words to yourself and be very watchful, for you are walking about with your own downfall.
15: Every creature loves its like, and every person his neighbor;
16: all living beings associate by species, and a man clings to one like himself.
17: What fellowship has a wolf with a lamb? No more has a sinner with a godly man.
18: What peace is there between a hyena and a dog? And what peace between a rich man and a poor man?
19: Wild asses in the wilderness are the prey of lions; likewise the poor are pastures for the rich.
20: Humility is an abomination to a proud man; likewise a poor man is an abomination to a rich one.
21: When a rich man totters, he is steadied by friends, but when a humble man falls, he is even pushed
away by friends.
22: If a rich man slips, his helpers are many; he speaks unseemly words, and they justify him.
If a humble man slips, they even reproach him; he speaks sensibly, and receives no attention.
23: When the rich man speaks all are silent, and they extol to the clouds what he says.
When the poor man speaks they say, "Who is this fellow?" And should he stumble, they even push him down.
24: Riches are good if they are free from sin, and poverty is evil in the opinion of the ungodly.
25: A man's heart changes his countenance, either for good or for evil.
26: The mark of a happy heart is a cheerful face, but to devise proverbs requires painful thinking.

Chapter 14

1: Blessed is the man who does not blunder with his lips and need not suffer grief for sin.

2: Blessed is he whose heart does not condemn him, and who has not given up his hope.
3: Riches are not seemly for a stingy man; and of what use is property to an envious man?
4: Whoever accumulates by depriving himself, accumulates for others;
and others will live in luxury on his goods.
5: If a man is mean to himself, to whom will he be generous? He will not enjoy his own riches.
6: No one is meaner than the man who is grudging to himself, and this is the retribution for his baseness;
7: even if he does good, he does it unintentionally, and betrays his baseness in the end.
8: Evil is the man with a grudging eye; he averts his face and disregards people.
9: A greedy man's eye is not satisfied with a portion, and mean injustice withers the soul.
10: A stingy man's eye begrudges bread, and it is lacking at his table.
11: My son, treat yourself well, according to your means, and present worthy offerings to the Lord.
12: Remember that death will not delay, and the decree of Hades has not been shown to you.
13: Do good to a friend before you die, and reach out and give to him as much as you can.
14: Do not deprive yourself of a happy day; let not your share of desired good pass by you.
15: Will you not leave the fruit of your labors to another, and what you acquired by toil to be divided by lot?
16: Give, and take, and beguile yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.
17: All living beings become old like a garment, for the decree from of old is, "You must surely die!"
18: Like flourishing leaves on a spreading tree which sheds some and puts forth others,
so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.
19: Every product decays and ceases to exist, and the man who made it will pass away with it.
20: Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom and who reasons intelligently.
21: He who reflects in his mind on her ways will also ponder her secrets.
22: Pursue wisdom like a hunter, and lie in wait on her paths.
23: He who peers through her windows will also listen at her doors;
24: he who encamps near her house will also fasten his tent peg to her walls;
25: he will pitch his tent near her, and will lodge in an excellent lodging place;
26: he will place his children under her shelter, and will camp under her boughs;
27: he will be sheltered by her from the heat, and will dwell in the midst of her glory.

Chapter 15

1: The man who fears the Lord will do this, and he who holds to the law will obtain wisdom.
2: She will come to meet him like a mother,
and like the wife of his youth she will welcome him.
3: She will feed him with the bread of understanding,
and give him the water of wisdom to drink.
4: He will lean on her and will not fall, and he will rely on her and will not be put to shame.
5: She will exalt him above his neighbors, and will open his mouth in the midst of the assembly.
6: He will find gladness and a crown of rejoicing, and will acquire an everlasting name.
7: Foolish men will not obtain her,
and sinful men will not see her.
8: She is far from men of pride,
and liars will never think of her.
9: A hymn of praise is not fitting on the lips of a sinner, for it has not been sent from the Lord.
10: For a hymn of praise should be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it.

11: Do not say, "Because of the Lord I left the right way"; for he will not do what he hates.
12: Do not say, "It was he who led me astray"; for he had no need of a sinful man.
13: The Lord hates all abominations,
and they are not loved by those who fear him.
14: It was he who created man in the beginning,
and he left him in the power of his own inclination.
15: If you will, you can keep the commandments,
and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
16: He has placed before you fire and water:
stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
17: Before a man are life and death,
and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
18: For great is the wisdom of the Lord; he is mighty in power and sees everything;
19: his eyes are on those who fear him,
and he knows every deed of man.
20: He has not commanded any one to be ungodly,
and he has not given any one permission to sin.

Chapter 16

1: Do not desire a multitude of useless children, nor rejoice in ungodly sons.
2: If they multiply , do not rejoice in them, unless the fear of the Lord is in them.
3: Do not trust in their survival, and do not rely on their multitude;
for one is better than a thousand, and to die childless is better than to have ungodly children.
4: For through one man of understanding a city will be filled with people,
but through a tribe of lawless men it will be made desolate.
5: Many such things my eye has seen, and my ear has heard things more striking than these.
6: In an assembly of sinners a fire will be kindled, and in a disobedient nation wrath was kindled.
7: He was not propitiated for the ancient giants who revolted in their might.
8: He did not spare the neighbors of Lot, whom he loathed on account of their insolence.
9: He showed no pity for a nation devoted to destruction, for those destroyed in their sins;
10: nor for the six hundred thousand men on foot, who rebelliously assembled in their stubbornness.
11: Even if there is only one stiff-necked person, it will be a wonder if he remains unpunished.
For mercy and wrath are with the Lord; he is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
12: As great as his mercy, so great is also his reproof;
he judges a man according to his deeds.
13: The sinner will not escape with his plunder,
and the patience of the godly will not be frustrated.
14: He will make room for every act of mercy;
every one will receive in accordance with his deeds.

15 : The Lord hardened Pharaoh , that he should not know him , that this powerful works might be known to the world.

16 : His mercy is manifest to every creature; and he hath separated his light from the darkness with an adamat.
17: Do not say, "I shall be hidden from the Lord, and who from on high will remember me?
Among so many people I shall not be known, for what is my soul in the boundless creation?
18: Behold, heaven and the highest heaven, the abyss and the earth, will tremble at his visitation.
19: The mountains also and the foundations of the earth shake with trembling when he looks upon them.
20: And no mind will reflect on this. Who will ponder his ways?
21: Like a tempest which no man can see, so most of his works are concealed.
22: Who will announce his acts of justice? Or who will await them? For the covenant is far off."
23: This is what one devoid of understanding thinks; a senseless and misguided man thinks foolishly.
24: Listen to me, my son, and acquire knowledge, and pay close attention to my words.
25: I will impart instruction by weight, and declare knowledge accurately.
26: The works of the Lord have existed from the beginning by his creation, and when he made them, he determined their divisions.
27: He arranged his works in an eternal order, and their dominion for all generations;
they neither hunger nor grow weary, and they do not cease from their labors.
28: They do not crowd one another aside, and they will never disobey his word.
29: After this the Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with his good things;
30: with all kinds of living beings he covered its surface, and to it they return.

Chapter 17

1: The Lord created man out of earth, and turned him back to it again.
2: He gave to men few days, a limited time, but granted them authority over the things upon the earth.
3:He endowed them with strength like his own, and made them in his own image.
4: He placed the fear of them in all living beings, and granted them dominion over beasts and birds.

5 : They received the use of the five operations of the Lord, and in the sixth place he imparted them understanding,

and in the seventh speech, an interpreter of the cogitations thereof:
6: He made for them tongue and eyes;
he gave them ears and a mind for thinking.
7: He filled them with knowledge and understanding,
and showed them good and evil.
8: He set his eye upon their hearts to show them the majesty of his works.

9 : He gave them to glory in his marvellous acts for ever, that they might declare his works with understanding.
10: And they will praise his holy name, to proclaim the grandeur of his works.
11:He bestowed knowledge upon them, and allotted to them the law of life.
12: He established with them an eternal covenant, and showed them his judgments.
13: Their eyes saw his glorious majesty, and their ears heard the glory of his voice.
14: And he said to them, "Beware of all unrighteousness."

And he gave commandment to each of them concerning
his neighbor.
15: Their ways are always before him, they will not be hid from his eyes.

16: Every man from his youth is given to evil; neither could they make to themselves fleshy hearts for stony.

17: He appointed a ruler for every nation, but Israel is the Lord's own portion.

18: Whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him.

19: All their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.
20: Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord.
21: But the Lord being gracious and knowing his workmanship, neither left nor forsook them, but spared them.
22: A man's almsgiving is like a signet with the Lord and he will keep a person's kindness like
the apple of his eye.
23: Afterward he will arise and requite them, and he will bring their recompense on their heads.
24: Yet to those who repent he grants a return,
and he encourages those whose endurance is failing.
25: Turn to the Lord and forsake your sins; pray in his presence and lessen your offenses.
26: Turn again to the most High; and turn away from iniquity: for he will lead thee out of darkness into the light of health

and hate thou abomination vehemently.
27: Return to the Most High and turn away from iniquity,
and hate abominations intensely.

Who will sing praises to the Most High in Hades, as do those who are alive and give thanks?
28: From the dead, as from one who does not exist, thanksgiving has ceased;
he who is alive and well sings the Lord's praises.
29: How great is the mercy of the Lord,
and his forgiveness for those who turn to him!
30: For all things cannot be in men, since a son of man is not immortal.
31: What is brighter than the sun? Yet its light fails. So flesh and blood devise evil.
32: He marshals the host of the height of heaven; but all men are dust and ashes.

Chapter 18

1: He who lives for ever created the whole universe;
2: the Lord alone will be declared righteous.
4: To none has he given power to proclaim his works;
and who can search out his mighty deeds?
5: Who can measure his majestic power?
And who can fully recount his mercies?
6: It is not possible to diminish or increase them, nor is it possible to trace the wonders of the Lord.
7: When a man has finished, he is just beginning, and when he stops, he will be at a loss.
8: What is man, and of what use is he?
What is his good and what is his evil?
9: The number of a man's days is great if he reaches a hundred years.
10: Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity.
11: Therefore the Lord is patient with them
and pours out his mercy upon them.
12: He sees and recognizes that their end will be evil;
therefore he grants them forgiveness in abundance.
13: The compassion of man is for his neighbor,
but the compassion of the Lord is for all living beings.
He rebukes and trains and teaches them,
and turns them back, as a shepherd his flock.
14: He has compassion on those who accept his discipline
and who are eager for his judgments.
15: My son, do not mix reproach with your good deeds, nor cause grief by your words when you present a gift.
16: Does not the dew assuage the scorching heat?
So a word is better than a gift.
17: Indeed, does not a word surpass a good gift? Both are to be found in a gracious man.
18: A fool is ungracious and abusive, and the gift of a grudging man makes the eyes dim.
19: Before you speak, learn, and before you fall ill, take care of your health.
20: Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.
21: Before falling ill, humble yourself, and when you are on the point of sinning, turn back.
22: Let nothing hinder you from paying a vow promptly, and do not wait until death to be released from it.
23: Before making a vow, prepare yourself; and do not be like a man who tempts the Lord.
24: Think of his wrath on the day of death, and of the moment of vengeance when he turns away his face.
25: In the time of plenty think of the time of hunger; in the days of wealth think of poverty and need.
26: From morning to evening conditions change, and all things move swiftly before the Lord.
27: A wise man is cautious in everything, and in days of sin he guards against wrongdoing.
28: Every intelligent man knows wisdom, and he praises the one who finds her.
29: Those who understand sayings become skilled themselves, and pour forth apt proverbs.
30: Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites.
31: If you allow your soul to take pleasure in base desire,
it will make you the laughingstock of your enemies.
32: Do not revel in great luxury, lest you become impoverished by its expense.
33: Do not become a beggar by feasting with borrowed money, when you have nothing in your purse.

Chapter 19

1: A workman who is a drunkard will not become rich;
he who despises small things will fail little by little.
2: Wine and women lead intelligent men astray, and the man who consorts with harlots is very reckless.
3: Decay and worms will inherit him, and the reckless soul will be snatched away.
4: One who trusts others too quickly is lightminded,
and one who sins does wrong to himself.
5: One who rejoices in wickedness will be condemned,
6: and for one who hates gossip evil is lessened.

7: Never repeat a conversation,
and you will lose nothing at all.
8: With friend or foe do not report it,
and unless it would be a sin for you, do not disclose it;
9: for some one has heard you and watched you, and when the time comes he will hate you.
10: Have you heard a word? Let it die with you.
Be brave! It will not make you burst!
11: With such a word a fool will suffer pangs like a woman in labor with a child.
12: Like an arrow stuck in the flesh of the thigh, so is a word inside a fool.
13: Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything, so that he may do it no more.
14: Question a neighbor, perhaps he did not say it; but if he said it, so that he may not say it again.
15: Question a friend, for often it is slander; so do not believe everything you hear.
16: A person may make a slip without intending it. Who has never sinned with his tongue?
17: Question your neighbor before you threaten him;
and let the law of the Most High take its course.
18: The fear of the Lord is the first step to be accepted [of him,] and wisdom obtaineth his love.

19: The knowledge of the commandments of the Lord is the doctrine of life: and they that do things that please him shall receive the fruit of the tree of immortality.

20: All wisdom is the fear of the Lord,
and in all wisdom there is the fulfilment of the law.
21: If a servant say to his master, I will not do as it pleaseth thee; though afterward he do it, he angereth him that nourisheth him.

22: But the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, nor is there prudence where sinners take counsel.

23: There is a cleverness which is abominable, but there is a fool who merely lacks wisdom.
24: Better is the God-fearing man who lacks intelligence, than the highly prudent man who transgresses the law.
25: There is a cleverness which is scrupulous but unjust, and there are people who distort kindness to gain a verdict.
26: There is a rascal bowed down in mourning, but inwardly he is full of deceit.
27: He hides his face and pretends not to hear; but where no one notices, he will forestall you.
28: And if by lack of strength he is prevented from sinning, he will do evil when he finds an opportunity.
29: A man is known by his appearance, and a sensible man is known by his face, when you meet him.
30: A man's attire and open-mouthed laughter,
and a man's manner of walking, show what he is.

Chapter 20

1: There is a reproof which is not timely; and there is a man who keeps silent but is wise.
2: How much better it is to reprove than to stay angry!
And the one who confesses his fault will be kept from loss.

3 : How good it is , when thou art reproved , to shew repentance. For so shalt thou escape wilful sin.
4: Like a eunuch's desire to violate a maiden
is a man who executes judgments by violence.
5: There is one who by keeping silent is found wise, while another is detested for being too talkative.
6:
There is one who keeps silent because he has no answer,
while another keeps silent because he knows when to speak.
7: A wise man will be silent until the right moment,
but a braggart and fool goes beyond the right moment.
8: Whoever uses too many words will be loathed, and whoever usurps the right to speak will be hated.
9: There may be good fortune for a man in adversity, and a windfall may result in a loss.
10: There is a gift that profits you nothing, and there is a gift that brings a double return.

11: There are losses because of glory, and there are men who have raised their heads from humble circumstances.
12: There is a man who buys much for a little, but pays for it seven times over.
13: The wise man makes himself beloved through his words, but the courtesies of fools are wasted.
14: A fool's gift will profit you nothing, for he has many eyes instead of one.
15: He gives little and upbraids much, he opens his mouth like a herald;
today he lends and tomorrow he asks it back; such a one is a hateful man.
16: A fool will say, "I have no friend, and there is no gratitude for my good deeds;
those who eat my bread speak unkindly."
17: How many will ridicule him, and how often!
18: A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue; so the downfall of the wicked will occur speedily.
19: An ungracious man is like a story told at the wrong time, which is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
20: A proverb from a fool's lips will be rejected, for he does not tell it at its proper time.
21: A man may be prevented from sinning by his poverty, so when he rests he feels no remorse.
22: A man may lose his life through shame, or lose it because of his foolish look.
23: A man may for shame make promises to a friend,
and needlessly make him an enemy.
24: A lie is an ugly blot on a man; it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.
25: A thief is preferable to a habitual liar, but the lot of both is ruin.
26: The disposition of a liar brings disgrace, and his shame is ever with him.
27: He who speaks wisely will advance himself, and a sensible man will please great men.
28: Whoever cultivates the soil will heap up his harvest, and whoever pleases great men will atone for injustice.

29: Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise;
like a muzzle on the mouth they avert reproofs.
30: Hidden wisdom and unseen treasure,
what advantage is there in either of them?
31: Better is the man who hides his folly
than the man who hides his wisdom.

Chapter 21

1: Have you sinned, my son? Do so no more, but pray about your former sins.
2: Flee from sin as from a snake;
for if you approach sin, it will bite you.
Its teeth are lion's teeth, and destroy the souls of men.
3: All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword; there is no healing for its wound.
4: Terror and violence will lay waste riches; thus the house of the proud will be laid waste.
5: The prayer of a poor man goes from his lips to the ears of God, and his judgment comes speedily.
6: Whoever hates reproof walks in the steps of the sinner, but he that fears the Lord will repent in his heart.
7: He who is mighty in speech is known from afar; but the sensible man, when he slips, is aware of it.
8: A man who builds his house with other people's money is like one who gathers stones for his burial mound.
9: An assembly of the wicked is like tow gathered together, and their end is a flame of fire.
10: The way of sinners is smoothly paved with stones, but at its end is the pit of Hades.
11: Whoever keeps the law controls his thoughts,
and wisdom is the fulfilment of the fear of the Lord.
12: He who is not clever cannot be taught, but there is a cleverness which increases bitterness.
13: The knowledge of a wise man will increase like a flood,
and his counsel like a flowing spring.
14: The mind of a fool is like a broken jar; it will hold no knowledge.
15: When a man of understanding hears a wise saying, he will praise it and add to it;
when a reveler hears it, he dislikes it and casts it behind his back.
16: A fool's narration is like a burden on a journey, but delight will be found in the speech of the intelligent.
17: The utterance of a sensible man will be sought in the assembly, and they will ponder his words in their minds.
18: Like a house that has vanished, so is wisdom to a fool; and the knowledge of the ignorant is unexamined talk.
19: To a senseless man education is fetters on his feet, and like manacles on his right hand.
20: A fool raises his voice when he laughs, but a clever man smiles quietly.
21: To a sensible man education is like a golden ornament, and like a bracelet on the right arm.
22: The foot of a fool rushes into a house, but a man of experience stands respectfully before it.
23: A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
24: It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
25: The lips of strangers will speak of these things,
but the words of the prudent will be weighed in the balance.
26: The mind of fools is in their mouth,
but the mouth of wise men is in their mind.
27: When an ungodly man curses his adversary, he curses his own soul.
28: A whisperer defiles his own soul and is hated in his neighborhood.

Chapter 22

1: The indolent may be compared to a filthy stone,
and every one hisses at his disgrace.
2: The indolent may be compared to the filth of dunghills;
any one that picks it up will shake it off his hand.
3: It is a disgrace to be the father of an undisciplined son, and the birth of a daughter is a loss.
4: A sensible daughter obtains her husband, but one who acts shamefully brings grief to her father.
5: An impudent daughter disgraces father and husband, and will be despised by both.
6: Like music in mourning is a tale told at the wrong time, but chastising and discipline are wisdom at all times.
7: He who teaches a fool is like one who glues potsherds together,
or who rouses a sleeper from deep slumber.
8: He who tells a story to a fool tells it to a drowsy man; and at the end he will say, "What is it?"
11: Weep for the dead, for he lacks the light;
and weep for the fool, for he lacks intelligence;
weep less bitterly for the dead, for he has attained rest;
but the life of the fool is worse than death.
12: Mourning for the dead lasts seven days,
but for a fool or an ungodly man it lasts all his life.
13: Do not talk much with a foolish man,
and do not visit an unintelligent man;
guard yourself from him to escape trouble,
and you will not be soiled when he shakes himself off;
avoid him and you will find rest,
and you will never be wearied by his madness.
14: What is heavier than lead? And what is its name except "Fool"?
15: Sand, salt, and a piece of iron are easier to bear than a stupid man.
16: A wooden beam firmly bonded into a building will not be torn loose by an earthquake;
so the mind firmly fixed on a reasonable counsel will not be afraid in a crisis.
17: A mind settled on an intelligent thought is like the stucco decoration on the wall of a colonnade.
18: Fences set on a high place will not stand firm against the wind;
so a timid heart with a fool's purpose will not stand firm against any fear.

19: A man who pricks an eye will make tears fall, and one who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
20: One who throws a stone at birds scares them away, and one who reviles a friend will break off the friendship.
21: Even if you have drawn your sword against a friend, do not despair, for a renewal of friendship is possible.
22: If you have opened your mouth against your friend, do not worry, for reconciliation is possible;
but as for reviling, arrogance, disclosure of secrets, or a treacherous blow --
in these cases any friend will flee.
23: Gain the trust of your neighbor in his poverty, that you may rejoice with him in his prosperity;
stand by him in time of affliction, that you may share with him in his inheritance.
24: The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
25: I will not be ashamed to protect a friend, and I will not hide from him;
26: but if some harm should happen to me because of him,
whoever hears of it will beware of him.
27: O that a guard were set over my mouth,
and a seal of prudence upon my lips,
that it may keep me from falling,
so that my tongue may not destroy me!

Chapter 23

1: O Lord, Father and Ruler of my life, do not abandon me to their counsel,
and let me not fall because of them!
2: O that whips were set over my thoughts, and the discipline of wisdom over my mind!
That they may not spare me in my errors, and that it may not pass by my sins;
3: in order that my mistakes may not be multiplied, and my sins may not abound;
then I will not fall before my adversaries, and my enemy will not rejoice over me.

4: O Lord, Father and God of my life, do not give me haughty eyes,
and remove from me evil desire.
5 : Turn away from me vain hopes and concupiscence; and thou shalt hold him up that is desirous always to serve thee.

6: Let neither gluttony nor lust overcome me, and do not surrender me to a shameless soul.
7: Listen, my children, to instruction concerning speech;
the one who observes it will never be caught.
8: The sinner is overtaken through his lips,
the reviler and the arrogant are tripped by them.
9: Do not accustom your mouth to oaths, and do not habitually utter the name of the Holy One;
10: for as a servant who is continually examined under torture will not lack bruises,
so also the man who always swears and utters the Name will not be cleansed from sin.
11: A man who swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity, and the scourge will not leave his house;
if he offends, his sin remains on him, and if he disregards it, he sins doubly;
if he has sworn needlessly, he will not be justified, for his house will be filled with calamities.
12: There is an utterance which is comparable to death; may it never be found in the inheritance of Jacob!
For all these errors will be far from the godly, and they will not wallow in sins.
13: Do not accustom your mouth to lewd vulgarity, for it involves sinful speech.
14: Remember your father and mother when you sit among great men;
lest you be forgetful in their presence, and be deemed a fool on account of your habits;
then you will wish that you had never been born, and you will curse the day of your birth.
15: A man accustomed to use insulting words will never become disciplined all his days.
16: Two sorts of men multiply sins, and a third incurs wrath.
The soul heated like a burning fire will not be quenched until it is consumed;
a man who commits fornication with his near of kin will never cease until the fire burns him up.
17: To a fornicator all bread tastes sweet; he will never cease until he dies.

18: A man who breaks his marriage vows says to himself, "Who sees me?
Darkness surrounds me, and the walls hide me, and no one sees me. Why should I fear?
The Most High will not take notice of my sins."
19:
His fear is confined to the eyes of men,
and he does not realize that the eyes of the Lord
are ten thousand times brighter than the sun;
they look upon all the ways of men,
and perceive even the hidden places.
20: Before the universe was created, it was known to him; so it was also after it was finished.
21: This man will be punished in the streets of the city, and where he least suspects it, he will be seized.
22: So it is with a woman who leaves her husband and provides an heir by a stranger.
23: For first of all, she has disobeyed the law of the Most High; second, she has committed an offense against her husband;
and third, she has committed adultery through harlotry and brought forth children by another man.
24: She herself will be brought before the assembly, and punishment will fall on her children.
25: Her children will not take root, and her branches will not bear fruit.
26: She will leave her memory for a curse, and her disgrace will not be blotted out.
27: Those who survive her will recognize that nothing is better than the fear of the Lord,
and nothing sweeter than to heed the commandments of the Lord.

Chapter 24

1: Wisdom will praise herself, and will glory in the midst of her people.
2: In the assembly of the Most High she will open her mouth, and in the presence of his host she will glory:
3: "I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, and covered the earth like a mist.
4: I dwelt in high places, and my throne was in a pillar of cloud.
5: Alone I have made the circuit of the vault of heaven and have walked in the depths of the abyss.
6: In the waves of the sea, in the whole earth, and in every people and nation I have gotten a possession.
7: Among all these I sought a resting place; I sought in whose territory I might lodge.
8: "Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment, and the one who created me assigned a place for my tent.
And he said, `Make your dwelling in Jacob, and in Israel receive your inheritance.'
9: From eternity, in the beginning, he created me,
and for eternity I shall not cease to exist.
10: In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him,
and so I was established in Zion.
11: In the beloved city likewise he gave me a resting place,
and in Jerusalem was my dominion.
12: So I took root in an honored people,
in the portion of the Lord, who is their inheritance.
13: "I grew tall like a cedar in Lebanon, and like a cypress on the heights of Hermon.
14: I grew tall like a palm tree in En-ge'di, and like rose plants in Jericho;
like a beautiful olive tree in the field, and like a plane tree I grew tall.
15: Like cassia and camel's thorn I gave forth the aroma of spices, and like choice myrrh I spread a pleasant odor,
like galbanum, onycha, and stacte, and like the fragrance of frankincense in the tabernacle.
16: Like a terebinth I spread out my branches, and my branches are glorious and graceful.
17: Like a vine I caused loveliness to bud, and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.
18: I am the mother of fair love, and fear, and knowledge, and holy hope: I therefore, being eternal, am given to all my children which are named of him.

19: "Come to me, you who desire me, and eat your fill of my produce.
20: For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey, and my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb.

21: Those who eat me will hunger for more,
and those who drink me will thirst for more.
22: Whoever obeys me will not be put to shame, and those who work with my help will not sin."
23: All this is the book of the covenant of the Most High God, the law which Moses commanded us
as an inheritance for the congregations of Jacob.
24: Faint not to be strong in the Lord; that he may confirm you, cleave unto him: for the Lord Almighty is God alone, and beside him there is no other Saviour.

25: It fills men with wisdom, like the Pishon, and like the Tigris at the time of the first fruits.
26: It makes them full of understanding, like the Euphrates,
and like the Jordan at harvest time.
27: It makes instruction shine forth like light,
like the Gihon at the time of vintage.
28: Just as the first man did not know her perfectly, the last one has not fathomed her;
29: for her thought is more abundant than the sea, and her counsel deeper than the great abyss.
30: I went forth like a canal from a river and like a water channel into a garden.
31: I said, "I will water my orchard and drench my garden plot";
and lo, my canal became a river, and my river became a sea.
32: I will again make instruction shine forth like the dawn, and I will make it shine afar;
33: I will again pour out teaching like prophecy, and leave it to all future generations.
34: Observe that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.

Chapter 25

1: My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men;
agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.
2: My soul hates three kinds of men, and I am greatly offended at their life:
a beggar who is proud, a rich man who is a liar, and an adulterous old man who lacks good sense.

3: You have gathered nothing in your youth; how then can you find anything in your old age?
4: What an attractive thing is judgment in gray-haired men, and for the aged to possess good counsel!
5: How attractive is wisdom in the aged, and understanding and counsel in honorable men!
6: Rich experience is the crown of the aged, and their boast is the fear of the Lord.
7: With nine thoughts I have gladdened my heart, and a tenth I shall tell with my tongue:
a man rejoicing in his children; a man who lives to see the downfall of his foes;
8: happy is he who lives with an intelligent wife, and he who has not made a slip with his tongue,
and he who has not served a man inferior to himself;
9: happy is he who has gained good sense, and he who speaks to attentive listeners.
10: How great is he who has gained wisdom!
But there is no one superior to him who fears the Lord.
11: The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast?
12:The fear of the Lord is the beginning of his love: and faith is the beginning of cleaving unto him.
13: Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a wife!
14: Any attack, but not an attack from those who hate!
And any vengeance, but not the vengeance of enemies!
15: There is no venom worse than a snake's venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy's wrath.
16: I would rather dwell with a lion and a dragon than dwell with an evil wife.
17: The wickedness of a wife changes her appearance, and darkens her face like that of a bear.
18: Her husband takes his meals among the neighbors, and he cannot help sighing bitterly.
19: Any iniquity is insignificant compared to a wife's iniquity; may a sinner's lot befall her!
20: A sandy ascent for the feet of the aged -- such is a garrulous wife for a quiet husband.

21: Do not be ensnared by a woman's beauty, and do not desire a woman for her possessions.
22: There is wrath and impudence and great disgrace when a wife supports her husband.
23: A dejected mind, a gloomy face, and a wounded heart are caused by an evil wife.
Drooping hands and weak knees are caused by the wife who does not make her husband happy.
24: From a woman sin had its beginning, and because of her we all die.
25: Allow no outlet to water, and no boldness of speech in an evil wife.
26: If she does not go as you direct, separate her from yourself.

Chapter 26

1: Happy is the husband of a good wife; the number of his days will be doubled.
2: A loyal wife rejoices her husband, and he will complete his years in peace.
3: A good wife is a great blessing; she will be granted among the blessings of
the man who fears the Lord.
4: Whether rich or poor, his heart is glad,
and at all times his face is cheerful.
5: Of three things my heart is afraid, and of a fourth I am frightened:
The slander of a city, the gathering of a mob, and false accusation -- all these are worse than death.
6: There is grief of heart and sorrow when a wife is envious of a rival, and a tongue-lashing
makes it known to all.
7: An evil wife is an ox yoke which chafes;
taking hold of her is like grasping a scorpion.
8: There is great anger when a wife is drunken; she will not hide her shame.
9: A wife's harlotry shows in her lustful eyes, and she is known by her eyelids.
10: Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest, when she finds liberty, she use it to her hurt.

11: Be on guard against her impudent eye, and do not wonder if she sins against you.
12: As a thirsty wayfarer opens his mouth and drinks from any water near him,
so will she sit in front of every post and open her quiver to the arrow.
13: A wife's charm delights her husband, and her skill puts fat on his bones.
14: A silent wife is a gift of the Lord, and there is nothing so precious as a disciplined soul.
15: A modest wife adds charm to charm, and no balance can weigh the value of a chaste soul.
16: Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.
17: Like the shining lamp on the holy lampstand, so is a beautiful face on a stately figure.
18: Like pillars of gold on a base of silver, so are beautiful feet with a steadfast heart.
19: My son, keep the flower of thine age sound; and give not thy strength to strangers.
20: When thou hast gotten a fruitful possession through all the field, sow it with thine own seed, trusting in the goodness of thy stock.
21: So thy race which thou leavest shall be magnified, having the confidence of their good descent.
22: An harlot shall be accounted as spittle; but a married woman is a tower against death to her husband.
23: A wicked woman is given as a portion to a wicked man: but a godly woman is given to him that feareth the Lord.
24: A dishonest woman contemneth shame: but an honest woman will reverence her husband.
25: A shameless woman shall be counted as a dog; but she that is shamefaced will fear the Lord.
26: A woman that honoureth her husband shall be judged wise of all; but she that dishonoureth him in her pride shall be counted ungodly of all.
27: A loud crying woman and a scold shall be sought out to drive away the enemies.

28: At two things my heart is grieved, and because of a third anger comes over me:
a warrior in want through poverty, and intelligent men who are treated contemptuously;
a man who turns back from righteousness to sin -- the Lord will prepare him for the sword!
29: A merchant can hardly keep from wrongdoing, and a tradesman will not be declared innocent of sin.

Chapter 27

1: Many have committed sin for a trifle, and whoever seeks to get rich will avert his eyes.
2: As a stake is driven firmly into a fissure between stones, so sin is wedged in between selling and buying.
3: If a man is not steadfast and zealous in the fear of the Lord,
his house will be quickly overthrown.
4: When a sieve is shaken, the refuse remains; so a man's filth remains in his thoughts.
5: The kiln tests the potter's vessels; so the test of a man is in his reasoning.
6: The fruit discloses the cultivation of a tree;
so the expression of a thought discloses the
cultivation of a man's mind.
7: Do not praise a man before you hear him reason,
for this is the test of men.
8: If you pursue justice, you will attain it
and wear it as a glorious robe.
9: Birds flock with their kind;
so truth returns to those who practice it.
10: A lion lies in wait for prey;
so does sin for the workers of iniquity.
11: The talk of the godly man is always wise,
but the fool changes like the moon.
12: Among stupid people watch for a chance to leave,
but among thoughtful people stay on.
13: The talk of fools is offensive, and their laughter is wantonly sinful.
14: The talk of men given to swearing makes one's hair stand on end,
and their quarrels make a man stop his ears.
15: The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed, and their abuse is grievous to hear.
16: Whoever betrays secrets destroys confidence,
and he will never find a congenial friend.
17: Love your friend and keep faith with him;
but if you betray his secrets, do not run after him.
18: For as a man destroys his enemy, so you have destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.

19: And as you allow a bird to escape from your hand, so you have let your neighbor go, and will
not catch him again.
20: Do not go after him, for he is too far off, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.
21: For a wound may be bandaged,
and there is reconciliation after abuse,
but whoever has betrayed secrets is without hope.
22: Whoever winks his eye plans evil deeds, and no one can keep him from them.
23: In your presence his mouth is all sweetness, and he admires your words;
but later he will twist his speech and with your own words he will give offense.
24: I have hated many things, but none to be compared to him;
even the Lord will hate him.
25: Whoever throws a stone straight up throws it on his own head; and a treacherous blow opens up wounds.
26: He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who sets a snare will be caught in it.
27: If a man does evil, it will roll back upon him,
and he will not know where it came from.
28: Mockery and abuse issue from the proud man,
but vengeance lies in wait for him like a lion.
29: Those who rejoice in the fall of the godly will be caught in a snare,
and pain will consume them before their death.
30: Anger and wrath, these also are abominations, and the sinful man will possess them.

Chapter 28

1: He that takes vengeance will suffer vengeance from the Lord,
and he will firmly establish his sins.
2: Forgive your neighbor the wrong he has done, and then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.

3: Does a man harbor anger against another, and yet seek for healing from the Lord?

4: Does he have no mercy toward a man like himself, and yet pray for his own sins?
5: If he himself, being flesh, maintains wrath, who will make expiation for his sins?
6: Remember the end of your life, and cease from enmity, remember destruction and death, and be true
to the commandments.
7: Remember the commandments, and do not be angry with your neighbor;
remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook ignorance.
8: Refrain from strife, and you will lessen sins; for a man given to anger will kindle strife,
9: and a sinful man will disturb friends
and inject enmity among those who are at peace.
10: In proportion to the fuel for the fire, so will be the burning, and in proportion to the obstinacy of strife
will be the burning; in proportion to the strength of the man will be his anger,
and in proportion to his wealth he will heighten his wrath.
11: A hasty quarrel kindles fire, and urgent strife sheds blood.
12: If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out;
and both come out of your mouth.
13: Curse the whisperer and deceiver, for he has destroyed many who were at peace.
14: Slander has shaken many, and scattered them from nation to nation,
and destroyed strong cities, and overturned the houses of great men.
15: Slander has driven away courageous women, and deprived them of the fruit of their toil.
16: Whoever pays heed to slander will not find rest,
nor will he settle down in peace.
17: The blow of a whip raises a welt, but a blow of the tongue crushes the bones.
18: Many have fallen by the edge of the sword,
but not so many as have fallen because of the tongue.
19: Happy is the man who is protected from it, who has not been exposed to its anger,
who has not borne its yoke, and has not been bound with its fetters;
20: for its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its fetters are fetters of bronze;
21: its death is an evil death, and Hades is preferable to it.
22: It will not be master over the godly, and they will not be burned in its flame.
23: Those who forsake the Lord will fall into its power; it will burn among them and will not be put out.
It will be sent out against them like a lion; like a leopard it will mangle them.
24: See that you fence in your property with thorns, lock up your silver and gold,
25: make balances and scales for your words,
and make a door and a bolt for your mouth.
26: Beware lest you err with your tongue,
lest you fall before him who lies in wait.

Chapter 29

1: He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor, and he that strengthens him with his hand
keeps the commandments.
2: Lend to your neighbor in the time of his need; and in turn, repay your neighbor promptly.
3: Confirm your word and keep faith with him, and on every occasion you will find what you need.
4: Many persons regard a loan as a windfall,
and cause trouble to those who help them.
5: A man will kiss another's hands until he gets a loan, and will lower his voice in speaking of his neighbor's money;
but at the time for repayment he will delay, and will pay in words of unconcern, and will find fault with the time.
6: If the lender exert pressure, he will hardly get back half, and will regard that as a windfall.
If he does not, the borrower has robbed him of his money, and he has needlessly made him his enemy;
he will repay him with curses and reproaches, and instead of glory will repay him with dishonor.
7: Because of such wickedness, therefore, many have refused to lend;
they have been afraid of being defrauded needlessly.
8: Nevertheless, be patient with a man in humble circumstances, and do not make him wait for your alms.
9: Help a poor man for the commandment's sake,
and because of his need do not send him away empty.
10: Lose your silver for the sake of a brother or a friend, and do not let it rust under a stone and be lost.
11: Lay up your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High,
and it will profit you more than gold.
12: Store up almsgiving in your treasury, and it will rescue you from all affliction;
13: more than a mighty shield and more than a heavy spear,
it will fight on your behalf against your enemy.
14: A good man will be surety for his neighbor, but a man who has lost his sense of shame will fail him.
15: Do not forget all the kindness of your surety, for he has given his life for you.
16: A sinner will overthrow the prosperity of his surety,
17: and one who does not feel grateful will abandon his rescuer.
18: Being surety has ruined many men who were prosperous, and has shaken them like a wave of the sea;
it has driven men of power into exile, and they have wandered among foreign nations.
19: The sinner who has fallen into suretyship and pursues gain will fall into lawsuits.
20: Assist your neighbor according to your ability, but take heed to yourself lest you fall.
21: The essentials for life are water and bread and clothing and a house to cover one's nakedness.
22: Better is the life of a poor man under the shelter of his roof than sumptuous food in another man's house.
23: Be content with little or much.
24: It is a miserable life to go from house to house, and where you are a stranger you may not open your mouth;

25: you will play the host and provide drink without being thanked,
and besides this you will hear bitter words:
26: "Come here, stranger, prepare the table, and if you have anything at hand, let me have it to eat."
27: "Give place, stranger, to an honored person; my brother has come to stay with me; I need my house."
28: These things are hard to bear for a man who has feeling: scolding about lodging and the reproach of the moneylender.

Chapter 30

1: He who loves his son will whip him often, in order that he may rejoice at the way he turns out.
2: He who disciplines his son will profit by him,
and will boast of him among acquaintances.
3: He who teaches his son will make his enemies envious, and will glory in him in the presence of friends.
4: The father may die, and yet he is not dead, for he has left behind him one like himself;
5: while alive he saw and rejoiced, and when he died he was not grieved;
6: he has left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one to repay the kindness of his friends.
7: He who spoils his son will bind up his wounds, and his feelings will be troubled at every cry.
8: A horse that is untamed turns out to be stubborn, and a son unrestrained turns out to be wilful.
9: Pamper a child, and he will frighten you; play with him, and he will give you grief.
10: Do not laugh with him, lest you have sorrow with him, and in the end you will gnash your teeth.
11: Give him no authority in his youth, and do not ignore his errors.
12: Bow down his neck in his youth, and beat his sides while he is young,
lest he become stubborn and disobey you, and you have sorrow of soul from him.
13: Discipline your son and take pains with him, that you may not be offended by his shamelessness.
14: Better off is a poor man who is well and strong in constitution than a rich man who is severely afflicted in body.
15: Health and soundness are better than all gold, and a robust body than countless riches.
16: There is no wealth better than health of body, and there is no gladness above joy of heart.
17: Death is better than a miserable life, and eternal rest than chronic sickness.
18: Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed are like offerings of food placed upon a grave.
19: Of what use to an idol is an offering of fruit? For it can neither eat nor smell.
So is he who is afflicted by the Lord;
20: he sees with his eyes and groans, like a eunuch who embraces a maiden and groans.
21: Do not give yourself over to sorrow,
and do not afflict yourself deliberately.
22: Gladness of heart is the life of man,
and the rejoicing of a man is length of days.
23: Delight your soul and comfort your heart,
and remove sorrow far from you,
for sorrow has destroyed many, and there is no profit in it.
24: Jealousy and anger shorten life,
and anxiety brings on old age too soon.
25: A man of cheerful and good heart

will give heed to the food he eats.

Chapter 31

1: Wakefulness over wealth wastes away one's flesh, and anxiety about it removes sleep.
2: Wakeful anxiety prevents slumber, and a severe illness carries off sleep.
3: The rich man toils as his wealth accumulates, and when he rests he fills himself with his dainties.
4: The poor man toils as his livelihood diminishes, and when he rests he becomes needy.
5: He who loves gold will not be justified, and he who pursues money will be led astray by it.
6: Many have come to ruin because of gold, and their destruction has met them face to face.
7: It is a stumbling block to those who are devoted to it, and every fool will be taken captive by it.
8: Blessed is the rich man who is found blameless, and who does not go after gold.
9: Who is he? And we will call him blessed,
for he has done wonderful things among his people.
10: Who has been tested by it and been found perfect?
Let it be for him a ground for boasting.
Who has had the power to transgress and did not transgress,
and to do evil and did not do it?
11: His prosperity will be established, and the assembly will relate his acts of charity.
12: Are you seated at the table of a great man? Do not be greedy at it,
and do not say, "There is certainly much upon it!"
13: Remember that a greedy eye is a bad thing. What has been created more greedy than the eye?
Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
14: Do not reach out your hand for everything you see, and do not crowd your neighbor at the dish.
15: Judge your neighbor's feelings by your own, and in every matter be thoughtful.
16: Eat like a human being what is set before you, and do not chew greedily, lest you be hated.
17: Be the first to stop eating, for the sake of good manners, and do not be insatiable, lest you give offense.
18: If you are seated among many persons, do not reach out your hand before they do.
19: How ample a little is for a well-disciplined man!
He does not breathe heavily upon his bed.
20: Healthy sleep depends on moderate eating;
he rises early, and feels fit.
The distress of sleeplessness and of nausea
and colic are with the glutton.
21: If you are overstuffed with food, get up in the middle of the meal, and you will have relief.
22: Listen to me, my son, and do not disregard me, and in the end you will appreciate my words.
In all your work be industrious, and no sickness will overtake you.
23: Men will praise the one who is liberal with food, and their testimony to his excellence is trustworthy.
24: The city will complain of the one who is niggardly with food, and their testimony to his niggardliness is accurate.
25: Do not aim to be valiant over wine, for wine has destroyed many.
26: Fire and water prove the temper of steel, so wine tests hearts in the strife of the proud.
27: Wine is like life to men, if you drink it in moderation.
What is life to a man who is without wine? It has been created to make men glad.
28: Wine drunk in season and temperately is rejoicing of heart and gladness of soul.
29: Wine drunk to excess is bitterness of soul, with provocation and stumbling.
30: Drunkenness increases the anger of a fool to his injury, reducing his strength and adding wounds.
31: Do not reprove your neighbor at a banquet of wine, and do not despise him in his merrymaking;
speak no word of reproach to him, and do not afflict him by making demands of him.

Chapter 32

1: If they make you master of the feast, do not exalt yourself; be among them as one of them;
take good care of them and then be seated;
2: when you have fulfilled your duties, take your place, that you may be merry on their account
and receive a wreath for your excellent leadership.
3: Speak, you who are older, for it is fitting that you should, but with accurate knowledge, and do not interrupt the music.
4: Where there is entertainment, do not pour out talk; do not display your cleverness out of season.
5: A ruby seal in a setting of gold is a concert of music at a banquet of wine.
6: A seal of emerald in a rich setting of gold is the melody of music with good wine.
7: Speak, young man, if there is need of you, but no more than twice, and only if asked.
8: Speak concisely, say much in few words;
be as one who knows and yet holds his tongue.
9: Among the great do not act as their equal; and when another is speaking, do not babble.
10: Lightning speeds before the thunder, and approval precedes a modest man.
11: Leave in good time and do not be the last; go home quickly and do not linger.
12: Amuse yourself there, and do what you have in mind, but do not sin through proud speech.
13: And for these things bless him who made you and satisfies you with his good gifts.
14: He who fears the Lord will accept his discipline, and those who rise early to seek him will find favor.
15: He who seeks the law will be filled with it, but the hypocrite will stumble at it.
16: Those who fear the Lord will form true judgments, and like a light they will kindle righteous deeds.
17: A sinful man will shun reproof,
and will find a decision according to his liking.
18: A man of judgment will not overlook an idea, and an insolent and proud man will not cower in fear.
19: Do nothing without deliberation; and when you have acted, do not regret it.
20: Do not go on a path full of hazards, and do not stumble over stony ground.
21: Do not be overconfident on a smooth way,
22: and give good heed to your paths.
23: Guard yourself in every act, for this is the keeping of the commandments.
24: He who believes the law gives heed to the commandments, and he who trusts the Lord will not suffer loss.

Chapter 33

1: No evil will befall the man who fears the Lord,
but in trial he will deliver him again and again.
2: A wise man will not hate the law,
but he who is hypocritical about it is like a boat in a storm.
3: A man of understanding will trust in the law;
for him the law is as dependable as an inquiry
by means of Urim.
4: Prepare what to say, and thus you will be heard;
bind together your instruction, and make your answer.
5: The heart of a fool is like a cart wheel, and his thoughts like a turning axle.
6: A stallion is like a mocking friend;
he neighs under every one who sits on him.
7: Why is any day better than another, when all the daylight in the year is from the sun?
8: By the Lord's decision they were distinguished, and he appointed the different seasons and feasts;
9: some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he made ordinary days.
10: All men are from the ground, and Adam was created of the dust.
11: In the fulness of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them and appointed their different ways;
12: some of them he blessed and exalted, and some of them he made holy and brought near to himself;
but some of them he cursed and brought low, and he turned them out of their place.
13: As clay in the hand of the potter -- for all his ways are as he pleases --
so men are in the hand of him who made them, to give them as he decides.
14: Good is the opposite of evil, and life the opposite of death;
so the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
15: Look upon all the works of the Most High; they likewise are in pairs, one the opposite of the other.
16: I was the last on watch; I was like one who gleans after the grape-gatherers;
by the blessing of the Lord I excelled, and like a grape-gatherer I filled my wine press.
17: Consider that I have not labored for myself alone, but for all who seek instruction.
18: Hear me, you who are great among the people, and you leaders of the congregation, hearken.

19: To son or wife, to brother or friend,

do not give power over yourself, as long as you live;
and do not give your property to another,
lest you change your mind and must ask for it.
20: While you are still alive and have breath in you,
do not let any one take your place.
21: For it is better that your children should ask from you
than that you should look to the hand of you sons.
22: Excel in all that you do; bring no stain upon your honor.
23: At the time when you end the days of your life, in the hour of death, distribute your inheritance.
24: Fodder and a stick and burdens for an ass; bread and discipline and work for a servant.
25: Set your slave to work, and you will find rest; leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
26: Yoke and thong will bow the neck, and for a wicked servant there are racks and tortures.
27: Put him to work, that he may not be idle,
for idleness teaches much evil.
28: Set him to work, as is fitting for him, and if he does not obey, make his fetters heavy.
29: Do not act immoderately toward anybody, and do nothing without discretion.
30: If you have a servant, let him be as yourself, because you have bought him with blood.
31: If you have a servant, treat him as a brother, for as your own soul you will need him.
If you ill-treat him, and he leaves and runs away, which way will you go to seek him?

Chapter 34

1: A man of no understanding has vain and false hopes,
and dreams give wings to fools.
2: As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is he who gives heed to dreams

3: The vision of dreams is this against that, the likeness of a face confronting a face.
4: From an unclean thing what will be made clean? And from something false what will be true?
5: Divinations and omens and dreams are folly,
and like a woman in travail the mind has fancies.
6: Unless they are sent from the Most High as a visitation,
do not give your mind to them.
7: For dreams have deceived many, and those who put their hope in them have failed.
8: Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled, and wisdom is made perfect in truthful lips.
9: An educated man knows many things, and one with much experience will speak with understanding.
10: He that is inexperienced knows few things, but he that has traveled acquires much cleverness.
11: I have seen many things in my travels, and I understand more than I can express.
12: I have often been in danger of death, but have escaped because of these experiences.
13: The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them.
14: He who fears the Lord will not be timid, nor play the coward, for he is his hope.
15: Blessed is the soul of the man who fears the Lord! To whom does he look? And who is his support?
16: The eyes of the Lord are upon those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support,
a shelter from the hot wind and a shade from noonday sun, a guard against stumbling and a defense against falling.
17: He lifts up the soul and gives light to the eyes; he grants healing, life, and blessing.

18: If one sacrifices from what has been wrongfully obtained, the offering is blemished;
the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
19: The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly;
and he is not propitiated for sins by a multitude of sacrifices.
20: Like one who kills a son before his father's eyes is the man who offers a sacrifice from the
property of the poor.
21: The bread of the needy is the life of the poor;
whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood.
22: To take away a neighbor's living is to murder him;
to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
23: When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but toil?
24: When one prays and another curses, to whose voice will the Lord listen?
25: If a man washes after touching a dead body, and touches it again,
what has he gained by his washing?
26: So if a man fasts for his sins, and goes again and does the same things,
who will listen to his prayer? And what has he gained by humbling himself?

Chapter 35

1: He who keeps the law makes many offerings;
he who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
2: He who returns a kindness offers fine flour, and he who gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
3: To keep from wickedness is pleasing to the Lord, and to forsake unrighteousness is atonement.
4: Do not appear before the Lord empty-handed,
5: for all these things are to be done because of the commandment.
6: The offering of a righteous man anoints the altar, and its pleasing odor rises before the Most High.
7: The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable, and the memory of it will not be forgotten.
8: Glorify the Lord generously, and do not stint the first fruits of your hands.
9: With every gift show a cheerful face, and dedicate your tithe with gladness.
10: Give to the Most High as he has given, and as generously as your hand has found.
11: For the Lord is the one who repays, and he will repay you sevenfold.
12: Do not offer him a bribe, for he will not accept it; and do not trust to an unrighteous sacrifice;
for the Lord is the judge, and with him is no partiality.
13: He will not show partiality in the case of a poor man; and he will listen to the prayer of one who is wronged.
14: He will not ignore the supplication of the fatherless, nor the widow when she pours out her story.
15: Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek as she cries out against him who has caused them to fall?
16: He whose service is pleasing to the Lord will be accepted, and his prayer will reach to the clouds.
17: The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and he will not be consoled until it reaches the Lord;
he will not desist until the Most High visits him, and does justice for the righteous, and executes judgment.
18: And the Lord will not delay, neither will he be patient with them,
till he crushes the loins of the unmerciful and repays vengeance on the nations;
till he takes away the multitude of the insolent, and breaks the scepters of the unrighteous;
19: till he repays the man according to his deeds, and the works of men according to their devices;
till he judges the case of his people and makes them rejoice in his mercy.
20: Mercy is as welcome when he afflicts them as clouds of rain in the time of drought.

Chapter 36

1: Have mercy upon us, O Lord, the God of all, and look upon us,
2: and cause the fear of thee to fall upon all the nations.
3: Lift up thy hand against foreign nations and let them see thy might.
4: As in us thou hast been sanctified before them, so in them be thou magnified before us;
5: and let them know thee, as we have known that there is not God but thee, O Lord.
6: Show signs anew, and work further wonders; make thy hand and thy right arm glorious.
7: Rouse thy anger and pour out thy wrath; destroy the adversary and wipe out the enemy.
8: Hasten the day, and remember the appointed time, and let people recount thy mighty deeds.
9: Let him who survives be consumed in the fiery wrath, and may those who harm thy people meet destruction.
10: Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemy, who say, "There is no one but ourselves."
11: Gather all the tribes of Jacob, and give them their inheritance, as at the beginning.
12: Have mercy, O Lord, upon the people called by thy name, upon Israel, whom thou hast likened to a first-born son.
13: Have pity on the city of thy sanctuary, Jerusalem, the place of thy rest.
14: Fill Zion with the celebration of thy wondrous deeds,
and thy temple with thy glory.
15: Bear witness to those whom thou didst create in the beginning, and fulfil the prophecies spoken in thy name.
16: Reward those who wait for thee, and let thy prophets be found trustworthy.
17: Hearken, O Lord, to the prayer of thy servants, according to the blessing of Aaron for thy people,
and all who are on the earth will know that thou art the Lord, the God of the ages.
18: The stomach will take any food, yet one food is better than another.
19: As the palate tastes the kinds of game, so an intelligent mind detects false words.
20: A perverse mind will cause grief, but a man of experience will pay him back.
21: A woman will accept any man, but one daughter is better than another.
22: A woman's beauty gladdens the countenance, and surpasses every human desire.
23: If kindness and humility mark her speech, her husband is not like other men.
24: He who acquires a wife gets his best possession, a helper fit for him and a pillar of support.
25: Where there is no fence, the property will be plundered; and where there is no wife, a man will wander about and sigh.
26: For who will trust a nimble robber that skips from city to city?
So who will trust a man that has no home, and lodges wherever night finds him?

Chapter 37

1: Every friend will say, "I too am a friend"; but some friends are friends only in name.
2: Is it not a grief to the death when a companion and friend turns to enmity?
3: O evil imagination, why were you formed to cover the land with deceit?
4: Some companions rejoice in the happiness of a friend, but in time of trouble are against him.
5: Some companions help a friend for their stomach's sake, and in the face of battle take up the shield.
6: Do not forget a friend in your heart, and be not unmindful of him in your wealth.
7: Every counselor praises counsel, but some give counsel in their own interest.

8: Be wary of a counselor, and learn first what is his interest --
for he will take thought for himself -- lest he cast the lot against you
9: and tell you, "Your way is good," and then stand aloof to see what will happen to you.
10: Do not consult the one who looks at you suspiciously; hide your counsel from those who are jealous of you.
11: Do not consult with a woman about her rival or with a coward about war,
with a merchant about barter or with a buyer about selling, with a grudging man about gratitude
or with a merciless man about kindness, with an idler about any work
or with a man hired for a year about completing his work, with a lazy servant about a big task --
pay no attention to these in any matter of counsel.
12: But stay constantly with a godly man whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments,
whose soul is in accord with your soul, and who will sorrow with you if you fail.
13: And establish the counsel of your own heart, for no one is more faithful to you than it is.
14: For a man's soul sometimes keeps him better informed than seven watchmen sitting high on a watchtower.
15: And besides all this pray to the Most High that he may direct your way in truth.
16: Reason is the beginning of every work, and counsel precedes every undertaking.
17: As a clue to changes of heart
18: four turns of fortune appear, good and evil, life and death;
and it is the tongue that continually rules them.
19: A man may be shrewd and the teacher of many, and yet be unprofitable to himself.
20: A man skilled in words may be hated; he will be destitute of all food,
21: for grace was not given him by the Lord, since he is lacking in all wisdom.

22: A man may be wise to his own advantage, and the fruits of his understanding may be
trustworthy on his lips.
23: A wise man will instruct his own people, and the fruits of his understanding will be trustworthy.
24: A wise man will have praise heaped upon him, and all who see him will call him happy.
25: The life of a man is numbered by days, but the days of Israel are without number.
26: He who is wise among his people will inherit confidence, and his name will live for ever.
27: My son, test your soul while you live; see what is bad for it and do not give it that.
28: For not everything is good for every one, and not every person enjoys everything.
29: Do not have an insatiable appetite for any luxury, and do not give yourself up to food;
30: for overeating brings sickness, and gluttony leads to nausea.
31: Many have died of gluttony, but he who is careful to avoid it prolongs his life.

Chapter 38

1: Honor the physician with the honor due him, according to your need of him,
for the Lord created him;
2: for healing comes from the Most High, and he will receive a gift from the king.
3: The skill of the physician lifts up his head, and in the presence of great men he is admired.
4: The Lord created medicines from the earth, and a sensible man will not despise them.
5: Was not water made sweet with a tree in order that his power might be known?
6: And he gave skill to men that he might be glorified in his marvelous works.
7: By them he heals and takes away pain;
8: the pharmacist makes of them a compound. His works will never be finished;
and from him health is upon the face of the earth.
9: My son, when you are sick do not be negligent, but pray to the Lord, and he will heal you.
10: Give up your faults and direct your hands aright, and cleanse your heart from all sin.
11: Offer a sweet-smelling sacrifice, and a memorial portion of fine flour,
and pour oil on your offering, as much as you can afford.
12: And give the physician his place, for the Lord created him; let him not leave you, for there is need of him.
13: There is a time when success lies in the hands of physicians,
14: for they too will pray to the Lord that he should grant them success in diagnosis
and in healing, for the sake of preserving life.
15: He who sins before his Maker, may he fall into the care of a physician.
16: My son, let your tears fall for the dead, and as one who is suffering grievously begin the lament.
Lay out his body with the honor due him, and do not neglect his burial.
17: Let your weeping be bitter and your wailing fervent; observe the mourning according to his merit,
for one day, or two, to avoid criticism; then be comforted for your sorrow.
18: For sorrow results in death, and sorrow of heart saps one's strength.
19: In calamity sorrow continues, and the life of the poor man weighs down his heart.
20: Do not give your heart to sorrow; drive it away, remembering the end of life.
21: Do not forget, there is no coming back; you do the dead no good, and you injure yourself.
22: "Remember my doom, for yours is like it: yesterday it was mine, and today it is yours."
23: When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance cease, and be comforted for him when his spirit is departed.
24: The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure;
and he who has little business may become wise.
25: How can he become wise who handles the plow, and who glories in the shaft of a goad,
who drives oxen and is occupied with their work, and whose talk is about bulls?
26: He sets his heart on plowing furrows, and he is careful about fodder for the heifers.
27: So too is every craftsman and master workman who labors by night as well as by day;
those who cut the signets of seals, each is diligent in making a great variety;
he sets his heart on painting a lifelike image, and he is careful to finish his work.
28: So too is the smith sitting by the anvil, intent upon his handiwork in iron;
the breath of the fire melts his flesh, and he wastes away in the heat of the furnace;
he inclines his ear to the sound of the hammer, and his eyes are on the pattern of the object.
He sets his heart on finishing his handiwork, and he is careful to complete its decoration.
29: So too is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel with his feet;
he is always deeply concerned over his work, and all his output is by number.
30: He moulds the clay with his arm and makes it pliable with his feet;
he sets his heart to finish the glazing, and he is careful to clean the furnace.
31: All these rely upon their hands, and each is skilful in his own work.
32: Without them a city cannot be established, and men can neither sojourn nor live there.
33: Yet they are not sought out for the council of the people, nor do they attain eminence in the public assembly.
They do not sit in the judge's seat, nor do they understand the sentence of judgment;
they cannot expound discipline or judgment, and they are not found using proverbs.
34: But they keep stable the fabric of the world, and their prayer is in the practice of their trade.

Chapter 39

1: On the other hand he who devotes himself to the study of the law of the Most High
will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients,
and will be concerned with prophecies;
2: he will preserve the discourse of notable men and penetrate the subtleties of parables;
3: he will seek out the hidden meanings of proverbs
and be at home with the obscurities of parables.
4: He will serve among great men and appear before rulers;
he will travel through the lands of foreign nations, for he tests the good and the evil among men.
5: He will set his heart to rise early to seek the Lord who made him,
and will make supplication before the Most High; he will open his mouth in prayer
and make supplication for his sins.
6: If the great Lord is willing, he will be filled with the spirit of understanding;
he will pour forth words of wisdom and give thanks to the Lord in prayer.
7: He will direct his counsel and knowledge aright, and meditate on his secrets.
8: He will reveal instruction in his teaching, and will glory in the law of the Lord's covenant.
9: Many will praise his understanding, and it will never be blotted out;
his memory will not disappear, and his name will live through all generations.
10: Nations will declare his wisdom, and the congregation will proclaim his praise;
11: if he lives long, he will leave a name greater than a thousand, and if he goes to rest, it is enough for him.
12: I have yet more to say, which I have thought upon, and I am filled, like the moon at the full.
13: Listen to me, O you holy sons, and bud like a rose growing by a stream of water;
14: send forth fragrance like frankincense, and put forth blossoms like a lily.
Scatter the fragrance, and sing a hymn of praise; bless the Lord for all his works;
15: ascribe majesty to his name and give thanks to him with praise,
with songs on your lips, and with lyres; and this you shall say in thanksgiving:
16: "All things are the works of the Lord, for they are very good, and whatever he commands will be done in his time."

17: No one can say, "What is this?" "Why is that?" for in God's time all things will be sought after.
At his word the waters stood in a heap, and the reservoirs of water at the word of his mouth.
18: At his command whatever pleases him is done, and none can limit his saving power.
19: The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.
20: From everlasting to everlasting he beholds them, and nothing is marvelous to him.
21: No one can say, "What is this?" "Why is that?" for everything has been created for its use.
22: His blessing covers the dry land like a river, and drenches it like a flood.
23: The nations will incur his wrath, just as he turns fresh water into salt.
24: To the holy his ways are straight, just as they are obstacles to the wicked.
25: From the beginning good things were created for good people, just as evil things for sinners.
26: Basic to all the needs of man's life are water and fire and iron and salt
and wheat flour and milk and honey, the blood of the grape, and oil and clothing.
27: All these are for good to the godly, just as they turn into evils for sinners.
28: There are winds that have been created for vengeance, and in their anger they scourge heavily;
in the time of consummation they will pour out their strength and calm the anger of their Maker.
29: Fire and hail and famine and pestilence, all these have been created for vengeance;
30: the teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions and vipers, and the sword that punishes the ungodly with destruction;
31: they will rejoice in his commands, and be made ready on earth for their service,
and when their times come they will not transgress his word.
32: Therefore from the beginning I have been convinced, and have thought this out and left it in writing:
33: The works of the Lord are all good, and he will supply every need in its hour.
34: And no one can say, "This is worse than that," for all things will prove good in their season.
35: So now sing praise with all your heart and voice, and bless the name of the Lord.

Chapter 40

1: Much labor was created for every man, and a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
from the day they come forth from their mother's womb till the day they return to the mother of all.
2: Their perplexities and fear of heart -- their anxious thought is the day of death,
3: from the man who sits on a splendid throne to the one who is humbled in dust and ashes,
4: from the man who wears purple and a crown to the one who is clothed in burlap;
5: there is anger and envy and trouble and unrest, and fear of death, and fury and strife.
And when one rests upon his bed, his sleep at night confuses his mind.
6: He gets little or no rest, and afterward in his sleep, as though he were on watch,
he is troubled by the visions of his mind like one who has escaped from the battle-front;
7: at the moment of his rescue he wakes up, and wonders that his fear came to nothing.
8: With all flesh, both man and beast, and upon sinners seven times more,
9: are death and bloodshed and strife and sword, calamities, famine and affliction and plague.
10: All these were created for the wicked, and on their account the flood came.
11: All things that are from the earth turn back to the earth, and what is from the waters returns to the sea.
12: All bribery and injustice will be blotted out, but good faith will stand for ever.
13: The wealth of the unjust will dry up like a torrent, and crash like a loud clap of thunder in a rain.
14: A generous man will be made glad; likewise transgressors will utterly fail.
15: The children of the ungodly will not put forth many branches; they are unhealthy roots upon sheer rock.
16: The reeds by any water or river bank will be plucked up before any grass.
17: Kindness is like a garden of blessings, and almsgiving endures for ever.
18: Life is sweet for the self-reliant and the worker, but he who finds treasure is better off than both.
19: Children and the building of a city establish a man's name, but a blameless wife is accounted better than both.
20: Wine and music gladden the heart, but the love of wisdom is better than both.
21: The flute and the harp make pleasant melody, but a pleasant voice is better than both.
22: The eye desires grace and beauty, but the green shoots of grain more than both.
23: A friend or a companion never meets one amiss, but a wife with her husband is better than both.
24: Brothers and help are for a time of trouble, but almsgiving rescues better than both.
25: Gold and silver make the foot stand sure,
but good counsel is esteemed more than both.
26: Riches and strength lift up the heart, but the fear of the Lord is better than both.
There is no loss in the fear of the Lord, and with it there is no need to seek for help.
27: The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessing, and covers a man better than any glory.
28: My son, do not lead the life of a beggar; it is better to die than to beg.
29: When a man looks to the table of another, his existence cannot be considered as life.
He pollutes himself with another man's food, but a man who is intelligent and well instructed guards against that.
30: In the mouth of the shameless begging is sweet, but in his stomach a fire is kindled.

Chapter 41

1: O death, how bitter is the reminder of you to one who lives at peace among his possessions,
to a man without distractions, who is prosperous in everything, and who still has the vigor to enjoy his food!
2: O death, how welcome is your sentence to one who is in need and is failing in strength,
very old and distracted over everything; to one who is contrary, and has lost his patience!
3: Do not fear the sentence of death; remember your former days and the end of life;
this is the decree from the Lord for all flesh,
4: and how can you reject the good pleasure of the Most High? Whether life is for ten or a hundred or a thousand years,
there is no inquiry about it in Hades.
5: The children of sinners are abominable children, and they frequent the haunts of the ungodly.
6: The inheritance of the children of sinners will perish, and on their posterity will be a perpetual reproach.
7: Children will blame an ungodly father, for they suffer reproach because of him.
8: Woe to you, ungodly men, who have forsaken the law of the Most High God!
9: When you are born, you are born to a curse; and when you die, a curse is your lot.
10: Whatever is from the dust returns to dust; so the ungodly go from curse to destruction.
11: The mourning of men is about their bodies, but the evil name of sinners will be blotted out.
12: Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a thousand great stores of gold.
13: The days of a good life are numbered, but a good name endures for ever.
14: My children, observe instruction and be at peace;
hidden wisdom and unseen treasure,
what advantage is there in either of them?
15: Better is the man who hides his folly than the man who hides his wisdom.

16: Therefore show respect for my words: For it is good to retain every kind of shame,
and not everything is confidently esteemed by every one.
17: Be ashamed of immorality, before your father or mother; and of a lie, before a prince or a ruler;
18: of a transgression, before a judge or magistrate; and of iniquity, before a congregation or the people;
of unjust dealing, before your partner or friend;
19: and of theft, in the place where you live.
Be ashamed before the truth of God and his covenant.
Be ashamed of selfish behavior at meals, of surliness in receiving and giving,
20: and of silence, before those who greet you; of looking at a woman who is a harlot,
21: and of rejecting the appeal of a kinsman; of taking away some one's portion or gift, and of gazing at another man's wife;
22: of meddling with his maidservant -- and do not approach her bed; of abusive words, before friends -- and do not upbraid after making a gift;
23: of repeating and telling what you hear, and of revealing secrets.
Then you will show proper shame, and will find favor with every man.

Chapter 42

1: Of the following things do not be ashamed, and do not let partiality lead you to sin:
2: of the law of the Most High and his covenant, and of rendering judgment to acquit the ungodly;
3: of keeping accounts with a partner or with traveling companions,
and of dividing the inheritance of friends;
4: of accuracy with scales and weights, and of acquiring much or little;
5: of profit from dealing with merchants, and of much discipline of children,
and of whipping a wicked servant severely.
6: Where there is an evil wife, a seal is a good thing; and where there are many hands, lock things up.
7: Whatever you deal out, let it be by number and weight, and make a record of all that you give out or take in.
8: Do not be ashamed to instruct the stupid or foolish or the aged man who quarrels with the young.
Then you will be truly instructed, and will be approved before all men.
9: A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful, and worry over her robs him of sleep;
when she is young, lest she do not marry, or if married, lest she be hated;
10: while a virgin, lest she be defiled or become pregnant in her father's house;
or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful, or, though married, lest she be barren.
11: Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies,
a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and put you to shame before the great multitude.
12: Do not look upon any one for beauty, and do not sit in the midst of women;
13: for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman's wickedness.
14: Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; and it is a woman who brings shame and disgrace.
15: I will now call to mind the works of the Lord,and will declare what I have seen.
By the words of the Lord his works are done.
16: The sun looks down on everything with its light, and the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
17: The Lord has not enabled his holy ones to recount all his marvelous works,
which the Lord the Almighty has established that the universe may stand firm in his glory.
18: He searches out the abyss, and the hearts of men, and considers their crafty devices.
For the Most High knows all that may be known, and he looks into the signs of the age.
19: He declares what has been and what is to be, and he reveals the tracks of hidden things.
20: No thought escapes him, and not one word is hidden from him.
21: He has ordained the splendors of his wisdom, and he is from everlasting and to everlasting.
Nothing can be added or taken away,
and he needs no one to be his counselor.
22: How greatly to be desired are all his works, and how sparkling they are to see!
23: All these things live and remain for ever for every need, and are all obedient.
24: All things are twofold, one opposite the other, and he has made nothing incomplete.
25: One confirms the good things of the other,
and who can have enough of beholding his glory?

Chapter 43

1: The pride of the heavenly heights is the clear firmament, the appearance of heaven in a spectacle of glory.
2: The sun, when it appears, making proclamation as it goes forth, is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High.
3: At noon it parches the land; and who can withstand its burning heat?
4: A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but the sun burns the mountains three times as much;
it breathes out fiery vapors, and with bright beams it blinds the eyes.
5: Great is the Lord who made it; and at his command it hastens on its course.
6: He made the moon also, to serve in its season to mark the times and to be an everlasting sign.
7: From the moon comes the sign for feast days, a light that wanes when it has reached the full.
8: The month is named for the moon, increasing marvelously in its phases,
an instrument of the hosts on high shining forth in the firmament of heaven.
9: The glory of the stars is the beauty of heaven, a gleaming array in the heights of the Lord.
10: At the command of the Holy One they stand as ordered, they never relax in their watches.
11: Look upon the rainbow, and praise him who made it, exceedingly beautiful in its brightness.
12: It encircles the heaven with its glorious arc; the hands of the Most High have stretched it out.
13: By his command he sends the driving snow and speeds the lightnings of his judgment.
14: Therefore the storehouses are opened, and the clouds fly forth like birds.
15: In his majesty he amasses the clouds, and the hailstones are broken in pieces.
16: At his appearing the mountains are shaken; at his will the south wind blows.
17: The voice of his thunder rebukes the earth; so do the tempest from the north and the whirlwind.
He scatters the snow like birds flying down, and its descent is like locusts alighting.
18: The eye marvels at the beauty of its whiteness, and the mind is amazed at its falling.
19: He pours the hoarfrost upon the earth like salt, and when it freezes, it becomes pointed thorns.
20: The cold north wind blows, and ice freezes over the water;
it rests upon every pool of water, and the water puts it on like a breastplate.
21: He consumes the mountains and burns up the wilderness, and withers the tender grass like fire.
22: A mist quickly heals all things;
when the dew appears, it refreshes from the heat.
23: By his counsel he stilled the great deep and planted islands in it.
24: Those who sail the sea tell of its dangers, and we marvel at what we hear.
25: for in it are strange and marvelous works, all kinds of living things, and huge creatures of the sea.
26: Because of him his messenger finds the way, and by his word all things hold together.
27: Though we speak much we cannot reach the end, and the sum of our words is: "He is the all."
28: Where shall we find strength to praise him? For he is greater than all his works.
29: Terrible is the Lord and very great, and marvelous is his power.
30: When you praise the Lord, exalt him as much as you can; for he will surpass even that.
When you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and do not grow weary, for you cannot praise him enough.
31: Who has seen him and can describe him? Or who can extol him as he is?
32: Many things greater than these lie hidden, for we have seen but few of his works.
33: For the Lord has made all things, and to the godly he has granted wisdom.

Chapter 44

1: Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations.
2: The Lord apportioned to them great glory, his majesty from the beginning.
3: There were those who ruled in their kingdoms, and were men renowned for their power,
giving counsel by their understanding, and proclaiming prophecies;
4: leaders of the people in their deliberations and in understanding of learning for the people,
wise in their words of instruction;
5: those who composed musical tunes,
and set forth verses in writing;
6: rich men furnished with resources, living peaceably in their habitations --
7: all these were honored in their generations, and were the glory of their times.
8: There are some of them who have left a name, so that men declare their praise.
9: And there are some who have no memorial, who have perished as though they had not lived;
they have become as though they had not been born, and so have their children after them.
10: But these were men of mercy, whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten;
11: their prosperity will remain with their descendants, and their inheritance to their children's children.
12: Their descendants stand by the covenants; their children also, for their sake.
13: Their posterity will continue for ever, and their glory will not be blotted out.

14: Their bodies were buried in peace, and their name lives to all generations.
15: Peoples will declare their wisdom, and the congregation proclaims their praise.
16: Enoch pleased the Lord, and was taken up; he was an example of repentance to all generations.
17: Noah was found perfect and righteous; in the time of wrath he was taken in exchange;
therefore a remnant was left to the earth when the flood came.
18: Everlasting covenants were made with him that all flesh should not be blotted out by a flood.
19: Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and no one has been found like him in glory;
20: he kept the law of the Most High, and was taken into covenant with him;
he established the covenant in his flesh, and when he was tested he was found faithful.
21: Therefore the Lord assured him by an oath that the nations would be blessed through his posterity;
that he would multiply him like the dust of the earth, and exalt his posterity like the stars,
and cause them to inherit from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
22: To Isaac also he gave the same assurance for the sake of Abraham his father.
23: The blessing of all men and the covenant he made to rest upon the head of Jacob;
he acknowledged him with his blessings, and gave him his inheritance;
he determined his portions, and distributed them among twelve tribes.

Chapter 45

1: From his descendants the Lord brought forth a man of mercy, who found favor in the sight of all flesh
and was beloved by God and man, Moses, whose memory is blessed.
2: He made him equal in glory to the holy ones, and made him great in the fears of his enemies.
3: By his words he caused signs to cease; the Lord glorified him in the presence of kings.
He gave him commands for his people, and showed him part of his glory.

4: He sanctified him through faithfulness and meekness; he chose him out of all mankind.
5: He made him hear his voice, and led him into the thick darkness, and gave him the commandments face to face,
the law of life and knowledge, to teach Jacob the covenant, and Israel his judgments.
6: He exalted Aaron, the brother of Moses, a holy man like him, of the tribe of Levi.
7: He made an everlasting covenant with him, and gave him the priesthood of the people.
He blessed him with splendid vestments, and put a glorious robe upon him.
8: He clothed him with superb perfection, and strengthened him with the symbols of authority,
the linen breeches, the long robe, and the ephod.
9: And he encircled him with pomegranates, with very many golden bells round about, to send forth a sound as he walked, to make their ringing heard in the temple as a reminder to the sons of his people;
10: with a holy garment, of gold and blue and purple, the work of an embroiderer; with the oracle of judgment, Urim and Thummim;
11: with twisted scarlet, the work of a craftsman; with precious stones engraved like signets, in a setting of gold, the work of a jeweler, for a reminder, in engraved letters, according to the number of the tribes of Israel;
12: with a gold crown upon his turban, inscribed like a signet with "Holiness," a distinction to be prized, the work of an expert,
the delight of the eyes, richly adorned.
13: Before his time there never were such beautiful things. No outsider ever put them on, but only his sons and his descendants perpetually.
14: His sacrifices shall be wholly burned twice every day continually.
15: Moses ordained him, and anointed him with holy oil; it was an everlasting covenant for him
and for his descendants all the days of heaven, to minister to the Lord and serve as priest and bless his people in his name.

16:He chose him out of all the living to offer sacrifice to the Lord,
incense and a pleasing odor as a memorial portion, to make atonement for the people.
17: In his commandments he gave him authority and statutes and judgments,
to teach Jacob the testimonies, and to enlighten Israel with his law.
18: Outsiders conspired against him, and envied him in the wilderness,
Dathan and Abiram and their men and the company of Korah, in wrath and anger.
19: The Lord saw it and was not pleased, and in the wrath of his anger they were destroyed;
he wrought wonders against them to consume them in flaming fire.
20: He added glory to Aaron and gave him a heritage;
he allotted to him the first of the first fruits, he prepared bread of first fruits in abundance;
21: for they eat the sacrifices to the Lord, which he gave to him and his descendants.
22: But in the land of the people he has no inheritance, and he has no portion among the people;
for the Lord himself is his portion and inheritance.
23: Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory, for he was zealous in the fear of the Lord,
and stood fast, when the people turned away, in the ready goodness of his soul,
and made atonement for Israel.
24: Therefore a covenant of peace was established with him, that he should be leader of the sanctuary and of his people,
that he and his descendants should have the dignity of the priesthood for ever.
25: A covenant was also established with David, the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah:
the heritage of the king is from son to son only; so the heritage of Aaron is for his descendants.
26: May the Lord grant you wisdom in your heart to judge his people in righteousness,
so that their prosperity may not vanish, and that their glory may endure throughout their generations.

Chapter 46

1: Joshua the son of Nun was mighty in war, and was the successor of Moses in prophesying.
He became, in accordance with his name, a great savior of God's elect,
to take vengeance on the enemies that rose against them, so that he might give Israel its inheritance.
2: How glorious he was when he lifted his hands and stretched out his sword against the cities!
3: Who before him ever stood so firm? For he waged the wars of the Lord.
4: Was not the sun held back by his hand? And did not one day become as long as two?
5: He called upon the Most High, the Mighty One, when enemies pressed him on every side,
6: and the great Lord answered him with hailstones of mighty power. He hurled down war upon that nation, and at the descent of Beth-horon he destroyed those who resisted, so that the nations might know his armament, that he was fighting in the sight of the Lord; for he wholly followed the Mighty One.
7: And in the days of Moses he did a loyal deed, he and Caleb the son of Jephunneh:
they withstood the congregation, restrained the people from sin, and stilled their wicked murmuring.
8: And these two alone were preserved out of six hundred thousand people on foot, to bring them into their inheritance,
into a land flowing with milk and honey.
9: And the Lord gave Caleb strength, which remained with him to old age,
so that he went up to the hill country, and his children obtained it for an inheritance;
10: so that all the sons of Israel might see that it is good to follow the Lord.
11: The judges also, with their respective names, those whose hearts did not fall into idolatry
and who did not turn away from the Lord -- may their memory be blessed!
12: May their bones revive from where they lie, and may the name of those who have been honored
live again in their sons!
13: Samuel, beloved by his Lord, a prophet of the Lord, established the kingdom
and anointed rulers over his people.
14: By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation, and the Lord watched over Jacob.
15: By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet, and by his words he became known as a trustworthy seer.
16: He called upon the Lord, the Mighty One, when his enemies pressed him on every side,
and he offered in sacrifice a sucking lamb.
17: Then the Lord thundered from heaven, and made his voice heard with a mighty sound;
18: and he wiped out the leaders of the people of Tyre and all the rulers of the Philistines.
19: Before the time of his eternal sleep, Samuel called men to witness before the Lord and his anointed:
"I have not taken any one's property, not so much as a pair of shoes."
And no man accused him.
20: Even after he had fallen asleep he prophesied and revealed to the king his death,
and lifted up his voice out of the earth in prophecy, to blot out the wickedness of the people.

Chapter 47

1: And after him Nathan rose up to prophesy in the days of David.
2: As the fat is selected from the peace offering, so David was selected from the sons of Israel.
3: He played with lions as with young goats, and with bears as with lambs of the flock.
4: In his youth did he not kill a giant, and take away reproach from the people,
when he lifted his hand with a stone in the sling and struck down the boasting of Goliath?
5: For he appealed to the Lord, the Most High, and he gave him strength in his right hand
to slay a man mighty in war, to exalt the power of his people.
6: So they glorified him for his ten thousands, and praised him for the blessings of the Lord,
when the glorious diadem was bestowed upon him.
7: For he wiped out his enemies on every side, and annihilated his adversaries the Philistines;
he crushed their power even to this day.
8: In all that he did he gave thanks to the Holy One, the Most High, with ascriptions of glory;
he sang praise with all his heart, and he loved his Maker.

9: He placed singers before the altar, to make sweet melody with their voices.
10: He gave beauty to the feasts, and arranged their times throughout the year,
while they praised God's holy name, and the sanctuary resounded from early morning.
11: The Lord took away his sins, and exalted his power for ever;
he gave him the covenant of kings and a throne of glory in Israel.
12: After him rose up a wise son who fared amply because of him;
13: Solomon reigned in days of peace, and God gave him rest on every side,
that he might build a house for his name and prepare a sanctuary to stand for ever.
14: How wise you became in your youth! You overflowed like a river with understanding.
15: Your soul covered the earth, and you filled it with parables and riddles.
16: Your name reached to far-off islands, and you were loved for your peace.
17: For your songs and proverbs and parables, and for your interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
18: In the name of the Lord God, who is called the God of Israel,
you gathered gold like tin and amassed silver like lead.
19: But you laid your loins beside women, and through your body you were brought into subjection.
20: You put stain upon your honor, and defiled your posterity,
so that you brought wrath upon your children and they were grieved at your folly,
21: so that the sovereignty was divided and a disobedient kingdom arose out of Ephraim.
22: But the Lord will never give up his mercy, nor cause any of his works to perish;
he will never blot out the descendants of his chosen one, nor destroy the posterity of him who loved him;
so he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David a root of his stock.
23: Solomon rested with his fathers, and left behind him one of his sons,
ample in folly and lacking in understanding, Rehoboam, whose policy caused the people to revolt.
Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin and gave to Ephraim a sinful way.
24: Their sins became exceedingly many, so as to remove them from their land.
25: For they sought out every sort of wickedness, till vengeance came upon them.

Chapter 48

1: Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.
2: He brought a famine upon them, and by his zeal he made them few in number.
3: By the word of the Lord he shut up the heavens, and also three times brought down fire.
4: How glorious you were, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! And who has the right to boast which you have?
5: You who raised a corpse from death and from Hades, by the word of the Most High;
6: who brought kings down to destruction, and famous men from their beds;
7: who heard rebuke at Sinai and judgments of vengeance at Horeb;
8: who anointed kings to inflict retribution, and prophets to succeed you.
9: You who were taken up by a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot with horses of fire;
10: you who are ready at the appointed time, it is written, to calm the wrath of God before it breaks out in fury,
to turn the heart of the father to the son, and to restore the tribes of Jacob.
11: Blessed are those who saw you, and those who have been adorned in love; for we also shall surely live.
12: It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit;
in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler, and no one brought him into subjection.
13: Nothing was too hard for him, and when he was dead his body prophesied.
14: As in his life he did wonders, so in death his deeds were marvelous.

15: For all this the people did not repent and they did not forsake their sins,
till they were carried away captive from their land and were scattered over all the earth;
the people were left very few in number, but with rulers from the house of David.
16: Some of them did what was pleasing to God, but others multiplied sins.
17: Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into the midst of it;
he tunneled the sheer rock with iron and built pools for water.
18: In his days Sennacherib came up, and sent the Rabshakeh;
he lifted up his hand against Zion and made great boasts in his arrogance.
19: Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
20: But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him;
and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21: The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.
22: For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father,
which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
23: In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.
24: By the spirit of might he saw the last things, and comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25: He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they came to pass.

Chapter 49

1: The memory of Josiah is like a blending of incense prepared by the art of the perfumer;
it is sweet as honey to every mouth, and like music at a banquet of wine.
2: He was led aright in converting the people, and took away the abominations of iniquity.
3: He set his heart upon the Lord; in the days of wicked men he strengthened godliness.
4: Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah they all sinned greatly,
for they forsook the law of the Most High; the kings of Judah came to an end;
5: for they gave their power to others, and their glory to a foreign nation,
6: who set fire to the chosen city of the sanctuary, and made her streets desolate,
according to the word of Jeremiah.
7: For they had afflicted him; yet he had been consecrated in the womb as prophet,
to pluck up and afflict and destroy, and likewise to build and to plant.
8: It was Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory which God showed him above the chariot of the cherubim.
9: For God remembered his enemies with storm, and did good to those who directed their ways aright.
10: May the bones of the twelve prophets revive from where they lie,
for they comforted the people of Jacob and delivered them with confident hope.
11: How shall we magnify Zerubbabel? He was like a signet on the right hand,
12: and so was Jeshua the son of Jozadak; in their days they built the house
and raised a temple holy to the Lord, prepared for everlasting glory.
13: The memory of Nehemiah also is lasting; he raised for us the walls that had fallen,
and set up the gates and bars and rebuilt our ruined houses.
14: No one like Enoch has been created on earth, for he was taken up from the earth.
15: And no man like Joseph has been born, and his bones are cared for.
16: Shem and Seth were honored among men, and Adam above every living being in the creation.

Chapter 50

1: The leader of his brethren and the pride of his people was Simon the high priest, son of Onias,
who in his life repaired the house, and in his time fortified the temple.
2: He laid the foundations for the high double walls, the high retaining walls for the temple enclosure.
3: In his days a cistern for water was quarried out, a reservoir like the sea in circumference.
4: He considered how to save his people from ruin, and fortified the city to withstand a seige.
5: How glorious he was when the people gathered round him as he came out of the inner sanctuary!
6: Like the morning star among the clouds, like the moon when it is full;
7: like the sun shining upon the temple of the Most High, and like the rainbow gleaming in glorious clouds;
8: like roses in the days of the first fruits, like lilies by a spring of water,
like a green shoot on Lebanon on a summer day;
9: like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of hammered gold
adorned with all kinds of precious stones;
10: like an olive tree putting forth its fruit, and like a cypress towering in the clouds.
11: When he put on his glorious robe and clothed himself with superb perfection
and went up to the holy altar, he made the court of the sanctuary glorious.
12: And when he received the portions from the hands of the priests,
as he stood by the hearth of the altar with a garland of brethren around him,
he was like a young cedar on Lebanon; and they surrounded him like the trunks of palm trees,
13: all the sons of Aaron in their splendor with the Lord's offering in their hands,
before the whole congregation of Israel.
14: Finishing the service at the altars, and arranging the offering to the Most High, the Almighty,
15: he reached out his hand to the cup and poured a libation of the blood of the grape;
he poured it out at the foot of the altar, a pleasing odor to the Most High, the King of all.
16: Then the sons of Aaron shouted, they sounded the trumpets of hammered work,
they made a great noise to be heard for remembrance before the Most High.
17: Then all the people together made haste and fell to the ground upon their faces
to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High.
18: And the singers praised him with their voices in sweet and full-toned melody.
19: And the people besought the Lord Most High in prayer before him who is merciful,
till the order of worship of the Lord was ended; so they completed his service.
20: Then Simon came down, and lifted up his hands over the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,
to pronounce the blessing of the Lord with his lips, and to glory in his name;
21: and they bowed down in worship a second time, to receive the blessing from the Most High.
22: And now bless the God of all, who in every way does great things;
who exalts our days from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy.
23: May he give us gladness of heart, and grant that peace may be in our days in Israel,
as in the days of old.
24: May he entrust to us his mercy! And let him deliver us in our days!
25: With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation:
26: Those who live on Mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Shechem.
27: Instruction in understanding and knowledge I have written in this book,
Jesus the son of Sirach, son of Eleazar, of Jerusalem, who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
28: Blessed is he who concerns himself with these things, and he who lays them to heart will become wise.
29: For if he does them, he will be strong for all things, for the light of the Lord is his path.

Chapter 51

1: I will give thanks to thee, O Lord and King, and will praise thee as God my Savior.
I give thanks to thy name,
2: for thou hast been my protector and helper and hast delivered my body from destruction
and from the snare of a slanderous tongue, from lips that utter lies.
Before those who stood by thou wast my helper,
3: and didst deliver me, in the greatness of thy mercy and of thy name,
from the gnashings of teeth about to devour me, from the hand of those who sought my life,
from the many afflictions that I endured,
4: from choking fire on every side and from the midst of fire which I did not kindle,
5: from the depths of the belly of Hades, from an unclean tongue and lying words --
6: the slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king.
My soul drew near to death, and my life was very near to Hades beneath.
7: They surrounded me on every side, and there was no one to help me;
I looked for the assistance of men, and there was none.
8: Then I remembered thy mercy, O Lord, and thy work from of old,
that thou dost deliver those who wait for thee and dost save them from the hand of their enemies.
9: And I sent up my supplication from the earth, and prayed for deliverance from death.
10: I appealed to the Lord, the Father of my lord, not to forsake me in the days of affliction,
at the time when there is no help against the proud.
11: I will praise thy name continually, and will sing praise with thanksgiving.
My prayer was heard,
12: for thou didst save me from destruction and rescue me from an evil plight.
Therefore I will give thanks to thee and praise thee, and I will bless the name of the Lord.
13: While I was still young, before I went on my travels, I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
14: Before the temple I asked for her, and I will search for her to the last.
15: From blossom to ripening grape my heart delighted in her;
my foot entered upon the straight path; from my youth I followed her steps.
16: I inclined my ear a little and received her, and I found for myself much instruction.

17: I made progress therein; to him who gives wisdom I will give glory.
18: For I resolved to live according to wisdom, and I was zealous for the good;
and I shall never be put to shame.
19: My soul grappled with wisdom, and in my conduct I was strict;
I spread out my hands to the heavens, and lamented my ignorance of her.
20: I directed my soul to her, and through purification I found her.
I gained understanding with her from the first, therefore I will not be forsaken.
21: My heart was stirred to seek her, therefore I have gained a good possession.
22: The Lord gave me a tongue as my reward, and I will praise him with it.
23: Draw near to me, you who are untaught, and lodge in my school.
24: Why do you say you are lacking in these things, and why are your souls very thirsty?
25: I opened my mouth and said, Get these things for yourselves without money.
26: Put your neck under the yoke, and let your souls receive instruction;
it is to be found close by.
27: See with your eyes that I have labored little and found myself much rest.
28: Get instruction with a large sum of silver, and you will gain by it much gold.
29: May your soul rejoice in his mercy, and may you not be put to shame when you praise him.
30: Do your work before the appointed time, and in God's time he will give you your reward.

The WISDOM OF SOLOMON

Chapter 1

Love righteousness, ye that be judges of the earth : think of the Lord with a good (heart seek him).

2 For he will be found of them that tempt him not; and sheweth himself unto such as do not distrust him.

3 For froward thoughts separate from God : and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.

4 For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.

5 For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.

6 For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words : for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.

7 For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world : and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.

8 Therfore he that speaketh unrighteous things cannot be hid : neither shall vengeance, when it punisheth, pass by him.

9 For inquisition shall be made into the counsels of the ungodly : and the sound of his words shall come unto the Lord for the manifestation of his wicked deeds.

10 For the ear of jealousy hearet all things : and the noise of murmurings is not hid.

11 Therefore beware of murmuring, which is unprofitable; and refrain your tongue from backbiting : for there is no word so secret, that shall go for nought : and the mouth that belieth slayeth the soul.

12 Seek not death in the error of your life : and pull not upon yourselves destruction with the works of your hands.

13 For God made not death : neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the living.

14 For he created all things, that they might have their being : and the generations of the world were healthful; and there is no poison of destruction in them, nor the kingdom of death upon the earth :

15 For righteousness is immortal.

16 But ungodly men with their works and words called it to them : for when they thought to have it their friend, they consumed to nought, and made a covenant with it, because the are worthy to take part with it.

Chapter 2

For the ungodly said, reasoning with themselves, but not aright, Our life is short and tedious, and in the death of a man there is no remedy : neither was there any man known to have returned from the grave.

2 For we are born at all adventure : and we shall be hereafter as though we had never been : for the breath in our nostrils is as smoke, and a little spark in the moving of our heart :

3 Which being extinguished, our body shall be turned into ashes, and our spirit shall vanish as the soft air,

4 And our name shall be forgotten in time, and no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and shall be dispersed as a mist, that is driven away with the beams of the sun, and overcome with the heat thereof.

5 For our time is a very shadow that passeth away; and after our end there is no returning : for it is fast sealed, so that no man cometh again.

6 Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present : and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth.

7 Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us :

8 Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds, before they be withered :

9 Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness : let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place : for this is our portion, and our lot is this.

10 Let us oppress the poor righteous man, let us not spare the widow, nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.

11 Let our strength be the law of justice : for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.

12 Therefore let us lie in wait for the righteous; because he is not for our turn, and he is clean contrary to our doings : he upbraideth us with our offending the law, and objecteth to our infamy the trangressings of our education.

13 He professeth to have the knowledge of God : and he calleth himself the child of the Lord.

14 He was made to reprove our thoughts.

15 He is grievous unto us even to behold : for his life is not like other men's, his ways are of another fashion.

16 We are esteemed of him as counterfeits : he abstaineth from our ways as from filthiness : he pronounceth the end of the just to be blessed, and maketh his boast that God is his father.

17 Let us see if his words be true : and let us prove what shall happen in the end of him.

18 For if the just man be the son of God, he will help him, and deliver him from the hand of his enemies.

19 Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.

20 Let us condemn him with a shameful death : for by his own saying he shall be respected.

21 Such things they did imagine, and were deceived : for their own wickedness hath blinded them.

22 As for the mysteries of God, they knew them not : neither hoped they for the wages of righteousness, nor discerned a reward for blameless souls.

23 For God created man to be immortal, and made him to be an image of his own eternity.

24 Nevertheless through envy of the devil came death into the world : and they that do hold of his side do find it.

Chapter 3

But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them.

2 In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure is taken for misery,

3 An their going from us to be utter destruction : but they are in peace.

4 For though they be punished in the sight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality.

5 And having been a little chastised, they shall be greatly rewarded : for God proved them, and found them worthy for himself.

6 As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.

7 And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and from like sparks among the stubble.

8 They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.

9 They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth : and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him : for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.

10 But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.

11 For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable :

12 Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked :

13 Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed : she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.

14 And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God : for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.

15 For glorious is the fruit of good labours : and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.

16 As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.

17 For though they live long, yet shall they be nothing regarded : and their last age shall be without honour.

18 Or, if they die quickly, they have no hope, neither comfort in the day of trial.

19 For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.

Chapter 4

Better it is to have no children, and to have virtue : for the memorial thereof is immortal : because it is known with God, and with men.

2 When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it : it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, strivin for undefiled rewards.

3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly shall not thrive, nor take deep rooting from bastard slips, nor lay any fast foundation.

4 For though they flourish in branches for a time; yet standing not fast, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.

5 The imperfect branches shall be broken off, their fruit unprofitable, not ripe to eat, yea, meet for nothing.

6 For children begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.

7 But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.

8 For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.

9 But wisdom is the gray hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.

10 He pleased God, and was beloved of him : so that living among sinners he was translated.

11 Yea, speedily was he taken away, lest that wickedness should after his understanding, or deceit beguile his soul.

12 For the bewitching of naughtiness doth obscure things that are honest; and the wandering of concupiscence doth undermine the simple mind.

13 He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time :

14 For his soul pleased the Lord : therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.

15 This is the people saw, and understood it not, neither laid they up this is in their minds, That his grace and mercy is with his saints, and that he hath respect unto his chosen.

16 Thus the righteous that is dead shall condemn the ungodly which are living; and youth that is soon perfected the many years and old age of the unrighteous.

17 For they shall see the end of the wise, and shall not understand what God in his councel hath decreed of him, and to what end the Lord hath set him in safety.

18 They shall see him, and despise him; but God shall laugh them to scorn : and they shall hereafter be a vile carcase, and a reproach among the dead, for evermore.

19 For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; and he shall shake them from the foundation; and they shall be utterly laid waste, and be in sorrow; and their memorial shall perish.

20 And when they cast up the accounts of their sins, they shall come with fear : and their sins, they shall come with fear : and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face.

Chapter 5

Then shall the righteous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him, and made no account of his labours.

2 When they see it, they shall be troubled with terrible fear, and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his salvation, so far beyond all that they looked for.

3 And they repenting and groaning for anguish of spirit shall say within themselves, This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach :

4 We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour :

5 How is the numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints !

6 Therefore have we erred from the way of truth, and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us, and the sun of righteousness rose not upon us.

7 We wearied ourselves in the way of wickedness and destruction : yea, we have gone through deserts, where there lay no way : but as for the way of the Lord, we have not known it.

8 What hath pride profited us? Or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us?

9 All those things are passed away like a shadow, and as a post that hasted by :

10 And as a ship that passeth over the waves of the water, which when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be fount, neither the pathway of the keel in the waves;

11 Or as when a bird hath flown through the air, there is no token of her way to be found, but the light air being beaten with the stroke of her wings, and parted with the violent noise and motion of them, is passed through, and therein afterwards no sign where she went is to be found;

12 Or like as when an arrow is shot at a mark, it parteth the air, which immediately cometh together again, so that a man cannot know where it went through :

13 Even so we in like manner, as soon as we were born, began to draw to our end, and had no sign of virtue to shew; but were consumed in our own wickedness.

14 For the hope of the ungodly is like dust that is blown away with the wind; like a thin froth that is driven away with the storm; like as the smoke which is dispersed here and there with a tempest, and passeth away as the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day.

15 But the righteous live for evermore; their reward also is with the Lord, and the care of them is with the most High.

16 Therefore shall they receive a glorious kingdom, and a beautiful crown from the Lord's hand : for with his right hand shall he cover them, and with his arm shall he protect them.

17 He shall take to him his jealousy for complete armour, and make the creature his weapon for the revenge of his ennemies.
18 He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and true judgment instead of an helmet.

19 He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.

20 His severe wrath shall he sharpen for a sword, and the world shall fight with him against the unwise.

21 Then shall the right aiming thunderbolts go abroad; and from the clouds, as from a well drawn bow, shall they fly to the mark.

22 And hailstones full of wrath shall be cast as out of a stone bow, and the water of the sea shall rage against them, and the floods shall cruelly drown them.

23 Yea, a mighty wind shall stand up against them, an like a storm shall blow them away : thus iniquity shall lay waste the whole earth, and ill dealin shall overthrow the thrones of the mighty.

Chapter 6

Hear therefore, Oye kings, and understand; learn, ye that be judges of the ends of the earth.

2 Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations.

3 For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.

4 Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God;

5 Horribly and speedily shall he come upon you : for a sharp judgment shall be to them that be in high places.

6 For mercy will soon pardon the meanest : but mighty men shall be mightily tormented.

7 For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man's person, neither shall he stand in awe of any man's greatness : for he hath made the small and great, and careth for all alike.

8 But a sore trial shall come upon the mighty.

9 Unto you therefore, O kings, do I speak, that ye may learn wisdom, and not fall away.

10 For they that keep holiness holily shall be judged holy : and they that have learned such things shall find what to answer.

11 Wherefore set your affection upon my words; desire them, and ye shall be instructed.

12 Wisdom is glorious, and never fadeth away : yea, she is easily seen of them that love her, and found of such as seek her.

13 She preventeth them that desire her, in making herself first known unto them.

14 Whoso seeketh her early shall have no great travail : for he shall find her sitting at his doors.

15 To think therefore upon her is perfection of wisdom : and whoso watcheth for her shall quickly be without care.

16 For she goeth about seeking such as are worthy of her, sheweth herself favourably unto them in the ways, and meeteth them in every thought.

17 For the very true beginning of her is the desire of discipline; and the care of discipline is love;

18 And love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption;

19 And incorruption maketh us near unto God :

20 Therefore the desire of wisdom bringeth to a kingdom.

21 If your delight be then in thrones and sceptres, O ye kings of the people, honour wisdom, that ye may reign for evermore.

22 As for wisdom, what she is, and how she came up, I will tell you, and will not hide mysteries from you : but will seek her out from the beginning of her nativity, and bring the knowledge of her into light, and will not pass over the truth.

23 Neither will I go with consuming envy; for such a man shal have no fellowship with wisdom.

24 But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the world : and a wise king is the upholding of the people.

25 Receive therefore instruction through my words, and it shall do you good.

Chapter 7

I myself also am a mortal man, like to all, and the offspring of him that was first made of the earth,

2 And in my mother's womb was fashioned to be flesh in the time of ten months, being compacted in blook, of the seed of man, and the pleasure that came with sleep.

3 And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

4 I was nursed in swaddling clothes, ant that with cares.

5 For there is no king that had any other beginning of birth.

6 For all me have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

7 Wherefore I prayed, and understanding was given me : I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.

8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her.

9 Neither compared I unto her any precious stone, because all gold in respect of her is as a little sand, and silver shall be counted as clay before her.

10 I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light : for the light that cometh from her never goeth out.

11 All good things together came to me with her, and innumerable riches in her hands.

12 And I rejoiced in them all, because wisdom goeth before them : and I knew not that she was the mother of them.

13 I learned diligently, and do communicate her liberally : I do not hide her riches.

14 For she is a treasure unto men that never faileth : which they that use become the friends of God, being commended for the gifts that come from learning.

15 God hath granted me to speak as I would, and to conceive as is meet for the things that are given me : because it is he that leadeth unto wisdom, and directeth the wise.

16 For in his hand are both we and our words; all wisdom also, and knowledge of workmanship.

17 For he hath given me certain knowledge of the things that are, namely, to know how the world was made, and the operation of the elements :

18 The beginning, ending, and midst of the times : the alterations of the turning of the sun, and the change of seasons :

19 The circuits of years, and the positions of stars :

20 The natures of living creatures, and the furies of wild beasts : the violence of winds, and the reasonings of men : the diversities of plants, and the vitues of roots :

21 And all such things as are either secret or manifest, them I know.

22 For wisdom, which is the worker of all things, taught me : for in her is an understanding spirit, holy, one only, manifold, subtil, lively, clear, undefiled, plain, not subject to hurt, loving the thing that is good, quick, which cannot be letted, ready to do good,

23 Kind to man, stedfast, sure, free from care, having all power, overseeing all things, and going through all understanding, pure, and most subtil, spirits.

24 For wisdom is more moving than any motion : she passeth and goeth through all things by reason of her pureness.

25 For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty : therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.

26 For she is the brightness of the everlasting light, the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of his goodness.

27 And being but one, she can do all things : and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new : and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God, and prophets.

28 For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.

29 For she is more beautiful than the sun, and above all the order of stars : being compared with the light, she is found before it.

30 For after this cometh night : but vice shall not prevail against wisdom.

Chapter 8

Wisdom reacheth from one end to another mightily : and sweetly doth she order all things.

2 I loved her, and sought her out from my youth, I desired to make her my spouse, and I was a lover of her beauty.

3 In that she is conversant with God, she magnifieth her nobility : yea, the Lord of all things himself loved her.

4 For she is privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God, and a lover of his works.

5 If riches be a possession to be desired in this life; what is richer than wisdom, that worketh all things ?

6 And if prudence work; who of all that are is a more cunning workman than she ?

7 And if a man love righteousness, her labours are virtues : for she teacheth temperance and prudence, justice and fortitude : which are such things, as mes can have nothin more profitable in their life.

8 If a man desire much experience, she knoweth things of old, and conjectureth aright what is to come : she knoweth the subtilties of speeches, and can expound dark sentences : she foreseeth signs and wonders, and the events of seasons and times.

9 Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me, knowing that she would be a counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief.

10 For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude, and honour with the elders, though I be young.

11 I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgment, and shall be admired in the sight of great men.

12 When I hold my tongue, they shall bide my leisure, and when I speak, they shall give good ear unto me : if I talk much, they shall lay their hands upon their mouth.

13 Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality, and leave behind me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me.

14 I shall set the people in order, and the nations shall be subject unto me.

15 Horrible tyrants shall be afraid, when they do but hear of me; I shall be found good among the multitude, and valiant in war.

16 After I am come into mine house, I will repose myself with her : for her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no sorrow, but mirth and joy.

17 Now when I considered these things in myself, and pondered them in my heart, how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality;

18 And great pleasure it is to have her friendship; and in the works of her hands are infinite riches; and in the exercise of conference with her, prudence; and in talking with her, a good report; I went about seeking how to take her to me.

19 For I was a witty child, and had a good spirit.

20 Yea rather, being good, I came into a body undefiled.

21 Nevertheless, when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her, except God gave her me; and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was; I prayed unto the Lord, and besought him, and with my whole heart I said,

Chapter 9

O God of my fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things with thy word,

2 And ordained man through thy wisdom, that he should have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made,

3 And order the world according to equit and righteousness, and execute judgment with an upright heart :

4 Give me wisdom, that sitteth by thy throne; and reject me not from among thy children :

5 For I thy servant and son of thine handmaid am a feeble person, and of a short time, and too young for the understanding of judgment and laws.

6 For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men, yet if thy wisdom be not with him, he shall be nothing regarded.

7 Thou hast chosen me to be a king of thy people, and a judge of thy sons and daughters :

8 Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount, and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest, a resemblance of the holy tabernacle, which thou hast prepared from the beginning.

9 And wisdm was with thee : which knoweth thy works, and was present when thou madest the word, and knew what was acceptable in thy sight, and right in thy commandments.

10 O send her out of thy holy heavens, and from the throne of thy glory, that being present she may labour with me, that I may know what is pleasing unto thee.

11 For she knoweth and understandeth all things, and she shall lead me soberly in my doings, and preserve me in her power.

12 So shall my works be acceptable, and then shall I judge thy people righteously, and be worthy to sit in my father's seat.

13 For what man is he that can know the counsel of God ? or who can think what the will of the Lord is ?

14 For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain.

15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.

16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us : but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out ?

17 And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above ?

18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee, and were saved through wisdom.

Chapter 10

She preseved the first forme father of the world, that was created alone, and brought him out of his fall,

2 And gave him power to rule all things.
3 But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger, he perished also in the fury wherewith he murdered his brother.

4 For whose cause the earth being drowned with the flood, wisdom again preserved it, and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value.

5 Moreover, the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded, she found out the righteous, and preserved him stroung against his tender compassion toward his son.

6 When the ungodly perished, she delivered the righteous man, who fled from the fire which fell down upon the five cities.

7 Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, and plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness : and a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.

8 For regarding not wisdom, they gat not only this hurt, that they knew not the things which were good; but also left behind them to the world a memorial of their foolishness : so that in the things wherein they offended they could not so much as be hid.

9 But wisdom delivered from pain those that attended upon her.

10 When the righteous fled from his brother's wrath, she guided him in right paths, shewed him the kingdom of God, and gave him knowledge of holy things, made him rich in his travels, and multiplied the fruit of his labours.

11 In the covetousness of such as oppressed him she stood by him, and made him rich.

12 She defended him from his enemies, and kept him safe from those that lay in wait, and in a sore conflict she gave him the victory; that he might know that godliness is stronger than all.

13 When the righteous was sold, she forsook him not, but delivered him from sin : she went down with him into the pit,

14 And left him not in bonds, till she brought him the sceptre of the kingdom, and power against those that oppressed him : as for them that had accused him, she shewed them to be liars, and gave him perpetual glory.

15 She delivered the righteous people and blameless seed from the nation that oppressed them.

16 She entered into the soul of the servant of the Lord, and withstood dredful kings in wonders and signs;

17 Rendered to the righteous a reward of their labours, guided them in a marvellous way, and was unto them for a cover by day, and a light of stars in the night season;

18 Brought them through the Red sea, and led them through much water :

19 But she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.

20 Therefore the righteous spoiled the ungodly, and praised thy holy name, O Lord, and magnified with one accord thine hand, that fought for them.

21 For wisdom opened the mouth of the dumb, and made the tongues of them that cannot speak eloquent.

Chapter 11

She prospered their works in the hand of the holy prophet.

2 They went through the wilderness that was not inhabited, and pitched tents in places where there lay no way.
3 They stood against their enemies, and were avenged of their adversaries.

4 When they were thirsty, they called upon thee, and water was given them out of the flinty rock, and their thirst was quenched out of the hard stone.

5 For by what things their enemies were punished, by the same they in their need were benefited.

6 For instead of a fountain of a perpetual running river troubled with foul blood,

7 For a manifest reproof of that commandment, wherby the infants were slain, thou gavest unto them abundance of water by a means which they hoped not for :

8 Declaring by that thirst then how thou hadst punished their adversaries.

9 For when they were tried, albeit but in mercy chastised, they knew how the ungodly were judged in wrath and tormented, thirsting in another manner than the just.

10 For these thou didst admonish and try, as a father : but the other, as a severe king, thou didst condemn and punish.

11 Whether they were absent or present, they were vexed alike.

12 For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.

13 For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.

14 For whom they rejected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.

15 But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;

16 That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished.

17 For thy Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears, or fierce lions.
18 Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes :

19 Whereof not only the harm might dispatch them at once, but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them.

20 Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, being persecuted of vengeance, and scattered abroad through the breath of thy power : but thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.

21 For thou canst shew thy great strength at all times when thou wilt; and who may withstand the power of thine arm?

22 For the whole world before thee is as a little grain of the balance, yea, as a drop of the morning dew that falleth down upon the earth.

23 But thou hast mercy upon all; for thou canst do all things, and winkest at the sins of men, because they should amend.

24 For thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made : for never wouldest thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it.

25 And how could any thing have endured, if it had not been thy will ? or been preserved, if not called by thee ?

26 But thou sparest all : for they are thine, O Lord, thou lover of souls.

Chapter 12

For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.

2 Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.

3 For it was thy will to destroy by te hands of our fathers bth those old inhabitants of thy holy land,

4 Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;

5 And also those merciless murderers of children, and devourers of man's flesh, and the feasts of blood,

6 With their priests out of the midst of their idolatrous crew, and the parents, that killed with their own hands souls destitute of help :

7 That the land, which thou esteemedst above all other, migt receive a worthy colony of God's children.

8 Nevertheless even those thou sparedst as men, and didst send wasps, forerunners of thine host, to destroy them by little and little.

9 Not that thou wast unable to bring the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle, or to destroy them at once with cruel beasts, or with one rough word :

10 But executing thy judgments upn them by little and little, thou gavest them place of repentance, not being ignorant that they were a naughty generation, and that their malice was bred in them, and that their cogitation would never be changed.

11 For it was a cursed seed from the beginning; neither didst thou for fear of any man give them pardon for those things wherein they sinned.

12 For who shall say, What hast thou done ? or who shall withstand thy judgment ? or who shall accuse thee for the nations that perish, whom thou hast made? Or who shall come to stand against thee, to be revenged for the righteous men ?

13 For neither is there any God but thou that careth forall, to whom thou mightest shew that thy judment is not unright.

14 Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any hom thou hast punished.

15 Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously : thinking it not agreeable whith thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.

16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.

17 For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.

18 But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour : for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.

19 But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.

20 For if thou didst punish the enemies of thy children, and the condemned to death, with such deliberation, giving them time and place, whereby they might be delivered from their malice :

21 With how great circumspection didst thou judge thine own sons, unto whose fathers thou hast sworn, and made covenants of good promises?

22 Therefore, whereas thou dost chasten us, thou scourgest our enemies a thousand times more, to the intent that, when we judge, we should carefully think of thy goodness, and when we ourselves are judged, we should look for mercy.

23 Wherefore, whereas men have lived dissolutely and unrighteously, thou hast tormented them with their own abominations.

24 For they went astray very far in the ways of error, and held them for gods, which even among the beasts of their enemies were despised, being deceived, as children of no understanding.

25 Therefore unto them, as to children without the use of reason, thou didst send a judgment to mock them.

26 But they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God.

27 For, look, for what things they grudged, when they were punished, that is, for them whom they thought to be gods; (now) being punished in them, when they saw it, they acknowledged him to be the true God, whom before they denied to know; and therefore came extreme damnation upon them.

Chapter 13

Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is : neither by considering the works did they ackowledge the workmaster;

2 But deeme either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.

3 With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is : for the first author of beauty hath created them.

4 But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.

5 For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.

6 But yet for this they are the less to be blamed : for they peradventure err, seeking God, and desirous to find him.

7 For being conversant in his works they search him diligently, and believe their sight : because the things are beautiful that are seen.
8 Howbeit neither are they to be pardoned.

9 for if they were able to know so much, that they could aim at the world; how did they not sooner find out the Lord thereof?

10 But miserable are they, and in dead things is their hope, who called them gods, which are the works of men's hands, gold ans silver, to shew art in, and resemblances of beasts, or a stone good for nothing, the work of an ancient hand.

11 Now a carpenter that felleth timber, after he hath sawn down a tree meet for the purpose, and taken off all the bark skilfully round about, and hath wrought it handsomely, and made a vessel thereof fit for the service of man's life;

12 And after spending the refuse of his work to dress his meat, hath filled himself;

13 And taking the very refuse among those which served to no use, being a crooked piece of wood, and full of knots, hath carved it diligently, when he had nothing else to do, and formed it by the skill of his understanding, and fashioned it to the image of a man;

14 Or made it like some vile beast, laying it over with vermilion, and with paint colouring it red, and covering every spot therein;

15 And when he had made a convenient room for it, set it in a wall, and made it fast with iron :

16 For he provided for it that it might not fall, knowing that it was unable to help itself; for it is an image, and hath need of help :

17 Thn maketh he prayer for his goods, for his wife and children, and is not ashamed to speak to that which hath no life.

18 For health he calleth upon that which is weak : for life prayeth to that which is dead : for aid humbly beseecheth that which hath least means to help : and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward :

19 And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing.

Chapter 14

Again, one preparing himself to sail, and about to pass throug the raging waves, calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carrieth him.

2 For verily desire of gain devised that, and the workman built it by his skill.

3 But thy providence, O Father, governeth it : for thou hast made a way in the sea, and a safe path in the waves;

4 Shewing that thou canst save from all danger : yea, though a man went to sea without art.

5 Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle, and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood, and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved.

6 For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.

7 For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh.

8 But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it : he, because he made it; and it, because, being corruptible, it was called god.

9 For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God.

10 For that which is made shal be punished together with him that made it.

11 Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation : because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, and stumblingblocks to the souls of men, and a snare to the feet of the unwise.

12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication, and the invention of them the corruption of life.

13 For neither were they from the beginning, neither shall they be for ever.

14 For by the vain glory of men they entered into the world, and therefore shall they come shortly to an end.

15 For a father afflicted with unimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.

16 Thus in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a law, and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of kings.

17 Whom men could not honour in presence, because they dwelt far off, they took the counterfeit of his visage from far, and made an express image of a king whom they honoured, to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was a absent, as if he were present.

18 Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignrant to more superstition.

19 For he, peradventure willing to please one in authority, forced all his skill to make the resemblance of the best fashion.

20 And so the multitude, allured by the grace of the work, took him now for a god, which a little before was but honoured as a man.

21 And this was an occasion to deceive the world : for men, serving either calamity or tyranny, did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable name.

22 Moreover this was not enough for them, that whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance, those so great plagues called they peace.

23 For whilst they slew their children in sacrifices, or used secret ceremonies, or made revellings of strange rites;

24 They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled : but either one slew another traiterously, or grieved him by adultery.

25 So that there reigned in al men without exception blood, manslaughter, theft, and dissimulation, corruption, unfaithfulness, tumults, perjury,

26 Disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, defiling of souls, changing of kind, disorder in marriages, adultery, and shameless uncleanness.

27 For the worshipping of idols not to be named is the beginning, the cause, and the end, of all evil.

28 For either they are mad when they be merry, or prophesy lies, or live injustly, or else lightly forswear themselves.

29 For insomuch as their trust is in idols, which have no life; though they swear falsely, yet they look not to be hurt.

30 Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished : both because they thought not well of God, giving heed unto idols, and also unjustly swore in deceit, despising holiness.

31 For it is not the power of them by whom they swear : but it is the just vengeance of sinners, that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly.

Chapter 15

But thou, O God, art gracious and true, longsuffering, and in mercy ordering all things.

2 For if we sin, we are thine, knowing thy power : but we will not sin, knowing that we are counted thine.

3 For to know thee is perfect righteousness : yea, to know thy power is the root of immortality.

4 For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us, nor an image spotted with divers colours, the painter's fruitless labour;

5 The sight whereof enticeth fools to lust after it, and so they desire the form of a dead image, that hath no breath.

6 Both they that make them, they that desire them, and they that worship them, are lovers of evil things, and are worthy to have such things, and are worthy to have such things to trust upon.

7 For the potter, tempering soft earth, fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service : yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessel with much labour for our service : yea, of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses, and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary : but what is the use of either sort, the potter himself is the judge.

8 And employing his labours lewdly, he maketh a vain god of the same clay, even he which a little before was made of earth himself, and within a little while after returneth to the same, out of the which he was taken, when his life which was lent him shall be demanded.

9 Notwithstanding his care is, not that he shall have much labour, nor that his life is short : but striveth to excel goldsmiths and silversmiths, and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass, and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things.

10 His heart is ashes, his hope is more vile than eart, and his life of less value than clay:

11 Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker, an him that inspired into him an active soul, and breathed in a living spirit.

12 But they counted our life a pastime, and our time here a market for gain : for, say they, we must be getting every way, though it be by evil means.

13 For this man, that of earthly matter maketh brittle vessels and graven images, knoweth himself to offend above all others.

14 And all the enemies of thy people, that hold them in subjection, are most foolish, and are more miserable than very babes.

15 For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods : which neither have the use of eyes to see, nor noses to draw breath, nor ears to hear, nor fingers of hands to handle; and as for their feet, they are slow to go.

16 For man made them, and he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them : but no man can make a god like unto himself.

17 For being mortal, he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands : for he himself is better than the things which he worshippeth : whereas he lived once, but they never.

18 Yea, they worshipped those beasts also that are most hateful : for being compared together, some are worse than others.

19 Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts : but they went without the praise of God and his blessing.

Chapter 16

Therefore by the like were they punished worthily, and by the multitude of beasts tormented.

2 Instead of which punishment, dealing graciously with thine own people, thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste, even quails to stir up their appetite :

3 To the end that they, desiring food, might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that, which they must needs desire; but these, suffering penury for a short space, might be made partakers of a strange taste.

4 For it was requisite, that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury, which they could not avoid : but to these it should only be shewed how their enemies were tormented.

5 For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon these, and they perished with the stings of crooked serpents, thy wrath endured not for ever :

6 But they were troubled for a small season, that they migt be admonished, having a sign of salvation, to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law.

7 For he that turned himself toward it was not saved by the thing that he saw, but by thee, that art the Saviour of all.

8 And in this thou madest thine enemies confess, that it is thou who delivrest from all evil :

9 For them the bitings of grasshoppers and flies killed, neither was there found any remedy for their life : for they were worthy to be punished by such.

10 But thy sons not the very teeth of venomous dragons overcame : for thy mercy was ever by them, and healed them.

11 For they were pricked, that they should remember thy words; and were quickly saved, that not falling into deep forgetfulness, they might be continually mindful of thy goodness.

12 For it was neither herb, nor mollifying plaister, that restored them to health : but thy word, O Lord, which healeth all things.

13 For thou hast power of life and death : thou leadest to the gates of hell, and bringest up again.

14 A man indeed killeth through his malice : and the spirit, when it is gone forth, returneth not; neither the soul received up cometh again.

15 But it is not possible to escape thine hand.

16 For the ungodly, that denied to know thee, were scourged by the strength of thine arm : with strange rains, hails, and showers, were they persecuted, that they could not avoid, and through fire were they consumed.

17 For, which is most to be wondered at, the fire had more force in the water, that quencheth all things : for the world fighteth for the righteous.

18 For sometime the flame was mitigated, that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly; but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgment of God.

19 And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.

20 Instead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels'food, and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour, able to content every man's delight, and agreeing to every taste.

21 For thy sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children, and serving to the appetite of the eater, tempered itself to every man's liking.

22 But snow and ice endured the fire, and melted not, that they might know that fire burning in the hail, and sparkling in the rain, did destroy the fruits of the enemies.

23 But this again did even forget his own strength, that the righteous might be nourished.

24 For the creature that serveth thee, who art the Maker, increaseth his strength against te unrighteous for their punishment, and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee.

25 Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need :

26 That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man : but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.

27 For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away :

28 That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto thee.

29 For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter's hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water.

Chapter 17

For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed : therefore unnurtured souls have erred.

2 For when unrighteous men thought to oppress the holy nation; they being shut up in their houses, the prisoners of darkness, and fettered with the bonds of a long night, lay (there) exiled from the eternal providence.

3 For while they supposed to lie hid in their secret sins, they were scattered under a dark veil of forgetfulness, being horribly astonished, and troubled with (strange) apparitions.

4 For neither might the corner that held them keep them from fear : but noises (as of waters) falling down sounded about them, and sad visions appeared unto them with heavy countenances.

5 No power of the fire might give them light : neither could the bright flames of the stars endure to lighten that horrible night.

6 Only there appeared unto them a fire kindled of itself, very dreadful : for being much terrified, they thought the things which they saw to be worse than the sight they saw not.

7 As for the illusions of art magick, they were put down, and their vaunting in wisdom was reproved with disgrace.

8 For they, that promised to drive away terrors and troubles from a sick soul, were sick themselves of fear, worthy to be laughed at.

9 For though no terrible thing did fear them; yet being scared with beasts that passed by, and hissing of serpents,

10 They died for fear, denying that they saw the air, which could of no side be avoided.

11 For wickedness, condemned by her own witness, is very timorous, and being pressed with conscience, always forecasteth grievous things.

12 For fear is nothing else but a betraying of the succours which reason offereth.

13 And the expectation from within, being less, counteth the ignorance more than the cause which bringeth the torment.

14 But they sleeping the same sleep that night, which was indeed intolerable, and which came upon them out of the bottoms of inevitable hell,

15 Were partly vexed with monstrous apparitions, and partly fainted, their heart failing them : for a sudden fear, and not looked for, came upon them.

16 So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, shut up in a prison without iron bars.

17 For whether he were husbandaman, or shepherd, or a labourer in the field, he was overtaken, and endured that necessity, which could not be avoided : for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.

18 Whether it were a whistling wind, or a melodious noise of birds among the spreading branches, or a pleasing fall of water running violently,

19 Or a terrible sound of stones cast down, or a running that could not be seen of skipping beasts, or a roaring voice of most savage wild beasts, or a rebounding echo from the hollow mountains; these things made them to swoon for fear.

20 For the whole world shined with clear light, and none were hindered in their labour :

21 Over them only was spread an heavy night, an image of that darkness which should afterwards receive them : but yet were they unto themselves more grievous than the darkness.

Chapter 18

Nevertheless thy saints had a very great light, whose voice they hearing, and not seeing their shape, because they also had not suffered the same things, they counted them happy.

2 But for that they did not hurt them now, of whom they had been wronged before, they thanked them, and besought them pardon for that they had been enemies.

3 Instead whereof thou gavest them a burning pillar of fire, both to be a guide of the unknown journey, and an harmless sun to entertain them honourably.

4 For they were worthy to be deprived of light, and imprisoned in darkness, who had kept thy sons shut up, by whom the uncorrupt light of the law was to be given unto the world.

5 And when they had determined to slay the babes of the saints; one child being cast forth; and saved, to reprove them, thou tookest away the multitude of their children, and destroyedst them altogether in a mighty water.

6 Of that night were our fathers certified afore, that assuredly knowing unto what oaths they had given credence, they might afterwards be of good cheer.

7 So of thy people was accepted both the savation of the righteoys, and destruction of the enemies.

8 For wherewith thou didst punish our adversaries, by the same thou didst glorify us, whom thou hadst called.

9 For the righteoys children of good men did sacrifice secretly, and with one consent made a holy law, that the saints shouk be alike partakers of the same good and evil, the fathers now singing out the songs of praise.

10 But on the other side there sounded an ill according cry of the enemies; and a lamentable noise was carried abroad for children that were bewailed.

11 The master and the servant were punished after one manner; and like as the king; so suffered the common person.

12 So they all together had innumerable dead with one kind of death; neither were the living sufficient to bury them: for in one moment the noblest offspring of them was destroyed.

13 For whereas they would not believe any thing by reason of the enchantments; upon the destruction of the firstborn, they acknowledged this people to be the sons of God.

14 For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,

15 Thine Almighty word leaped down from heaven out of thy royal throne, as a fierce man of war into the midst of a land of destruction.

16 And brought thine unfeigned commandment as a sharp sword, and standing up filled all things with death; and it touched the heaven, but it stood upon the earth.

17 Then suddenly visions of horrible dreams troubled them sore, and terrors came upon them unlooked for.

18 And one thrown here, and another there, half dead, shewed the cause of his death.

19 For the dreams that troubled them did foreshew this, lest they should perish, and not know why they were afflicted.

20 Yea, the tasting of death touched the righteous also, and there was a destruction of the multitude in the wilderness : but the wrath endured not long.

21 For then the blameless man made haste, and stood forth to defend them; and bringing the shield of his proper ministry, even prayer, and the propitiation of incense, set himself against the wrath, and so brought the calamity to an end, declaring that he was thy servant.

22 So he overcame the destroyer, not with strength of body, nor force of arms, but with a word subdued he him that punished, alleging the oaths and covenants made with the fathers.

23 For when the dead were now fallen down by heaps one upon another, standing between, he stayed the wrath, and parted the way to the living.

24 For in the long garment was the whole world, and in the four rows of the stones was the glory of the fathers graven, and thy Majesty upon the diqdem of his head.

25 Unto these the destroyer gave place, and was afraid of them : for it was enough that they only tasted of the wrath.

Chapter 19

As for the ungodly, wrath came upon them without mercy unto the end : for he knew before what they would do;

2 How that having given them leave to depart, and sent them hastily away, they would repent and pursue them.

3 For whilst they were yet mourning and making lamentation at the graves of the dead, they added another foolish device, and pursued them as fugitives, whom they had intreated to be gone.

4 For the destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that they might fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their torments :

5 And that thy people might pass a wonderful way : but they might find a strange death.

6 For the whole creature in his proper kind was fashioned again anew, serving the peculiar commandments that were given unto them, that thy children might be kept without hurt:

7 As namely, a cloud shadowing the camp; and where water stood before, dry land appeared; and out of the Red sea a way without impediment; and out of the violent stream a green field :

8 Wherethrough all the people went that were defended with thy hand, seeing thy marvellous strange wonders:

9 For they went at large like horses, and leaped like lambs, praising thee, O Lord, who hadst delivered them.

10 For they were yet mindful of the things that were done while they sojourned in the strange land, how the ground brought forth flies instead of cattle, and how the river cast up a multitude of frogs instead of fishes.

11 But afterwards they saw a new generation of fowls, when, being led with their appetite, they asked delicate meats.

12 For quails came up unto them from the sea for their contentment.

13 And punishments came upon the sinners not without former signs by the force of thunders : for they suffered justly according to their own wickedness, insomuch as they used a more hard and hateful behaviour toward strangers.

14 For the Sodomites did not receive those, whom they knew not when they came : but these brought friends into bondage, that had well deserved of them.

15 And not only so, but peradventure some respect shall be had of those, because they used strangers not friendly :

16 But these very grievously afflicted them, whom they had received with feastings, and were already made partakers of the same laws with them.

17 Therefore even with blindness were these stricken, as those were at the doors of the righteous man : when, being compassed about with horrible great darkness, every one sought the passage of his own doors.

18 For the elements were changed in themselves by a kind of harmony, like as in a psaltery notes change the name of the tune, and yet are always sounds; which may well be perceived by the sight of the things that have been done.

19 For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground.

20 The fire had power in the water, forgetting his own virtue : and the water forgat his own quenching nature.

21 On the other side, the flames wasted not the flesh of the corruptible living things, though they walked therein, neither melted they the icy kind of heavenly meat, that was of nature apt to melt.

22 For in all things, O Lord, thou didst magnify thy people, and glorify them, neither didst thou lightly regard them : but didst assist them in every time and place.

PROVERBS

Prologue : Purpose and Theme

Chapter 1

The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel :

2 for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;

3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-

6 for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.

7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom

Warning Against Enticement

8 Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

9 They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.

11 If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;

12 let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;

13 we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder,

14 throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-

15 my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;

16 for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.

17 How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds !

18 These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves !

19 Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Warning Against Rejecting Wisdom

20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;

21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:

22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways ? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.

24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,

25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,

26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-

27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.

28 " Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.

29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord,

30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.

32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;

33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Chapter 2

Moral Benefits of Wisdom

My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,

2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,

3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,

5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.

6 For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

7 He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair- every good path.

10 For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

11 Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

13 who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

14 who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

15 whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

16 It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,

17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

18 For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

19 None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

20 Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

21 For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

Chapter 3

Further Benefits of Wisdom

My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,

2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.

3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;

6 in all your ways ackowledge him, and he will made your paths straight.

7 Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil.

8 This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.

9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;

10 then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.

11 My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,

12 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

13 Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,

14 for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.

15 She is more precioys than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.

16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.

17 Her ways are peasant ways, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.

19 By wisdom the Lord laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;

20 by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.

21 My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;

22 they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.

23 Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble;

24 when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

25 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

26 for the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.

27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.

28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"- when you now have it with you.

29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

30 Do not accuse a man for no reason- when he has done you no harm.

31 Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,

32 for the Lord detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.

33 The Lord's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

34 He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.

35 The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.

CHAPTER 4

Wisdom Is Supreme

Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.

2 I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching.

3 When I was a boy in my father's house, still tender, and an only child of my mother,

4 he taught me and said, "Lay hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands and you will live.

5 Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them

6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

7 Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding.

8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you, embrace her, and she will honor you.

9 She will set a garland of grace on your head and present you with a crown of splendor."

10 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.

11 I guide you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.

12 When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.

13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

14 Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.

16 For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

18 The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

19 But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.

20 My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words.

21 Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;

22 for they are life to those who find them and health to man's whole body.

23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

24 Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.

26 Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm.

27 Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.

Chapter 5

Warning Against Adultery

My son, pay attention to my wisdom, listen well to my words of insight,

2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.

3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil;

4 but in the end she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.

6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths are crooked, but she knows it not.

7 Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.

8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,

9 lest you give your best strength to others and your years to one who is cruel,

10 lest strangers feast on your wealth and your toil enrich another man's house.

11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

12 You will say, "How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!

13 I would not obey my teachers or listen to my instructors.

14 I have come to the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly."

15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

16 Should your springs overflow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

17 Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers.

18 May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.

20 Why be captivated, my son, by an adulteress? Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife?

21 For a man's ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.

22 The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; the cords of his sin hold him fast.

He will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.

Chapter 6

1 My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another,

2 if you have been trapped by what you said, ensnared by the words of your mouth,

3 then do this, my son, to free yourself, since you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go and humble yourself; press your plea with your neighbor!

4 Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

7 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,

8 yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--

11 and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man. ^[1]

12 A scoundrel and villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

13 who winks with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers,

14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart-- he always stirs up dissension.

15 Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant; he will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.

16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him:

17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

19 a false witness who pours out lies and a man who stirs up dissension among brothers.

20 My son, keep your father's commands and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

21 Bind them upon your heart forever; fasten them around your neck.

22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

23 For these commands are a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life,

24 keeping you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of the wayward wife.

25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes,

26 for the prostitute reduces you to a loaf of bread, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.

27 Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?

28 Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?

29 So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

30 Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger when he is starving.

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

32 But a man who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.

33 Blows and disgrace are his lot, and his shame will never be wiped away;

34 for jealousy arouses a husband's fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge. 35 He will not accept any compensation; he will refuse the bribe, however great it is.

Chapter 7

1 My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.

2 Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

3 Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart.

4 Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding your kinsman;

5 they will keep you from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words.

6 At the window of my house I looked out through the lattice.

7 I saw among the simple, I noticed among the young men, a youth who lacked judgment.

8 He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house

9 at twilight, as the day was fading, as the dark of night set in.

10 Then out came a woman to meet him, dressed like a prostitute and with crafty intent.

11 (She is loud and defiant, her feet never stay at home;

12 now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)

13 She took hold of him and kissed him and with a brazen face she said:

14 "I have fellowship offerings ^[1] at home; today I fulfilled my vows.

15 So I came out to meet you; I looked for you and have found you!

16 I have covered my bed with colored linens from Egypt.

17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes and cinnamon.

18 Come, let's drink deep of love till morning; let's enjoy ourselves with love!

19 My husband is not at home; he has gone on a long journey.

20 He took his purse filled with money and will not be home till full moon."

21 With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced him with her smooth talk.

22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer ^[2] stepping into a noose ^[3]

23 till an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare, little knowing it will cost him his life.

24 Now then, my sons, listen to me; pay attention to what I say.

25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.

26 Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.

27 Her house is a highway to the grave, ^[4] leading down to the chambers of death.

Chapter 8

1 Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice?

2 On the heights along the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand;

3 beside the gates leading into the city, at the entrances, she cries aloud:

4 "To you, O men, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.

5 You who are simple, gain prudence; you who are foolish, gain understanding.

6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say; I open my lips to speak what is right.

7 My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.

8 All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse.

9 To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge.

10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, knowledge rather than choice gold,

11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.

12 "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; I possess knowledge and discretion.

13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

14 Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power.

15 By me kings reign and rulers make laws that are just;

16 by me princes govern, and all nobles who rule on earth. ^[1]

17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

18 With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.

19 My fruit is better than fine gold; what I yield surpasses choice silver.

20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

21 bestowing wealth on those who love me and making their treasuries full.

22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;

23 I was appointed from eternity, from the beginning, before the world began.

24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth, when there were no springs abounding with water;

25 before the mountains were settled in place, before the hills, I was given birth,

26 before he made the earth or its fields or any of the dust of the world.

27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,

28when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,

29 when he gave the sea its boundary so the waters would not overstep his command, and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

30 Then I was the craftsman at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

31 rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.

32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.

33 Listen to my instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.

34 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.

35 For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD.

36 But whoever fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death."

Chapter 9

1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars.

2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.

3 She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest point of the city.

4 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

5 "Come, eat my food and drink the wine I have mixed.

6 Leave your simple ways and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.

7 "Whoever corrects a mocker invites insult; whoever rebukes a wicked man incurs abuse.

8 Do not rebuke a mocker or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man and he will love you.

9 Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning.

10 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11 For through me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.

12 If you are wise, your wisdom will reward you; if you are a mocker, you alone will suffer."

13 The woman Folly is loud; she is undisciplined and without knowledge.

14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city,

15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way.

16 "Let all who are simple come in here!" she says to those who lack judgment.

17 "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!"

18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

Chapter 10

1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

2 Ill-gotten treasures are of no value, but righteousness delivers from death.

3 The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

4 Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.

5 He who gathers crops in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

6 Blessings crown the head of the righteous, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

7 The memory of the righteous will be a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

8 The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin.

9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

10 He who winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

14 Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

16 The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

18 He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

23 A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.

24 What the wicked dreads will overtake him; what the righteous desire will be granted.

25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm forever.

26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him.

27 The fear of the LORD adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.

29 The way of the LORD is a refuge for the righteous, but it is the ruin of those who do evil.

30 The righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain in the land.

31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

32 The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

Chapter 11

1 The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but accurate weights are his delight.

2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.

4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

5 The righteousness of the blameless makes a straight way for them, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

7 When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes; all he expected from his power comes to nothing.

8 The righteous man is rescued from trouble, and it comes on the wicked instead.

9 With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous escape.

10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.

11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

12 A man who lacks judgment derides his neighbor, but a man of understanding holds his tongue.

13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.

14 For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.

15 He who puts up security for another will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to strike hands in pledge is safe.

16 A kindhearted woman gains respect, but ruthless men gain only wealth.

17 A kind man benefits himself, but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.

18 The wicked man earns deceptive wages, but he who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

19 The truly righteous man attains life, but he who pursues evil goes to his death.

20 The LORD detests men of perverse heart but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

21 Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.

23 The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.

24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.

25 A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.

26 People curse the man who hoards grain, but blessing crowns him who is willing to sell.

27 He who seeks good finds goodwill, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

28 Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

29 He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

31 If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!

Chapter 12

1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.

2 A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a crafty man.

3 A man cannot be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.

6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

7 Wicked men are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.

8 A man is praised according to his wisdom, but men with warped minds are despised.

9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

10 A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

11 He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment.

12 The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes.

13 An evil man is trapped by his sinful talk, but a righteous man escapes trouble.

14 From the fruit of his lips a man is filled with good things as surely as the work of his hands rewards him.

15 The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice.

16 A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

17 A truthful witness gives honest testimony, but a false witness tells lies.

18 Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

19 Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

20 There is deceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for those who promote peace.

21 No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked have their fill of trouble.

22 The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.

23 A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurts out folly.

24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

25 An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.

26 A righteous man is cautious in friendship,but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

27 The lazy man does not roast his game, but the diligent man prizes his possessions.

28 In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

Chapter 13

1 A wise son heeds his father's instruction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.

2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence.

3 He who guards his lips guards his life, but he who speaks rashly will come to ruin.

4 The sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

5 The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

7 One man pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

8 A man's riches may ransom his life, but a poor man hears no threat.

9 The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.

10 Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.

11 Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.

13 He who scorns instruction will pay for it, but he who respects a command is rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard. ^[1]

16 Every prudent man acts out of knowledge, but a fool exposes his folly.

17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.

18 He who ignores discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

19 A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

20 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

21 Misfortune pursues the sinner, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

22 A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.

23 A poor man's field may produce abundant food, but injustice sweeps it away.

24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is careful to discipline him.

25 The righteous eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry

Chapter 14

1 The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.

2 He whose walk is upright fears the LORD, but he whose ways are devious despises him.

3 A fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox comes an abundant harvest.

5 A truthful witness does not deceive, but a false witness pours out lies.

6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.

7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.

9 Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright.

10 Each heart knows its own bitterness, and no one else can share its joy.

11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

13 Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in grief.

14 The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his.

15 A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.

16 A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.

17 A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.

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

19 Evil men will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who is kind to the needy.

22 Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.

23 All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

24 The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly.

25 A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful.

26 He who fears the LORD has a secure fortress, and for his children it will be a refuge.

27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

28 A large population is a king's glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.

29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.

30 A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but even in death the righteous have a refuge.

33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

35 A king delights in a wise servant, but a shameful servant incurs his wrath.

Chapter 15

1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.

3 The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.

4 The tongue that brings healing is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue crushes the spirit.

5 A fool spurns his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.

6 The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble.

7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

8 The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him.

9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness.

10 Stern discipline awaits him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.

11 Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD-- how much more the hearts of men!

12 A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.

13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.

14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.

15 All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.

16 Better a little with the fear of the LORD than great wealth with turmoil.

17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.

18 A hot-tempered man stirs up dissension, but a patient man calms a quarrel.

19 The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

21 Folly delights a man who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding keeps a straight course.

22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

23 A man finds joy in giving an apt reply-- and how good is a timely word!

24 The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to the grave. ^[2]

25 The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.

26 The LORD detests the thoughts of the wicked, but those of the pure are pleasing to him.

27 A greedy man brings trouble to his family, but he who hates bribes will live.

28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

29 The LORD is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

30 A cheerful look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.

31 He who listens to a life-giving rebuke will be at home among the wise.

32 He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.

33 The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor.

Chapter 16

1 To man belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the reply of the tongue.

2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

4 The LORD works out everything for his own ends-- even the wicked for a day of disaster.

5 The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.

6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD a man avoids evil.

7 When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, he makes even his enemies live at peace with him.

8 Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.

9 In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth should not betray justice.

11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making.

12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.

13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.

14 A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will appease it.

15 When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.

16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!

17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; he who guards his way guards his life.

18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

19 Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud.

20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

21 The wise in heart are called discerning, and pleasant words promote instruction.

22 Understanding is a fountain of life to those who have it, but folly brings punishment to fools.

23 A wise man's heart guides his mouth, and his lips promote instruction.

24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

26 The laborer's appetite works for him; his hunger drives him on.

27 A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

28 A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.

29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

30 He who winks with his eye is plotting perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained by a righteous life.

32 Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.

33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Chapter 17

1 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son, and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

4 A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar pays attention to a malicious tongue.

5 He who mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished.

6 Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

7 Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!

8 A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9 He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.

10 A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.

11 An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him.

12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

13 If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

14 Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both.

16 Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?

17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18 A man lacking in judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

19 He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.

20 A man of perverse heart does not prosper; he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

21 To have a fool for a son brings grief; there is no joy for the father of a fool.

22 A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

23 A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.

24 A discerning man keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

26 It is not good to punish an innocent man, or to flog officials for their integrity.

27 A man of knowledge uses words with restraint, and a man of understanding is even-tempered.

28 Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Chapter 18

1 An unfriendly man pursues selfish ends; he defies all sound judgment.

2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.

3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes disgrace.

4 The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.

5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice.

6 A fool's lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

7 A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

9 One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it an unscalable wall.

12 Before his downfall a man's heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.

13 He who answers before listening-- that is his folly and his shame.

14 A man's spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

15 The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge; the ears of the wise seek it out.

16 A gift opens the way for the giver and ushers him into the presence of the great.

17 The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him.

18 Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.

19 An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

20 From the fruit of his mouth a man's stomach is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.

21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

22 He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.

23 A poor man pleads for mercy, but a rich man answers harshly.

24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Chapter 19

1 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

2 It is not good to have zeal without knowledge, nor to be hasty and miss the way.

3 A man's own folly ruins his life, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

4 Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.

5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.

6 Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.

7 A poor man is shunned by all his relatives-- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.

8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.

9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.

10 It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury-- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

11 A man's wisdom gives him patience; it is to his glory to overlook an offense.

12 A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

13 A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

16 He who obeys instructions guards his life, but he who is contemptuous of his ways will die.

17 He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.

18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to his death.

19 A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty; if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.

21 Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

22 What a man desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar.

23 The fear of the LORD leads to life: Then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke a discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.

26 He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.

29 Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Chapter 20

1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2 A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.

3 It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

4 A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

6 Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find?

7 The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.

8 When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

9 Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin"?

10 Differing weights and differing measures-- the LORD detests them both.

11 Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right.

12 Ears that hear and eyes that see-- the LORD has made them both.

13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

14 "It's no good, it's no good!" says the buyer; then off he goes and boasts about his purchase.

15 Gold there is, and rubies in abundance, but lips that speak knowledge are a rare jewel.

16 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with a mouth full of gravel.

18 Make plans by seeking advice; if you wage war, obtain guidance.

19 A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.

20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.

21 An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end.

22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.

23 The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.

24 A man's steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way?

25 It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.

26 A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.

27 The lamp of the LORD searches the spirit of a man; it searches out his inmost being.

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.

29 The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.

30 Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

Chapter 21

1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases.

2 All a man's ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.

3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin!

5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.

6 A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.

7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right.

8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

10 The wicked man craves evil; his neighbor gets no mercy from him.

11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; when a wise man is instructed, he gets knowledge.

12 The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.

13 If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.

14 A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

15 When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

16 A man who strays from the path of understanding comes to rest in the company of the dead.

17 He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.

18 The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright.

19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

20 In the house of the wise are stores of choice food and oil, but a foolish man devours all he has.

21 He who pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor.

22 A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity.

24 The proud and arrogant man--"Mocker" is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.

25 The sluggard's craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

26 All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

27 The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable-- how much more so when brought with evil intent!

28 A false witness will perish, and whoever listens to him will be destroyed forever.

29 A wicked man puts up a bold front, but an upright man gives thought to his ways.

30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD.

31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD.

Chapter 22

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.

2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

3 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

4 Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.

5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.

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

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

8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.

10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.

11 He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.

12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"

14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.

15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.

16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.

17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,

18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.

19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.

20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,

21 teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?

22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,

23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.

24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,

25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.

26 Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;

27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.

28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.

29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.

Chapter 23

1 When you sit to dine with a ruler, note well what ^[1] is before you,

2 and put a knife to your throat if you are given to gluttony.

3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

4 Do not wear yourself out to get rich; have the wisdom to show restraint.

5 Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

6 Do not eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

7 for he is the kind of man who is always thinking about the cost. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

11 for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.

12 Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.

13 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

14 Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

15 My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad;

16 my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

17 Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD.

18 There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.

20 Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,

21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

23 Buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, discipline and understanding.

24 The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.

25 May your father and mother be glad; may she who gave you birth rejoice!

26 My son, give me your heart and let your eyes keep to my ways,

27 for a prostitute is a deep pit and a wayward wife is a narrow well.

28 Like a bandit she lies in wait, and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.

31 Do not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly!

32 In the end it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper.

33 Your eyes will see strange sights and your mind imagine confusing things.

34 You will be like one sleeping on the high seas, lying on top of the rigging.

35 "They hit me," you will say, "but I'm not hurt! They beat me, but I don't feel it! When will I wake up so I can find another drink?"

Chapter 24

1 Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company;

2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.

3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established;

4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

5 A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledge increases strength;

6 for waging war you need guidance, and for victory many advisers.

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the assembly at the gate he has nothing to say.

8 He who plots evil will be known as a schemer.

9 The schemes of folly are sin, and men detest a mocker.

10 If you falter in times of trouble, how small is your strength!

11 Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

12 If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay each person according to what he has done?

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

14 Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

15 Do not lie in wait like an outlaw against a righteous man's house, do not raid his dwelling place;

16 for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.

17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice,

18 or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from him.

19 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of the wicked,

20 for the evil man has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

21 Fear the LORD and the king, my son, and do not join with the rebellious,

22 for those two will send sudden destruction upon them, and who knows what calamities they can bring?

23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judging is not good:

24 Whoever says to the guilty, "You are innocent"-- peoples will curse him and nations denounce him.

25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them.

26 An honest answer is like a kiss on the lips.

27 Finish your outdoor work and get your fields ready; after that, build your house.

28 Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, or use your lips to deceive.

29 Do not say, "I'll do to him as he has done to me; I'll pay that man back for what he did."

30 I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--

34 and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

Chapter 25

1 These are more proverbs of Solomon, copied by the men of Hezekiah king of Judah:

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings.

3 As the heavens are high and the earth is deep, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

4 Remove the dross from the silver, and out comes material for the silversmith;

5 remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established through righteousness.

6 Do not exalt yourself in the king's presence, and do not claim a place among great men;

7 it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than for him to humiliate you before a nobleman. What you have seen with your eyes

8 do not bring hastily to court, for what will you do in the end if your neighbor puts you to shame?

9 If you argue your case with a neighbor, do not betray another man's confidence,

10 or he who hears it may shame you and you will never lose your bad reputation.

11 A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear.

13 Like the coolness of snow at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the spirit of his masters.

14 Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give.

15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

16 If you find honey, eat just enough-- too much of it, and you will vomit.

17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor's house-- too much of you, and he will hate you.

18 Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is the man who gives false testimony against his neighbor.

19 Like a bad tooth or a lame foot is reliance on the unfaithful in times of trouble.

20 Like one who takes away a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

23 As a north wind brings rain, so a sly tongue brings angry looks.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

26 Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.

27 It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.

28 Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control.

Chapter 26

1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3 A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

6 Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7 Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!"

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands or deadly arrows

19 is a man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I was only joking!"

20 Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

21 As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man's inmost parts.

23 Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

24 A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but in his heart he harbors deceit.

25 Though his speech is charming, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.

26 His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 If a man digs a pit, he will fall into it; if a man rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Chapter 27

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.

3 Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.

4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?

5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.

6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.

7 He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.

9 Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.

10 Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.

11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.

12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

13 Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.

14 If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;

16 restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.

17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.

19 As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.

20 Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.

21 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.

22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.

23 Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;

24 for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.

25 When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,

26 the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.

27 You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.

Chapter 28

1 The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

2 When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

3 A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.

6 Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

7 He who keeps the law is a discerning son, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.

8 He who increases his wealth by exorbitant interest amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor.

9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable.

10 He who leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

11 A rich man may be wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.

12 When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.

13 He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

14 Blessed is the man who always fears the LORD, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

15 Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked man ruling over a helpless people.

16 A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment, but he who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long life.

17 A man tormented by the guilt of murder will be a fugitive till death; let no one support him.

18 He whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but he whose ways are perverse will suddenly fall.

19 He who works his land will have abundant food, but the one who chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

20 A faithful man will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.

21 To show partiality is not good-- yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

22 A stingy man is eager to get rich and is unaware that poverty awaits him.

23 He who rebukes a man will in the end gain more favor than he who has a flattering tongue.

24 He who robs his father or mother and says, "It's not wrong"-- he is partner to him who destroys.

25 A greedy man stirs up dissension, but he who trusts in the LORD will prosper.

26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.

27 He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.

28 When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive.

Chapter 29

1 A man who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed--without remedy.

2 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

4 By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes tears it down.

5 Whoever flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

6 An evil man is snared by his own sin, but a righteous one can sing and be glad.

7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

8 Mockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.

9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.

10 Bloodthirsty men hate a man of integrity and seek to kill the upright.

11 A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.

12 If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.

13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives sight to the eyes of both.

14 If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.

15 The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.

16 When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.

17 Discipline your son, and he will give you peace; he will bring delight to your soul.

18 Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.

19 A servant cannot be corrected by mere words; though he understands, he will not respond.

20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

21 If a man pampers his servant from youth, he will bring grief in the end.

22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.

23 A man's pride brings him low, but a man of lowly spirit gains honor.

24 The accomplice of a thief is his own enemy; he is put under oath and dare not testify.

25 Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is kept safe.

26 Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that man gets justice.

27 The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.

Chapter 30

1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh--an oracle : This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal:

2 "I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man's understanding.

3 I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.

4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!

5 "Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

6 Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

7 "Two things I ask of you, O LORD; do not refuse me before I die:

8 Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, `Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

10 "Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will pay for it.

11 "There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

12 those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;

13 those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;

14 those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.

15 "The leech has two daughters. `Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, `Enough!':

16 the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, `Enough!'

17 "The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

18 "There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:

19 the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.

20 "This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, `I've done nothing wrong.'

21 "Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:

22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,

23 an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.

24 "Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:

25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

26 coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;

27 locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;

28 a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.

29 "There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:

30 a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;

31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him.

32 "If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!

33 For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."

Chapter 31

1 The sayings of King Lemuel--an oracle his mother taught him:

2 "O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows, ^[2]

3 do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.

4 "It is not for kings, O Lemuel-- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer,

5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

6 Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish;

7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.

8 "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.

9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

11 Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.

12 She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.

13 She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.

14 She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.

15 She gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls.

16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

17 She sets about her work vigorously; her arms are strong for her tasks.

18 She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.

19 In her hand she holds the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

20 She opens her arms to the poor and extends her hands to the needy.

21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet.

22 She makes coverings for her bed; she is clothed in fine linen and purple.

23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

24 She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes.

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

26 She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

27 She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her:

29 "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."

30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

31 Give her the reward she has earned, and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.

PSALMS

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he medidates day and night.

3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whole leaf does not wither.

Whatever he does prospers.

4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous, but the way of the wicked wil perish.

Psalm 2

4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them.

7 I will proclaim the decree of the Lord : He said to me, " You are my Son; today I have become your Father.

8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession.

9 You will rule them with an iron scepter; you will dash them to pieces like pottery."

10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.

11 Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling.

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and you be destroyed in your way, for his wrath can flare up in a moment. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.

Psalm 3

4 To the lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill.

Psalm 5

5 The arrogant cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who do wrong.

6 You destroy those who tell lies; bloodthirsty and deceitful men the Lord abhors.

7 But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple.

8 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies- make straight your way before me.

10 Declare them guilty, O God! Let their intrigues be their downfall. Banish them for their many sins, for they have rebelled against you.

12 For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield.

Psalm 6

2 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

Psalm 7

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this and there is guilt on my hands-

4 if I have done evil to him who is at peace with me or without cause have robbed my foe-

5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me; let him trample my life to the ground and make me sleep in the dust.

8 Judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

9 O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.

10 My shield is God Most High, who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge, a God who expresses his wrath every day.

14 He who is pregnant with evil and conceives trouble gives birth to disillusionment.

15 He who digs a hole and scoops it out falls into the pit he has made.

16 The trouble he causes recoils on himself; his violence comes down on his own head.

17 I will give thanks to the Lord because of his reghteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Psalm 8

1 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens.

2 From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

3 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,

4 what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him?

5 You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor.

6 You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet :

7 all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field,

8 the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Psalm 10

1 Why, O Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

2 In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

3 He boasts of the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.

4 In his pride the wicked does not seek him; in all his thoughts there is no room for God.

5 His ways are always prosperous; he is haughty and your laws are far from him; he sneers at all his enemies.

6 He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble."

7 His mouth is full of curses and lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

8 He lies in wait near the villages; from ambush he murders the innocent, watching in secret for his victims.

9 He lies in wait like a lion in cover; he lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

10 His victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under his strength.

11 He says to himself, "God has forgotten; he covers his face and never sees."

12 Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.

Psalm 11

4 The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them.

5 The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates.

7 For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face.

Psalm 12

1 Help, Lord, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

2 Everyone lies to his neighbor; their flattering lips speak with deception.

3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and every boastfull tongue

4 that says, "We will triumph with our tongues; we own our lips- who is our master?"

Psalm 14

1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.

2 The Lord looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

3 All have turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

4 Will evildoers never learn- those who devour my people as men eat bread and who do not call on the Lord?

Psalm 15

1 Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?

2 He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart

3 and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,

4 who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the Lord, who keeps his oath even when it hurts,

5 who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things will never be shaken.

Psalm 17

1 Hear, O Lord, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer- it does not rise from deceithful lips.

2 May my vindication come from you; may your eyes see what is right.

3 Though you probe my heart and examine me at night, though you test me, you will find nothing; I have resolved that my mouth will not sin.

4 As for the deeds of men- by the word of your lips I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

5 My steps have held to your paths; my feet have not slipped.

Psalm 18

1 I love you, O Lord, my strength.

2 The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

3 I call to the Lord, who is worthy fo praise, and I am saved from my enemies.

16 He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters.

17 He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.

18 They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.

19 He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.

20 The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.

21 For I have kept the ways of the Lord; I have not done evil by turning from my God.

22 All his laws are before me; I have not turned away from his decrees.

23 I have been blameless before him and have kept myself from sin.

24 The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

25 To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

26 to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

27 You save the humble but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.

28 You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.

29 With your help I can advance against a troop; with my God I can scale a wall.

30 As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is flawless. He is a shield for all who take refuge in him.

31 For who is God besides the Lord? And who is the Rock except our God?

32 It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way perfect.

46 The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock! Exalted be God my Savior!

47 He is the God who avenges me, who subdues nations under me,

48 who saves me from my enemies. You exalted me above my foes; from violent men you rescued me.

49 Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O Lord; I will sings praises to your name.

Psalm 19

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of the Lord are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant, giving light to the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the Lord are sure and altogether righteous.

10 They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.

11 By them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

12 Who can discern his errors? Forgive my hidden faults.

13 Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then will I be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 22

24 For he has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly; before those who fear you will I fulfill my vows.

26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the Lord will praise him- may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him,

28 for dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations.

Psalm 23

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

Psalm 24

3 who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place?

4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

5 He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior.

Psalm 25

1 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul;

2 in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.

3 No one whose hipe is in you will ever be put to shame, but they will be put to shame who are treacherous without excuse.

4 Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths;

5 guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

8 Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.

9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way.

10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.

11 For the sake of your name, O Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

12 Who, then, is the man that fears the Lord? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

13 He will spend his days in prosperity, and his descendants will inherit the land.

14 The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them.

15 My eyes are ever on the Lord, for only he will release my feet from the snare.

16 Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

17 The troubles of my heart have multiplied; free me from my anguish.

18 Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

19 See how my enemies have increased and how fiercely they hate me!

20 Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.

21 May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you.

Psalm 26

1 Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

2 Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;

3 for your love is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth.

4 I do not sit with deceitful men, nor do I consort with hypocrites;

5 I abhor the assembly of evildoers and refuse to sit with the wicked.

9 Do not take away my soul along with sinners, my life with bloodthirsty men,

10 in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.

11 But I lead a blameless life; redeem me and be merciful to me.

12 My feet stand on level ground; in the great assembly I will praise the Lord.

Psalm 27

1 The Lord is my light and my salvation- whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall I be afraid?

2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

11 Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

12 Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Psalm 28

3 Do not drag me away with the wicked, with those who do evil, who speak cordially with their neighbors but harbor malice in their hearts.

4 Repay them for their deeds and for their evil work; repay them for what their hands have done and bring back upon them what they deserve.

5 Since they show no regard for the works of the Lord and what his hands have done, he will tear them down and never build them up again.

Psalm 31

18 Let their lying lips be silenced, for with pride and contempt they speak arrogantly against the righteous.

19 How great is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you, which you bestow in the sight of men on those who take refuge in you.

20 In the shelter of your presence you hide them from the intrigues of men; in your dwelling you keep them safe from accusing tongues.

23 Love the Lord, all his saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, but the proud he pays back in full.

24 Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.

Psalm 32

1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

2 Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.

5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, " I will confess my transgressions to the Lord"- and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you.

9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you.

10 Many are the woes of the wicked, but the Lord's unfailing love surrounds the man who trusts in him.

11 Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!

Psalm 33

1 Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.

Psalm 34

4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

5 Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.

6 This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.

11 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

12 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days,

13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies.

14 Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

15 The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry;

16 the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.

17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted ans saves those who are crushed in spirit.

19 A righteous man may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;

21 Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned.

22 The Lord redeems his servants; no one will be condemned who takes refuge in him.

Psalm 35

10 My whole being will exclaim, "Who is like you, O Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them."

11 Ruthless witnesses come forward; they question me on things I know nothing about.

12 They repay me evil for good and leave my soul forlorn.

13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth and humbled myself with fasting. When my prayers returned to me unanswered,

14 I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in gried as though weeping for my mother.

15 But when I stumbled, they gathered in glee; attackers gathered against me when I was unaware. They slandered me without ceasing.

16 Like the ungodly they maliciously mocked; they gnashed their teeth at me.

19 Let not those gloat over me who are my enemies without cause; let not those who hate me without reason maliciously wink the eye.

20 They do not speak peaceably, but devise false accusations against those who live quietly in the land.

21 They gape at me and say, "Aha! Aha! With our own eyes we have seen it."

26 May all who gloat over my distress be put to shame and confusion; may all who exalt themselves over me be clothed with shame and disgrace.

27 May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, " The Lord be exalted,who delights in the well-being of his servant."

28 My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long.

Psalm 36

1 An oracle is within my heart concerning the sinfulness of the wicked : There is no fear of God before his eyes.

2 For in his own eyes he flatters himself too much to detect or hate his sin.

3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good.

4 Even on his bed he plots evil; he commits himself to a sinful course and does not reject what is wrong.

8 They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights.

9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

10 Continue your love to those who know you, your righteouness to the upright in heart.

11 May the foot of the proud not come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.

Psalm 37

1 Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong;

2 for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

3 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

4 Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this :

6 He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes.

8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret- it leads only to evil.

12 The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

14 The wicked dray the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

16 Better the little that the righteous have than the wealth of many wicked;

17 for the power of the wicked will be broken, but the Lord upholds the righteous.

21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous give generously;

23 If the Lord delights in a man's way, he makes his steps firm;

24 though he stumble, he will not fall, for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread.

26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed.

27 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.

28 For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones.

30 The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just.

31 The law of his God is in his heart; his feet do not slip.

32 The wicked lie in wait for the righteous, seeking their very lives;

33 but the Lord will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned when brought to trial.

34 Wait for the Lord and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will see it.

35 I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a green tree in its native soil,

36 but he soon passed away and was no more; though I looked for him, he could not be found.

37 Consider the blameless, observe the upright; there is a future for the man of peace.

38 But all sinners will be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

39 The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

40 The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.

Psalm 38

11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

12 Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception.

13 I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;

14 I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

15 I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, " Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.

21 O Lord, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.

22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Psalm 39

11 You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth- each man is but a breath.

Psalm 40

4 Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

6 Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but my ears you have pierced, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

8 I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart."

9 I proclaim righteousness in the great assembly; I do not seal my lips, as you know, O Lord.

10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart; I speak of your faithfulness and salvation. I do not conceal your love and your truth from the great assembly.

11 Do not withhold your mercy from me, O Lord; may your love and your truth always protect me.

Psalm 41

1 Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble.

2 The Lord will protect him and preserve his life; he will bless him in the land and not surrender him to the desire of his foes.

5 My enemies say of me in malice, " When will he die and his name perish?"

6 Whenever one comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it abroad.

7 All my enemies whisper together against me; they imagine the worst for me, saying,

8 "A vile disease has beset him, he will never gut up from the place where he lies."

9 Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

10 But you, O Lord, have mercy on me; raise me up, that I may repay them.

11 I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.

12 In my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence forever.

Psalm 43

1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.

2 You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?

3 Send forth your light and your truth, let them guide me; let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.

Psalm 44

6 I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;

7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.

Psalm 45

6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever; a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.

7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.

Psalm 46

1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Psalm 48

10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the hearth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

11 Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.

Psalm 50

1 The Mighty One, God, the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to the place where it sets.

2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.

3 Our God comes and will not be silent; a fire devours before him, and around him a tempest rages.

4 He summons the heavens above, and the hearth, that he may judge his people :

5 "Gather to me my consecrated ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice."

6 And the heavens proclaim his righteousness, for God himself is judge.

16 But to the wicked, God says : " What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips?

17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you.

18 When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers.

19 You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit.

20 You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son.

21 These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I wal altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

22 Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue :

23 He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."

Psalm 51

2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge.

6 Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

9Hide your face from my sins and blot out all my iniquity.

10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.

11 Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me.

12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will turn back to you.

14 Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God who saves me, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

15 O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.

16 You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

18 In your good pleasure make Zion prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 52

1 Why do you boast of evil, you mighty man? Why do you boast all day long, you who are a disgrace in the eyes of God?

2 Your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor, you who practice deceit.

3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.

4 You love every harmful word, O you deceitful tongue !

6 The righteous will see and fear; they will laugh at him, saying,

7 "Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold but trusted in his great wealth and grew strong by destroying others!"

8 But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever.

9 I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints.

Psalm 53

1 The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good.

2 God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.

3 Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.

Psalm 55

9 Confuse the wicked, O Lord, confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.

10 Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

11 Destructive forces are at work in the city; treats and lies never leave its streets.

12 If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were raising himself against me, I could hide from him.

13 But it is you, a man like myself, my companion, my close friend,

14 with whom I once enjoyed sweet fellowship as we walked with the throng at the house of God.

18 He ransoms me unharmed from the battle waged against me, even though many oppose me.

19 God, who is enthroned forever, will hear them and afflict them- men who never change their ways and have no fear of God.

20 My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.

21 His speech is smooth as butter, yet war is in his heart; his words are more soothing than oil, yet they are drawn swords.

22 Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.

Psalm 56

2 My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride.

3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you.

4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?

13 For you have delivered me from death and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.

Psalm 57

1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed.

2 I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills his purpose for me.

3 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly pursue me; God sends his love and his faithfulness.

6 They spread a net for my feet- I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path- but they have fallen into it themselves.

Psalm 58

1 Do you rulers indeed speak justly? Do you judge uprightly among men?

2 No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

3 Even from birth the wicked go astray; from the womb they are wayward and speak lies.

4 Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like that of a cobra that has stopped its ears,

5 that will not heed the tune of the charmer, however skillful the enchanter may be.

6 Break the teeth in their mouths, O God; tear out, O Lord, the fangs of the lions!

Psalm 59

1 Deliver me from my enemies, O God; protect me from those who rise up against me.

2 Deliver me from evildoers and save me from bloodthirsty men.

4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Arise to help me; look on my plight!

5 O Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish all the nations; show no mercy to wicked traitors.

7 See what they spew from their mouths- they spew out swords from their lips, and they say, "Who can hear us?"

9 O my Strenght, I watch for you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God.

10 God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.

12 For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride.

Psalm 60

4 But for those who fear you, you have raised a banner to be unfurled against the bow.

5 Save us and help us with your right hand, that those you love may be delivered.

Psalm 61

3 For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.

4 I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings.

Psalm 62

1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him.

2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken.

4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in lies. With their mouths they bless, but in their hearts they curse.

5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

6 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken.

7 My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

8 Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.

9 Lowborn men are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie; if weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

10 Do not trust in extortion or take pride in stolen goods; though your riches increase, do not set your heart on them.

11 One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard : that you, O God, are strong,

12 and that you, O Lord, are loving. Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done.

Psalm 63

7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Psalm 64

2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers.

3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows.

4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear.

5 They encourage each other in evil plan, they talk about hiding their snares; they say, "Who will see them?"

6 They plot injustice and say, "We have devised a perfect plan!" Surely the mind and heart of man are cunning.

7 But God will shoot them wit arrows; suddenly they will be struck down.

8 He will turn their own tongues against them and bring then to ruin; all who see them will shake their heads in scorn.

9 All mankind will fear; they will proclaim the works of God and ponder what he has done.

10 Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in him; let all the upright in heart praise him!

Psalm 65

1 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled.

2 O you who hear prayer, to you all men will come.

3 When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.

4 Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

5 You answer us with awesome deeds of righteousness, O God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,

6 who formed the moutains by your power, having armed yourself with strenght,

7 who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

Psalm 66

8 Praise our God, O peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard;

9 he has preserved our lives and kept out feet from slipping.

10 For you, O God, tested us; you refined us like silver.

Psalm 67

1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us,

2 that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

3 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

4 May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.

5 May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you.

Psalm 68

5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.

21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

Psalm 69

20 Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.

21 They put gall in my food and gave me vinegar for my thirst.

27 Charge them with crime upon crime; do not let them share in your salvation.

28 May they be blotted out of the book of life and not be listed with the righteous.

29 I am in pain and distress; may your salvation, O God, protect me.

32 The poor will see and be glad- you who seek God, may your hearts live!

33 The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.

Psalm 71

1 In you, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.

2 Rescue me and deliver me in your righteousness; turn your ear to me and save me.

3 Be my rock of refuge, to which I can always go; give the command to save me, for your are my rock and my fortress.

4 Deliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of evil and cruel men.

5 For you have been my hope, O Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth.

13 May my accusers perish in shame; may those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

14 But as for me, I will always have hope; I will praise you more and more.

16 I will come and proclaim your mighty acts, O Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim your righteousness, yours alone.

24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.

Psalm 72

12 For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

13 He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

14 He will rescue them from oppression and violence, for precious is their blood in his sight.

Psalm 73

1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.

2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold.

3 For I envied the arrogat when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills.

6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence.

7 From their callous hearts come iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits.

8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression.

9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth.

10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance.

11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?"

12 This is what the wicked are like- always carefree, they increase in wealth.

13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence.

14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning.

15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children.

16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me

17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin.

19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!

20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies.

21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,

22 I was senseess and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you.

23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.

Psalm 75

4 To the arrogant I say, "Boast no more, and to the wicked, "Do not lift up your horns.

5 Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak with outstretched neck."

6 No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt a man.

7 But it is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another.

Psalm 78

1 O my people, hear my teaching; listen to the words of my mouth.

2 I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter hidden things, things from of old-

3 what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.

5 He decreed statutes for Jacob and established the law in Israel, which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children,

6 so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born, and they in turn would tell their children.

7 Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

8 They would not be like their forefathers- a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.

9 The men of Ephraim, though armed with bows, turned back on the day of battle;

10 they did not keep God's covenant and refused to live by his law.

11 They forgot what he had done, the wonders he had shown them.

36 But then they would flatter him with their mouths, lying to him with their tongues;

37 their hearts were not loyal to him, they were not faithful to his covenant.

38 Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.

39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

70 He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;

71 from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd on his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.

72 And David shepherded them with integrity of heart : with skillful hands he led them.

Psalm 81

11 "But my people would not listen to me; Israel would not submit to me.

12 So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.

13 "If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways,

14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes!

15 Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him, and their punishment would last forever.

Psalm 82

2 "How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?

3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

4 Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

5 "They know nothing, they understand nothing. They walk about in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6 "I said, "You are "gods"; you are all sons of the Most High."

7 But you will die like mere men; you will fall like every other ruler."

8 Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are your inheritance.

Psalm 84

11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good things does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.

12 O Lord Almighty, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Psalm 85

8 I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints- but let them not return to folly.

9 Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

12 The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yiels its harvest.

13 Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.

Psalm 86

5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord, abounding in love to all who call to you.

6 Hear my prayer, O Lord; listen to my cry for mercy.

7 In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me.

9 All the nations you have made will come and worship before you, O Lord; they will bring glory to your name.

10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; you alone are God.

11 Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.

12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify your name forever.

13 For great is your love toward me; you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.

14 The arrogant are attacki0000000000000000000000000000000ng me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life- men without regard for you.

15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strenght to your servant and save the son of your maidservant.

17 Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Psalm 89

1 I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.

3 You said, "I have made a covenant wit my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant,

4 "I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations."

13 Your arm is endued with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

15 Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, O Lord.

26 He will cal out to me, "You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior".

27 I will also appoint him my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.

28 I will maintain my love to him forever, and my covenant with him will never fail.

29 I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.

30 " If his sons forsake my law and do not follow my statutes,

31 if they violate my decrees and fail to keep my commands,

32 I will punish their sin with the rod, their iniquity with flogging;

33 but I will not take my love from him, nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.

34 I will not violate my covenant or alter what my lips have uttered.

35 Once for all, I have sworn by my holiness- and I will not lie to David-

36 that his line will continue forever and his throne endure before me like the sun;

37 it will be established forever like the moon, the faithful witness in the sky."

Psalm 90

12 Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 91

1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

3 Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.

8 You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.

9 If you make the Most High your dwelling- even the Lord, who is my refuge-

10 then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;

12 they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.

Psalm 92

5 How great are your works, O Lord, how profound your thoughts!

6 The senseless man does not know, fools do not understand,

7 that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.

9 For surely your enemies, O Lord, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be scattered.

11 My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have heard the rout of my wicked foes.

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

15 proclaiming, "The Lord is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

Psalm 94

2 Rise up, O Judge of the earth; pay back to the proud what they deserve.

3 How long will the wicked, O Lord, how long will the wicked be jubilant?

4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers are full of boasting.

5 They crush your people, O Lord; they oppress your inheritance.

6 They slay the widow and the alien; they murder the fatherless.

7 They say, "The lord does not see; the God of Jacob pays no heed."

8 Take heed, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?

9 Does he who implanted the ear not hear? Does he who formed the eye not see?

10 Does he who disciplines nations not punish? Does he who teaches man lack knowledge?

11 The Lord knows the thoughts of man; he knows that they are futile.

12 Blessed is the man you discipline, O Lord, the man you teach from your law;

13 you grant him relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked.

14 For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance.

15 Judgment will again be founded on righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

16 Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will take a stand for me against evildoers?

17 Unless the Lord had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O Lord, supported me.

19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.

20 Can a corrupt throne be allied with you- one that brings on misery by its decrees?

21 They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.

22 But the Lord has become my fortress, and my God the rock in whom I take refuge.

23 He will repay them for their sins and destroy them for their wickedness; the Lord our God will destroy them.

Psalm 95

6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;

7 for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care.

Today, if you hear his voice,

8 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert,

9 where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did.

10 For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, "They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways."

11 So I declared on oath in my anger, "They shall never enter my rest."

Psalm 96

1 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day.

3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it;

12 let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy;

13 they will sing before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.

Psalm 97

2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

12 Rejoice in the Lord, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.

Psalm 98

2 The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.

4 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music;

8 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy;

9 let them sing before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 99

2 Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.

4 The King is mighty, he loves justice- you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

8 O Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.

Psalm 100

1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.

3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Psalm 101

1 I will sing of your love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will sing praise.

2 I will be careful to lead a blameless life- when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart.

3 I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me.

4 Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil.

5 Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, him will I put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, him will I not endure.

6 My eyes will be on the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me; he whose walk is blameless will minister to me.

7 No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.

8 Every morning I will put to silence all the wicked in the land; I will cut off every evildoer from the city of the Lord.

Psalm 102

12 But you, O Lord, sit enthroned forever; your renown endures through all generations.

13 You will arise and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show favor to her; the appointed time has come.

14 For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity.

15 The nations will fear the name of the Lord, all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in his glory.

17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.

18 Let this be written for a future generation, that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:

19 "The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high, from heaven he viewed the earth,

20 to hear the groans of the prisoners and release those condemned to death."

21 So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem

22 when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord.

25 In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

27 But you remain the same, and your years will never end.

Psalm 103

2 Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-

3 who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion,

5 who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

6 The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.

9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever;

10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;

14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.

17 But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord's love is with those who fear him, and his righteousness with their children's children-

18 with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts.

19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.

20 Praise the Lord, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.

21 Praise the Lord, all his heavenly hosts, you his servants who do his will.

22 Praise the Lord, all his works everywhere in his dominion.

Psalm 104

1 O Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.

5 He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.

24 How many are your works, O Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

Psalm 105

1 Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; make known among the nations what he has done.

2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

5 Remember the wonders he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he pronounced,

8 He remembers his covenant forever, the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

9 the covenant he made with Abraham, the oath he swore to Isaac.

Psalm 106

1 Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever.

2 Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise?

3 Blessed are they who maintain justice, who constantly do what is right.

5 that I may enjoy the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may share in the joy of your nation and join your inheritance in giving praise.

34 They did not destroy the peoples as the Lord had commanded them,

35 but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36 They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37 They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38 They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.

39 They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted themselves.

40 Therefore the Lord was angry with his people and abhorred his inheritance.

41 He handed them over to the nations, and their foes ruled over them.

42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subjected them to their power.

43 Many times he delivered them, but they were bent on rebellion and they wasted away in their sin.

44 But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry;

45 for their sake he remembered his covenant and out of his great love he relented.

Psalm 107

39 Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled by oppression, calamity and sorrow;

40 he who pours contempt in a trackless waste.

41 But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.

42 The upright see and rejoice, but all the wicked shut their mouths.

43 Whoever is wise, let him heed these things and consider the great love of the Lord.

Psalm 109

1 O God, whom I praise, do not remain silent,

2 for wicked and deceitful men have opened their mouths against me; they have spoken against me with lying tongues.

3 With words of hatred they surround me; they attack me without cause.

4 In return for my friendship they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.

5 They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.

16 For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.

30 With my mouth I will greatly extol the Lord; in the great throng I will praise him.

31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save his life from those who condemn him.

Psalm 110

1 The Lord says to my Lord : "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst of your enemies.

3 Your troops will be willing on your day of battle. Arrayed in holy majesty, from the womb of the dawn you will receive the dew of your youth.

4 The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind : " You are a priest forever in the order of Meschizedek."

Psalm 111

2 Great are the works of the Lord; they are pondered by all who delight in them.

3 Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.

4 He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate.

5 He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

6 He has shown his people the power of his works, giving them the lands of other nations.

7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

8 They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness.

9 He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever- holy and awesome is his name.

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belong eternal praise.

Psalm 112

1 Praise the Lord. Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who finds great delight in his commands.

4 Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man.

5 Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice.

6 Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.

7 He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

8 His heart is secure, he will have no fear; in the end he will look in triumph on his foes.

9 He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted hight in honor.

10 The wicked man will see and be vexed, he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.

Psalm 113

4 The Lord is exalted over all the nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 Who is like the Lord our God, the One who sits enthroned on high,

6 who stoops down to look on the heavens and the earth?

7 He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

8 he seats them with princes, with the princes of their people.

9 He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children.

Psalm 115

11 You who fear him, trust in the Lord- he is their help and shield.

13 He will bless those who fear the Lord- small and great alike.

14 May the Lord make you increase, both you and your children.

Psalm 116

5 The Lord is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

6 The Lord protects the simplehearted; when I was in great need, he saved me.

7 Be at rest once more, O my soul, for the Lord has been good to you.

8 For you, O Lord, have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling,

9 That I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Psalm 117

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples.

2 For great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.

Praise the Lord.

Psalm 118

4 Let those who fear the Lord say : "His love endures forever."

5 In my anguish I cried to the Lord, and he answered by setting me free.

6 The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

7 The Lord is with me; he is my helper. I will look in triumph on my enemies.

8 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.

9 It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in princes.

13 I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me.

15 Shouts of joy and victory resound in the tents of the righteous : " The Lord's right hand has done mighty things!

18 The Lord has chastened me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

20 This is the gate of the Lord through which the righteous may enter.

22 The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone;

23 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes.

Psalm 119

1 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord.

2 Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart.

3 They do nothing wrong; they walk in his ways.

4 You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed.

5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees!

8 I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me.

9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

10 I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

11 I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

12 Praise be to you, O Lord; teach me your decrees.

13 With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.

14 I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

15 I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

16 I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

18 Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.

19 I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.

21 You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands.

22 Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I keep your statutes.

24 Your statutes are my delight; they are my counselors.

26 I recounted my ways and you answered me; teach me your decrees.

27 Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders.

28 My soul is weary with sorrow; strenghten me according to your word.

29 Keep me from deceitful ways; be gracious to me through your law.

30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.

31 I hold fast to your statutes, O Lord; do not let me be put to shame.

32 I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heat free.

33 Teach me, O Lord, to follow your decrees; then I will keep them to the end.

34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it with all my heart.

35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.

36 Turn my heart toward your statutes and not toward selfish gain.

37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word.

40 How I long for your precepts! Preserve my life in your righteousness.

41 May your unfailing love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise;

42 then I will answer the one who taunts me, for I trust in your word.

43 Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws.

44 I will always obey your law, for ever and ever.

45 I will walk about in freedom, for I have sought out your precepts.

46 I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame,

47 for I delight in your commands because I love them.

48 I lift up my hands to your commands, which I love, and I meditate on your decrees.

49 Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope.

50 My comfort in my suffering is this : Your promise preserves my life.

51 The arrogant mock me without restraint, but I do not turn from your law.

52 I remember your ancient laws, O Lord, and I find comfort in them.

53 Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.

54 Your decrees are the theme of my song wherever I lodge.

55 In the night I remember your name, O Lord, and I will keep your law.

56 This has been my practice : I obey your precepts.

57 Your are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to obey your words.

58 I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.

59 I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes.

60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.

61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law.

62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws.

63 I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts.

64 The earth is filled with your love, O Lord; teach me your decrees.

65 Do good to your servant according to your word, O Lord.

66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment, for I believe in your commands.

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.

68 You are good, and what you do is good; teach me your decrees.

69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep your precepts with all my heart.

70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling, but I delight in your law.

71 It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.

73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me, for I have put my hope in your word.

75 I know, O Lord, that your laws are righteous, and in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

76 May your unfailing love be my comfort, accordind to your promise to your servant.

77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live, for your law is my delight.

78 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause; but I will meditate on your precepts.

79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes.

80 May my heart be blameless toward your decrees, that I may not be put to shame.

85 The arrogant dig pitfalls for me, contrary to your law.

86 All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for men persecute me without cause.

87 They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.

88 Preserve my life according to your love, and I will obey the statutes of your mouth.

89 Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.

91 Your laws endure to this day, for all things serve you.

92 If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have preserved my life.

94 Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out your precepts.

95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder your statutes.

96 To all perfection I see a limit; but your commands are boundless.

97 Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

98 Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.

100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

102 I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.

103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

106 I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.

107 I have suffered much; preserve my life, O Lord, according to your word.

108 Accept, O Lord, the willing praise of my mouth, and teach me your laws.

109 Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.

110 The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from your precepts.

111 Your statutes are my heritage forever; they are the joy of my heart.

112 My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.

113 I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.

114 You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.

115 Away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commands of my God!

116 Sustain me according to your promise, and I will live; do not let my hopes be dashed.

117 Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.

118 You reject all who stray from your decrees, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

119 All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross; therefore I love your statutes.

120 My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.

121 I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.

122 Ensure your servant's well-being; let not the arrogant oppress me.

123 My eyes fail, looking for your salvation, looking for your righteous promise.

124 Deal with your servant according to your love and teach me your decrees.

125 I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.

126 It is time for you to act, O Lord; your law is being broken.

127 Because I love your commands more than gold, more than pure gold,

128 and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

129 Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.

130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

131 I Open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.

132 Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

133 Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.

134 Redeem me from the oppression of men, that I may obey your precepts.

135 Make your face shine upon your servant and teach me your decrees.

136 Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.

137 Righteous are you, O Lord, and your laws are right.

138 The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.

139 My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.

140 Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.

141 Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.

142 Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.

143 Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.

144 Your statutes are forever right; give me understanding that I may live.

150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.

151 Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commands are true.

152 Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.

155 Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.

156 Your compassion is great, O Lord; preserve my life according to your laws.

157 Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.

158 I look on the faithless with loathing, for they do not obey your word.

160 All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal.

161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.

162 I rejoice in your promise like one who finds great spoil.

163 I hate and abhor falsehood but I love your law.

164 Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws.

165 Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.

166 I wait for your salvation, O Lord, and I follow your commands.

167 I obey your statutes, for I love them greatly.

168 I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.

169 May my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word.

171 May my lips overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees.

172 May my tongue sing of your word, for all your commands are righteous.

173 May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts.

174 I long for your salvation, O Lord, and your law is my delight.

176 I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.

Psalm 120

2 Save me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues.

3 What will he do to you, and what more besides, O deceitful tongue?

4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows, with burning coals of the broom tree.

5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6 Too long have I lived among those who hate peace.

7 I am a man of peace; but when I speak, they are for war.

Psalm 121

2 My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth.

3 He will not let your foot slip- he who watches over your will not slumber;

4 indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord watches over you- the Lord is your shade at your right hand;

7 The Lord will keep you from all harm- he will watch over your life;

8 the Lord will watch over your coming and going both now ad forevermore.

Psalm 123

3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

4 We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.

Psalm 125

1 Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.

2 As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people both now and forevermore.

3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil.

4 Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to those who are upright in heart.

5 But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers.

Psalm 127

1 Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchmen stand guard in vain.

2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves.

3 Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him.

Psalm 128

1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways.

2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.

4 Thus is the man blessed who fears the Lord.

5 May the Lord bless you from Zion all the days of your life; may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,

6 and may you live to see your children'es children.

Psalm 130

3 If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?

4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.

6 My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord, for with the Lord is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

8 He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.

Psalm 131

1 My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me.

Psalm 132

9 May your priest be clothed with righteousness; may your saints sing for joy."

13 For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling :

14 " This is my resting place for ever and ever; here I will sit enthroned, for I have desired it-

15 I will bless her wit abundant provisions; her poor will I satisfy with food.

16 I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will ever sing for joy.

17 "Here I will make a horn grow for David and set up a lamp for my anointed one.

18 I will clothe his enemies with shame, but the crown on his head will be resplendent."

Psalm 138

3 When I called, you answered me; you made me bold and stouthearted.

4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, O Lord, when they hear the words of your mouth.

5 May they sing of the ways of the Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.

6 Though the Lord is on hight, he looks upon the lowly, but the proud he knows from afar.

7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes, with your right hand you save me.

8 The Lord will fulfill his purpose, for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever- do not abandon the works of your hands.

Psalm 139

1 O Lord, you have searched me and you know me.

2 You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.

3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

4 Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O Lord.

5 You hem me in- behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!

18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you.

19 If only you would slay the wicked, O God! Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!

20 They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.

21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord, and abhor those who rise up against you?

22 I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 140

1 Rescue me, O Lord, from evil men; protect me from men of violence,

2 who devise evil plans in their heart and stir up war every day.

3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's; the poison of vipers is on their lips.

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; protect me from men of violence who plan to trip my feet.

5 Proud men have hidden a snare for me; they have spread out the cords of their net and have set traps for me along my path.

6 O Lord, I say to you, "You are my God." Hear, O Lord, my cry for mercy.

7 O Sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, who shields my head in the day of battle-

8 do not grant the wicked their desires, O Lord; do not let their plans succeed, or they will become proud.

9 Let the heads of those who surround me be covered with the trouble their lips have caused.

10 Let burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into miry pits, never to rise.

11 Let slanderers not be established in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence.

12 I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

13 Surely the righteous will praise your name and the upright will live before you.

Psalm 141

1 O Lord, I call to you; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to you.

2 May my prayer be set before you like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

3 Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.

4 Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies.

5 Let a righteous man strie me- it is a kindness; let him rebuke me- it is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it.

9 Keep me from the snares they have laid for me, from the traps set by evildoers.

10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I pass by in safety.

Psalm 142

4 Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.

5 I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living."

7 Set me free from my prison, that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me because of your goodness to me.

Psalm 143

1 O Lord, hear my prayer, listen to my cry for mercy; in your faithfulness and righteousness come to my relief.

8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I lift up my soul.

9 Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord, for I hide myself in you.

10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

11 For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life; in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble.

Psalm 144

7 Reach down your hand from on high; deliver me and rescue me from the mighty waters, from the hands of foreigners

8 whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

15 Blessed are the people of whom this is true; blessed are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 145

8 The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.

9 The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.

10 All you have made will praise you, O Lord; your saints will extol you.

14 The Lord upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.

16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

17 The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made.

18 The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear him; he hears their cry and saves them.

20 The Lord watches over all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak in praise of the Lord. Let every creature praise his holy name for ever and ever.

Psalm 146

3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save.

5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

6 the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them- the Lord, who remains faithful forever.

7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry.The Lord sets prisoners free,

8 the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous.

9 The Lord watches over the alien and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

10 The Lord reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 147

3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

6 The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground.

11 The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Psalm 148

1 Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the heights above.

2 Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his heavenly hosts.

Psalm 149

4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with salvation.

6 May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands.

7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples.

The Prophet : MICAH

MICAH CHAP. 2 : 1-3

Woe to those who plan INIQUITY, to those who PLOT EVIL ON THEIR BEDS!

At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.

3 Therefore, the Lord says : " I AM PLANNING DISASTER AGAINST THIS PEOPLE, FROM WHICH YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELVES. YOU WILL NO LONGER WALK PROUDLY, FOR IT WILL BE A TIME OF CALAMITY.

MICAH chap. 6 : 6-14

With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow down before the exalted God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil?

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 HE HAS SHOWED YOU, O MAN, WHAT IS GOOD.

AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU? TO ACT JUSTLY AND TO LOVE MERCY AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD.

9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city- AND TO FEAR YOUR NAME IS WISDOM- HEED THE ROD AND THE ONE WHO APPOINTED IT.

10 AM I STILL TO FORGET, O WICKED HOUSE, YOUR ILL-GOTTEN TREASURES AND THE SHORT EPHAH, WHICH IS ACCURSED?

11 SHALL I ACQUIT A MAN WITH DISHONEST SCALES, WITH A BAG OF FALSE WEIGHTS?

12 HER RICH MEN ARE VIOLENT; HER PEOPLE ARE LIARS AND THEIR TONGUES SPEAK DECEITFULLY.

13 Therefore, I have bugun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.

14 You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty.

You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.

MICAH Chap. 7 : 2-10

The godly have been swept from the land; NOT ONE UPRIGHT MAN REMAINS.

ALL MEN LIE IN WAIT TO SHED BLOOD; EACH HUNTS HIS BROTHER WITH A NET.

3 BOTH HANDS ARE SKILLED IN DOING EVIL; THE RULER DEMANDS GIFTS, THE JUDGE ACCEPTS BRIBES, THE POWERFUL DICTATE WHAT THEY DESIRE- THEY ALL CONSPIRE TOGETHER.

4 The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen has come, the day God visits you.

Now is the time of their confusion.

5 DO NOT TRUST A NEIGHBOR; PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN A FRIEND.

EVEN WITH HER WHO LIES IN YOUR EMBRACE BE CAREFUL OF YOUR WORDS.

6 FOR A SON DISHONORS HIS FATHER, A DOUGHTER RISES UP AGAINST HER MOTHER, A DAUGHTER-IN- LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW-A MAN'S ENEMIES ARE THE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD.

7 But as for me, I WATCH IN HOPE FOR THE LORD, I WAIT FOR GOD MY SAVIOR; MY GOD WILL HEAR ME.

8 Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise.

Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.

9 Because I have sinned against him, I WILL BEAR THE LORD'S WRATH, UNTIL HE PLEADS MY CASE AND ESTABLISHES MY RIGHT.

He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness.

10 THEN MY ENEMY WILL SEE IT AND WILL BE COVERED WITH SHAME, she who said to me,

"Where is the Lord your God?".

MICAH chap. 7 : 18-19

Who is a God like you, who pardons sins and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance?

You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

Others Prophets from the Old Testament

ZECHARIAH Chap. 7 : 4-13

Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me : 5 "Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 3 when you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted?

6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves?

7 ARE THESE NOT THE WORDS THE LORD PROCLAIMED THROUGH THE EARLIER PROPHETS when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?

8 And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah : 9 THIS IS WHAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY SAYS: "ADMINISTER TRUE JUSTICE; SHOW MERCY AND COMPASSION TO ONE ANOTHER.

10 DO NOT OPPRESS THE WIDOW OR THE FATHERLESS, THE ALIEN OR THE POOR. IN YOUR HEARTS DO NOT THINK EVIL OF EACH OTHER.

11 "But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and STOPPED UP THEIR EARS.

12 THEY MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT AND WOULD NOT LISTEN TO THE LAW OR TO THE WORDS THAT THE LORD ALMIGHTY HAD SENT BY HIS SPIRIT THROUGH THE EARLIER PROPHETS. SO THE LORD ALMIGHTY WAS VERY ANGRY.

13 " WHEN I CALLED, THEY DID NOT LISTEN; SO WHEN THEY CALLED, I WOULD NOT LISTEN, " SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

14 3 I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go.

Malachi chap. 2 : 4-9

And I will know that I have sent you this admonition so that my covenant with Levi may continue, says the Lord Almighty. 5 "My covenant was with him, a covenant of life and peace, and I gave them to him; this called for reverence and he revered me and stood in awe of my name.

6 TRUE INSTRUCTION WAS IN HIS MOUTH AND NOTHING FALSE WAS FOUND ON HIS LIPS. HE WALKED WITH ME IN PEACE AND UPRIGHTNESS, AND TURNED MANY FROM SIN.

7 FOR THE LIPS OF A PRIEST OUGHT TO PRESERVE KNOLEDGE, AND FROM HIS MOUTH MEN SHOULD SEEK INSTRUCTION-BECAUSE HE IS THE MESSENGER OF THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

8 BUT YOU HAVE TURNED FROM THE WAY AND BY YOUR TEACHING HAVE CAUSED MANY TO STUMBLE; YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE COVENANT WITH LEVI," SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

9 "So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FOLLOWED MY WAYS BUT HAVE SHOWN PARTIALITY IN MATTERS OF THE LAW."

Malachi chap. 3 : 1-7

"See, I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come, " says the Lord Almighty.

2 But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire or a launderer's soap.

3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.

Then the Lord will have men who will brings offerings IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, 4 and the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.

5 " SO I WILL COME NEAR TO YOU FOR JUDGMENT. I WILL BE QUICK TO TESTIFY AGAINST SORCERERS, ADULTERERS AND PERJURERS, AGAINST THOSE WHO DEFRAUD LABORERS OF THEIR WAGES, WHO OPPRESS THE WIDOWS AND THE FATHERLESS, AND DEPRIVE ALIENS OF JUSTICE, BUT DO NOT FEAR ME, " SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

6 "I the Lord DO NOT CHANGE. So you, O descendants of Jacob, are not destroyed.

7 Ever since the time of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord Almighty.

"But you ask, "How are we to return?"

Malachi chap. 3: 13-18

"You have said harsh things against me," says the Lord.

"Yet you ask, "What have we said against you?"

14 "You have said, "It is futile to serve God. What did we gain by carrying out his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord Almighty?

15 BUT NOW WE CALL THE ARROGANT BLESSED. CERTAINLY THE EVILDOERS PROSPER, AND EVEN THOSE WHO CHALLENGE GOD ESCAPE."

16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.

17" They will be mine," says the Lord Almighty, "IN THE DAY WHEN I MAKE UP MY TREASURED POSSESSION. I WILL SPARE THEM, JUST AS IN COMPASSION A MAN SPARES HIS SON WHO SERVES HIM.

18 AND YOU WILL AGAIN SEE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED, BETWEEN THOSE WHO SERVE GOD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT.

Malachi chap. 4: 1-6

"Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. ALL THE ARROGANT AND EVERY EVILDOER WILL BE STUBBLE, AND THAT DAY THAT IS COMING WILL SET THEM ON FIRE, " says the Lord Almighty. "Nor a root or a branch will be left to them.

2 But for you who revere my name, THE SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL RISE WITH HEALING IN ITS WINGS. AND YOU WILL GO OUT AND LEAP LIKE CALVES RELEASED FROM THE STALL.

3 THEN YOU WILL TRAMPLE DOWN THE WICKED; THEY WILL BE ASHES UNDER THE SOLES OF YOUR FEET ON THE DAY WHEN I DO THESE THINGS," SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

4 "REMEMBER THE LAW OF MY SERVANT MOSES, THE DECREES AND LAWS I GAVE HIM AT HOREB FOR ALL ISRAEL.

5"SEE, I WILL SEND YOU THE PROPHET ELIJAH BEFORE THAT GREAT AND DREADFUL DAY OF THE LORD COMES.

6 HE WILL TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS TO THEIR CHILDREN, AND THE HEARTS OF THE CHILDREN TO THEIR FATHERS; OR ELSE I WILL COME AND STRIKE THE LAND WITH A CURSE."

Ezekiel chap. 2 : 6-12

6"See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.

7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the alien and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.

8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths.

9 IN YOU ARE SLANDEROUS MEN BENT ON SHEDDING BLOOD; IN YOU ARE THOSE WHO EAT AT THE MOUNTAIN SHRINES AND COMMIT LEWD ACTS.

10 IN YOU ARE THOSE WHO DISHONOR THEIR FATHERS'BED; IN YOU ARE THOSE WHO VIOLATE WOMEN DURING THEIR PERIOD, WHEN THEY ARE CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN.

11 IN YOU ONE MAN COMMITS A DETESTABLE OFFENSE WITH HIS NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, ANOTHER SHAMEFULLY DEFILES HIS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, AND ANOTHER VIOLATES HIS SISTER, HIS HOWN FATHER'S DAUGHTER.

12 IN YOU MEN ACCEPT BRIBES TO SHED BLOOD; YOU TAKE USURY AND EXCESSIVE INTEREST AND MAKE UNJUST GAIN FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS BY EXTORSION.

AND YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ME, DECLARES THE SOVEREIGN LORD.

Jeremiah chap. 23 : 14-24

14 And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible : THEY COMMIT ADULTERY AND LIVE A LIE. THEY STRENGTHEN THE HANDS OF EVILDOERS, SO THAT NO ONE TURNS FROM HIS WICKEDNESS. THEY ARE ALL LIKE SODOM TO ME; THE PEOPLE OF JERUSALEM ARE LIKE GOMORRAH."

15 Therefore, this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets:

" I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughtout the land."

16 This is what the Lord Almighty says :

3 DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT THE PROPHETS ARE PROPHESYING TO YOU; THY FILL YOU WITH FALSE HOPES.

THEY SPEAK VISIONS FROM THEIR OWN MINDS, NOT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE LORD.

17 They keep saying to those who despise me, "The Lord says : You will have peace."

AND TO ALL WHO FOLLOW THE STUBBORNNESS OF THEIR HEARTS THEY SAY, "NO HARM WILL COME TO YOU."

18 But which of them has stood in the council of the Lord to see or to hear his word? Who has listened and heard his word?

19 See, the storm of the Lord will burst out in wrath, a whirlwind swirling down ON THE HEADS OF THE WICKED.

20 THE ANGER OF THE LORD WILL NOT TURN BACK UNTIL HE FULLY ACCOMPLISHES THE PURPOSES OF HIS HEART.

IN DAYS TO COME YOU WILL UNDERSTANT IT CLEARLY.

I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.

22 BUT IF THEY HAD STOOD IN MY COUNCIL, THEY WOULD HAVE PROCLAIMED MY WORDS TO MY PEOPLE AND WOULD HAVE TURNED THEM FROM THEIR EVIL WAYS AND FROM THEIR EVIL DEEDS.

23 AM I ONLY A GOD NEARBY,"DECLARES THE LORD, "AND NOT A GOD FAR AWAY?

24 CAN ANYONE HIDE IN SECRET PLACES SO THAT I CANNOT SEE HIM?" declares the Lord.

Jeremiah chap. 23 : 1-4

"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!" declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people : "Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you FOR THE EVIL YOU HAVE DONE, " declares the Lord.

3 "I MYSELF WILL GATHER THE REMNANT OF MY FLOCK OUT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES WHERE I HAVE DRIVEN THEM AND WILL BRING THEM BACK TO THEIR PASTURE, WHERE THEY WILL BE FRUITFUL AND INCREASE IN NUMBER.

4 I WILL PLACE SHEPHERDS OVER THEM WHO WILL TEND THEM, AND THEY WILL NO LONGER BE AFRAID OR TERRIFIED, NOR WILL ANY BE MISSING, "DECLARES THE LORD.

Isaiah chap. 58 : 6-12

"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen : TO LOOSE THE CHAINS OF INJUSTICE AND UNTIE THE CORDS OF THE YOKE, TO SET THE OPPRESSED FREE AND BREAK EVERY YOKE?

7 IS IT NOT TO SHARE YOUR FOOD WITH THE HUNGRY AND TO PROVIDE THE POOR WANDERER WITH SHELTER- WHEN YOU SEE THE NAKED, TO CLOTHE HIM, AND NOT TO TURN AWAY FROM YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD?

8 THEN YOUR LIGHT WILL BREAK FORTH LIKE THE DAWN, AND YOUR HEALING WILL QUICKLY APPEAR; THEN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL GO BEFORE YOU, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD WILL BE YOUR REAR GUARD.

9 THEN YOU WILL CALL, AND THE LORD WILL ANSWER; YOU WILL CRY FOR HELP, AND HE WILL SAY : HERE AM I.

"IF YOU DO AWAY WITH THE YOKE OF OPPRESSION, WITH THE POINTING FINGER AND MALICIOUS TALK, 10 AND IF YOU SPEND YOURSELVES IN BEHALF OF THE HUNGRY AND SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE OPPRESSED, THEN YOUR LIGHT WILL RISE IN THE DARKNESS, AND YOUR NIGHT WILL BECOME LIKE THE NOONDAY.

11 THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU ALWAYS; HE WILL SATISFY YOUR NEEDS IN A SUN-SCORCHED LAND AND WILL STRENGTHEN YOUR FRAME.

You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.

Isaiah chap. 59 : 1-15

SURELY THE ARM OF THE LORD IS NOT TOO SHORT TO SAVE, NOR HIS EAR TOO DULL TO HEAR.

2 BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR.

3 FOR YOUR HANDS ARE STAINED WITH BLOOD, YOUR FINGERS WITH GUILT.

YOUR LIPS HAVE SPOKEN LIES, AND YOUR TONGUE MUTTERS WICKED THINGS.

4 NO ONE CALLS FOR JUSTICE; NO ONE PLEADS HIS CASE WITH INTEGRITY. THEY RELY ON EMPTY ARGUMENTS AND SPEAK LIES; THEY CONCEIVE TROUBLE AND GIVE BIRTH TO EVIL.

5 They hatch the eggs of vipers and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, and when one is broken, an adder is hatched.

6 Their cobwebs are useless for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make.

THEIR DEEDS ARE EVIL DEEDS, AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE ARE IN THEIR HANDS.

7 THEIR THOUGHTS ARE EVIL THOUGHTS; RUIN AND DESTRUCTION MARK THEIR WAYS.

8 THE WAY OF PEACE THEY DO NOT KNOW; THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN THEIR PATHS.

THEY HAVE TURNED THEM INTO CROOKED ROADS; NO ONE WHO WALKS IN THEM WILL KNOW PEACE.

9 So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

10 Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like men without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

11 We all grow like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.

12 For our offenses are many in our sight, and our sins testify against us, and we acknowledge our iniquities :

13 rebellion and treachery against the Lord, turning our backs on our God, FOMENTING OPPRESSION AND REVOLT, UTTERING LIES OUR HEARTS HAVE CONCEIVED.

14 SO JUSTICE IS DRIVEN BACK, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS STANDS AT A DISTANCE; TRUTH HAS STUMBLED IN THE STREETS, HONESTY CANNOT ENTER.

15 TRUT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND, AND WHOEVER SHUNS EVIL BECOMES A PREY.

Isaiah chap. 1 : 10-20

10 Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to THE LAW OF OUR GOD, you people of Gomorrah!

11 "The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the Lord.

"I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

12 When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?

13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings! YOUR INCENSE IS DETESTABLE TO ME.

Your New Moon festivals and your appointed feasts my soul hates.

THEY HAVE BECOME A BURDEN TO ME; I am weary of bearing them.

15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I WILL HIDE MY EYES FROM YOU; EVEN IF YOU OFFER MANY PRAYERS, I WILL NOT LISTEN. YOUR HANDS ARE FULL OF BLOOD; 16 wash and make yourselves clean.

TAKE YOUR EVIL DEEDS OUT OF MY SIGHT! STOP DOING WRONG, 17 LEARN TO DO RIGHT! SEEK JUSTICE, ENCOURAGE THE OPPRESSED.

DEFEND THE CAUSE OF THE FATHERLESS, PLEAD THE CASE OF THE WIDOW.

18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the Lord.

" Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land;

20 but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah chap. 11 : 1-5

A SHOOT WILL COME UP FROM THE STUMP OF JESSE; FROM HIS ROOTS A BRANCH WILL BEAR FRUIT.

2 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL REST ON HIM- THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND OF UNDERSTANDING, THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND OF POWER, THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD-

3 AND HE WILL DELIGHT IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD. HE WILL NOT JUDGE BY WHAT HE SEES WITH HIS EYES;

4 BUT WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS HE WILL JUDGE THE NEEDY, WITH JUSTICE HE WILL GIVE DECISIONS FOR THE POOR OF THE EARTH.

HE WILL STRIKE THE EARTH WITH THE ROD OF HIS MOUTH; WITH THE BREATH OF HIS LIPS HE WILL SLAY THE WICKED.

5 RIGHTEOUSNESS WILL BE HIS BELT AND FAITHFULNESS THE SASH AROUND IS WAIST.

Isaiah chap. 32 : 1-8

See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice.

2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert an the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

3 THEN THE EYES OF THOSE WHO SEE WILL NO LONGER BE CLOSED, AND THE EARS OF THOSE WHO HEAR WILL LISTEN.

4 THE MIND OF THE RASH WILL KNOW AND UNDERSTAND, AND THE STAMMERING TONGUE WILL BE FLUENT AND CLEAR.

5 NO LONGER WILL THE FOOL BE CALLED NOBLE NOR THE SCOUNDREL BE HIGHLY RESPECTED.

6 For the fool speaks folly, his mind is busy with evil : HE PRACTICES UNGODLINESS AND SPREADS ERROR CONCERNING THE LORD; the ungry he leaves empty and from the thirsty he withholds water.

7 The scoundrel's methods are wicked, he makes up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

8 BUT THE NOBLE MAN MAKES NOBLE PLANS, AND BY NOBLE DEEDS HE STANDS.

Isaiah chap. 66 : 5-20

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word :

"Your brothers who hate you, and exclude you because of my name, have said,

"Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy!" Yet they will be put to shame.

6 Hear that uproar from the city, hear that noise from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord repaying his enemies all they deserve.

7 Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son.

8 Who has ever heard of such a things?

Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment?

Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.

9 Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the Lord.

" Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God.

10 "Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her.

11 For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comfortings breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance."

12 For this is what the Lord says :

"I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flooding stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm and dandled on her knees.

13 As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem."

14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes..................................;;18And I, because of their actions and their imaginations, am about to come and gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see my glory.

19 "I will set a sign among them, and I will sends some of those who survive to the nations.............................that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.

They will proclaim my glory among the nations.

20 And they will bring all your brothers, from all the nations, to my holy mountain in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord.

Zechariah chap. 5 : 1-4

I looked again - and there before me was A FLYING SCROLL!

2 He asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a flying scroll, thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide."

3 And he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what is says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.

4 The Lord Almighty declares, "I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by my name.

It will remain in his house and destroy it, both its timbers and its stones."

Isaiah chap 62 : 1-12

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a neuw name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.

3 You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate.

But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.

5 As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.

6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.

You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, 7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm :

" Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled; 9 but those who harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary."

10 PASS THROUGH, PASS THROUGH THE GATES!

PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE PEOPLE.

BUILD UP, BUILD UP THE HIGHWAY! REMOVE THE STONES.

RAISE A BANNER FOR THE NATIONS.

11 THE LORD HAS MADE PROCLAMATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH :

"SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, "SEE, YOUR SAVIOR COMES!

SEE, HIS REWARD IS WITH HIM, AND HIS RECOMPENSE ACCOMPANIES HIM."

12 THEY WILL BE CALLED THE HOLY PEOPLE, THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD;

AND YOU WILL BE CALLED SOUGHT AFTER, THE CITY NO LONGER DESERTED.

BARUCH

Chapter 1 verses 17-22

For we have sinned before the Lord, and disobeyed him, and have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments that he gave us openly :

Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.

Wherefore the evils cleaved unto us, and the curse, which the Lord appointed by Moses his servant at the time that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that floweth with milk and honey, like as it is to see this day.

Nevertheless we have not hearkened unto the voice of the Lord our God, according unto all the words of the prophets, whom he sent unto us :

But every man followed the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to evil in the sight of the Lord our God.

Chapter 2 verse 6-10

To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness : but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.

For all these plagues are come upon us, whic the Lord hath pronounced against us.

Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of hic wicked heart.

Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us : for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.

Yet we have not hearkened unto is voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.

Chapitre 3 verse 9-38

Hear, Israel, the commandments of life : give ear to understand wisdom.

How happeneth it, Israel, that thou art in thine enemies'land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,

That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?

Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.

For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shoudest have dwelled in peace for ever.

Learn where is wisdom, wher is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.

Who hath found out her place? Or who hath come into her treasures?

Where are the princes of the heathen become, and such as ruled the beasts upon the earth;

They that had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and they that hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust, and made no end of their getting?

For they that wrought in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are unsearchable,

They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.

Young men have seen light, and dwelt upon the earth : but the way of knowledge have they not known,

Nor understood the paths thereof, nor laid hold of it : their children were far off from that way.

It hath not been heard of in Chanaan, neither hath it been seen in Theman.

The Agarenes that seek wisdom upon earth, the merchants of Meran and of Theman, the authors of fables, and searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remember her paths.

O Israel, how great is the house of God! And how large is the place of his possession!

Great, and hath none end; high, and unmeasurable.

There were the giants famous from the beginning, that were of so great stature, and so expert in war.

Those did not the Lord choose, neither gave he the way of knowledge unto them:

But they were destroyed, because they had no wisdom, and perished through their own foolishness.

Who hath gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?

Who hath gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for pure gold?

No man knoweth her way, nor thinketh of her path.

But he that knoweth all things knoweth her, and hath found her out with his understanding : he that prepared the earth for evermore hath filled it with fourfooted beasts :

He that sendeth forth light, and it goeth, calleth it again, and it obeyeth him with fear.

The stars shined in their watches, and rejoiced : when he caleth them, they say, Here we be; and so with cheerfulness they shewed light unto him that made them.

This is our God, and there shal none other be accounted of in comparison of him.

He hath found out all the way of knowledge, and hath given it unto Jacob his servant, and to Israel his beloved.

Afterward did he shew himself upon earth, and conversed with men.

Chapter 4 verse 1-4

The Wisdom is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endureth for ever : all they that keept is shall come to life; but such as leave it shall die.

Turn thee, O Jacob, and take hold of it : walk in the presence of the light thereof, that thou mayest be illuminated.

Give not thine honour to another, nor the things that are profitable unto thee to a strange nation.

O Israel, happy are we : for things that are pleasing to God are made known unto us.

Some biblical extracts from the New Testament

For the Preparation of the People coming from all nations.

Matthew Chapter 5 : 3-11

"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, for they will be filled.

7 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

9 Blessed are the peace makers, for they will be called sons of God.

10 BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11"Blessed ar you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, FOR IN THE SAME WAY THEY PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS WHO WERE BEFORE YOU.

Matthew Chapt. 5 : 13-16

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?

It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

14 "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

INSTEAD THEY PUT IT ON ITS STAND, AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE. 16 IN THE SAME WAY, LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS AND PRAISE YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

Matthew chap. 5 : 17-18

17 "DO NOT THINK THAT I HAVE COME TO ABOLISH THE LAW OR THE PROPHETS; I HAVE NOT COME TO ABOLISH BUT TO FULFILL THEM.

18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

Matthew Chapter 5 verse 21-26

"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, " Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment."22 BUT I TELL YOU THAT ANYONE WHO IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WILL BE SUBJECT TO JUDGMENT.

AGAIN, ANYONE WHO SAYS TO HIS BROTHER, "RACA", IS ANSWERABLE TO THE SANHEDRIN. BUT ANYONE WHO SAYS, "YOU FOOL!" WILL BE IN DANGER OF THE FIRE OF HELL.

23"Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

25 "Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is talking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

26 I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, YOU WILL NOT GET OUT UNTIL YOU HAVE PAID THE LAST PENNY.

( So here Jesus tells to you to pay attention to your words, and to your acts, to ask for forgiveness, and to repair your damages, your debts.)

Matthew chap. 5 verse 27-28

27 "You have heard that it was said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY." 28 BUT I TELL YOU THAT ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT A WOMAN LUSTFULLY HAS ALREADY COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH HER IN HIS HEART.

(Here, Jesus gives a concrete example where you have to manage your thought, only to think it, it is bad).

Matthew chap. 7 : verse 6

"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces."

(The Christ says to you clearly that you have to discern if the personns accept or not to hear about the Truth.

If they don't want to hear or if they begin to mocke of you, it will be better to stop giving them the pearls, they cannot appreciate them.

But you feel directly if they appreciate them and respect you when you begin to give the first pearls, then continue.)

Matthew Chapt. 7 verse 12

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, FOR THIS SUMS UP THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.

(You want that one loves you, love them, you want that one respects you, respect them, you want that one does not disturb you every day, do not disturb them, you want that one does not ask you for a service every time when one meets you, do not ask them for a service systematically, make all what you can make by yourself, without disturbing anybody; occasionally a service asked by friend, is always a pleasure.

That’s why it is written in proverbs: "Your best friend, if you see him every day he will become your worst enemy". That is why it is necessary to learn to manage what we say,what we do, and what we ask.

Any badly managed situation becomes harmful.

You do not like when one critizes you without reason, the others neither.

You appreciate completely to live your life according to your choices, the others also.

You do not like when one makes you feel guilty without reason because you did no damage to anybody, the others also.

You do not like when one damages you by propelling you in a fatal situation, the others also.

Learn to undergo the consequences of your bad choice, without involving others with it.

You appreciate good advice to improve your life, the others also.

You do not like that one damages you, the others also.

But you could not take the problems of the others on your shoulders the rest of your life, do not demand it from others.

Help that is associated with a situation, you have to understand that you should organize your life for the better, and your bindings should not take away your freedom. You can help teach one to fly with his own wings, but tell him from the beginning that you can’t help him for ever, it is only temporary and for a certain situation only. If you don’t tell him from the beginning he will not understand, then it will become a problem for him and you.

And to discern who you can help concretely, be careful and watch not to fall in certain traps of which you will not escape so easily, and without damage to you.

That’s why, you should give attention to the wisdom which is in the Old Testament that was given to you in the Open Book in proverbs, Sirach, Psalms, etc.)

Matthew chapter 7 verse 13-14

"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14 BUT SMALL IS THE GATE AND NARROW THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO LIFE, AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT.

( All the rules of life for which God asks his children, they have to choose them, want them and maintain them).

Matthew chapter 10 verse 8-15

Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. FREELY YOU HAVE RECEIVED, FREELY GIVE. 9 Do not take along any gold or silver or copper in your belts; 10 take no bag for the journey, or extra tunic, or sandals or a staff; for the worker is worth his keep.

11 "Whatever town or village you enter, search for some worthy person there and stay at his house until you leave. 12 As you enter the home, give it your greeting. 13 If the home is deserving, let your peace rest on it; if it is not, let your peace return to you. 14 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town. 15 I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

( Here, Jesus spoke about all the people who went away to evangelize in cities and foreign countries. You can notice that Jesus asks them to respect the freedom of choice of everyone, to agree or not, to receive the Good News.

So, do not use force to persuade them, but to accept that they do not want to listen, and to go away silently.

You also, if people do not want to hear anything, not to oblige then, do not say anything evil to them, you should just go away!) 

Matthew chapters 10 verse 16-27

I AM SENDING YOU OUT LIKE SHEEP AMONG WOLVES. THEREFORE BE AS SHREWD AS SNAKES AND AS INNOCENT AS DOVES.

17 BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST MEN; they will hand you over to the local councils and flog you in their synagogues. 18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO SAY OR HOW TO SAY IT. AT THAT TIME YOU WILL BE GIVEN WHAT TO SAY, 20 FOR IT WILL NOT BE YOU SPEAKING, BUT THE SPIRIT OF YOUR FATHER SPEAKING THROUGH YOU.

21"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. 22 ALL MEN WILL HATE YOU BECAUSE OF ME, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 23 When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

243 A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for the student to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.

IF THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE HAS BEEN CALLED BEELZEBUB, HOW MUCH MORE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD!

26 SO DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM. THERE IS NOTHING CONCEALED THAT WILL NOT BE DISCLOSED, OR HIDDEN THAT WILL NOT BE MADE KNOWN.

27 What I tell you in the dark, SPEAK IN THE DAYLIGHT; what is whispered in your ear, PROCLAIM FROM THE ROOFS.28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.

(When Jesus tells you to be careful as snakes and peaceful as doves.

It is necessary for you to be careful with your words, and your acts before you bind yourself to other peoples schemes, because they are wolves. He recommends that you be watchful, to discern situations, to avoid others that will do damage to you, and at the same time to be enlightened of the divine word.

But if you take the time to meditate the nurishments which is given to you in proverbs, psalms, sirach, and so on, you will know how to find one's way.

He asks you to be strong, to dare to say the truth and certainly not to be afraid of saying it, a child of God is a servant of God.

Jesus is our example, and if others mistreated Jesus, do not be afraid if they mistreat you, and God will give you answers, divine arguments to fight against the evil, and in certain situations, do not expose yourself pointlessly, sometime it's better to avoid cruelty, and intolerance, that’s why Jesus tells you : avoid ! So do not put yourselves in danger !

And don’t be afraid if they call possessed because they aslo called Jesus the same.)

Matthew chapter 10 verse 32-33

"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.

(Jesus asks you to dare to say that you love Him, because if you are embarassed to acknowledge Him, He will be embarassed to aknowledge you, and if somebody laughs at God, Jesus, and of God's Word, if you do not say anything, that means that you agree with what they say.

Never accept when anyone laughs at God and at Jesus, and about God's Word in front of you, you tell them, I accept that you do not believe, and I do not laugh at you, I demand the same of you about my beliefs.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO THINK AND TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO IMPOSE ON ME YOUR POINT OF VIEW, OR TO LAUGH AT MINE. JESUS HAS NEVER TOLD US TO BE COWARDLY, AND TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING WITHOUT SAYING A WORD, ON THE CONTRARY HE SHOWED US AN EXAMPLE.

And if a quarrel begins, go away, because the man of God, speaks but does not get mixed with quarrels which do not stop with anything.)

Matthew chapter 10 verse 34-39

"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to turn "a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law- 36 a man's enemies will be the members of his own houselhold."

37 "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 38 and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

(Jesus asks you to love God and Himself more than anything, because if your own family, does not want to believe in God and in Jesus, you are responsible for your own choice.

If by ease you prefer to have peace in your life and you deny God and Jesus, then you lose your life. If the Holy Spirit of God speaks to you and asks you to help the others by bringing them Light, and your family opposes to it, you do not deserve to receive Him, because to love God and Jesus, and not to want to make the least gesture for the others because of your family, you do not deserve to be a child of God.

Jesus says it to you clearly, if one day you have to choose, which is the right choice ? Nobody can demand to come before God and Jesus in your life and yes, you are responsible for your choice !)

Matthew chapter 12 verse 30-32

"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

31 And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, eitheir in this age or in the age to come.

( Jesus expresses to you clearly that nobody has the right to laugh at the Holy Spirit, notably when a child of God receives the Holy Spirit of God, if you laugh at that, it will not be forgiven of you, because you are not laughing at the person, but at the Holy Spirit of God, so pay attention to your comments.)

Matthew chapter 12 verse 33-37

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? FOR OUT OF THE OVERFLOW OF THE HEART THE MOUTH SPEAKS. 35 THE GOOD MAN BRINGS GOOD THINGS OUT OF THE GOOD STORED UP IN HIM, AND THE EVIL MAN BRINGS EVIL THINGS OUT OF THE EVIL STORED UP IN HIM.

36 But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment FOR EVERY CARELESS WORD THEY HAVE SPOKEN. 37 FOR BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE ACQUITTED, AND BY YOUR WORDS YOU WILL BE CONDEMNED."

(God and Jesus inform you to pay attention to what comes out of your mouth, do not allow your words to do damage, your words should be carefully measured. Using a biblical argument when somebody commits a wickedness, but you have on no account to return the evil, or say to them a word of excess, be careful in what comes out of your mouth.

If somebody critisezes you, look in your conscience if this criticism is true or not.

If it is true, repair directly by asking for forgiveness humbleness and sincerety, and by promising not to do it again.

If the criticism is not true, it is only wickedness, then say to him that these words are damaging to you, and if he wants to have a good relation with you, tell him to be more careful of the things he tells you.

If he does not want to understand anything in what you tell him, and he continues to damage you by these words, go away. Maybe he will learn to appreciate your company and all that you offered to him.

If he makes a step towards you by apologizing and by saying to you that he understands and that he will not begin again, forgive him!

You should learn to manage your words so that they never damages anybody. Give God's word to those that show interest and want you to continue to give it, otherwise do not say any more to them. But learn to be tolerant to your circle of acquaintances.

Be very watchful in your words, in your acts and in your functioning because it shows good fruition.

The study of proverbs, sirach, psalms and so on, in depth is going to help you to learn enormously.)

Matthew chapters 13 verse 37-43

He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

40 "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age.

41 The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN AND ALL WHO DO EVIL. 42 They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

(When you will meditate in depth proverbs and the Wisdom of the Old Testament, you will be able to understand what God expects from us, and what He dislikes, and what it means to do things against God's law.

They are not the same fruits. Who does good is the child of God and those that act badly are the children of the other one, the cunning.

All those who have the responsibility to bring down the others in the sin and do opposite things of God's law, you know about whom He speaks : all the persons who are not ashamed at all to damage you and society, who to satisfy their ambition, to arrive at their glory, and to feed their greed, their pride, their complex of syperiority, and who pay attention only to their small person, have no remorse to hurt the others, in words and in acts, they have no remorse to sow evil around them , to behave as gluttonous and grasping wolves without consciousness.

Even sometimes by using biblical arguments, to make you feel guilty, to be able to continue to take advantage of you, they do not hesitate to make you dirty that you are not children of God, because you prevent them from damaging you.

Some, know the writings so well, they tell you that Jesus said you have to turn your other cheek, that you can not judge me, it is necessary to forgive me, you do not know how to forgive for me? You have to love me, because Jesus said to love your enemies ?

And I, God of the Universe I say it to you, it is preferable for those that know the writings so well, to hide behind and to continue to

hurt and that you accept them to continue to do you damage, while making you feel pitiful in front of their argumentations, it would be better if they never knew the Writings.

But if they know the writings so well, they know very well that they have to love their fellow man, how they dare to hide behind certain truths to camouflage their bad words and actions.

The one that commits the evil serves his father, the Devil, and the one that commits the good in word and in act, serves Me, I, God of the Universe.

Do not allow anybody to destabilize you any more, neither to throw you off balance, or weaken you by schemes and coments.

The one that digs the hole of the other one, falls inside himself.

Those that hide behind the biblical truths to continue to hurt my children, it is better for them not to quote them any more, because they aggravate their case for the Day of the Judgment, if you so well know the biblical truths you know also the biggest commands : You will love God with all your heart and with all your spirit, and you will love your fellow man as yourself.

If you do not know how to love him healthily, at least do not damage him.

Because by not damaging him, you respect him, so you love him.

All the sentences that Jesus said to you it was to allow you and to teach you to love healthily each other, and not to hurt, by giving you a good conscious..

And my children will shine as the sun in My Kingdom.

Why as the sun, because the sun shines, illuminates, regenerates, and warms everything on its passage.

So, I, God of the Universe would love that my children walking on the earth, brilliant and warm as the sun, and without ever damaging anybody neither in word, nor in thought, nor in act.

And to arrive there, they have to prevent the others from damaging them, not to be taken in the trap, and to fall.)

Matthew chapter 13 verse 47-50

"Once again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. 48 When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. 49 This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous 50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

(It is very difficult for you to stop speaking bad and to do good things around you !

Everyone of you should control their functioning strictly, because there lays the key that will save you.)

Matthew chapter 15 verse 15-20

Peter said, "Explain the parable to us." 16 "Are you still so dull?"Jesus asked them. 17 Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man'unclean'.

19 FOR OUT OF THE HEART COME EVIL THOUGHTS, MURDER, ADULTERY, SEXUAL IMMORALITY, THEFT, FALSE TESTIMONY, SLANDER.

20 THESE ARE WHAT MAKE A MAN "UNCLEAN"; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him "unclean".

(Everything begins in thoughts before becoming into words, and acts. That's why it is necessary to watch your own thoughts. Take the example of the snake, there where its head goes through, that’s where its body will go through.

If your thoughts are harmful, your words and your acts will be also!

Some people think that they can say anything they want, do as they please,and that Jesus will forgive them and love them anyway, and do not accept when someone tells them to become better or to stop hurting others!

Do not confuse the truth for your profit, because it does not help you at all. All this makes a person impure, and not certain human theories).

Matthew chapter 18 verse 7

"Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! SUCH THINGS MUST COME, BUT WOE TO THE MAN THROUGH WHOM THEY COME!

(Learn not to become the cause with your statements that shakes a child of God, because one can fall into sin because of your statements. Attention to the little ones that believe in Christ.

Because you all belong to the Lord, not to any human.

Learn to discern, to analyze a situation so you can see who caused it, and who is responsible for one person stumbling on to another, the person responsible for damages, and do not leave anybody to oblige you to undergo a situation that he provoked, go away from him. If he does not want to understand anything, or to admit that he is at the origin, at the beginning of all those nuisances, if he does not want to stop, he will continue to be worse.

Are you capable of continuing to undergo the damages which he will continue to cause in the future without weakening you and making you lose your peace?

If you meditate wisdom contained in proverbs and the texts of the Old Testament, you will know what is good and constructive for the just man, and what is bad and harmful for the others.

What you should avoid, and what you should ask for.

If you leave it means you continue to love him, because you do not judge him, you do not return his damages, but you prevent him from continuing to damage you!

Now if he admits that he is at the origin, at the beginning of all these damages, and that he promises not to begin any more, that he understood, and that he decides to repair, and that he asks you for forgiveness, forgive him and continue to be with him as a sun, light him, warm him, animate him and bring him gradually with love and patience to recognize the divine truths which will save him for all of eternity.

But to avoid damages, it is necessary for you to be watchful at the beginning, to discern if what one asks for you does not harm you, so they wont bind you be in unhealthy situations, learn to reflect before you undertake in an unhealthy situation, which will damage you in the future.

Or learn to discern the exact moment when an other person begins to want to damage you.

Because then, to say no is preventive, and will not allow to aggravate relations and you will be able to continue to love him like the sun. To warn is better than to cure.

Prevention is a measure better than cure.

You have to be watchful for both of you not to fall in to traps.

You are like sheeps among wolves, you have to be as careful as snakes, and as good as doves!

Learn and know how not to engage in something without thinking, when one asks you for something, think and make sure that it does not harm you and help him without being damaged.

The help which becomes a dependence, always finishes badly in long terms, that's why it is necessary to take the precaution to warn him, that you will not be able to carry his problems forever, but only for a certain time you can help him to become stronger and to resolve them.

But helping others doesn't mean that you are not allowed to have your own life!

But it depends on himself, and not on you.

Each has to make efforts himself, nobody can make them in his place. You can only advise him, to show him an example, result depends on him, not on you.

If you notice that is no use to anything, stop. You don’t have any other choice.

Other people also need your help : those that are hungry, those that are cold and ill, those that undergo big injustices in their life, help them in the most way possible without putting in danger your own balance, by not committing injustice to yourself, to your family, your children, your spouse, because they also need you.

It requires experience and true management of situations. Give all your attention to the wisdom which is in the proverbs of the Old Testament, that is why I gave it to you at the beginning of your preparation, so that you have the knowledge of what My Will is, and the knowledge of what seems bad in My eyes. And to protect you to undergo injustices or nuisances.)

Matthew chapter 18 verse 15-17

"If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. If HE LISTENS TO YOU, YOU HAVE WON YOUR BROTHER OVER.

16 But if he WILL NOT LISTEN, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' 17 IF HE REFUSES TO LISTEN TO THEM, tell it to the church; and IF HE REFUSES TO LISTEN EVEN TO THE CHURCH, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

(It is very important to say stop to the one that hurts you, and it is very important to explain to him clearly how he has damaged you, and anything else, and also tell him that it is necessary to repair a lot of the damages if possible, and it is important to say it to him only, and not to everybody, because by doing this you deprive him of his honor and his dignity.

It is very important to speak about it with him first, without any witnessess, so that if he changes, he does not suffer in front of others.

Sometimes, one does not realize the evil which one causes to the others!

By saying it, he often realizes it, and that he apologizes, and that he repairs, and it is necessary to forgive and to continue to love him!

Because nobody can say that they will not make any mistakes.

Act as you would like others to act towards you if you made an error.

But, watch that he does not continue to make the same errors towards you, because it happens some times, that some say yes, yes, and begin again their guiles and their wickedness, and hypocritically say to you that they understood, but in reality they continue their errors.

Increase your senses, your wisdom, and I, God will take care of the just men, I watch so my children realize hostile works, so that they can protect themselves and so that I protect them.

As it is written in the wisdom which is revealed in the proverbs of the Old Testament.

is revealed in the proverbs of the A.T.

Matthew chapter 18 verse 21-35

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"

22 Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

23 "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accouts with his servants. 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

26 "The servant fell on his knees before him. "Be patient with me," he begged, "ad I will pay back everything." 27 The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

28 "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded.

29 "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, "Be patient with me, and I will pay you back."

30 "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31 When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.

32 "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33 Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

35 "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

(The causes that a man often makes errors are numerous, and all you commit it regularly, look around you how people live in all the countries of the world.

I forgive you when you recognize your errors and when you pray to Me for forgiveness, and when you try to control yourself not to commit them any more.

How many different errors, is the man capable of committing, and how many times is he capable of making the same error ?

When you realize that you committed a fault, and you ask for forgiveness, it is imperative not to make the same error.

When it is pleasant to you that the others forgive you, do not forget to forgive the others.

When you wait for others to forgive you and you asked for forgiveness for an error, it is better that you repair the damages that you caused to others.

Yes, it is necessary for you to forgive without limit with all your heart, if the other one commits 70 different errors, it will be necessary for you to continue to forgive him until he changes his behavior and learns not to damage any more.

But be watchful that he does not continue to damage you, and especially that he doesn’t continues the same error, because forgiveness is not granted to continue to damage others and it shows that you did not understand the value of the forgiveness, and for that reason repair helps to acquire a better understanding, helps to increase maturity and responsibility towards other people.

If a person continues systematically the same nuisance, and constantly ask for forgiveness. It is even worse, because he has knowledge of his faults but he continues, as if he is laughing at you.

With a forgiveness everything returns to order, and I can continue to damage you or others in peace.

You can go away in this case, 2-3 times and I can continue to damage you and others in peace and with one forgive me. (Attention to those who slyly do damage to others).

Because this situation does not only laugh at you, but at Me your God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and of My Word.

Go away from them because this situation can have annoying consequences and do not maintain this kind of situation.

Nobody loves injustices, but some have impudence, they appreciate the good but only know how to produce evil.

And furthermore, they are not ashamed to complain continuously.

Complaint is used by them either to take something from you or they complaint about the others to manipulate you against the others.

In the first case, manipulation is to oblige morraly you to give them what they want in a slyly way, but results are the same.

In the second case, they complain that the others put them aside, that they suffered from it, that they feel isolated.

But they do not explain to you what evil they did, and others are reacting to them like that.

Learn to discern the complaints, if it is not they who are the cause of injustices, if it is not they who are the source of all the troubles which they cause to others.

Further to all their schemes, it is the minimum that the others can do to protect themselves from their wickedness.

Don't allow on no account to be manipulated by the complaints of some, it doesn’t matter how kind or sincere they appear to you.

They want to manipulate you and influence you not to appreciate the other person who put them aside, not because these people are not sensible and righteous. But they were obliged to put them aside because all the problems the complainer caused them. The ones that complain to you today, are the cause of other peoples problems.

And in more, they manipulate you and try to make others look dirty the next to you, to camouflage their mischievousness. If you fall in their trap, you will hurt one just person, to raise up a godless, and dishonest person.

Be very watchful, when you hear complaints against other persons, look close to who is next to you, because you don’t know what he is capable of doing, the one that does not stop complaining.

Often they are derisive, arrogant, mocking, incapable to recognize their errors, and in more they want us to tell them they are right, and to do harm to a just and righteous person. They don’t hesitate to trap you in a lot of different problems to please their greediness and their bad behaivior.

Discern who is at the origin, at the beginning of injustices and wickedness and slanders. Because some complain rightly about injustices that they underwent from unwise persons.

And the others complain about injustices and wickedness from others which they themselves have caused .

They complain because others do not allow them to do any more damage to them.

They try to manipulate you so that you do not like and respect the persons to whom they hurt.

They try to cause him a supplementary wickedness by manipulating you. Do not fall in their trap. My children find the strengh for forgiveness of wickedness because that is My Will.

As Myself, I forgive for you when you are humble and ask Me for forgiveness. But when you do it with a slyly and bad intention, how can you ask forgiveness from others and from ME ?

Discern with whom you have to deal with, because it would be injustice when you do not allow certain good persons who fell in a trap, who stumbled, not to receive forgiveness and a discount of their debts.

Because this just person is going to feel it in the depths of his being and will be more watchful and furthermore he will want to do the same for another person.

And never behave with superiority and pride to the others whom make errors, because if you check your own person, you will see that you also make mistakes time to time, small or big.

Do not have blame, even when you are in the obligation to go away. Feel sorry for them, because they still have no maturity to understand the value of the forgiveness and why forgiveness was God's Will.)

Matthew chapter 19 verse 4-6

4 "Haven't you read, " he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said, 'For this reason A MAN WILL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE UNITED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO WILL BECOME ONE FLESH?

6 So they are no longer two, BUT ONE. THEREFORE WHAT GOD HAS JOINED TOGETHER, LET MAN NOT SEPARATE."

(This sentence is very important, because certain fathers or mothers, not loving their daughter-in-law or son-in-law show ill-feeling in the couple while the couple does not harm them or demand to be before their daughter-in-law or their son-in-law, without watching their behavior that they are not right, without counting that they have family obligations to their children.

Some are so inequitable, that they do not want to recognize when their children say it to them, and they prefer to hide behind God's command which asks every child to take care of his parents.

Pay attention in that case precise, because one can not manhandle his wife or her husband who behaves correctly, and to close their eyes on the injustices that where provoked.

It is always necessary for you to take a stand of what is just, justice, integrity, without favoritism according to the persons.

And you the relatives parents should behave rightly your children , and the children have to behave correctly to the parents. And it is not allowed to glorify a disrespectful person, by manhandling a just person.

The more the persons have interest and constructive occupations that fulfill them, the less they live through their children and will accept the choices of their children and the relation will be healthier, by avoiding the relations of dependences.

It is necessary to learn to accept that the couple has the right to find its own balance and to live with its own choices and to learn to accept them because it is the right of all the adults.

It is not necessary to interfere in their decisions, only to advise them by explaining which would be the consequences, in your opinion of their choice so they can avoid an incovenience. And this not systematically, We need to learn to discern the little things and the big things.

But it is necessary to accept that it is them who should decide after all.

Even though a member of your family or your circle demands from you that you abandon your family to run continueously behind the consequences of their bad choice, you can not impose on your family with situations which harms it.

So be watchful in outside demands !

One can not run after others, and neglect your own family!

Your first obligations begin with your family, the others come after!)

Certain persons ill-intentioned are not ashamed to want your husband or your wife, and do it in your house in front of you, never tolerate this kind of situation because kindness does not mean on any account that some can come and destroy your home and your marriage.

How it happens that one can destroy your house or confidence in your marriage, which is the base of the real and well-balanced love, the foundation of your marriage, your relationship.

Firstly, you realize that the third person, single or married is not balanced and is not blossomed in his own life.

Secondly, noticing that your husband or wife behaves correctly and with attention towards you; he begins to have sights on him or on her.

This person begins with shy glances, signs of ill-at-ease which do not deceive anybody, they start being with you more often, they begin to be very honeyed and interested with both of you so the other one doesn’t realizes it, until your spouse realizes it.

There is the problem, already the man or the woman who behaves like that, tramples God's commands. This person must be considered with disdain, they are untrustworthy to have confidence in them, they have no integrity, no honesty, and they don’t have the right for your respect anymore, or your consideration, but your contempt and your scorn.

At this precise moment, if you realize it, chase them away from your house, hand in hand with your spouse.

They don’t not need to be there, such persons shouldn’t be near christians. And especially do not submit to such situations by politeness or because you feel ill at ease.

Reflect about consequences in the life of your spouse and your children, to find all the strengh to make what must be done.

If you realize that your spouse while he calls himself christian and while you have full confidence in him, answers by glances, gestures, or wish to be constantly with them.

And then arrives the sneaky, harmful and perverse person, he or she runs with enjoyment and is enthusiastic about meeting him,her, and he or she finds excuses more often then usuall to go out, with different excuses all the time, without your knowledge, without having your distrust.

Then do not trust your husband, wife anymore because he, she did not refuse the offer of an extramarital connection, but in more they answers it hypocritically.

For Me God of the Universe he,she behaves as a hypocrite, he tramples my commands, and it is I personally that he betrays and naturally his wife or her husband who lived with him in complete safety and with such a confidence in him.

I God of the Universe would never allow that, or betrayal that happens to a just and correct person.

I, personally, I would punish each of them according to their faults. And it's sure that those that betray my Commands and their companion, don’t forge ahead, to live any happy day.

And even when your husband or wife will resume her spirits and will regret the way that he,she acted, that he knows that I His Father, I shall forgive him(her), but if he or she begins again the same thing, I would not listen to him any more and I would give him big trials in his life so that he does not betray any more My commands and My confidence.

The consequences of the acts of those that behave so within their family, to their husband or wife; as well as to their children are irreparable.

Because by their schemes, they destroyed confidence within their marriage and each of their gestures are still suspected every moment.

By answering by the least glance, by the least gesture towards the other one, he decreases his spouse, he acts as if his spouse does not have any value in his eyes anymore; he behaves like a prostitute that loses his value as a person by betraying part of himself, he should behave to his spouse more honestly, respectfully and with love. The person who betrays does not want to understand that his own children risk to meet themselves unprotected, without love, without resources, without their two parents of whom they need to grow and bloom.

Those who put their life and their childrens life in danger for a simple history of hormonal drives do not deserve to be parents, because they betray the people whom they should love the most.

Do you think that this sort of person is capable of loving you like your wife or husband and your children ?

Those who dare to give value to a person they don’t know, that have no respect for the friendship she/he had with your wife or with your husband, and of the disaster that she/he could provoke in the life of your children, that has no principle of life, that thinks egoistically only and their own happiness, and doesn’t care of what disaster they leave behind them, in brief a prostituted person.

A prostitute is not interested in consequence which she desires,she/he could provoke others and even laugh at them, she/he could demote your partner or your companion and even to your children, because the prostituted person loves only themselves and no one else.

Misfortune in that or in the one that accepted his/her advances because really they already undergo the consequences of their idiocy not only they abandoned their family, they punish their family, but more they relied on a person without scruple.

As a ready person that gives everything to achieve their aim, they gave evidence of an unlimited stupidity by listening to their desires they ruined their own life, and the life of their companion or partner and their children, a life which they put a lot into, and they had worked so hard to build a solid family, they are from now on obligated to rely on a person who is not reliable because they lack honest principles of life.

Those that were traped by prostituted persons directly pay their faults even though they do not realize it.

The one that dared to destroy a family how could he be reliable :

If you frequently see another person behind your wife/husbands back, stay away and repent.

Because if your spouse or companion finds out they will fill sick and bear a grudge towards you, they will not trust you and look for every glance, word or gesture you make and eventually you will both live it in a bad way.

Matthew chapter 19 verse 14

Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

Matthew chapter 19 : 29-30

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

30 But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.

(Here it is necessary for you to discern, because many use these passages to commit many damages on earth.

Nobody passes before the Lord, but only if you hear the Lords voice with the help and strengh of the Holy Spirit. Only when the Holy Spirit of God speaks to you and asks you to begin a big mission for all humanity, to evangelize and to help the others, or if you live a solitary and spiritual life,you can make it, because the Holy Spirit of God never obliges, He asks you for it, and it is up to you to decide.

But nobody has to leave their homes or their children, if I God of the Universe does not speak to you. Never leave by manipulation of another person, no matter what he says to you, even if he tells to you that he receives Holy Spirit.

The day when I ask somebody to serve Me, I don’t need any intermediary by any means.

Because many commit big damages in My Name. Be watchful! It does not concern solitary life and life of a hermit according to biblical traditions.)

Matthew chapter 20 verse 1-16

"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. 2 He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

3 "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. 4 He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' 5 So they went.

"He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing.

6 About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?'

7 'Because no one has hired us,' they answered.

"He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.'

8"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.'

9 "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. 10 So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. 11 When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 12 These me who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'AND YOU HAVE MADE THEM EQUAL TO US WHO HAVE BORNE THE BURDEN OF THE WORK AND THE HEAT OF THE DAY.'

13 "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? 14 Take your pay and go.

I WANT TO GIVE THE MAN WHO WAS HIRED LAST THE SAME AS I GAVE YOU.

15 Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money?

OR ARE YOU ENVIOUS BECAUSE I AM GENEROUS?

16 "SO THE LAST WILL BE FIRST, AND THE FIRST WILL BE LAST."

I God of the Universe am the Employer and I engage workers on earth, to return to me my ewes, at any time of day.

And nobody has the right to forbid me to hire new workers, to evangelize all my children, and I want every person to receive Spiritual Nurishment, to learn what My Will is, so they can spread the Good News, for My children to return to Me and My Will, and to believe in Jesus, and the New Testament that is given to all the nations.

Jesus Christ is the Light of the world.

Each of you are precious to me, and workers are still missing, because the harvest is close and this work is very important and urgent.

I continue to take workers in My Service, and even more so today because today is the Day of the Harvest.

I do not think that you can not understand it, and that this Decision annoys anybody?

The payment is maximum, and for that reason I cannot give any more to the first ones, because it is already the biggest reward, it is the Entrance to My Realm).

Matthew chapter 21 verse 12-13

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overtuned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 It is written," he said to them, "MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER," BUT YOU ARE MAKING IT A DEN OF ROBBERS."

(Here, I God of the Universe asks you to be very watchful and not to transform my Churches into mercantile places, where everything is bought and sold, by the ceremony of the baptism, to the ceremony of the marriage, to the ceremony of the deceased, to any blessing.

Let to each person give according to what means they have, and if he has nothing that he can receive free.

You have to be examples to serve My ewes, because if heads are good, the body will be good, and if heads are bad, the body will be bad and will be scatter.

Jesus said truths which regrettably are still today timely. And my ewes strayed away from My Will, and I would like them to change so they can come back to Me).

Matthew chapter 22 verse 36-40

TEACHER, WHICH IS THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT IN THE LAW?"

37 JESUS REPLIED : "LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND." 38 THIS IS THE FIRST AND GREATEST COMMANDMENT.

39 AND THE SECOND IS LIKE IT : "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

40 ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS HANG ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS."

(And God's Wisdom consists in learning in not damaging one another, what is the lowest step in the stair of the healthy love. THIS SUMS UP THE ENTIRE LAW. In God's Wisdom exists the Law how to behave as a just, a righteous, as spiritual person, and also what you have to avoid, and how to behave with the disrespectful who do not live according to God's commands.

This is the reason that your Preparation begins with God's wisdom which is in the texts of the Old Testament, the source of the Words of the Christ is in there.

Because it is impossible to live according to God's Word without the Knowledge of His Will.

And if you have knowledge of His Will and act with righteousness of how to manage the situations that the unjust people provoke?

That’s you should really meditate deeply the Proverbs and Psalms, and you will acquire self-assuredly what is just and what is inequitable, what is good and what is bad.

Because of that, in the introduction of the 3-rd part, I speak you about never damaging anybody either in thoughts, or in words, or in acts.

And of the major importance of your own functioning as child of the Light, as a person who got dressed as a new person in Christ.

You tumble when you criticize one another, when you behave as hypocrites, when your words are evil, inequitable and resentful to the others, when you mock, when you are arrogant, without any humility, etc.

When you see a just man in his way of living life, in his words, in his acts, and you hate him because he dares to tell you that you are not working according to God's Laws, and you want have the right above all.

You should keep check on your own person to know with depth if your functioning is pleasant or acceptable to Me, God of the Universe, because without the profound internal knowledge of your functioning, you will not find the keys of the Paradise. You should keep strict control of yourselves.

You can understand that there isn't any bigger command than to love God and to love his fellow man healthily as yourself.

All the rest go around these two commands to allow you to arrive there, certainly not to by-pass them and to continue to damage!)

Matthew chapters 23 verse 13-33

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

16 WOE TO YOU, BLING GUIDES! You say, 'If anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17 You blind fools! Which is greater : the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18 You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.

19 You blind men! Which is greater : the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

21 An he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.

23 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices - mint, dill and cummin.

BUT YOU HAVE NEGLECTED THE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS OF THE LAW- JUSTICE, MERCY AND FAITHFULNESS. YOU SHOULD HAVE PRACTICED THE LATTER WITHOUT NEGLECTING THE FORMER.

24YOU BLIND GUIDES! YOU STRAIN OUT A GNAT BUT SWALLOW A CAMEL.

25 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!

YOU CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP AND DISH, BUT INSIDE THEY ARE FULL OF GREED AND SELF-INDULGENCE.

26 Blind Pharisee! FIRST CLEAN THE INSIDE OF THE CUP AND DISH, AND THEN THE OUTSIDE ALSO WILL BE CLEAN.

27 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, WHICH LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON THE OUTSIDE BUT ON THE INSIDE ARE FULL OF DEAD MEN'S BONES AND EVERYTHING UNCLEAN.

28 IN THE SAME WAY, ON THE OUTSIDE YOU APPEAR TO PEOPLE AS RIGHTEOUS BUT ON THE INSIDE YOU ARE FULL OF HYPOCRISY AND WICKEDNESS.

29 "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. 30 And you say, 'IF WE HAD LIVED IN THE DAYS OF OUR FOREFATHERS, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PART WITH THEM IN SHEDDING THE BLOOD OF THE PROPHETS."

31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.

32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your forefathers!

33 You snakes! You brood of vipers!

(You do not maintain the most important commands of the Law, the Justice, the Compassion and the Truth. They were the most important commands in the Law, the internal fruits which come from the heart, and not external signs, it was that Christ wanted us to understand.

The wisdom which is hidden in proverbs, psalms, etc. in the Old Testament was already included in God's Law in the Old Testament. But they became attached to external, and they neglect the internal fruits which were the most essential in God's Eyes.

Stop damaging, and stop criticizing one another,and do good around you, help the most impoverished which die from cold and hunger, you fight to have prestige, authority, glory, and you forgot to feed my ewes correctly, and you forgot that you are responsible because of your indifference that men, women and children die every day next to you on this earth of cold and hunger.

You forgot to give the spiritual nurishment, so that the people who listen to you, they want but they don’t know how to live according to My Will.

Look how the people who call themselves christian behave on earth.

How can they understand what is necessary to enter the Realm if you do not explain it to them with truth and simplicity. Already when you understand perfectly what is asked of you, it is difficult to master your own self, then imagine if you do not know what God awaits, of what He asks,and what He wants from us.

You are not capable today of recognizing a just man from a non-just man, everything is heresy and demonic' if they don’t do your will.

Where is humility, where is the self controls, where is justice, who will raise you, you or I, who explains the pedagogy of God? Who explains what is important and obligent for the people? Who does not want to hear anything of what I have to say, by means of the people I speak to? Shouldn’t they say that I talk to them, why should they act dumb, so others don’t perceive them, or so they don’t disturb you ? 

What benefit do I have to speak to a person if it is not to strengthen My Ewes?

What foolishness can bring to My children?

Did Christ, the apostles or the prophets hide? Only Jonas hid, and did not want to speak in My Name? Because of that you should pay attention what words come out of your mouth.

React because God is checking you! And I educate you and I give you trials so that you can understand clearly what My Will is.

You only think of satisfying your power, in resources even more, to have more wealth? You fight among youselves for biblical understandings, and you mahandle each others, instead of uniting together and help those that are the most impoverished on earth.

Instead of that, you fight againsts each other of who belongs to Me, and whom I love most. I love all that do good and all that love Me and others and the one who love enough the most impoverished to help them concretely.

No I do not love those that fight for external and small details. Love, and enlighten my children, then, yes I will love you!

You only claim your own recognition, not the recognition of God, Christ and the New Testament, and My Word.

That’s the only thing that really matters to you the external things, you do not turn your head to those that are hungry, that are manhandled on earth and die because of your indifference.

You forgot to give the spiritual nurishment, so that the people who listen to you can live according to My Will. Look how people behave who call themselves Christians on this earth.

How can they understand what is necessary so they can enter the Kingdom of God if you do not explain to them with simplicity and truth.

Already, when you completely understand what is wanted of you, it is difficult to master your own self, imagine when you do not know what God asks or and expects from you.

You often say our fathers, our fathers, but your fathers worked for themselves and My ewes.

What did you do for yourselves and for My ewes?

And you give yourselves good consciousness.

And I do not want to believe that with regard to This Word which is Mine, you go and hide behind your wickedness, and to claim that the Devil wants to divert you, and not to feed correctly My Ewes, and the poor men.

And all this is valid for all that believe in Christ and in the New Testament, and not for the ones who decided that the New Testament is only for them, and that the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ is only for them.)

Matthew chapter 24 verse 45-50

"Who then is the faithful and wise servant, WHOM THE MASTER HAS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE SERVANTS IN HIS HOUSEHOLD TO GIVE THEM THEIR FOOD AT THE PROPER TIME? 46 It will be good for that servant whose MASTER FINDS HIM DOING SO WHEN HE RETURNS.

47 I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.

48 But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' 49 and HE THEN BEGINS TO BEAT HIS FELLOW SERVANTS and to eat and drink with drunkards.

50 The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of.

(Be all good and loyal servants, and I God of the Universe I shall reward you, now the Day of the Harvest is close, get down to your task, feed my ewes, enlighten them, and help the most impoverished and give them My Light, hurry because your Lord arrives soon!)

Matthew chapter 25 verse 34 -46

"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; TAKE YOUR INHERITANCE, THE KINGDOM prepared for you since the creation of the world.

35 FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK, I WAS THIRSTY AND YOU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DRINK, I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU INVITED ME IN, 36 I NEEDED CLOTHES AND YOU CLOTHED ME, I WAS SICK AND YOU LOOKED AFTER ME, I WAS IN PRISON AND YOU CAME TO VISIT ME.

37 "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?

40 "THE KING WILL REPLY, 'I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHATEVER YOU DID FOR ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE BROTHERS OF MINE, YOU DID FOR ME.'

41 "Then he will say to those on his left, 'DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO ARE CURSED INTO THE ETERNAL FIRE PREPARED FOR THE DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS. 42 FOR I WAS HUNGRY AND YOU GAVE ME NOTHING TO DRINK, 43 I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU DID NOT INVITE ME IN, I NEEDED CLOTHES AND YOU DID NOT CLOTHE ME, I WAS SICK AND IN PRISON AND YOU DID NOT LOOK AFTER ME.

44 "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45 "HE WILL REPLY, 'I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, WHATEVER YOU DID NOT DO FOR ME ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, YOU DID NOT DO FOR ME.'

46 " THEN THEY WILL GO AWAY TO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS TO ETERNAL LIFE."

(You understood who is a child of God, and who is a child of the devil.

You will not be judged for external things, but by your works if you have love for your fellow man.

You are responsible for the death of children, women and men who die every day around you of hunger, cold, tortures, violence, by your indifference.

Yes, indifference is a sin, and one of the worst.

Pay attention and understand maturely the importance of these extracts because they are with these criteria that you will be judged by the King.

Regrettably, because of certain people who live in the "rich countries", ask for help and assistant of other fellow men often succeed, they are profiters, lazy persons, and without recognizing the good that you did for them, and they have no gratitude, they are selfish, and superficial, and in the worst of cases they will damage the charitable soul which helped them by criticizing them, and causing them big damages.

Those that act so, put them aside, and stop helping them, because there is only hypocrisy and lies in them.

Because damaging one person who helped you, there is nothing worse than that, it is a very big fault.

And because they are not capable of helping, nor capable of forgiving, nor capable of recognizing the good which you did for them, nor capable to love others, that I, God, I speak so.

If you love that one forgives you, forgive also, if you love that one helps you, help also, but if you have no gratitude, it is because you did not really understand anything, and it is the fault that displeases Me a lot.

For that reason, help an arrogant person and you will meet with bigger problems, help a real poor man who is humble, and he will thank you with all his heart in front of you, of God, and of all your fellowmen.

Meditate on God's Wisdom, it will help you enormously to discern the functioning of certain persons and do not allow them to hurt or damage you in any way.

But never lower your arms as long as there is people and children who starve and are cold, and are raped on the earth!

Love them, help them, and fight all together to help them! I God of the Universe would reward you in increase a hundredfold!

The bad functioning of some should never prevent the Good from triumphing!)

Matthew chapter 26 verse 51-52

Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. 51 With that, one of Jesus companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear.

52 "Put your sword back in its place, "Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

(Jesus has never said those that take the sword, let them free, and allow-them to continue to damage you just like some understood it.

Jesus says to you do not take the sword, so you will not receive it. Nobody has the right to put an end to his life and an end to someone elses life.)

Acts chapter 13 verse 9-11

Then Saul, wo was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, 10 "You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of thing that is right! Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord?

(The children of the devil are filled with every slyness, and fight against all which is good, not like the fruit of the Holy Spirit, as some dare to claim that without a just distinction.

If somebody does not know the perfection of things, he does not understand anything. If somebody did not get up from the darkness, he will not be able to see Light.

If somebody does not know where fire comes from, he will burn, because he does not know its roots.

If somebody does not recognize the roots of any thing, it will be hidden from him.

Whoever does not recognize the root of the wickedness, it will not remain foreign to it.

The Apostles rebelled against the evil with strengh and courage, they were strong, and accomplished in the Divine Truth. It was never said that the children of the Light,should accept unjustice and evil in all its forms, to be good children of God, it is pure manipulation of some which want my children under their influence, and to oblige them not to rebel against the evil.

Be watchful, learn to discern, and to understand with a spiritual maturity the Divine Truths of the Good New of the New Testament and the guiles of some.)

Acts chapter 14 verse 4-7

The people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jew, others with the apostles. 5 There was a plot afoot among the Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them. 6 BUT THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT IT AND FLED TO the Lycaonian cities of Lystra, and Derbe and to the surrounding country, where they continued to preach the good news.

(I, God of the Universe do not accept the unjust or evil, and the physical ill-treatment.

Each of you has the freedom to believe as he wants, that he has his own view, I would love that you accept the Freedom of Choice, that I, God gives to each of you, each of you has the right to believe in what he wants and as he wants, and I would love that my children learn to accept the choice of the others.

But, in front of physical acts of violence, avoid them and leave far away.

Do not get confused,go against what you think is evil, and do not accept religious perceptions.

The evil harms all, and even in atheists and non-christians.

The Judgment which means if the other one is a child of God according to his acts or a child of the devil, it belongs to the King, not to the people. Don’t judge so you will not be judged, with the measures you judge you will get judged.

The evil is jealousy, criticisms, hypocracy, adultery, theft, and so on, all which make a man impure, all that the man of flesh wishes. It is necessary to know how to discern.)

Acts chapter 15 verse 36-39

Some time later Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us go back and visit the brothers in all the towns where we preached the word of the Lord ans see how they are doing."

37 Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, 38 but Paul did not think it wise to take him, BECAUSE HE HAD DESERTED THEM in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. 39 They had such a sharp disagreement that they parted company.

(You can notice that the apostle reacted with strengh and liveliness about the confidence and about the responsibility on the work that God had confided to them.

Concerning work, it would be pleasant if we trusted one another in any event and at any time.

Confidence deserves, and is recognized by the others, to be responsible in your work is very important.

From your functioning, you will gain the confidence of the others.

You learn more easily when you are constantly responsible, the one that is reliable for little things, one will confide bigger things to him.

If you do not want to do this work, before beginning say it or put limits, so you will not create deep disagreements, that’s how you show that you are mature and responsible!)

Acts chapter 18 verse 5-7

When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 6 But when the Jews opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I AM CLEAR OF MY RESPONSIBILITY. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God.

 (You owe say the Good New to all around you, especially to those that did not hear it. To say that Jesus is the Christ.

But if persons set and offend you, stop in giving them the give pearls. If they are lost, it will not be of your fault.

The Lord asks, but if you do not accept and you do not want, then He turns to the others.

Pay attention to God's demands, and furthermore if the just man is alone in the middle of a lot(many) of godless, as Noé, he should maintain the position with all his force.)

Acts chapter 18 verse 9-10

One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision : "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.

(Do not be afraid, but continue to speak the Word of God because the Holy Spirit of God is with you, and will strengthen you, will rebuild you, will educate you in the biblical truths, because the workers are limited and Harvest is close.)

Acts chapter 23 verse 2-5

At this the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!"

4 Those who were standing near Paul said, "You dare to insult God's high priest?"

5 Paul replied, "Brothers, I did not realize that he was the high priest; for it is written : "Do not speak evil about the ruler of your people.'

(The Leaders of My people should be watchful so no mistakes will be made when the Holy Spirit of God speaks to its workers !

Even before they speak and you listen to them, you tell them that they are the devil and you chase them away, just as they did to Christ, and to all the others whom served Me.

Nobody was able to confront the Strength of Holy Spirit of God, and My children who obey God rather than the people, will not keep silent, even though you offend them, even if you strike them or you chase them away!

Be careful not to make the same errors as in the past!

Did the apostles maybe tell the people to become swindlers, to be inequitable, to become bandits, to be arrogant, to commit perjury, not to believe in Me, not to help the poor people?

And to continue to live as humans of the flesh? NO, THAT’S WHY, TODAY LEARN TO BE ATTENTIVE AND TO LISTEN TO WHAT OTHERS TELL YOU, BEFORE YOU CALL THEM DECEIVERS OF THE PEOPLE AND HERETICS, even though, they do not understand certain things the same way as you.

The most important is your own behavior and theirs. Give the value which deserve the internal fruits of the Law, not in the external things which do not save you.

All the Law revolves around 2 important commands : Love God, and love the others.

Analyze if their statements are going to bring the others to love Me more truthfully and to love the others more healthily, more exactly, to build a nation of people for Me who will be examples, because all will behave with maturity, far from lies, from the injustice, the criticisms, from the duplicity, from the hypocrisy, from the pride, from the ingratitude, from the malicious gossip, and so on, in the life of every day, every second, every minute, every day, night and day because

honesty has neither hour nor a place.

Some are honest only in front of the people who know them, but when one does not know them in another place or at night they believe that I God I do not see them.

When you say I am Christian, the other one will know that you will never damage him, but on the contrary you will be attentive to your behavior towards him, because the Christian is a Spiritual man, a man of the Spirit, a child of the Light, and it is not embrace by the darkness, which takes him far away from God.

Be Careful that the same errors from the past are not repeated.)

Romans chapter 1 verse 18-25

THE WRATH OF GOD IS BEING REVEALED FROM HEAVEN AGAINST ALL THE GODLESSNESS AND WICKEDNESS OF MEN WHO SUPPRESS THE TRUTH BY THEIR WICKEDNESS, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, BECAUSE GOD HAS MADE IT PLAIN TO THEM. 20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, SO THAT MEN ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.

21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, BUT THEIR THINKING BECAME FUTILE AND THEIR FOOLISH HEARTS WERE DARKENED. 22 ALTHOUGH THEY CLAIMED TO BE WISE, THEY BECAME FOOLS AND EXCHANGED THE GLORY OF THE IMMORTAL GOD FOR IMAGES MADE TO LOOK LIKE MORTAL MAN AND BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND REPTILES.

24 THEREFORE GOD GAVE THEM OVER IN THE SINFUL DESIRES OF THEIR HEARTS TO SEXUAL IMPURITY FOR THE DEGRADING OF THEIR BODIES WITH ONE ANOTHER. 25 THEY EXCHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD FOR A LIE, AND WORSHIPED AND SERVED CREATED THINGS RATHER THAN THE CREATOR- who is forever praised. Amen

(God rebels down from the heavens to punish every injustice and disrespect of the people, and against any action which prevents the truth from triumphing.

It takes place because all that they had to know concerning God, they knew it because it was revealed to them by God.

That’s why it is discerned, and tried, but learn to recognize the fruits of the Holy Spirit, without always hiding behind your finger that its Satan that speaks to my children, and that I, God of The Universe do not speak to anybody.

Throughout the Holy Bible, Old and NewTestament, I spoke to people to strengthen My Word, to make it known to others, to strengthen My House, to return My misled ewes.

Before accusing my children who receive Holy Spirit, look at the fruits, do they love Me, do they glorify Me, do they speak about Jesus about Christ as the Messiah, they speak to you about the Holy Bible, How you confuse the fruits of the Holy Spirit with Satan's fruits.

Or do you think that Satan would spend time honoring Me, and glorifying Jesus Christ and talks about My Living Words and returning all my children towards the Divine Truths?

I teach them to love everybody healthily, without any discrimination, because Jesus came for the sick and the simple, and I God of the Universe, I consider that each of my children on this earth has the right to receive My Word.

Or did you receive from the Holy Bible a single example that a person under the influence of devils glorified God and Jesus and My Word?

In the Holy Bible you have people to whom I spoke and who glorified Me and glorified Jesus Christ and My Word.

From their fruits, you will see that they are my children.

Error is to love creation in the place of the Creator.

In the word creation is included a man, do not glorify any man, but I your Creator.

To love the others, as yourself, only if you could love them as yourself, you could understand that I love you all, and I want to have you all with Me, and that's why the Opened Book was prepared, so that you all receive solid and healthy Spiritual nurishment.

Because I don’t want anybody to be lost because he did not receive and understand clearly what My Will is for the people.

And that he makes the decision to live as a christian or as a godless, but he is not capable of choosing if he does not receive the healthy and solid nurishment, and to live as a spiritual man.

Because it is not enough to say that I am christian and I lived as I want.

And it is not a category of persons with little conceptions, which will prevent Me from having workers whom I form, whom I educate, whom I try, whom I test, whom I strengthen personally to prepare them to become capable of giving the Gospel, and if it displeases you, it will not prevent Me because My Truth is not your truths. My ways are not human ways.

You want that one recognizes you, You instead of ME and Jesus Christ. God, Jesus and You. It is sad.

For these reasons, I perfect, and I educate all my workers, with the Strengh of My Holy Spirit, so that everyone has the chance to return to Me and to Love Me, to believe in Jesus Christ, and learn to love healthily his fellow man.

Because there are no bigger COMMANDS. In them sums up the Law and the prophets. In internal Wealth and not in external things.)

Romans Chapter 1 verse 28-32

Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 THEY HAVE BECOME FILLED WITH EVERY KIND OF WICKEDNESS, EVIL, GREED AND DEPRAVITY. THEY ARE FULL OF ENVY, MURDER, STRIFE, DECEIT AND MALICE. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 ALTHOUGH THEY KNOW GOD'S RIGHTEOUS DECREE THAT THOSE WHO DO SUCH THINGS DESERVE DEATH, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

(You see which actions God condemns, God lets them act in a disordered way, because their thoughts were not healthy and because acts follow thoughts. That’s why you should learn to manage your thoughts well, to have no disordered thoughts, because your words and your acts will prove who you are.)

Romans chapter 2 verse 15-16

Since they show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, AND THEIR THOUGHTS NOW ACCUSING, NOW EVEN DEFENDING THEM. 16 This will take place on the day when God will judge men's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.

(The Law to do good is written in the heart of every man.

It is by the thought that one decides to do good or evil. The water or the fire, the life or the death be watchful to have healthy and constructive thoughts by loving what’s good.

Consciousness also helps the people to discern the Good from Evil, however it is necessary to listen to it.

With the wisdom of the Law which is in psalms and Sirach, and proverbs of the Old Testament, you will be able to understand the New Testament better.)

Romans chapter 12 verse 1-2

Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, TO OFFER YOUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICES, HOLY AND PLEASING TO GOD- THIS IS YOUR SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP.

2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD'S WILL IS- HIS GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL.

(True worship for God, is to transform yourself to a person who will act perfect, good, truthful, fair, honest, never by committing the evil, never by damaging anybody, by having healthy thoughts, healthy and constructive words, and healthy and constructive acts.

Because those that show external worship to Him in His House only, to show that they worship Him, and once they leave from His House, they continue to commit bad actions, their lies, their mockeries, their quarrels, their injustices, their hypocrisies, their duplicity, their stinginess, their arrogance, their adulteries, etc. God is not satisfied with them, because it is not the real worship that God asks of you and what is pleasant to Him.

God asks you all the time, every day to behave as real and authentic people of God in this world, as an accomplished Christian.

To be bright as the sun, to be the salt of the world, and all those who will see you and will hear you should feel that you love them, that you enlightened them, that you animate them, that they can confide in you, a secret, a sorrow, without regretting that they granted you their confidence. This is the reason God wants that we transform ourselves with a radical and complete change of our thoughts, and our understandings.

Everything begins with thoughts, the rest will follow. It is a matter of changing our habits.)

Romans chapter 12 verse 9-12

Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. 11 Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

(To respect one another, means not to damage one another. Be dynamic, enthusiastic in life, and to others, with your words, and your acts, because doing good you serve the Lord.

All that does not harm you or others, or your family, it’s allowed for you to do.

But all the extremes do damage. A lot or a little of anything does harm.

Learn to manage to have a well-balanced life.

But don’t let this freedom cause you to harm.)

Romans chapter 12 verse 17-21

DO NOT REPAY ANYONE EVIL FOR EVIL. BE CAREFUL TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF EVERYBODY. 18 IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS FAR AS IT DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE. 19 DO NOT TAKE REVENGE, MY FRIENDS, BUT LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD'S WRATH, for it is written :

"IT IS MINE TO AVENGE; I WILL REPAY," says the Lord.

20 On the contrary :

"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.

In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."

21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

(I, God of the Universe does not want you to return the evil, I prefer that you have the strength and not to act badly, find the strength to stay away without returning it.

On the other hand, lean on Me because I return punishment to the un-just people, I bring to broad daylight all which happens in the shadows against the just people.

I increase senses so that you can realize that they do not behave justly towards you, so they cannot mistreat you, and it is I who repays them in return, each according to their schemes.

Everything is revealed in proverbs and in psalms and in the Wisdom of Solomon, if you meditate them more in depth.

Live in peace as far as it depends on you with all the people, that is why I told you to learn to accept with all your different understandings, to accept what others think and to live as they want, if they do not damage you it is not your problem, because you have tried to speak to them about the pearls, and they did not accepted them.

If he does not harm you, do not force him to have your convictions, learn to love him healthily the way he is. Maybe that in the long run by seeing how you evolve in the life, he will realize that your way of living is right, responsible, peaceful, full of love, with respect, honesty, justice, etc. and to change his mind. Because do not forget that you have to be an Example in all the levels!

You have to be the salt of the world, the lamp which lights, and certainly not to hide, you have to be the most alive example in all, until he wants to criticize you but he can’t find any concrete arguments.

Who does not appreciate somebody who never harms him, somebody who respects him as he is, who loves him as he is, who listens to him, who helps him, who discerns fatal situations, who gives him advices to improve the quality of his life, who will not deceive him, who never will steal from him, who will not reaveal his secrets to others, who will not behave hypocritically for personal interest, who will not talk behind his back with others, who will not sow death when you will present to him another one of your friends, who will not be arrogant and make you feel that he is better, more intelligent than you, etc.

Somebody whom will have enough humility to adapt themself to the other people with a sincere love. Which will not desire his woman or her husband or his children, which will not disturb him every day, which will not ask him for services every time he sees him.

Which will be always warm; which will not complain everyday about his problems, because your problems are only yours, so from time to time, the others listen to you and try to help you to resolve them, but if every time you see them and you keep complaining, with good reason the others will avoid you.

Somebody who will be balanced enough and satisfied by his own life, to be simple and in his place, not needing to make parades and demonstrations for the others, and than he does not need to decrease the others so that he feels superior.

Without need to praise his own self, a balanced person does not need this, because HE IS HIMSELF, and he does not need to show off.

Go towards the others, go towards my children, go towards all, without any exceptions, the only exception to learn to protect yourselves and not to fall in the traps of unhealthy situations, and they do damage to you, and the best thing is that you manage to discern it at the beginning, when you first see this damage happening, because there lays the key to say NO without undergoing any damage. Have forsight and be watchful from them so you will not arrive at an unhealthy relationship.

Because No he will accept it, and he will know better how you work, the good knowledge of yourself and the good knowledge of how others work, allows to find the limits of the Freedom of everyone.

The Good Knowledge of what you want, what you do not want, what you accept, and what you do not accept, what is important to you, and what is neutral. When you find out what the other likes and accepts, you learn not to exceed their limits.

With the No, the other one knows your limits, and if you explain it simply and with love, the more he will understand you.)

Romans Chapter 13 verse 3-7

For rulers HOLD NOT TERROR FOR THOSE WHO DO RIGHT, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO WRONG. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4 For he is God's servant to do you good.

BUT IF YOU DO WRONG, BE AFRAID, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.

5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience.

6 This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.

7 Give everyone what you owe him : If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

(Yes, God punishes the evil and the injustice, also with the human authority, it is the base of our societies.

The evil is condemned generally by all, thefts, rapes, slaughters, adultery, perjury, liers, all the inequitable actions, etc.)

Romans chapter 13 verse 8-10

LET NO DEBT REMAIN OUTSTANDING, except the continuing debt to love one another, FOR HE WHO LOVES HIS FELLOWMAN, HAS FULFILLED THE LAW.

9 The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not cover," and whatever other commandment there may be, ARE SUMMED UP IN THIS ONE RULE: "LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

10 LOVE DOES NO HARM TO ITS NEIGHBOR. THEREFORE LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW.

(If you wish to have peace with the others, have no debt, learn to be autonomous. The more free and autonomous you are, the more the others will appreciate you and will ask for your company.

More autonomous you are, the less disturbing you will be to others by your demands, all the more, others will have some respect for your functioning and will look for your friendship.

If you do not stop asking all the time for possessions, or services, or money, they will soon start avoiding you and your company.

The LIMIT of not disturbing is clearly indicated, THE ONE THAT LOVES NEVER HARMS HIS FELLOW MAN.)

Romans chapter 13 verse 12-14

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and PUT ON THE ARMOR OF LIGHT. 13 Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissendion and jealousy.

14 RATHER, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND DO NOT THINK ABOUT HOW TO GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE.

(The weapons which allow us to fight in the light are virtues, it is necessary to behave honestly and stay away from quarrels, sinful desires, etc.

The biggest war is against yourselves, and you have to choose, and go against your own nature which urges you constantly to satisfy certain desires which take you away from Me and from My Commands.)

Romans Chapter 14 verse 10-13

You, then, WHY DO YOU JUDGE YOUR BROTHER? OR WHY DO YOU LOOK DOWN ON YOUR BROTHER?

For we will all stand before God's judgment seat.

11 It is written :

"As surely as I live," says the Lord, every knee will bow before me;

every tongue will confess to God."

12 So then, EACH OF US WILL GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF TO GOD.

13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way.

(The weak critisizes faith, the strong in faith scorns the other, each will return accounts to God for his own person.

We are the cause of fall or scandal for the other one when we allow ourselves to work badly against God's Law.

Let the others do as they want, but I do not want you fall in traps, and speak badly, and that you behave badly.

When you see a person who sets you a trap, who puts obstacles in your way, so that you fall and get carried away, go away because everyone is responsible for his ownself, for his own functioning. And watch austerely yourself that you do not lay a trap for anyone, and put an obstacle in his way and cause him to stumble against My Law.

The weak and the strong in faith show an example, by controlling austerely your functioning, and your words.

And the one who speaks the truth and talks with justice to allow the others to become better, he does well, and it’s certainly not bad, meditate the Wisdom which is in the Old Testament.)

Romans chapter 14 verse 19

Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

(The spiritual construction of everyone of the church is practicable when the people are fed with a healthy and solid spiritual nurishment.

Do good, do not damage anybody, you will succeed when everyone understands what it means living with the Good New of the New Testament and the Commands of God and Christ.)

Romans chapter 16 verse 17-20

I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.

18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.

19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I am full of joy over you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

( Those that arouse divisions in the Good New, and in the body of Christ, and mislead the believers in turning away and against the commands of God and the New Testament, stay away from them, because they do not serve Christ, but their own interest, and themselves.

By their words and their speeches, and their explanations, they deceive the spirit of Good News to naive people.

Jesus Christ unites with the words of the truth, and the truth of the Good News and the New Testament, everyone that follow Christ and the New Testament that is given to all the people, and acts with good words and good actions, love Christ and Christ loves them.

Because you belong to Christ and NOT TO THE PEOPLE.)

Corinthians chapter 1 verse 10-17

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought.

11 My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.

12 What I mean is this : One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another , "I follow Apollos"; another , "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ."

13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul.

14 I am thankful that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so no one can say that you were baptized into my name.

16 (Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.)

17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel - not with words of human wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.

(Whoever is baptized in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit in God's sanctuary where God's Word is preached, the Holy Bible and certainly the New Testament, with the Good News, and lives with Gods Commands by loving his fellow man and acts good by not damaging others by their thoughts, or acts, or in words, is a child of God and an accomplished christian.

The rest results from people who were trapped by the devil, who wants every to be against each other, that you are all divided, that you quarrel, and the fact that you act so, you exceed God's commands. Watch how you work, and whos will you are doing?

Because God wants that all his workers realize what a healthy and solid spiritual nurishment means, and that they exercise their senses so they don’t get trapped by the devil themselves who manipulates you slyly so that they live against and outside of God's commands.

And nobody should say they belong to human organizations, or to a person, say only that I belong to God, to Christ, and I go to the church of God, and of Jesus Christ.

Nothing more, because the rest of the names come from people.

You do not belong to any man or organization, to God and to Jesus Christ only.

Faith, virtues and love to all will lead you in God's road, and near Christ.

From all time because of the love for prestige, the glory, man pursues from others his own recognition.

It is better that you pursue to bring others back to God, Christ, and the Good New, and each of you NOT to always pursue, to return others towards God, Christ, the Good New and you. Who authorized you to add your name or organization, in supplement?

Human ways, human wisdom.

So that you arrived today at the theory, so that only if somebody belongs to a human name, or to a name of human organization you belong to God and to Christ, and you live then as a spiritual person!

Not only you require others that they recognize you, but you arrived to a point to say, that if they do not belong to you and if they do not recognize you, they are not My children, and nor christians.

You placed your name, higher than that God’s and Christ.

When somebody asserts that he glorifies God, and has faith in Christ, and behaves honestly and with love towards others, you say that he is from satan because he did not say your name.

YOU RISE HIGHER THAN GOD AND CHRIST.

It is necessary to recognize you, you the person, so that you can accept them as children of God, if they do not recognize you they are from satan. HOW MUCH PRIDE DO YOU HAVE !

You think that if you say you belong to such an oranization without living according to God's commands in your everyday functioning, that you are christians.

Read again the proverbs and psalms of the Old Testament where God's Wisdom is in.

Pedagogy, education, control, correction, humility, etc.)

Corinthians chapter 1 verse 26-31

Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. NOT MANY OF YOU WERE WISE BY HUMAN STANDARDS; not many were influential; not many were of noble birthe.

27 But God CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE WISE; GOD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE STRONG.

28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things- and the things that are not - TO NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, 29 so that NO ONE MAY BOAST BEFORE HIM.

30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, WHO HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD- that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

31 Therefore, as it is writeen : "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

(I, God of the Universe loves My children who are humble, who have the strength to help the others, who love the others, who do not damage anybody, and who love Me God and Jesus Christ, who do not boast of anything themselves, so that I can rise them.

I love that my children who look only to acquire more virtues to serve Me and others better, and not to boast what they are and what they do, by criticizing constantly the others to prove their superiority.

And acting that way, they tumble from the Light.

You should show your zeal, to carry out My Will, not damage anybody, not defame anybody, to love the others, never judge anybody because judgment belongs to Me. How can you know what happens in the hearts of my children, and to decide in My place if they are My children or not, try hard to be children of God by doing good around you. You already have a lot of work.

For the judgment, this belongs to Me, I do not allow any man to judge the another about his faith.

Love them healthily and especially do not damage them either in words, or in acts.

Do not dirty what I cleaned.

Your work is not to judge others if they are or if not a child of God, but to give the Good News and to only go against the evil which harms a person, and to help the most deprived. And when I tell you to go against, that means not even for retribution do I allow you to behave badly, maliciously, only stay away from the evil, so can't tie you at all.

And the one that wants to live as a christian, will live, and the one that wants to live godlessly, it is his right, it is not your problem, your responsibility was to speak to him, he does not want to listen, that’s o.k., do not speak to him about this suject again; but if his functioning as a person doesn’t do you any harm, you can frequent him, do not be hostile to him, because you go beyond my commands, and you are making a mistake.)

Corinthians chapter 2 verse 6 -8

We do, however, speak a message of Wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

7 NO, WE SPEAK OF GOD'S SECRET WISDOM, A WISDOM THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN AND THAT GOD DESTINED FOR OUR GLORY BEFORE TIME BEGAN.

8 NONE OF THE RULERS OF THIS AGE UNDERSTOOD IT, FOR IF THEY HAD, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CRUCIFIED THE LORD OF GLORY.

Corinthians chapter 2 verse 9-16

However, as it is written :

"No eyes has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"

10 but God has revealed it to us by his Spirit.

The Spirit searches, all things, even the deep things of God.

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

12 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

14 The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

15 The spiritual man makes judgments about all things, but he himself is not subject to any man's judgment:

16 "For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?"

But we have the mind of Christ.

(Only the Holy Spirit of God knows the secrets of God, and not any man. And those that do not receive Holy Spirit can not understand the gifts of the Holy Spirit, that why you should be comprehensive and patient to those that do not receive it.)

Corinthians chapter 3 verse 16-17

DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU YOURSELVES ARE GOD'S TEMPLE AND THAT GOD'S SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU?

17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him; for God's temple is sacred, AND YOU ARE THAT TEMPLE.

(Do not destroy any man, because God will destroy you, because the Spirit of God lives among his children, and because you live as spiritual person, you are God's sanctuary.)

Corinthians chapter 5 verse 1-3

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans :

A man has his fathers's wife.

2 AND YOU ARE PROUD ! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?

3 Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit.

And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

( I said to you before that Judgment belonged to Me as regards the faith of each.

But if somebody who says that he's a christian and does not respect the Good, and lives against My Commands, and acts badly, then take him away from others, so he will not propagate evil within christians.

Because those that do not rebel against the immoral acts, are an accomplice.

There are small sins and big sins, big sins are forbidden to a christian.

And INDIFFERENCE IN FRONT OF EVIL, the immorality, the desires of the flesh is an error.

Do not allow the bad triumph in front of your eyes without reacting!

It would damage you, the others and your children!).

Corinthians chapter 5 verse 9-13

I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people -

10 not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

11 But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, and idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

12 What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

13 God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

(I said it to you clearly that the evil, the immoral acts you should fight against, under all its forms, words, acts. To prevent the evil from damaging you.

That is why when somebody tells you that he loves Christ, and continues to commit evil, by damaging others, it would be better for him not to say that he loves others and Christ.

Because one can not serve two bosses at the same moment, God and Satan.

The one that always does evil belongs to his father, and the one that does good belongs to Me and he is a son of God.

That’s how to discern who is a child of God and who is not. Only to discern it, but never tell anybody, that he is not a child of God, because this judgment belongs to Me.

Only for their bad concrete action, you can tell him, and if he does not want to change his behavior, ask him to stay away, and that he stops saying that he is christian.

Attention, in case of a big sin that the christian stay away, because you all have sins, some have a lot, and others less, and the one that has never sinned throws the first stone.

For small sins it is necessary to control yourself, but it is not necessary to stay away from the Church of the Christ.

It is not allowed to the Christian who received the solid spiritual nurishment, and decides to live as a spiritual man, to fall so low and to commit a big sin, then there is no sacrifice which could save him.

But in the friendship between Christian, if your behavior creates constant problems to others, even small sins, then your christian friend can keep you away from his house.

Do not get angry, learn to discipline yourself.

Because I do not authorize a christian to return evil, but neither to continue to have problems because of the evil which you cause him.

I love the just men enough, to want to protect them from wickedness of the non-just men.

It is not enough to shout high and strong I am christian, it is necessary for you to be an accomplished christian.)

Corinthians chapter 6 verse 9-11

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived : NEITHER THE SEXUALLY IMMORAL NOR IDOLATERS NOR ADULTERERS NOR MALE PROSTITUTES NOR HOMOSEXUAL OFFENDERS NOR THIEVES NOR THE GREEDY NOR DRUNKARDS NOR SLANDERERS NOR SWINDLERS WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

11 And that is what some of you were. BUT YOU WERE WASHED, YOU WERE SANCTIFIED, YOU WERE JUSTIFIED IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.

(This is the real limit to become a People of God.

The thoughts, the speaking, the acts.

Because nothing of impure will belong to the People of God and of Christ.

God agrees against the bad and the immorality.)

1 Corinthians chap. 9 : 19 -23

Though I am FREE AND BELONG TO NO MAN, I make myself a slave to everyone, TO WIN AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

20 TO THE JEWS I BECAME LIKE A JEW, TO WIN THE JEWS.

TO THOSE UNDER THE LAW I BECAME LIKE ONE UNDER THE LAW (though I myself am not under the law), SO AS TO WIN THOSE UNDER THE LAW.

21 TO THOSE NOT HAVING THE LAW I BECAME LIKE ONE NOT HAVING THE LAW (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), SO AS TO WIN THOSE NOT HAVING THE LAW.

22 TO THE WEAK I BECAME WEAK, TO WIN THE WEAK.

I HAVE BECOME ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN SO THAT BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS I MIGHT SAVE SOME.

23 I DO ALL THIS FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL, THA I MAY SHARE IN ITS BLESSINGS.

(You have to learn, to adapt as the apostle tries to adapt in human situations and to human understandings to be able to save most people.

He does everything for everyone, so he can collect everyone for Me.

Because the Kingdom of God is not a question of food, either of fast, or of circumcision, or interpretations,etc., the Kingdom of God is a realm where nothing of impure will enter.

The man has to love Me and have faith in Jesus Christ, because He is the Messiah announced in the Old Testament by my prophets.

And the Holy Spirit of God, speaks to you about Me, about Him and about My Word.

However the apostle does everything so that My children believe in Christ, because what prevents the impure man to enter Celestial Kingdom is bad thoughts, bad words, and bad actions.

That’s why, the apostle and the christians rebel against the evil.

Evil harms the people of God, and anybody who says they belong to Me, does not have the right to want to continue to damage either in thoughts, or in words, or in acts and stays away from traps that others set for him.

It shows clearly if you belong to Me, God or if you belong to the other one.

Show your acts and I will tell you who you are.

The apostle showed the example by adapting himself to the Jews and to the non-Jews to gain them towards Christ, and you also, adapt yourselves to all my children who love Me and love the Christ and chase away the evil with all its forms, thoughts, acts and words.

Somebody says he belongs to Me, and by his words, and acts, he acts badly, I will not recogize him, neither will Christ).

Corinthians chapter 9 verse 25-27

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

26 THEREFORE I DO NOT RUN LIKE A MAN RUNNING AIMLESSLY; I DO NOT FIGHT LIKE A MAN BEATING THE AIR.

27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that AFTER I HAVE PREACHED TO OTHERS, I MYSELF WILL NOT BE DISQUALIFIED FOR THE PRIZE.

(Austere discipline is necessary to learn to educate your thoughts, your words, and your acts.

So that the man of the flesh is crushed and to avoid various traps a lot of will is needed, it is necessary to exercise his feelings, because even when your internal world decides to live in the light, until you manage to live external as you decide inside your being, an austere discipline is needed.

The apostle does not knock at random, he knocks against all which harm the man.

But, when one has faith, even when one has the knowledge of the biblical truths, that’s why it is necessary to educate your thoughts, words and actions so you will not be rejected.

The fear of God is the beginning of the wisdom. How humble is the apostle ! while he taught the others, he continued to be very watchful so he will not be considered unworthy, that’s why I, God raised him!

Corinthians chapter 10 verse 10-13

And do not grumble, as some of them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!

13No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

(Temptations are the desires of your hearts and your thoughts, when you want to act badly, when you maintain wickedness towards others,etc., then certainly you are tempted, you should master your desires, and temptations, this is the hardest to do.

What will give you the strength to overcome all the temptations and all your desires which damage you and damage others.

It is the love for Me and for Christ and your healthy love for the others.

In these two Commands, which are the biggest, you will find the strength to stay away from evil.)

Corinthians chapter 16 verse 13-14

Be on your guard; STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.

(It is the love which will give you the strength to remove the evil from your thoughts and your hearts.)

2 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 12

Now this is our boast : Our conscience testifes that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace.

(Consciousness is a lamp which lights you when you do good and when you hurt, when you do good, you feel well, as if you have wings which fidget with enjoyment in you at the level of the heart, and when you hurt, you feel sick, and you feel guilty, because your consciousness does not leave you quiet, until you repaired your malicious gossip, your slanders, or the bad acts which you committed.

When you repaired and when you asked for forgiveness appreciatively of your errors and with humility, then the others forgive you and I, God of the Universe also.

I God of the Universe appreciates simplicity, sincerity, they are virtues that all my children know how to appreciate.)

2 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 10-11

If you forgive anyone, I also forgive him. And what I have forgiven- if there was anything to forgive- I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order THAT SATAN MIGHT NOT OUTWIT US. FOR WE ARE NOT UNAWARE OF HIS SCHEMES.

(Because Satan urges you by your thoughts and in your heart to commit faults to Me God of the Universe, Jesus Christ, to go against my Commands but where it is really easy for him to affect you, is by your weaknesses and desires of the flesh, and your love for someone.

He urges you to damage my children, but I, God of the Universe I ask you to never damage anybody.

And when somebody commits a bad action, when he repairs his damage and regrets, and asks for forgiveness with simplicity, with sincerity and with humility.

Then, I God of the Universe I forgive him, and you should also.

But the arrogant people, the arrogat, the thankless, the cunning which apologize to you quickly, and always try to catch you in wrong so they can laugh at you, and tell you with slyness you have to forgive for me, you have to love your ennemy, you can not judge me, so they can continue their misdeeds undisturbed, and continue to damage you with impunity, and make you feel guilty that you are not good children of God, stay away from them, they are bad, because if you stay with them, they will continue to damage you!

I, God of the Universe I do not forgive the arrogant people, either the thankless, or the cunning. And I do not allow them to dare and hide behind the biblical truths to continue to damage the others.

If they know so well to use the writings to maintain the evil, they would be better for them to know that to love his fellow man in writings, it means do not damage them in the least!

I do not accept those that act badly, speak badly, use the truths of love of the Holy Bible to be passed as virtuous people and continued to damage My children, with the quiet consciousness!

Stay away from those that act so.

Because those usually take the defence of the godless, and manhandle the just man.)

2 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 6

For God, who said, "LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS," MADE HIS LIGHT SHINE IN OUR HEARTS TO GIVE US THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST.

(The Light, the Good, the Virtues will shine in the middle of the darkness, and to separate from the Evil, and the immorality.

To receive brilliant knowledge in your hearts and in your spirit, to want the Light to want the Good, to choose it, to maintain it, to make it a part of your everyday life, and the glory of God which shines on the face of the Christ, will shine on your face, so you will be like sun in the darkness.)

2 Corinthians chapter 5 verse 11-12

Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men.

What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

(Do not boast of external details, but watch your internal world, what you have in the heart, your love, your virtues, and your goodness. Those that say they belong to Me by giving you details, signs, external demonstrations, are poor, but those that say they belong to Me by having in their heart and in their thoughts and their words and their acts the Good, God's light, and internal virtues, these understood the main thing.)

2 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 4-13

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way : in great endurance; in troubles, hardships and distresses; 5 in beatings, imprisonments and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights and hunger; 6 in purity, understanding, patience and kindness; in the Holy Spirit and in sincere love; 7 in truthful speech and in the power of God; with weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; 8 through glory and dishonor, bad report and good report; genuine, yet regarded as impostors; 9 known, yet regarded as unknown; dying, and yet we live on; beaten, and yet not killed; 10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

11 We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians, and opened wide our hearts to you.

12 We are not withholding our affection from you, but you are withholding yours from us.

13 As a fair exchange- I speak as to my children- open wide your hearts also.

(The apostle uses as weapon what is just, to fight against the evil, and also to defend himself from attacks of the evil.

When you say the good, namely what is harmful to a person, has an effect to those that hurt others to rebel, they do not accept the Good which would allow to have a healthy society, with healthy people, and relations of healthy love, words of love and acts of love.

Their heart closes, because it is hard to want, to choose and to maintain the Good. One does not tolerate that what is just and good is proclaimed high and strong.

It is difficult to accept the pedagogy of God, and the corrections of God, His austere control, He humbles all that rise themselves, and whoever is hurt with all these statements, it is because he feels the truth, let him humble himself, so that I God of the Universe, can rise him.

They do not bear that what is just and good is shouted with strength. Tell them that the evil, is permitted, then they will open their hearts to you.

Dare to tell them what is just and good, to change their behavior, and it is enough that they close their hearts to you.

Attention, so you will not do the same today.)

2 Corinthians chapter 6 verse 14-18

Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness?

15 What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16 What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols?

For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said : "I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

17 "Therefore come out from them and be separate, says the Lord.

Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you."

18 "I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty."

( Do not make improper associations, because you know that they will damage you, because their heart and their thoughts are always towards evil, that’s why it is better to unite among christians.

Not to join means do not begin a work with a godless, because he has not the same rules of life as you and he will not agree to be just.

To leave is preferable than to return the evil.

To leave is neither an act of Judgment, nor an act of cruelty, nor an act of intolerance, it is an act of defence, of protection.

Prefer to maintain narrow relations with the other christians, so that you understand better the Good News of the Gospel, and to see each other without fear of anyone hurting you, your husband or wife, to your children, to your friends.

But I God of the universe I also say to you that it doesn't matter much if they are christians or their religious beliefs, as long as they do not damage you, love them and do not damage them on any account, because by being with you, maybe you will be able with love and patience by your example, you will give them the urge to love Me and to want the Good.

But if they damage you, go away! I do not want you to return evil with evil.

And do not judge, so be tolerant and don’t condemn others, but do not let them damage you by their words, or by their bad acts.

Do not give them pearls if they do not know how to appreciate them, but do not allow them to laugh at you because of your beliefs in God, you also do not laugh at them with their beliefs. This is love.

As long as nobody tries to divert you from your faith and doesn’t harm you and prevents you from continuing to have a healthy life, you can continue to frequent him.

Because you are the salt of the world, you are the lamps which shine, then continue by your quality of life to illuminate others.

All appreciate the Good, the believers as the unbelievers. And nobody appreciates to undergo the evil, either an injustice, or a slander, or a blow, or to be raped, or to be stolen, or to be deceived, or to be hated, or to be killed, or to be put of on the side.

Be brilliant and strong and you will see everybody will appreciate your love, and your company, it will be popular, because every believer and unbeliever, appreciate the Good for his ownself.

Independently of how one acts to the others.)

2 Corinthians chapter 7 verse 8-12

Even if I causeed you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it- I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while- 9 yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but BECAUSE YOUR SORROW LED YOU TO REPENTANCE.

For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us.

10 GODLY SORROW BRINGS REPENTANCE THAT LEADS TO SALVATION AND LEAVES NO REGRET, BUT WORLDLY SORROW BRINGS DEATH.

11 Sea what this godly sorrow has produced in you : what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see JUSTICE DONE.

At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

12 SO EVEN THOUGH I WROTE TO YOU, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong or the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.

(The truth to write or to say to the others what does damage, and what is harmful, causes sadness, but this sadness which God permits, allows a change in the functioning which leads to regret and in good.

And it is not necessary to regret or to be afraid of having said or wrote the truth.

The truth hurts those that did injustice, but those that accepted injustice suffer much more.

The truth allows them to become aware that their words and their acts do damage.

It is the only way to make them aware of the evil and that they try to improve towards the good.

It is not to sadden you that the truth has to be told, but if they don’t tell you the truth concerning the damages which you provoke to yourself and others is very dangerous,and has grave consequences.

This truth is God's will and it leads in to the regret of the just person, it allows to keep good relations with the others.

By healthy love, it is necessary for you to say the truth, that permits to save the person.

Often it is easier to keep silent, to be indifferent but the law of silence and the law of indifference did not lead anybody towards the better future, towards the good, towards what is useful and constructive to him, to be saved.

By love, it is necessary to help the others, even though you might sadden them with the truth, to become firmer towards the good, towards the virtues.)

2 Corinthians chapter 8 verse 22

In addition, we are sending with them our brother WHO HAS OFTEN PROVED TO US IN MANY WAYS THAT HE IS ZEALOUS, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you.

( Test, the people of God in many circumstances, because for a man of God to arrive at the spiritual maturity, so that he manages to have directions exercised for what is good and what is bad, so that he raises himself towards virtues, so that he manages completely to crush the man of flesh, so that he manages not to care about money, to be honest, just, humble, etc. He needs a lot of pedagogy, exercises to sharpen his senses, feelings with the others, to have will, and discipline and self-control.

Love for Me and Christ and Holy Bible, and the Knowledge of the Divine Treasuries, and Wisdom, and Prayer, and the Study of Papers, and your union with the other Christians will give you the strength to rise towards the spiritual man, the man of the spirit.

In the end, you will manage to get dressed the new man to Christ and to crush the man of the flesh.

Some need a lot of pedagogy and a lot of time to arrive there and the others much less pedagogy because the desires of their heart are already more just, more ripe and they need less time.

But you have to try them all, to test them.

The biggest obstacle is money, the tangible assets, pride, and the desires for the flesh, etc…

Having tried and tested you, if one considers you honest, just, responsible, not attached to the tangible, not grasping assets, then you gained the confidence of the others.

But when you are not responsible, friendly of the material world, grasping, rapacious, etc., then rightly the others do not rely on you, it is for you to decide on what you want.

And it is up to you to prove to the others, not only with big words that they can rely on you, but with acts and within situations you are tried, felt, tested, for your maturity, your honesty, your responsibiity, etc.)

2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 3-6

For though WE LIVE IN THE WORLD, WE DO NOT WAGE WAR AS THE WORLD DOES. 4 THE WEAPONS WE FIGHT WITH ARE NOT THE WEAPONS OF THE WORLD.

On the contrary, THEY HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS.

5 WE DEMOLISH ARGUMENTS AND EVERY PRETENSION THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and WE TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST.

6 AND WE WILL BE READY TO PUNISH EVERY ACT OF DISOBEDIENCE, ONCE YOUR OBEDIENCE IS COMPLETE.

7 You are LOOKING ONLY ON THE SURFACE OF THINGS.

(They imprison any bad thought to bring it to obey Christ, who asks you to love God, and to love your fellow man as yourself.

Learn to imprison your bad thoughts, and you will know how to love God and your fellow man.)

2 Corinthians chapter 10 verse 10-11

For some say, "His letters are WEIGHTY and FORCEFUL, but in person he is UIMPRESSIVE and HIS SPEAKING AMOUNTS TO NOTHING." 11 Such people should realize that WHAT WE ARE IN OUR LETTERS WHEN WE ARE ABSENT, WE WILL BE IN OUR ACTIONS WHEN WE ARE PRESENT.

(Paul's letters are hard and austere in front of the bad actions which damage the others. He is simple and sincere when he is present, some confused it as a weakness.

Paul is strong when it is a question of fighting against the evil, but later he is simple and sincere, he loves them with all his heart, you should do like him.)

2 Corinthians chapter 11 verse 2-3

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I PROMISED YOU TO ONE HUSBAND, TO CHRIST, SO THAT I MIGHT PRESENT YOU AS A PURE VIRGIN TO HIM.

3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by THE SERPENT'S CUNNING, YOUR MINDS MAY SOMEHOW BE LED ASTRAY FROM YOUR SINCERE AND PURE DEVOTION TO CHRIST.

(The apostle engaged you with Christ, to present you to Him as a pure virgin.

Engagement takes place inside your being, in your soul, when you build your internal sanctuary, God's sanctuary, when your soul is finally brilliant, and pure as a virgin, when you do not dirty it with your desires for the flesh, then only Christ comes and gets engaged with your soul.And He lives in you.

All who tell you the divine truths love you, and because they love you, they do not want to let you get mislead by the skillful lies of the snake, and they bring you and give you with love and strength the words which are going to allow you to be a member of the People of God, to save your souls from spiritual death, to return you to life.

It would be much easier for My children if they told you nothing, but because they love you they want you to be good and save yourselves and decide to become a child of God, and they fight with the strength of the word and against yourself, because they love you more than yourself. They want you to be saved.)

2 Corinthians chapter 13 verse 5-10

EXAMINE YOURSELVES TO SEE WHETHER YOU ARE IN THE FAITH; TEST YOURSELVES.

Do you not realize that Christ Jesus IS IN YOU- unless, of course, YOU FAIL THE TEST?

6 And I TRUST THAT YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT WE HAVE NO FAILED THE TEST.

7 Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong.

Not that people will see that we have stood THE TEST but that you will do WHAT IS RIGHT even though we may seem to have failed.

8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and OUR PRAYER IS FOR YOUR PERFECTION.

10 This is why I write these things when I am absent, that when I come I MAY NOT HAVE TO BE HARSH IN MY USE OF AUTHORITY - THE AUTHORITY THE LORD GAVE ME FOR BUILDING YOU UP, NOT FOR TEARING YOU DOWN.

(It is important that you control yourself, that you have a just knowledge of yourself, your behavior, that you try to improve what was not yet crushed, put yourselves through test in your internal world, that you selfcontrol your own person by yourself, if you do not damage anybody and if you have faith !

All the christians are tested, for that reason you have to show patient during tests, you do not have to fail these tests.

The apostle prays so that you do not hurt.

He wants to see you practicing the good. It is God's truth and you can not go against it.

The severity and the authority which he uses, which God gives the apostle, and to all those whom God Himself grants them after pedagogy and, only if you are competent, it is God who gives it, to allow you to build and not to demolish.

It is so that His children are led in to regret, to save themselves.)

Galates chapter 1 verse 11-12

I want you to know, brothers, that THE GOSPEL I PREACHED IS NOT SOMETHING THAT MAN MADE UP.

12 I DID NOT RECEIVE IT FROM ANY MAN, NOR WAS I TAUGHT IT; rather, I RECEIVED IT BY REVELATION FROM JESUS CHRIST.

(The Holy Spirit of God gives strength to people to speak about the Good New of the New Testament.

It is another thing if people taught you about it, and another thing if the Holy Spirit of God teaches it to you.

When the Holy Spirit teaches it to you, and after many tests and exercises and after the pedagogy, when God Himself, rises you and finds you capable of giving the Gospel as God wants, with divine revelations, and not with human wisdom, then the Good is animated, as God's Word.

Even when I check up on you it is because of love so that you can be saved. That’s why you have the assurance that you are My children, because I educate you, and I check up on you so you won’t get lost.)

Galates chapter 4 verse 16-19

Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

17 Those people are zealous to win you over, but FOR NO GOOD. What they want is to ALIENATE YOU FROM US, so that you may be zealous for them.

18 It is fine to be zealous, PROVIDED THE PURPOSE IS GOOD, and to BE SO ALWAYS AND NOT JUST WHEN I AM WITH YOU.

19 My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until CHRIST IS FORMED IN YOU.

( The apostle suffers when you do not perform with interest to do what is good not only when he is near but at all times, that is clear that Christ is present in you.

Try always to do good, until THE FIGURE OF CHRIST is transformed into you.)

Galates chapter 5 verse 13-15

You, my brothers, were CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE SINFUL NATURE; rather, serve one another in love.

14 THE ENTIRE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN A SINGLE COMMAND : "Love your neighbor as yourself".

15 IF YOU KEEP ON BITING AND DEVOURING EACH OTHER, WATCH OUT OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY EACH OTHER.

( I, God of the Universe gives you the freedom to think, to speak, to act, but you never should use this Freedom to damage others.

So you will arrive at the perfection of the Law "LOVE YOUR FELLOW MAN AS YOURSELF").

Galates chapter 5 verse 16-21

So I say, LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, and you WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE.

17 FOR THE SINFUL NATURE DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SINFUL NATURE.

They are in CONFLICT EACH OTHER, SO THAT YOU DO NOT DO WHAT YOU WANT.

18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.

19 THE ACTS OF THE SINFUL NATURE ARE OBVIOUS : SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY AND DEBAUCHERY; 20 IDOLATRY AND WITCHCRAFT; HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OR RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS and ENVY; drunkenness, orgies, and the like.

I WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

(Take seriously the WARNING of the apostle :

THOSE THAT ACT AS IT, choosing THE EVIL, and damage the others and their ownselves SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

He does not tell you to whom you belong here on earth, to people or to human organizations, because you ALL BELONG TO CHRIST.

That leads you in the narrow road of the Kingdom, and NOT WHAT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM THAT IF YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THEM, YOU WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

You can go to any sanctuary where the Good News of the New Testament is preached, but IF YOU DO NOT STOP DAMAGING, YOU WILL NOT COME IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD, it is NOT THE PEOPLE WHO DECIDE, EVEN THOUGH THEY DON'T APPROVE THIS WORD, BUT YOUR ACTS, YOUR WORDS, YOUR THOUGHTS WICH SHOW WHO IS YOUR FATHER.)

Galates chapter 5 verse 22-26

BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, 23 GENTLENESS AND SELF- CONTROL.

AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW.

24 THOSE WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS HAVE CRUCIFIED THE SINFUL NATURE WITH ITS PASSIONS AND DESIRES.

25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.

26 Let us not become conceited, PROVOKING AND ENVYING EACH OTHER.

(What is asked of you by God and the Christ in your BEHAVIOR to the sons and daughters of God it is written clearly in these verses.

From the Fruits of your Behavior it will depend if you will pass by THE NARROW DOOR OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND NOT BY EXTERNAL AND SUPERFICIAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

You can read the Holy Bible 1000 times, you can be found in God's Church, and Christ, you can show that you pray a lot and all the time, but if you do not possess in your daily behavior the internal fruits, the external will not save you.)

Galates chapter 6 verse 1-5

Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently.

But watch yourself, or you also may BE TEMPTED.

2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

3 IF ANYONE THINKS HE IS SOMETHING WHEN HE IS NOTHING, HE DECEIVES HIMSELF.

4 EACH ONE SHOULD TEST HIS OWN ACTIONS.

THEN HE CAN TAKE PRIDE IN HIMSELF, WITHOUT COMPARING HIMSELF TO SOMEBODY ELSE, 5 FOR EACH ONE SHOULD CARRY HIS OWN LOAD.

(If somebody makes an error in his behavior and damages himself and others, and is christian, tell him with simplicity, with love, and discretion not to continue damaging anymore, for his own good, because this does not concern anybody else but him, show some love and some understanding, explain to him the consequences and why it is not good for a child of God to make this error.

Because one day you might make an error, you also would like if someone did the same to you.

Be watchful that you do not get influenced by this error.

If he has a certain maturity, he will understand and will repair himself.

If you see that he does not understand, let him act as he wants, if he does not influence you in his error, do not get involved any more.

Look in proverbs what is clearly explained, HOW TO ACT.

Now, in your everyday life, even a non-christian, if you see him making an error, and if you feel that he is going to listen to your advice and to your explanations concerning the consequences of his error, tell him, so he can improve himself, and if he feels what you explained to him, he will be happy of your interest and he will listen and will look for your advice for other circumstances.

Help them to carry their burden and to have a just behavior.

But maturity depends on themselves, not of you.

But do not forget that each of you has his own burden to be carried.

Only in comparison with yourself you must be proud that your behavior, thoughts, words, acts are as Christ wants.

Watch yourself daily so your love will grow stronger for others everyday.

You should always more try to tame yourselves and to have virtues, because you have a lot of work to improve your behavior, learn to instantly realize your mistakes, and constantly be aware of your behavior.

NEVER IN COMPARISON WITH OTHERS.

This provokes jealousy, envy, disputes, hypocracy, etc. and chases away humility, chases away humanity, KILLS THE LOVE.

You want to prove that you are better than the others, you want recognition from others, you speak bad about others, you look and point them out for every little thing they do, NOT by love for them, but to show that you are better, more right, SUPERIOR.

This sin IS the WORST SIN and its name is PRIDE.

You should never compare yourselves to others, because each of you are UNIQUE TO ME YOUR FATHER.

And you do not even accept when somebody tells you about one of you errors, and you can not even tell someone about their error with love and simplicity, without angering him.

Whoever wants to be first he should sincerely loves others, with love and humbleness AND I SHALL RISE HIM.

He that increases in virtues with justice towards the Good, and I SHALL CONFIDE A LOT TO HIM.

Never in your mind or in your heart, compare yourselves to others; only KEEP YOURSELVES IN CHECK IF CHRIST STEERS in your THOUGHTS and in your HEARTS, AND IF YOUR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OTHERS IS AN EXAMPLE.

IT IS ANOTHER THING WHEN THE OTHERS RECOGNIZE YOU BY YOUR WORDS, YOUR ACTS, AND THROW YOU FLOWERS, COMPLIMENT YOU.

Because THE GOOD IS RECOGNIZED BY THE OTHERS.)

Ephesians chapter 1 verse 3-10

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestines us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will- 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace 8 that he lavished on us with ALL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.

9 Want he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment - to bring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

(When you begin to believe in Jesus Christ, all your sins ARE FORGIVEN, by the Sacrifice of Christ, you are then a new person, you are reborn without sin, and you receive His grace with a full wisdom and a full intelligence TO LEARN TO LOVE.

At first God, Jesus Christ, and your fellow man as yourself.

You have the FREEDOM to think, to speak, and to act, the only required thing is not to damage.

THE LOWEST LIMIT OF LOVE IS NOT TO DAMAGE, AND THERE IS NO GREATER LIMIT FOR LOVE, IT IS LOVE.

And whoever will believe in Christ, and will be reborn in LOVE WILL BE SAVED. God's Wisdom protects you from any evil and guides your steps in the road of the just man.)

Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11-16

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare GOD'S PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST.

Ephesians chapter 4 verse 17-24

So I tell you this, and insists on it in the Lord, that you must NO LONGER LIVE AS THE GENTILES DO, IN THE FUTILITY OF THEIR THINKING.

18 They are DARKENED IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING AND SEPARATED FROM THE LIFE OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE IGNORANCE THAT IS IN THEM DUE TO THE HARDENING OF THEIR HEART.

19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

20You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21 Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus.

22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, TO PUT OFF YOUR OLD SELF, WHICH IS BEING CORRUPTED BY ITS DECEITFUL DESIRES; 23 TO BE MADE NEW IN THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR MINDS; 24 AND TO PUT ON THE NEW SELF, CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD IN TRUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS.

(It shows clearly who is a son of God, and who is not; it is necessary to renew your heart and your spirit.

To dress as the new person of Christ, which guides in the just and holy life that inspires the truth.

This is the kind of life that Jesus Christ wants, the Messiah of God.)

Ephesians chapter 4 verse 25-32

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, FOR WE ARE ALL MEMBERS OF ONE BODY.

26 "In your anger do not sin" : Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. 28 He who has been stealing must STEAL NO LONGER, but MUST WORK, doing something useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share with those in need.

29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but ONLY WHAT IS HELPFUL FOR BUILDING OTHERS UP ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS, THAT IT MAY BENEFIT THOSE WHO LISTEN.

30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.

32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

(I, God of the Universe tells you at once that this way of living was sent to the Christian communities which received Holy Spirit.

And all this, was given to them, so that they live a life filled with love, with peace and with Light.

The Spirit is God's seal on you.

I, God of the Universe give the same rules to all my children who will want, who will choose, and who will maintain all those rules of life.

All who want to belong to Christ here on earth, have to live daily with these commands among them.

All who want to belong to Jesus Christ, and want to be reborn and to get dressed of the new man by learning to manage their thoughts, to manage their words, and to manage their acts are invited to take part in the Kingdom of God.

Be filled with patience for them, because at THE BEGINNING OF THEIR LEARNING OF THEIR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST, from time to time they make errors.

AVOID ALL WICKEDNESS TOWARDS EACH OTHER.

On the contrary, be good and filled with affection for one another.

Forgive one another, as I forgave you in Christ.

Because whoever belongs to Christ and gets dressed of the New man can not be any more at the origin of substantial damages, and especially there is no more will in him to damage somebody.

These epistles were sent to the Christians, and not to the non- Christians.

As regards the non- believers, do not allow them to damage you in anyway, but continue to love them, even though they do not wish to receive pearls.

But if they continue to damage you, without wanting to understand you when you tell it to them, stay away from them.

Because they could cause you many problems, and to weaken you in your spiritual work of the management of your thoughts, words and acts.

As long as they don’t damage you, love them. As long as they do not trap you, do not bring you down in errors, love them.

Jesus said to you "love your enemies", and EVEN WHEN YOU STAY AWAY FROM THEM, continue to love them, BECAUSE YOU RESPECT THEM, YOU DO NOT RETURN THEIR WICKEDNESS, YOU DO NOT CRITICIZE THEM TO THE OTHERS, AND YOU WILL NOT REVEAL THEIR SECRETS WHICH WERE GIVEN IN THE LOVE OF FRIENDSHIP.

And IF ONE DAY THEY COME TO ASK YOU FOR A GARMENT, OR FOR A LITTLE FOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE COLD OR HUNGRY, GIVE IT TO THEM.

Don't be angry with them, and forgive them in your heart and in your mind, because often they do not know that they choose to damage you.

They serve the bad, which is satisfied every time when somebody hurts another one, every time that somebody is desperate, every time when Bad triumphs the Good.

He is satisfied every time when somebody does not love Me your God, and Christ.

He introduces into your hearts and into your thoughts the envy TO ACT BADLY.

And if you do not LEARN, TO DISCERN THE GOOD FROM THE EVIL , you give reasons to the devil to be victorious with regard to you, to act through you in your thoughts, and in your heart.

And pray for them.

And do not worry, rely on Me, to return you to justice, because I punish them when they mistreat a just man inequitably.

That’s why, you should not bother for vengeance, and do not return evil.

Because it is I who is going to pay them in return according to their schemes.

You will recognize them all, My children who have faith in Christ, and who got dressed of the New Man, you will recognize them by their fruits, in their way of living, in the way which they speak to you, and never they will cause you any damage, they will say to you only words to build you, so that you receive the Truth of the Good News. This might displease you, do not get irritated if you do not accept, tell them with kindness, without irony without blasphemy, without wickedness, without mockery, then they will not speak to you any more about the pearls.

But if you get lost, the fault will be yours!

I do not recognize as My Child anyone who says they love Me, and Christ and THAT DOES NOT GET DRESSED OF THE NEW MAN.

Do not think that you are My Children if you continue to damage yourself and others.

You are worse than those who do not know Me, it would be better for you that you never knew Me instead of doing what you are doing!)

Ephesians chapter 5 verse 1-17

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of ANY KIND OF IMPURITY, or of greed, BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPROPER FOR GOD'S HOLY PEOPLE.

4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.

5 For of this you can be sure : No immoral, impure or greedy person - such a man is an idolater- has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God's wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.

13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, 14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said :

"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead,

and Christ will shine on you."

15 Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.

(All this is very understandable and accessible to all that say they are a child of the Light, a son of God, a new man who is Educated of Jesus Christ, of the New Testament of Christ.)

Ephesians chapter 6 verse 10-20

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL'S SCHEMES.

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but AGAINST THE RULERS, AGAINST THE AUTHORITIES, AGAINST THE POWERS OF THIS DARK WORLD AND AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF EVIL IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS.

13 Therefore PUT ON THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD. So that when the day of evil comes, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, and after you have done everything, to stand.

14 Stand firm then, with THE BELT OF TRUTH BUCKLED AROUND YOUR WAIST, WITH THE BEASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IN PLACE.

( YOU MUST BE ABSOLUTLY WATCHFUL AGAINST THE GUILES OF THE DEVIL.

You do not fight against the people, but against the forces of the darkness which reign over earth.

The devil does not come like you think he comes, as a dragon with a tail and horns.

No, he uses the people to establish authority. Who crucified Christ? Who fought against every Christian? Who pushed through their heart and their thoughts to kill and to mistreat just people? But people are responsible for their acts, because they agreed with all that he told them in their heart and in their thoughts.

He uses people, especially those that have responsibilities and authority over people, etc.

Which are the guiles of the devil?

He has the strength toget into your thoughts, into the desires of your heart, and to know what you wish, your envy, and your weaknesses. He does not give his name, hypocritically he infiltrates into your thoughts.

The devil urges you into not believing that I, your Creator EXISTS, that you do not believe in Christ, or in the Holy Bible, by inserting into your thoughts various sorts of bad thoughts and words.

The devil pushes your thoughts and your heart to love creation instead of the CREATOR.

That you serve your own self, your carnal desires, instead of serving ME and My Children.

That you serve THE MONEY, THE GLORY, THE AUTHORITY, THE EGOTISM, THE MATERIAL WORLD, YOUR IMMORAL DESIRES, AND EVEN DISAPPOINTMENT, PSYCHOLOGICAL FATIGUE, DEPRESSION because a man with a tired soul does not take care of anything any more, he ties you up as he pleases even UNTIL HOMICIDE OR SUICIDE, HE USES ALL THESE WAYS AGAINST YOU.

The devil urges you not to love hearing and understanding God's word, that you have no Knowledge of My Word and The Truth.

VIRTUES AND GOOD CHASE HIM FAR AWAY.

Then the devil can not get into your thoughts and your desires that are correct for a child of God.

The Truth and the Knowledge of My Will chase him far away.

When he does not find any more ground to you, because by of the strength of your will and the management of God's Truths. You do not open the door to him any more, he then fights you through other people who have no Knowledge of his schemes, his guiles, his works, or of his temptations.

Because he does not know how to assault you directly any more, he tries through the others, because others do no protect their thoughts, nor what their hearts desire. If the devil finds in their thoughts the least reason that they criticize you, learn that the devil is going to seize it, to make it gigantic in the thoughts of the others.

And all that you do and all that you say, the devil uses it against you through others.

The devil does this work to fight you and to weaken you, so that you abandon THE NARROW DOOR OF GOD'S KINGDOM.

The devil fights the children of God more, and mostly those that I, The God of Israel has confided to them a spiritual mission for all My Children.

It is necessary to learn to confront and to go against his attacks, not leaving ground, not leaving the door of your thoughts, the door of your heart’s desires open, by never damaging anybody either in words, or in action; so with perfect behavior, the devil can not assault you any more by your thoughts, or by your heart, he can only damage you by the thoughts and hearts of others whom are around you.

THE STRENGTH OF PRAYER ALLOWS ME TO PROTECT YOU. STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURES STRENGTHENS YOUR THOUGHT AND YOUR HEART.

Do not allow a single day to pass, without prayer and without reading. Because it is going to build your spiritual internal world.

When the devil is going to introduce to you an immoral idea or an immoral desire, it is necessary to know how to say no to him in this idea or in this desire.

ONLY BY HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIVINE TRUTHS, and the DIFFERENCE and the senses exercised towards the good and the evil, at this moment only you will well manage your thoughts and the desires for your heart.

Learn also to steer your thoughts, your desires for the heart towards healthy thoughts, towards healthy desires, towards God's Truth, and towards His Will.

Have the TRUTH attached like a belt around your waist, take honesty as a shield : It is necessary to have will, to choose it , and to MAINTAIN IT.

In the beginning it seems difficult, but with a little of exercise and practice, and especialy when you get used to it, you will be free and you will discern with truth what is GOD'S WILL.

Always take FAITH as a shield which will allow you TO PUT OUT ARROWS FIRED BY THE DEVIL.

Accept the fact of salvation as a helmet, AND GOD'S WORD AS A SWORD.

Prayer will strengthen you every time you ask God according to His Will for His HELP and to overcome the evil, and especially for God to help you become a new man.

Be watchful, very watchful and responsible, and the devil will not find anything to invade you in your thoughts or in your desires.)

Philippians chapter 1 verse 27- 28

Whatever happens, CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A MANNER WORTHY OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you.

This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved - AND THAT BY GOD.

(The real child of God will understand you clearly, but the others will be your opponents, as so they do not damage you ; love

them, and if they do not wish to receive pearls do not give it to them.

It is by your example that maybe they will want to improve themselves, by seeing you working with love for any thing.)

Philippiens chapter 1 verse 14-16

DO EVERYTHING WITHOUT COMPLAINING OR ARGUING, so that you may become BLAMELESS AND PURE, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, IN WHICH YOU SHINE LIKE STARS IN THE UNIVERSE as you hold out the word of life - in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.

(Do not complain about your problems because the others do not love and avoid people who complain about everything.

Give your problems to YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER WITH FAITH, AND HE WILL HELP YOU.

Learn to avoid the discussions which become inflamed, because they do not damage you let them think and act as they want.

But if you know how to give them advice to improve their thoughts, their words, and their acts, so that they can have a better life then do it.

If they show that it does not please them, do not continue to say anything to them any more, it is not your problem but it is theres, and furthermore love them as they are because they do not damage you, it does not concern you.

Present them the message of life, present them the pearls, if they show that it does not interest them, or that they do not believe in it, do not say anything to them any more.

In the Wisdom of the Old Testament, you will understand why it is not used for anything, you would have only problems in return.

By your way of living, and quality in your life, they will realize and then they will want you to explain to them where you draw the strength to be cheerfull at all times, to make everything with love, not to be afraid of anything because God is your fortress, to be always filled with enthusiasm and love for all and for everything you do because you do it with love. You should be filled with dynamism, love, enthusiasm, optimism, honesty, and never damaging others.

Do not worry . With love and patience, they will be able to realize that the only advantages you have in a honest and just life is to live according to God's Commands.)

Philippians chapter 4 verse 4-8

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS, I will say it again : REJOICE! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.

DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD.

And the peace of God, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.

8 Finally, brothers, whatever is TRUE, WHATEVER IS NOBLE, WHATEVER IS RIGHT, WHATEVER IS PURE, WHATEVER IS LOVELY, WHATEVER IS ADMIRABLE- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy- think about SUCH THINGS.

(I, God of the Universe will spread My Holy Spirit ; you will be My children and I will be your Father, to those that wish to be a member of My People and those that will want to be dressed as a new man.

And I will strengthen you to become My real children because alone you will not succeed, you will be under My Protection.)

Philippians chapter 4 verse 10-20

I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.

I am not saying this because I am in need, FOR I HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I know what it is to be in need, and I know wat it is to have plenty. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Yet it was good of you to share in my troubles. Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only; for even when I was in Thessalonica, you sent me aid again and again when I was in need.

NOT THAT I AM LOOKING FOR A GIFT, but I am looking for what may be credited to your account.

I have received full payment and even more; I am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent. THEY ARE A FRAGRANT OFFERING, AN ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE, PLEASING TO GOD.

AND MY GOD WILL MEET ALL YOUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS RICHES IN CHRIST JESUS.

(It is important to learn to be satisfied with what you have, because it is I, your God is who allowed that you possess it.

TO CONTENT YOURSELF LEARN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, LEARN TO HELP ALL AROUND YOU THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HUNGRY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE COLD, AND THE MISTREATED PEOPLE, etc;
AND LEARN TO SHARE WITH THOSE THAT TEACH YOU AND WORK IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL.

But, that those that teach, and WORK IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL, I DO NOT ALLOW , I GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, WHOM YOU SOUGHT, FOR WHOM YOU ASKED, WHOM YOU DEMANDED WHATEVER IT IS.

YOU RECEIVED FREE, YOU WILL GIVE IT FREE.

Because those that seek, that ask, that demand something, BEHAVE AS GRASPING, AS BIRDS OF PREY, AS RAPACIOUS WOLVES BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEIR POSSESSIONS.

You never need to ask, because your work is IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY WORD.

LET ME, YOUR GOD, GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

I urge the Christians to give You ALL WHAT IS NECESSARY AND USEFUL AND IT IS IN FUNCTION OF YOUR WORK, AND ESPECIALLY THE GIFTS AND THE MONEY SHOULD NOT BECOME THE REASON FOR YOUR HEARTS TO FALL FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL RISE.

What you need YOU WILL RECEIVE IT WHEN I WILL DECIDE.

You, WATCH ONLY TO WORK HONESTLY AND CORRECTLY.

And when somebody gives you a gift WITH HUMILITY AND LOVE AND RECOGNITION THANK THE PEOPLE, My children.

And for My children, their gift REPRESENTS AN OFFERING WHICH IS PLEASANT TO ME, A SACRIFICE WHICH PLEASES ME, AND I, God of the Universe, I SHALL FILL YOUR OWN NECESSITIES.)

2 Corinthians chapter 7 : 2

Make room for us in your hearts. WE HAVE WRONGED NO ONE, WE HAVE CORRUPTED NO ONE, WE HAVE EXPLOITED NO ONE.

2 Corinthians chapter 9 verse 5-9

So I thought it necessary to urge the brothers to visit you in advance and finish the arrangements for the generous gift you had promised. Then it will be ready as a generous gift, NOT AS ONE GRUDGINGLY GIVEN.

Remember this : WHOEVER SOWS SPARINGLY WILL ALSO REAP SPARINGLY, and WHOEVER SOWS GENEROUSLY WILL ALSO REAP GENEROUSLY.

Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, NOT RELUCTANTLY OR UNDER COMPULSION, for God loves a cheerful giver.

AND GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TO YOU, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, YOU WILL ABOUND IN EVERY GOOD WORK.

As it is written :

"He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor;

his righteousness endures forever."

(Here, I ask you to be generous to CONTRIBUTIONS CONCERNING THE NECESSITIES OF CHRISTIANS, MY CHILDREN, YOUR BROTHERS.

But to the responsible for donations and for presents, I want that you try, you test them, and that you reprove them SO THEY REALLY GIVE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHRISTIANS, AND THE TOTALITY OF THE GIFTS.

I WANT YOU ABLE, AND RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE IT IS FOR ME THAT YOU WILL RETURN ACCOUNT FOR IF ANYTHING IS MISSING EVEN THE LEAST THING OF THE GIFTS FOR MY POOR CHILDREN

AND BE WATCHFUL NOT TO GIVE THEM CLOTHES AND GIFTS AS IF THEY WERE NOTHING, BY DISDAINING THEM WITH YOUR WORDS AND YOUR GLANCES, BECAUSE FOR ME THEY HAVE BIG VALUE.)

Colossians chapter 1 verse 1-12

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse : Grace and peace to you from God our Father.

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints - the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT IN THE WORD OF TRUTH, the gospel that has come to you.

All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in al its truth.

You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf, and who also told us of you love in the Spirit.

For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to FILL YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL THROUGH ALL SPIRITUAL WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way : BEARING FRUIT IN EVERY GOOD WORK, GROWING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, BEING STRENGTHENED WITH ALL POWER ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS MIGHT SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE GREAT ENDURANCE AND PATIENCE, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, WHO HAS QUALIFIED YOU TO SHARE IN THE INHERITANCE OF THE SAINTS IN THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT.

( As you can notice it, all the letters were sent towards the Christian communities. All the verses show clearly that you have to become children of the Light and not children of darkness.

Ask God togrant you by the force of His Holy Spirit, all the Wisdom and all the Justice so you will be strengthened and you will progress in the PROFOUND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. Of or, you will know in the perfection The Will.

For these reasons it was given to you at the beginning of the Preparation of the People stemming from all the nations, the proverbs and the psalms of the Old Testament., because that is the Source of the Treasury which establishes God's Wisdom, it will help you a lot for your understanding of the deep Knowledge of God, and your understanding of the Good News of the New Testament, if you go to the trouble to study with maturity.

Ask God so that He submerges you with His Light.

He will allow you to deserve to have part in the Treasuries which belong to the Kingdom of God for those that belong to Him.

Only Him will be able to tear you away from the darkness.

You want to belong to the People of God, become deserving, it doesn't matter much where you will be on the earth, pray to God and Christ so that they help you, and especially get dressed of the new man to pass by the narrow door which leads to the Kingdom of God.)

Colossians chapter 1 verse 27-29

To them GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MISTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY.

We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone WITH ALL WISDOM, SO THAT WE MAY PRESENT EVERYONE PERFECT IN CHRIST.

To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me.

This is God's rich and beautiful mystery that is for all the earth, for every man.

And not, what certain persons assert for a small category of persons.

Learn to become the responsible adult in Christ.

Those that will choose, love, will want , and will maintain Good News in Christ will be saved where ever they are found on earth.

The Rest of the results from guiles of the devil, who pushes you towards SCHISM, AND DIVISIONS.

Be united in Christ, because we are ALL HIS SERVANTS, and furthermore you are all the nations to which GOOD News Was GIVEN, the Gospel of the Christ. It has no importance who gave it to you, because it does not belong to the people.

The Good News belongs to God and to Christ, and we all are SERVANTS OF GOD AND the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

And the Strength OF HOLY SPIRIT UNITES HIS CHILDREN WITH the power of love In the middle of all the nations.

Colossians chapter 2 verse 16-23

Therefore do not let anyone JUDGE YOU BY WHAT YOU EAT or DRINK, or WITH REGARD TO A RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

These are a shadow of the things THAT WERE TO COME; the reality, however, is found in Christ. Do not let anyone who DELIGHTS IN FALSE HUMILIT AND THE WORSHIP OF ANGELS DISQUALIFY YOU FOR THE PRIZE.

SUCH A PERSON GOES INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT HE HAS SEEN, AND HIS UNSPIRITUAL MIND PUFFS HIM UP WITH IDLE NOTIONS.

He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligamets and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.

Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though YOU STILL BELONGED TO IT, DO YOU SUBMIT TO ITS RULES:

"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch !"?

THESE ARE ALL DESTINED TO PERISH WITH USE, BECAUSE THEY ARE BASED ON HUMAN COMMANDS AND TEACHINGS.

SUCH REGULATIONS INDEED HAVE AN APPEARANCE OF WISDOM, with their self-imposed worship, THEIR FALSE HUMILITY and their harsh treatment of the body, but they LACK ANY VALUE IN RESTRAINING SENSUAL INDULGENCE.

(I, Your God says to you that all which allows you to master your own person, all which allows you to manage your thoughts, your words your acts, to have a correct behaviour is FOR ME INDISPENSABLE AND NECESSARY.

The rest results from human wills, which shows itself as a cult based on practices of pseudohumility, etc.

If I gave you a body, it is not to treat it hard for any reason, because YOUR BODY IS MY SANCTUARY.

THE WILL OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST is going to give you FREEDOM, FREEDOM FOR EVERYTHING, ONLY DO NOT DAMAGE either your person, nor the others.

THE FREEDOM to become AN ADULT, RESPONSIBLE AND RIPE, every moment, all the time and every day for you, and for the others.

They are the desires for the flesh that you owe control and to check, for not damaging yourself and others.

And at the same time, what you learn TO LOVE ME, I YOUR GOD, JESUS CHRIST and LEARN TO LOVE yourselves as the others.

You will be judged: " I was hungry, I was cold, I was a sick, I was in prison, etc. "

REALLY I SAY IT TO YOU WHOEVER WILL HAVE MADE A GESTURE FOR THESE SMALL, IT WILL HAVE MADE IT FOR ME ".

You understood this clearly, they are not the external and superficial demonstrations which are going to save you, but all which are inside you, all this will save you, your thoughts, your words, your good actions, YOUR BEHAVIOUR.

I love also that you go regularly in My House, in My Church to pray, to thank Me, to glorify Me, Your God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, your Messiah and your King, and that you take the mystery of the Holy Religious communion.

Because I do not support INGRATITUDE.

Of any times, I God of the Universe I HAVE MY RESIDENCE AMONG YOU, IN ALL MY HOUSES where is glorified MY HOLY NAME and where is preached the NEW WILL, THE GOOD NEWS OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, I AM PRESENT, and the Christ said to you: " There, where be 2 or 3 in My Name, I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. "

And HOUSES WHO BELONG TO ME, it exists there everywhere on all the earth, in the middle of all the peoples.)

Colossians chapter 3 verse 1-4

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS.

FOR YOU DIED, and your life is now HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD.

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

(Look for and worry about possessions which are in the sky, and not of all that is in the world.

This advice, is given to you, because on earth nothing changes, everything is made and organized with the human wisdom, which is not divine wisdom.

Do not try to understand human wisdom, but meditate to understand the wisdom which comes from God, which comes of at the top, and which is given to you in Writings, and certainly in the Good News of the New Test.)

Colossians chapter 3 verse 5-16

Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs TO YOUR EARTHLY NATURE : sexual immorality, impurity, lust, EVIL DESIRES AND GREED, which is idolatry.

BECAUSE OF THESE, THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMING.

You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived.

But NOW YOU MUST RID YOURSELVES OF ALL SUCH THINGS AS THESE : anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your hold self with its practices and HAVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF , WHICH IS BEING RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE IN THE IMAGE OF ITS CREATOR.

HERE THERE IS NO GREEK OR JEW, CIRCUMCISED OR UNCIRCUMCISED, barbarian, Scytian, slave or free, BUT CHRIST IS ALL , AND IS IN ALL.

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE.

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

And OVER ALL THESE VIRTUES PUT ON LOVE, which BINDS THEM ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT UNITY.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER WITH ALL WISDOM, and as you sings psalms, hymns ans spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

(The most important to recognize who is a child of God for ME YOUR FATHER, is the one that got dressed of the new man.

And I would love that on earth, you also learn to recognize who are My children by paying all your attention to the internal fruits of the man, which IS THE LAW OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, and not in external and superficial signs.

Exceed your human limits, the only real LIMIT that I, Your God gives you IS GOOD NEWS, and as left you by the apostles, and which WILL ALWAYS REMAIN the SAME.

Good News and THE LOVE FOR THE FIGURE OF CHRIST AND FOR THE OTHER CHRISTIANS will bring you THE UNION IN THE SAME BODY, THE BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST. Nothing else.

Pass by the NARROW DOOR OF THE LOVE which leads to the Kingdom of God, because nothing of impure will enter it.

RETURN AUTHORITY TO YOUR KING AND MESSIAH AND BECOME EACH OF YOU SERVANTS OF GOD AND YOUR HIGH PRIEST THE FIGURE OF CHRIST.

That all My Houses are called Churches of the FIGURE OF CHRIST, and of any other one, because your HIGH PRIEST ARE NEITHER THE PEOPLE, NOR THE HUMAN ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH DO NOT ACCEPT THOSE THAT DO NOT RECOGNIZE THEM. ONLY JESUS CHRIST, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO RECOGNIZE, IT IS HIM WHO WAS GIVEN TO YOU AS LIGHT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE, AND IT IS HIM THE HIGH PRIEST.

Obviously, you as servants of YOUR GOD, each of you will administer My Churches.

Without supplementary human naming, because it results from the human wisdom, only the name of the place of the Church of the FIGURE OF CHRIST and address is enough for My children to come to the Church.

Only in this way, will come THE UNITY OF MY PEOPLE, AND WILL GET READY THE BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST which will be unified by LOVE.

If in a Church of the Christ, my servants do not accept THIS WORD, they do as they want, soon THEY WILL BE JUDGED BY ME THEIR LIVING GOD, AND THE FIGURE OF CHRIST.)

Colossians chapter 3 verse 24-25

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as reward.

IT IS THE LORD CHRIST YOU ARE SERVING.

ANYONE WHO DOES WRONG WILL BE REPAID FOR HIS WRONG, AND THERE IS NO FAVORITISM.

Colossians chapter 4 verse 2-4

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

And pray for us, too, that GOD MAY OPEN A DOOR FOR OUR MESSAGE, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I MAY PROCLAIM IT CLEARLY, AS I SHOULD.

(In the time of the apostles to reveal and to protect this mystery, they preferred to go to prison and later to give their life, instead of denying it or to keep silent about it.

Today that you are free to choose it, and to maintain it, you fight among yourselves FOR YOUR OWN RECOGNITION, for the glory, for the honor, with human theories, and you lost the real and deep sense of the Good News of the New Testament, and it was the cause that My children left the Churches of the Christ.

You do not belong to any man, or to any human organization, to God and to Christ you belong and all My Houses on earth where is given Good News, you do not belong to the people, but to ME YOUR GOD, and to the Christ.

The people represent ME, serve ME, but My Houses do not belong to them.

THE APOSTLES, and many Christians gave their life FOR NOT CHANGING AND TWISTING THE MEANING OF THE GOOD NEWS AND ALSO TO KEEP INTACT THE MYSTERY OF THE GOOD NEWS, and I, God of The Universe I DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO CHANGE, TO TREAT THE CONTENTS OF THE GOOD NEWS with human theories, and human wisdom.)

Colossiens chapter 4 verse 5-7

BE WISE IN THE WAY YOU ACT TOWARD OUTSIDERS; make the most of every opportunity.

Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may KNOW HOW TO ANSWER EVERYONE.

Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. HE IS A DEAR BROTHER, A FAITHFUL MINISTER AND FELLOW SERVANT IN THE LORD.

(Love Them because they do not damage you, it means respect them as they are, it is not your problem, behave with respect, and that your words are always filled with kindness and NOT EVIL AND WITHOUT REASON.

It is not your problem, your problem is to take care of your behavior and your words, because when you behave badly , you do not behave as a spiritual people.

I, God of the Universe I gave to everybody, and even to the Hierarchy of Heavens THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

Why don’t you give them the right to choose?

If you do not damage them, and if they do not damage you, they will love you, because believers and not religious, you all appreciate honesty, virtues, the Good.

However THE BELIEVERS have decided TO BE, and the others behave as they wish it according to the people, the situations and their interests.

The apostle of the Christ names himself and his brother with humility SERVANTS OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

While the apostle was one of My servants to whom I confided a Big Mission, and he did not use it to boast to the others, because he was not arrogant.

With love and Christian simplicity he felt like a servant of the Christ.

All of you that feel so, and I God and the Christ will rise you because it is the most important:

The one that wants to be the first, has to serve the others.

And the first can become the last ones, and the last ones first, it DEPENDS ON YOUR BEHAVIOUR.

Till the end, the apostle was afraid while he had taught the others, he would be himself be despicable, for that with the fear of the Lord which is the beginning of the wisdom, he paid attention and controlled, and mastered his person.)

Thessalonicians chapter 2 verse 3-7

For the appeal we make does not spring from ERROR OR IMPURE MOTIVES, NOR ARE WE TRYING TO TRICK YOU.

On the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE GOSPEL. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PLEASE MEN BUT GOD, WHO TESTS OUR HEARTS.

You KNOW WE NEVER USED FLATTERY, nor DID WE PUT ON A MASK TO COVER UP GREED- God is our witness.

WE WERE NOT LOOKING FOR PRAISE FROM MEN, NOT FROM YOU OR ANYONE ELSE.

As apostles of Christ we could have been a burden to you, but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.

(You have to please God and not the people, because you can not serve two Bosses at the same moment.

The apostles have never used violence to announce Good News, or to add a supplementary burden by using their authority.

OR TO ASK FOR THE HUMAN GLORY OF PERSON.

Good News was CONFIDED to them BY GOD, after he tested them.

They have never flattered anybody, (to see the Wisdom of God and Christ who is in proverbs, and psalms and scriptures of the OLD TESTAMENT, they gave with wisdom, righteousness, the truth, and the justice the internal spiritual nurishment of the New Testament.)

1 Thessalonicians chapter 2 verse 13

And we also thank God continually because, when you received the WORD OF GOD, which you heard from us, you ACCEPTED IT NOT AS THE WORD OF MEN, BUT AS IT ACTUALLY IS, THE WORD OF GOD, WHICH IS AT WORK IN YOU WHO BELIEVE.

(Gods Word is passed on by people, but it belongs to God, and it acts in you who believe.)

1 Thessalonicians Chapter 3 verse 5

For this reason, when I could stand it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith.

I WAS AFRAID THAT IN SOME WAY THE TEMPTER MIGHT HAVE TEMPTED YOU AND OUR EFFORTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN USELESS.

(Here is which is the work of the devil.

Be watchful because he is filled performed with wickedness and with guiles to divert you from the narrow road to be saved. If he does not find the ground in your thoughts in your heart, he fights you through the others.

Learn to be watchful and to discern his attacks and the guiles!

By having a profound knowledge of God's will, you avoid the traps.)

1 Thessalonicians chapter 4 verse 9-12

Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other.

And in fact, you do love each other throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.

Make it your ambition to LEAD A QUIET LIFE, TO MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND TO WORK WITH YOUR HANDS, JUST AS WE TOLD YOU, so that YOUR DAILY LIFE MAY WIN THE RESPECT OF OUTSIDERS AND SO THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DEPENDENT ON ANYBODY.

(I, God of the Universe does not love the profiters, or those that do not stop complaining to receive from others, and that take advantage of the kindness, and that exploits the credulity of artless persons.

I do not love those that because of their bad choice undergo fatal consequences and that demand to undergo these consequences of their greed and their bad choice in the others.

Pay your attention to proverbs, Siracide, psalms, because everything is explained clearly for the non-just men.

Attract the respect for those that are Christian and of those that are not by being chargeable to anybody.

Learn to be autonomous, not to create situations of dependences with the others, because in the long run it brings only problems : the others grow tired of always taking charge of you and your problems, and you, you hang on to this situation where you become a profiteer, a selfish man(woman), superficial, immature, and dependent on others, without being ever able to take care of you as a responsible adult and mature man.

Then, even though for a moment, you have necessaty to receive the help of others, watch not to exceed certain limits.

And do not forget to be grateful to every charitable person who will have helped you, but terminate as quickly as possible this state of dependence, because it will not be able to last eternally.

You have each your own responsibilities and domestic obligations.

Do not maintain weakness, or profiters and do not involve yourself in consequences of the bad choice of the others, they are not your problems.

Because they decided without you, they are responsible for themselves without you. Do not mix in problems which are not yours.

Help must be given to those that are hungry, that are cold, that are ill, that are in prison, and not in a certain category of persons, that take pleasure to be constantly maintained by the others by not stopping their complaining, those furthermore have the impression that you are obliged to do it, that it is normal, test them they are incapable to give you although they can, because they are generally ungrateful.

I, God of the Universe do not support Ingratitude and the Lack of recognition.

And even though for a small lapse of time, you are in the obligation to receive the help of the others, are careful not to exceed certain limits.

And do not forget to be grateful to the one that helped you and to say to him(her) thank you.

Because each of you have your own responsibilities, your own responsibilities and your own domestic obligations.

Do not maintain weaknesses, or profiters. And do not interfere in their bad ways.

Meditate correctly what was given to you in the OLD TESTAMENT because very often in the rich countries, the help and charity becomes a tragedy for your house. Pay attention to circumstances, for whom you have to make, and how long. If you are in front of a certain category of persons, stop at once helping them, helping those that have in really need, and you will recognize them, they will not need to speak, I can guarantee it to you!

Help has to concentrate on persons who are really in the need, to the poor men, to those that are hungry, that are cold, to the patients, to the old men, to the prisoners, etc.

And if you present them a friend, they are capable of beginning whispers and hypocrisies behind your back. For it the cunning lips of a third person, sow discord there where reigned peace for many years.

Pay attention to the person whom you introduce and receive at your home.

The devil also was ungrateful and he was short of recognition, that’s why the Archangel was declined and fell so low, he and all that wanted to follow him by the heavenly hierarchy.

How many troubles can an ungrateful and envious person create upon you, you could not imagin it, to avoid all these inconveniences meditate in depth the proverbs where is God's wisdom for your PROTECTION.)

1 Thessalonicians chap 5: 4-11

But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. WE DO NOT BELONG TO THE NIGHT OR TO THE DARKNESS. So then, let us not be like others, who are ASLEEP, BUT LET US BE ALERT AND SELFCONTROLLED.

For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, LET US BE SELF- CONTROLLED, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helment.

For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.

THOSE THAT SAY WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN THE FIGURE OF CHRIST IS GOING TO RETURN, HE IS GOING TO COME AS A SWINDLER IN THE NIGHT, ARE NOT CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT, because they live in the darkness and the Day of the Lord is going to surprise them. God gave predictions so that you recognize the signs of times, and so that you have the force to say it clearly to the others.

Watch, because My children who live in The Light and not in darkness, will not be surprised IN THE DAYTIME WITH THE ARREARANCE OF the LORD.

YOU WILL NOT KNOW, YOU, THE CHILDREN OF GOD, MY FINAL ANGER.)

Thessalonicians chap 5 verse 14-15

And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, ENCOURAGE THE TIMID, HELP THE WEAK, be patient with everyone.

Make sure that nobody PAYS BACK WRONG FOR WRONG, BUT ALWAYS TRY TO BE KING TO EACH OTHER AND TO EVERYONE ELSE.

(Never return the evil by the evil, whether it is believers or not - believers.

You do not return the evil, when you say the constructive truth, and you do not return the evil when one harms you. You go away by protection, because they do not want to understand the truth which you tell to them when you explained to them why they damage you.

If they are not still capable of understanding why they damage you, go away, because it is going to become inflamed, and I do not want on any account that the evil is returned, I prefer that you go away.

But it is imperative that you learn to exercise your senses, to be far-sighted in the beginning, at first, because at this moment, most of the time by refusing to be bound or to interfere in one of their demands, it avoids inconveniences. Be watchful in demands, before to engage youself!)

2 Thessalonicians chap 3: 1-3

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may SPREAD RAPIDLY AND BE HONORED , JUST AS IT WAS WITH YOU.

And pray that WE MAY BE DELIVERED FROM WICKED AND EVIL MEN, FOR NOT EVERYONE HAS FAITH.

But the Lord is faithful, AND HE WILL STRENGTHEN AND PROTECT YOU FROM THE EVIL ONE.

(The LORD HOLDS HIS WORD, THE FIGURE OF CHRIST WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND WILL GUARD YOU FROM THE EVIL . AND NOT WHAT SOME CLAIM THAT THE CHRITST WILL LEAVE YOU IN THE HANDS OF the BAD.

Those that assert similar things, have not enough faith in GOD'S WORD, they believe that God and the Christ will leave you in the hands of the devil, without protecting you.

God and the Christ fight for every Christian, and for all that pray to God and the Christ with faith. God is our Father, which Father would leave his unprotected children in the hands of the Evil?

Only to hear the Name of God and Christ, the devils tremble, they can not either see the Holy Bible, or the cross. Because certain people are possessed by the devils, it is because they do not know EITHER THEIR CREATOR, OR THE FIGURE OF CHRIST, or the virtues, or GOD'S WORD.

They can appear as  " angels of light  ", only to appear nothing more, either to take God's name, or the Name of the Christ, or to reconstruct the Church of the Christ, or to return the children of God towards the TRUTH.

It is really pitiful that when certain persons see in vision the Christ, or Virgin Mary, Mother of the Rescuer, or the archangels, some dare to say that it comes from the devil.

The devil honors God, Christ, and returns you to My Word and to MY TRUTHS, bravo since when does the devil make a similar work? And that I God of the Universe I do not know it? SINCE WHEN ARE THE FRUITS OF the DEVIL the SAME THAT THE FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT?

Where in the New Testament did you hear these things?

The people have invented many things not to accept the Truth of My Word and to not make MY WILL.

EVEN WHAT IS JUST, YOU TRANSFORM IT INEQUITABLE, AND THE GOOD IN BAD.

As the Christ and how many just men were killed, but those which do not know the scriptures have a supplementary excuse for their errors, but those which are the drivers of My People, that they do not manage to discern the Evil of the Good, the just man of the inequitable, the pious man and the godless, there is too much of it.

BUT THE DAY OF the JUDGMENT IS NOT GOING TO DELAY ANY MORE.

YOU FORBADE ME THE RIGHT TO SPEAK To MY CHILDREN.

YOU OBLIGED ME the SILENCE BECAUSE YOU WERE SO ARROGANT THAT YOU DO NOT AGREE TO HEAR OR LOOK AT THE CHILDREN THAT I SEND YOU.

You set them traps as if they were criminals, so that you can laugh of them, as what the Christ underwent, so undergo all that I send you.

I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU WERE In THE PLACE OF THE PHARISIENS YOU WOULD NOT EVEN AGREE TO SEE JESUS CHRIST, AND EVEN LESS TO HEAR HIM.

DO NOT CONSIDER YOURSELVES BETTER THAN THE OTHERS.

ALL THE HOLY BIBLE Was WRITTEN BY THE HELP OF MY HOLY SPIRIT Through PEOPLE WHICH I CHOSE, AND YOU DARE TO SAY THAT ONLY THE DEVIL SPEAKS?

AND WHAT I YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER I AM NOT INTERESTED In MY CHILDREN AND THAT RARELY I SPEAK.

Listen the people who have already received Holy Spirit but they have to hide because you fight them by saying that they are wrong, or the devil.

You the Drivers of My People, you claim that the fruits of the Holy Spirit are the same as those of the devil. You lead My People as blind persons, and the food which you give to them is spiritually of the most mature! But My Children should not talk, they should pretend they are fools, do you see many fools who receive Holy Spirit, or do you think that I speak to them only for their small person?

No, I educate them and I strengthen many of them for the the Church of the Christ, for all my children. And you want that they do not speak as said previously by the pharisiens and the others.)

2 Thessalonicians chapter 3 verse 6-15

In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, TO KEEP AWAY FORM EVERY BROTHER WHO IS IDLE AND DOES NOT LIVE ACCORDING TO THE TEACHING YOU RECEIVED FROM US.

For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example. We were not idle when we were with you, nor did we eat anyone's food without paying for it.

On the contrary, we worked night and day, laboring and toiling so that we would NOT BE A BURDEN TO ANY OF YOU.

We did this, NOT BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUCH HELP, BUT IN ORDER TO MAKE OURSELVES A MODEL FOR YOU TO FOLLOW.

For even when we were with you, WE GAVE YOU THIS RULE: "

IF A MAN WILL NOT WORK, HE SHALL NOT EAT."

If anyone does NOT OBEY OUR INSTRUCTION IN THIS LETTER, TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF HIM.

DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH HIM, IN ORDER THAT HE MAY FEEL ASHAMED.

Yet do not REGARD HIM AS AN ENEMY, but WARN HIM AS A BROTHER.

(Keep your assistant for the real poor men.

When somebody in a spiritual mission as the apostle, I prefer that he works only in my vineyard. The apostle showed example to all my children generally.

But those that I, God of the Universe I raise for a big mission for my children, I prefer that they work for the soul of my children instead of working for the others. It is more beneficial for My children.

So that they receive the solid spiritual nurishment, instead of working in any other activity. From the moment they work, where they get ready, where they exercise, where they meditate, and where they pray, I prefer that you offer them what I feel is right. NO EXTRAS, BECAUSE IT HARMS THEM!

But never give anything to anybody if he asks you whatever it is, or complains to receive, because he is not ONE of MINE, he is a profiteer, a GRASPER.

Those that complain made a custom of it. They manipulate the others by their complaint. By learning better to know them, one avoids them; they continue to complain but one blocks their ears.)

1 Timothy chapter 1 verse 8-11

We know that the law IS GOOD IF ONE USES IT PROPERLY.

We also know that LAW IS MADE NOT FOR THE RIGHTEOUS BUT FOR LAWBREAKERS AND REBELS, THE UNGODLY AND SINFUL, THE UNHOLY AND IRRELIGIOUS; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers- AND FOR WHATEVER ELSE IS CONTRARY TO THE SOUND DOCTRINE THAT CONFORMS TO THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF THE BLESSED GOD, which he entrusted to me.

(Jesus Christ gave the preaching of the Good News, for all that want to follow Him.

Law was given for all that do not respect what is right and just, law was given FOR ALL THAT ARE AGAINST THE LAW AND AGAINST THE GOOD NEW, for all what continue to damage themselves and to damage the others.

The FIGURE OF CHRIST said: " I did not come to abolish LAW, but TO CARRY IT OUT "!

Law not for external parades, because that one does not exist any more, it was abolished, but Law for the internal world of the man, the one that was written in their heart, the real worship for which God asks the people, it is Law and it remained the same. Because Law is good, when somebody uses it correctly.

Law is not established for those that act as God wants it, but for all what break it.

IT IS THIS GOD'S LAW THAT THE FIGURE OF CHRIST GAVE, FOR CHRISTIANS, WHICH IS ANNOUNCED WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GOD'S WISDOM

Today when you will read the Opened Book you will understand better the wisdom of God and Christ, and the Good News.)

1-st Timothy chap 2: 1-7

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone- for kings and all those in authority, THAT WE MAY LIVE PEACEFUL AND QUIET LIVES IN ALL GODLINESS AND HOLINESS.

This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who WANTS ALL MEN TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.

For there is ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN, THE MAN CHRIST JESUS, who gave himself as a ransom for all men- the TESTIMONY GIVEN IN ITS PROPER TIME.

And for this purpose I was appointed a herald and an apostle- I am telling the truth, I am not lying- and a teacher of the true faith to the Gentiles.

(I God I would love that all the people are saved.

That they know IN DEPTH the TRUTH.

THERE Is ONLY A SINGLE GOD AND A SINGLE INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN GOD AND THE PEOPLE, JESUS CHRIST.

And not, no other man or any human organization can be mediatory.

THE HIGH PRIEST IS THE FIGURE OF CHRIST, all the OTHER PEOPLE ARE HIS SERVANTS.

It is in Christ that it is necessary for you to believe and in the Good News of the New Testament, nothing more is wanted of you.

All which is wanted of you in more comes from people, and it is work and guiles of the devil who seperated you all and the BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST and THE WIFE OF THE LAMB; THAT THE CHURCH IS DIVIDED In CAUSE OF THE HUMAN WISDOM AND THE GUILES OF the DEVIL which use YOUR WEAKNESSES.

The Christ was given for all, The Christ is Light given to all the nations, and whoever believes in Him, and loves his fellow man and never harms is saved.)

1-st Timothy chap 5 : 20

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder unless it is brought by two or three witnesses.

THOSE WHO SIN ARE TO BE REBUKED PUBLICLY, so THAT THE OTHERS MAY TAKE WARNING.

(I, Your God explained to you that you ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSEQUENCES OF THE BAD CHOICE OF THE OTHERS.

When somebody acts badly , it is necessary to say it to him(her) first for his good and second for the love of others.

By love for the others, we find the force to tell the TRUTH, and in this way to allow that the evil, the sins, the injustices are checked, so that damages do not continue in the middle of my children, and in front of all, for the example, so that the others do not make the SAME ERROR.

Because you love them all, to control the evil, to master injustices, immorality; say the truth, this is a PREVENTIVE measure.

AND NATURALLY, THOSE THAT HAVE BIG RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE OTHERS, THEIR FAULTS PROVOKE NUMEROUS CONSEQUENCES TO THE OTHERS.

For that reason, ALL THAT HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES OWE to BE VERY ATTENTIVE To THEIR ACTS, AND TO THEIR WORDS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GIVE OF THE HEALTHY NURISHMENT TO CHRISTIANS, IT IS A BIG RESPONSIBILITY WHICH YOU HAVE TO MY CHILDREN. IF YOU DO NOT GIVE THEM THE HEALTHY SPIRITUAL NURISHMENT WITH WISDOM AND SIMPLICITY AND the LOVE, THE SPIRITUAL DEATH WAITS FOR THEM.

And who is responsible, those who did not give the spiritual nurishment correctly, or those who did not accept the solid nurishment?

SUMMITS ATTENTION TO YOUR BEHAVIOUR.

Law of silence and law of the Indifference have NEVER RESOLVED ANY PROBLEM.)

1-st Timothy chapter 5 verse 21-25

I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, TO KEEP THESE INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT PARTIALITY, AND TO DO NOTHING OUT OF FAVORITISM.

DO NOT BE HASTY IN THE LAYING ON OF HANDS, AND DO NOT SHARE IN THE SINS OF OTHERS.

KEEP YOURSELF PURE.

Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

THE SINS OF SOME MEN ARE OBVIOUS, REACHING THE PLACE OF JUDGMENT AHEAD OF THEM; the SINS OF OTHERS TRAIL BEHIND THEM.

IN THE SAME WAY, GOOD DEEDS ARE OBVIOUS, AND EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT CANNOT BE HIDDEN.

(DO NOT HURRY TO APPLAUD ANYBODY, you have to test people before you rely on them, before you give them a responsibility, not to be the accomplice by your haste in his(her) sins, in the errors.

The truth has to be said, the evil also, and NOT IN ACCORDANCE OF THE PERSON, OR IN ACCORDANCE OF OUR PREFERENCES.

The truth has to be said clearly to all, because it’s the truth.)

1 Timothy chap 6: 3-5

If anyone teaches FALSE DOCTRINES AND DOES NOT AGREE TO THE SOUND INSTRUCTION OF OUR LOR JESUS CHRIST AND TO GODLY TEACHING, he is conceited and understands nothing.

HE HAS AN UNHEALTHY INTEREST IN CONTROVERSIES AND QUARRELS ABOUT WORDS THAT RESULT IN ENVY, STRIFE, MALICIOUS TALK, EVIL SUSPICIONS AND CONSTANT FRICTION BETWEEN MEN OF CORRUPT MIND, WHO HAVE BEEN ROBBED OF THE TRUTH AND WHO THINK THAT GODLINESS IS A MEANS TO FINANCIAL GAIN.

(Avoid jealousy, quarrels, controversies, suspicions, continual altercations from people who lost the main thing of the Truth.

THE TRUTH IS THE FIGURE OF CHRIST AND THE NEW TESTAMENT WITH THE GOOD NEWS and you all have to learn to love others, and to dress yourself in the new man.

Faith in Christ is not a source to become rich, either a source of authority on the others, or so that you are glorified you the people, or so that you are recognized better than the others, FAITH IN FIGURE OF CHRIST IS ENOUGH For THE MAN SO THAT HE IS SAVED, they do not need to believe anymore in other persons.

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN FIGURE OF CHRIST ARE HIS SERVANTS.

Believe in Christ and love your fellow man without ever damaging.

And every Church on earth, proclaims the GOSPEL OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST AND THE GOOD NEWS, MY WORD.

And do not say anymore that we give better than others the spiritual nurishment to the People, because do not look at the stick in the eye of the neighbour, without being able to look at yours which might be bigger.

Say simply that you give the spiritual nurishment to the people of God, and the Christ.

I, God of the Universe I would judge if the given nurishment was healthy, solid, just, and given with wisdom.

From there, each of you will make accounts for your own behaviour, for your own functioning, you spoke suitably outside the Church to my People, you have acted correctly with your fellow beings.

Or only in the Church one speaks well by announcing My Word, and as soon as you finished, you live like people of the flesh?

And whoever sees you, stumbles in the faith they have towards ME and to the FIGURE OF CHRIST!

For these reasons external demonstrations were abolished in the Old Testaament, and in the New Testament, only thing kept guarded is what concerns the internal world of the man, a just and right life is what saves the man all the time.

Because we do our cross, we say our prayer, we went to the church, we lit our candle, we heard the gospel of the Christ, and with a quiet consciousness we are accomplished Christians and everything is allowed to us. These are reasons, external things do not save us. Do not clean only the outside of the cup, at first clean the inside of the cup, then everything will be appropriateand clean to be used.)

1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 6-12

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.

BUT IF WE HAVE FOOD AND CLOTHING, WE WILL BE CONTENT WITH THAT.

PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET RICH FALL INTO TEMPTATION AND A TRAP AND INTO MANY FOOLISH AND HARMFUL DESIRES THAT PLUNGE MEN INTO RUIN AND DESTRUCTION.

For the Love of MONEY IS A ROOT OF ALL KINDS OF EVIL. Some people, eager for money, HAVE WANDERED FROM THE FAITH AND PIERCED THEMSELVES WITH MANY GRIEFS.

But YOU, MAN OF GOD, FLEE FROM ALL THIS, AND PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND GENTLENESS.

FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT OF THE FAITH.

Take old of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

(You see which are the works of the devil? The temptations of the devil are numerous, he urges you to enrich yourselves, that you are not content with what you have, that you work so to acquire it in any way, that you do not respect any more your own self, or the others.

And you have no more the time to say your prayer, to glorify Me, to meditate, to dress yourself with virtues of the new man in Christ.

THE MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL THE TROUBLES.

And it is a BIG TRAP OF the DEVIL.

Attention in your numerous unhealthy and harmful desires which pull the man towards his fall and towards the disaster.

You see how the devil chains you and you fall in his traps. It is for these reasons that it is necessary for you TO ECKNOWLEDGE what is MY WILL, which are the virtues which are going to allow you not to fall in his traps.

For that reason, in the New Testament, Good News says to you to believe in Christ. To reborn yourself in a new man who fights the evil, the traps of the devil with virtues, with the good, with the Light.

Love towards Christ will chase away from your hearts the love of Money, will chase away your affection in Money.

We can not serve at the same time two bosses.

MONEY and I,

THE DEVIL and I.

The Love for Christ is going to fill your hearts and will chase away your other desires for the flesh.

Then you will love others also.

The one that wants to become good, he should becomes by living in the Light of the Good News.

BE GOOD AND NOT JUST SEEM TO BE GOOD.!

You fall in the temptation when you are never happy with what you have, and to have more money YOU NEGLECT ME YOUR GOD, YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, you don’t have the time to pray, nor the time to study and to read Good News, how do you want to get dressed of the new man?

Because you have neither time for the prayer, nor the time to understand and to feel the main thing the Truth of the Good News.

You also neglect your own family and especially your children.

The more your love for money grows and your desires, all the less time you will have for spiritual wealth, for pearls.

The Devil tempts you, but your heart is so attached that it doesn't want to say to him "NO" .

Well on, that it is necessary to have money to live normally, to eat, to get dressed, find accommodation, but the surplus costs very dearly.)

1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 17-19

Command those who ARE RICH IN THIS PRESENT WOLD NOT TO BE ARROGANT NOR TO PUT THEIR HOPE IN WEALTH, WHICH IS SO UNCERTAIN, but TO PUT THEIR HOPE IN GOD, who richly provides us with everything for OUR ENJOYMENT.

Command them to DO GOOD, to BE RICH IN GOOD DEEDS, and TO BE GENEROUS AND WILLING TO SHARE.

In this way they will lay up TREASURE FOR THEMSELVES AS A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR THE COMING AGE, SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE HOLD OF THE LIFE THAT IS TRULY LIFE.

(Store wealth and treasures that neither rust, nor the swindlers will be able to take from you are eternal treasures.

Become rich by helping the poor men, the most impoverished because today next to your wealth many starve, of cold, disease, how it is possible that your hearts do not bleed in front of the eyes of these children!)

1 Timothy chapter 6 verse 20-21

Timothy, GUARD WHAT HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED TO YOUR CARE.

TURN AWAY FROM GODLESS CHATTER AND THE OPPOSING IDEAS OF WHAT IS FALSELY CALLED KNOWLEDGE, WHICH SOME HAVE PROFESSED AND IN SO DOING HAVE WANDERED FROM THE FAITH.

Grace be with you.

(Avoid words empty of sense blasphemers and discussions empty which do not resolve any problem, but which divide, because it is against the faith.

See in proverbs and psalms the just man, pickets and the wise person avoids falling in the trap of quarrels, discussions because he pays attention to what goes out of his mouth, as in The New Testament of the Christ.

GOD'S WISDOM EXISTS SINCE THE BEGINNING.

OBJECTIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS which move the heretics under the false name of the  "KNOWLEDGE" .

It is not of the KNOWLEDGE OF GOD that they speak about, but about knowledge and human understandings.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, and THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD UNITES, WORKS FOR THE LIGHT, BRINGS THE GOOD, REMOTE FROM the EVIL, ANIMATE, WARMS THE SPIRIT AND HEART OF THE MAN.

It is the KNOWLEDGE OF THE FAITH.

The KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND WILL IS FAITH AND THE LOVE.

The real knowledge of God, IS THE LOVE.

Love each other, and LOVE DOES NOT ALLOW ANY NUISANCE NEITHER even in us, OR IN OTHERS.

IT Was CONFIDED TO YOU BY THE FIGURE OF CHRIST AND ALL THE CHURCHES OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST HAVE TO KEEP IT AFFECTEDLY.

Be careful NOT TO FAIL IN YOUR FAITH, because of human "knowledge".)

2 Timothy chapter 1 verse 6-9

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.

For God did not GIVE US A SPIRIT OF TIMIDITY, BUT A SPIRIT OF POWER, OF LOVE AND OF SELF-DISCIPLINE.

SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, OR ASHAMED OF ME HIS PRISONER.

But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life- not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.

(Of any time those that announce God's word with the Strength of Holy Spirit building a Church of the Christ on earth, have to face up to the other more older churches, that the apostles left.

The churches which the apostles left behind, with the strength of Holy Spirit and the Good News of the New Testament which they preserved and allowed so the Good News to extend for all with the help of the workers whom I took.

The churches which base themselves on the Good News of the New Testament of the apostles and on THE GOSPEL OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, are from the apostles and Christ.

The New Testament and the Christ were given for all the people of the earth.

And obviously, these churches are of the Christ and the apostles because it is the Christ and the apostles who guarded the contents, essence of the Good News and not with the strenght of the people but with the strenght of My Holy Spirit.

All that are not against the Christ and against the Good News of the New Testament are with the Christ and are My Children.)

2 Timothy chapter 1 verse 13-14

What YOU HEARD FROM ME, KEEP AS THE PATTERN OF SOUND TEACHING, WITH FAITH AND LOVE IN CHRIST JESUS.

GUARD THE GOOD DEPOSIT THAT WAS ENTRUSTED TO YOU- GUARD IT WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN US.

(Take for EXAMPLE THE HEALTHY PREACHING WHICH YOU HEARD BY THE APOSTLE.

With the Strength Of The Holy Spirit was given The Healthy Preaching of Christ and the apostles in the New Testament, by the Good News which is God's Word.

You the first churches had the honor to know the first HEALTHY PREACHING which was given to you and was saved by the apostles.

It is not because it was given to you first,but that does not mean the Preaching of Christ and the apostles is not healthy for my new workers, as long as they teach the healthy preaching of the Good News.

Because it is My Word which is announced by you all on base of the Healthy Preaching of the Good News of the New Testament.

New Testament means Testament for all the people, NOT for SOME.

JESUS CHRIST did not come only FOR SOME, but HE came for all the people who believe in ME, believe in HIM, and LOVE THEIR FELLOW MEN.

THERE Is NO BIGGER COMMAND. LOVE IS THE PERFECTION OF THE LAW. And do not lose the internal treasures because of external parades, because it is external parades that Christ abolished.

THE REST RESULTS FROM GUILES AND FROM WORKS OF the DEVIL.)

2 Timothy chap 2: 1-2

You then, my son, BE STRONG IN THE GRACE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS.

And the things you HAVE HEARD ME SAY IN THE PRESENCE OF MANY WITNESSES ENTRUST TO RELIABLE MEN WHO WILL ALSO BE QUALIFIED TO TEACH OTHERS.

(All that you heard by the apostles in the Good News of the New Testament is The HEALTHY WORD OF GOD AND the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

Pass them on to reliable persons, who will be capable of teaching it the others.

Those that teach the others with the Good News of the New Testament are faithful because they are afraid of the Lord, that IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM.

They are faithful because they did not choose another Good News, either another New Testament, OR ANOTHER FIGURE OF CHRIST, OR OTHER APOSTLES. YOU HAVE ALL the SAME.

And if you did not go thru a strainer the outside signs of GOD'S WORSHIP, but you were watchful in the pleasant worship for which I ask you, for which you build your internal sanctuary, so that Christ can come to live in you, real and authentic Worship for which I, Your God asks you to be My children, you would not have so many quarrels, and so much contempt.

And THE HEALTHY LOVE TO ALL and to THE FIGURE OF CHRIST UNITES THE BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, HIS CHURCH, BRIDE OF JESUS.

And I, God of the Universe chooses faithful workers so they can teach THE HEALTHY WORD of the Good News of the New Testament which the apostles left.

Or have I no right to allow that MY HEALTHY WORD is passed on?)

2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 14-26

Keep reminding them of these things.

WARN THEM BEFORE GOD AGAINST QUARRELING ABOUT WORDS; IT IS OF NO VALUE, AND ONLY RUINS THOSE WHO LISTEN.

Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not neet to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

AVOID GODLESS CHATTER, BECAUSE THOSE WHO INDULGE IN IT WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE UNGODLY.

THEIR TEACHING WILL SPREAD LIKE GANGRENE.

Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth.

They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.

Nevertheless, God's SOLID FOUDATION STANDS FIRM, SEALED WITH THIS INSCRIPTION :

"The Lord knows those who are his," and,

"EVERYONE WHO CONFESSES THE NAME OF THE LORD MUST TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS."

In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble.

If a man cleanses himself from the latter, HE WILL BE AN INSTRUMENT FOR NOBLE PURPOSES, MADE HOLY, useful to the Master and PREPARED TO DO ANY GOOD WORK.

Flee the evil desires of youth, and PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH, LOVE AND PEACE, along whith those who call on the Lord out of A PURE HEART.

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH FOOLISH AND STUPID ARGUMENTS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY PRODUCE QUARRELS.

And the Lord's SERVANT MUST NO QUARREL; instead, he must be kind to everyone, ABLE TO TEACH, NOT RESENTFUL.

THOSE WHO OPPOSE HIM HE MUST GENTLY INSTRUCT, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, and that they will come to their senses and ESCAPE FROM THE TRAP OF THE DEVIL, WHO HAS TAKEN THEM CAPTIVE TO DO HIS WILL.

(That you fight for justice and peace, with all what give evidence with a pure heart that they belong to the Lord.

That you fight for the justice, as you will be able to read it in proverbs, psalms, etc. of the O.T., that God is dissatisfied when one gives reason to a godless, and we manhandle a just man. We have to learn to recognize what is the good and what is the evil, what means just and what is the inequitable, what is correct and what is incorrect.

When we fight for the justice, do we seem inequitable to the others?

Which is God's Will?:

That you look for justice, peace with those that give evidence with a pure heart that they belong to the Lord.

That you look for justice, as you can read it in proverbs and psalms of the O. T., that God is dissatisfied when we return justice to an inequitable, and we bully a just man. We have to learn to recognize what constitutes the good of what constitutes the evil, to recognize what is just and what is inequitable, what is right and what is twisted. When we fight for the justice, do the others consider us as inequitable?

When the Christ knocked down tables in the yard of the Temple, was it just or inequitable?

When the apostles rebelled against bad actions, and against bad words, was it just or inequitable? That’s why you should discern correctly what means justice and what means injustice. What means " a just man who rises against the evil ", so that it is allowed that the Truth triumphs for the good of the community.

Is it allowed to keep silent when it’s a big responsibility for the children of God, so you are not criticized?

Is it inequitable to get attention on situations which drive the people far from God? Or does one have to learn to ccompete for the good, for the just man, for the Truth or does one not have to say anything so that nothing bad or evil or of negative come out our mouth?

That nothing useless comes out of your mouth, and when you will speak, discern if the ear that listens to you will know how to appreciate it.

And far from pointless, and useless conversations, because they are not of any use to anything.

The detractors who rebel against the Truth, are all that rebel against the Good News of the New Testament, God's healthy Word. Those are booby-trapped and prisoners of the devil and they do his will.

And which is the will of the devil?

That you quarrel among Christians.

That you follow the man of the flesh, and the desires which take you far away from God, and from Christ and from the Good News.

That you rebel against the children of God who live according to The Healthy Word of the Gospel.

When you teach the others, do not give human arguments, only arguments and explanations resumed in the Good Word of the New Testament.

So, nobody will be able to go against your education.

Do not try to explain My Secret Plan concerning My People, because all these supplementary human explanations end up in different human theories.

It is in the 6-th trumpet with the OPENED " BOOK " that would be revealed to you by ME, your Father, THE SECRET PLAN.

And I shall have given it to the Strong Angel, NOT BEFORE.

Educate only with the verses of the Good New, NOT with human explanations which ended up in all your quarrels.

Do not go beyond My Healthy Word. The one that gets dressed with the virtues of the new man will be saved.

The rest results from guiles of the Devil, and his wickedness which urge you to quarrel among Christians for human understandings and which only, you, will be saved; you all say the same thing. Human wisdom!

But is it possible that a just, honest, honorable person, and believing in Jesus Christ is not saved because he does not belong to a human organization, pay attention to your words, we have to learn to think before we speak, and listen till the end before giving our answer after we think, especially for all which concerns serious subjects, and the biggest of all the saving of your souls.)

2-nd Timothy chap 3: 1-9

But mark this : There will be terrible times in the last days.

People will be LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, LOVERS OF MONEY, BOASTFUL, PROUD, ABUSIVE, DISOBEDIENT TO THEIR PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, WITHOUT LOVE, UNFORGIVING, SLANDEROUS, WITHOUT SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, NOT LOVERS OF THE GOOD, TREACHEROUS, RASH, CONCEITED, LOVERS OF PLEASURE RATHER THAN LOVERS OF GOD- having A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENYING ITS POWER.

HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM.

They are the kind who worm their way into homes and gain control over weak-willed women, who are loaded down with SINS and are swayed by all kinds of evil desires, ALWAYS LEARNING BUT NEVER BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH.

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth- MEN OF DEPRAVED MINDS, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.

But tey will not get very far because, as in the case of those men, THEIR FOLLY WILL BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE.

(You see the acts of which I disapprove I, Your God. If you want to belong to My People, to the Wife of the Christ, get ready and get dressed in the virtues.)

2 Timothy chap 3: 13-17

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while EVIL MEN AND IMPOSTORS WILL GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, DECEIVING AND BEING DECEIVED.

But as for you, continue in WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED AND HAVE BECOME CONVINCED OF, because you know those from whom you have learned it, and how from infancy YOU HAVE KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE YOU WISE FOR SALVATION THROUGHT FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.

ALL SCRIPTURE IS GOD- BREATHED AND IS USEFUL FOR TEACHING, REBUKING, CORRECTING AND TRAINING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, SO THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.

(Only what is written in the Holy Bible can be given to the people for their PREPARATION and the rest of my Revelations within the framework of My SECRET PLAN in " The OPENED BOOK " that I God of The Universe gives you for your Preparation.

Read and meditate Good News, not to be as a reel which the wind blows and you get lost in all the human theories.

The New Testament only must be read. It contains My Healthy Word.

IT’S WILL FOR ALL MY CHILDREN.

The PEOPLE HAVE TO TEACH, PREACH, EVANGELIZE ONLY WITH THE PASSAGES OF THE GOOD NEWS. AND DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER BOOK WITH THE SURPLUS OF HUMAN THEORIES.

GOOD NEWS IS WRITTEN AND GIVEN FOR YOUR PREPARATION, AND ALL THAT IT CONTAINS IS ENOUGH AMPLY SO THAT YOU GET DRESSED OF THE NEW MAN WHO CHACES SIN FAR AWAY.)

2 d Timothy chap 4: 1-5

In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I GIVE YOU THIS CHARGE :

PREACH THE WORD; be prepared in season and out of season; CORRECT, REBUKE AND ENCOURAGE- WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND CAREFUL INSTRUCTION.

For the time will come when men will not PUT UP WITH SOUND DOCTRINE.

Instead, to suit their own desires, THEY WILL GATHER AROUND THEM A GREAT NUMBER OF TEACHERS TO SAY WHAT THEIR ITCHING EARS WANT TO HEAR.

They will turn their ears away from the TRUTH AND TURN ASIDE TO MYTHS.

But you, KEEP YOUR HEAD IN ALL SITUATIONS, ENDURE HARDSHIP, DO THE WORK OF AN EVANGELIST, DISCHARGE ALL THE DUTIES OF YOUR MINISTRY.

 ( It is necessary to have a clear judgment to know what is good and what is bad, what is the fire, and what is the water, what is the death, what is the life.

To have a clear judgment, and to love the Healthy Word, only with the Good News of the New Testament you will find it, because it was preserved and passed on by the apostles of the Christ for you, so that you have TODAY a healthy judgment.

I God of The Universe says it to you clearly, the solid and healthy spiritual Food you will find it only in My Word, in the New Testament.

And do not agree to listen to anything else, and when you teach somebody, use only the New Testament, nothing else.

Only The New Testament contains My Healthy Word. The other spiritual books use My Word to hand over. With human understandings, with human wisdom.

Only the New Testament you have to read and the Opened " Book " of the Strong Angel which is given by Me, God of the Universe, for your preparation during the 6-th trumpet of St John's apocalypse.)

2-nd Timothy chap 4: 14-18

Alexander the metalworker did me a great deal of harm.

The Lord will repay him for what he has done.

You too should be on YOUR GUARD AGAINST HIM, BECAUSE HE STRONGLY OPPOSED OUR MESSAGE.

At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me.

May it not be held against them.

BUT THE LORD STOOD AT MY SIDE AND GAVE ME STRENGTH, so that through me THE MESSAGE MIGHT BE FULLY PROCLAIMED and all the Gentiles might hear it.

And I was delivered from the lion's mouth.

THE LORD WILL RESCUE ME FROM EVERY EVIL ATTACK AND WILL BRING ME SAFELY TO HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM.

To him be glory for ever and ever.

Amen.

(Protect yourselves from ALL THAT OPPOSE To THE EDUCATION OF THE APOSTLES, OF the NEW Testament, THIS PREACHING WILL BE HEARD ON ALL THE EARTH.

I, God of the Universe DO NOT ALLOW ANYTHING ELSE TO BE HEARD.

" The OPENED BOOK " of the Strong Angel of the 6-th trumpet with My SECRET PLAN ALSO WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN ALL THE NATIONS.

I DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER HUMAN THEORY From now on IN THE MOUTH OF MY CHILDREN.)

Tite chap 1: 5-9

The reason I left you in Crete was that you might straighten out what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.

Since an overseer is entrusted with God's work, he must be blameless- not overbearing, not quicktempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.

Rather he must be hispitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.

He MUST HOLD FIRMLY TO THE TRUSTWORTHY MESSAGE AS IT HAS BEEN TAUGHT, SO THAT HE CAN ENCOURAGE OTHERS BY SOUND DOCTRINE AND REFUTE THOSE WHO OPPOSE IT.

(THAT THEY CONTROL ALL THAT ARE OPPOSITE WITH THE HEALTHY DOCTRINE OF THE APOSTLES, THE GOOD NEWS AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, but if you use the other educations, other human wisdoms, the other teachings, how will you be controlled? Teach only and preach only theGood News, Christ, and the New Testament.

That teachers and responsible educate in religious community with the HEALTHY WORD which is the New Testament.

I do not need human understandings, with the human wisdom, which is the cause of all the divisions among you.

Be self-sufficient in the Education of the Apostles of the New Testament and in the healthily love which unites everything, and all the body of the Christ, his Wife.

And outside of the Church, do not use the other books just The NEW TESTAMENT.

Because the supplements of the people damage.)

Tite chap 2: 7-8

In everything set them an example by doing what is good.

IN YOUR TEACHING SHOW INTEGRITY, SERIOUSNESS AND SOUNDNESS OF SPEECH THAT CANNOT BE CONDEMNED, so that those who OPPOSE YOU MAY BE ASHAMED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO THEIR MASTERS.

( The other Christians are not your opponents, your opponents are all that do not accept the contents of the NEW TESTAMENT.)

Tite chap 2: 11-15

For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

It teaches us to say "NO" TO UNGODLINESS AND WORLDLY PASSIONS AND TO LIVE SELF-CONTROLLED, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope- the glorious appearing of out great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from ALL WICKEDNESS AND TO PURIFY FOR HIMSELF A PEOPLE THAT ARE HIS VERY OWN, EAGER TO DO WHAT IS GOOD.

These, then, are the things you SHOULD TEACH.

ENCOURAGE AND REBUKE WITH ALL AUTHORITY. DO NOT LET ANYONE DESPISE YOU.

(On base of this, you have to start again and control with full authority, with all your love, if he dresses in the new man, if they have necessary virtues, if they do good works, if their words do not damage anybody.

Nothing of impure will go into the New earth, that is why it is necessary for you to manage your thoughts, your words, and your acts.

It is the only way of passing by the Narrow Door of the Kingdom of God.

Any education which will not explain to you clearly how it is necessary to live to be member of the People of God, does not come from God, but from people and through them guiles of the devil.

All that one teaches you has to allow you TO RISE SPIRITUALLY SO THAT YOU BELONG TO the PEOPLE OF GOD.)

Tite chap 3: 8-11

This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good.

THESE THINGS ARE EXCELLENT AND PROFITABLE FOR EVERYONE.

BUT AVOID FOOLISH CONTROVERSIES AND GENEALOGIES AND ARGUMENTS AND QUARRELS ABOUT THE LAW, BECASE THESE ARE UNPROFITABLE AND USELESS.

Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time.

After that, have NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM.

You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned.

(Do not continue empty discussions concerning the scriptures, because you will realize that these preachings are outside the New Testament and outside the Christ, and far from God's will. Because the greatest pleasure to Him is that we transform ourselves to a spiritual man, which inside the sanctuary of the soul The Christ will live.

Get down to excel at good works. Learn to be brilliant as the sun which warms, shines, illuminates with love healthily all the people, to discern what unites you, and stop looking for causes which divide you and take you away .

That you are just, that you listen what one tells to you, and then to reflect with maturity and only having answered and not with words without comment, but with useful words, thoughtful words, which will be useful for all whom you answer, but also in all who listen.

Attention not to manhandled a just man, by taking a stand of a non-just man, a godless.

If the contents of the teaching are against the comments of the Good News, they are teachings to mislead, but not to continue any more to discuss with these teachers if you feel that the ear to whom you speak about the Healthy Word does not listen you, does not understand, never bring yourselves to quarrel, because I do not like it when My Children quarrel.

Acting so for the good, learn to exercise your lips only for useful words for all that listen to you.

To discern exactly and to discern what is just and what is inequitable, what is good for the just man, and what is inequitable, what means being godless, and what it means being correct and honorable.

When you will have exercised your senses enough, you will build healthily and with benefit the others.

That’s why Wisdom which is in proverbs, in Siracide, and in psalms in the O.T., and in the New Testament will help you to take on a solid and healthy bases.

It is for you to try to adapt yourself as the apostle Paul with the Jews and the not Jews, without ever losing from our thought God's wisdom, which is not to stop at external things, but in the internal wealth of the man.

Faith in God, in Christ, and internal and external behavior of the man are priorities for the Christians.

When we manage to live as our soul, our heart wishes it, when we arrive at the main staircase and when we manage to think as a spiritual person and to live with the others as a spiritual person. When the inside looks like the outside, then we are a deserving child of God.

To discern what unites you and stop looking for the causes which divide you and take you away from Christians.

All which unites results from the Holy Spirit of God, and all which divides you results from the work of the devil.

Clean your person with virtues and good actions, THE REST Which IS ALWAYS A MYSTERY FOR THE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING, LEAVE IT UNTIL THE MOMENT WHERE YOUR HIGH PRIEST JESUS CHRIST WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

SUBJECTS CONCERNING THE SCRIPTURES WHICH DO NOT CONCERN YOUR INTERNAL PREPARATION, AND ALL THE OTHER MYSTERIES FOR WHICH YOU DO NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT IS BECAUSE IT IS NOT ALL EXPLAINED CLEARLY, OTHERWISE YOU WOULD KNOW.

For that reason the apostle says to you watch to be the first in good actions, it is the useful and the important for the people. And too many useless conversations do not settle any problem, it is better to use your time correctly for useful works.)

Hebrew chap 5: 11- 14

We have much to say about this, but it is hard to EXPLAIN BECAUSE YOU ARE SLOW TO LEARN.

In fact, though by this time YOU OUGHT TO BE TEACHERS, YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TEACH YOU THE ELEMENTARY TRUTHS OF GOD'S WORD ALL OVER AGAIN.

YOU NEED MILK, NOT SOLID FOOD!

Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is NOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE TEACHING ABOUT RIGHTEOUSNESS.

BUT SOLID FOOD IS FOR THE MATURE, WHO BY CONSTANT USE HAVE TRAINED THEMSELVES TO DISTINGUISH GOOD FROM EVIL.

(By the practice, you will accustom your senses to distinguish the good from the evil. And with the strenght of the healthily love, you will accustom your senses to discern the Good which God wants and the Evil which the devil wants.

Today, after the solid and healthy spiritual nurishment of the Opened " Book " you make your first step towards the spiritual maturity which is going to go by sharpening in the exercise with the other people on earth.

Just and inequitable, correct and incorrect, false-teaching or teaching, fruits of the Holy Spirit or the other one, the good or the evil, the water or the fire, the life or the death, the external or the internal.

And it only by means of the Holy Spirit of God, and the Pedagogy of God can the person realize. The man by himself can not understand anything, that’s why, let us ask God that He gives us all which is necessary for us to be as He would love us to be. It is God's present, so nobody will be able to boast of whatever it is.

For that, it is a honor when God gives us His Pedagogy, educates us, it is a honor when He corrects us, flogs us, controls us, because He wants that we increase our spiritual world, because He loves us as his children, for that He takes charge of us, so that we succeed in building our internal sanctuary so that lives the Christ in us, until that Jesus lives in us.)

Hebrew chap. 4: 12 13

For the word of God is living and active.

Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges THE THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES OF THE HEART.

NOTHING IN ALL CREATION IS HIDDEN FROM GOD'S SIGHT.

EVERYTHING IS UNCOVERED AND LAID BARE BEFORE THE EYES OF HIM TO WHOM WE MUST GIVE ACCOUNT.

(Yes, God's word is alive and effective. HE WILL JUDGE THOUGHTS AND DESIRES OF THE HEART.

Often it happens that human understandings and people from all time dispute those that pass God’s word to you.

Be careful because the Day of the Judgment arrives, and all that will have damaged one of my servants who brought you My Word, will be austerely punished.

And do not say that you had not enough examples in the past, because even THE MESSIAH Was not ACCEPTED, why would the prophets and my servants be? But you, you are unforgivable because you have the experience of past to be more watchful today.)

Hebrew chap. 4: 14-16

Therefore, since we have A GREAT HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS GONE THROUGH THE HEAVENS, JESUS THE SON OF GOD, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.

FOR WE DO NOT HAVE A HIGH PRIEST WHO IS UNABLE TO SYMPATHIZE WITH OUR WEAKNESSES, BUT WE HAVE ONE WHO HAS BEEN TEMPTED IN EVERY WAY, just as we are- yet was without sin.

Let us THEN APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE WITH CONFIDENCE, SO THAT WE MAY RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.

Hebrew chap 5: 1

Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

(Every high priest taken by the people to serve God in favor of the other people with love and patience, he has to strengthen them

to help them to get dressed in virtues for which God asks us.

Give with the Christian simplicity the spiritual nurishment to My People, and a concrete nurishment without complicated words, from the New Testament and by the Opened " Book ".)

Hebrew chap 6: 10-11

God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.

( CONCRETE LOVE IS WHAT I ASK OF YOU I YOUR GOD TILL THE END, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I CHECK ON YOU!)

Hebrew chap. 8: 6-8

But the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as covenant of which he is MEDIATOR IS SUPERIOR TO THE OLD ONE, AND IT ID FOUNDED ON BETTER PROMISES.

For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another.

But God found fault WITH THE PEOPLE AND SAID :

The time is coming, declares the Lord,

WHEN I WILL MAKE A NEW COVENANT with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

It will not be like the covenant

I made with their forefathers

When I took them by the hand

To lead them out of Egypt,

Because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,

And I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel

After that time, declares the Lord.

I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR MINDS

AND WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS.

I WILL BE THEIR GOD,

AND THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.

NO LONGER WILL A MAN TEACH HIS NEIGHBOR,

OR A MAN HIS BROTHER, SAYING, 'KNOW THE LORD,'

BECAUSE THEY WILL ALL KNOW ME,

From the least of them to the greatest.

FOR I WILL FORGIVE THEIR WICKEDNESS

AND WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE."

By calling this covenant "NEW", he has made THE FIRST ONE OBSOLETE; AND WHAT IS OBSOLETE AND AGING WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.

 Hebrew chap 9: 15

For this reason Christ IS THE MEDIATOR OF A NEW COVENANT, THAT THOSE WHO ARE CALLED MAY RECEIVE THE PROMISED ETERNAL INHERITANCE- now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Hebrew chap 9: 28

Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, SO CHRIST WAS SACRIFICED ONCE TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF MANY PEOPLE; AND HE WILL APPEAR A SECOND TIME, NOT TO BEAR SIN, BUT TO BRING SALVATION TO THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR HIM.

Hebrew chap 11: 1

Now FAITH IS BEING SURE OF WHAT WE HOPE FOR AND CERTAIN OF WHAT WE DO NOT SEE.

Hebrew chap 10: 24-27

And let us consider how we may spur one another- and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

If we deliberately KEEP ON SINNING AFTER WE HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, NO SACRIFICE FOR SINS IS LEFT, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.

(Get dressed of the new man in your thoughts, in your words, in your acts.

Crucify the sinner who is in you, behave well , that is what is pleasant to me.)

Hebrew chap 12: 4 -11

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons :

"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline,

and do not lose heart when he rebukes you;

BECAUSE THE LORD DISCIPLINES THOSE HE LOVES,

AND HE PUNISHES EVERYONE HE ACCEPTS AS A SON."

Endure hardship AS DISCIPLINE; God is TREATING YOU AS SONS.

For what son is not disciplined by his father?

If you are not disciplined ( and everyone undergoes discipline), THEN YOU ARE ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN AND NOT TRUE SONS.

Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but GOD DISCIPLINES US FOR OUR GOOD, THAT WE MAY SHARE IN HIS HOLINESS.

NO DISCIPLINE SEEMS PLEASANT AT THE TIME, BUT PAINFUL.

LATER ON, HOWEVER, IT PRODUCES A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PEACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED BY IT.

(THE healthy love is the biggest virtue, because IT IS THE MOTHER of patience, respect, mutual aid, kindness, gratitude, simplicity, humility, protection of the others, faith, good words, good actions, good thoughts, good works, moral desires, wisdom, justice, good difference, truth, prevention, self-abnegation, tolerance, and also by love we find the force to rise against the evil, against the injustice, against the malicous gossip and the slanders, by love for the other one and the others, etc.

THE HEALTHY LOVE IS THE MOTHER OF THE SPIRITUAL MATURITY.

Pedagogy and senses exercised by the education of God allows you to know the Good which is pleasant to Me, Your Father and the Evil which results from guiles and from traps of the devil.

To teach you to live as adults, so that you are brilliant as a sun and to shine in the darkness of this world.)

( The Pedagogy of your children:

When a man is born, he is at first a baby and his parents have the duty to educate him so that when he will become an adult he lives as responsible person, for his acts to himself, and to the others and that he knows God is his Spiritual Father and who is the Christ what he is asked on behalf of God in his daily life.

It is when he is a baby his education begins, so that he learns to obey his parents. The baby needs love and tenderness, so that he knows that whatever mistakes he does as a child, his parents will always love him. It is for being balanced, so that he has assurance for his ownself, so that he learns not to be afraid of the others and of life. When he is a baby, about one year old, he needs that you begin to teach him(her) to obey, because all people obey God, the authority of the country, because to live in society it is necessary to have the respect for laws, otherwise there is no society.

And the child like you, feels secure when there is an authority over your head, for injustices, for your safety, and for your protection.

The child in more needs to feel that he can rely on you, because through your authority he learns and feels secure, but also obedience.

When he is one year old, the baby does not know and does not understand anything, you are the responsibles for the education that you give to him(her), and of how you give it to him(her).

Each of you according to his love, maturity and understanding acts freely for the education of his(her) children.

If you are very austere, without ever showing your love and your affection, and you give only punishments, then the baby, is going to close himself up and he will tremble with fear in front of you, and naturally he will be afraid the others, or he is going to revolutionize one day and then what happens will happen.

Naturally, the parents from their excess love, or by their indifference, so that they have peace, lets him(her) do what he wants, sits him in front of the television and they have peace in the house, or gives to him(her) and buys him(her) all that he wishes, not to hear him whine, and because the child is satisfied, they have a clear concious that they did the right thing. And everything is allowed to him(her), and gradually this child becomes demanding, does not accept advice, does not accept authority from his parents, he does not obey anybody, is arrogant, it is normal that everybody does as he wishes, and he becomes thankless, etc.

It is preferable that you choose a balanced education, because all the extremes damage.

The child needs a lot of love, many discussions with him, games, attention, but authority also.

When he is a baby, give him(her) all your love and show it , when he will reach the age of one year, choose 3 things for which never you will bend when you will demand them from him.

Because a small quantity of things, for the good and simple reason as otherwise you would not stop shouting, and you would strike him all day long, which naturally, it would have grave consequences for your child, and for his(her) balance. A child would not know how to work as a mature and responsible adult, and gradually he is going to learn and gradually you will increase your requirements, and when he will act badly, you will explain to him(her) so that he understands what is bad, and what is good , what is just and what is inequitable.

When he is about one year old, and you chose the three things for which he has absolutely to obey so that he learns to comply in front of your authority. And how to teach him(her) that he has fear of his parents, and that he obeys without you have to shout at him and to strike him(her) all day long, is simple. You will count until three, 1 , 2, 3, and when he does not obey or delays obeying, you will give him(her) constantly without any exception a small beating on his behind, a normal, not too strong because he is a baby, do not forget that, and you will put him for 5 minutes in a chair as punishment, and you will explain to him(her) that he has to learn to be obedient, and that you will punish him until he understands that when you count until 3, and when he does not come, and when he obliges you to get up, then automatically you will give him(her) a beating. When you counted, and he does not obey, and you have to get up, it is necessary to give him(her) a small beating on the behind. By acting so, you will notice little time later that your child will directly obey after the counting and you will not be obliged to run after him(her) later and you have to get up so that he obeys you.

NO, you do not have to count all day, because he has to feel security in his surroundings, without being afraid and fear. And that he receives the love which will give him(her) the respect and assurance that he feels that you love him. And so he will learn to love the others.

For example, When you tell him to go to sleep, when you tell him to get dressed, when you tell to him(her) to stay away from something dangerous.

Do not try to make him act as an adult when he is 1 , 2 , 3, 10 , 15 years old. Because he is not an adult but a child, and do not take away from him(her) their naivety, and his typical functioning from his childhood, or his toys. It is necessary to have patience and to have a dialogue with your child, and you have to learn to explain to him(her) why he can not, and what will be consequences if he did as he wants. And furthermore, do not forget that you are the example for the school of life.

If during his life he committed a very big fault as child, you give to him a good lesson, so that he learns to obey you, and so that he learns to be afraid of you, because the parents are not friends, friends are outside.

And in time, gradually you will increase these 3 things, and you will teach him(her) to obey, and he will feel that your advices are precious and wise when he will mature, and so you will have a dialogue, love, and respect.

As regards their love for Me, and Christ, I do not want that all day long you speak to them about Me, and oblige them by force, or by the guilt that he takes charge only of religion. It is the best method to take them away from Me and from Christ.

Teach him(her) a prayer when he is a child, teach him(her) about My love, and for Christ, from time to time when you have the opportunity give them simple examples of life. So gradually and without any fear he will love Me, and when he will mature enough he will choose the just and right life of a Christians.

For example: When it is raining, or when it snows, tell the child of 3 or 4 years, God sprays nature, flowers, trees, and all of the earth, and us also so that we have some water to drink. When there are flashes of lighting and thunder, tell to him(her), that some people made big mistakes, and God shows that He is not satisfied, if he asks you if it is because of him that God is not satisfied, tell to him(her) NO, it is for the adults, the big ones which commit big faults. It does not have anything to do with your small stupidities.

I would love that they come towards Me with their heart and all their love, that they learn to love Me.

It is sad and disappointing that a person has to be afraid Of Me to obey My Word, if you managed to obey Me from love, because you do not want to sadden Me, because I loved you so much.

You have to teach them sharing, it is necessary to tell to him(her): you have to share also your toys with the others, because when the others have toys, you appreciate that the others share them with you.

Do not lie, because it is not nice when you lie, and the others will not believe you any more, they will not trust you any more, or what you tell them.

Do not criticize the others, it is not a good habit, because the others which see you and hear you, think that you criticize them also, and you would not appreciate to find out that your friend criticizes you behind your back. Etc.

But the real and authentic example is you, because he sees you constantly.

I prefer that you teach him(her) the manners which are pleasant to Me, gradually in their functioning, instead of telling to him(her) all day God is going to punish you, God forbids it, God wants that you lock youself and that you read religious books and that you come to our Christian discussions, the child does not understand what the adults speak about among them. Leave them with the games of their age, and speak to them about Me, and about Christ with love. And they will love me with all their heart, and when they will mature they will find Me, and will meditate on My Word.

When he learns to behave ccorrectly, then this functioning will remain in him(her) for the remainder of his life.

Healthy habits, because when you get used to work correctly and justly, it is much easier.)

Hebrew chap 12: 14-15

MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ALL MEN AND TO BE HOLY; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND DEFILE MANY.

(Learn to read the scriptures with depth, to pay attention to every word which is said to you, what it means, what it tries to communicate to you. Because if you read without concentrating your thoughts and your heart, you will not manage to understand with maturity the Truths of the Holy Bible.

When you allow yourself to plant a bitter root, know at the beginning of your acts that there will be always consequences for the others, reflect with maturity what consequences could cause to the others the root of your words, can be that many could be polluted with what they will hear, or it is for their good that you speak about, or to satisfy your ego by parades and demonstrations to the others, without a correct and just contents. Without any utility for the others, only a bitter taste!)

Hebrew chap 12: 25-29

See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks.

If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised,

"ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH BUT ALSO THE HEAVENS."

The words "once more" indicate the removing of what can be shaken- that is, created things- so that what cannot be shaken may remain.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that connot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

(The WAY WHICH IS PLEASANT TO ME is that you get dressed respectfully, with maturity with love of the new man, that you stay away from sins and that you love to carry out the contents of the good news of The New Testament

Hebrew chap 13: 1-6

Keep on loving each others as brothers.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral.

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, because God has said,

"Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake you."

So we say with confidence,

"The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid.

What can man do to me?"

(I, God of the Universe, ask you to love one another, that you stop damaging yourselves, and that you remember the poor men who are hungry, who are cold, who are ill, all the children and the adults who are mistreated and raped on the earth.

That money does not provoke any damages, any nuisance, or any evil to anybody, and especially to yourself, do not attach your spirit and your heart to money. The pearls are somewhere, and the unchanging treasures are else where.)

Hebrew chap 13: 8-9

Jesus Christ IS THE SAME YESTERDAY AND TODAY AND FOREVER.

Do not BE CARRIED AWAY BY ALL KINDS OF STRANGE TEACHINGS.

It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by ceremonial foods, which are OF NO VALUE TO THOSE WHO EAT THEM.

( Christ is the SAME and the New Testament is the same as yesterday, today and for ever.

It is for that reason that the CONTENTS OF the OPENED " BOOK " are THE NEW TESTAMENT EXPLAINED BY ME GOD OF THE UNIVERSE by THE VOICE OF SEVEN THUNDERS, YOUR GOD PERSONALLY.)

James chap 1: 5-8

If any of you LACKS WISDOM, he should ask God, WHO GIVES GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT, and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he MUST BELIEVE AND NOT DOUBT, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

That man should not think he WILL RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM THE LORD; He is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

(I, God of the Universe says to you that if you pray with faith and if you think that you lack in something like wisdom ask for it, and it will be given to you. Because when you ask for something in your prayer according to My Will, I listen you and it is granted to you.)

James chap 1: 12-16

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, BECAUSE WHEN HE HAS STOOD THE TEST, HE WILL RECEIVE THE CROWN OF LIFE that God has promised to those who love him.

When tempted, NO ONE SHOULD SAY, "God is tempting me."

Gor GOD CANNOT BE TEMPTED BY EVIL, NOR DOES HE TEMPT ANYONE; But EACH ONE IS TEMPTED WHEN, BY HIS OWN EVIL DESIRE, HE IS DRAGGED AWAY AND ENTICED.

Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Don't be deceived, my dear brothers.

(Through the tests of your life God sees you if you behave honestly, right , with maturity, with love, with justice, with enjoyment, enthusiastically , with benevolence, with simplicity, appreciatively , with force towards the good, towards the good thoughts, towards the good words which strengthen and reconstruct all what are with you, with self-abnegation, if we are satisfied with what we have, if we are envious, if we are avaricious, wall up, responsibles, if we love enough the others to have the force to protect them, if we love enough the others that raise us against bad words, bad inequitable and immoral actions, etc.

Each enters the temptation by his own desire. It pulls him in a bad trap.

Obviously, our behavior has faults and for it we fall in temptation.

How is born the spiritual death and the sin?

From the desire, you enter the temptation of the devil.

That is from your thoughts, from your heart.

CONTROL AUSTERELY YOUR THOUGTS and desires, in this way your word will be filled with sense and not unpleasant and inequitable and your behaviour will be just like your thoughts.

Everything begins in the thought, the rest follows.

Love God’s word in your thought, the rest will follow.

It is as the snake, by where passes the head, the body follows.

This desire contains the evil.

After the desire, comes words and actions.

And after the evil, bad word and bad action, comes sin.

AND IF SIN CONTINUES WITHOUT ANY CONTROL THEN IT COMES TRUE, that is your whole behaviour is filled with sins one after the other. It is at this moment that arrives the spiritual death.

Whereas if you pay attention and control which sorts of desires you have and you steer them to the Divine Truths, then IS BORN THE LOVE OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST TO THE OTHERS AND YOU MANAGE TO BE SPIRITUALLY MATURE.

You have to show patience till the end of your pedagogy, because the man does not change easily his habits, because you have to pass your tests successfully, to gain the award of the eternal life.

Some are indignant, some don’t have the strength to agree to receive the pedagogy of God which is hard, it depends on your spiritual level, if you already had good habits it is much easier, if you were very attached to the man of flesh, then you need a lot of will, and of spiritual strength of character to pass your test successfully.

The fact of knowing that it is the Pedagogy of God and your Father, it will help you to have some patience. Some others received pedagogy without knowing it, but their faith kept them standing. And they received the award.)

James chap 1: 19-27

My dear brothers, take note of this : EVERYONE SHOULD BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO BECOME ANGRY, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

Do what it says.

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

But the man who looks intently into TH PERFECT LAW THAT GIVES FREEDOM, and CONTINUES TO DO THIS, NOT FORGETTING WHAT HE HAS HEARD, BUT DOING IT- HE WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT HE DOES.

If ANYONE CONSIDERS HIMSELF RELIGIOUS AND YET DOES NOT KEEP A TIGHT REIN ON HIS TONGUE? HE DECEIVES HIMSELF AND HIS RELIGION IS WORTHLESS.

RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS :

TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD.

(I, your God and your Father accepts only that the truth is said concerning a bad action, either a nuisance or an injustice is done to a just man and or glorified an inequitable and it must be said with truth and strength and self-assurance. To avoid tragic consequences, but do not begin for the smallest matter to take issue, it is necessary to have wisdom, justice and maturity.

So, that you understand all that is wanted of you , takes time.

And strength for the truth, and srength for the justice, and the wisdom for you not to quarrel, not to put coals on the fire, but water, to be humble, to be far-sighted so you will not be pressured to do sin, to learn to be useful for the others with your statements, by knowing how to discern that the ear which listens to you understands what you say to him(her), that you remain simple, to avoid selfish demonstrations, etc. To have a just analysis how to respond in any event, and every circumstance is different, that’s why excercise near others sharpens you understanding.

Because in the serious subjects of life, as Faith, the New Testament, the injustice, etc.; not to say anything is heavy and tragic in consequences.

Because when you rise against the evil, you are obliged to say it with authority and assurance.

Because this way you will chase away the evil from around you.

Furthermore, all that allow the bad to continuously damage them, by fear, or by ease or by indifference or due to the lack of time and do not protect youself and do not protect the others, they do not enforce God’s Word with maturity. Stay away from sin and don’t get trapped by it.

The Truths and the contents of the Good News of the New Testament must be said clearly, self-assuredly , with safety, with love, by being convinced, in a simple and Christian language with out any display and take the Holy Bible, the New Testament and read with maturity verses to reconstruct you, strengthen you.

Only bad words, and bad acts are not allowed among Christians, and to all others.

You understood the Virtues and MY WILL concerning your functioning and your behaviour.

About the verses of the New Testament which remain a mystery, when your SHEPHERD CHRIST WILL COME HE WILL EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU.

AND THEY ARE NOT IMPORTANT FOR YOUR PREPARATION.

Get dressed of the new man to pass by the narrow door of the Realm and if you see somebody who wants to quarrel about a RELIGIOUS SUBJECT, TELL TO HIM(HER) TO STOP IMEDIATLY, IF HE IS A CHRISTIAN, THIS IS MORE GRAVE . BECAUSE HE STARTED THE QUARREL. GOD’S LAW FORBIDS THE JUST MAN TO QUARREL, AND TO ADD COAL TO A FIRE.

You can not know God's mysteries, and the Ways of God are not ways of people.

The only conversations that I authorize you on a religious subject, ARE NECESSARY TO RECONSTRUCT AND STRENGTHEN THE OTHERS AND IT SHOULD BE FROM THE VERSES OF the NEW TESTAMENT OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

STRENGTHEN ONE ANOTHER WITH LOVE, AND WITH THE ENJOYMENT YOU RECONSTRUCT ONE ANOTHER. THE SECOND COMING OF the MESSIAH, the FIGURE OF CHRIST, YOUR KING AND SHEPHERD IS NEAR.

WHAT REMAINS A MYSTERY, WILL BE EXPLAINED TO YOU BY THE FIGURE OF CHRIST.

And you have so many subjects of enjoyment, and love concerning My Word which is THE WORD OF healthy love.

THE FREEDOM WHICH THE APOSTLE SPEAKS TO YOU ABOUT MEANS:

YOU ARE FREE TO LIVE AS YOU WANT, TO DO AS YOU WANT, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T DO DAMAGE TO YOURSELF OR TO OTHERS, IN THOUGHTS, OR IN WORDS, OR IN ACTS.

FREEDOM IS THAT THE MAN CAN LIVE AS AN ADULT, SPIRITUALLY MATURE, RESPONSIBLE, HONEST, ETC. WITH ALL THE VIRTUES FOR A HEALTHY AND BALANCED LIFE NEAR the FIGURE OF CHRIST, and for a perfect society, heavenly Jerusalem.

THAT’S WHY NOTHING IMPURE AND DIRTY WILL GO INTO THE HOLY CITY.

THE HEALTHY LOVE OPENS THE HOLY CITY GATE, and there waits for you the LOVE OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST AND GOD'S LOVE.)

James chap 3: 1-12

Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach WILL BE JUDGED MORE STRICTLY.

We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.

Whe we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.

Or take ships as an example.

Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.

Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts.

Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.

The TONGUE ALSO IS A FIRE, A WORLD OF EVIL AMONG THE PARTS OF THE BODY.

It corrupts the whole person, SETS THE WHOLE COURSE OF HIS LIFE ON FIRE, and is itself SET ON FIRE BY HELL.

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.

Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing.

My brothers, this should not be.

Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?

My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs?

Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.

(THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAN YOUR LANGUAGE, IS TO CONTROL AUSTERELY YOUR THOUGHTS.

When your thoughts are just and right and healthy and brilliant and when you understood with maturity which is God's will, if you pay attention to them, then you lead them healthily. It is your thoughts that you should watch over mostly; because when in the thoughts of the man everything is brilliant, then all his words and acts follow as his thoughts.

It is like the snake, by where passes the head, the body will necessarily follow. If you understand this example with maturity, you will understand that to hold your language and your acts, it is necessary at first to pay all your attention austerely to your thoughts.

It is necessary to tame your thoughts.

Watch to steer your thoughts correctly and your words and your acts will follow.

READ DAILY SOME BIBLICAL PASSAGES OF the NEW TESTAMENT OR THE OPENED " BOOK " AND YOUR PRAYER DAILY.

SELF-CONTROL AND LOVE WILL SURROUND YOU AND PERFECT YOU.

Always speak about subjects which interest you, it will strengthen your conscience.!

Use your time with maturity. To enjoy a well-balanced and domestic life, in the society, because we all on this earth could not stop our work to live in a convent.

This word is for the People of God of all the nations!

It is necessary to balance your Christian spiritual life, with your every day life.

For that reason what follows is explained to you for your evry day life.

There are so many different things on earth, which do not damage if you are mature.

Your marital harmony, the education of your children, love for other persons, love for nature, for animals, the art of cooking, the art of gardening, excerise, a little sports, technology, pollution and especially how to learn to avoid it in the every day life, a nice program on the television, a funny film, a film of science fiction, a sentimental film, or other, an interesting book, a good conversation with friends, to cultivate enthusiasm and laughter and humor with a joke, not vulgar.

A good meal in the restaurant of your choice, to invite friends for a good cup of coffee, for dinner, a barbecue in the garden with your friends, or your family, or with couple.

A good swim at the beach, the water-skiing, a stroll in mountain.

The enjoyment you feel when you see your children running and laughing, the games that you play with them. Their schooling which you help them with.

Conversations and intimate moments with your spouse, to strengthen it.

Your conversations and activities in family, and with each of your children, because each of the members of the family has its own necessities, and time for yourself also.

It is necessary that you take charge also of yourself, by making something which satisfies you personally, a little of peace in the course of day by strolling in the garden looking at the flowers and trees around you. A nice book, a cup of coffee with your friend and avoiding criticisms, lies, hypocrisies. A little sport, a walk in the woods with someone you care about or alone. To be alone and to appreciate tranquillity and night silence, by admiring the sky and the stars, when one rests from all our preoccupations of day. And to turn our spirit to God and the Christ by thanking them, by uniting us with them in the silence and the peace, it strengthens us and calms us.

Because when we ourselves are satisfied by the quality and the choices that we made in our life, one spreads a lot of love in all who approach us, because we are brilliant of prosperity and happy.

If we do not do all that is necessary to have a balanced life, in all our choices which establish our life, then we can not balance anybody who approaches us, including our own family. One does not give anything good when one is not well .

It is of a major importance the way which we use our time.

IF YOU DO NOT MANAGE WITH THE MATURITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT HAPPINESS IS HIDEN IN YOU, IN THE CAPACITY TO FEEL EVERY PLEASANT THING. THAT HAPPINESS IS IN THE SIMPLE AND TRUE THINGS OF THE LIFE, TO KNOW HOW TO LIVE AND APPRECIATE THEM AS YOU ARE LIVING THEM, HERE AND NOW, THEN ONLY YOU WILL FEEL THEM PROFOUNDLY, AND YOU WILL LIVE IN THE LOVE AND THE ENTHUSIASM TO ALL, AND TO EVERYTHING.

Time to read the Holy Bible, time to meditate God's word, time for the prayer, the time for good works, time for yourself, time for your husband or wife, time for your children, time for your friends, time to work for the necessities of the family, and time to think about the good management, for your requirements, because if one wishes many possessions, a lot of work is needed, and one abandons his family, and the spiritual world. The key: MANAGEMENT.

GOOD MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF YOUR LIFE, will allow you to arrive at A WELL-BALANCED LIFE, in which you will evolve according to THE WORD OF GOD AND the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

 And naturely to be among Christians and to speak about all these future treasures that I prepared for you and of My Word.

And on every Sunday, It is pleasant To me that you go to My Church to pray, to thank Me, to glory, THAT YOU CALL ME YOUR FATHER WITH ALL YOUR LOVE, and that you hymn for Me and Jesus Christ.

I prefer all this in a simple language, and your prayers and your thanks and talk to Me simply and without complicated words, words from within your hearts .

I ASK ALL THE CLERGY, in all the Churches of the FIGURE OF CHRIST on the earth, to speak to My children with a Christian simplicity for their spiritual nurishment, especially for the verses and biblical chapters of the New Testament and when the OPENED " BOOK " explained by Me, GOD OF THE UNIVERSE will be heard, when it is read in a Christian and understandable simple language by all, without technical terms.

DO NOT CLAIM THAT YOU ARE ALL TEACHERS BECAUSE DO NOT FORGET THAT YOU WILL BE JUDGED MUCH MORE AUSTERELY THAN OTHERS, TAKE CARE OF WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE THE TONGUE GETS ITS FIRE.

For these reasons, live a life balanced with healthy interests, so you don’t fuss as those that do not have anything else to do but to criticize others, and to run behind sins.)

James chap 3: 14- 18

But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.

Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.

For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.

But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.

James chap 4: 1-8

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it.

You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want.

You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.

When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God?

Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Or do you thing Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?

But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says :

"God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

(Love for the sinners!

Who is this world of sinners who is governed by THE DARKNESS OF the DEVIL?

THIS WORLD IS IN YOU, AND Close TO YOU, AND ALL AROUND OF YOU.

All the persons who behave according to their abnormal desires for the flesh, those that do not stay away from sin, from all which was explained to you until now. This world is inside them, and to stay away from this world, it is necessary to build your internal spiritual world, the world of the Light, where the Christ has authority.

This world which is next to you and around you.

Those that kill, those that violate, those that manhandle, those that for money do not consider the others, they that trample others at work, and in other places, those that sell drugs, those that are alcoholic and strike their women and their children, those that are overcome by the games of chance, and that leave their women and their children without food, and without clothes, female and male prostitution, and worse still child prostitution which commercializes today on earth, the born out of wedlock, deceits, the thefts, etc.

All these and more things on earth are The WORKS OF the WORLD OF DARKNESS, IN OTHER WORDS THE MOCKERIES AND THE GUILES OF the DEVIL TO IMPRISON THE PEOPLE FAR AWAY FROM MY WILL.

FAR FROM THIS SATANIC WORLD, BECAUSE ALL THAT ACT SO ARE HIS(HER) CHILDREN.

AND YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY BUSSINESS BEING WITH SUCH PERSONS.

AND DO NOT GO TO PLACES WHICH THEY FREQUENT. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY BUSSINESS BEING THERE.

If they happen to be with you, be watchful that they do not damage you, look with maturity, and responsibility if you can return them to Christ.

But, DO NOT ACCEPT THEM IN YOUR HOMES, because there, are your children, your families and your friends.

When they come towards the Truth of the Christ, at this moment only you can invite them and accept them.

As they have no place around you because they serve the Evil, you do not have any bussiness with them.

CHASE AWAY THE EVIL FROM AROUND YOU.

Now, for the others who do not have the same religion as you, which are not religious or not Christian, but which are peaceful, who are family people, which do not damage you or your families, or your children.

You can see them, receive them, respect them and love them.

And if they ask you to come to Christian meetings, do not accept at once, at first give to them the New Testament and the Opened " Book " to read, then if they wish to come allow them but only if they decided to become christians, other wise do not allow them in your churches.

The devil traps people with human theories with the other religions, the other faiths which do not have anything to do with the New Testament of the Christ.

But, " THE OPENED BOOK " WILL BE HEARD ON ALL THE EARTH, so that EVERYONE CAN MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICE IN THE REAL KNOWLEDGE.

You can go everywhere, it is enough only that the place does not damage you, or your family.

THAT THIS FREEDOM IS NOT THE CAUSE TO FIND YOURSELF ENTRAPED IN SINS AND TO FIND YOURSELF OUTSIDE the KINGDOM OF GOD.

DISCERN CORRECTLY!

THE FIGURE OF CHRIST CAME AND SOWED THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR THE SICK, TODAY IS THE DAY that YOU HAVE TO GET READY, BECAUSE THE TIME OF THE HARVEST IS CLOSE.

And it is not possible to say to all the Christians on earth, that they go to the desert, here is given a way of continuing until the return of the Christ a peaceful and spiritual life, because you need to continue your activities with a healthy management, and as so it is allowed you, because you will not always be able to make as you want, especially if you depend on the other persons within work, but try it all depends on your own responsibility.)

James chap 4: 11-12

Brothers, do not slander one another.

Anyone who speaks against the law and judges it.

When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.

There is only ONE LAWGIVER AND JUDGE, THE ONE WHO IS ABLE TO SAVE AND DESTROY.

But you- who are you to judge your neighbor

(You, never say to another person if he is My child or not.

Only if he harms you tell him clearly what harms you and only that.

Nothing more.

Among Christians, each one should look to improve his(her) ownself, and only compare your ownself, so if today you are better than yesterday, if you are able today to have healthy thoughts, healthy words, healthy acts, perfect behaviour.

So you do not fall in the trap of the devil and ARROGANT future.

That’s why NEVER COMPARE YOURSELF WITH SOMEONE ELSE, IF THEY ARE BETTER OR WORSE.

I SHALL JUDGE with my OWN CRITERIA, You judge yourselves in a superficial and immediate way.

While the man improves or gets worse, today he does not want to get dressed and tomorrow when he will get dressed he will be diligent in his behaviour, in virtues.

DO NOT FORGET THAT FOR ME YOU ARE UNIQUE .

Because you have decide to get dressed of the new man, LIMIT YOURSELVES to your personal efforts to improve your spiritual maturity, and your own behaviour, you have a lot of work.

It is another matter, if by healty love and by fear for your soul, somebody tells you that your words or your acts damage him(her), only to you discreetly.

He does not judge you, he protects you because he loves you. And HE DOES NOT COMPARE YOU With ANYONE ELSE.

Obviously, there are little things in life, DO NOT BEGIN WITH the LEAST DETAIL to say you damage me, or you damage yourself.

TO DISCERN, ONLY IN CASE OF SERIOUS NUISANCE, THE TRUTH SHOULD BE SAID, BUT DO NOT BEGIN SYSTEMATICALLY TO FIND DEFECTS IN OTHERS, LOOK AT THE BEAM WHICH IS ON YOUR BACK, and NOT THE SPLINTER OF WOOD IN THE EYE OF HIS(HER) NEIGHBOUR.

When you tell someone of a damage say it with love and patience to a Christian.

And without irony, and without mockery and without pride, pay attention to all this.)

James chap 5: 12

Above all, my brothers, do not swear- not by heaven or by earth or by anything else.

LET YOUR "YES" be yes, and YOUR "NO" , no, or you will be condemned.

(I God of The Universe asks you to be very attentive, at the beginning of your thoughts, at the beginning of your words, and the beginning of your acts, before to bind yourself to a request which is asked of you, for your desires.

Think maturely before you open your mouth to say yes or no.

Be thoughtful at the beginning of your words, and your acts.

Learn to think with maturity and with righteousness, with integrity and then give an answer.

And if your yes change every 5 minutes, then the others will not trust you any more.

Do not behave irresponsibly!

YOU SHOULD BE WATCHFUL IN the BEGINNING, AT FIRST THAT YOUR WORD IS HONEST, TRUE, JUST, AND THAT YOUR YES IS ONE YES, AND YOUR NO IS ONE NO. DO NOT HURRY TO ANSWER, THINK AT FIRST ABOUT the CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEMAND WHICH IS ASKED OF YOU.

It is the only way to have the hand over on consequences, because after it is sometimes too late, and it is difficult to stop the consequences when the damages and nuisances are present.

The one that is at the origin of damages has to recognize it with humility and say it, by apologizing.

But what is done is in the past, yesterday can not become today, but today can improve tomorrow.

It is a big virtue to have the capacity to recognize that it is you who committed the fault, that you have the responsibility, so a just man is not blamed.

It is a big virtue to remain just in front of situations, and to be able to with maturity and justice not to damage a just man because of you, and to raise an inequitable man because of you.)

James chap 5: 19-20

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this : Whoever turns a sinner FROM THE ERROR OF HIS WAY WILL SAVE HIM FROM DEATH AND COVER OVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.

(Whoever returns to Me one of My children that I wait for them with opened arms, as the father that the heart shivered with enjoyment when his son returned home, to his father because he was lost, manhandled outside.

Whoever returns to me one of My children, he will be rewarded by ME, YOUR FATHER, because it is not tangible assets that you gave to him(her), BUT AN ETERNAL TREASURY, you saved his soul from spiritual death.

You resurrected him. For Me, it's as if you had built Me MY SANCTUARY, because in every person exists My sanctuary in him.

There is no comparison the sanctuary of the man which was just built, with the material sanctuaries.

I thank you when you return to Me My children, a bigger help does not exost for Me, it does not compare with the material help, which is for a momentary and for a liitle while.

It is an eternal help, you returned one dead among the living.

AND WHOEVER IS THE CAUSE WITH HIS WORDS, WITH THE ACTS TO KILL AND TO DIVERT ONE OF MY CHILDREN, HE WILL ANSWER TO ME ON JUDGEMENT DAY.

AND if you have done it, and you realize it, do not lose any time, in RETURNING HIM.

Furthermore, you will be rewarded in the same way if you help My children to get dressed of the new man with love, and patience, to support him, to strengthen him, to perfect him by speaking to him OF WHAT CONSISTED MY HOLY WILL, and what IS PLEASANT TO ME OF MY CHILDREN.

It's as if you built in front of Me a sanctuary, because inside of you exists My Sanctuary.

It is not comparable with the material assistant, which is short-lived.

How much I love you, and how you please Me when you do these, and how many of your sins and faults I FORGIVE YOU.

You do it naturally for them, but DO NOT FORGET YOU ALSO DO IT FOR YOU, FOR YOUR SOUL.)

1-st Peter chap 2: 11-12

Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to ABSTAIN FROM SINFUL DESIRES, WHICH WAR AGAINST YOUR SOUL.

Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

(With the correct management of the thoughts the man WILL DECIDE TO SERVE THE GOOD.

Your words and your acts always follow what your thoughts are.)

1-st Peter chap 2: 15-16

For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.

Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God.

(Do not hide and do not cover the evil, but say it freely so that you silence in a good way, those that are ignorant.)

1-st Peter chap 3: 3 - 4

Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes.

Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle nad quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight.

(It is not a question of clothes and jewels and hairstyles in the Kingdom of God, it is THE QUESTION OF JEWELS OF INTERNAL WEALTH THAT YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE TO DRESS YOURSELF.

Naturally, that a woman gets dressed and put on jewels an makeup and does her hair without creating desire to the others with provocative clothes, jewels and vulgar and provocating make-up is acceptable.

Get dressed, adorn yourselves, do your hair and put on makeup does not disturb Me, only watch to be in suitable limits, because some provoke by their external appearance some bizarre reactions to the others.

And ESPECIALLY, DO NOT LIMIT YOURSELVES TO THESE EXTERNAL THINGS AND YOU FIND YOURSELF OUT OF the KINGDOM OF GOD.

For the external fineries, do them without excess worry of what am I going to wear and how do I look? How am I going to adorn myself? YOU WOULD RATHER THINK WITH MATURITY AND WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR INTERNAL CLOTHES, VIRTUES.

That you are brilliant and that you shine and warm the others LIKE a sun.

How is it accessible?

A small method of work.

Every morning, or every time when it is possible, look at the sun, stop a moment of all your preoccupations, and sit down to look at it.

AND THINK, I HAVE TO TRY TO BE AS BRILLIANT AS THE SUN IN MY THOUGHTS, IN MY WORDS, IN MY ACTS.

As the sun warms me and my heart, that’s how I will warm my internal world and to give all this heat and this light to the others.

So whatever I do, I would do it with light and heat, my work, my activities, the education of my children, my friendships, my biblical study, my prayer, etc., manage to do everything with light, enjoyment and enthusiasm.

Try and you will see!

Another small method of work

I close my eyes and I see and I think of my internal world, all the love that GOD GIVES ME, AND I OPEN EYES TOWARDS THE OTHERS, TOWARDS EVERYTHING and I GIVE THEM THE LOVE THAT GOD GIVES ME. ALL THAT I RECEIVE, I GIVE IT TO the OTHERS.

Do it regularly. It will help you in your good behavior.)

1-st Peter chap 3: 10-12

For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."

How much wisdom, and knowledge of God is in proverbs and psalms of the O. T.

If you meditate them, you will understand that only what concerned the internal world of the man was taken by the Law, and the external things where thown away,which do not save anybody.

And because of external demonstrations, many did not understand the internal pearls which save the soul of the man, without neglecting all those.)

1-st Peter chap 5: 6-9

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's myghty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR.

RESIST HIM, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THOUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS.

(When you remain immovable in your Faith and in My Will, YOU STAND UP TO the DEVIL.

And I, Your Father I perfect you with the OPENED " BOOK " and the New Testament of the Christ, I strengthen you, I exercise your senses, I reconstruct you, and you will get dressed perfectly of the new man, and you WILL BE MY PEOPLE.

You will live as adults, as suns which shine in darkness, and never again will you be as the rod that the wind blows where it wants.)

1-st Peter chap 5: 10-11

And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

To him be the power for ever and ever. Amen.

(The OPENED " BOOK "is the NEW TESTAMENT EXPLAINED BY ME, YOUR FATHER, IT IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN YOU.)

2-nd Peter chap 1: 3-4

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our KNOWLEDGE OF HIM who called us by his own glory and goodness.

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused b evil desires.

(When you get dressed in the virtues of the new man in Christ, YOU ENTER IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNION WITH THE DIVINE NATURE.)

2-nd Peter chap 1: 5-13

For this very reason, make effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, KNOWLEDGE; and to knowledge, SELF-CONTROL; and to self-control, PERSEVERANCE; and to perseverance, GODLINESS; and to godliness, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; and to brotherly kindness, LOVE.

For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.

Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure.

For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

So I will always remid you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.

I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body, because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

(I, God of the Universe I hold you on the alert by my reminders, BECAUSE TOO MANY PERSONS LOST THE TRUE SENSE OF THE GOOD NEWS, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE MAIN THING ANY MORE, THAT’S WHY THIS OPENED BOOK IS GIVEN TO YOU, so that everyone understands that you don’t have to damage each other anymore, and how to help and to love healthily the others, so that the Good is THE VICTORY OF MY CHILDREN.)

2-nd Peter chap 1: 19-21

And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation.

For PROPHECY NEVER HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE WILL OF MAN, BUT MEN SPOKE FROM GOD AS THEY WERE CARRIED ALONG BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

(That’s why I DO NOT ALLOW ANY MORE HUMAN INTERPRETATION on the predictions of THE HOLY BIBLE, because they belongs To me the predictions, prophecies and interpretations.)

2-nd Peter chapt. 2: 9-14

(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)- if this is o, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.

This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.

Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings; yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.

But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand.

They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.

They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.

Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.

They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed - an accursed brood!

(Pay attention to these false prophets which speaks to you contrary to the NEW TESTAMENT , and to the OPENED " BOOK ".

You do not have to listen them, tell directly to them to stop and leave far from them, because it would be PITY that the door of the Kingdom of God is closed you because of their stupidity.)

2-nd Peter chap 2: 17-21

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.

They PROMISE THEM FREEDOM, while they themselves ARE SLAVES OF DEPRAVITY- for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.

If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and ARE AGAIN ENTANGLED IN IT AND OVERCOME, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.

It would have been BETTER FOR THEM NOT TO HAVE KNOWN THE WAY OF RIGTEOUSNESS, THAN TO HAVE KNOWN IT AND THEN TO TURN THEIR BACKS ON THE SACRED COMMAND THAT WAS PASSED ON TO THEM.

(Be careful to maintain yourselves pure, because when you recognize THE FIGURE OF CHRIST AND GOD'S COMMANDS, AND YOU FALL AGAIN INTO THE BLACKNESS OF the WORLD, THERE Is NOTHING MORE WHICH CAN SAVE YOU, REMAIN FIRM IN YOUR FAITH AND IN YOUR BEHAVIOR, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING.)

2-nd Peter chap 3: 9-17

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, NOT WANTING ANYONE TO PERISH, but everyone to come to repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?

You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming.

That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat.

But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him.

Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters.

His letters contain some things that ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND, which ignorant and unstable people DISTORT, as they DO THE OTHER SCRIPTURES, to THEIR OWN DESTRUCTION.

Therefore, dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away the THE ERROR OF LAWLESS MEN AND FALL FROM YOUR SECURE POSITION.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

(AS REGARDS THESE DIFFICULT PASSAGES, ALLOW WITH PATIENCE THAT YOUR SHEPHERD CHRIST EXPLAINS THEM TO YOU WHEN HE COMES BACK.

ONLY WORRY HOW TO STRENGTHEN YOURSELVES, AND ESPECIALLY HOW TO DRESS PERFECTLY IN THE NEW MAN.

All that remains a mystery it was not My Will to explain it clearly to the people prematurely of My INTERPRETATION.

And in spite of " THE BOOK OPENED " there are still some mysteries which THE FIGURE OF CHRIST WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU.)

1-st John chap. 1: 5-10

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you : God is light; in him THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.

(When you confess your sins to a member of the clergy, it's as if you confessed them to the Christ, because on earth he represents him.

With humility and regret, and with frankness and with real thoughts you will confess your faults. In this way I God and the Christ will forgive for you.

But confession in front of Me is not enough, it is necessary for you to repair your faults in front of the one that was hurt.

If you steal, it is necessary for you to give back to him(her), if you made a perjury, it is necessary for you to say the truth, if you criticized somebody inequitably and made dirty his honor, it is necessary for you to repair with him and with the one to that you inequitably criticized, etc. It is IMPORTANT TO REPAIR.

FORGIVENESS Was not GRANTED TO the PEOPLE TO CONTINUE THEIR SINS WITH THE QUIET CONSCIOUSNESS.

With humility, sincerity, the truth and with real regret, the other Christian will forgive for you.

Because when you forgive the others, I GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, YOUR FATHER FORGIVES YOU FOR YOUR OWN SINS, YOUR OWN FAULTS.

And not a little while later, you do the same sin to another, because after 2-3 times he will forgive you for the same sins, for the same faults, and he will think with his own right that your sorry, your regret is one masquerade, is false, is irresponsible, and it is possible that he stays away from you so you don’t damage him any more.

What I am going to say to you, is not compulsory, but for all that love others in Christian meetings outside the Church, explain to the others for example, how they fell in a sin, and how they found the strengh to repair and forgive the others, how they manage daily to get dressed better virtues, etc. they make it with the Christian simplicity to strengthen and to reconstruct the others.

A Christian meeting can be organized certain days near the Church if there is a place, or in a house.

Christian meeting can also be when 2 or 3 persons speak about the Christ, then in the middle of them, the Christ is there, and that’s it is a Christian meeting.)

1-st John chap 2: 3-6

We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands. The man who says, "I know him", but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him.

This is how we know we are in him : Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.

(Real criterion is when one loves healthily his(her) fellow man, that is what you should do on earth, and minimum when one does not harm!)

1-st John chap 2: 14

I write to you, fathers,

Because you have known him who is from the beginning.

I write to you, young men,

Because you are strong,

And the word of God lives in you,

And you have overcome the evil one.

(YOU OVERCOME THE DEVIL AND HIS GUILES, WHEN inside OF YOU LIVES GOD'S WORD.)

1 st John chap 2: 15-17

Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of Father is not in him.

For everything in the world- the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does- comes not from the Father but from the world.

The world and its desires pass away, but the man who does the will of God lives forever.

(To discern correctly what is explained for the world, your thoughts, your desires and your heart have to beat only for the eternal treasures of God.

Do not attach your heart to the creation, or to the tangible assets.

It is one other thing to content yourself with what you have, that God allows that you have for your daily life, and it is the other thing to have GREED, envy to possess more by stepping on others which are on your road, your family, your children, your own person and others.

And I do not speak about those that consider themselves SUPERIOR who believe TO BE SOMEBODY because they possess tangible assets, and money, and all the others which think that ONLY THOSE THAT HAVE MONEY, AND GROUND ASSETS, HAVE VALUE AND ARE SIRS.

And their eyes do not stop on a poor man, either grants him(her) any value, or any interest.

They respect and look for  " the friendship "  of the strong with their personal idiotic criteria.

It is not the money and the assets which make the man, or the suits and the ties.

The man is raised by HIS BEHAVIOUR, if he is correct, honest, just man, mature, responsible, boss of his own person and his family, a sir, a CHILD OF GOD.

And it is possible, although it is rather rare, somebody who possesses a little money, a few assets, is correct in his behavior, honest, just man, he is in control of himself and his family, a sir to his(her) brothers. It depends if his heart, his thoughts are attached to THE MONEY OR TO HIS ASSETS.

Because he can help the others, all the discriminated children who walk past him, those that I put for him on the road to try him.

To see if he does not consider himself superior to all the others.

IT IS NOT ONLY NECESSARY TO MAKE A GOOD ACTION ONCE, BUT REGULARLY.

Of your surplus, learn TO GIVE.

It will open THE NARROW DOOR OF the KINGDOM OF GOD to you.

It is for your own soul that you do it for first, then for them.

More you give to the poor men, richer you are spiritually. And do not forget to avoid being haughty, that what a poor man gives of what he lacks, is worth a lot more in My eyes than your surplus.

It is a very big test, it is the very big trap of the devil, when you are rich.

That’s why the Christ said " if a camel passes in the hole of a needle, then the rich will pass in The Kingdom of God. "

Doesn’t your heart bleed when you see the starved children on earth, how you can keep all the wealth for youself.

Most of the rich persons want everything and are insatiable, and next to them others starve.

And those that help the others with little that they have, it has more value than many of your surplus.

It is the very big trap of the devil for all what have wealth.

To have wealth, and to live with simplicity, humility, honesty, integrity, far from the desires for the flesh of this world, to help, and not to think that you are somebody to avoid pride, and demonstrations, and to give with the Christian simplicity, without making them regret later that they have accepted your help, not to want to control their house, etc.

It is very hard this test, that’s why you should check your behavior more, your thoughts, your heart. You have more reason to stumble than the other Christians, that’s why you should be much more watchful.

Because the devil has a door, a supplementary ground to lead you outside My Will and outside My Realm.)

1-st John chap 3: 1-10

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been MADE KNOWN. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, jus as he is pure.

Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins.

And in him is no sin.

No one who lives in him keeps on sinning.

No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.

Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray.

He who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous.

He who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.

No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are : Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

(THE GOSPEL IS A LIGHT BURDEN, THE MORE YOU CARRY IT, AND THE MORE IT CARRIES YOU.

The scandal of the Truth is less grave than that of the dissimulation and the lie.)

1-st John chap 3: 11-18

This is the message you heard from the beginning : We should love one another. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous. Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers.

Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.

This is how we know what love is : Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

(Learn to love the others healthily, teach them the truths which are going to allow them to raise and to dress virtues, and if they do not want, you can not oblige them by the force, accept it.)

1 st John chap 4: 1-6

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but TEST THE SPIRITS TO SEE WHETHER THEY ARE FROM GOD, BECAUSE MANY FALSE PROPHETS HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD.

This is how you can RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF GOD : Every spirit that ACKNOWLEDGES THAT JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH IS FROM GOD, but every spirit that DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS IS NOT FROM GOD.

This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.

They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and THE WORLD LISTENS TO THEM.

We are from God, AN WHOEVER KNOWS GOD LISTENS TO US; but whoever is not from God DOES NOT LISTEN TO US.

THIS IS HOW WE RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF FALSEHOOD.

(Do not rely on all that assert receiving Holy Spirit, but try them so you can realize if The Spirit which speaks to them comes well from God with the criterion which was given to you by the apostles of the Christ.

All the God's heavenly hierarchy are spirits and can speak to the people to return them near God, near Christ, and God's word, Holy Bible, and the most important THE NEW TESTAMENT.

" THE OPENED BOOK " IS THE NEW TESTAMENT EXPLAINED BY GOD, HIMSELF, FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE PEOPLE, THE WIFE OF THE LAMB, HIS CHURCH.

The OPENED " BOOK " DOES NOT CANCEL AT ALL THE TOTAL OF the NEW TESTAMENT, the NEW WILL IN THE TOTAL IS, and NOTHING CAN ABOLISH IT.

Criteria to recognize the Holy Spirit of God, or a spirit of Christ,or the spirit of Virgin Mary or the spirit of Archangel Micheal… is that It always returns you to the God of Israel, to the God of Abraham, to the Christ Jesus that he came on earth, happened man, was crucified, and in the 3-rd day were resuscitated the deaths to take back our sins. The Christ according to the New Testament, and that you clean yourselves and love healthily the others.

It is GOD'S WILL WHICH IS PLEASANT TO HIM, of the FIGURE OF CHRIST and it is said to you throughout the Holy Bible. Spirit presents itself and you know that it comes from God because he presents all these criteria of the New Testament.

Never bad spirits, take the name of the servants of God, either THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, OR the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

And never the fruits are the same, because never their word returns you to God's word, either to the Knowledge of God, or to God's will, or to read and to meditate on the Holy Bible, or to dress you in the new man with virtues, exemplary behaviour which is God's will.

The spirit of the Error says to you as " an angel of light " for other things. They can be "gentiles" with you to take you away FROM THE TRUTHS OF GOD, the FIGURE OF CHRIST, AND THE BIBLE, ANDthe NEW WILL, AND YOUR PREPARATION SPIRITUAL AS IT IS PLEASANT TO GOD.

For it they speak to you about carnal desires, about ground purchases, those that hunt(chase away) the man far from God.

ASK ME, BELIEVE IN ME, IN the FIGURE OF CHRIST, IN the NEW TESTAMENT OF THE APOSTLES, MY WORD, GET DRESSED AS IT IS EXPLAINED TO YOU IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND I, YOUR FATHER WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM THOSE, WHO SERVE THE DEVIL, and to those that say to you that a spirit speaks to them, TEST, TRY THEM TO REALIZE IF ITS FROM ME YOUR GOD. AND MY HEAVENLY HEIRARCHY WHICH HELPS THE PEOPLE TODAY ON THE EARTH FOR THEIR PREPARATION

DO NOT BE AFRAID, IN GOD'S NAME, AND OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, AND WITH THE GOSPEL AND YOUR PRAYERS, NOBODY WILL APPROACH YOU AND WILL ANNOY YOU. YOUR FAITH WILL CHASE THEM FAR OFF.

But, the most dangerous and there where the devil and those that belong to him(her) has most force, is when they infiltrate hypocritically into your thoughts and into your heart and create envy on you, desires for the flesh, towards the sin. BY YOURSELF YOU SHOULD STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL, WITH YOUR OWN WILL.

For it, you have to control all the time your thoughts, and your desires to verify if they result from him.

Furthermore, do not forget that I, God of the Universe gives you tests but I always present MY NAME: I THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD I SPEAK TO YOU.

And tests and situations in which I put you are FOR YOUR PEDAGOGY, YOUR EDUCATION, SO THAT YOU LIVE SITUATIONS AND SO THAT AFTER YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE SOLID NURISHMENT.

THE MORE YOUR DESIRES ARE JUST TO GOD'S WORD, ALL THE MORE SPIRITUALLY MATURE YOU ARE AND LESS TESTS AND EXERCISES YOU WILL RECEIVE.

That’s why read well THE NEW WILL, and the OPENED " BOOK " WITH MY EXPLANATIONS SO THAT YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WHICH IS MY WILL AND WHAT IS PLEASANT TO ME.

More you understand with a spiritual maturity, and all the more maturely you get dressed of THE NEW MAN AS FIGURE OF CHRIST with VIRTUES. And it WINS THE FALSE TEACHERS AND THE FALSE THEORIES AND THE DEVIL STAYS AWAY FROM YOU WHEN ALL YOUR DESIRES, ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ARE HEALTHY.

By the CONTENTS OF THE WORD OF THE FALSEPROPHETES OR THE SPIRITS LIKE " ANGELS OF LIGHT " YOU WILL MANAGE TO VERIFY WHO IS THEIR FATHER.

EVERYTHING IS CLEAR, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF the NEW TESTAMENT, AND A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF MY WILL.

Neither miracles, nor big signs, have to influence you, discern and listen correctly TO THE CONTENTS OF THEIR WORDS.

THAT THEY DO NOT TAKE YOU AWAY FROM ME GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, the FIGURE OF CHRIST AND the NEW WILL, WITH DIFFERENT THEORIES.)

1-st John chap 4: 7-19

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This is HOW GOD SHOWED HIS LOVE AMONG US: He sent his ONE AND ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.

This is love : not that we loved God, but THAT HE LOVED US AND SENT HIS SON AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS.

Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

If anyone acknowledges THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, GOD LIVES IN HIM AND HE IN GOD.

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.

THE ONE WHO FEARS IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.

We love because he first loved us.

(Those that are afraid, it is because they still continue to damage, those that do not damage any more either their person or the others feel the perfect Love.

I know that you are not perfect, but when you manage not to damage any more, FOR ME YOU ARRIVE At FIRST STEP OF YOUR SPIRITUAL MATURITY,

SECOND STEP IS THE HEALTHY LOVE.)

1-st John chap 5: 10 -12

Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart.

ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD HAS MADE HIM OUT TO BE A LIAR, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED THE TESTIMONY GOD HAS GIVEN ABOUT HIS SON.

And this is the testimony: GOD HAS GIVEN US ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

(Stop quarrelling among Christians, listen what happens around you with the non-Christians: THEY DO NOT ACCEPT MY TESTIMONY, THAT I GOD OF THE UNIVERSE CONCERNING MY SON HAD GIVEN.

THE ONE THAT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN MY SON, JESUS CHRIST, HE Has no LIFE.

NEITHER MY SON, NOR I HIS CREATOR, NOR THE NEW TESTAMENT.

A whole series of human theories which are of the devil, and all have concretely no link with Me God of the Universe, either with the Christ, or with the New Testament.)

1-st John chap 5: 13 -15

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God; that IF WE ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE HEARS US -whatever we ask- WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE ASKED OF HIM.

(If somebody asks me to protect him from the devil, he will never speak to him(her) again, only through their desires.

If somebody asks me to strengthen him to get dressed of virtues, wisdom, difference, justice, etc., it will be given to him(her).

If somebody asks me to help him with regard to a problem, it will be granted to him(her).

But if somebody ASKS ME for the desires for the flesh, for his (her) greed, for immoral desires, I SHALL GIVE HIM(HER) TESTS.

Because it is not allowed to you in your prayers TO MAKE SUCH DEMANDS. That’s why your demands should be healthy, and mature, for these reasons the apostles said: " IF WE ASK HIM FOR SOMETHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, HE LISTENS TO US.

Only if you ask me for something ACCORDING TO MY WILL, I LISTEN AND I GIVE TO WHAT YOU ASKED.

Ask to receive if " THE OPENED BOOK " IS FROM ME WITH FAITH AND the LOVE IN THE HEART, AND YOU WILL SEE IT, IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU.

IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WITH SURPLUS, BECAUSE IN the TIME OF THE END AND AS IN the time of APOSTLES I WOULD SPREAD MY HOLY SPIRIT, DIVINE DREAMS, VISIONS for ALL THAT LOVE ME AND FOR ALL THAT BEHAVE ACCORDING TO MY WILL which is in THE NEW TESTAMENT OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, My LOVED SON.)

1-st John chap 5: 16-17

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death, he should pray AND GOD WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. I refer to those WHOSE SIN DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH. THERE IS A SIN THAT LEADS TO DEATH. I am not saying that he should pray about that.

All wrongdoing is sin, AND THERE IS SIN THAT DOES NOT LEAD TO DEATH.

(Which are the sins which do not lead to the death?

And that whoever asks ME GOD OF THE UNIVERSE I SHALL FORGIVE HIM(HER).

Because it is EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE EXISTS SMALL SINS AND BIG SINS.

As in the life of the man there are small faults and faults which lead to the death.

It is for the Christians all these Epistles, to the children of the Christ, the God.

When somebody SAYS THEY BELONG TO the FIGURE OF CHRIST, OR To ME GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, IT IS NOT ALLOWED HIM(HER) THE SINS WHICH LEAD To THE DEATH, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO PRAY FOR THEM.

Which are these sins?

EVERY SIN WHICH DAMAGE YOU SERIOUSLY LIKE drugs, the alcoholism, the games of fate, a relation extra conjugal, to violate a person and even worse a child, to sell some drug, to oblige somebody by the moral or physical strength to prostitute themself for the money, to go to places where you look for immoral pleasures of the flesh, to kill somebody, to divert a child of God against Me, His Father and Christ, and of the New Testament which leads to the spiritual death, which you trample the sweat of the worker by greed, by love for the money to manhandle the others by immoral acts, to blaspheme My Holy Name and the Name of the Christ and to say swearwords.

To bring down a believer, and to raise a godless, as it took place with the Christ.

Lash out on your children, your wife. Perjury which lead an innocent in prison.etc.

And when you are Christian and allow your person to act so, do not say anymore that you are Christian. And the others with good reason are going to keep you away from others and from the Church of the Christ.

For the Christians, which are the small sins which do not lead to death, but which it is necessary however to improve them one after the other as quickly as possible because they damage you?

All the small sins which consequences are small and the damages also.

These sins are your small daily errors which allow nevertheless a normal domestic life.

They are of bad habits which with " THE BOOK OPENED " you will chase them away one by one far off.

But, they do not close the door of the Realm to you, many will be perfected to help you with love and patience and also on the New Earth, completely to improve you.

And when you will confess and pray or someone else, it will be forgiven you, but do not forget to get dressed virtues, do not put it off, because YOU HAVE TO PREPARE.

IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE YOURSELF, THAN THE ONE THAT SHOWS INDIFFERENCE.

IF I SEE THAT YOUR PREPARATION DOES NOT WORRY YOU, YOU WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD.

BECAUSE INDIFFERENCE TO MY WORD, IS A BIG SIN, WHICH LEADS To THE DEATH, TO THE SPIRITUAL DEATH.

And only, the one that has never sinned CAST THE FIRST STONE TO the OTHERS, help one another without demonstration of superiority and without pride, with love and patience to dress you all with virtues.)

1-st John chap 5: 18 - 21

We know that anyone born of God does NOT CONTINUE TO SIN; the one who WAS BORN OF GOD KEEPS HIM SAFE, and THE EVIL ONE CANNOT HARM HIM.

We know that we are children of God, and THAT THE WHOLE WORKD IS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE EVIL ONE.

We know also that the Son of God has come and has given US UNDERSTANDING, so that we may know him whoIS TRUE.

And we are in him who is true- even in his Son Jesus Christ.

HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.

Dear children, keep youselves from idols.

(The one that is reborn from God is not any more under the influence of the sin because THE SON OF GOD PROTECTS HIM , AND THE DEVIL CAN NOT DAMAGE HIM(HER).

The one that believes in the Christ and arose from God that means THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE ANY SINS WHICH LEAD To THE DEATH, is under God's protection against the devil, only by your desires hypocritically he can tempt you, but with no other way.

You can not be possesed, so that the devil and his demons can live in your body.

He can speak to you with his name as he spoke to the Christ, even his devils or as ' angels of light " but never they will speak to you about the Christ, about the Gospel, and they try to chase you away far from Me by giving you the possessions of this world, assets, money, glory, carnal desires.

But when YOU ASK ME, I PROTECT YOU FROM THESE EVIL SPIRITS.

FAITH CHASES THEM AWAY FAR OFF, and VIRTUES STOP THEM WHEN THEY WANT TO INFILTRATE HYPOCRITICALLY.

BUT NEVER THEY TAKE THE NAME OF THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, EITHER THE NAME OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, or VIRGIN MARY, OR THE THE ARCHANGEL, OR THE THE SAINT WHO INTERCEDE ALL BESIDE OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE AND HELP US IN OUR LIFE.)

2-nd John chap 1: 7- 8

Many deceivers, who DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS CHRIST AS COMING IN THE FLESH, have gone out into the world.

ANY SUCH PERSON IS THE DECEIVER AND THE ANTICHRIST.

Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.

(You listen which are in the error, don’t ever forget it.

Because you quarrelled enough among Christians and it is the cunning work of the devil. DO NOT QUARREL FOR WORDS, FOR EXTERNAL THINGS, GOD, THE FIGURE OF CHRIST, THE NEW TESTAMENT AND YOUR PREPARATION.)

2-nd John chap 1: 9-11

Anyone who runs ahead and does not CONTINUE IN THE TEACHING OF CHRIST DOES NOT HAVE GOD; WHOEVER CONTINUES IN THE TEACHING HAS BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, DO NOT TAKE HIM INTO YOUR HOUSE OR WELCOME HIM.

Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.

(And I, God I CONFIRM it to you, for these reasons " The OPENED BOOK " is the New Testament explained by The VOICE OF GOD, 7 God's thunders of the 6-th trumpet concerning THE BOOK OPENED BY THE STRONG ANGEL which will be given all over the world with the STRENGTH OF GOD, because no man has the force to understand a spiritual book on all the earth at so little time.

AND I DO NOT WANT ANY MORE ANY HUMAN INTERPRETATIONS ON THE CHAPTERS OF the NEW TESTAMENT , MINE ARE ENOUGH FOR YOU WHICH ARE ALREADY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND IN THE OPENED BOOK.)

3 rd John chap 1: 8-11

We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.

I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will have nothing to do with us.

So if I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, gossiping maliciously about us.

Not satisfied with that, HE REFUSES TO WELCOME THE BROTHERS.

He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church.

Dear friend, DO NOT IMITATE WHAT IS EVIL BUT WHAT IS GOOD.

Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God.

ATTENTION, TODAY CHRISTIANS RECEIVE THE OPENED BOOK AND THEY ARE IN POSITION TO SEE IF YOUR BEHAVIOUR IS SPIRITUALLY MATURE, PERFECTED, EXERCISED, BASED ON SOLID FOUNDATIONS, JUST, EDUCATED, etc.

If a member of the clergy does not feel spiritually MATURE it is better that he withdraws with maturity and responsibility of the place which he occupies.

You can not TEACH THE OTHERS IF YOU DID NOT ARRIVE At A VALID LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY, YOUR BEHAVIOR, YOUR FUNCTIONING, YOUR WORDS, YOUR ACTS, THE OTHERS WILL SEE At WHICH LEVEL YOU ARE SITUATED.

IF YOUR BEHAVIOUR HARMS SERIOUSLY, I PREFER THAT YOU GET READY AT FIRST and THEN CONTINUE.

YOU HAVE TO BE THE EXAMPLE FOR ALL CHRISTIANS.)

Jude chap 1: 5-6

Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. And the angles who DID NOT KEEP THEIR POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY BUT ABANDONED THEIR OWN HOME- these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

(I do not feel sorry for whoever that does not believe in MY WORD, NOT EVEN THE ANGELS, PAY ATTENTION To MY WORD, BECAUSE IT IS REAL AND IT CUTS AS A SWORD.)

Jude chap 1: 16 -21

These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.

They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."

These are the men who DIVIDE YOU, WHO FOLLOW MERE NATURAL INSTINCTS AND DO NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT.

But you, dear friends, BUILD YOURSELVES UP IN YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH AND PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

(ALL THAT ARE STEERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD UNITE CHRISTIANS , AND HELP THEM TO COME TRUE IN THEIR SPIRITUAL MATURITY WHICH IS ALLOWED ONLY WITH THE HEALTHY LOVE AND THE VIRTUES.)

   What it means to receive baptism?

It means that you recognize Jesus as the Christ of God and you agree to crucify your former sinner self and to dress of the new man who is reborn in Christ.

As one baptizes you IN the NAME OF the FATHER, the SON, AND OF the HOLY SPIRIT, AT THIS MOMENT YOU ARE REBORN WITH THE STRENGTH of HOLY SPIRIT, YOU ARE CLEANED FROM YOUR SINS.

AND YOU BEGIN TO GET DRESSED OF THE NEW MAN In THE IMAGE OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, WHICH IS YOUR EXAMPLE AND THIS PERFECT CLOTHING IS ALLOWED BY THE NEW TESTAMENT WHICH IS APOSTOLIC.

Regrettably today many are baptized children and have neither the occasion to choose, nor understand that they are baptized Christians, or do not know what means that they reborn from God, or that the man must be pure, and they live a life far from God, they go to the Church only by social custom, at Christmas, at Easter, at a marriage, or a baptism.

But when they ARE outside of the Church, they do not live as Christians who were reborn from God, a Christian life.

That’s why, WHEN THE OPENED BOOK WILL BE HEARD AND WILL BEGIN THE UNIFICATION OF the BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, THE CHURCH FOR WHICH HE POURED WITH HIS BLOOD, FOR HIS BRIDE, I ASK ALL THAT WILL ACCEPT MY WORD THE NEW TESTAMENT EXPLAINED BY ME YOUR GOD, THAT THEY ALL GO TO GET BAPTIZED WITH FAITH AND the LOVE IN the NAME OF the FATHER OF the SON AND the HOLY SPIRIT. AND THAT THEY ARE REBORN AND CLEAN THEMSELVES OF THEIR OLD SINS SO THAT THEY ARE BORN THE NEW MAN WITH THE STRENGTH OF MY HOLY SPIRIT.

It IS NECESSARY TO GET BAPTIZED WHEN YOU HAVE MATURED, TO CHOOSE WITH FAITH CHRISTIAN LIFE, AND WHAT IT MEANS IN YOUR LIFE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE CHRISTIANS.

It is not a subject with which one plays, and which one gives to the babies.

THE FIGURE OF CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED AT 30 YEARS OLD.

IT IS NECESSARY TO GET BAPTIZED WHEN YOU BELIEVE IN the FIGURE OF CHRIST AND WHEN YOU AGREE TO LIVE WITH MY WORD WHICH IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.)

What means THE HOLY COMMUNION, and to whom can it be given? And how must it be given to you?

Holy Communion is FOR ALL WHICH ARE IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNION WITH GOD AND WITH THE FIGURE OF CHRIST and whICH are in religious communion with MY WORD, for those that behave as children of God.

THE FIGURE OF CHRIST said to you, do this in memory of me:

" DRINK THIS IT IS MY BLOOD. "

It means I sacrificed myself for you with My Blood your old sins are forgiven.

And to eat this bread, because This is My Body.

The Body of the Christ. The Blood of the Christ was poured so that you are discharged from your old sins, and with this revival THAT YOU ARE IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNION WITH HIS BODY, AND THAT IT REMINDS YOU FOR EVER THE SACRIFICE FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS BY YOUR FAITH IN HIM, WHICH Was GIVEN AS LIGHT TO ALL THE EARTH. "

AND the NEW TESTAMENT Was SEALED WITH HIS BLOOD, HIS SACRIFICE AND THE RESURECTION OF THE CHRIST.

ON THE RESURECTION OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST THE 3-rd DAY, Was SEALED THE NEW TESTAMENT.

The mystery of the  " Holy Religious Communion "  when you take it, it means, I remember Lord Jesus Christ that you poured Your Blood with your crucifixion so that my sins are forgiven.

And I take Your Body, for Your People, your Church, your WIFE, you poured Your Blood, and You Resurected in the 3-rd day and You sealed the New Testament so that I BECOME A MEMBER OF YOUR PEOPLE, YOUR BODY, YOUR CHURCH, AND I REMEMBER IT MYSELF AND THAT’S WHY I CLEANSE MY LIFE, AND WITH FAITH IN YOU I HAVE BEGAN SINCE MY BAPTISM, A NEW LIFE.

And I REMEMBER WHEN I TAKE HOLY RELIGIOUS COMMUNION, THAT I AM IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNION WITH GOD, AND WITH HIS WORD .

IT IS NECESSARY TO GIVE A LITTLE WINE, and A PIECE OF BREAD to all that want to receive Holy Religious Communion.

The wine symbolizes the  "Blood"  of the Christ, and the piece of bread, symbolizes that you belong as this piece, to all HIS Body.

And with this reminder in your thought and in your heart, take Holy Religious Communion.

It is necessary to take Holy Religious Communion in a Church of the Christ.

You must be pure of all your own sins.

If you call yourselves Christian baptized, and commit a sin which leads to the death, you have no more the right to receive the Holy Communion from now on, to say that you are Christian, to frequent the Church of the Christ, or even to pray for this sin.

If you believed in Jesus Christ and you are baptized after your sins which lead to the death, you can receive the Holy Communion because your old sins were forgiven you by the  "Blood"  of the Christ.

For the sins which do not lead to the death, whoever has such sins and is originally the cause of it, that he goes to confess to the one that he has damaged and that he asks for forgiveness, and that he goes to confess and ask forgiveness from Christ, through a member of the clergy which represents Him, and it will be forgiven him(her) if he prays, life will be given to him(her) by Me, Your Father. And he can receive Communion!

The category of small sins is not allowed you to continue with indifference, and freedom from care, quiet spirit, and consciousness in order, TO DAMAGE.

It is allowed only for a small amount of time, until the Christ comes completely in you, until you are strengthened, exercised, until you mature spiritually towards Virtues.

Whoever continues the same sin with indifference, will not pass by the Narrow Door of the Kingdom of God. Because NOTHING OF IMPURE WILL ENTER IT.

A christian which damages himself or damages the others, doesn't belong to My People.

It is so that you get ready without fear, by having your eyes turned to the healthy Love of your God, and to the Love of the Christ.

Love your fellow man as yourself.

Revelation chap 21: 5-8

He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

He said to me : "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, THE BEGINNING AND THE END.

TO HIM WHO IS THIRSTY I WILL GIVE TO DRINK WITHOUT COST FROM THE SPRING OF THE WATER OF LIFE.

He WHO OVERCOMES WILL INHERIT ALL THIS, AN I WILL BE HIS GOD AND HE WILL BE MY SON.

BUT THE COWARDLY, THE UNBELIEVING, THE VILE, THE MURDERERS, THE SEXUAL IMMORAL, THOSE WHO PRACTICE MAGIC ARTS, THE IDOLATERS AND ALL LIARS- their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. THIS IS THE SECOND DEATH."

(I asked you and I give you ALL THE RIGHT TO BELIEVE TODAY AND TO RECEIVE BAPTISM, FOR ALL, TO EVERY PERSON ON THE EARTH, BELIEVER and NOT RELIGIOUS, TO CHOOSE AND GET BAPTIZED CHRISTIAN, AND BEGIN TO GET DRESSED OF the NEW MAN.

AND WITH YOUR FAITH IN FIGURE OF CHRIST AND BAPTISM, I CLEANSE YOU ALL TODAY, GET DRESSED AND BE A MEMBER OF the BODY OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST, HIS WIFE. ALL BECOME CONQUERORS, THAT’S WHY I SAY "  I MAKE EVERYTHING NEW " AND THE CONQUEROR WILL COME IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD MY WORDS ARE CERTAIN AND SINCERE.)

Revelation chapter 21: 22 27

I did not see a temple in the city, because the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY AND THE LAMB ARE ITS TEMPLE.

The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, FOR THE GLORY OF GOD GIVES IT LIGHT, and THE LAMB IS ITS LAMP.

The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

ON NO DAY WILL ITS GATES EVER BE SHUT, for THERE WILL BE NO NIGHT THERE.

The glory and honor of the nations will be brought into it.

NOTHING IMPURE WILL EVER ENTER IT, NOR WILL ANYONE WHO DOES WHAT IS SHAMEFUL OR DECEITFUL, BUT ONLY THOSE WHOSE NAMES ARE WRITTEN IN THE LAMB'S BOOK OF LIFE.

(The Lamb is Christ and all that begin to get dressed of the new man, the man of the light, the spiritual man, and will never damage again either in thoughts, or in words, or in acts or to their self, or to the others, and will have a behaviour full of virtues, as God and the Christ ask for it, will be registered in the BOOK OF LIFE, and will pass by the Narrow Door of Celestial Kingdom, the Holy Town.

Because nothing of impure, of abominable, of deceitful will enter it.

THIS TOWN SYMBOLIZES ALL MY PEOPLE.)

Revelation chap 11: 19 The 7-th trumpet

Then GOD'S TEMPLE IN HEAVEN WAS OPENED, AND WITHIN HIS TEMPLE WAS SEEN THE ARK OF HIS COVENANT.

Revelation chap 14 : 6-7

Then I saw ANOTHER ANGEL FLYING IN MIDAIR, AND HE HAD THE ETERNAL GOSPEL TO PROCLAIM TO THOSE WHO LIVE ON THE EARTH- TO EVERY NATION, TRIBE, LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE.

HE SAID IN A LOUD VOICE, "FEAR GOD AND GIVE HIM GLORY, BECAUSE THE HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT HAS COME.

WORSHIP HIM WHO MADE THE HEAVENS, THE EARTH, THE SEA AND THE SPRINGS OF WATER."

(THE WILL AND THE ETERNAL GOSPEL IS THE NEW TESTAMENT OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST GIVEN FOR ALL THE NATIONS.

AND THE OPENED BOOK IS THE NEW TESTAMENT EXPLAINED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF the ALMIGHTY GOD, AND THIS OPENED BOOK IS THE ETERNAL GOSPEL WHICH MUST BE PROCLAIMED BY ALL THAT LIVE ON THIS EARTH, TO EVERY NATION, TO EVERY TRIBE, LANGUAGE AND ALL THE PEOPLE.

WHEN THE OPENED BOOK Was WRITTEN DURING THE 6-th trumpet by the Strong Angel, MYRRH was fragrant around him the whole time he wrote it.

The Opened Book is given for THE PREPARATION OF the PEOPLE OF GOD, the WIFE OF the FIGURE OF CHRIST.

BE WATCHFUL, BE UNCHANGING IN YOUR FAITH, AND SHINE AS SUNS IN THE DARKNESS. And I YOUR GOD AND YOUR FATHER I PREPARED YOU A NEW EARTH WHERE WILL REIGN THE HEALTHY LOVE.

I INVITE YOU ALL WITHOUT EXCEPTION, TO TAKE PART In MY CELESTIAL KINGDOM, IF YOU CHOOSE TO, LOVE, AND TO APPLY MY WORD, MY WILL.

The original of the OPENED " BOOK " was written in the Greek language.

As the Strong Angel wrote " The OPENED BOOK " during the 6-th trumpet of the Apocalypse of St JOHN, the myrrh got free around him.

I, God of the Universe ask you all which will accept the OPENED " BOOK " to distribute it to the others around you and to give it to the various churches around.

So that all the earth receives the OPENED " BOOK " .

I, God of the Universe guide each of his steps, each of his words, each of his acts.

He was prepared, educated, and perfected By Me, God of the Universe, in the desert, in a neutral way, far from all the human doctrines for your PREPARATION IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU THE SOLID NURISHMENT AS I WANT TO GIVE YOU.

I wait you in numbers with opened big arms.

Amen.

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