And
they gathered themselves
together
against Moses
and against Aaron,
and
said unto them,
Ye take too much
upon you,
seeing all
the congregation
are holy,
every one
of them,
and the LORD
is among them:
wherefore
then lift
ye
up yourselves
above the congregation
of the LORD?
Speak not
thou in thine heart,
after that
the LORD thy God
hath cast
them out from
before thee,
saying,
For my righteousness
the LORD
hath brought me in
to possess this land:
but for the wickedness
of these nations
the LORD
doth drive
them out from
before thee.
Not for thy righteousness,
or for the uprightness
of thine heart,
dost
thou go
to possess their land:
but for the wickedness
of these nations
the LORD thy God
doth drive
them out from
before thee,
and
that he
may perform
the word
which the LORD
sware unto thy fathers,
Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob.
Understand therefore,
that the LORD
thy God
giveth thee
not this good land
to possess it
for thy righteousness;
for thou
art a stiffnecked people.
He will keep the feet
of his saints,
and the wicked
shall be silent
in darkness;
for by strength
shall
no man prevail.
Is not my help
in me?
and is wisdom
driven quite from me?
For thou
hast said,
My doctrine
is pure,
and I
am clean
in thine eyes.
But oh that God
would speak,
and open
his lips
against thee;
And that
he would shew thee
the secrets
of wisdom,
that they
are double
to that which is!
Know therefore
that God exacteth
of thee less than thine iniquity
deserveth.
No doubt
but
ye are the people,
and wisdom
shall die
with you.
Surely
I would speak
to the Almighty,
and
I desire
to reason
with God.
Hold your peace,
let me alone,
that I
may speak,
and let come
on me what will.
Though he
slay me,
yet will
I trust in him:
but
I will maintain mine own ways
before him.
Behold now,
I have ordered
my cause;
I know that
I shall be justified.
Who is
he that
will plead
with me?
for now,
if I
hold my tongue,
I shall give up
the ghost.
Not for any injustice
in mine hands:
also my prayer
is pure.
O earth,
cover not
thou my blood,
and let
my cry
have no place.
How long
will
it be
ere
ye make
an end
of words?
mark,
and afterwards
we will speak.
Wherefore are
we counted
as beasts,
and reputed vile
in your sight?
He teareth himself
in his anger:
shall
the earth
be forsaken
for thee?
and shall
the rock
be removed
out of his place?
Behold,
I know
your thoughts,
and the devices
which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
For ye say,
Where is the house
of the prince?
and
where are
the dwelling places
of the wicked?
Have
ye not asked them
that go by the way?
and do
ye not know
their tokens,
Can a man
be profitable
unto God,
as he
that is wise
may be profitable
unto himself?
Is it
any pleasure
to the Almighty,
that thou art righteous?
or is
it gain to him,
that thou
makest thy ways perfect?
So these three men
ceased
to answer Job,
because
he was righteous
in his own eyes.
Then was kindled
the wrath
of Elihu the son
of Barachel the Buzite,
of the kindred
of Ram:
against Job
was
his wrath kindled,
because
he justified himself rather than God.
Surely thou
hast spoken
in mine hearing,
and I
have heard
the voice
of thy words,
saying,
I am
clean
without transgression,
I am innocent;
neither is there iniquity in me.
Thinkest
thou
this to be right,
that thou saidst,
My righteousness
is more than God's?
If thou
be righteous,
what givest
thou him?
or what
receiveth
he of thine hand?
Thy wickedness
may hurt a man
as thou art;
and thy righteousness
may profit
the son
of man.
His ways
are always grievous;
thy judgments
are far above
out of his sight:
as for all his enemies,
he puffeth at them.
He hath said
in his heart,
I shall not be moved:
for I
shall never be
in adversity.
The way
of a fool
is right
in his own eyes:
but he
that hearkeneth
unto counsel
is wise.
There is
a way which
seemeth
right
unto a man,
but the end
thereof are the ways
of death.
All the ways
of a man
are clean
in his own eyes;
but the LORD
weigheth the spirits.
Most men
will proclaim every one
his own goodness:
but a faithful man
who can find?
Every way
of a man
is right
in his own eyes:
but the LORD
pondereth the hearts.
Whoso boasteth himself
of a false gift
is like
clouds
and wind
without rain.
It is not good
to eat much honey:
so for men to search
their own glory
is not glory.
Seest
thou a man wise
in his own conceit?
there is
more
hope
of a fool than of him.
Let another man
praise thee,
and not
thine own mouth;
a stranger,
and
not thine own lips.
As the fining
pot for silver,
and the furnace
for gold;
so is a man
to his praise.
He that
covereth
his sins
shall not prosper:
but whoso
confesseth
and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.
He that
trusteth in his own
heart is a fool:
but
whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.
There is
a generation
that are pure
in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed
from their filthiness.
There is
a generation,
O how lofty
are their eyes!
and their eyelids
are lifted up.
Woe unto them that
are wise
in their own eyes,
and prudent
in their own sight!
Judgment
also will
I lay
to the line,
and righteousness
to the plummet:
and the hail
shall sweep
away the refuge
of lies,
and the waters
shall overflow
the hiding place.
For the bed
is shorter than
that a man
can stretch himself on it:
and the covering narrower
than
that he
can wrap himself in it.
And thou saidst,
I shall be a lady
for ever:
so that
thou didst not lay
these things
to thy heart,
neither didst remember
the latter end of it.
Behold,
all
ye that
kindle
a fire,
that compass yourselves about
with sparks:
walk in the light
of your fire,
and in the sparks
that
ye have kindled.
This shall
ye have
of mine hand;
ye shall lie down
in sorrow.
But
we are all
as an unclean thing,
and all
our righteousnesses
are as filthy rags;
and
we all do fade
as a leaf;
and our iniquities,
like the wind,
have taken us away.
A people that
provoketh me
to anger continually
to my face;
that sacrificeth in gardens,
and burneth
incense
upon altars
of brick;
Which remain
among the graves,
and lodge
in the monuments,
which eat swine's flesh,
and broth
of abominable things
is in their vessels;
Which say,
Stand by thyself,
come not
near to me;
for I
am holier
than thou.
These are a smoke
in my nose,
a fire that
burneth all
the day.
For my people
have committed
two evils;
they have forsaken me
the fountain
of living waters,
and hewed them
out cisterns,
broken cisterns,
that can hold
no water.
For though thou
wash thee
with nitre,
and take
thee much soap,
yet thine iniquity
is marked
before me,
saith the Lord GOD.
How canst
thou say,
I am not polluted,
I have not gone
after Baalim?
see thy way
in the valley,
know
what
thou hast done:
thou art a swift dromedary
traversing
her ways;
Also in thy
skirts
is found the blood
of the souls
of the poor innocents:
I have not found it
by secret search,
but upon all these.
Yet thou sayest,
Because I
am innocent,
surely
his anger
shall turn from me.
Behold,
I will plead
with thee,
because
thou sayest,
I have not sinned.
Trust ye
not in lying words,
saying,
The temple
of the LORD,
The temple
of the LORD,
The temple
of the LORD,
are these.
How do
ye say,
We are wise,
and
the law
of the LORD
is with us?
Lo,
certainly in vain made
he it;
the pen
of the scribes
is in vain.
Thus saith the LORD;
Cursed
be the man
that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm,
and whose heart
departeth from the LORD.
Wherefore gloriest
thou
in the valleys,
thy flowing valley,
O backsliding daughter?
that trusted
in her treasures,
saying,
Who
shall come unto me?
Thy terribleness
hath deceived thee,
and the pride
of thine heart,
O thou
that dwellest in the clefts
of the rock,
that holdest the height
of the hill:
though thou
shouldest make
thy nest as high
as the eagle,
I will bring thee down
from thence,
saith the LORD.
Son of man,
they that
inhabit those
wastes of the land
of Israel speak,
saying,
Abraham was one,
and
he inherited
the land:
but we
are many;
the land
is given us
for inheritance.
Wherefore say unto them,
Thus saith the Lord GOD;
Ye eat
with the blood,
and lift
up your eyes
toward your idols,
and shed blood:
and shall
ye possess
the land?
Ye stand
upon your sword,
ye work
abomination,
and
ye defile every one
his neighbour's wife:
and shall
ye possess
the land?
And Ephraim said,
Yet I
am become rich,
I have found me
out substance:
in all my
labours
they
shall find
none iniquity
in me that were sin.
Ye which
rejoice
in a thing
of nought,
which say,
Have
we not taken
to us horns
by our own strength?
Behold,
his soul which
is lifted
up is not upright
in him:
but the just shall live
by his faith.
In that day
shalt thou
not be ashamed
for all thy doings,
wherein thou
hast transgressed against me:
for then I
will take away
out of the midst
of thee
them that
rejoice
in thy pride,
and
thou shalt
no more
be haughty
because of my holy mountain.
Many will say to me
in that day,
Lord, Lord,
have
we not prophesied
in thy name?
and in thy
name
have cast
out devils?
and in thy
name done many wonderful works?
And
then will
I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me,
ye that work iniquity.
And it
came
to pass,
as Jesus
sat at meat
in the house,
behold,
many publicans
and sinners
came
and sat down
with him and his disciples.
And
when the Pharisees
saw it,
they said
unto his disciples,
Why eateth
your Master
with publicans
and sinners?
But
when Jesus
heard that,
he said unto them,
They that
be whole
need not
a physician,
but they
that are sick.
But go
ye and learn
what
that meaneth,
I will have mercy,
and not sacrifice:
for I am not come
to call
the righteous,
but sinners
to repentance.
Then Jesus
said unto them,
Take
heed
and beware
of the leaven
of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees.
And,
behold,
one came
and
said unto him,
Good Master,
what good thing
shall
I do,
that I
may have
eternal life?
And
he said unto him,
Why callest
thou me good?
there is none good
but one,
that is,
God:
but
if thou
wilt enter
into life,
keep the commandments.
He saith unto him,
Which?
Jesus said,
Thou
shalt do
no murder,
Thou
shalt not commit
adultery,
Thou shalt not steal,
Thou
shalt not bear
false witness,
Honour
thy father
and thy mother:
and,
Thou
shalt love
thy neighbour
as thyself.
The young man
saith unto him,
All these things
have
I kept
from my youth up:
what lack
I yet?
Jesus
said unto him,
If thou
wilt be perfect,
go and sell that
thou hast,
and give
to the poor,
and
thou shalt have
treasure
in heaven:
and come
and follow me.
But
when the young man
heard
that saying,
he went away sorrowful:
for he
had great possessions.
And
he saith unto him,
Friend,
how camest
thou in hither
not having
a wedding garment?
And
he was speechless.
Then said
the king
to the servants,
Bind him hand
and foot,
and take him away,
and cast him
into outer darkness,
there shall be weeping
and gnashing
of teeth.
Woe unto you,
scribes
and Pharisees,
hypocrites!
because
ye build
the tombs
of the prophets,
and garnish
the sepulchres
of the righteous,
And say,
If we
had been
in the days
of our fathers,
we would not have been partakers
with them
in the blood
of the prophets.
Wherefore
ye be
witnesses
unto yourselves,
that ye
are the children
of them which
killed the prophets.
And one
of the Pharisees
desired him
that he
would eat with him.
And
he went into the Pharisee's house,
and sat down
to meat.
And,
behold,
a woman
in the city,
which was a sinner,
when she
knew
that Jesus
sat
at meat
in the Pharisee's house,
brought
an alabaster box
of ointment,
And stood
at his feet
behind him weeping,
and began
to wash his feet
with tears,
and did wipe them
with the hairs
of her head,
and kissed
his feet,
and anointed them
with the ointment.
Now
when the Pharisee which
had bidden him
saw it,
he spake within himself,
saying,
This man,
if he
were a prophet,
would have known
who and
what manner
of woman
this
is that
toucheth him:
for she
is a sinner.
And Jesus
answering
said unto him,
Simon,
I have somewhat
to say
unto thee.
And he saith,
Master,
say on.
There was
a certain creditor
which had
two debtors:
the one
owed five hundred pence,
and the other fifty.
And
when
they had nothing
to pay,
he frankly forgave them both.
Tell me therefore,
which of them will love him
most?
Simon
answered
and said,
I suppose
that he,
to whom
he forgave most.
And
he said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged.
And he
turned
to the woman,
and said
unto Simon,
Seest
thou this woman?
I entered
into thine house,
thou gavest me
no water
for my feet:
but
she hath washed
my feet
with tears,
and wiped them
with the hairs
of her head.
Thou gavest me
no kiss:
but this woman
since the time
I came
in hath not ceased
to kiss my feet.
My head
with oil
thou didst not anoint:
but this woman
hath anointed my feet
with ointment.
Wherefore
I say unto thee,
Her sins,
which are many,
are forgiven;
for she
loved much:
but
to whom little
is forgiven,
the same loveth little.
And he
said
unto her,
Thy sins
are forgiven.
And they
that sat at meat
with him began
to say
within themselves,
Who is
this
that forgiveth
sins also?
And he
said
to the woman,
Thy faith
hath saved thee;
go in peace.
And,
behold,
a certain lawyer stood up,
and tempted him,
saying,
Master,
what shall
I do
to inherit eternal life?
He said unto him,
What is written
in the law?
how readest thou?
And
he answering said,
Thou
shalt love
the Lord thy God
with all thy heart,
and
with all thy soul,
and
with all thy strength,
and
with all
thy mind;
and thy neighbour
as thyself.
And
he said unto him,
Thou hast answered right:
this do,
and
thou shalt live.
But he,
willing
to justify himself,
said unto Jesus,
And
who is my neighbour?
And Jesus answering said,
A certain man
went down
from Jerusalem
to Jericho,
and fell
among thieves,
which stripped him
of his raiment,
and wounded him,
and departed,
leaving him half dead.
And by chance
there came
down a certain priest
that way:
and
when he
saw him,
he passed by
on the other side.
And likewise a Levite,
when
he was at the place,
came
and
looked on him,
and passed by
on the other side.
But a certain Samaritan,
as he journeyed,
came
where he was:
and
when he
saw him,
he had compassion
on him,
And went to him,
and bound
up his wounds,
pouring in oil
and wine,
and set him
on his own beast,
and brought him
to an inn,
and took care of him.
And on the morrow
when he departed,
he took out two pence,
and gave them
to the host,
and
said unto him,
Take care of him;
and whatsoever
thou spendest more,
when
I come again,
I will repay thee.
Which now of these three,
thinkest thou,
was neighbour
unto him
that fell
among the thieves?
And he said,
He that
shewed mercy
on him.
Then said Jesus
unto him, Go,
and do
thou likewise.
And the Pharisees
and scribes murmured,
saying,
This man
receiveth sinners,
and
eateth with them.
Now his elder son
was in the field:
and as he
came
and drew nigh
to the house,
he heard musick
and dancing.
And he
called one
of the servants,
and asked
what these things meant.
And
he said unto him,
Thy brother
is come;
and thy
father
hath killed
the fatted calf,
because
he hath received him safe
and sound.
And he
was angry,
and would not go in:
therefore came his father out,
and intreated him.
And he
answering
said to his father,
Lo,
these many years
do
I serve thee,
neither transgressed
I at any time
thy commandment:
and yet
thou never gavest me a kid,
that I
might make merry
with my friends:
But
as soon as this
thy son
was come,
which hath devoured thy
living
with harlots,
thou hast killed
for him the fatted calf.
And
he said unto him,
Son,
thou art
ever with me,
and all that
I have
is thine.
It was
meet that
we should make merry,
and be glad:
for this
thy brother
was dead,
and is alive again;
and was lost,
and is found.
And the Pharisees also,
who were covetous,
heard all
these things:
and
they derided him.
And
he said unto them,
Ye are they which
justify yourselves
before men;
but God
knoweth your hearts:
for that
which is highly esteemed
among men
is abomination
in the sight
of God.
And
he spake this parable
unto certain which
trusted
in themselves
that
they were righteous,
and despised
others:
Two men
went up
into the temple
to pray;
the one a Pharisee,
and the other
a publican.
The Pharisee
stood and prayed thus
with himself,
God,
I thank thee,
that I
am not
as other men are,
extortioners,
unjust,
adulterers,
or even as this publican.
I fast twice
in the week,
I give
tithes of all
that I possess.
And the publican,
standing afar off,
would not lift
up so much as
his eyes
unto heaven,
but smote upon his breast,
saying,
God be merciful
to me a sinner.
I tell you,
this man
went down
to his house
justified rather than
the other:
for every one
that exalteth himself
shall be abased;
and he
that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
They answered
and
said unto him,
Thou
wast altogether born
in sins,
and dost
thou teach us?
And
they
cast him out.
And Jesus said,
For judgment
I am come
into this world,
that they
which see
not might see;
and
that they
which see
might be made blind.
And some of the Pharisees
which were with him heard
these words,
and
said unto him,
Are
we blind also?
Jesus
said unto them,
If ye
were blind,
ye should have
no sin:
but now
ye say,
We see;
therefore your sin remaineth.
Behold,
thou art
called a Jew,
and restest in the law,
and makest
thy boast
of God,
And knowest
his will,
and approvest
the things
that are more excellent,
being instructed
out of the law;
And art confident
that thou
thyself art a guide
of the blind,
a light
of them which
are in darkness,
An instructor
of the foolish,
a teacher
of babes,
which hast
the form
of knowledge
and of the truth
in the law.
For they
being ignorant
of God's righteousness,
and going about
to establish
their own righteousness,
have not submitted themselves
unto the righteousness
of God.
Thou wilt say then,
The branches
were broken off,
that I
might be graffed in.
Well;
because
of unbelief
they were broken off,
and
thou standest by faith.
Be not highminded,
but fear:
For if God
spared not
the natural branches,
take heed lest
he also spare not thee.
But we
had
the sentence
of death
in ourselves,
that we
should not trust
in ourselves,
but in God which
raiseth the dead:
But he
that glorieth,
let him
glory
in the Lord.
For if a man
think himself
to be something,
when
he is nothing,
he deceiveth himself.
Because
thou sayest,
I am rich,
and increased
with goods,
and have
need of nothing;
and knowest not that
thou art wretched,
and miserable,
and poor,
and blind,
and naked:
I counsel thee
to buy
of me gold tried
in the fire,
that thou
mayest be rich;
and white raiment,
that thou
mayest be clothed,
and
that the shame
of thy nakedness
do not appear;
and anoint thine
eyes
with eyesalve,
that thou
mayest see.