113 I hate those who are double-minded, ♦︎
but your law do I love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield ♦︎
and my hope is in your word.
115 Away from me, you wicked! ♦︎
I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Sustain me according to your promise, that I may live, ♦︎
and let me not be disappointed in my hope.
117 Hold me up and I shall be saved, ♦︎
and my delight shall be ever in your statutes.
118 You set at nought those who depart from your statutes, ♦︎
for their deceiving is in vain.
119 You consider all the wicked as dross; ♦︎
therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you ♦︎
and I am afraid of your judgements.
121 I have done what is just and right; ♦︎
O give me not over to my oppressors.
122 Stand surety for your servants good; ♦︎
let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail with watching for your salvation ♦︎
and for your righteous promise.
124 O deal with your servant according to your faithful love ♦︎
and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant; O grant me understanding, ♦︎
that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for you to act, O Lord, ♦︎
for they frustrate your law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments ♦︎
above gold, even much fine gold.
128 Therefore I direct my steps by all your precepts, ♦︎
and all false ways I utterly abhor.
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10The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise child makes a glad father,
but a foolish child is a mothers grief.
2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
but righteousness delivers from death.
3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry,
but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
4 A slack hand causes poverty,
but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
5 A child who gathers in summer is prudent,
but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
6 Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
8 The wise of heart will heed commandments,
but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out.
10 Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
but the one who rebukes boldly makes peace.*
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all offences.
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18 I am giving you these instructions, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies made earlier about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight,
19having faith and a good conscience. By rejecting conscience, certain persons have suffered shipwreck in the faith;
20among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have turned over to Satan, so that they may learn not to blaspheme.
2First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone,
2for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.
3This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour,
4who desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
5For
there is one God;
there is also one mediator between God and humankind,
Christ Jesus, himself human,
6 who gave himself a ransom for all
this was attested at the right time.
7For this I was appointed a herald and an apostle (I am telling the truth,* I am not lying), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
8 I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument;
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