Psalm 37

¹Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
²For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
³Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
⁴Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
⁶And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.
⁷Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
⁸Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
⁹For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth.
¹⁰For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
¹¹But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
¹²The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
¹³The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
¹⁴The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
¹⁵Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
¹⁶A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.
¹⁷For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.
¹⁸The Lord knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever.
¹⁹They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
²⁰But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.
²¹The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
²²For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
²³The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.
²⁴Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.

³²For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
³³Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
³⁴Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
³⁵Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
³⁶Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
³⁷And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
³⁸To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
³⁹Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
⁴⁰Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.

25Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
²And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
³They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
⁴But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
⁶And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
⁷Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
⁸And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
⁹But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
¹⁰And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
¹¹Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
¹²But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
¹³Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.