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rsv@Job:1:11 @ But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse thee to thy face."

rsv@Job:2:5 @ But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face."

rsv@Job:2:10 @ But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

rsv@Job:3:9 @ Let the stars of its dawn be dark; let it hope for light, but have none, nor see the eyelids of the morning;

rsv@Job:3:21 @ who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

rsv@Job:3:26 @ I am not at ease, nor am I quiet; I have no rest; but trouble comes."

rsv@Job:4:5 @ But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.

rsv@Job:4:16 @ It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, then I heard a voice:

rsv@Job:5:3 @ I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

rsv@Job:5:7 @ but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.

rsv@Job:5:15 @ But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.

rsv@Job:5:18 @ For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.

rsv@Job:6:25 @ How forceful are honest words! But what does reproof from you reprove?

rsv@Job:6:28 @ "But now, be pleased to look at me; for I will not lie to your face.

rsv@Job:7:4 @ When I lie down I say, `en I lie down I say, "When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn.

rsv@Job:7:21 @ Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be."

rsv@Job:8:9 @ for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow.

rsv@Job:8:15 @ He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

rsv@Job:9:2 @ "Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be just before God?

rsv@Job:9:11 @ Lo, he passes by me, and I see him not; he moves on, but I do not perceive him.

rsv@Job:9:18 @ he will not let me get my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

rsv@Job:11:5 @ But oh, that God would speak, and open his lips to you,

rsv@Job:11:12 @ But a stupid man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man.

rsv@Job:11:20 @ But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."

rsv@Job:12:3 @ But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?

rsv@Job:12:7 @ "But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

rsv@Job:13:3 @ But I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

rsv@Job:14:10 @ But man dies, and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?

rsv@Job:14:18 @ "But the mountain falls and crumbles away, and the rock is removed from its place;

rsv@Job:15:4 @ But you are doing away with the fear of God, and hindering meditation before God.

rsv@Job:17:10 @ But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.

rsv@Job:19:7 @ Behold, I cry out, `hold, I cry out, "Violence!' but I am not answered; I call aloud, but there is no justice.

rsv@Job:19:16 @ I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must beseech him with my mouth.

rsv@Job:20:5 @ that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

rsv@Job:20:11 @ His bones are full of youthful vigor, but it will lie down with him in the dust.

rsv@Job:21:17 @ "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

rsv@Job:21:34 @ How then will you comfort me with empty nothings? There is nothing left of your answers but falsehood."

rsv@Job:22:18 @ Yet he filled their houses with good things-- but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

rsv@Job:22:29 @ For God abases the proud, but he saves the lowly.

rsv@Job:23:8 @ "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him;

rsv@Job:23:9 @ on the left hand I seek him, but I cannot behold him; I turn to the right hand, but I cannot see him.

rsv@Job:23:10 @ But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

rsv@Job:23:13 @ But he is unchangeable and who can turn him? What he desires, that he does.

rsv@Job:24:11 @ among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.

rsv@Job:26:14 @ Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways; and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"

rsv@Job:27:17 @ he may pile it up, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver.

rsv@Job:27:19 @ He goes to bed rich, but will do so no more; he opens his eyes, and his wealth is gone.

rsv@Job:28:5 @ As for the earth, out of it comes bread; but underneath it is turned up as by fire.

rsv@Job:28:12 @ "But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

rsv@Job:30:1 @ "But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

rsv@Job:30:26 @ But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

rsv@Job:30:28 @ I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.

rsv@Job:32:8 @ But it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.

rsv@Job:33:1 @ "But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.

rsv@Job:35:10 @ But none says, `t none says, "Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,

rsv@Job:35:12 @ There they cry out, but he does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

rsv@Job:36:6 @ He does not keep the wicked alive, but gives the afflicted their right.

rsv@Job:36:7 @ He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings upon the throne he sets them for ever, and they are exalted.

rsv@Job:36:12 @ But if they do not hearken, they perish by the sword, and die without knowledge.

rsv@Job:36:17 @ "But you are full of the judgment on the wicked; judgment and justice seize you.

rsv@Job:38:24 @ What is the way to the place where the light is distributed, or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

rsv@Job:39:13 @ "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the pinions and plumage of love?

rsv@Job:40:5 @ I have spoken once, and I will not answer; twice, but I will proceed no further."

rsv@Job:42:5 @ I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee;

rsv@Psalms:1:2 @ but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.

rsv@Psalms:1:4 @ The wicked are not so, but are like chaff which the wind drives away.

rsv@Psalms:1:6 @ for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

rsv@Psalms:3:4 @ But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

rsv@Psalms:4:4 @ But know that the LORD has set apart the godly for himself; the LORD hears when I call to him.

rsv@Psalms:4:5 @ Be angry, but sin not; commune with your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. [Selah]

rsv@Psalms:5:8 @ But I through the abundance of thy steadfast love will enter thy house, I will worship toward thy holy temple in the fear of thee.

rsv@Psalms:5:12 @ But let all who take refuge in thee rejoice, let them ever sing for joy; and do thou defend them, that those who love thy name may exult in thee. [ (Psalms strkjv@5:13) For thou dost bless the righteous, O LORD; thou dost cover him with favor as with a shield. ]

rsv@Psalms:6:4 @ My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O LORD--how long?

rsv@Psalms:7:10 @ O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.

rsv@Psalms:9:8 @ But the LORD sits enthroned for ever, he has established his throne for judgment;

rsv@Psalms:9:20 @ Arise, O LORD! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before thee! [ (Psalms strkjv@9:21) Put them in fear, O LORD! Let the nations know that they are but men! [Selah] ]

rsv@Psalms:13:6 @ But I have trusted in thy steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. [ (Psalms strkjv@13:7) I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. ]

rsv@Psalms:14:7 @ You would confound the plans of the poor, but the LORD is his refuge. [ (Psalms strkjv@14:8) O that deliverance for Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, Israel shall be glad. ]

rsv@Psalms:15:5 @ in whose eyes a reprobate is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; [ (Psalms strkjv@15:6) who does not put out his money at interest, and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. ]

rsv@Psalms:18:19 @ They came upon me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was my stay.

rsv@Psalms:18:28 @ For thou dost deliver a humble people; but the haughty eyes thou dost bring down.

rsv@Psalms:18:32 @ For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--

rsv@Psalms:18:42 @ They cried for help, but there was none to save, they cried to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

rsv@Psalms:19:13 @ But who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults.

rsv@Psalms:20:8 @ Some boast of chariots, and some of horses; but we boast of the name of the LORD our God.

rsv@Psalms:20:9 @ They will collapse and fall; but we shall rise and stand upright. [ (Psalms strkjv@20:10) Give victory to the king, O LORD; answer us when we call. ]

rsv@Psalms:22:3 @ O my God, I cry by day, but thou dost not answer; and by night, but find no rest.

rsv@Psalms:22:7 @ But I am a worm, and no man; scorned by men, and despised by the people.

rsv@Psalms:22:20 @ But thou, O LORD, be not far off! O thou my help, hasten to my aid!

rsv@Psalms:22:25 @ For he has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; and he has not hid his face from him, but has heard, when he cried to him.

rsv@Psalms:26:12 @ But as for me, I walk in my integrity; redeem me, and be gracious to me. [ (Psalms strkjv@26:13) My foot stands on level ground; in the great congregation I will bless the LORD. ]

rsv@Psalms:27:11 @ For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the LORD will take me up.

rsv@Psalms:30:6 @ For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.

rsv@Psalms:31:7 @ Thou hatest those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in the LORD.

rsv@Psalms:31:15 @ But I trust in thee, O LORD, I say, "Thou art my God."

rsv@Psalms:31:23 @ I had said in my alarm, "I am driven far from thy sight." But thou didst hear my supplications, when I cried to thee for help.

rsv@Psalms:31:24 @ Love the LORD, all you his saints! The LORD preserves the faithful, but abundantly requites him who acts haughtily. [ (Psalms strkjv@31:25) Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the LORD! ]

rsv@Psalms:32:11 @ Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the LORD. [ (Psalms strkjv@32:12) Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart! ]

rsv@Psalms:34:11 @ The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

rsv@Psalms:34:20 @ Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

rsv@Psalms:35:14 @ But I, when they were sick-- I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on my bosom,

rsv@Psalms:35:16 @ But at my stumbling they gathered in glee, they gathered together against me; cripples whom I knew not slandered me without ceasing;

rsv@Psalms:35:21 @ For they do not speak peace, but against those who are quiet in the land they conceive words of deceit.

rsv@Psalms:37:10 @ For the wicked shall be cut off; but those who wait for the LORD shall possess the land.

rsv@Psalms:37:12 @ But the meek shall possess the land, and delight themselves in abundant prosperity.

rsv@Psalms:37:14 @ but the LORD laughs at the wicked, for he sees that his day is coming.

rsv@Psalms:37:18 @ For the arms of the wicked shall be broken; but the LORD upholds the righteous.

rsv@Psalms:37:21 @ But the wicked perish; the enemies of the LORD are like the glory of the pastures, they vanish--like smoke they vanish away.

rsv@Psalms:37:22 @ The wicked borrows, and cannot pay back, but the righteous is generous and gives;

rsv@Psalms:37:23 @ for those blessed by the LORD shall possess the land, but those cursed by him shall be cut off.

rsv@Psalms:37:29 @ For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. The righteous shall be preserved for ever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

rsv@Psalms:37:39 @ But transgressors shall be altogether destroyed; the posterity of the wicked shall be cut off.

rsv@Psalms:38:14 @ But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

rsv@Psalms:38:16 @ But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.

rsv@Psalms:40:7 @ Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire; but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required.

rsv@Psalms:40:17 @ But may all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee; may those who love thy salvation say continually, "Great is the LORD!" [ (Psalms strkjv@40:18) As for me, I am poor and needy; but the Lord takes thought for me. Thou art my help and my deliverer; do not tarry, O my God! ]

rsv@Psalms:41:11 @ But do thou, O LORD, be gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them!

rsv@Psalms:41:13 @ But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in thy presence for ever. [ (Psalms strkjv@41:14) Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. ]

rsv@Psalms:44:3 @ thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free;

rsv@Psalms:44:4 @ for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them.

rsv@Psalms:44:8 @ But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us.

rsv@Psalms:49:16 @ But God will ransom my soul from the power of Sheol, for he will receive me. [Selah]

rsv@Psalms:50:17 @ But to the wicked God says: "What right have you to recite my statutes, or take my covenant on your lips?

rsv@Psalms:50:22 @ These things you have done and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you, and lay the charge before you.

rsv@Psalms:52:6 @ But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. [Selah]

rsv@Psalms:52:8 @ "See the man who would not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and sought refuge in his wealth!"

rsv@Psalms:52:9 @ But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God for ever and ever. [ (Psalms strkjv@52:10) I will thank thee for ever, because thou hast done it. I will proclaim thy name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. ]

rsv@Psalms:55:14 @ But it is you, my equal, my companion, my familiar friend.

rsv@Psalms:55:17 @ But I call upon God; and the LORD will save me.

rsv@Psalms:55:22 @ His speech was smoother than butter, yet war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords.

rsv@Psalms:55:23 @ Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. [ (Psalms strkjv@55:24) But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee. ]

rsv@Psalms:57:7 @ They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. [Selah]

rsv@Psalms:59:9 @ But thou, O LORD, dost laugh at them; thou dost hold all the nations in derision.

rsv@Psalms:59:17 @ But I will sing of thy might; I will sing aloud of thy steadfast love in the morning. For thou hast been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress. [ (Psalms strkjv@59:18) O my Strength, I will sing praises to thee, for thou, O God, art my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love. ]

rsv@Psalms:62:5 @ They only plan to thrust him down from his eminence. They take pleasure in falsehood. They bless with their mouths, but inwardly they curse. [Selah]

rsv@Psalms:62:10 @ Men of low estate are but a breath, men of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

rsv@Psalms:63:10 @ But those who seek to destroy my life shall go down into the depths of the earth;

rsv@Psalms:63:11 @ they shall be given over to the power of the sword, they shall be prey for jackals. [ (Psalms strkjv@63:12) But the king shall rejoice in God; all who swear by him shall glory; for the mouths of liars will be stopped. ]

rsv@Psalms:64:8 @ But God will shoot his arrow at them; they will be wounded suddenly.

rsv@Psalms:66:20 @ But truly God has listened; he has given heed to the voice of my prayer. [ (Psalms strkjv@66:21) Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me! ]

rsv@Psalms:68:4 @ But let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy!

rsv@Psalms:68:7 @ God gives the desolate a home to dwell in; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

rsv@Psalms:68:22 @ But God will shatter the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

rsv@Psalms:68:31 @ Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.

rsv@Psalms:69:14 @ But as for me, my prayer is to thee, O LORD. At an acceptable time, O God, in the abundance of thy steadfast love answer me. With thy faithful help

rsv@Psalms:69:21 @ Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

rsv@Psalms:69:30 @ But I am afflicted and in pain; let thy salvation, O God, set me on high!

rsv@Psalms:70:5 @ May all who seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee! May those who love thy salvation say evermore, "God is great!" [ (Psalms strkjv@70:6) But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! Thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not tarry! ]

rsv@Psalms:71:7 @ I have been as a portent to many; but thou art my strong refuge.

rsv@Psalms:71:14 @ But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.

rsv@Psalms:72:11 @ May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

rsv@Psalms:73:3 @ But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had well nigh slipped.

rsv@Psalms:73:17 @ But when I thought how to understand this, it seemed to me a wearisome task,

rsv@Psalms:73:26 @ Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is nothing upon earth that I desire besides thee.

rsv@Psalms:73:27 @ My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

rsv@Psalms:73:28 @ For lo, those who are far from thee shall perish; thou dost put an end to those who are false to thee. [ (Psalms strkjv@73:29) But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may tell of all thy works. ]

rsv@Psalms:75:8 @ but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

rsv@Psalms:75:10 @ But I will rejoice for ever, I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. [ (Psalms strkjv@75:11) All the horns of the wicked he will cut off, but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. ]

rsv@Psalms:76:8 @ But thou, terrible art thou! Who can stand before thee when once thy anger is roused?

rsv@Psalms:78:5 @ We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders which he has wrought.

rsv@Psalms:78:8 @ so that they should set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments;

rsv@Psalms:78:11 @ They did not keep God's covenant, but refused to walk according to his law.

rsv@Psalms:78:31 @ But before they had sated their craving, while the food was still in their mouths,

rsv@Psalms:78:37 @ But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.

rsv@Psalms:78:40 @ He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again.

rsv@Psalms:78:51 @ He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague.

rsv@Psalms:78:54 @ He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.

rsv@Psalms:78:58 @ but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers; they twisted like a deceitful bow.

rsv@Psalms:78:69 @ but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.

rsv@Psalms:80:18 @ But let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself!

rsv@Psalms:81:9 @ Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

rsv@Psalms:81:12 @ "But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.

rsv@Psalms:86:16 @ But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

rsv@Psalms:88:14 @ But I, O LORD, cry to thee; in the morning my prayer comes before thee.

rsv@Psalms:89:34 @ but I will not remove from him my steadfast love, or be false to my faithfulness.

rsv@Psalms:89:39 @ But now thou hast cast off and rejected, thou art full of wrath against thy anointed.

rsv@Psalms:90:5 @ For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

rsv@Psalms:90:11 @ The years of our life are threescore and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore; yet their span is but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly away.

rsv@Psalms:91:7 @ A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand; but it will not come near you.

rsv@Psalms:92:9 @ but thou, O LORD, art on high for ever.

rsv@Psalms:92:11 @ But thou hast exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; thou hast poured over me fresh oil.

rsv@Psalms:94:11 @ the LORD, knows the thoughts of man, that they are but a breath.

rsv@Psalms:94:22 @ But the LORD has become my stronghold, and my God the rock of my refuge.

rsv@Psalms:96:5 @ For all the gods of the peoples are idols; but the LORD made the heavens.

rsv@Psalms:99:8 @ O LORD our God, thou didst answer them; thou wast a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.

rsv@Psalms:102:13 @ But thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.

rsv@Psalms:102:27 @ They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away;

rsv@Psalms:102:28 @ but thou art the same, and thy years have no end. [ (Psalms strkjv@102:29) The children of thy servants shall dwell secure; their posterity shall be established before thee. ]

rsv@Psalms:103:18 @ But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children,

rsv@Psalms:106:7 @ Our fathers, when they were in Egypt, did not consider thy wonderful works; they did not remember the abundance of thy steadfast love, but rebelled against the Most High at the Red Sea.

rsv@Psalms:106:13 @ But they soon forgot his works; they did not wait for his counsel.

rsv@Psalms:106:14 @ But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness, and put God to the test in the desert;

rsv@Psalms:106:15 @ he gave them what they asked, but sent a wasting disease among them.

rsv@Psalms:106:35 @ but they mingled with the nations and learned to do as they did.

rsv@Psalms:106:43 @ Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their purposes, and were brought low through their iniquity.

rsv@Psalms:107:41 @ but he raises up the needy out of affliction, and makes their families like flocks.

rsv@Psalms:109:17 @ For he did not remember to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and the brokenhearted to their death.

rsv@Psalms:109:22 @ But thou, O GOD my Lord, deal on my behalf for thy name's sake; because thy steadfast love is good, deliver me!

rsv@Psalms:109:29 @ Let them curse, but do thou bless! Let my assailants be put to shame; may thy servant be glad!

rsv@Psalms:112:9 @ He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn is exalted in honor.

rsv@Psalms:115:1 @ Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory, for the sake of thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness!

rsv@Psalms:115:5 @ They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see.

rsv@Psalms:115:6 @ They have ears, but do not hear; noses, but do not smell.

rsv@Psalms:115:7 @ They have hands, but do not feel; feet, but do not walk; and they do not make a sound in their throat.

rsv@Psalms:115:16 @ The heavens are the LORD's heavens, but the earth he has given to the sons of men.

rsv@Psalms:115:18 @ But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD!

rsv@Psalms:118:13 @ I was pushed hard, so that I was falling, but the LORD helped me.

rsv@Psalms:118:17 @ I shall not die, but I shall live, and recount the deeds of the LORD.

rsv@Psalms:118:18 @ The LORD has chastened me sorely, but he has not given me over to death.

rsv@Psalms:119:3 @ who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!

rsv@Psalms:119:51 @ Godless men utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from thy law.

rsv@Psalms:119:67 @ Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I keep thy word.

rsv@Psalms:119:69 @ The godless besmear me with lies, but with my whole heart I keep thy precepts;

rsv@Psalms:119:70 @ their heart is gross like fat, but I delight in thy law.

rsv@Psalms:119:87 @ They have almost made an end of me on earth; but I have not forsaken thy precepts.

rsv@Psalms:119:95 @ The wicked lie in wait to destroy me; but I consider thy testimonies.

rsv@Psalms:119:96 @ I have seen a limit to all perfection, but thy commandment is exceedingly broad.

rsv@Psalms:119:109 @ I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget thy law.

rsv@Psalms:119:110 @ The wicked have laid a snare for me, but I do not stray from thy precepts.

rsv@Psalms:119:113 @ I hate double-minded men, but I love thy law.

rsv@Psalms:119:143 @ Trouble and anguish have come upon me, but thy commandments are my delight.

rsv@Psalms:119:151 @ But thou art near, O LORD, and all thy commandments are true.

rsv@Psalms:119:157 @ Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from thy testimonies.

rsv@Psalms:119:161 @ Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of thy words.

rsv@Psalms:119:163 @ I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love thy law.

rsv@Psalms:120:7 @ Too long have I had my dwelling among those who hate peace. [ (Psalms strkjv@120:8) I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war! ]

rsv@Psalms:125:2 @ Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides for ever.

rsv@Psalms:125:5 @ Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in their hearts! [ (Psalms strkjv@125:6) But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the LORD will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel! ]

rsv@Psalms:130:5 @ But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

rsv@Psalms:131:3 @ But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a child quieted at its mother's breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul. [ (Psalms strkjv@131:4) O Israel, hope in the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. ]

rsv@Psalms:132:18 @ There I will make a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared a lamp for my anointed. [ (Psalms strkjv@132:19) His enemies I will clothe with shame, but upon himself his crown will shed its luster." ]

rsv@Psalms:135:16 @ They have mouths, but they speak not, they have eyes, but they see not,

rsv@Psalms:135:17 @ they have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths.

rsv@Psalms:136:15 @ but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

rsv@Psalms:138:7 @ For though the LORD is high, he regards the lowly; but the haughty he knows from afar.

rsv@Psalms:141:6 @ Let a good man strike or rebuke me in kindness, but let the oil of the wicked never anoint my head; for my prayer is continually against their wicked deeds.

rsv@Psalms:141:9 @ But my eyes are toward thee, O LORD God; in thee I seek refuge; leave me not defenseless!

rsv@Psalms:142:5 @ I look to the right and watch, but there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me, no man cares for me.

rsv@Psalms:145:21 @ The LORD preserves all who love him; but all the wicked he will destroy. [ (Psalms strkjv@145:22) My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. ]

rsv@Psalms:146:9 @ The LORD watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless; but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

rsv@Psalms:147:11 @ but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.

rsv@Proverbs:1:18 @ but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.

rsv@Proverbs:1:28 @ Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.

rsv@Proverbs:1:33 @ but he who listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of evil."

rsv@Proverbs:2:22 @ but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the treacherous will be rooted out of it.

rsv@Proverbs:3:1 @ My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;

rsv@Proverbs:3:32 @ for the perverse man is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.

rsv@Proverbs:3:33 @ The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the abode of the righteous.

rsv@Proverbs:3:34 @ Toward the scorners he is scornful, but to the humble he shows favor.

rsv@Proverbs:3:35 @ The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

rsv@Proverbs:4:18 @ But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

rsv@Proverbs:5:4 @ but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

rsv@Proverbs:6:26 @ for a harlot may be hired for a loaf of bread, but an adulteress stalks a man's very life.

rsv@Proverbs:8:36 @ but he who misses me injures himself; all who hate me love death."

rsv@Proverbs:9:18 @ But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

rsv@Proverbs:10:1 @ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

rsv@Proverbs:10:2 @ Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

rsv@Proverbs:10:3 @ The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

rsv@Proverbs:10:4 @ A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

rsv@Proverbs:10:5 @ A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.

rsv@Proverbs:10:6 @ Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

rsv@Proverbs:10:7 @ The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.

rsv@Proverbs:10:8 @ The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.

rsv@Proverbs:10:9 @ He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

rsv@Proverbs:10:10 @ He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

rsv@Proverbs:10:11 @ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

rsv@Proverbs:10:12 @ Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.

rsv@Proverbs:10:13 @ On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

rsv@Proverbs:10:14 @ Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

rsv@Proverbs:10:17 @ He who heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.

rsv@Proverbs:10:19 @ When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.

rsv@Proverbs:10:21 @ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.

rsv@Proverbs:10:23 @ It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.

rsv@Proverbs:10:24 @ What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

rsv@Proverbs:10:25 @ When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.

rsv@Proverbs:10:27 @ The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.

rsv@Proverbs:10:28 @ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nought.

rsv@Proverbs:10:29 @ The LORD is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.

rsv@Proverbs:10:30 @ The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.

rsv@Proverbs:10:31 @ The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

rsv@Proverbs:10:32 @ The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

rsv@Proverbs:11:1 @ A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

rsv@Proverbs:11:2 @ When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.

rsv@Proverbs:11:3 @ The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

rsv@Proverbs:11:4 @ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

rsv@Proverbs:11:5 @ The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.

rsv@Proverbs:11:6 @ The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.

rsv@Proverbs:11:9 @ With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.

rsv@Proverbs:11:11 @ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

rsv@Proverbs:11:12 @ He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.

rsv@Proverbs:11:13 @ He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

rsv@Proverbs:11:14 @ Where there is no guidance, a people falls; but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

rsv@Proverbs:11:15 @ He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.

rsv@Proverbs:11:17 @ A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.

rsv@Proverbs:11:18 @ A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

rsv@Proverbs:11:19 @ He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.

rsv@Proverbs:11:20 @ Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

rsv@Proverbs:11:21 @ Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.

rsv@Proverbs:11:26 @ The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

rsv@Proverbs:11:27 @ He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.

rsv@Proverbs:11:28 @ He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

rsv@Proverbs:11:30 @ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.

rsv@Proverbs:12:1 @ Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.

rsv@Proverbs:12:2 @ A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of evil devices he condemns.

rsv@Proverbs:12:3 @ A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.

rsv@Proverbs:12:4 @ A good wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

rsv@Proverbs:12:6 @ The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright delivers men.

rsv@Proverbs:12:7 @ The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous will stand.

rsv@Proverbs:12:8 @ A man is commended according to his good sense, but one of perverse mind is despised.

rsv@Proverbs:12:9 @ Better is a man of humble standing who works for himself than one who plays the great man but lacks bread.

rsv@Proverbs:12:10 @ A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel.

rsv@Proverbs:12:11 @ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits has no sense.

rsv@Proverbs:12:12 @ The strong tower of the wicked comes to ruin, but the root of the righteous stands firm.

rsv@Proverbs:12:13 @ An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous escapes from trouble.

rsv@Proverbs:12:15 @ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

rsv@Proverbs:12:16 @ The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent man ignores an insult.

rsv@Proverbs:12:17 @ He who speaks the truth gives honest evidence, but a false witness utters deceit.

rsv@Proverbs:12:18 @ There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

rsv@Proverbs:12:19 @ Truthful lips endure for ever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

rsv@Proverbs:12:20 @ Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, but those who plan good have joy.

rsv@Proverbs:12:21 @ No ill befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

rsv@Proverbs:12:22 @ Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

rsv@Proverbs:12:23 @ A prudent man conceals his knowledge, but fools proclaim their folly.

rsv@Proverbs:12:25 @ Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

rsv@Proverbs:12:26 @ A righteous man turns away from evil, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

rsv@Proverbs:12:27 @ A slothful man will not catch his prey, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

rsv@Proverbs:12:28 @ In the path of righteousness is life, but the way of error leads to death.

rsv@Proverbs:13:1 @ A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

rsv@Proverbs:13:2 @ From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

rsv@Proverbs:13:5 @ A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

rsv@Proverbs:13:6 @ Righteousness guards him whose way is upright, but sin overthrows the wicked.

rsv@Proverbs:13:8 @ The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has no means of redemption.

rsv@Proverbs:13:9 @ The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

rsv@Proverbs:13:10 @ By insolence the heedless make strife, but with those who take advice is wisdom.

rsv@Proverbs:13:11 @ Wealth hastily gotten will dwindle, but he who gathers little by little will increase it.

rsv@Proverbs:13:12 @ Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

rsv@Proverbs:13:13 @ He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who respects the commandment will be rewarded.

rsv@Proverbs:13:15 @ Good sense wins favor, but the way of the faithless is their ruin.

rsv@Proverbs:13:16 @ In everything a prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

rsv@Proverbs:13:17 @ A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

rsv@Proverbs:13:18 @ Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.

rsv@Proverbs:13:19 @ A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul; but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

rsv@Proverbs:13:20 @ He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

rsv@Proverbs:13:21 @ Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

rsv@Proverbs:13:22 @ A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the sinner's wealth is laid up for the righteous.

rsv@Proverbs:13:23 @ The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

rsv@Proverbs:13:24 @ He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.

rsv@Proverbs:13:25 @ The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked suffers want.

rsv@Proverbs:14:1 @ Wisdom builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

rsv@Proverbs:14:2 @ He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is devious in his ways despises him.

rsv@Proverbs:14:3 @ The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

rsv@Proverbs:14:4 @ Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

rsv@Proverbs:14:5 @ A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

rsv@Proverbs:14:6 @ A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.

rsv@Proverbs:14:8 @ The wisdom of a prudent man is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

rsv@Proverbs:14:9 @ God scorns the wicked, but the upright enjoy his favor.

rsv@Proverbs:14:11 @ The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

rsv@Proverbs:14:12 @ There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

rsv@Proverbs:14:15 @ The simple believes everything, but the prudent looks where he is going.

rsv@Proverbs:14:16 @ A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is careless.

rsv@Proverbs:14:17 @ A man of quick temper acts foolishly, but a man of discretion is patient.

rsv@Proverbs:14:18 @ The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

rsv@Proverbs:14:20 @ The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

rsv@Proverbs:14:21 @ He who despises his neighbor is a sinner, but happy is he who is kind to the poor.

rsv@Proverbs:14:23 @ In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to want.

rsv@Proverbs:14:24 @ The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but folly is the garland of fools.

rsv@Proverbs:14:25 @ A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.

rsv@Proverbs:14:28 @ In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.

rsv@Proverbs:14:29 @ He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

rsv@Proverbs:14:30 @ A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.

rsv@Proverbs:14:31 @ He who oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

rsv@Proverbs:14:32 @ The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

rsv@Proverbs:14:33 @ Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools.

rsv@Proverbs:14:34 @ Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

rsv@Proverbs:14:35 @ A servant who deals wisely has the king's favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

rsv@Proverbs:15:1 @ A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

rsv@Proverbs:15:2 @ The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

rsv@Proverbs:15:4 @ A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

rsv@Proverbs:15:5 @ A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who heeds admonition is prudent.

rsv@Proverbs:15:6 @ In the house of the righteous there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked.

rsv@Proverbs:15:8 @ The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

rsv@Proverbs:15:9 @ The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.

rsv@Proverbs:15:13 @ A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

rsv@Proverbs:15:14 @ The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

rsv@Proverbs:15:15 @ All the days of the afflicted are evil, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.

rsv@Proverbs:15:18 @ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

rsv@Proverbs:15:19 @ The way of a sluggard is overgrown with thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.

rsv@Proverbs:15:20 @ A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

rsv@Proverbs:15:21 @ Folly is a joy to him who has no sense, but a man of understanding walks aright.

rsv@Proverbs:15:22 @ Without counsel plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.

rsv@Proverbs:15:25 @ The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but maintains the widow's boundaries.

rsv@Proverbs:15:27 @ He who is greedy for unjust gain makes trouble for his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

rsv@Proverbs:15:28 @ The mind of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

rsv@Proverbs:15:29 @ The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

rsv@Proverbs:15:32 @ He who ignores instruction despises himself, but he who heeds admonition gains understanding.

rsv@Proverbs:16:1 @ The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.

rsv@Proverbs:16:2 @ All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit.

rsv@Proverbs:16:9 @ A man's mind plans his way, but the LORD directs his steps.

rsv@Proverbs:16:22 @ Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it, but folly is the chastisement of fools.

rsv@Proverbs:16:25 @ There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

rsv@Proverbs:16:33 @ The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly from the LORD.

rsv@Proverbs:17:9 @ He who forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.

rsv@Proverbs:17:22 @ A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.

rsv@Proverbs:17:24 @ A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

rsv@Proverbs:18:2 @ A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

rsv@Proverbs:18:12 @ Before destruction a man's heart is haughty, but humility goes before honor.

rsv@Proverbs:18:14 @ A man's spirit will endure sickness; but a broken spirit who can bear?

rsv@Proverbs:18:19 @ A brother helped is like a strong city, but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

rsv@Proverbs:18:23 @ The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

rsv@Proverbs:18:24 @ There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

rsv@Proverbs:19:4 @ Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

rsv@Proverbs:19:7 @ All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

rsv@Proverbs:19:12 @ A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

rsv@Proverbs:19:14 @ House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

rsv@Proverbs:19:21 @ Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.

rsv@Proverbs:20:3 @ It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

rsv@Proverbs:20:5 @ The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

rsv@Proverbs:20:6 @ Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

rsv@Proverbs:20:14 @ "It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.

rsv@Proverbs:20:15 @ There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

rsv@Proverbs:20:17 @ Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

rsv@Proverbs:20:29 @ The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.

rsv@Proverbs:21:2 @ Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.

rsv@Proverbs:21:5 @ The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

rsv@Proverbs:21:8 @ The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.

rsv@Proverbs:21:15 @ When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.

rsv@Proverbs:21:20 @ Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

rsv@Proverbs:21:26 @ All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

rsv@Proverbs:21:28 @ A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

rsv@Proverbs:21:29 @ A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.

rsv@Proverbs:21:31 @ The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.

rsv@Proverbs:22:3 @ A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

rsv@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless.

rsv@Proverbs:22:15 @ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

rsv@Proverbs:23:7 @ for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. "Eat and drink!" he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

rsv@Proverbs:23:17 @ Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

rsv@Proverbs:23:35 @ "They struck me," you will say, "but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink."

rsv@Proverbs:24:16 @ for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

rsv@Proverbs:24:25 @ but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will be upon them.

rsv@Proverbs:25:2 @ It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out.

rsv@Proverbs:27:3 @ A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.

rsv@Proverbs:27:4 @ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?

rsv@Proverbs:27:7 @ He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

rsv@Proverbs:27:9 @ Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.

rsv@Proverbs:27:12 @ A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.

rsv@Proverbs:28:1 @ The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

rsv@Proverbs:28:2 @ When a land transgresses it has many rulers; but with men of understanding and knowledge its stability will long continue.

rsv@Proverbs:28:4 @ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.

rsv@Proverbs:28:5 @ Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.

rsv@Proverbs:28:7 @ He who keeps the law is a wise son, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

rsv@Proverbs:28:10 @ He who misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

rsv@Proverbs:28:11 @ A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

rsv@Proverbs:28:12 @ When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

rsv@Proverbs:28:13 @ He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

rsv@Proverbs:28:14 @ Blessed is the man who fears the LORD always; but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

rsv@Proverbs:28:16 @ A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor; but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

rsv@Proverbs:28:18 @ He who walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is perverse in his ways will fall into a pit.

rsv@Proverbs:28:19 @ He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

rsv@Proverbs:28:20 @ A faithful man will abound with blessings, but he who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

rsv@Proverbs:28:21 @ To show partiality is not good; but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

rsv@Proverbs:28:25 @ A greedy man stirs up strife, but he who trusts in the LORD will be enriched.

rsv@Proverbs:28:26 @ He who trusts in his own mind is a fool; but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

rsv@Proverbs:28:27 @ He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

rsv@Proverbs:28:28 @ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

rsv@Proverbs:29:2 @ When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

rsv@Proverbs:29:3 @ He who loves wisdom makes his father glad, but one who keeps company with harlots squanders his substance.

rsv@Proverbs:29:4 @ By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who exacts gifts ruins it.

rsv@Proverbs:29:6 @ An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

rsv@Proverbs:29:8 @ Scoffers set a city aflame, but wise men turn away wrath.

rsv@Proverbs:29:11 @ A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

rsv@Proverbs:29:15 @ The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.

rsv@Proverbs:29:16 @ When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases; but the righteous will look upon their downfall.

rsv@Proverbs:29:18 @ Where there is no prophecy the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

rsv@Proverbs:29:23 @ A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is lowly in spirit will obtain honor.

rsv@Proverbs:29:24 @ The partner of a thief hates his own life; he hears the curse, but discloses nothing.

rsv@Proverbs:29:25 @ The fear of man lays a snare, but he who trusts in the LORD is safe.

rsv@Proverbs:29:26 @ Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the LORD a man gets justice.

rsv@Proverbs:29:27 @ An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but he whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked.

rsv@Proverbs:30:12 @ There are those who are pure in their own eyes but are not cleansed of their filth.

rsv@Proverbs:30:24 @ Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

rsv@Proverbs:31:29 @ "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all."

rsv@Proverbs:31:30 @ Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:4 @ A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:7 @ All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:1:17 @ And I applied my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:2:1 @ I said to myself, "Come now, I will make a test of pleasure; enjoy yourself." But behold, this also was vanity.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:2:14 @ The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that one fate comes to all of them.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:2:26 @ For to the man who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:3:18 @ I said in my heart with regard to the sons of men that God is testing them to show them that they are but beasts.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:4:3 @ but better than both is he who has not yet been, and has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:4:10 @ For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:4:11 @ Again, if two lie together, they are warm; but how can one be warm alone?

rsv@Ecclesiastes:5:7 @ For when dreams increase, empty words grow many: but do you fear God.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:5:9 @ But in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:5:11 @ When goods increase, they increase who eat them; and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?

rsv@Ecclesiastes:5:12 @ Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much; but the surfeit of the rich will not let him sleep.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:5:14 @ and those riches were lost in a bad venture; and he is father of a son, but he has nothing in his hand.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:6:2 @ a man to whom God gives wealth, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them; this is vanity; it is a sore affliction.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:6:3 @ If a man begets a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but he does not enjoy life's good things, and also has no burial, I say that an untimely birth is better off than he.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:4 @ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:23 @ All this I have tested by wisdom; I said, "I will be wise"; but it was far from me.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:26 @ And I found more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters; he who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:28 @ which my mind has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:7:29 @ Behold, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many devices.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:13 @ but it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:8:15 @ And I commend enjoyment, for man has no good thing under the sun but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of life which God gives him under the sun.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:1 @ But all this I laid to heart, examining it all, how the righteous and the wise and their deeds are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hate man does not know. Everything before them is vanity,

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:4 @ But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:5 @ For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:11 @ Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:15 @ But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:16 @ But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heeded.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:9:18 @ Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:10:2 @ A wise man's heart inclines him toward the right, but a fool's heart toward the left.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:10:10 @ If the iron is blunt, and one does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps one to succeed.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:10:12 @ The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:11:8 @ For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity.

rsv@Ecclesiastes:11:9 @ Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

rsv@Songs:1:5 @ I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

rsv@Songs:1:6 @ Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but, my own vineyard I have not kept!

rsv@Songs:3:1 @ Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

rsv@Songs:3:2 @ "I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves." I sought him, but found him not.

rsv@Songs:5:2 @ I slept, but my heart was awake. Hark! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

rsv@Songs:5:6 @ I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.

rsv@Songs:8:9 @ If she is a wall, we will build upon her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.


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