Bible Cross References
he spake
Proverbs 1:1-31
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The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel:
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to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
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to receive also hard sayings, and to understand true justice, and how to direct judgment;
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that he might give prudence to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
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For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and a man of understanding will gain direction;
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and will understand a parable, and an enigma; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practice it: and godliness toward God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will nullify wisdom and instruction.
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Hear, my son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
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For you shall receive a crown of grace for your head, and a chain of gold around your neck.
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[My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither shall you consent [to them].
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If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
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and let us swallow him alive, as Hades would, and remove the memorial of him from the earth:
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let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
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but cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
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go not in the way with them, let your foot turn aside from their paths:
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[This translation omits this verse.]
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for nets are not spread for [the] birds without cause.
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For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
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These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
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Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
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And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
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So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and have become subject to reproofs.
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Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
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Since I called, and you did not hear, and I spoke at length, and you gave no heed;
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but you disdained my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
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therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against you when ruin comes upon you:
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yea when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and your overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
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For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find me.
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For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
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neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
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Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise above [others, so it was] that he taught men excellent knowledge, and the ear will trace out the parables.
Matthew 13:35
so that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: "I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things having been hidden from the foundation of the world."
songs
Song of Songs 1:1-17
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The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your breasts are better than wine.
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And the smell of your ointments is better than all spices: your name is ointment poured forth; therefore do the young maidens love you.
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They have drawn you: we will run after you, for the smell of your ointments: the king has brought me into his closet: let us rejoice and be glad in you; we will love your breasts more than wine: righteousness loves you.
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I am dark, but beautiful, you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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Look not upon me, because I am dark, because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: my mother's sons strove with me; they made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
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Tell me, [you] whom my soul loves, where you tend your flock, where you cause [them] to rest at noon, lest I become as one that is veiled by the flocks of your companions.
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If you know not yourself, you fair one among women, go forth by the footsteps of the flocks, and feed your little goats by the shepherd's tents.
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I have likened you, my companion, to my horses in the chariots of Pharaoh.
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How beautiful are your cheeks, as those of a dove, your neck as chains!
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We will make you figures of gold with studs of silver.
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So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.
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My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.
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My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of En Gedi.
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Behold, you are fair, my companion; behold, you are fair; your eyes are doves.
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Behold, you are fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
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The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.