Have You not made a hedge about him, and about his household, and all his possessions round about? And have You not blessed the works of his hands, and multiplied his substance upon the land?

Be firm, I pray, if you can endure; then your fruit shall prosper.

And if you shall turn and humble yourself before the Lord, you have thus removed unrighteousness far from your habitation.

So the Almighty shall be your helper from enemies, and He shall bring you forth [as] pure as silver that has been tried by fire.

and He treasures up salvation for them that walk uprightly: He will protect their way;

[then] good counsel shall guard you, and holy understanding shall keep you;

Friends will hate poor friends, but the friends of the rich are many.

The name of the Lord is of great strength; and the righteous running to it are exalted.

The wealth of a rich man is a strong city, and its glory casts a broad shadow.

They shall be delivered up to the law; our salvation is our treasure; there is wisdom and knowledge and godliness toward the Lord; these are the treasures of righteousness.

And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me to reign over you, come, stand under my shadow; and if not, let fire come out from me and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

For the end. Destroy not; by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul, to the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for my soul has trusted in You; and in the shadow of Your wings will I hope, until the iniquity has passed away.

[even] they that proceed to go down into Egypt, for they have not inquired of Me, that they might be helped by Pharaoh, and protected by the Egyptians.

And a man shall hide his words, and be hidden, as from rushing water, and shall appear in Zion as a rushing river, glorious in a thirsty land.

I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose life, that you and your seed may live;

to love the Lord your God, to hearken to His voice, and cleave to Him; for this [is] your life, and the length of your days, that you should dwell upon the land, which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them.

For this [is] no vain word to you; for it [is] your life, and because of this word you shall live long upon the land, into which you go over the Jordan to inherit it.

She is a tree of life to all that lay hold of her, and she is a secure help to all that stay themselves on her, as on the Lord.

For my outgoings are the outgoings of life, and [in them] is prepared favor from the Lord.

For in this way you shall live long, and years of your life shall be added to you.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And I know that His command is eternal life. Therefore, whatever I speak, as the Father has said to Me, thus I speak."

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

More than that I also consider all things to be loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have sustained the loss of all things, and I consider them to be rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ