⁷ And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;

¹¹ For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

¹ For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

³¹ So then, if it is a question of food or drink, or any other thing, whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

⁵ But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.

⁵ In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.

⁶ And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.

⁷ And now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in the place of David my father; and I am only a young boy, with no knowledge of how to go out or come in.

⁸ And your servant has round him the people of your selection, a people so great that they may not be numbered, and no account of them may be given.

⁹ Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

¹⁰ Now these words and Solomon's request were pleasing to the Lord.

¹¹ And God said to him, Because your request is for this thing, and not for long life for yourself or for wealth or for the destruction of your haters, but for wisdom to be a judge of causes;

¹² I have done as you said: I have given you a wise and far-seeing heart, so that there has never been your equal in the past, and never will there be any like you in the future.

¹³ And with this I have given you what you made no request for: wealth and honour, so that no king was ever your equal.

⁵ Put all your hope in God, not looking to your reason for support.

⁶ In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

⁷ Put no high value on your wisdom: let the fear of the Lord be before you, and keep yourself from evil:

¹⁶ Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:

¹⁴ When there is no helping suggestion the people will have a fall, but with a number of wise guides they will be safe.

¹ Now there were at Antioch, in the church there, prophets and teachers, Barnabas, and Symeon who was named Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, a relation of Herod the king, and Saul.

² And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

³ Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.

⁴ So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia; and from there they went by ship to Cyprus.

³³ A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

⁶ In all your ways give ear to him, and he will make straight your footsteps.

¹⁴ And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:

¹ He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all good sense.

² A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

³ When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

⁴ The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters: the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing stream.

⁵ To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

⁶ A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

⁷ The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

⁸ The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

⁹ He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the upright man running into it is safe.

¹¹ The property of a man of wealth is his strong town, and it is as a high wall in the thoughts of his heart.

¹² Before destruction the heart of man is full of pride, and before honour goes a gentle spirit.

¹³ To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

¹⁴ The spirit of a man will be his support when he is ill; but how may a broken spirit be lifted up?

¹⁵ The heart of the man of good sense gets knowledge; the ear of the wise is searching for knowledge.

¹⁷ So that the man of God may be complete, trained and made ready for every good work.

⁹ And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

¹⁰ And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

¹¹ And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

⁹ If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.