²¹ The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.

⁶ Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!

²³ He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

²¹ To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.

²² After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

¹² The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

³ Lo, thou hast instructed many, And feeble hands thou makest strong.

⁴ The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

¹⁹ `And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

²⁰ for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

¹⁵ When, therefore, they dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou love me more than these?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Feed my lambs.'

¹⁶ He saith to him again, a second time, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou love me?' he saith to him, `Yes, Lord; thou hast known that I dearly love thee;' he saith to him, `Tend my sheep.'

¹⁷ He saith to him the third time, `Simon, `son' of Jonas, dost thou dearly love me?' Peter was grieved that he said to him the third time, `Dost thou dearly love me?' and he said to him, `Lord, thou hast known all things; thou dost know that I dearly love thee.' Jesus saith to him, `Feed my sheep;

²⁸ And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;

² feed the flock of God that `is' among you, overseeing not constrainedly, but willingly, neither for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind,

¹⁹ Every one hearing the word of the reign, and not understanding -- the evil one doth come, and doth catch that which hath been sown in his heart; this is that sown by the way.

¹⁶ Thy words have been found, and I eat them, And Thy word is to me for a joy, And for the rejoicing of my heart, For Thy name is called on me, O Jehovah, God of Hosts.

²⁹ Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen.

³¹ And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled.

¹² And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

¹⁸ A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

⁴ A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

¹⁶ Why `is' this -- a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?

⁹ And further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out -- he made right many similes.

¹⁰ The preacher sought to find out pleasing words, and, written `by' the upright, words of truth.

¹⁵ And I have given to you shepherds According to Mine own heart, And they have fed you with knowledge and understanding.

³⁰ The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.