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¶ The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth [that which is] not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.
¶ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
¶ Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which [is] in Jerusalem.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
¶ O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
¶ Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
¶ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done [that which is] good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
¶ Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
¶ The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
¶ Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Howbeit in [the business of] the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was [done] in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all [that was] in his heart.
Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
¶ Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
¶ A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.
¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
¶ A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
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