Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

6Verse 6. “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” 7Verse 7. “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. 8Verse 8. People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” 9Verse 9. “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” 10Verse 10. “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” 11Verse 11. “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” 12Verse 12. “Therefore, that is what I will do to you, O Israel, and since I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel! 13Verse 13. For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”

1Verse 1. Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse. 2Verse 2. Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark. 3Verse 3. A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD. 4Verse 4. Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. 5Verse 5. A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. 6Verse 6. Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver. 7Verse 7. All the brothers of a poor man hate him — how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found. 8Verse 8. He who acquires wisdom loves himself; one who safeguards understanding will find success. 9Verse 9. A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish. 10Verse 10. Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! 11Verse 11. A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense. 12Verse 12. A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. 13Verse 13. A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping. 14Verse 14. Houses and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. 15Verse 15. Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger. 16Verse 16. He who keeps a commandment preserves his soul, but he who is careless in his ways will die. 17Verse 17. Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.