Bible In A Year

¹Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights!

²Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his host!

³Praise him, sun and moon! Praise him, all you shining stars!

⁴Praise him, you heavens of heavens, You waters that are above the heavens.

⁵Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For he commanded, and they were created.

⁶He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.

⁷Praise Yahweh from the earth, You great sea creatures, and all depths!

⁸Lightning and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

⁹Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars;

¹⁰Wild animals and all cattle; Small creatures and flying birds;

¹¹Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth;

¹²Both young men and maidens; Old men and children:

¹³Let them praise the name of Yahweh, For his name alone is exalted. His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

¹⁴He has lifted up the horn of his people, The praise of all his saints; Even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise Yah!

¹The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: ²To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; ³To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity; ⁴To give prudence to the simple, Knowledge and discretion to the young man: ⁵That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; That the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel: ⁶To understand a proverb, and parables, The words and riddles of the wise. ⁷The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction. ⁸My son, listen to your father's instruction, And don't forsake your mother's teaching: ⁹For they will be a garland to grace your head, And chains around your neck. ¹⁰My son, if sinners entice you, don't consent. ¹¹If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause; ¹²Let's swallow them up alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down into the pit. ¹³We'll find all valuable wealth. We'll fill our houses with spoil. ¹⁴You shall cast your lot among us. We'll all have one purse." ¹⁵My son, don't walk in the way with them. Keep your foot from their path, ¹⁶For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood. ¹⁷For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird: ¹⁸But these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives. ¹⁹So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain. It takes away the life of its owners. ²⁰Wisdom calls aloud in the street. She utters her voice in the public squares. ²¹She calls at the head of noisy places. At the entrance of the city gates, she utters her words: ²²"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, And fools hate knowledge? ²³Turn at my reproof. Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you. I will make known my words to you. ²⁴Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention; ²⁵But you have ignored all my counsel, And wanted none of my reproof; ²⁶I also will laugh at your disaster. I will mock when calamity overtakes you; ²⁷When calamity overtakes you like a storm, When your disaster comes on like a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come on you. ²⁸Then will they call on me, but I will not answer. They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me; ²⁹Because they hated knowledge, And didn't choose the fear of Yahweh. ³⁰They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof. ³¹Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes. ³²For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them. ³³But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, And will be at ease, without fear of harm."

¹My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my commandments within you; ²So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding; ³Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding; ⁴If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures: ⁵Then you will understand the fear of Yahweh, And find the knowledge of God. ⁶For Yahweh gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. ⁷He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity; ⁸That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints. ⁹Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path. ¹⁰For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. ¹¹Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you, ¹²To deliver you from the way of evil, From the men who speak perverse things; ¹³Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness; ¹⁴Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil; ¹⁵Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths: ¹⁶To deliver you from the strange woman, Even from the foreigner who flatters with her words; ¹⁷Who forsakes the friend of her youth, And forgets the covenant of her God: ¹⁸For her house leads down to death, Her paths to the dead. ¹⁹None who go to her return again, Neither do they attain to the paths of life: ²⁰That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. ²¹For the upright will dwell in the land. The perfect will remain in it. ²²But the wicked will be cut off from the land. The treacherous will be rooted out of it.

¹My son, don't forget my teaching; But let your heart keep my commandments: ²For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to you. ³Don't let kindness and truth forsake you. Bind them around your neck. Write them on the tablet of your heart. ⁴So you will find favor, And good understanding in the sight of God and man. ⁵Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And don't lean on your own understanding. ⁶In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths. ⁷Don't be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil. ⁸It will be health to your body, And nourishment to your bones. ⁹Honor Yahweh with your substance, With the first fruits of all your increase: ¹⁰So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. ¹¹My son, don't despise Yahweh's discipline, Neither be weary of his reproof: ¹²For whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; Even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. ¹³Happy is the man who finds wisdom, The man who gets understanding. ¹⁴For her good profit is better than getting silver, And her return is better than fine gold. ¹⁵She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. ¹⁶Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. ¹⁷Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. ¹⁸She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her. ¹⁹By wisdom Yahweh founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens. ²⁰By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, And the skies drop down the dew. ²¹My son, let them not depart from your eyes. Keep sound wisdom and discretion: ²²So they will be life to your soul, And grace for your neck. ²³Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble. ²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet. ²⁵Don't be afraid of sudden fear, Neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes: ²⁶For Yahweh will be your confidence, And will keep your foot from being taken. ²⁷Don't withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do it. ²⁸Don't say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, Tomorrow I will give it to you," When you have it by you. ²⁹Don't devise evil against your neighbor, Seeing he dwells securely by you. ³⁰Don't strive with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. ³¹Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways. ³²For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright. ³³Yahweh's curse is in the house of the wicked, But he blesses the habitation of the righteous. ³⁴Surely he mocks the mockers, But he gives grace to the humble. ³⁵The wise will inherit glory, But shame will be the promotion of fools.