For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Quoted in the New Testament:
Their feet are swift to shed blood.
Be not wise in thine own eyes.
Quoted in the New Testament:
Be not wise in your own conceits.
11. My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: 12. For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Quoted in the New Testament:
5. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Quoted in the New Testament (in two places):
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
5. Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
{1} Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be {2} established. {1) Or Weigh carefully 2) Or ordered aright} (American Standard Version).
Quoted in the New Testament:
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Quoted in the New Testament:
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. {shall: or, will}.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Quoted in the New Testament:
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Quoted in the New Testament:
That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
(Note, these verses are included at the advice of one internet commentator who writes as follows: “In Luke 16:15 Jesus asserts that ‘what is exalted among humans is an abomination [bdelygrna] in the sight of God.’ This alludes to Proverbs 16:5 in the Hebrew, where the wise man claims: ‘Every one who is arrogant is an abomination [tw'bh] to the LORD.’”
. . . and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Quoted in the New Testament:
Who will render to every man according to his deeds.
(Note, this sentence is found serveral times in the Old Testament, so it is not certain if Romans 2:6 is specifically quoting Proverbs 24:12)
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king.
Quoted in the New Testament:
Fear God. Honour the king.
6. Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: {Put...: Heb. Set not out thy glory} 7. For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Quoted in the New Testament:
8. When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 9. And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
21. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22. For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Quoted in the New Testament:
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. {returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly}.
Quoted in the New Testament:
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. {to...: Heb. to morrow day}
Quoted in the New Testament:
13. Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14. Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}.
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