For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much;

If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;

And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.




Job 31: 23-28 King James Bible

and wasted it

If I have made gold my hope

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. 

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. 

Ecclesiastes 9:3-7 King James Bible

For the living know that they shall die

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:

 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.






James 1:2-11
King James Bible

Iron sharpeneth iron

so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.

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.



2 Peter 2:17-22
King James Bible

the way of the righteous

the sow that was washed

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.



Psalm 1
King James Bible

Psaume 1

For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?

Have pity upon me

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Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.





Job 13:15-16
King James Bible

for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:

 Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.

 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

 All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.

 He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.

 He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.

 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:

 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.

 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

 Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:

 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.




Psalm 66
King James Bible

Come and hear

Salmo 66 (Jakarta edit)

Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee.

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Psalm 130
King James Bible

Psaume 130 (Mexicali edit)

And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

If I have made gold my hope

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