Proverbs 4:1-9

1 Listen, my sons, to a father's instruction;
pay attention and gain understanding.
2 I give you sound learning,
so do not forsake my teaching.
3 When I was a boy in my father's house,
still tender, and an only child of my mother,
4 he taught me and said,
"Lay hold of my words with all your heart;
keep my commands and you will live.
5 Get wisdom, get understanding;
do not forget my words or swerve from them.
6 Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you;
love her, and she will watch over you.
7 Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom.
Though it cost all you have, [a] get understanding.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you;
embrace her, and she will honor you.
9 She will set a garland of grace on your head
and present you with a crown of splendor."

Proverbs 3:1-35

1. My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart,
2. for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.
3. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
4. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
5. Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;
6. in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
7. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil.
8. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.
9. Honor the LORD with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops;
10. then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
11. My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline and do not resent his rebuke,
12. because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
13. Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding,
14. for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.
15. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her.
16. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
17. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.
18. She is a tree of life to those who embrace her; those who lay hold of her will be blessed.
19. By wisdom the LORD laid the earth's foundations, by understanding he set the heavens in place;
20. by his knowledge the deeps were divided, and the clouds let drop the dew.
21. My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight;
22. they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck.
23. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble;
24. when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
25. Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26. for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared.
27. Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act.
28. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow"-- when you now have it with you.
29. Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
30. Do not accuse a man for no reason-- when he has done you no harm.
31. Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways,
32. for the LORD detests a perverse man but takes the upright into his confidence.
33. The LORD's curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.
34. He mocks proud mockers but gives grace to the humble.
35. The wise inherit honor, but fools he holds up to shame.

Proverbs 2:1-22

1. My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,
2. turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,
3. and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,
4. and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,
5. then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.
6. For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7. He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
8. for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.
9. Then you will understand what is right and just and fair--every good path.
10. For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11. Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
12. Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
13. who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,
14. who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
15. whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.
16. It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,
17. who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.
18. For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.
19. None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.
20. Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
21. For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;
22. but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

Proverbs 1:20-33

20. Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
21. at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
22. "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
23. If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
24. But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
25. since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
26. I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
27. when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
28. "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
29. Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
30. since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
31. they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
32. For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33. but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."

Proverbs 1:8-19

8. Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
9. They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
10. My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
11. If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
12. let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
13. we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
14. throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
15. my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
16. for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
17. How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
18. These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
19. Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.

Proverbs 1:1-7

1. The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
2. for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
3. for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
4. for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
5. let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
6. for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
7. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Exodus 38:25-29

25. They made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high --its horns of one piece with it.
26. They overlaid the top and all the sides and the horns with pure gold, and made a gold molding around it.
27. They made two gold rings below the molding--two on opposite sides--to hold the poles used to carry it.
28. They made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
29. They also made the sacred anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense--the work of a perfumer.

Exodus 37:17-24

17. They made the lampstand of pure gold and hammered it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms were of one piece with it.
18. Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand--three on one side and three on the other.
19. Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand.
20. And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms.
21. One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair--six branches in all.
22. The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
23. They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold.
24. They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent of pure gold.

Exodus 37:10-16

10. They made the table of acacia wood--two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11. Then they overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12. They also made around it a rim a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
13. They cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners, where the four legs were.
14. The rings were put close to the rim to hold the poles used in carrying the table.
15. The poles for carrying the table were made of acacia wood and were overlaid with gold.
16. And they made from pure gold the articles for the table--its plates and dishes and bowls and its pitchers for the pouring out of drink offerings.

Exodus 37:1-9

1. Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood--two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
2. He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
3. He cast four gold rings for it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.
4. Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
5. And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6. He made the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7. Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
8. He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
9. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

Exodus 36:8-38

8. All the skilled men among the workmen made the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman.
9. All the curtains were the same size--twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.
10. They joined five of the curtains together and did the same with the other five.
11. Then they made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and the same was done with the end curtain in the other set.
12. They also made fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the other set, with the loops opposite each other.
13. Then they made fifty gold clasps and used them to fasten the two sets of curtains together so that the tabernacle was a unit.
14. They made curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle--eleven altogether.
15. All eleven curtains were the same size--thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
16. They joined five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another set.
17. Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
18. They made fifty bronze clasps to fasten the tent together as a unit.
19. Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of hides of sea cows.
20. They made upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
21. Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide,
22. with two projections set parallel to each other. They made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
23. They made twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle
24. and made forty silver bases to go under them--two bases for each frame, one under each projection.
25. For the other side, the north side of the tabernacle, they made twenty frames
26. and forty silver bases--two under each frame.
27. They made six frames for the far end, that is, the west end of the tabernacle,
28. and two frames were made for the corners of the tabernacle at the far end.
29. At these two corners the frames were double from the bottom all the way to the top and fitted into a single ring; both were made alike.
30. So there were eight frames and sixteen silver bases--two under each frame.
31. They also made crossbars of acacia wood: five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
32. five for those on the other side, and five for the frames on the west, at the far end of the tabernacle.
33. They made the center crossbar so that it extended from end to end at the middle of the frames.
34. They overlaid the frames with gold and made gold rings to hold the crossbars. They also overlaid the crossbars with gold.
35. They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim worked into it by a skilled craftsman.
36. They made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold. They made gold hooks for them and cast their four silver bases.
37. For the entrance to the tent they made a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen--the work of an embroiderer;
38. and they made five posts with hooks for them. They overlaid the tops of the posts and their bands with gold and made their five bases of bronze.

Exodus 36:1-7

1. So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded."
2. Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work.
3. They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning.
4. So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work
5. and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done."
6. Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more,
7. because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

Exodus 35:30-35

30. Then Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the LORD has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,
31. and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, ability and knowledge in all kinds of crafts-
32. to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze,
33. to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic craftsmanship.
34. And he has given both him and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach others.
35. He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers--all of them master craftsmen and designers.

Exodus 35:4-29

4. Moses said to the whole Israelite community, "This is what the LORD has commanded:
5. From what you have, take an offering for the LORD. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the LORD an offering of gold, silver and bronze;
6. blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair;
7. ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows ; acacia wood;
8. olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
9. and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
10. "All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the LORD has commanded:
11. the tabernacle with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases;
12. the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;
13. the table with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence;
14. the lampstand that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light;
15. the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense; the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;
16. the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin with its stand;
17. the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;
18. the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes;
19. the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary--both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests."
20. Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses' presence,
21. and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments.
22. All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
23. Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or hides of sea cows brought them.
24. Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the LORD, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it.
25. Every skilled woman spun with her hands and brought what she had spun--blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen.
26. And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair.
27. The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
28. They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.
29. All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the LORD freewill offerings for all the work the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

Exodus 35:1-3

1. Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, "These are the things the LORD has commanded you to do:
2. For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
3. Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day."

Exodus 34:29-35

29. When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the LORD.
30. When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him.
31. But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them.
32. Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the LORD had given him on Mount Sinai.
33. When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face.
34. But whenever he entered the LORD's presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded,
35. they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.

Exodus 34:1-28

1. The LORD said to Moses, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke.
2. Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai. Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain.
3. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain."
4. So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the LORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.
5. Then the LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the LORD.
6. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,
7. maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation."
8. Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped.
9. "O Lord, if I have found favor in your eyes," he said, "then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance."
10. Then the LORD said: "I am making a covenant with you. Before all your people I will do wonders never before done in any nation in all the world. The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the LORD, will do for you.
11. Obey what I command you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
12. Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare among you.
13. Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.
14. Do not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
15. "Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.
16. And when you choose some of their daughters as wives for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will lead your sons to do the same.
17. "Do not make cast idols.
18. "Celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt.
19. "The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.
20. Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons. "No one is to appear before me empty-handed.
21. "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest.
22. "Celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
23. Three times a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign LORD, the God of Israel.
24. I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God.
25. "Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
26. "Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. "Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk."
27. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
28. Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant--the Ten Commandments.

Exodus 33:12-23

12. Moses said to the LORD, "You have been telling me, 'Lead these people,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, 'I know you by name and you have found favor with me.'
13. If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people."
14. The LORD replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."
15. Then Moses said to him, "If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here.
16. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?"
17. And the LORD said to Moses, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name."
18. Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory."
19. And the LORD said, "I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
20. But," he said, "you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live."
21. Then the LORD said, "There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.
22. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.
23. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen."

Exodus 33:7-11

7. Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the "tent of meeting." Anyone inquiring of the LORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.
8. And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.
9. As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the LORD spoke with Moses.
10. Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to his tent.
11. The LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks with his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

Exodus 33:1-6

1. Then the LORD said to Moses, "Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'
2. I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.
3. Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way."
4. When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.
5. For the LORD had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.' "
6. So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.