1Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?⇆ compare2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.⇆ compare3I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.⇆ compare4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.⇆ compare5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.⇆ compare6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;⇆ compare7Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.⇆ compare8I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:⇆ compare9Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:⇆ compare10Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:⇆ compare11To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.⇆ compare12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.⇆ compare13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.⇆ compare14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.⇆ compare15But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.⇆ compare16So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.⇆ compare17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:⇆ compare18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.⇆ compare19He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.⇆ compare20In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.⇆ compare21Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.⇆ compare22At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.⇆ compare23For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.⇆ compare24And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.⇆ compare25Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.⇆ compare26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.⇆ compare27Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.⇆ compare