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Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.
The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.
And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
