The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. {teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. {anointest: Heb. makest fat}

A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word {spoken} in due season, how good {is it}! {due...: Heb. his season}

And wine {that} maketh glad the heart of man, {and} oil to make {his} face to shine, and bread {which} strengtheneth man's heart. {oil...: Heb. to make his face shine with oil, or, more than oil}

How fair is thy love, my sister, {my} spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Who {is} this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

{It is} like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, {even} Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? {go...: or, go up and down for other trees}

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, {one} of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest {is} not good.

And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.

A man {that hath} friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend {that} sticketh closer than a brother.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Pleasant words {are as} an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

{It is} like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, {even} Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;

The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

{But} I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage {your grief}.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure {and} holy: {tempered...: Heb. salted}

Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?