He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. {instruction: or, correction} {heareth: or, obeyeth} {getteth...: Heb. possesseth an heart}

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoso} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul.

Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof {is} brutish.

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. {sins: Heb. sin}

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard {him};

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

Say unto them, {As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, {that} I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Say unto them, {As} I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.

For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}

The fear of a king {is} as the roaring of a lion: {whoso} provoketh him to anger sinneth {against} his own soul.

If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or {if} thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?

Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth {it} not.

As righteousness {tendeth} to life: so he that pursueth evil {pursueth it} to his own death.

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God {am} a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth {generation} of them that hate me;

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

The getting of treasures by a lying tongue {is} a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.

Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates {for} a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

{But} whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he {that} doeth it destroyeth his own soul. {understanding: Heb. heart}

The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide {it} not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye {this} great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; {out...: Heb. out of the midst of Judah}

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me {is} thine help. {is...: Heb. in thy help}

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned {against} thy soul.

But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.