Look not upon me, because I {am} black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; {but} mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it {are} the issues of life. {with...: Heb. above all keeping}

His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and {men} shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. {endure: Heb. be} {his name shall be...: Heb. shall be as a son to continue his father's name for ever}

Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

And {that} he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

For what {is} our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? {Are} not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? {rejoicing: or, glorying?}

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. {to all: or, in all things}

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. {buyeth: Heb. taketh}

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth {is} mine:

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, {that} the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?