Scripture Readings

Monday, March 20, 2023

Proverbs 11:19-12:6 (Vespers, 2nd reading)

19
As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
20
Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord, but the blameless in their ways are His delight.
21
Though they join forces, the wicked will not go unpunished; but the posterity of the righteous will be delivered.
22
As a ring of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a lovely woman who lacks discretion.
23
The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
24
There is one who scatters, yet increases more; and there is one who withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.
25
The generous soul will be made rich, and he who waters will also be watered himself.
26
The people will curse him who withholds grain, but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
27
He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, but trouble will come to him who seeks evil.
28
He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage.
29
He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
31
If the righteous will be recompensed on the earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner.
1
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
2
A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked intentions He will condemn.
3
A man is not established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous cannot be moved.
4
An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
5
The thoughts of the righteous are right, but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
6
The words of the wicked are, “Lie in wait for blood,” but the mouth of the upright will deliver them.