Sahidic Coptic Old Testament

He pours dishonour upon princes, and heals the lowly.

And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver.

For thou shalt be at ease, and there shall be no one to fight against thee; and many shall charge, and make supplication to thee.

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

Look upon mine enemies; for they have been multiplied; and they have hated me with unjust hatred.

And his daughter-in-law the wife of Phinees was with child, about to bring forth; and she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead; and she wept and was delivered, for her pains came upon her.

And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and there did not fall one of his words to the ground.

Therefore God has hearkened to me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

Let this be written for another generation; and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord.

And Themar took ashes, and put them on her head; and she rent the variegated garment that was upon her: and she laid her hands on her head, and went crying continually.

They shall not be ashamed in an evil time; and in days of famine they shall be satisfied.

For he will not lay upon a man more than right.

And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, a man will not feel secure of his own life.

and Agin, and Siona, and Reeroth,

And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for thy servants to the Lord thy God, and let us not die; for we have added to all our sins this iniquity, in asking for us a king.

Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.

They spoke also against God, and said, Will God be able to prepare a table in the wilderness?

And he brought me out into a wide place: he will deliver me, because he has pleasure in me.

For though I should seem righteous, my mouth will be profane: and though I should seem blameless, I shall be proved perverse.

Let the deceitful lips become dumb, which speak iniquity against the righteous with pride and scorn.

They that saw me abhorred me: the very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.

And ye have this day rejected God, who is himself your Deliverer out of all your evils and afflictions; and ye said, Nay, but thou shalt set a king over us: and now stand before the Lord according to your tribes, and according to your families.

that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

If then it seem good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: and let not the queen come in to him any more; and let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.

They that fear the Lord trust in the Lord: he is their helper and defender.

The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all.

And now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.

And he himself returned from the quarries that are by Galgal; and Aod said, I have a secret errand to thee, O king! and Eglom said to him, Be silent: and he sent away from his presence all who waited upon him.

If I have sinned, what shall I be able to do, O thou that understandest the mind of men? why hast thou made me as thine accuser, and why am I a burden to thee?

And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.

And there was no city which Israel took not; they took all in war.

And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband.

And Saul sent messengers to Jessae, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.

They too that trust in cities and riches shall come to shame.

He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down.

All the cities of the sons of Aaron the priests, thirteen.

And of theft in regard of the place where thou sojournest, and in regard of the truth of God and his covenant; and to lean with thine elbow upon the meat; and of scorning to give and take;

All these days I did appear unto you; but I did neither eat nor drink, but ye did see a vision.

Till he have rendered to every man according to his deeds, and to the works of men according to their devices; till he have judged the cause of his people, and made them to rejoice in his mercy.

The circuits of years, and the positions of stars:

And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man.

But think not thou, that takest in hand to strive against God, that thou shalt escape unpunished.

Then trembled their hearts and hands, and they were in pain, as women in travail.

Forego not a wise and good woman: for her grace is above gold.

Though thou drewest a sword at thy friend, yet despair not: for there may be a returning to favour.

Every work rotteth and consumeth away, and the worker thereof shall go withal.

But she drowned their enemies, and cast them up out of the bottom of the deep.

He declareth the things that are past, and for to come, and revealeth the steps of hidden things.

As the proud hate humility: so doth the rich abhor the poor.

And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire, that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land.

It is a tempest which no man can see: for the most part of his works are hid.

Neither are they beautiful, so much as to be desired in respect of beasts: but they went without the praise of God and his blessing.

But by such works hast thou taught thy people that the just man should be merciful, and hast made thy children to be of a good hope that thou givest repentance for sins.

There be two things that grieve my heart; and the third maketh me angry: a man of war that suffereth poverty; and men of understanding that are not set by; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword.

Doctrine unto fools is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.

The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes.

And incorruption maketh us near unto God:

And before his long sleep he made protestations in the sight of the Lord and his anointed, I have not taken any man's goods, so much as a shoe: and no man did accuse him.

In affliction also sorrow remaineth: and the life of the poor is the curse of the heart.

This shall be the sin of Egypt, and the sin of all the nations, whosoever shall not come up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat nor smell: so is he that is persecuted of the Lord.

Since the day that the Lord brought our forefathers out of the land of Egypt, unto this present day, we have been disobedient unto the Lord our God, and we have been negligent in not hearing his voice.

For I was a witty child, and had a good spirit.

Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.

An unseasonable tale will always be in the mouth of the unwise.

Let us examine him with despitefulness and torture, that we may know his meekness, and prove his patience.

There is one that is wise and teacheth many, and yet is unprofitable to himself.

The knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom, neither at any time the counsel of sinners prudence.

They are as one of the beams of the temple, yet they say their hearts are gnawed upon by things creeping out of the earth; and when they eat them and their clothes, they feel it not.

And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea, until thou come before Jerusalem; and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee: for these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee.

Wisdom raineth down skill and knowledge of understanding standing, and exalteth them to honour that hold her fast.

For horrible is the end of the unrighteous generation.

Before judgment examine thyself, and in the day of visitation thou shalt find mercy.

And for gaining and getting, and for good success of his hands, asketh ability to do of him, that is most unable to do any thing.

The works of all flesh are before him, and nothing can be hid from his eyes.

When the captains of the Assyrians' army heard these words, they rent their coats and their minds were wonderfully troubled, and there was a cry and a very great noise throughout the camp.

They are vanished and gone down to the grave, and others are come up in their steads.

As the climbing up a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of words to a quiet man.

Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran unto her, saying,

But if he go wrong, she will forsake him, and give him over to his own ruin.

It shall not have rule over them that fear God, neither shall they be burned with the flame thereof.

My soul hath wrestled with her, and in my doings I was exact: I stretched forth my hands to the heaven above, and bewailed my ignorances of her.

Come unto her as one that ploweth and soweth, and wait for her good fruits: for thou shalt not toil much in labouring about her, but thou shalt eat of her fruits right soon.

A wicked man transgressing the commandments of the Lord shall fall into suretiship: and he that undertaketh and followeth other men's business for gain shall fall into suits.

For the which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for a spoil, and had a great fall before our enemies.

For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of God for ever.

For earthly things were turned into watery, and the things, that before swam in the water, now went upon the ground.

Then she took and ate and drank before him what her maid had prepared.

For my memorial is sweeter than honey, and mine inheritance than the honeycomb.

Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.

For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; and he shall shake them from the foundation; and they shall be utterly laid waste, and be in sorrow; and their memorial shall perish.

They that fear the Lord are a sure seed, and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that transgress the commandments are a deceivable seed.

This the Lord saw, and it displeased him, and in his wrathful indignation were they consumed: he did wonders upon them, to consume them with the fiery flame.

Children and the building of a city continue a man's name: but a blameless wife is counted above them both.

For the power of the Lord is great, and he is honoured of the lowly.

Abraham was a great father of many people: in glory was there none like unto him;

He shall take holiness for an invincible shield.

Afterwards he will rise up and reward them, and render their recompence upon their heads.

As one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and shalt not get him again