She calls out to those passing by on the road, who are minding their own business,

Those who wink their eyes are trouble makers, and the mocking fool will be brought down.

Wisdom characterizes the speech of the discerning, but the rod is for the backs of those lacking discernment.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but when the fool speaks, destruction is near.

As vinegar is to the mouth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him.

To the upright, the way of the LORD is a place of safety, but it's a place of ruin to those who practice evil.

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

Devious minds are abhorrent to the LORD, but those whose ways are innocent are his delight.

Those who give freely gain even more; others hold back what they owe, becoming even poorer.

Deceit is at home in the heart of those who plan evil, but those who promote peace rejoice.

Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Arrogance only brings quarreling, but those receiving advice are wise.

Poverty and shame are for those who ignore correction, but whoever listens to instruction gains honor.

Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

The lifestyle of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but he loves those who ardently pursue righteousness.

Those who are greedy for unjust gain bring trouble into their homes, but the person who hates bribes will live.

The LORD detests those who are proud; truly they will not go unpunished.

The power of the tongue is life and death those who love to talk will eat what it produces.

Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity.

to teach you true and reliable advice, so you can give truthful answers to those who sent you?

for the LORD will plead their case and ruin the lives of those who ruin them.

Don't be one of those who make promises to guarantee loans for debts.

Surely she lies in wait like a bandit, increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

Those who linger over their wine, who consume mixed drinks.

Rescue those who are being led away to death, and save those who stumble toward slaughter.

Don't be anxious about those who practice evil, and don't be envious of the wicked.

Like cold snow during harvest time is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes his masters.

Those who are prudent see danger and take refuge, but the naive continue on and suffer the consequences.

Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked, but whoever keeps it fights them.

Without prophetic vision, people abandon restraint, but those who obey the Law are happy.

Everything God says is pure; he is a shield for those who take refuge in him.

Speak for those who cannot speak; seek justice for all those on the verge of destruction.

She reaches out to the poor, opening her hands to those in need.

No one remembers those in the past, nor will they be remembered by those who come after them.

There was no end to all of his subjects or to all of the people who had come before them. But those who come along afterward will not be happy with him. This is also pointless and a chasing after wind.

Indeed, wisdom gives protection, just like money does, but it's better to know that wisdom gives life, to those who have mastered it.

Just as no human being has control over the wind to restrain it, so also no human being has control over the day of his death. Just as no one is discharged during war, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Even though a sinner does what is wrong a hundred times and still survives, nevertheless I also know that things will go well for those who fear God, who fear in his presence.

when that day comes, the palace guards will tremble, strong men will stoop down, women grinders will cease because they are few, and the sight of those who peer through the lattice will grow dim.

The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. They beat me, they bruised me. Those guarding the walls took my cloak from me.

My vineyard belongs to me and is at my disposal. The 1,000 are for you, Solomon, and 200 are for those who take care of its fruit.

"Oh, you sinful nation! You people burdened down by iniquity! You offspring of those who keep practicing what is evil! You corrupt children! "They've abandoned the LORD; they've despised the Holy One of Israel; in their estrangement, they've walked away from me.

Rebels and sinners will be broken together, and those who forsake the LORD will be consumed.

Then the LORD will create over the entire site of Mount Zion including over those who assemble there a cloud by day

"How terrible it will be for those who rise at dawn in order to grab a stiff drink, for those who stay up late at night as wine inflames them!

"How terrible it will be for those who parade iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin along as with a cart rope;

"How terrible it will be for those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute what is bitter for what is sweet and what is sweet for what is bitter!"

"How terrible it will be for those who are wise in their own opinion, and clever in their own reckoning!

"How terrible it will be for those who are heroes at drinking wine, and champions in mixing strong drink,

The foundations of the thresholds quaked at the sound of those who kept calling out, and the Temple was filled with smoke.

As for all the hills that used to be cultivated with a hoe, you won't go there, because you'll fear iron briars and thorns. Nevertheless, those hills will be reserved as a pasture where cattle will feed and where sheep will graze."

Then he will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel he'll also be a stone with which someone strikes himself, a rock one stumbles over, a trap and a snare to those who live in Jerusalem.

"So when they advise you, "Ask the mediums your questions, and quiz the spiritists who chirp and mutter,' shouldn't a people instead be consulting their God and not the dead on behalf of those who are living

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; for those living in a land of deep darkness, a light has shined upon them.

For those who guide this people have been leading them astray, and those who are guided by them are swallowed up.

"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed

so you won't have to crouch among those in chains or fall among the slain? "Yet for all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still stretched out, ready to strike."

As my hand has reached to the idolatrous kingdoms whose carved images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria,

He keeps bragging: "I've done it by the strength of my hand, and by my wisdom, because I'm so clever. I removed the boundaries of nations, and plundered their treasures; like a bull I brought down those who sat on thrones.

"Does the ax exalt itself over the one who swings it? Or does the saw magnify itself in opposition to the one who wields it? As if a rod were to wield those who lift it, or as if a club were to brandish the one who is not wood!

Ephraim's jealousy will vanish, and those who are hostile to Judah will be eliminated; Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will not be hostile to Ephraim.

I myself have commanded my consecrated ones; I have also summoned my warriors, those who rejoice in my triumph, to carry out my angry judgments.

Their bows will dash the young men to pieces; they'll show no pity on those not yet born, and their eyes will not spare children.

Many nations will take them and bring them to their land and their own place. The house of Israel will put those nations to conscripted labor in the LORD's land. They will take captive those who were their captors, and will rule continually over those who oppressed them.

"Those who see you will stare at you. They will wonder about you: "Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who made kingdoms quake,

But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit. Like a dead body trampled underfoot,

you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!

The Dibon streams are full of blood; but I will bring upon Dibon even more a lion will pounce upon those of Moab who escape, upon those who remain in the land."

When the evening arrives, watch out sudden terror! By morning they will be there no longer! So it will be for those who plunder us and what will happen to those who rob us."

The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.

At that time, the inhabitants of this coastland will say, "See, this is what has happened to those on whom we counted and relied for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How, then, can we escape?'"

And there will be few archers, those who are descendants of Kedar, who survive, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken."

and I'll clothe him with your robe and fasten your sash around him. I'll transfer your authority to him, and he'll be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

It will happen at that time that Tyre will be forgotten for 70 years, the span of a king's life. Then, at the end of those 70 years, it will turn out for Tyre as in the prostitute's song:

Nevertheless, her profits and her earnings will be dedicated to the LORD; they will not be stored up or hoarded but her profits will go to those who live in the LORD's presence, for abundant food and choice clothing.

No longer do they drink wine accompanied by singing; even beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

"But your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Those who live in the dust will wake up and shout for joy! For your dew is like the dew of dawn, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

Has the LORD struck them down, just as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed, just as their killers were killed?

Furthermore, at that time, a great trumpet will be sounded, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who had been expelled to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on his holy mountain at Jerusalem.

With hands and feet, that proud garland those drunks of Ephraim will be trampled.

and a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

To whom will he teach knowledge, and to whom will he explain the message? To children just weaned from milk? To those just taken from the breast?

those who make a person appear to be the offender in a lawsuit, who set a trap for someone who is making his defense in court, and push aside the innocent with specious arguments.

Moreover, those who go astray in spirit will gain understanding, and those who complain will accept instruction.'"

"Nevertheless, the LORD will wait so he can be gracious to you; and thus he will rise up to show you mercy. For the LORD is a God of justice. How blessed are all those who wait for him."

"How terrible it will be for those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the chariot, because there are so many, and in charioteers, because they are so strong but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or seek the LORD!

Yet he is also wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words, but will rise up against the house of those who practice evil and against anyone who assists people who work iniquity.

Then the eyes of those who can see won't turn away, and the ears of those who can hear will listen.

The hearts of reckless people will understand sound judgment, and the tongues of those who stammer will be ready to speak clearly.

But those who are decent plan noble things, and by noble deeds they stand."

"Those who are far away have heard what I've done; and those that are near have acknowledged my power.

No longer will you see those arrogant people, those people with their obscure speech you cannot comprehend, stammering in a language you cannot understand.

Say to those with anxious hearts, "Be strong, do not be afraid! Here is your God he will bring vengeance, he will bring divine retribution, and he will save you.'

"Here is what to tell your master," Isaiah told them. "This is what the LORD says: "Don't be afraid of the words you've heard those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have insulted me.

Then the ones belonging to the house of Judah who have escaped will gather, and those who are found will take root downward and bear fruit upward.

For Sheol cannot thank you, death cannot sing your praise; and those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

but those who keep waiting for the LORD will renew their strength. Then they'll soar on wings like eagles; they'll run and not grow weary; they'll walk and not grow tired."

"Look! All who are enraged at you will be put to shame and disgraced; those who contend with you will all die.

Those who quarrel with you will be as nothing; those who fight you like nothing at all!"

"As for the poor, the needy, those seeking water when there is none and their tongues are parched from thirst I, the LORD, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, won't abandon them.