1. Every friend saith, I am his friend also: but there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.

2. Is it not a grief unto death, when a companion and friend is turned to an enemy?

3. O wicked imagination, whence camest thou in to cover the earth with deceit?

4. There is a companion, which rejoiceth in the prosperity of a friend, but in the time of trouble will be against him.

5. There is a companion, which helpeth his friend for the belly, and taketh up the buckler against the enemy.

6. Forget not thy friend in thy mind, and be not unmindful of him in thy riches.

7. Every counsellor extolleth counsel; but there is some that counselleth for himself.

8. Beware of a counsellor, and know before what need he hath; for he will counsel for himself; lest he cast the lot upon thee,

9. And say unto thee, Thy way is good: and afterward he stand on the other side, to see what shall befall thee.

10. Consult not with one that suspecteth thee: and hide thy counsel from such as envy thee.

11. Neither consult with a woman touching her of whom she is jealous; neither with a coward in matters of war; nor with a merchant concerning exchange; nor with a buyer of selling; nor with an envious man of thankfulness; nor with an unmerciful man touching kindness; nor with the slothful for any work; nor with an hireling for a year of finishing work; nor with an idle servant of much business: hearken not unto these in any matter of counsel.

12. But be continually with a godly man, whom thou knowest to keep the commandments of the Lord, whose, mind is according to thy mind, and will sorrow with thee, if thou shalt miscarry.

13. And let the counsel of thine own heart stand: for there is no man more faithful unto thee than it.

14. For a man’s mind is sometime wont to tell him more than seven watchmen, that sit above in an high tower.

15. And above all this pray to the most High, that he will direct thy way in truth.

16. Let reason go before every enterprize, and counsel before every action.

17. The countenance is a sign of changing of the heart.

18. Four manner of things appear: good and evil, life and death: but the tongue ruleth over them continually.

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

20. There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated: he shall be destitute of all food.

21. For grace is not given, him from the Lord, because he is deprived of all wisdom.

22. Another is wise to himself; and the fruits of understanding are commendable in his mouth.

23. A wise man instructeth his people; and the fruits of his understanding fail not.

24. A wise man shall be filled with blessing; and all they that see him shall count him happy.

25. The days of the life of man may be numbered: but the days of Israel are innumerable.

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About this reader

What is Scripture?

Scripture is a browser-based reader for sixteen sacred texts spanning multiple religious and literary traditions. It provides chapter-by-chapter navigation, full-text search across all works, word concordance with frequency analysis, verse-linked notes, text-to-speech, and deep linking to any chapter or verse.

Traditions Represented

The collection spans Abrahamic, East Asian, Zoroastrian, Buddhist, Finnish, and Norse traditions. It includes King James biblical text and Apocrypha, Pickthall's Quran, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Legge's Four Books, Tao Te Ching, and Book of Poetry, Chamberlain's Kojiki, West's Bundahishn, Kern's Lotus Sutra, Haug and West's Arda Viraf, Crawford's Kalevala, and Bellows' Poetic Edda.

The committed manifests and chapter files currently describe 121 books, 2,724 chapters, and 63,141 verse records. In poetry and prose works, a verse record can represent a line or paragraph rather than a canonically numbered scriptural verse.

Licensing

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Concordance and Related Passages

The concordance is an exact-word occurrence index with linked records grouped by work. Related Passages is separate: a TF-IDF (term frequency-inverse document frequency) cosine-similarity index compares chapter vocabulary after stop-word removal and stores up to five cross-book matches above its threshold. It is a lexical discovery aid, not a claim of historical or theological equivalence.

Deep Linking

Every chapter and verse has a permanent URL. Chapter links follow the pattern /scripture/{work}/{book}-{chapter} (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1 for Genesis 1). Verse links append the verse number (e.g., /scripture/ot/gen-1:26 for Genesis 1:26). These URLs can be shared, bookmarked, or cited directly.

Accessibility

Scripture supports keyboard navigation throughout: Tab moves between controls, Enter activates verse actions, and arrow keys navigate chapters. The reading pane has a skip-to-content link. All overlays (search, concordance) are focus-trapped ARIA dialogs. Dynamic content regions use aria-live for screen reader announcements. Light and dark themes are available through the theme toggle. Verse numbers are visible to assistive technology. No flashing content or motion hazards.

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