flain in the Streets. Ch. 26. 13. There is a Lion in the Way, a Lion is in the Streets.

Prov. xxiv. 30. I went by the Field of the Slothful, and by the Vineyard of the Man void of Understanding;

Ver. 31. And lo! it was all grown over with Thorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof, and the Stone-wall thereof was broken down. Ver. 32. Then I saw and confidered it well, and looked upon it and received Inftruction.

Eccl. x. 18. By much Slothfulness, the Building decayeth, and through Idlenefs of the Hands the Houfe droppeth through.

Ezek. xvi. 49. This was the Iniquity of Sodom, Pride, Fulness of Bread, and Abundance of Idlenefs.

Wisdom.

8. The Study and Purfuit of Wisdom recommended. Job xxxii. 7. Days should speak, and Multitude of Years fhould teach Wisdom.

Prov. i. 2. Know Wisdom and Inftruction, and perceive the Words of Understanding.

Ver. 20. Wisdom crieth without in the chief Places of Concourse. Ver. 21. 23. Ch. 8. 1. to 12. 14. 33.

ii. 2. Incline thine Ear to Wisdom, and apply thine Heart to Understanding. Ver. 3, 4, 5.

iii. 21. Keep found Wisdom and Inftruction. Ver. 22.

iv. 5. Get Wisdom, get Understanding.

v. 1. My Son, attend to my Wisdom. Ver. 7.

vii. 4. Say unto Wisdom thou art my Father, and call Understanding thy Kinfwoman. Ver. 5.

xviii. 1. Through Defire a Man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all Wisdom. Eccl. 1. 13. 16, 17.-2. 3. 9. 12.—7. 23. 25.-8.16.-9. 13.

xxii. 7. Bow down thine Ear to the Words of the Wife, and apply thine Heart to my Knowledge.

xxiii. 23. Buy the Truth and fell it not, alfo Wisdom and Inftruction, and Understanding.

xxvii. 11. My Son, be wife and make my Heart glad. Ch. 29. 3. Matt. x. 16. Be wife as Serpents, and harmless as Doves.

James iii. 13. Who is a wife Man amongst you, let him fhew out of a good Converfation his Works with the Meeknefs of Wifdom.

9. The Excellency of Wisdom, above all other Endowments. Job xxviii. 13. Man knoweth not the Price of Wisdom.

Ver. 15. It cannot be gotten for Gold, neither fhall Silver be weighed for the Price thereof. See Ver. 16. to 20.

Prov. iii. 14. The Merchandise of Wisdom is better than the Merchandise of Silver, and the Gain thereof than fine Gold. Ch. 16. 16. Ver. 15. She is more precious than Rubies, and all the Things thou canft defire are not to be compared unto her.

iv. 7. Wisdom is the principal Thing, therefore get Wisdom, and with all thy Getting get Understanding.

Eccl. ii.13.Wifdom excelleth Folly, as far as Light excelleth Darkness. iv. 13. Better is a poor and wife Child, than an old and foolish King. ix. 16. Wifdom is better than Strength. Prov. 3. 21, 22, 23Eccl.

Eccl. ix. 18. Wisdom is better than Weapons of War.

10. Wisdom is Profitable, Pleafant and Honourable. Job xxii. 2. He that is wife may be profitable unto himself.

Prov. ii. 10. When Wisdom entereth into thine Heart, and Knowledge is pleasant unto thy Soul;

Ver. 11. Difcretion fhall preferve thee, Understanding shall keep thee, to deliver thee from the Way of the evil Man.

iii. 13. Happy is the Man that findeth Wisdom, and the Man that getteth Undertanding.

Ver. 16. Length of Days is in her right Hand, and in her left Hand Riches and Honour.

Ver. 17. Her Ways are Ways of Pleasantness, and all her Paths are Peace. Ch. 24. 13. 14.

iii. 18. Wisdom is a Tree of Life, to every one that findeth her, and happy is every one that retaineth her.

Ver. 35. The Wife fhall inherit Glory.

iv. 8. Exalt Wisdom and the fhall promote thee, fhe fhall bring thee to Honour when thou doft embrace her.

Ver. 9. She fhall give to thine Head an Ornament of Grace, a Crown of Glory fhall fhe deliver unto thee.

ix. 1. Wisdom hath builded her Houfe.

Ch. 24. 3. 4.-14. 1. Ver. 12. If thou be wife thou shalt be wife for thyself.

xi. 29. The Fool fhall be Servant to the wife in Heart.

xii. 18. A Man fhall be commended according to his Wisdom. xvi. 20. He that handleth a matter wifely, fhall find Good. Ver. 21. The wife in Heart fhall be called prudent.

Prov. xviii. 4. The well-fpring of Wisdom is a flowing Brook. Eccl. vii. 11. Wisdom is good with an Inheritance: And by it there is Profit to them that fee the Sun.

Ver. 12. Wisdom is a Defence, and Money is a Defence, but the Excellency of Knowledge is that Wisdom giveth Life.

Ver. 19. Wisdom ftrengtheneth a wife Man, more than ten mighty Men that are in the City. Ch. 9. 15. 16. 18. Prov. 3. 21. viii. 1. A Man's Wifdom maketh his Face to fhine.

Ver. 5. A wife Man's Heart discerneth both Time and Judgment. x. 10. Wisdom is profitable to direct.

xii. 11. The Words of the wife are as Goads and Nails.

11. Wisdom is the Gift of God Exod. xxxi. 6. In the Hearts of all that are wife hearted, I have put Wisdom, faith the Lord. Ver. 3. Ch. 35. 31.35.

Job xxviii. 12. Where fhall Wisdom be found? and where is the Place thereof?

Ver. 23. The Lord knoweth the Place thereof, and the Way thereof.

Ver. 20.

Pf. li. 6. In the hidden Part thou fhalt make me to know Wisdom. Pf. 119. 98, 99, 100.

Prov. ii. 6. The Lord giveth Wisdom, out of his Mouth cometh Knowledge and Underftanding.

Ver. 7. He layeth up found Wifdom for the Righteous.

Eccl. ii. 26. God giveth to a Man that is good in his Sight, Knowledge, and Wisdom, and Joy.

ix. 1. The Righteous, and the Wife, and their Works are in the Hand of God.

Dan.

Dan. ii. 21. God giveth Wisdom unto the Wife, and Knowledge to them that know Understanding. Ver. 23. See Acts 7. 10. Luke xxi. 15. I will give you a Mouth and Wisdom. James iii. 17. The Wisdom from above is pure, &c. Ver. 17. Ch.

1. 5.

2 Pet. 3. 15.

12. Wisdom prayed for by those who believed it to be the Gift of God. 1 Kings xxii. 12. For Solomon David prayed thus, the Lord give thee Wisdom, that thou mayeft keep the Law of the Lord. Pf. 72. 1.

Kings iii. 8. Solomon prayed thus, Lord give thy Servant an understanding Heart, that he may judge thy People, and that he may difcern betweenGood and Bad.

1 Kings iii. 11. And God faid, because thou haft asked this Thing, and haft not asked for thyfelf long Life, neither haft afked Riches for thyfelf, nor the Life of thine Enemies, but haft asked for thyself Underftanding to difcern Judgment;

Ver. 12. Behold I have done according to thy Words, I have given thee a wife, and an understanding Heart.

Ver. 13. I have alfo given thee, that which thou haft not asked, both Riches and Honour. Ver. 28. Ch. 4 9.—5. 12.—2 Chron. 1. 10, Pf. xc. 12. So teach us to Number our Days that we may apply our Hearts to Wisdom.

Col. i. 9. I pray that ye may be filled with the Knowledge of his Will in all Wisdom.

James viii. 5. If any Man lack Wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all Men liberally and upbraideth not, and it shall be given him. Ver. 17.

13. Wisdom and Religion the fame. Deut. iv. 5. I have taught you Statutes and Judgments.

Ver. 6. Keep and do them, for this is your Wifdem, and Underftanding.

xxxii. 29. O that they were wife, that they understood this, that they would confider their latter End.

Job xxviii. 28. Behold the Fear of the Lord that is Wifdom, and to depart from Evil is Understanding. Pf. 111. 10. Prov. 1. 7.-9. 10. 15.33.

Pf. ii. 10. Be wife, O ye Kings, be instructed, O ye Judges of the Earth.

Ver. 11. Serve the Lord with Fear, and rejoice with Trembling. xxvii. 30. The Mouth of the Righteous fpeaketh Wisdom, and his Tongue talketh of Judgment. Prov. 8. 8.

Ixiv. 10. They fhall wifely confider the Lord's Doings.

ci. 2. I will behave myself wifely in a perfect Way.

cvii. 43. Whofo is wife and will obferve thefe Things even they fhall understand the Loving-kindness of the Lord. Hof. 14.9.

Prov. x. 8. The wife in Heart will receive the Commandments.

xv. 24. The Way of Life is above to the Wife, that he may depart from Hell beneath. Ch. 13. 14:

xix. 8. He that getteth Wifdom loveth his own Soul, and he that hath Understanding fhall find Good. Ch. 8. 36. He that finneth against me (Wisdom) wrongeth his own Soul, all that hate me love Death.

Prov. xxi. 12. The Righteous wifely confidereth the House of the Wicked.

Dan.

Dan. xii. 3. They that be wife shall shine as the Brightness of the Firmament.

Ver. 10. The Wife fhall understand.

Mic. vi 9. The Lord's Voice crieth unto the City, and the Man of Wisdom shall see thy Name.

Matt. vii. 24. He that heareth Chrift's Sayings and doeth them, fhall be likened unto a wife Man. See the Parable of the ten Virgins. Matt. 25. 1. to 13.

Rom. xvi. 19. I would have you wife unto that which is Good, and fimple concerning Evil.

Eph. v. 15. Walk circumfpectly, not as Fools, but as Wife.

Ver. 16. Redeeming the Time because the Days are Evil.

Col. iii. 16. Let the Word of God dwell in you richly in all Wifdom.

iv. 5. Walk in Wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the Time.

2 Tim. ii. 15. The holy Scriptures are able to make thee wife to Salvation. See Prov. 28. 26. Luke 12. 42.

Folly.

14. A Fool's vain Pretences to Wifdom, he is wife in his own Conceit. Job xi. 12. Vain Man would be wife.

xii. 2. Ye are the People, and Wisdom shall die with you.

xv. 8. Doft thou reftrain Wisdom to thyself?

xxiii. 4. Ceafe from thine own Wisdom.

xxxii. 9. Great Men are not always wife, neither do the Aged under

ftand Judgment.

Prov. iii. 7. Be not wife in thine own Eyes.

xii. 15. The Way of a Fool is right in his own Eyes.

xiv. 2. There is a Way that feemeth right unto a Man, but the End thereof are the Ways of Death.

xxvi. 12. Seeft thou a Man wife in his own Conceit, there is more Hope of a Fool than of him.

Ver. 16. The Sluggard is wifer in his own Conceit, than seven Men that can render a Reason.

xxviii. 11. The rich Man is wife in his own Conceit.

Ver. 26. He that trufteth in his own Heart is a Fool.

Ifa. v. 21. Wo to them that are wife in their own Eyes, and prudent in their own Sight.

Jer. viii. 8. How do ye fay we are wife, and the Law of the Lord is with us?

Rom. i. 22. Profeffing themselves to be wife, they became Fools; Ver. 23. And changed the Glory of the uncorruptible God into an Image.

xi. 25. I would not have you ignorant, &c. left ye be wife in your own Conceit.

xii. 16. Be not wife in your own Conceit. See Ifa. 10. 12, 13.1 Cor. 3. 18. 2 Cor. 10. 12. Col. 2. 23.

19. 11.

15. A Fool receiveth_nor Inftruction. Prov. i. vii. Fools despise Wifdom and Inftruction, Ch. 5. 12, 13.

xvii. 16. He hath no Heart to get Wisdom, Ch. 1. 7. 22.

Prov. xviii. 2. He hath no Delight in Understanding, Ch. 24. 7. xvii. 10. A Reproof entereth more into a wife Man, than an hundred Stripes into a Fool.

xxvii. 22. Though thou shouldft bray a Fool in a Mortar, yet will not his Foolishness depart from him.

x. 21. Fools die for Want of Wisdom.

16. He discovereth his Folly. Prov. xiii, 16. A Fool layeth open his Folly.

xxvi. 11. As a Dog returneth to his Vomit, fo a Fool returneth to his Folly.

Eccl. x. 2. A wife Man's Heart is at his right Hand, but a Fool's Heart at his left Hand.

Ver. 3. When a Fool walketh by the Way, his Wisdom faileth him, and he fayeth to every one, that he is a Fool.

17. Toward his Parents. Prov. x. 1. A wife Son maketh a glad Father, but a foolish Son is the Heaviness of his Mother. Ch. 15. 20. He defpifeth his Mother.

xv. 5. A Fool despiseth his Father's Instructions.

xvii. 21. He that begetteth a Fool doth it to his Sorrow, and the Father of a Fool hath no Joy.

Ver. 25. A foolish Son is a Grief to his Father, and Bitterness to her that bare him.

xix. 13. A foolish Son is the Calamity of his Father. See disobedient and undutiful Children, Commandment Fifth.

18. Mifchievous. Prov. x. 23. It is a Sport to a Fool to do Mischief. xiii. 19. It is an Abomination to Fools to depart from Mischief.

xvii. 12. Let a Bear robbed of her Whelps meet a Man, rather than a Fool in his Folly.

19. Wrathful. Job. v. 2. Wrath killeth the foolish Man.

Prov. xii. 16. A Fool's Wrath is presently known.

14. 16. A Fool rageth and is confident.

xxvii. 3. A Fool's Wrath is heavier than both the Sand and a Stone. xxix. 9. If a wife Man contend with a foolish Man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no Rest.

Eccl. vii. 9. Anger refteth in the Bofom of Fools. See Anger, Wrath.

20. Contentious. Prov. 18. 2. A Fool's Lips enter into Contention. xx. 3. It is an Honour for a Man to ceafe from Strife, but every Fool will be meddling. See Contention, Strife.

21. His Words. Prov. xv 2. The Mouth of Fools poureth out Foolishness, Ver 28.

xviii. 14. The Mouth of Fools feedeth on Foolishness.

Ver. 7. A Fool's Mouth is his Destruction, and his Lips are the Snare of his Soul, Ch. 10. 14- -12. 13.-13. 3.

xxix. 11. A Fool uttereth all his Mind.

Eccl. v. 3. A Fool's Voice is known by the Multitude of Words. x. 12. The Lips of a Fool will fwallow up himself.

Ver. 13. The Beginning of his Words is Foolishness, and the End of his Talk is mifchievous Madness.

Ver. 14. A Fool is full of Words. See Talkativeness, Rashness. See Prov. 17. 7.-26. 7.

22. His