Genealogies & Census Verses
The lineages and records of God's covenant people — tracing the sacred thread from Adam to Jesus Christ.
Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice {is} to the sons of man.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights {were} with the sons of men.
{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; {therefore} shall he beg in harvest, and {have} nothing. {cold: or, winter}
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, {even} the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. {prevert: Heb. alter} {of any...: Heb. of all the sons of affliction}
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. {such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}
The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all {things} that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. {to be...: or, to afflict them}