5 nTrust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
6 In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will omake straight your paths.
7 Be not pwise in your own eyes;
qfear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
8 It will be rhealing to your flesh1
and refreshment2 to your bones.
9 Honor the Lord with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your sbarns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.
11 tMy son, do not udespise the Lord’s vdiscipline
or be weary of his reproof,
12 for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
was a father the son in whom he delights.
Blessed Is the One Who Finds Wisdom
13 xBlessed is the one who finds wisdom,
and the one who gets understanding,
14 for the gain from her is ybetter than gain from zsilver
and her profit better than gold.
15 She is more precious than jewels,
and anothing you desire can compare with her.
16 Long life is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a btree of life to those who clay hold of her;
those who hold her fast are called blessed.
19 The Lord dby wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding he established the heavens;
20 by his knowledge ethe deeps broke open,
and the clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, fdo not lose sight of these—
keep sound wisdom and discretion,
22 and they will be glife for your soul
and adornment hfor your neck.
23 Then you will iwalk on your way securely,
and your foot will not stumble.
24 jIf you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Jesus Raises Lazarus
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see gthe glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may hbelieve that you sent me.” 43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
The Plot to Kill Jesus
45 iMany of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but jsome of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council and said, k“What are we to do? For this man performs many lsigns. 48 If we let him go on like this, meveryone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and ntake away both our place and our nation.” 49 But one of them, oCaiaphas, who was high priest pthat year, said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 Nor do you understand that qit is better for you that one man should die for the people, not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and rnot for the nation only, but also sto gather into one tthe children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day on they umade plans to put him to death.
54 Jesus therefore vno longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and there he stayed with the disciples.
55 wNow the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover xto purify themselves. 56 They were ylooking for1 Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast at all?” 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might zarrest him.
