5A sweet word multiplies friends and mitigates enemies. And thankful words abound in a good man. 6Allow many to be at peace with you, but allow one out of a thousand to be your counselor. 7If you would obtain a friend, test him before you accept him, and do not trust him readily. 8For there is a friend according to his own time, but he will not remain in the day of tribulation. 9And there is a friend who can be turned to animosity. And there is a friend who will reveal hatred and ridicule and insults. 10And there is a friend who is a companion at table, but he will not remain in a day of need. 11A friend, if he remains steadfast, will be to you as you are to yourself, and he will act with faithfulness among those of your household. 12If he humbles himself before you and hides himself from your face, you shall have a noble and harmonious friendship. 13Distance yourself from your enemies, and pay attention to your friends. 14A faithful friend is a strong shelter, and whoever has found one has found a treasure. 15Nothing is comparable to a faithful friend, and no weight of silver or gold is worth more than the goodness of his fidelity. 16A faithful friend is a medicine for life and immortality; and those who fear the Lord will find one. 17He who fears God will have a similar good friendship, because his friend will be like him.
12Blessed are you, O Lord. Teach me your justifications. 13With my lips, I have pronounced all the judgments of your mouth. 14I have been delighted in the way of your testimonies, as if in all riches. 15I will be trained in your commandments, and I will consider your ways. 16I will meditate on your justifications. I will not forget your words. 17Repay your servant, revive me; and I will keep your words. 18Reveal to my eyes, and I will consider the wonders of your law. 19I am a sojourner on the earth. Do not hide your commandments from me. 20My soul has longed to desire your justifications at all times. 21You have rebuked the arrogant. Those who decline from your commandments are accursed. 22Take me away from disgrace and contempt, for I have sought your testimonies. 23For even the leaders sat and spoke against me. But your servant has been trained in your justifications. 24For your testimonies are also my meditation, and your justifications are my counsel. 25My soul has adhered to the pavement. Revive me according to your word. 26I have declared my ways, and you have heeded me. Teach me your justifications. 27Instruct me in the way of your justifications, and I will be trained in your wonders. 28My soul has slumbered because of weariness. Confirm me in your words. 29Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law. 30I have chosen the way of truth. I have not forgotten your judgments. 31I have adhered to your testimonies, O Lord. Do not be willing to confound me. 32I have run by way of your commandments, when you enlarged my heart. 33O Lord, place the law before me, the way of your justifications, and I will always inquire into it. 34Give me understanding, and I will examine your law. And I will keep it with my whole heart. 35Lead me according to the path of your commandments, for I have desired this.
1And rising up, he went from there into the area of Judea beyond the Jordan. And again, the crowd came together before him. And just as he was accustomed to do, again he taught them. 2And approaching, the Pharisees questioned him, testing him: “Is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?” 3But in response, he said to them, “What did Moses instruct you?” 4And they said, “Moses gave permission to write a bill of divorce and to dismiss her.” 5But Jesus responded by saying: “It was due to the hardness of your heart that he wrote that precept for you. 6But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. 7Because of this, a man shall leave behind his father and mother, and he shall cling to his wife. 8And these two shall be one in flesh. And so, they are now, not two, but one flesh. 9Therefore, what God has joined together, let no man separate.” 10And again, in the house, his disciples questioned him about the same thing. 11And he said to them: “Whoever dismisses his wife, and marries another, commits adultery against her. 12And if a wife dismisses her husband, and is married to another, she commits adultery.”