Who can find a faithful man and a virtuous woman?

THE PROVERBS.

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6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

CHAPTER 31:

10 ¶ Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER.
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25 I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.

27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.
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30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

PSALM 51:

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF JOHN.

CHAPTER 3:

4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES.
CHAPTER 2:

10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

THE PROVERBS.
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9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE ROMANS.
CHAPTER 3:

23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

CHAPTER 6:

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 3:

24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE.
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23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

24 ¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.
CHAPTER 7:

13 ¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

CHAPTER 7:

21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.
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17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW.

CHAPTER 7:

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

CHAPTER 53:

PSALM 53

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

THE fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

3 Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

PSALM 145
David’s Psalm of praise.

18 The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN.
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17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

CHAPTER 6:

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.