| proverbs |
| PRO 1:1 | The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; |
| PRO 1:2 | To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; |
| PRO 1:3 | To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; |
| PRO 1:4 | To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. |
| PRO 1:5 | A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: |
| PRO 1:6 | To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. |
| PRO 1:7 | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| PRO 1:8 | My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| PRO 1:9 | For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. |
| PRO 1:10 | My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. |
| PRO 1:11 | If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: |
| PRO 1:12 | Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: |
| PRO 1:13 | We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: |
| PRO 1:14 | Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: |
| PRO 1:15 | My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: |
| PRO 1:16 | For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. |
| PRO 1:17 | Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. |
| PRO 1:18 | And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. |
| PRO 1:19 | So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. |
| PRO 1:20 | Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: |
| PRO 1:21 | She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, |
| PRO 1:22 | How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? |
| PRO 1:23 | Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. |
| PRO 1:24 | Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; |
| PRO 1:25 | But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: |
| PRO 1:26 | I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; |
| PRO 1:27 | When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. |
| PRO 1:28 | Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: |
| PRO 1:29 | For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: |
| PRO 1:30 | They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. |
| PRO 1:31 | Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. |
| PRO 1:32 | For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. |
| PRO 1:33 | But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. |
| PRO 2:1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
| PRO 2:2 | So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; |
| PRO 2:3 | Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; |
| PRO 2:4 | If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; |
| PRO 2:5 | Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. |
| PRO 2:6 | For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. |
| PRO 2:7 | He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. |
| PRO 2:8 | He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. |
| PRO 2:9 | Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. |
| PRO 2:10 | When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; |
| PRO 2:11 | Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: |
| PRO 2:12 | To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; |
| PRO 2:13 | Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; |
| PRO 2:14 | Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; |
| PRO 2:15 | Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: |
| PRO 2:16 | To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; |
| PRO 2:17 | Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. |
| PRO 2:18 | For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. |
| PRO 2:19 | None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. |
| PRO 2:20 | That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. |
| PRO 2:21 | For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. |
| PRO 2:22 | But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. |
| PRO 3:1 | My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: |
| PRO 3:2 | For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
| PRO 3:3 | Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: |
| PRO 3:4 | So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
| PRO 3:5 | Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. |
| PRO 3:6 | In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. |
| PRO 3:7 | Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. |
| PRO 3:8 | It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. |
| PRO 3:9 | Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: |
| PRO 3:10 | So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
| PRO 3:11 | My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: |
| PRO 3:12 | For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
| PRO 3:13 | Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. |
| PRO 3:14 | For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. |
| PRO 3:15 | She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. |
| PRO 3:16 | Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. |
| PRO 3:17 | Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. |
| PRO 3:18 | She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. |
| PRO 3:19 | The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. |
| PRO 3:20 | By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. |
| PRO 3:21 | My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
| PRO 3:22 | So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. |
| PRO 3:23 | Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. |
| PRO 3:24 | When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
| PRO 3:25 | Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. |
| PRO 3:26 | For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. |
| PRO 3:27 | Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. |
| PRO 3:28 | Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. |
| PRO 3:29 | Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
| PRO 3:30 | Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. |
| PRO 3:31 | Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
| PRO 3:32 | For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. |
| PRO 3:33 | The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. |
| PRO 3:34 | Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. |
| PRO 3:35 | The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. |
| PRO 4:1 | Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. |
| PRO 4:2 | For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. |
| PRO 4:3 | For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. |
| PRO 4:4 | He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. |
| PRO 4:5 | Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. |
| PRO 4:6 | Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. |
| PRO 4:7 | Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| PRO 4:8 | Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. |
| PRO 4:9 | She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. |
| PRO 4:10 | Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. |
| PRO 4:11 | I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. |
| PRO 4:12 | When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. |
| PRO 4:13 | Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. |
| PRO 4:14 | Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. |
| PRO 4:15 | Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. |
| PRO 4:16 | For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. |
| PRO 4:17 | For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. |
| PRO 4:18 | But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. |
| PRO 4:19 | The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. |
| PRO 4:20 | My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. |
| PRO 4:21 | Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. |
| PRO 4:22 | For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. |
| PRO 4:23 | Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. |
| PRO 4:24 | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. |
| PRO 4:25 | Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. |
| PRO 4:26 | Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. |
| PRO 4:27 | Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. |
| PRO 5:1 | My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: |
| PRO 5:2 | That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. |
| PRO 5:3 | For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: |
| PRO 5:4 | But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| PRO 5:5 | Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. |
| PRO 5:6 | Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. |
| PRO 5:7 | Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. |
| PRO 5:8 | Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: |
| PRO 5:9 | Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: |
| PRO 5:10 | Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; |
| PRO 5:11 | And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, |
| PRO 5:12 | And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; |
| PRO 5:13 | And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! |
| PRO 5:14 | I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. |
| PRO 5:15 | Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. |
| PRO 5:16 | Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. |
| PRO 5:17 | Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. |
| PRO 5:18 | Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. |
| PRO 5:19 | Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. |
| PRO 5:20 | And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? |
| PRO 5:21 | For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. |
| PRO 5:22 | His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. |
| PRO 5:23 | He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. |
| PRO 6:1 | My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
| PRO 6:2 | Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. |
| PRO 6:3 | Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. |
| PRO 6:4 | Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. |
| PRO 6:5 | Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
| PRO 6:6 | Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: |
| PRO 6:7 | Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
| PRO 6:8 | Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
| PRO 6:9 | How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? |
| PRO 6:10 | Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: |
| PRO 6:11 | So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| PRO 6:12 | A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
| PRO 6:13 | He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; |
| PRO 6:14 | Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
| PRO 6:15 | Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. |
| PRO 6:16 | These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: |
| PRO 6:17 | A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, |
| PRO 6:18 | An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, |
| PRO 6:19 | A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. |
| PRO 6:20 | My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: |
| PRO 6:21 | Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
| PRO 6:22 | When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. |
| PRO 6:23 | For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
| PRO 6:24 | To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. |
| PRO 6:25 | Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. |
| PRO 6:26 | For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. |
| PRO 6:27 | Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? |
| PRO 6:28 | Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
| PRO 6:29 | So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
| PRO 6:30 | Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; |
| PRO 6:31 | But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. |
| PRO 6:32 | But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
| PRO 6:33 | A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. |
| PRO 6:34 | For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. |
| PRO 6:35 | He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. |
| PRO 7:1 | My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. |
| PRO 7:2 | Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. |
| PRO 7:3 | Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. |
| PRO 7:4 | Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: |
| PRO 7:5 | That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. |
| PRO 7:6 | For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, |
| PRO 7:7 | And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, |
| PRO 7:8 | Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, |
| PRO 7:9 | In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: |
| PRO 7:10 | And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. |
| PRO 7:11 | (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: |
| PRO 7:12 | Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) |
| PRO 7:13 | So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, |
| PRO 7:14 | I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. |
| PRO 7:15 | Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. |
| PRO 7:16 | I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. |
| PRO 7:17 | I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. |
| PRO 7:18 | Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. |
| PRO 7:19 | For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: |
| PRO 7:20 | He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. |
| PRO 7:21 | With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. |
| PRO 7:22 | He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; |
| PRO 7:23 | Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. |
| PRO 7:24 | Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. |
| PRO 7:25 | Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. |
| PRO 7:26 | For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. |
| PRO 7:27 | Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. |
| PRO 8:1 | Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? |
| PRO 8:2 | She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. |
| PRO 8:3 | She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. |
| PRO 8:4 | Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. |
| PRO 8:5 | O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. |
| PRO 8:6 | Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. |
| PRO 8:7 | For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. |
| PRO 8:8 | All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. |
| PRO 8:9 | They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. |
| PRO 8:10 | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| PRO 8:11 | For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. |
| PRO 8:12 | I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. |
| PRO 8:13 | The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. |
| PRO 8:14 | Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. |
| PRO 8:15 | By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. |
| PRO 8:16 | By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. |
| PRO 8:17 | I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. |
| PRO 8:18 | Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. |
| PRO 8:19 | My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. |
| PRO 8:20 | I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: |
| PRO 8:21 | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. |
| PRO 8:22 | The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. |
| PRO 8:23 | I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. |
| PRO 8:24 | When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. |
| PRO 8:25 | Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: |
| PRO 8:26 | While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. |
| PRO 8:27 | When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: |
| PRO 8:28 | When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: |
| PRO 8:29 | When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: |
| PRO 8:30 | Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; |
| PRO 8:31 | Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. |
| PRO 8:32 | Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. |
| PRO 8:33 | Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. |
| PRO 8:34 | Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. |
| PRO 8:35 | For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. |
| PRO 8:36 | But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. |
| PRO 9:1 | Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: |
| PRO 9:2 | She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. |
| PRO 9:3 | She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, |
| PRO 9:4 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| PRO 9:5 | Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. |
| PRO 9:6 | Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. |
| PRO 9:7 | He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. |
| PRO 9:8 | Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. |
| PRO 9:9 | Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. |
| PRO 9:10 | The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. |
| PRO 9:11 | For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. |
| PRO 9:12 | If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. |
| PRO 9:13 | A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. |
| PRO 9:14 | For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, |
| PRO 9:15 | To call passengers who go right on their ways: |
| PRO 9:16 | Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, |
| PRO 9:17 | Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. |
| PRO 9:18 | But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. |
| PRO 10:1 | The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. |
| PRO 10:2 | Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. |
| PRO 10:3 | The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. |
| PRO 10:4 | He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. |
| PRO 10:5 | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
| PRO 10:6 | Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| PRO 10:7 | The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. |
| PRO 10:8 | The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| PRO 10:9 | He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. |
| PRO 10:10 | He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. |
| PRO 10:11 | The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. |
| PRO 10:12 | Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. |
| PRO 10:13 | In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. |
| PRO 10:14 | Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. |
| PRO 10:15 | The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. |
| PRO 10:16 | The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. |
| PRO 10:17 | He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. |
| PRO 10:18 | He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. |
| PRO 10:19 | In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. |
| PRO 10:20 | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| PRO 10:21 | The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. |
| PRO 10:22 | The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| PRO 10:23 | It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. |
| PRO 10:24 | The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. |
| PRO 10:25 | As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. |
| PRO 10:26 | As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. |
| PRO 10:27 | The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. |
| PRO 10:28 | The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. |
| PRO 10:29 | The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. |
| PRO 10:30 | The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. |
| PRO 10:31 | The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. |
| PRO 10:32 | The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. |
| PRO 11:1 | A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. |
| PRO 11:2 | When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. |
| PRO 11:3 | The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. |
| PRO 11:4 | Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. |
| PRO 11:5 | The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. |
| PRO 11:6 | The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. |
| PRO 11:7 | When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. |
| PRO 11:8 | The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. |
| PRO 11:9 | An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. |
| PRO 11:10 | When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. |
| PRO 11:11 | By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. |
| PRO 11:12 | He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. |
| PRO 11:13 | A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. |
| PRO 11:14 | Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
| PRO 11:15 | He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. |
| PRO 11:16 | A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. |
| PRO 11:17 | The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. |
| PRO 11:18 | The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. |
| PRO 11:19 | As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. |
| PRO 11:20 | They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. |
| PRO 11:21 | Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. |
| PRO 11:22 | As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. |
| PRO 11:23 | The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. |
| PRO 11:24 | There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. |
| PRO 11:25 | The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. |
| PRO 11:26 | He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. |
| PRO 11:27 | He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. |
| PRO 11:28 | He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. |
| PRO 11:29 | He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. |
| PRO 11:30 | The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. |
| PRO 11:31 | Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. |
| PRO 12:1 | Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. |
| PRO 12:2 | A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. |
| PRO 12:3 | A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. |
| PRO 12:4 | A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. |
| PRO 12:5 | The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. |
| PRO 12:6 | The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. |
| PRO 12:7 | The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. |
| PRO 12:8 | A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. |
| PRO 12:9 | He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. |
| PRO 12:10 | A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
| PRO 12:11 | He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. |
| PRO 12:12 | The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. |
| PRO 12:13 | The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. |
| PRO 12:14 | A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. |
| PRO 12:15 | The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. |
| PRO 12:16 | A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. |
| PRO 12:17 | He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. |
| PRO 12:18 | There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. |
| PRO 12:19 | The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
| PRO 12:20 | Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. |
| PRO 12:21 | There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. |
| PRO 12:22 | Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. |
| PRO 12:23 | A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. |
| PRO 12:24 | The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. |
| PRO 12:25 | Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. |
| PRO 12:26 | The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. |
| PRO 12:27 | The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. |
| PRO 12:28 | In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. |
| PRO 13:1 | A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. |
| PRO 13:2 | A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. |
| PRO 13:3 | He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. |
| PRO 13:4 | The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. |
| PRO 13:5 | A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. |
| PRO 13:6 | Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. |
| PRO 13:7 | There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. |
| PRO 13:8 | The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. |
| PRO 13:9 | The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
| PRO 13:10 | Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. |
| PRO 13:11 | Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. |
| PRO 13:12 | Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. |
| PRO 13:13 | Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. |
| PRO 13:14 | The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. |
| PRO 13:15 | Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. |
| PRO 13:16 | Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. |
| PRO 13:17 | A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. |
| PRO 13:18 | Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. |
| PRO 13:19 | The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. |
| PRO 13:20 | He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. |
| PRO 13:21 | Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. |
| PRO 13:22 | A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. |
| PRO 13:23 | Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. |
| PRO 13:24 | He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. |
| PRO 13:25 | The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. |
| PRO 14:1 | Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. |
| PRO 14:2 | He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him |