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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,
 as the waters cover the sea.

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PR 01:01 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of


  • Israel;
  • PR 01:02 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words
  • of understanding;
  • PR 01:03 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
  • judgment, and equity;
  • PR 01:04 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man
  • knowledge and discretion.
  • PR 01:05 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning;
  • and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
  • PR 01:06 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the
  • words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
  • PR 01:07 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge:
  • [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • PR 01:08 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and
  • forsake not the law of thy mother:
  • PR 01:09 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy
  • head, and chains about thy neck.
  • PR 01:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
  • PR 01:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
  • let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • PR 01:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole,
  • as those that go down into the pit:
  • PR 01:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill
  • our houses with spoil:
  • PR 01:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
  • PR 01:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain
  • thy foot from their path:
  • PR 01:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
  • blood.
  • PR 01:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any
  • bird.
  • PR 01:18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk
  • privily for their [own] lives.
  • PR 01:19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
  • [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
  • PR 01:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
  • streets:
  • PR 01:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the
  • openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,
  • [saying],
  • PR 01:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?
  • and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate
  • knowledge?
  • PR 01:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my
  • spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
  • PR 01:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have
  • stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
  • PR 01:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would
  • none of my reproof:
  • PR 01:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
  • your fear cometh;
  • PR 01:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your
  • destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish
  • cometh upon you.
  • PR 01:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
  • they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
  • PR 01:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
  • fear of the LORD:
  • PR 01:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my
  • reproof.
  • PR 01:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own
  • way, and be filled with their own devices.
  • PR 01:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,
  • and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
  • PR 01:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and
  • shall be quiet from fear of evil.
  • PR 02:01 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
  • commandments with thee;
  • PR 02:02 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and]
  • apply thine heart to understanding;
  • PR 02:03 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up
  • thy voice for understanding;
  • PR 02:04 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her
  • as [for] hid treasures;
  • PR 02:05 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and
  • find the knowledge of God.
  • PR 02:06 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh]
  • knowledge and understanding.
  • PR 02:07 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is]
  • a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
  • PR 02:08 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the
  • way of his saints.
  • PR 02:09 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and
  • judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.
  • PR 02:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge
  • is pleasant unto thy soul;
  • PR 02:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
  • keep thee:
  • PR 02:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from
  • the man that speaketh froward things;
  • PR 02:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the
  • ways of darkness;
  • PR 02:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the
  • frowardness of the wicked;
  • PR 02:15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their
  • paths:
  • PR 02:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from
  • the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
  • PR 02:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and
  • forgetteth the covenant of her God.
  • PR 02:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths
  • unto the dead.
  • PR 02:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they
  • hold of the paths of life.
  • PR 02:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and
  • keep the paths of the righteous.
  • PR 02:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
  • perfect shall remain in it.
  • PR 02:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and
  • the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
  • PR 03:01 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep
  • my commandments:
  • PR 03:02 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall
  • they add to thee.
  • PR 03:03 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about
  • thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
  • PR 03:04 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in
  • the sight of God and man.
  • PR 03:05 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not
  • unto thine own understanding.
  • PR 03:06 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
  • thy paths.
  • PR 03:07 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and
  • depart from evil.
  • PR 03:08 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy
  • bones.
  • PR 03:09 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
  • firstfruits of all thine increase:
  • PR 03:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
  • presses shall burst out with new wine.
  • PR 03:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;
  • neither be weary of his correction:
  • PR 03:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
  • father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
  • PR 03:13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man
  • [that] getteth understanding.
  • PR 03:14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the
  • merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
  • PR 03:15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the
  • things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
  • PR 03:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her
  • left hand riches and honour.
  • PR 03:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her
  • paths [are] peace.
  • PR 03:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon
  • her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
  • PR 03:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
  • understanding hath he established the heavens.
  • PR 03:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
  • clouds drop down the dew.
  • PR 03:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep
  • sound wisdom and discretion:
  • PR 03:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy
  • neck.
  • PR 03:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot
  • shall not stumble.
  • PR 03:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,
  • thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
  • PR 03:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the
  • desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
  • PR 03:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep
  • thy foot from being taken.
  • PR 03:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when
  • it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
  • PR 03:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and
  • to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
  • PR 03:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
  • dwelleth securely by thee.
  • PR 03:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done
  • thee no harm.
  • PR 03:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his
  • ways.
  • PR 03:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his
  • secret [is] with the righteous.
  • PR 03:33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked:
  • but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
  • PR 03:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
  • unto the lowly.
  • PR 03:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
  • promotion of fools.
  • PR 04:01 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
  • attend to know understanding.
  • PR 04:02 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
  • PR 04:03 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved]
  • in the sight of my mother.
  • PR 04:04 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart
  • retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
  • PR 04:05 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not;
  • neither decline from the words of my mouth.
  • PR 04:06 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love
  • her, and she shall keep thee.
  • PR 04:07 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get
  • wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
  • PR 04:08 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall
  • bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
  • PR 04:09 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a
  • crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
  • PR 04:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years
  • of thy life shall be many.
  • PR 04:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
  • thee in right paths.
  • PR 04:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;
  • and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
  • PR 04:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep
  • her; for she [is] thy life.
  • PR 04:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in
  • the way of evil [men].
  • PR 04:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
  • PR 04:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
  • and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
  • PR 04:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the
  • wine of violence.
  • PR 04:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light,
  • that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
  • PR 04:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not
  • at what they stumble.
  • PR 04:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my
  • sayings.
  • PR 04:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the
  • midst of thine heart.
  • PR 04:22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and
  • health to all their flesh.
  • PR 04:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it
  • [are] the issues of life.
  • PR 04:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips
  • put far from thee.
  • PR 04:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids
  • look straight before thee.
  • PR 04:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
  • established.
  • PR 04:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove
  • thy foot from evil.
  • PR 05:01 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to
  • my understanding:
  • PR 05:02 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy
  • lips may keep knowledge.
  • PR 05:03 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an
  • honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
  • PR 05:04 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a
  • twoedged sword.
  • PR 05:05 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on
  • hell.
  • PR 05:06 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways
  • are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
  • PR 05:07 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not
  • from the words of my mouth.
  • PR 05:08 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the
  • door of her house:
  • PR 05:09 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy
  • years unto the cruel:
  • PR 05:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
  • labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
  • PR 05:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy
  • body are consumed,
  • PR 05:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
  • despised reproof;
  • PR 05:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
  • inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
  • PR 05:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
  • congregation and assembly.
  • PR 05:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
  • waters out of thine own well.
  • PR 05:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers
  • of waters in the streets.
  • PR 05:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with
  • thee.
  • PR 05:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the
  • wife of thy youth.
  • PR 05:19 [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.
  • PR 05:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange
  • woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
  • PR 05:21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD,
  • and he pondereth all his goings.
  • PR 05:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and
  • he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
  • PR 05:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the
  • greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  • PR 06:01 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou
  • hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
  • PR 06:02 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
  • taken with the words of thy mouth.
  • PR 06:03 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.
  • PR 06:04 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
  • eyelids.
  • PR 06:05 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the
  • hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • PR 06:06 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and
  • be wise:
  • PR 06:07 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
  • PR 06:08 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her
  • food in the harvest.
  • PR 06:09 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
  • arise out of thy sleep?
  • PR 06:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
  • folding of the hands to sleep:
  • PR 06:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and
  • thy want as an armed man.
  • PR 06:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a
  • froward mouth.
  • PR 06:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,
  • he teacheth with his fingers;
  • PR 06:14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief
  • continually; he soweth discord.
  • PR 06:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
  • shall he be broken without remedy.
  • PR 06:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven
  • [are] an abomination unto him:
  • PR 06:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
  • innocent blood,
  • PR 06:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that
  • be swift in running to mischief,
  • PR 06:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that
  • soweth discord among brethren.
  • PR 06:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
  • not the law of thy mother:
  • PR 06:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie
  • them about thy neck.
  • PR 06:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou
  • sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall
  • talk with thee.
  • PR 06:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is]
  • light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
  • PR 06:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
  • of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • PR 06:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
  • her take thee with her eyelids.
  • PR 06:26 For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to
  • a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious
  • life.
  • PR 06:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not
  • be burned?
  • PR 06:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
  • PR 06:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife;
  • whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
  • PR 06:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
  • his soul when he is hungry;
  • PR 06:31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
  • shall give all the substance of his house.
  • PR 06:32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
  • understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
  • PR 06:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
  • shall not be wiped away.
  • PR 06:34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he
  • will not spare in the day of vengeance.
  • PR 06:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
  • content, though thou givest many gifts.
  • PR 07:01 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments
  • with thee.
  • PR 07:02 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the
  • apple of thine eye.
  • PR 07:03 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table
  • of thine heart.
  • PR 07:04 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call
  • understanding [thy] kinswoman:
  • PR 07:05 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from
  • the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
  • PR 07:06 For at the window of my house I looked through my
  • casement,
  • PR 07:07 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among
  • the youths, a young man void of understanding,
  • PR 07:08 Passing through the street near her corner; and he
  • went the way to her house,
  • PR 07:09 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and
  • dark night:
  • PR 07:10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire
  • of an harlot, and subtle of heart.
  • PR 07:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in
  • her house:
  • PR 07:12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth
  • in wait at every corner.)
  • PR 07:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an
  • impudent face said unto him,
  • PR 07:14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I
  • payed my vows.
  • PR 07:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to
  • seek thy face, and I have found thee.
  • PR 07:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with
  • carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
  • PR 07:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and
  • cinnamon.
  • PR 07:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning:
  • let us solace ourselves with loves.
  • PR 07:19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long
  • journey:
  • PR 07:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will
  • come home at the day appointed.
  • PR 07:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,
  • with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
  • PR 07:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
  • slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
  • PR 07:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird
  • hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
  • PR 07:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and
  • attend to the words of my mouth.
  • PR 07:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not
  • astray in her paths.
  • PR 07:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong
  • [men] have been slain by her.
  • PR 07:27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the
  • chambers of death.
  • PR 08:01 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her
  • voice?
  • PR 08:02 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in
  • the places of the paths.
  • PR 08:03 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at
  • the coming in at the doors.
  • PR 08:04 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the
  • sons of man.
  • PR 08:05 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye
  • of an understanding heart.
  • PR 08:06 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the
  • opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
  • PR 08:07 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is]
  • an abomination to my lips.
  • PR 08:08 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;
  • [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
  • PR 08:09 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and
  • right to them that find knowledge.
  • PR 08:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge
  • rather than choice gold.
  • PR 08:11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the
  • things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
  • PR 08:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge
  • of witty inventions.
  • PR 08:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and
  • arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • PR 08:14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am]
  • understanding; I have strength.
  • PR 08:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
  • PR 08:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges
  • of the earth.
  • PR 08:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me
  • early shall find me.
  • PR 08:18 Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable
  • riches and righteousness.
  • PR 08:19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
  • and my revenue than choice silver.
  • PR 08:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of
  • the paths of judgment:
  • PR 08:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit
  • substance; and I will fill their treasures.
  • PR 08:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
  • before his works of old.
  • PR 08:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or
  • ever the earth was.
  • PR 08:24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth;
  • when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
  • PR 08:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills
  • was I brought forth:
  • PR 08:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the
  • fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
  • PR 08:27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he
  • set a compass upon the face of the depth:
  • PR 08:28 When he established the clouds above: when he
  • strengthened the fountains of the deep:
  • PR 08:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters
  • should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the
  • foundations of the earth:
  • PR 08:30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]:
  • and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
  • PR 08:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my
  • delights [were] with the sons of men.
  • PR 08:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for
  • blessed [are they that] keep my ways.
  • PR 08:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
  • PR 08:34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily
  • at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
  • PR 08:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain
  • favour of the LORD.
  • PR 08:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
  • all they that hate me love death.
  • PR 09:01 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her
  • seven pillars:
  • PR 09:02 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
  • she hath also furnished her table.
  • PR 09:03 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the
  • highest places of the city,
  • PR 09:04 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for]
  • him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
  • PR 09:05 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which]
  • I have mingled.
  • PR 09:06 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
  • understanding.
  • PR 09:07 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
  • and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
  • PR 09:08 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a
  • wise man, and he will love thee.
  • PR 09:09 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be
  • yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
  • PR 09:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom:
  • and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
  • PR 09:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years
  • of thy life shall be increased.
  • PR 09:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
  • [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
  • PR 09:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and
  • knoweth nothing.
  • PR 09:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat
  • in the high places of the city,
  • PR 09:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
  • PR 09:16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as
  • for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
  • PR 09:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret
  • is pleasant.
  • PR 09:18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and
  • that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
  • PR 10:01 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad
  • father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
  • PR 10:02 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
  • righteousness delivereth from death.
  • PR 10:03 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
  • famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
  • PR 10:04 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand:
  • but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
  • PR 10:05 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he
  • that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
  • PR 10:06 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but
  • violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • PR 10:07 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of
  • the wicked shall rot.
  • PR 10:08 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a
  • prating fool shall fall.
  • PR 10:09 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that
  • perverteth his ways shall be known.
  • PR 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a
  • prating fool shall fall.
  • PR 10:11 The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but
  • violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
  • PR 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all
  • sins.
  • PR 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.
  • PR 10:14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the
  • foolish [is] near destruction.
  • PR 10:15 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the
  • destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
  • PR 10:16 The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the
  • fruit of the wicked to sin.
  • PR 10:17 He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction:
  • but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
  • PR 10:18 He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that
  • uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
  • PR 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but
  • he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
  • PR 10:20 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the
  • heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
  • PR 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die
  • for want of wisdom.
  • PR 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he
  • addeth no sorrow with it.
  • PR 10:23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man
  • of understanding hath wisdom.
  • PR 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but
  • the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
  • PR 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no
  • [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
  • PR 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so
  • [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
  • PR 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years
  • of the wicked shall be shortened.
  • PR 10:28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but
  • the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
  • PR 10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but
  • destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
  • PR 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked
  • shall not inhabit the earth.
  • PR 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the
  • froward tongue shall be cut out.
  • PR 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable:
  • but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.
  • PR 11:01 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a
  • just weight [is] his delight.
  • PR 11:02 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the
  • lowly [is] wisdom.
  • PR 11:03 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but
  • the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
  • PR 11:04 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
  • righteousness delivereth from death.
  • PR 11:05 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:
  • but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
  • PR 11:06 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
  • but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
  • PR 11:07 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall
  • perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
  • PR 11:08 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the
  • wicked cometh in his stead.
  • PR 11:09 An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his
  • neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
  • PR 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city
  • rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
  • PR 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:
  • but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
  • PR 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour:
  • but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
  • PR 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
  • faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
  • PR 11:14 Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the
  • multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
  • PR 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]:
  • and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
  • PR 11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men]
  • retain riches.
  • PR 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he
  • that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
  • PR 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that
  • soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
  • PR 11:19 As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that
  • pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.
  • PR 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.
  • PR 11:21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be
  • unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
  • PR 11:22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a
  • fair woman which is without discretion.
  • PR 11:23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the
  • expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
  • PR 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
  • [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth]
  • to poverty.
  • PR 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
  • watereth shall be watered also himself.
  • PR 11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him:
  • but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].
  • PR 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but
  • he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
  • PR 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the
  • righteous shall flourish as a branch.
  • PR 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the
  • wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
  • PR 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and
  • he that winneth souls [is] wise.
  • PR 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the
  • earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
  • PR 12:01 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he
  • that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
  • PR 12:02 A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man
  • of wicked devices will he condemn.
  • PR 12:03 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the
  • root of the righteous shall not be moved.
  • PR 12:04 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she
  • that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
  • PR 12:05 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the
  • counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
  • PR 12:06 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for
  • blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
  • PR 12:07 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the
  • house of the righteous shall stand.
  • PR 12:08 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but
  • he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
  • PR 12:09 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is]
  • better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
  • PR 12:10 A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast:
  • but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
  • PR 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with
  • bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of
  • understanding.
  • PR 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the
  • root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
  • PR 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his]
  • lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
  • PR 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of
  • [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be
  • rendered unto him.
  • PR 12:15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he
  • that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
  • PR 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent
  • [man] covereth shame.
  • PR 12:17 [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness:
  • but a false witness deceit.
  • PR 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
  • but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
  • PR 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a
  • lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
  • PR 12:20 Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil:
  • but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
  • PR 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the
  • wicked shall be filled with mischief.
  • PR 12:22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they
  • that deal truly [are] his delight.
  • PR 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of
  • fools proclaimeth foolishness.
  • PR 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the
  • slothful shall be under tribute.
  • PR 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a
  • good word maketh it glad.
  • PR 12:26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour:
  • but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
  • PR 12:27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in
  • hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
  • PR 12:28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the
  • pathway [thereof there is] no death.
  • PR 13:01 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a
  • scorner heareth not rebuke.
  • PR 13:02 A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but
  • the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
  • PR 13:03 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he
  • that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • PR 13:04 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing:
  • but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
  • PR 13:05 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is
  • loathsome, and cometh to shame.
  • PR 13:06 Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the
  • way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
  • PR 13:07 There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:
  • [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
  • PR 13:08 The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the
  • poor heareth not rebuke.
  • PR 13:09 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of
  • the wicked shall be put out.
  • PR 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well
  • advised [is] wisdom.
  • PR 13:11 Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he
  • that gathereth by labour shall increase.
  • PR 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the
  • desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
  • PR 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he
  • that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
  • PR 13:14 The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to
  • depart from the snares of death.
  • PR 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of
  • transgressors [is] hard.
  • PR 13:16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a
  • fool layeth open [his] folly.
  • PR 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a
  • faithful ambassador [is] health.
  • PR 13:18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth
  • instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
  • PR 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it
  • is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
  • PR 13:20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a
  • companion of fools shall be destroyed.
  • PR 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good
  • shall be repayed.
  • PR 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.
  • PR 13:23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there
  • is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
  • PR 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that
  • loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
  • PR 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:
  • but the belly of the wicked shall want.
  • PR 14:01 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
  • plucketh it down with her hands.
  • PR 14:02 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:
  • but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
  • PR 14:03 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but
  • the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
  • PR 14:04 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much
  • increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
  • PR 14:05 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness
  • will utter lies.
  • PR 14:06 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but
  • knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
  • PR 14:07 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou
  • perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
  • PR 14:08 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way:
  • but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
  • PR 14:09 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous
  • [there is] favour.
  • PR 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger
  • doth not intermeddle with his joy.
  • PR 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the
  • tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
  • PR 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but
  • the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
  • PR 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end
  • of that mirth [is] heaviness.
  • PR 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own
  • ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
  • PR 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent
  • [man] looketh well to his going.
  • PR 14:16 A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but
  • the fool rageth, and is confident.
  • PR 14:17 [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man
  • of wicked devices is hated.
  • PR 14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned
  • with knowledge.
  • PR 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the
  • gates of the righteous.
  • PR 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the
  • rich [hath] many friends.
  • PR 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that
  • hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
  • PR 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth
  • [shall be] to them that devise good.
  • PR 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the
  • lips [tendeth] only to penury.
  • PR 14:24 The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the
  • foolishness of fools [is] folly.
  • PR 14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful
  • [witness] speaketh lies.
  • PR 14:26 In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and
  • his children shall have a place of refuge.
  • PR 14:27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to
  • depart from the snares of death.
  • PR 14:28 In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour:
  • but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
  • PR 14:29 [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great
  • understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  • PR 14:30 A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy
  • the rottenness of the bones.
  • PR 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:
  • but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • PR 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the
  • righteous hath hope in his death.
  • PR 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
  • understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made
  • known.
  • PR 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a
  • reproach to any people.
  • PR 14:35 The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his
  • wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
  • PR 15:01 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words
  • stir up anger.
  • PR 15:02 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but
  • the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  • PR 15:03 The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding
  • the evil and the good.
  • PR 15:04 A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but
  • perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
  • PR 15:05 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he
  • that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  • PR 15:06 In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but
  • in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
  • PR 15:07 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the
  • heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.
  • PR 15:08 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to
  • the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
  • PR 15:09 The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the
  • LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
  • PR 15:10 Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the
  • way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.
  • PR 15:11 Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much
  • more then the hearts of the children of men?
  • PR 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither
  • will he go unto the wise.
  • PR 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by
  • sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  • PR 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
  • knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
  • PR 15:15 All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that
  • is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
  • PR 15:16 Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than
  • great treasure and trouble therewith.
  • PR 15:17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a
  • stalled ox and hatred therewith.
  • PR 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is]
  • slow to anger appeaseth strife.
  • PR 15:19 The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of
  • thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
  • PR 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man
  • despiseth his mother.
  • PR 15:21 Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom:
  • but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
  • PR 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
  • multitude of counsellors they are established.
  • PR 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word
  • [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
  • PR 15:24 The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may
  • depart from hell beneath.
  • PR 15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he
  • will establish the border of the widow.
  • PR 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to
  • the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.
  • PR 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
  • but he that hateth gifts shall live.
  • PR 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but
  • the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
  • PR 15:29 The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the
  • prayer of the righteous.
  • PR 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a
  • good report maketh the bones fat.
  • PR 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth
  • among the wise.
  • PR 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:
  • but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
  • PR 15:33 The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom;
  • and before honour [is] humility.
  • PR 16:01 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer
  • of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
  • PR 16:02 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes;
  • but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
  • PR 16:03 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts
  • shall be established.
  • PR 16:04 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea,
  • even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • PR 16:05 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an
  • abomination to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall
  • not be unpunished.
  • PR 16:06 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the
  • fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
  • PR 16:07 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
  • enemies to be at peace with him.
  • PR 16:08 Better [is] a little with righteousness than great
  • revenues without right.
  • PR 16:09 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD
  • directeth his steps.
  • PR 16:10 A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his
  • mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
  • PR 16:11 A just weight and balance [are] the LORD's: all the
  • weights of the bag [are] his work.
  • PR 16:12 [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:
  • for the throne is established by righteousness.
  • PR 16:13 Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they
  • love him that speaketh right.
  • PR 16:14 The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but
  • a wise man will pacify it.
  • PR 16:15 In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and
  • his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
  • PR 16:16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and
  • to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
  • PR 16:17 The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil:
  • he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
  • PR 16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty
  • spirit before a fall.
  • PR 16:19 Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the
  • lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

  • PR 16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and
  • whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
  • PR 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
  • sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
  • PR 16:22 Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that
  • hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
  • PR 16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth
  • learning to his lips.
  • PR 16:24 Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the
  • soul, and health to the bones.
  • PR 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the
  • end thereof [are] the ways of death.
  • PR 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his
  • mouth craveth it of him.
  • PR 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips
  • [there is] as a burning fire.
  • PR 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer
  • separateth chief friends.
  • PR 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him
  • into the way [that is] not good.
  • PR 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving
  • his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
  • PR 16:31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be
  • found in the way of righteousness.
  • PR 16:32 [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the
  • mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
  • PR 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing
  • thereof [is] of the LORD.
  • PR 17:01 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
  • than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
  • PR 17:02 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that
  • causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the
  • brethren.
  • PR 17:03 The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for
  • gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
  • PR 17:04 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar
  • giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
  • PR 17:05 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and]
  • he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
  • PR 17:06 Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and
  • the glory of children [are] their fathers.
  • PR 17:07 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do
  • lying lips a prince.
  • PR 17:08 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him
  • that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
  • PR 17:09 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
  • that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
  • PR 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an
  • hundred stripes into a fool.
  • PR 17:11 An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a
  • cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
  • PR 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather
  • than a fool in his folly.
  • PR 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart
  • from his house.
  • PR 17:14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out
  • water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
  • PR 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth
  • the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
  • PR 17:16 Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to
  • get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
  • PR 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born
  • for adversity.
  • PR 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and]
  • becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
  • PR 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he
  • that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
  • PR 17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he
  • that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
  • PR 17:21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow:
  • and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  • PR 17:22 A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a
  • broken spirit drieth the bones.
  • PR 17:23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to
  • pervert the ways of judgment.
  • PR 17:24 Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but
  • the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
  • PR 17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and
  • bitterness to her that bare him.
  • PR 17:26 Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to
  • strike princes for equity.
  • PR 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man
  • of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
  • PR 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted
  • wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of
  • understanding.
  • PR 18:01 Through desire a man, having separated himself,
  • seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
  • PR 18:02 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his
  • heart may discover itself.
  • PR 18:03 When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt,
  • and with ignominy reproach.
  • PR 18:04 The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters,
  • [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
  • PR 18:05 [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked,
  • to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • PR 18:06 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
  • calleth for strokes.
  • PR 18:07 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips
  • [are] the snare of his soul.
  • PR 18:08 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they
  • go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • PR 18:09 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to
  • him that is a great waster.
  • PR 18:10 The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the
  • righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
  • PR 18:11 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an
  • high wall in his own conceit.
  • PR 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and
  • before honour [is] humility.
  • PR 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it
  • [is] folly and shame unto him.
  • PR 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
  • wounded spirit who can bear?
  • PR 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the
  • ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
  • PR 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him
  • before great men.
  • PR 18:17 [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just;
  • but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
  • PR 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth
  • between the mighty.
  • PR 18:19 A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a
  • strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a
  • castle.
  • PR 18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of
  • his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be
  • filled.
  • PR 18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and
  • they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
  • PR 18:22 [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and
  • obtaineth favour of the LORD.
  • PR 18:23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth
  • roughly.
  • PR 18:24 A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly:
  • and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
  • PR 19:01 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity,
  • than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  • PR 19:02 Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is]
  • not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
  • PR 19:03 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his
  • heart fretteth against the LORD.
  • PR 19:04 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated
  • from his neighbour.
  • PR 19:05 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he
  • that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
  • PR 19:06 Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every
  • man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
  • PR 19:07 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much
  • more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with]
  • words, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
  • PR 19:08 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that
  • keepeth understanding shall find good.
  • PR 19:09 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he
  • that] speaketh lies shall perish.
  • PR 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a
  • servant to have rule over princes.
  • PR 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it
  • is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
  • PR 19:12 The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but
  • his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
  • PR 19:13 A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and
  • the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
  • PR 19:14 House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers:
  • and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
  • PR 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle
  • soul shall suffer hunger.
  • PR 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
  • [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
  • PR 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD;
  • and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
  • PR 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy
  • soul spare for his crying.
  • PR 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if
  • thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
  • PR 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou
  • mayest be wise in thy latter end.
  • PR 19:21 [There are] many devices in a man's heart;
  • nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • PR 19:22 The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man
  • [is] better than a liar.
  • PR 19:23 The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that
  • hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with
  • evil.
  • PR 19:24 A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and
  • will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • PR 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and
  • reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand
  • knowledge.
  • PR 19:26 He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away
  • [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth
  • reproach.
  • PR 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth]
  • to err from the words of knowledge.
  • PR 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth
  • of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
  • PR 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for
  • the back of fools.
  • PR 20:01 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and
  • whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
  • PR 20:02 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion:
  • [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
  • PR 20:03 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
  • every fool will be meddling.
  • PR 20:04 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
  • [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
  • PR 20:05 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but
  • a man of understanding will draw it out.
  • PR 20:06 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
  • but a faithful man who can find?
  • PR 20:07 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children
  • [are] blessed after him.
  • PR 20:08 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
  • scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
  • PR 20:09 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure
  • from my sin?
  • PR 20:10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them
  • [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
  • PR 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
  • [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
  • PR 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath
  • made even both of them.
  • PR 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine
  • eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • PR 20:14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but
  • when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
  • PR 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the
  • lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
  • PR 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and
  • take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
  • PR 20:17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards
  • his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
  • PR 20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with
  • good advice make war.
  • PR 20:19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth
  • secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
  • lips.
  • PR 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp
  • shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • PR 20:21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the
  • beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
  • PR 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on
  • the LORD, and he shall save thee.
  • PR 20:23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD;
  • and a false balance [is] not good.
  • PR 20:24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then
  • understand his own way?
  • PR 20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that
  • which is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
  • PR 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the
  • wheel over them.
  • PR 20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD,
  • searching all the inward parts of the belly.
  • PR 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is
  • upholden by mercy.
  • PR 20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the
  • beauty of old men [is] the grey head.
  • PR 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do]
  • stripes the inward parts of the belly.
  • PR 21:01 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as]
  • the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • PR 21:02 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but
  • the LORD pondereth the hearts.
  • PR 21:03 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to
  • the LORD than sacrifice.
  • PR 21:04 An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of
  • the wicked, [is] sin.
  • PR 21:05 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to
  • plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
  • PR 21:06 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a
  • vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
  • PR 21:07 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because
  • they refuse to do judgment.
  • PR 21:08 The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for]
  • the pure, his work [is] right.
  • PR 21:09 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
  • than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
  • PR 21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour
  • findeth no favour in his eyes.
  • PR 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:
  • and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
  • PR 21:12 The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of
  • the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their]
  • wickedness.
  • PR 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he
  • also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
  • PR 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the
  • bosom strong wrath.
  • PR 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but
  • destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
  • PR 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of
  • understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
  • PR 21:17 He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he
  • that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
  • PR 21:18 The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and
  • the transgressor for the upright.
  • PR 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with
  • a contentious and an angry woman.
  • PR 21:20 [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the
  • dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
  • PR 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy
  • findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
  • PR 21:22 A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and
  • casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
  • PR 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his
  • soul from troubles.
  • PR 21:24 Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who
  • dealeth in proud wrath.
  • PR 21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands
  • refuse to labour.
  • PR 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the
  • righteous giveth and spareth not.
  • PR 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how
  • much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
  • PR 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that
  • heareth speaketh constantly.
  • PR 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the
  • upright, he directeth his way.
  • PR 21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel
  • against the LORD.
  • PR 21:31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle:
  • but safety [is] of the LORD.
  • PR 22:01 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great
  • riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
  • PR 22:02 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the
  • maker of them all.
  • PR 22:03 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth
  • himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
  • PR 22:04 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches,
  • and honour, and life.
  • PR 22:05 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward:
  • he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
  • PR 22:06 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he
  • is old, he will not depart from it.
  • PR 22:07 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is]
  • servant to the lender.
  • PR 22:08 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the
  • rod of his anger shall fail.
  • PR 22:09 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
  • giveth of his bread to the poor.
  • PR 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out;
  • yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • PR 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of
  • his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
  • PR 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he
  • overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
  • PR 22:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without,
  • I shall be slain in the streets.
  • PR 22:14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that
  • is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
  • PR 22:15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but]
  • the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  • PR 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches,
  • and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
  • PR 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
  • and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
  • PR 22:18 For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within
  • thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
  • PR 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known
  • to thee this day, even to thee.
  • PR 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in
  • counsels and knowledge,
  • PR 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the
  • words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to
  • them that send unto thee?
  • PR 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither
  • oppress the afflicted in the gate:
  • PR 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the
  • soul of those that spoiled them.
  • PR 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a
  • furious man thou shalt not go:
  • PR 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
  • PR 22:26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of
  • them that are sureties for debts.
  • PR 22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away
  • thy bed from under thee?
  • PR 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers
  • have set.
  • PR 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall
  • stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
  • PR 23:01 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
  • diligently what [is] before thee:
  • PR 23:02 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man
  • given to appetite.
  • PR 23:03 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are]
  • deceitful meat.
  • PR 23:04 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
  • PR 23:05 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for
  • [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an
  • eagle toward heaven.
  • PR 23:06 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye,
  • neither desire thou his dainty meats:
  • PR 23:07 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and
  • drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
  • PR 23:08 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit
  • up, and lose thy sweet words.
  • PR 23:09 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise
  • the wisdom of thy words.
  • PR 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the
  • fields of the fatherless:
  • PR 23:11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their
  • cause with thee.
  • PR 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to
  • the words of knowledge.
  • PR 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou
  • beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
  • PR 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver
  • his soul from hell.
  • PR 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall
  • rejoice, even mine.
  • PR 23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak
  • right things.
  • PR 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in
  • the fear of the LORD all the day long.
  • PR 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation
  • shall not be cut off.
  • PR 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart
  • in the way.
  • PR 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of
  • flesh:
  • PR 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to
  • poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
  • PR 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise
  • not thy mother when she is old.
  • PR 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and
  • instruction, and understanding.
  • PR 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice:
  • and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
  • PR 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that
  • bare thee shall rejoice.
  • PR 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes
  • observe my ways.
  • PR 23:27 For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman
  • [is] a narrow pit.
  • PR 23:28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and
  • increaseth the transgressors among men.
  • PR 23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions?
  • who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath
  • redness of eyes?
  • PR 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to
  • seek mixed wine.
  • PR 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it
  • giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
  • PR 23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth
  • like an adder.
  • PR 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine
  • heart shall utter perverse things.
  • PR 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst
  • of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
  • PR 23:35 They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was
  • not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall
  • I awake? I will seek it yet again.
  • PR 24:01 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire
  • to be with them.
  • PR 24:02 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips
  • talk of mischief.
  • PR 24:03 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by
  • understanding it is established:
  • PR 24:04 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with
  • all precious and pleasant riches.
  • PR 24:05 A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge
  • increaseth strength.
  • PR 24:06 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
  • multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
  • PR 24:07 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his
  • mouth in the gate.
  • PR 24:08 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
  • mischievous person.
  • PR 24:09 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner
  • [is] an abomination to men.
  • PR 24:10 [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
  • [is] small.
  • PR 24:11 If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto
  • death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
  • PR 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he
  • that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy
  • soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to
  • [every] man according to his works?
  • PR 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the
  • honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
  • PR 24:14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul:
  • when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and
  • thy expectation shall not be cut off.
  • PR 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of
  • the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
  • PR 24:16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up
  • again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • PR 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not
  • thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
  • PR 24:18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he
  • turn away his wrath from him.
  • PR 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be
  • thou envious at the wicked;
  • PR 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the
  • candle of the wicked shall be put out.
  • PR 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle
  • not with them that are given to change:
  • PR 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who
  • knoweth the ruin of them both?
  • PR 24:23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not
  • good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • PR 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous;
  • him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
  • PR 24:25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a
  • good blessing shall come upon them.
  • PR 24:26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right
  • answer.
  • PR 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself
  • in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
  • PR 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
  • and deceive [not] with thy lips.
  • PR 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I
  • will render to the man according to his work.
  • PR 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the
  • vineyard of the man void of understanding;
  • PR 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and]
  • nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof
  • was broken down.
  • PR 24:32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon
  • [it, and] received instruction.
  • PR 24:33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
  • folding of the hands to sleep:
  • PR 24:34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth;
  • and thy want as an armed man.
  • PR 25:01 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men
  • of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
  • PR 25:02 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
  • honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
  • PR 25:03 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and
  • the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
  • PR 25:04 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
  • come forth a vessel for the finer.
  • PR 25:05 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his
  • throne shall be established in righteousness.
  • PR 25:06 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
  • and stand not in the place of great [men]:
  • PR 25:07 For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up
  • hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of
  • the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
  • PR 25:08 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not]
  • what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee
  • to shame.
  • PR 25:09 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and
  • discover not a secret to another:
  • PR 25:10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and
  • thine infamy turn not away.
  • PR 25:11 A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in
  • pictures of silver.
  • PR 25:12 [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
  • [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
  • PR 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a
  • faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the
  • soul of his masters.
  • PR 25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like]
  • clouds and wind without rain.
  • PR 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft
  • tongue breaketh the bone.
  • PR 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient
  • for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
  • PR 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he
  • be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
  • PR 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his
  • neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
  • PR 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
  • [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
  • PR 25:20 [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,
  • [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an
  • heavy heart.
  • PR 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and
  • if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
  • PR 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and
  • the LORD shall reward thee.
  • PR 25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry
  • countenance a backbiting tongue.
  • PR 25:24 [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
  • than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
  • PR 25:25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news
  • from a far country.
  • PR 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is
  • as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
  • PR 25:27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to
  • search their own glory [is not] glory.
  • PR 25:28 He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like]
  • a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
  • PR 26:01 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour
  • is not seemly for a fool.
  • PR 26:02 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,
  • so the curse causeless shall not come.
  • PR 26:03 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod
  • for the fool's back.
  • PR 26:04 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou
  • also be like unto him.
  • PR 26:05 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise
  • in his own conceit.
  • PR 26:06 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool
  • cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
  • PR 26:07 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable
  • in the mouth of fools.
  • PR 26:08 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he
  • that giveth honour to a fool.
  • PR 26:09 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
  • [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • PR 26:10 The great [God] that formed all [things] both
  • rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
  • PR 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool
  • returneth to his folly.
  • PR 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is]
  • more hope of a fool than of him.
  • PR 26:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the
  • way; a lion [is] in the streets.
  • PR 26:14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the
  • slothful upon his bed.
  • PR 26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it
  • grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
  • PR 26:16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven
  • men that can render a reason.
  • PR 26:17 He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife
  • [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the
  • ears.
  • PR 26:18 As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and
  • death,
  • PR 26:19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and
  • saith, Am not I in sport?
  • PR 26:20 Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so
  • where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
  • PR 26:21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire;
  • so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
  • PR 26:22 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they
  • go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
  • PR 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd
  • covered with silver dross.
  • PR 26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth
  • up deceit within him;
  • PR 26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there
  • are] seven abominations in his heart.
  • PR 26:26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness
  • shall be showed before the [whole] congregation.
  • PR 26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that
  • rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
  • PR 26:28 A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by
  • it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • PR 27:01 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not
  • what a day may bring forth.
  • PR 27:02 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth;
  • a stranger, and not thine own lips.
  • PR 27:03 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a
  • fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
  • PR 27:04 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who
  • [is] able to stand before envy?
  • PR 27:05 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
  • PR 27:06 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses
  • of an enemy [are] deceitful.
  • PR 27:07 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the
  • hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
  • PR 27:08 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man
  • that wandereth from his place.
  • PR 27:09 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the
  • sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
  • PR 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake
  • not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy
  • calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a
  • brother far off.
  • PR 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may
  • answer him that reproacheth me.
  • PR 27:12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth
  • himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
  • PR 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and
  • take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
  • PR 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising
  • early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
  • PR 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
  • contentious woman are alike.
  • PR 27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the
  • ointment of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
  • PR 27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
  • countenance of his friend.
  • PR 27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit
  • thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
  • PR 27:19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of
  • man to man.
  • PR 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of
  • man are never satisfied.
  • PR 27:21 [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for
  • gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
  • PR 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among
  • wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from
  • him.
  • PR 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
  • [and] look well to thy herds.
  • PR 27:24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown
  • [endure] to every generation?
  • PR 27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth
  • itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
  • PR 27:26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are]
  • the price of the field.
  • PR 27:27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food,
  • for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for
  • thy maidens.
  • PR 28:01 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
  • righteous are bold as a lion.
  • PR 28:02 For the transgression of a land many [are] the
  • princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge
  • the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
  • PR 28:03 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a
  • sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
  • PR 28:04 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such
  • as keep the law contend with them.
  • PR 28:05 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek
  • the LORD understand all [things].
  • PR 28:06 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
  • than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
  • PR 28:07 Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is
  • a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
  • PR 28:08 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
  • substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • PR 28:09 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
  • even his prayer [shall be] abomination.
  • PR 28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil
  • way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright
  • shall have good [things] in possession.
  • PR 28:11 The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the
  • poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
  • PR 28:12 When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great
  • glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
  • PR 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but
  • whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
  • PR 28:14 Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that
  • hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • PR 28:15 [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a
  • wicked ruler over the poor people.
  • PR 28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a
  • great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong
  • [his] days.
  • PR 28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any]
  • person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
  • PR 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that
  • is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
  • PR 28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:
  • but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty
  • enough.
  • PR 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he
  • that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
  • PR 28:21 To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a
  • piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
  • PR 28:22 He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and
  • considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
  • PR 28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more
  • favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
  • PR 28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith,
  • [It is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a
  • destroyer.
  • PR 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but
  • he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
  • PR 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but
  • whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
  • PR 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he
  • that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
  • PR 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when
  • they perish, the righteous increase.
  • PR 29:01 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck,
  • shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • PR 29:02 When the righteous are in authority, the people
  • rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
  • PR 29:03 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that
  • keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
  • PR 29:04 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he
  • that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
  • PR 29:05 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net
  • for his feet.
  • PR 29:06 In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a
  • snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
  • PR 29:07 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
  • [but] the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
  • PR 29:08 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise
  • [men] turn away wrath.
  • PR 29:09 [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,
  • whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
  • PR 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek
  • his soul.
  • PR 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man]
  • keepeth it in till afterwards.
  • PR 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are]
  • wicked.
  • PR 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the
  • LORD lighteneth both their eyes.
  • PR 29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne
  • shall be established for ever.
  • PR 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to
  • himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
  • PR 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
  • increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
  • PR 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he
  • shall give delight unto thy soul.
  • PR 29:18 Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he
  • that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
  • PR 29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though
  • he understand he will not answer.
  • PR 29:20 Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there
  • is] more hope of a fool than of him.
  • PR 29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a
  • child shall have him become [his] son at the length.
  • PR 29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
  • aboundeth in transgression.
  • PR 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall
  • uphold the humble in spirit.
  • PR 29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he
  • heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.
  • PR 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth
  • his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
  • PR 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's
  • judgment [cometh] from the LORD.
  • PR 29:27 An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and
  • [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
  • PR 30:01 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the
  • prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
  • PR 30:02 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have
  • not the understanding of a man.
  • PR 30:03 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of
  • the holy.
  • PR 30:04 Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who
  • hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters
  • in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth?
  • what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst
  • tell?
  • PR 30:05 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto
  • them that put their trust in him.
  • PR 30:06 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee,
  • and thou be found a liar.
  • PR 30:07 Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them]
  • not before I die:
  • PR 30:08 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
  • poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
  • PR 30:09 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is]
  • the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my
  • God [in vain].
  • PR 30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse
  • thee, and thou be found guilty.
  • PR 30:11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father,
  • and doth not bless their mother.
  • PR 30:12 [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own
  • eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
  • PR 30:13 [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!
  • and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • PR 30:14 [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords,
  • and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the
  • earth, and the needy from [among] men.
  • PR 30:15 The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give,
  • give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea],
  • four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
  • PR 30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is
  • not filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is]
  • enough.
  • PR 30:17 The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth
  • to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
  • and the young eagles shall eat it.
  • PR 30:18 There be three [things which] are too wonderful for
  • me, yea, four which I know not:
  • PR 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent
  • upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the
  • way of a man with a maid.
  • PR 30:20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth,
  • and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
  • PR 30:21 For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for
  • four [which] it cannot bear:
  • PR 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is
  • filled with meat;
  • PR 30:23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an
  • handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
  • PR 30:24 There be four [things which are] little upon the
  • earth, but they [are] exceeding wise:
  • PR 30:25 The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare
  • their meat in the summer;
  • PR 30:26 The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they
  • their houses in the rocks;
  • PR 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of
  • them by bands;
  • PR 30:28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in
  • kings' palaces.
  • PR 30:29 There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are
  • comely in going:
  • PR 30:30 A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth
  • not away for any;
  • PR 30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against
  • whom [there is] no rising up.
  • PR 30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or
  • if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
  • PR 30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter,
  • and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the
  • forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
  • PR 31:01 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his
  • mother taught him.
  • PR 31:02 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what,
  • the son of my vows?
  • PR 31:03 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to
  • that which destroyeth kings.
  • PR 31:04 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for
  • kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
  • PR 31:05 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
  • judgment of any of the afflicted.
  • PR 31:06 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
  • and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
  • PR 31:07 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember
  • his misery no more.
  • PR 31:08 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such
  • as are appointed to destruction.
  • PR 31:09 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the
  • cause of the poor and needy.
  • PR 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far
  • above rubies.
  • PR 31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so
  • that he shall have no need of spoil.
  • PR 31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her
  • life.
  • PR 31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly
  • with her hands.
  • PR 31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her
  • food from afar.
  • PR 31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth
  • meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
  • PR 31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the
  • fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
  • PR 31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and
  • strengtheneth her arms.
  • PR 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her
  • candle goeth not out by night.
  • PR 31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands
  • hold the distaff.
  • PR 31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
  • reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
  • PR 31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for
  • all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.
  • PR 31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her
  • clothing [is] silk and purple.
  • PR 31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth
  • among the elders of the land.
  • PR 31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and
  • delivereth girdles unto the merchant.
  • PR 31:25 Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall
  • rejoice in time to come.
  • PR 31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue
  • [is] the law of kindness.
  • PR 31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and
  • eateth not the bread of idleness.
  • PR 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her
  • husband [also], and he praiseth her.
  • PR 31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou
  • excellest them all.
  • PR 31:30 Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a
  • woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
  • PR 31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own
  • works praise her in the gates.