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

Israel;

PRO 01:02 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words

of understanding;

PRO 01:03 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and

judgment, and equity;

PRO 01:04 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man

knowledge and discretion.

PRO 01:05 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning;

and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

PRO 01:06 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the

words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

PRO 01:07 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge:

[but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

PRO 01:08 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and

forsake not the law of thy mother:

PRO 01:09 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head,

 and chains about thy neck.

PRO 01:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

PRO 01:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,

let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

PRO 01:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole,

as those that go down into the pit:

PRO 01:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill

our houses with spoil:

PRO 01:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

PRO 01:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain

thy foot from their path:

PRO 01:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed

blood.

PRO 01:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any

bird.

PRO 01:18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk

privily for their [own] lives.

PRO 01:19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;

[which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

PRO 01:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the

streets:

PRO 01:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the

openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,

[saying],

PRO 01:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and

the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

PRO 01:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my

spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

PRO 01:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have

stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

PRO 01:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would

none of my reproof:

PRO 01:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when

your fear cometh;

PRO 01:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your

destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish

cometh upon you.

PRO 01:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;

they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

PRO 01:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the

fear of the LORD:

PRO 01:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my

reproof.

PRO 01:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,

 and be filled with their own devices.

PRO 01:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,

and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

PRO 01:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and

shall be quiet from fear of evil.

PRO 02:01 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my

commandments with thee;

PRO 02:02 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and]

apply thine heart to understanding;

PRO 02:03 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up

thy voice for understanding;

PRO 02:04 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her

as [for] hid treasures;

PRO 02:05 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and

find the knowledge of God.

PRO 02:06 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh]

knowledge and understanding.

PRO 02:07 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a

buckler to them that walk uprightly.

PRO 02:08 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the

way of his saints.

PRO 02:09 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,

 and equity; [yea], every good path.

PRO 02:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge

is pleasant unto thy soul;

PRO 02:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall

keep thee:

PRO 02:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from

the man that speaketh froward things;

PRO 02:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the

ways of darkness;

PRO 02:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the

frowardness of the wicked;

PRO 02:15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their

paths:

PRO 02:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from

the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

PRO 02:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth

the covenant of her God.

PRO 02:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto

the dead.

PRO 02:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they

hold of the paths of life.

PRO 02:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and

keep the paths of the righteous.

PRO 02:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the

perfect shall remain in it.

PRO 02:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and

the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

PRO 03:01 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my

commandments:

PRO 03:02 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall

they add to thee.

PRO 03:03 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about

thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

PRO 03:04 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in

the sight of God and man.

PRO 03:05 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not

unto thine own understanding.

PRO 03:06 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct

thy paths.

PRO 03:07 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and

depart from evil.

PRO 03:08 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy

bones.

PRO 03:09 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the

firstfruits of all thine increase:

PRO 03:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy

presses shall burst out with new wine.

PRO 03:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD;

neither be weary of his correction:

PRO 03:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a

father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

PRO 03:13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man

[that] getteth understanding.

PRO 03:14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the

merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

PRO 03:15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things

thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

PRO 03:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her

left hand riches and honour.

PRO 03:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths

[are] peace.

PRO 03:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:

 and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

PRO 03:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by

understanding hath he established the heavens.

PRO 03:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the

clouds drop down the dew.

PRO 03:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep

sound wisdom and discretion:

PRO 03:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy

neck.

PRO 03:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot

shall not stumble.

PRO 03:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,

thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

PRO 03:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the

desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

PRO 03:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep

thy foot from being taken.

PRO 03:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it

is in the power of thine hand to do [it].

PRO 03:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to

morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

PRO 03:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he

dwelleth securely by thee.

PRO 03:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done

thee no harm.

PRO 03:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his

ways.

PRO 03:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his

secret [is] with the righteous.

PRO 03:33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked:

but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

PRO 03:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace

unto the lowly.

PRO 03:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the

promotion of fools.

PRO 04:01 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and

attend to know understanding.

PRO 04:02 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

PRO 04:03 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved]

in the sight of my mother.

PRO 04:04 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart

retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

PRO 04:05 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not;

neither decline from the words of my mouth.

PRO 04:06 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her,

 and she shall keep thee.

PRO 04:07 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get

wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

PRO 04:08 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring

thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

PRO 04:09 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a

crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

PRO 04:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years

of thy life shall be many.

PRO 04:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led

thee in right paths.

PRO 04:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened;

and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

PRO 04:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep

her; for she [is] thy life.

PRO 04:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in

the way of evil [men].

PRO 04:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

PRO 04:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;

and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

PRO 04:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the

wine of violence.

PRO 04:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light,

that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

PRO 04:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not

at what they stumble.

PRO 04:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my

sayings.

PRO 04:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the

midst of thine heart.

PRO 04:22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and

health to all their flesh.

PRO 04:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are]

the issues of life.

PRO 04:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips

put far from thee.

PRO 04:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids

look straight before thee.

PRO 04:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be

established.

PRO 04:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy

foot from evil.

PRO 05:01 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to

my understanding:

PRO 05:02 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy

lips may keep knowledge.

PRO 05:03 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb,

 and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

PRO 05:04 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged

sword.

PRO 05:05 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

PRO 05:06 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways

are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

PRO 05:07 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not

from the words of my mouth.

PRO 05:08 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the

door of her house:

PRO 05:09 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years

unto the cruel:

PRO 05:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy

labours [be] in the house of a stranger;

PRO 05:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy

body are consumed,

PRO 05:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart

despised reproof;

PRO 05:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor

inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

PRO 05:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the

congregation and assembly.

PRO 05:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running

waters out of thine own well.

PRO 05:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of

waters in the streets.

PRO 05:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with

thee.

PRO 05:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife

of thy youth.

PRO 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.

PRO 05:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange

woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

PRO 05:21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD,

and he pondereth all his goings.

PRO 05:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and

he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

PRO 05:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness

of his folly he shall go astray.

PRO 06:01 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou

hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

PRO 06:02 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art

taken with the words of thy mouth.

PRO 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.

PRO 06:04 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine

eyelids.

PRO 06:05 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],

 and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

PRO 06:06 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and

be wise:

PRO 06:07 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

PRO 06:08 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her

food in the harvest.

PRO 06:09 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou

arise out of thy sleep?

PRO 06:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little

folding of the hands to sleep:

PRO 06:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and

thy want as an armed man.

PRO 06:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward

mouth.

PRO 06:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,

he teacheth with his fingers;

PRO 06:14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief

continually; he soweth discord.

PRO 06:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly

shall he be broken without remedy.

PRO 06:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven

[are] an abomination unto him:

PRO 06:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed

innocent blood,

PRO 06:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that

be swift in running to mischief,

PRO 06:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that

soweth discord among brethren.

PRO 06:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not

the law of thy mother:

PRO 06:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them

about thy neck.

PRO 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.

PRO 06:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is]

light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

PRO 06:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of

the tongue of a strange woman.

PRO 06:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let

her take thee with her eyelids.

PRO 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.

PRO 06:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not

be burned?

PRO 06:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

PRO 06:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever

toucheth her shall not be innocent.

PRO 06:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy

his soul when he is hungry;

PRO 06:31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he

shall give all the substance of his house.

PRO 06:32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh

understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

PRO 06:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach

shall not be wiped away.

PRO 06:34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will

not spare in the day of vengeance.

PRO 06:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest

content, though thou givest many gifts.

PRO 07:01 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with

thee.

PRO 07:02 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the

apple of thine eye.

PRO 07:03 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table

of thine heart.

PRO 07:04 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call

understanding [thy] kinswoman:

PRO 07:05 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from

the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

PRO 07:06 For at the window of my house I looked through my

casement,

PRO 07:07 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among

the youths, a young man void of understanding,

PRO 07:08 Passing through the street near her corner; and he

went the way to her house,

PRO 07:09 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark

night:

PRO 07:10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire

of an harlot, and subtle of heart.

PRO 07:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her

house:

PRO 07:12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in

wait at every corner.)

PRO 07:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an

impudent face said unto him,

PRO 07:14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I

payed my vows.

PRO 07:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to

seek thy face, and I have found thee.

PRO 07:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with

carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.

PRO 07:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

PRO 07:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning:

let us solace ourselves with loves.

PRO 07:19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long

journey:

PRO 07:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come

home at the day appointed.

PRO 07:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield,

with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

PRO 07:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the

slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

PRO 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.

PRO 07:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and

attend to the words of my mouth.

PRO 07:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray

in her paths.

PRO 07:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong

[men] have been slain by her.

PRO 07:27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the

chambers of death.

PRO 08:01 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her

voice?

PRO 08:02 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in

the places of the paths.

PRO 08:03 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at

the coming in at the doors.

PRO 08:04 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons

of man.

PRO 08:05 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye

of an understanding heart.

PRO 08:06 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the

opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

PRO 08:07 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an

abomination to my lips.

PRO 08:08 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness;

[there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.

PRO 08:09 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and

right to them that find knowledge.

PRO 08:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge

rather than choice gold.

PRO 08:11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things

that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

PRO 08:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge

of witty inventions.

PRO 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.

PRO 08:14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am]

understanding; I have strength.

PRO 08:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

PRO 08:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges

of the earth.

PRO 08:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early

shall find me.

PRO 08:18 Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches

and righteousness.

PRO 08:19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold;

and my revenue than choice silver.

PRO 08:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of

the paths of judgment:

PRO 08:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit

substance; and I will fill their treasures.

PRO 08:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,

before his works of old.

PRO 08:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or

ever the earth was.

PRO 08:24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when

[there were] no fountains abounding with water.

PRO 08:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills

was I brought forth:

PRO 08:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,

 nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

PRO 08:27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he

set a compass upon the face of the depth:

PRO 08:28 When he established the clouds above: when he

strengthened the fountains of the deep:

PRO 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:

PRO 08:30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and

I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

PRO 08:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my

delights [were] with the sons of men.

PRO 08:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for

blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

PRO 08:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

PRO 08:34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily

at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

PRO 08:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain

favour of the LORD.

PRO 08:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:

all they that hate me love death.

PRO 09:01 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her

seven pillars:

PRO 09:02 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;

she hath also furnished her table.

PRO 09:03 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the

highest places of the city,

PRO 09:04 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for]

him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

PRO 09:05 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I

have mingled.

PRO 09:06 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of

understanding.

PRO 09:07 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:

and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

PRO 09:08 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a

wise man, and he will love thee.

PRO 09:09 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet

wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

PRO 09:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and

the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

PRO 09:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years

of thy life shall be increased.

PRO 09:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but

[if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

PRO 09:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and

knoweth nothing.

PRO 09:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in

the high places of the city,

PRO 09:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:

PRO 09:16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as

for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

PRO 09:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret

is pleasant.

PRO 09:18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and

that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

PRO 10:01 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad

father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

PRO 10:02 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but

righteousness delivereth from death.

PRO 10:03 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to

famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

PRO 10:04 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but

the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

PRO 10:05 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he

that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

PRO 10:06 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but

violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

PRO 10:07 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of

the wicked shall rot.

PRO 10:08 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a

prating fool shall fall.

PRO 10:09 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that

perverteth his ways shall be known.

PRO 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a

prating fool shall fall.

PRO 10:11 The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but

violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

PRO 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

PRO 10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is

found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of

understanding.

PRO 10:14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the

foolish [is] near destruction.

PRO 10:15 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the

destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

PRO 10:16 The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the

fruit of the wicked to sin.

PRO 10:17 He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction:

but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

PRO 10:18 He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that

uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

PRO 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but

he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

PRO 10:20 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the

heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

PRO 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for

want of wisdom.

PRO 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he

addeth no sorrow with it.

PRO 10:23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man

of understanding hath wisdom.

PRO 10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but

the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

PRO 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]:

 but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

PRO 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so

[is] the sluggard to them that send him.

PRO 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of

the wicked shall be shortened.

PRO 10:28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the

expectation of the wicked shall perish.

PRO 10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but

destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

PRO 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked

shall not inhabit the earth.

PRO 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the

froward tongue shall be cut out.

PRO 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but

the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

PRO 11:01 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a

just weight [is] his delight.

PRO 11:02 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the

lowly [is] wisdom.

PRO 11:03 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the

perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

PRO 11:04 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but

righteousness delivereth from death.

PRO 11:05 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:

but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

PRO 11:06 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:

but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

PRO 11:07 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall

perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

PRO 11:08 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the

wicked cometh in his stead.

PRO 11:09 An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour:

 but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

PRO 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city

rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

PRO 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted:

but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

PRO 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but

a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

PRO 11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a

faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

PRO 11:14 Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the

multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

PRO 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]:

and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

PRO 11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men]

retain riches.

PRO 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he

that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

PRO 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that

soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

PRO 11:19 As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that

pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

PRO 11:20 They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to

the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his

delight.

PRO 11:21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be

unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

PRO 11:22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a

fair woman which is without discretion.

PRO 11:23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the

expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

PRO 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and

[there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth]

to poverty.

PRO 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that

watereth shall be watered also himself.

PRO 11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him:

but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].

PRO 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but

he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

PRO 11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the

righteous shall flourish as a branch.

PRO 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:

 and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

PRO 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he

that winneth souls [is] wise.

PRO 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the

earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

PRO 12:01 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that

hateth reproof [is] brutish.

PRO 12:02 A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man

of wicked devices will he condemn.

PRO 12:03 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the

root of the righteous shall not be moved.

PRO 12:04 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she

that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

PRO 12:05 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the

counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

PRO 12:06 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood:

 but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

PRO 12:07 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the

house of the righteous shall stand.

PRO 12:08 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but

he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

PRO 12:09 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better

than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

PRO 12:10 A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but

the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

PRO 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:

 but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

PRO 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the

root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

PRO 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his]

lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

PRO 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of

[his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be

rendered unto him.

PRO 12:15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he

that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

PRO 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man]

covereth shame.

PRO 12:17 [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness:

but a false witness deceit.

PRO 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:

but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

PRO 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a

lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

PRO 12:20 Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil:

but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

PRO 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked

shall be filled with mischief.

PRO 12:22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they

that deal truly [are] his delight.

PRO 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of

fools proclaimeth foolishness.

PRO 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the

slothful shall be under tribute.

PRO 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a

good word maketh it glad.

PRO 12:26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour:

but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

PRO 12:27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in

hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

PRO 12:28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the

pathway [thereof there is] no death.

PRO 13:01 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a

scorner heareth not rebuke.

PRO 13:02 A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but

the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.

PRO 13:03 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he

that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

PRO 13:04 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing:

but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

PRO 13:05 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is

loathsome, and cometh to shame.

PRO 13:06 Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way:

 but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

PRO 13:07 There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:

[there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

PRO 13:08 The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the

poor heareth not rebuke.

PRO 13:09 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of

the wicked shall be put out.

PRO 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well

advised [is] wisdom.

PRO 13:11 Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he

that gathereth by labour shall increase.

PRO 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the

desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

PRO 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he

that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

PRO 13:14 The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart

from the snares of death.

PRO 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of

transgressors [is] hard.

PRO 13:16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool

layeth open [his] folly.

PRO 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a

faithful ambassador [is] health.

PRO 13:18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth

instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

PRO 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it

is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.

PRO 13:20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a

companion of fools shall be destroyed.

PRO 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall

be repayed.

PRO 13:22 A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's

children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.

PRO 13:23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there

is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

PRO 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that

loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

PRO 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul:

but the belly of the wicked shall want.

PRO 14:01 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish

plucketh it down with her hands.

PRO 14:02 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:

but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

PRO 14:03 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but

the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

PRO 14:04 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much

increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

PRO 14:05 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness

will utter lies.

PRO 14:06 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but

knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

PRO 14:07 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou

perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

PRO 14:08 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way:

but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

PRO 14:09 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous

[there is] favour.

PRO 14:10 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger

doth not intermeddle with his joy.

PRO 14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the

tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

PRO 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the

end thereof [are] the ways of death.

PRO 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end

of that mirth [is] heaviness.

PRO 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own

ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

PRO 14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man]

looketh well to his going.

PRO 14:16 A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the

fool rageth, and is confident.

PRO 14:17 [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man

of wicked devices is hated.

PRO 14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned

with knowledge.

PRO 14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the

gates of the righteous.

PRO 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the

rich [hath] many friends.

PRO 14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that

hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.

PRO 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth

[shall be] to them that devise good.

PRO 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the

lips [tendeth] only to penury.

PRO 14:24 The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the

foolishness of fools [is] folly.

PRO 14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful

[witness] speaketh lies.

PRO 14:26 In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and

his children shall have a place of refuge.

PRO 14:27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to

depart from the snares of death.

PRO 14:28 In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but

in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

PRO 14:29 [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding:

 but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

PRO 14:30 A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the

rottenness of the bones.

PRO 14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but

he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

PRO 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the

righteous hath hope in his death.

PRO 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath

understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made

known.

PRO 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a

reproach to any people.

PRO 14:35 The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his

wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

PRO 15:01 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words

stir up anger.

PRO 15:02 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the

mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

PRO 15:03 The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding

the evil and the good.

PRO 15:04 A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but

perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

PRO 15:05 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that

regardeth reproof is prudent.

PRO 15:06 In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but

in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

PRO 15:07 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart

of the foolish [doeth] not so.

PRO 15:08 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the

LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

PRO 15:09 The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the

LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

PRO 15:10 Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the

way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

PRO 15:11 Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much

more then the hearts of the children of men?

PRO 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither

will he go unto the wise.

PRO 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by

sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

PRO 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh

knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

PRO 15:15 All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that

is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

PRO 15:16 Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than

great treasure and trouble therewith.

PRO 15:17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a

stalled ox and hatred therewith.

PRO 15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is]

slow to anger appeaseth strife.

PRO 15:19 The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns:

 but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

PRO 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man

despiseth his mother.

PRO 15:21 Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom:

but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

PRO 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the

multitude of counsellors they are established.

PRO 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word

[spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!

PRO 15:24 The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may

depart from hell beneath.

PRO 15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he

will establish the border of the widow.

PRO 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the

LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

PRO 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but

he that hateth gifts shall live.

PRO 15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the

mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

PRO 15:29 The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the

prayer of the righteous.

PRO 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a

good report maketh the bones fat.

PRO 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among

the wise.

PRO 15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:

but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

PRO 15:33 The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom;

and before honour [is] humility.

PRO 16:01 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer

of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

PRO 16:02 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but

the LORD weigheth the spirits.

PRO 16:03 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall

be established.

PRO 16:04 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even

the wicked for the day of evil.

PRO 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.

PRO 16:06 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear

of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

PRO 16:07 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his

enemies to be at peace with him.

PRO 16:08 Better [is] a little with righteousness than great

revenues without right.

PRO 16:09 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth

his steps.

PRO 16:10 A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his

mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

PRO 16:11 A just weight and balance [are] the LORD's: all the

weights of the bag [are] his work.

PRO 16:12 [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:

for the throne is established by righteousness.

PRO 16:13 Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they

love him that speaketh right.

PRO 16:14 The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a

wise man will pacify it.

PRO 16:15 In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and

his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.

PRO 16:16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and

to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

PRO 16:17 The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil:

he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

PRO 16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty

spirit before a fall.

PRO 16:19 Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the

lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

PRO 16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and

whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.

PRO 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the

sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

PRO 16:22 Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that

hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

PRO 16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth

learning to his lips.

PRO 16:24 Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the

soul, and health to the bones.

PRO 16:25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the

end thereof [are] the ways of death.

PRO 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth

craveth it of him.

PRO 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there

is] as a burning fire.

PRO 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer

separateth chief friends.

PRO 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him

into the way [that is] not good.

PRO 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving

his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

PRO 16:31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found

in the way of righteousness.

PRO 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.

PRO 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing

thereof [is] of the LORD.

PRO 17:01 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,

than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

PRO 17:02 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth

shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

PRO 17:03 The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for

gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

PRO 17:04 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar

giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

PRO 17:05 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he

that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

PRO 17:06 Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and

the glory of children [are] their fathers.

PRO 17:07 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do

lying lips a prince.

PRO 17:08 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him

that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

PRO 17:09 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he

that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.

PRO 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an

hundred stripes into a fool.

PRO 17:11 An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a

cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

PRO 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather

than a fool in his folly.

PRO 17:13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart

from his house.

PRO 17:14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out

water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

PRO 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth

the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

PRO 17:16 Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to

get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

PRO 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born

for adversity.

PRO 17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and]

becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

PRO 17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he

that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

PRO 17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he

that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

PRO 17:21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and

the father of a fool hath no joy.

PRO 17:22 A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a

broken spirit drieth the bones.

PRO 17:23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to

pervert the ways of judgment.

PRO 17:24 Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but

the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

PRO 17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and

bitterness to her that bare him.

PRO 17:26 Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike

princes for equity.

PRO 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man

of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

PRO 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.

PRO 18:01 Through desire a man, having separated himself,

seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.

PRO 18:02 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his

heart may discover itself.

PRO 18:03 When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt,

and with ignominy reproach.

PRO 18:04 The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and]

the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

PRO 18:05 [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked,

to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

PRO 18:06 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth

calleth for strokes.

PRO 18:07 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips

[are] the snare of his soul.

PRO 18:08 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go

down into the innermost parts of the belly.

PRO 18:09 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him

that is a great waster.

PRO 18:10 The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the

righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

PRO 18:11 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an

high wall in his own conceit.

PRO 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and

before honour [is] humility.

PRO 18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it

[is] folly and shame unto him.

PRO 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a

wounded spirit who can bear?

PRO 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the

ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

PRO 18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him

before great men.

PRO 18:17 [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just;

but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

PRO 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth

between the mighty.

PRO 18:19 A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong

city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

PRO 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.

PRO 18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and

they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

PRO 18:22 [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and

obtaineth favour of the LORD.

PRO 18:23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth

roughly.

PRO 18:24 A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly:

and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

PRO 19:01 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity,

than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

PRO 19:02 Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is]

not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

PRO 19:03 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his

heart fretteth against the LORD.

PRO 19:04 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated

from his neighbour.

PRO 19:05 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]

speaketh lies shall not escape.

PRO 19:06 Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every

man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.

PRO 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].

PRO 19:08 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that

keepeth understanding shall find good.

PRO 19:09 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]

speaketh lies shall perish.

PRO 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a

servant to have rule over princes.

PRO 19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it

is] his glory to pass over a transgression.

PRO 19:12 The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but

his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

PRO 19:13 A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the

contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

PRO 19:14 House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and

a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

PRO 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle

soul shall suffer hunger.

PRO 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;

[but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

PRO 19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD;

and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

PRO 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy

soul spare for his crying.

PRO 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if

thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.

PRO 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou

mayest be wise in thy latter end.

PRO 19:21 [There are] many devices in a man's heart;

nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

PRO 19:22 The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man

[is] better than a liar.

PRO 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.

PRO 19:24 A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and

will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

PRO 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and

reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand

knowledge.

PRO 19:26 He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his]

mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

PRO 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth]

to err from the words of knowledge.

PRO 19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of

the wicked devoureth iniquity.

PRO 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for

the back of fools.

PRO 20:01 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and

whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

PRO 20:02 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion:

[whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.

PRO 20:03 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but

every fool will be meddling.

PRO 20:04 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;

[therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

PRO 20:05 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but

a man of understanding will draw it out.

PRO 20:06 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but

a faithful man who can find?

PRO 20:07 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children

[are] blessed after him.

PRO 20:08 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment

scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

PRO 20:09 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure

from my sin?

PRO 20:10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them

[are] alike abomination to the LORD.

PRO 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work

[be] pure, and whether [it be] right.

PRO 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath

made even both of them.

PRO 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine

eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

PRO 20:14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but

when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

PRO 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips

of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

PRO 20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and

take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

PRO 20:17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards

his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

PRO 20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with

good advice make war.

PRO 20:19 He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth

secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his

lips.

PRO 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall

be put out in obscure darkness.

PRO 20:21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the

beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

PRO 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on

the LORD, and he shall save thee.

PRO 20:23 Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and

a false balance [is] not good.

PRO 20:24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then

understand his own way?

PRO 20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which

is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

PRO 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the

wheel over them.

PRO 20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD,

searching all the inward parts of the belly.

PRO 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is

upholden by mercy.

PRO 20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the

beauty of old men [is] the grey head.

PRO 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do]

stripes the inward parts of the belly.

PRO 21:01 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as]

the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

PRO 21:02 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the

LORD pondereth the hearts.

PRO 21:03 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the

LORD than sacrifice.

PRO 21:04 An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of

the wicked, [is] sin.

PRO 21:05 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to

plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

PRO 21:06 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a

vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

PRO 21:07 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because

they refuse to do judgment.

PRO 21:08 The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for]

the pure, his work [is] right.

PRO 21:09 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,

than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

PRO 21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour

findeth no favour in his eyes.

PRO 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:

and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

PRO 21:12 The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of

the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their]

wickedness.

PRO 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he

also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

PRO 21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the

bosom strong wrath.

PRO 21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but

destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

PRO 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding

shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

PRO 21:17 He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that

loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

PRO 21:18 The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and

the transgressor for the upright.

PRO 21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a

contentious and an angry woman.

PRO 21:20 [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the

dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

PRO 21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy

findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

PRO 21:22 A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and

casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

PRO 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his

soul from troubles.

PRO 21:24 Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth

in proud wrath.

PRO 21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands

refuse to labour.

PRO 21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the

righteous giveth and spareth not.

PRO 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much

more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

PRO 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth

speaketh constantly.

PRO 21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the

upright, he directeth his way.

PRO 21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel

against the LORD.

PRO 21:31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but

safety [is] of the LORD.