PR-1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
PR-1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
PR-1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity;
PR-1:4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man
knowledge and discretion.
PR-1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and
a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
PR-1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the
words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
PR-1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge:
[but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
PR-1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake
not the law of thy mother:
PR-1:9 For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
PR-1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
PR-1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
PR-1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole,
as those that go down into the pit:
PR-1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our
houses with spoil:
PR-1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
PR-1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy
foot from their path:
PR-1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
blood.
PR-1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any
bird.
PR-1:18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk
privily for their [own] lives.
PR-1:19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
[which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
PR-1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
streets:
PR-1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the
openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,
[saying],
PR-1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and
the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
PR-1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
PR-1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched
out my hand, and no man regarded;
PR-1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would
none of my reproof:
PR-1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
your fear cometh;
PR-1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish
cometh upon you.
PR-1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
PR-1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the LORD:
PR-1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my
reproof.
PR-1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
PR-1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
PR-1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and
shall be quiet from fear of evil.
*PR-2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee;
PR-2:2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply
thine heart to understanding;
PR-2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up
thy voice for understanding;
PR-2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as
[for] hid treasures;
PR-2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and
find the knowledge of God.
PR-2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh]
knowledge and understanding.
PR-2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a
buckler to them that walk uprightly.
PR-2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way
of his saints.
PR-2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,
and equity; [yea], every good path.
PR-2:10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is
pleasant unto thy soul;
PR-2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall
keep thee:
PR-2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from
the man that speaketh froward things;
PR-2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways
of darkness;
PR-2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the
frowardness of the wicked;
PR-2:15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their
paths:
PR-2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the
stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
PR-2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth
the covenant of her God.
PR-2:18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto
the dead.
PR-2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they
hold of the paths of life.
PR-2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and
keep the paths of the righteous.
PR-2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
perfect shall remain in it.
PR-2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
*PR-3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my
commandments:
PR-3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee.
PR-3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about
thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
PR-3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the
sight of God and man.
PR-3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding.
PR-3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths.
PR-3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart
from evil.
PR-3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
PR-3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase:
PR-3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine.
PR-3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither
be weary of his correction:
PR-3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a
father the son [in whom] he delighteth.
PR-3:13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man
[that] getteth understanding.
PR-3:14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
PR-3:15 She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things
thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
PR-3:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her
left hand riches and honour.
PR-3:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
[are] peace.
PR-3:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
PR-3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
PR-3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew.
PR-3:21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound
wisdom and discretion:
PR-3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy
neck.
PR-3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot
shall not stumble.
PR-3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,
thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
PR-3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation
of the wicked, when it cometh.
PR-3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep
thy foot from being taken.
PR-3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it
is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
PR-3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to
morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
PR-3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
dwelleth securely by thee.
PR-3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done
thee no harm.
PR-3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his
ways.
PR-3:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his
secret [is] with the righteous.
PR-3:33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked:
but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
PR-3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
unto the lowly.
PR-3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
promotion of fools.
*PR-4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
attend to know understanding.
PR-4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
PR-4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in
the sight of my mother.
PR-4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart
retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
PR-4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither
decline from the words of my mouth.
PR-4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her,
and she shall keep thee.
PR-4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding.
PR-4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring
thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
PR-4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a
crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
PR-4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years
of thy life shall be many.
PR-4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led
thee in right paths.
PR-4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and
when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
PR-4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep
her; for she [is] thy life.
PR-4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in
the way of evil [men].
PR-4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
PR-4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and
their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
PR-4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the
wine of violence.
PR-4:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light,
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
PR-4:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not
at what they stumble.
PR-4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my
sayings.
PR-4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the
midst of thine heart.
PR-4:22 For they [are] life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh.
PR-4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are]
the issues of life.
PR-4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips
put far from thee.
PR-4:25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids
look straight before thee.
PR-4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
established.
PR-4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy
foot from evil.
*PR-5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to
my understanding:
PR-5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips
may keep knowledge.
PR-5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb,
and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
PR-5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged
sword.
PR-5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
PR-5:6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways
are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
PR-5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not
from the words of my mouth.
PR-5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door
of her house:
PR-5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years
unto the cruel:
PR-5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
PR-5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body
are consumed,
PR-5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof;
PR-5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
PR-5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly.
PR-5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well.
PR-5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of
waters in the streets.
PR-5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with
thee.
PR-5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife
of thy youth.
PR-5:19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished
always with her love.
PR-5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange
woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
PR-5:21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings.
PR-5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and
he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
PR-5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness
of his folly he shall go astray.
*PR-6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou
hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
PR-6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
taken with the words of thy mouth.
PR-6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art
come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make
sure thy friend.
PR-6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids.
PR-6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
PR-6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be
wise:
PR-6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
PR-6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her
food in the harvest.
PR-6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep?
PR-6:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
PR-6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and
thy want as an armed man.
PR-6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward
mouth.
PR-6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he
teacheth with his fingers;
PR-6:14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord.
PR-6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
shall he be broken without remedy.
PR-6:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are]
an abomination unto him:
PR-6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
PR-6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that
be swift in running to mischief,
PR-6:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that
soweth discord among brethren.
PR-6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not
the law of thy mother:
PR-6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them
about thy neck.
PR-6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee.
PR-6:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light;
and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
PR-6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of
the tongue of a strange woman.
PR-6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
her take thee with her eyelids.
PR-6:26 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-6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not
be burned?
PR-6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
PR-6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever
toucheth her shall not be innocent.
PR-6:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is hungry;
PR-6:31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house.
PR-6:32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
PR-6:33 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away.
PR-6:34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will
not spare in the day of vengeance.
PR-6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
content, though thou givest many gifts.
*PR-7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with
thee.
PR-7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple
of thine eye.
PR-7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of
thine heart.
PR-7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call
understanding [thy] kinswoman:
PR-7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the
stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
PR-7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my
casement,
PR-7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the
youths, a young man void of understanding,
PR-7:8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went
the way to her house,
PR-7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark
night:
PR-7:10 And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of
an harlot, and subtle of heart.
PR-7:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her
house:
PR-7:12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in
wait at every corner.)
PR-7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an
impudent face said unto him,
PR-7:14 [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed
my vows.
PR-7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek
thy face, and I have found thee.
PR-7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with
carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
PR-7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
PR-7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning:
let us solace ourselves with loves.
PR-7:19 For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long
journey:
PR-7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come
home at the day appointed.
PR-7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with
the flattering of her lips she forced him.
PR-7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
PR-7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth
to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
PR-7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and
attend to the words of my mouth.
PR-7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray
in her paths.
PR-7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong
[men] have been slain by her.
PR-7:27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the
chambers of death.
*PR-8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her
voice?
PR-8:2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in
the places of the paths.
PR-8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at
the coming in at the doors.
PR-8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons
of man.
PR-8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of
an understanding heart.
PR-8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the
opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
PR-8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an
abomination to my lips.
PR-8:8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there
is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
PR-8:9 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and
right to them that find knowledge.
PR-8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge
rather than choice gold.
PR-8:11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things
that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
PR-8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of
witty inventions.
PR-8:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
PR-8:14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am]
understanding; I have strength.
PR-8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
PR-8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges
of the earth.
PR-8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early
shall find me.
PR-8:18 Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches
and righteousness.
PR-8:19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold;
and my revenue than choice silver.
PR-8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the
paths of judgment:
PR-8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit
substance; and I will fill their treasures.
PR-8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
PR-8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or
ever the earth was.
PR-8:24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when
[there were] no fountains abounding with water.
PR-8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was
I brought forth:
PR-8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
PR-8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he
set a compass upon the face of the depth:
PR-8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep:
PR-8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters
should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the
foundations of the earth:
PR-8:30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and
I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
PR-8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my
delights [were] with the sons of men.
PR-8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for
blessed [are they that] keep my ways.
PR-8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
PR-8:34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at
my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
PR-8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain
favour of the LORD.
PR-8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.
*PR-9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her
seven pillars:
PR-9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
she hath also furnished her table.
PR-9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the
highest places of the city,
PR-9:4 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
PR-9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I
have mingled.
PR-9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding.
PR-9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
PR-9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise
man, and he will love thee.
PR-9:9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
PR-9:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and
the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
PR-9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years
of thy life shall be increased.
PR-9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
[if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
PR-9:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and
knoweth nothing.
PR-9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in
the high places of the city,
PR-9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
PR-9:16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for]
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
PR-9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is
pleasant.
PR-9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and
that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
*PR-10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad
father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
PR-10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
PR-10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
PR-10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but
the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
PR-10:5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he
that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
PR-10:6 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked.
PR-10:7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of
the wicked shall rot.
PR-10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a
prating fool shall fall.
PR-10:9 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-11:1 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a
just weight [is] his delight.
PR-11:2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the
lowly [is] wisdom.
PR-11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the
perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
PR-11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
PR-11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
PR-11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them:
but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
PR-11:7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish:
and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
PR-11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the
wicked cometh in his stead.
PR-11:9 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-12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that
hateth reproof [is] brutish.
PR-12:2 A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
PR-12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the
root of the righteous shall not be moved.
PR-12:4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she
that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
PR-12:5 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the
counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
PR-12:6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood:
but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
PR-12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house
of the righteous shall stand.
PR-12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but
he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
PR-12:9 [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-13:1 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a
scorner heareth not rebuke.
PR-13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but
the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
PR-13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
PR-13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
PR-13:5 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is
loathsome, and cometh to shame.
PR-13:6 Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way:
but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
PR-13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:
[there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
PR-13:8 The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the
poor heareth not rebuke.
PR-13:9 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-14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands.
PR-14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:
but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
PR-14:3 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but
the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
PR-14:4 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much
increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
PR-14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness
will utter lies.
PR-14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but
knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
PR-14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou
perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
PR-14:8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way:
but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
PR-14:9 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-15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words
stir up anger.
PR-15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the
mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
PR-15:3 The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding
the evil and the good.
PR-15:4 A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but
perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
PR-15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that
regardeth reproof is prudent.
PR-15:6 In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but
in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
PR-15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart
of the foolish [doeth] not so.
PR-15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
PR-15:9 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-16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer
of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
PR-16:2 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but
the LORD weigheth the spirits.
PR-16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall
be established.
PR-16:4 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even
the wicked for the day of evil.
PR-16:5 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination
to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be
unpunished.
PR-16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear
of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
PR-16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him.
PR-16:8 Better [is] a little with righteousness than great
revenues without right.
PR-16:9 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-17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,
than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
PR-17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth
shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
PR-17:3 The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for
gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
PR-17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
PR-17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he
that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
PR-17:6 Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the
glory of children [are] their fathers.
PR-17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do
lying lips a prince.
PR-17:8 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that
hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
PR-17:9 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-18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself,
seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
PR-18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his
heart may discover itself.
PR-18:3 When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach.
PR-18:4 The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and]
the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
PR-18:5 [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to
overthrow the righteous in judgment.
PR-18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
calleth for strokes.
PR-18:7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are]
the snare of his soul.
PR-18:8 The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go
down into the innermost parts of the belly.
PR-18:9 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-19:1 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity,
than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
PR-19:2 Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is]
not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
PR-19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his
heart fretteth against the LORD.
PR-19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated
from his neighbour.
PR-19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]
speaketh lies shall not escape.
PR-19:6 Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every
man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
PR-19:7 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-19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that
keepeth understanding shall find good.
PR-19:9 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-20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
PR-20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion:
[whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
PR-20:3 [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
every fool will be meddling.
PR-20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
[therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
PR-20:5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a
man of understanding will draw it out.
PR-20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but
a faithful man who can find?
PR-20:7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children
[are] blessed after him.
PR-20:8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
PR-20:9 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-21:1 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as]
the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
PR-21:2 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the
LORD pondereth the hearts.
PR-21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the
LORD than sacrifice.
PR-21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of
the wicked, [is] sin.
PR-21:5 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to
plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
PR-21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a
vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
PR-21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because
they refuse to do judgment.
PR-21:8 The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for]
the pure, his work [is] right.
PR-21:9 [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-22:1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great
riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
PR-22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the
maker of them all.
PR-22:3 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:
but the simple pass on, and are punished.
PR-22:4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches,
and honour, and life.
PR-22:5 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he
that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
PR-22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
PR-22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is]
servant to the lender.
PR-22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod
of his anger shall fail.
PR-22:9 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-23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what [is] before thee:
PR-23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given
to appetite.
PR-23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are]
deceitful meat.
PR-23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
PR-23:5 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-23:6 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye,
neither desire thou his dainty meats:
PR-23:7 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-23:8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
and lose thy sweet words.
PR-23:9 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-24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire
to be with them.
PR-24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips
talk of mischief.
PR-24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by
understanding it is established:
PR-24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all
precious and pleasant riches.
PR-24:5 A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth strength.
PR-24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
PR-24:7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his
mouth in the gate.
PR-24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
mischievous person.
PR-24:9 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-25:1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
PR-25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
PR-25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the
heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
PR-25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
come forth a vessel for the finer.
PR-25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his
throne shall be established in righteousness.
PR-25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and
stand not in the place of great [men]:
PR-25:7 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-25:8 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-25:9 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-26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour
is not seemly for a fool.
PR-26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so
the curse causeless shall not come.
PR-26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod
for the fool's back.
PR-26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou
also be like unto him.
PR-26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise
in his own conceit.
PR-26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth
off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
PR-26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable
in the mouth of fools.
PR-26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that
giveth honour to a fool.
PR-26:9 [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-27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth.
PR-27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips.
PR-27:3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's
wrath [is] heavier than them both.
PR-27:4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who
[is] able to stand before envy?
PR-27:5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
PR-27:6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses
of an enemy [are] deceitful.
PR-27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry
soul every bitter thing is sweet.
PR-27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man
that wandereth from his place.
PR-27:9 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-28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the
righteous are bold as a lion.
PR-28:2 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-28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a
sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
PR-28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such
as keep the law contend with them.
PR-28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek
the LORD understand all [things].
PR-28:6 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
PR-28:7 Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a
companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
PR-28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
PR-28:9 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-29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
PR-29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:
but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
PR-29:3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that
keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
PR-29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that
receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
PR-29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for
his feet.
PR-29:6 In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare:
but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
PR-29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but]
the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
PR-29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men]
turn away wrath.
PR-29:9 [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-30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the
prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
PR-30:2 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not
the understanding of a man.
PR-30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the
holy.
PR-30:4 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-30:5 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them
that put their trust in him.
PR-30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar.
PR-30:7 Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them]
not before I die:
PR-30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
PR-30:9 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-31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother
taught him.
PR-31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what,
the son of my vows?
PR-31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that
which destroyeth kings.
PR-31:4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings
to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
PR-31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.
PR-31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and
wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
PR-31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his
misery no more.
PR-31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as
are appointed to destruction.
PR-31:9 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.
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