Bible Software Engineering http://www.BibleBookStudies.com

Fill out for free KJV Bible e-Book & News from eBibleProductions.com about using today's technology to spread God's Word. Your e-mail address will be kept absolutely confidential and we promise it will not be shared with any other party.

Your source for over a 1000 gigabytes of Bible Studies.

Check out some Bible Audio and Video Study Products using the latest technology to improve your study time.

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

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

king james study

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]

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

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

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

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.