Proverbs
| Author: The main writers and collectors are Solomon (1:1; 10:1; 25:1; cf. 1 Kings 4:32; Eccl. 12:9) and Hezekiah (25:1), who added some proverbs of the forefathers in chs. 25—29. Chapter 30 is attributed to Agur, and ch. 31 to King Lemuel; nothing definite is known concerning either man.Time of Writing: About 1000 B.C. (Solomon's portion, chs. 1—24) and about 700 B.C. (Hezekiah's portion, chs. 25—29). The time of writing for chs. 30—31 is unknown.Place of Writing: Probably Jerusalem. |
For discerning words of understanding;Prv 1:3 - For receiving instruction in wise conduct,
Righteousness, justice, and equity;Prv 1:4 - For giving prudence to the simple,
Knowledge and discretion to the young man;Prv 1:5 - That the wise man may hear and increase in learning,
And he who has understanding may acquire sound counsel;Prv 1:6 - For understanding proverb and figure,
The words of the wise and their difficult sayings.Prv 1:7 - The
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.Prv 1:8 - Hear, my son, the instruction of your
And do not reject the teaching of yourPrv 1:9 - For they will be a wreath of grace for your head1mother;
And ornaments for your neck.Prv 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.Prv 1:11 - If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait for blood;
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;Prv 1:12 - Let us swallow them alive like
And whole, like those who go down into the pit.Prv 1:13 - We will find all manner of precious goods;
We will fill our houses with booty;Prv 1:14 - Throw in your lot with us;
We will all have one purse—Prv 1:15 - My son, do not walk with them on this way;
Keep your foot from their path.Prv 1:16 - For their
And they hasten to shed blood.Prv 1:17 - For in vain is the net spread
In the eyes of any bird;Prv 1:18 - Yet they lie in wait for their own blood;
They ambush their own lives!Prv 1:19 - Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.Prv 1:20 -
Prv 1:21 - At the head of the tumultuous street she cries;2She utters her voice in the open squares.
At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings:Prv 1:22 - How long, O simple ones, will you love simpleness,
And will scoffers delight themselves in scoffing,And will fools hate knowledge?
Immediately I willI will make my words known to you.apour out my spirit on you;
I stretched out my hand and no one heeded,Prv 1:25 - And you neglected all my counsel
And would have none of my reproof;Prv 1:26 - I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when what you dread comes,Prv 1:27 - When what you dread comes like a storm,
And your calamity comes like a whirlwind,When distress and anguish come upon you.
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.Prv 1:29 - Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of Jehovah,Prv 1:30 - And would have none of my counsel
And despised all my reproof;Prv 1:31 - They shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be filled with their own devices.Prv 1:32 - For the turning away of the simple will kill them,
And the prosperity of the foolish will cause them to perish;Prv 1:33 - But he who listens to me will dwell securely
And will live at ease, without the dread of evil.
And treasure up my commandments within you,Prv 2:2 - Making your ear attentive to wisdom
And inclining your heart to understanding;Prv 2:3 - Indeed, if you cry out for discernment
And lift up your voice for understanding;Prv 2:4 - If you seek her like silver
And search for her like hidden treasures,Prv 2:5 - Then you will understand the fear of Jehovah
And find the knowledge of God.Prv 2:6 - For Jehovah
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;Prv 2:7 - He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,Prv 2:8 - Guarding the paths of justice
And keeping the way of His faithful ones.Prv 2:9 - Then you will understand righteousness and justice
And equity, indeed, every good path.Prv 2:10 - For wisdom will enter your heart,
And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;Prv 2:11 - Discretion will watch over you;
Understanding will keep you:Prv 2:12 - To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who speaks perverse things,Prv 2:13 - From those who forsake the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of darkness,Prv 2:14 - Who rejoice in doing evil
And delight in the perverseness of evil,Prv 2:15 - Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in their ways;Prv 2:16 - To deliver you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words,Prv 2:17 - Who forsakes the companion of her youth
And forgets the covenant of her God;Prv 2:18 - For her house sinks down to death,
And her paths lead to the dead;Prv 2:19 - None who go to her ever return,
Nor do they attain to thePrv 2:20 - That you may walk in the way of good menapaths of life;
And keep the paths of the righteous;Prv 2:21 - For the upright will dwell in the
And the perfect will remain in it;Prv 2:22 - But the wicked will be cut off from the land,
And the treacherous will be uprooted from it.
But let your heart keep my commandments;Prv 3:2 - For length of days and years of life
And peace will they add to you.Prv 3:3 - Do not let lovingkindness and truth forsake you:
Bind them around your neck;Write them upon the
In the sight of God and man.Prv 3:5 -
And do not rely on your own understanding;Prv 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He will make your paths straight.Prv 3:7 - Do not be
Fear Jehovah, and depart from evil.Prv 3:8 - It will be healing to your body
And refreshment to your bones.Prv 3:9 - Honor Jehovah with your substance
And with thePrv 3:10 - Then yourafirstfruits of all your produce;
And your vats will burst open with new wine.Prv 3:11 - My son, do not despise the
Nor be weary of His discipline;Prv 3:12 -
Even as a father, the son in whom he delights.Prv 3:13 -
And the man who gains understanding.Prv 3:14 - For her profit is better than the profit of silver,
And her income is better than gold.Prv 3:15 -
And nothing you desire compares with her.Prv 3:16 - Length of days is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.Prv 3:17 - Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.Prv 3:18 - She is a
And happy are those who hold her fast.Prv 3:19 - Jehovah by
He established the heavens by understanding;Prv 3:20 - By His knowledge the
And the skies drop down thePrv 3:21 - My son, do not let these depart from your sight:bdew.
Keep sound wisdom and discretion;Prv 3:22 - And they will be life for your soul
And a graceful ornament for your neck.Prv 3:23 - Then you will walk on your way securely,
And your foot will not stumble.Prv 3:24 - When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
But you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.Prv 3:25 - Do not
Nor of the destruction of the wicked when it comes;Prv 3:26 - For Jehovah will be your confidence,
And He will keep your foot from being caught.Prv 3:27 - Do not withhold good from those
When it is in the power of your hand to do so.Prv 3:28 - Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come back;
And tomorrow I will give it—when you have it with you.Prv 3:29 - Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.Prv 3:30 - Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.Prv 3:31 - Do not envy a man of violence,
And do not choose any of his ways;Prv 3:32 - For the perverse man is an abomination to Jehovah,
But His intimate counsel is with the upright.Prv 3:33 - The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked man,
But He blesses the dwelling place of the righteous.Prv 3:34 - To scorners He is scornful,
But to thePrv 3:35 - The wise will inheritahumble He gives grace.
2But fools increase their own disgrace.
And be attentive, that you may gain understanding;Prv 4:2 - For I give you good teaching;
Do not forsake my instruction.Prv 4:3 - For I was a son to my father,
Prv 4:4 - And he taught me and said to me,aTender and the only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Let your heart hold fast to my words;Keep my commandments and live;
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.Prv 4:6 - Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
Love her, and she will guard you.Prv 4:7 - The beginning of wisdom is this:
Get wisdom; and in all your getting, get understanding.Prv 4:8 - Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.Prv 4:9 - She will give a garland of grace for your head;
A crown of beauty will she bestow on you.Prv 4:10 - Hear, my son, and receive my words,
And the years of your life will be many.Prv 4:11 - I have taught you in the way of wisdom;
I have led you in the paths of uprightness.Prv 4:12 - When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;
And when you run, you will not stumble.Prv 4:13 - Take hold of instruction; do not let go;
Guard her, for she is your life.Prv 4:14 - Do not enter the path of the wicked,
And do not walk in the way of the evil.Prv 4:15 - Avoid it; do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on by.Prv 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.Prv 4:17 - For they eat the bread of wickedness
And drink the wine of violence.Prv 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is like the
Which shines brighter and brighter until the full day.Prv 4:19 - The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
They do not know what theyPrv 4:20 -astumble over.
Incline your ear to my sayings.Prv 4:21 - Do not let them depart from your sight;
Keep them in the midst of your heart.Prv 4:22 - For they are life to those who find them,
AndPrv 4:23 -ahealing to all their flesh.
ForPrv 4:24 - Put away from you crooked speech,bfrom it are the issues of life.
And put perverse talk far from you.Prv 4:25 - Let your eyes look directly ahead,
And let your gaze be straight in front of you.Prv 4:26 - Make straight the path of your feet,
And all your ways will be established.Prv 4:27 - Do not turn to the right or to the left;
Turn your foot away from evil.
Incline your ear to my understanding,Prv 5:2 - That you may keep discretion,
And your lips may guard knowledge.Prv 5:3 - For the lips of a
And her mouth is smoother than oil;Prv 5:4 - But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as aPrv 5:5 - Her feet go down to death;atwo-edged sword.
Her steps hold fast to Sheol.Prv 5:6 - She does not make straight the path of life:
Her ways wander, and she does not know it.Prv 5:7 -
And do not depart from the words of my mouth.Prv 5:8 - Keep your way far from her,
And do not go near the door of her house;Prv 5:9 - Lest you give your honor to others,
And your years to the cruel;Prv 5:10 - Lest strangers be filled with your wealth,
And your labors go to the house of a foreigner,Prv 5:11 - And you mourn at your end,
When your flesh and your body are consumed,Prv 5:12 - And you say, How I have hated instruction,
And my heart has despised reproof!Prv 5:13 - And I have not listened to the voice of my teachers
Nor inclined my ear to my instructors;Prv 5:14 - I was almost into every evil
In the midst of the congregation and assembly.Prv 5:15 - Drink waters out of your own cistern,
And running water out of your own well.Prv 5:16 - Should your springs be shed forth,
Like streams of water in the streets?Prv 5:17 - Let them be yours alone,
And not for strangers with you.Prv 5:18 - Let your fountain be blessed,
And rejoice in thePrv 5:19 - A lovelyawife of your youth,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times.May you be ravished with her love always.
And embrace the bosom of an adulteress?Prv 5:21 - For the ways of a man are before the
And He ponders all his paths.Prv 5:22 - The wicked man is taken by his own iniquities,
And he is held fast by the cords of his own sin.Prv 5:23 - He will die for lack of instruction,
And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.
If you have given your hands as a pledge for a stranger,Prv 6:2 - You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are caught by the words of your mouth.Prv 6:3 - Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself,
Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor:Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.
Nor slumber to your eyelids.Prv 6:5 - Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the fowler’s hand.Prv 6:6 - Go to the
Consider its ways, and be wise,Prv 6:7 - Which, having no chief,
Officer, or ruler,Prv 6:8 - Prepares its food in summer
And gathers its sustenance in the harvest.Prv 6:9 - How long, sluggard, will you lie there?
When will you arise from your sleep?Prv 6:10 -
A little folding of the hands to rest,Prv 6:11 - And your poverty will come upon you like a robber,
And your want, like an armed man.Prv 6:12 - A worthless man, a wicked man,
Goes around with a perverse mouth,Prv 6:13 - Winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet,
Pointing with his fingers;Prv 6:14 - With perverseness in his
He injects discord.Prv 6:15 - Therefore his calamity will come suddenly;
In a moment he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.Prv 6:16 - There are six things that Jehovah hates;
Indeed, seven that are an abomination to His soul:Prv 6:17 - Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
And hands that shed innocent blood,Prv 6:18 - A heart that devises wicked schemes,
Prv 6:19 - A false witness who utters lies,aFeet that hurry to run to evil,
And one who injectsPrv 6:20 -adiscord among brothers.
And do not reject the teaching of your mother;Prv 6:21 -
Tie them around your neck.Prv 6:22 - When you
When you lie down, it will watch over you;And when you awake, it will talk with you.
And the reproofs of instruction are the way of life,Prv 6:24 - To keep you from the evil woman,
From the smooth tongue of the adulteress.Prv 6:25 - Do not desire her beauty in your heart,
Nor let her catch you with her eyelids;Prv 6:26 - For the price of a harlot is a loaf of bread,
But the wife of another man hunts for the precious soul.Prv 6:27 - Can a man take fire in his bosom
And his clothes not be burned?Prv 6:28 - Can a man walk on hot coals
And his feet not be scorched?Prv 6:29 - So it is with him who goes in to his neighbor’s wife;
No one who touches her will be unpunished.Prv 6:30 - The thief is not despised if he steals
To satisfy himself when he is hungry;Prv 6:31 - But if he is found out, he shall restore sevenfold;
He must give over all the substance of his house.Prv 6:32 - He who commits
He who does it destroys his own soul.Prv 6:33 - He will find wounds and dishonor,
And his reproach will not be wiped away.Prv 6:34 - For jealousy is the rage of a man,
And he will not spare in the day of vengeance.Prv 6:35 - He will not regard any ransom,
Nor will he be content if you give him great gifts.
And treasure up my commandments within you.Prv 7:2 - Keep my commandments, and live;
And my teaching, like the apple of your eye.Prv 7:3 - Bind them on your fingers;
Write them on thePrv 7:4 - Say to wisdom, You are my sister,atablet of your heart.
And call understanding your close friend,Prv 7:5 - That they may keep you from the strange woman,
From the adulteress who flatters with her words.Prv 7:6 - For at the window of my house
I looked out through my lattice,Prv 7:7 - And I saw among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,A young man lacking sense,
And he takes the way to her house,Prv 7:9 - In the twilight, in the evening of the day,
In the deep of night and darkness.Prv 7:10 - And there comes a woman to meet him,
Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart.Prv 7:11 - She is rowdy and defiant;
Her feet do not stay at home—Prv 7:12 - Now in the street, now in the squares,
And at every corner she lies in wait.Prv 7:13 - And she grabs him and kisses him;
And with an impudent face she says to him,Prv 7:14 - I had to make offerings;
Today I have paid my vows.Prv 7:15 - Therefore I have come out to meet you,
To earnestly seek your presence; and I have found you.Prv 7:16 - I have decked my couch with coverings,
Colored spreads of the linen of Egypt;Prv 7:17 - I have sprinkled my bed with myrrh,
Aloes, and cinnamon.Prv 7:18 - Come, let us drink our fill of love until the morning;
Let us delight ourselves with love.Prv 7:19 - For my husband is not at home;
He has gone on a long journey.Prv 7:20 - He has taken the money bag with him;
He will come home at the full moon.Prv 7:21 - With her great persuasiveness she beguiles him;
With her smooth talk she compels him.Prv 7:22 - He goes after her immediately,
As an ox goes to the slaughter,Or as someone in fetters, to the correction of the fool,
As a bird hastens to the snare,So he does not know that this will cost him his life.
And pay attention to the words of my mouth.Prv 7:25 - Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways;
Do not stray into her paths.Prv 7:26 - For many are those whom she has brought down wounded,
And numerous are all who have been slain by her.Prv 7:27 - Her house is the way to Sheol,
Going down to the chambers of death.
And understanding lift up her voice?Prv 8:2 - On the top of the heights, by the way,
Where the paths meet, she takes her stand;Prv 8:3 - Beside the gates, at the entry of the city,
At the entrance of the doors, she cries aloud:Prv 8:4 - To you, O men, I call;
And my voice is to the sons of men.Prv 8:5 - O simple ones, understand prudence;
And, O fools, be of an understanding heart.Prv 8:6 - Hear, for I will speak noble things;
And the opening of my lips will yield right things.Prv 8:7 - For my mouth will utter truth,
And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.Prv 8:8 - All the
There is nothing twisted or crooked in them.Prv 8:9 - They are all straight to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.Prv 8:10 - Receive my instruction, and not silver;
And knowledge rather than choice gold.Prv 8:11 -
And nothing that you desire compares with her.Prv 8:12 -
And I find knowledge and discretion.Prv 8:13 - The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the perverse mouth, I hate.
I am understanding; I have might.Prv 8:15 - By me kings
And rulers decree justice.Prv 8:16 - By me princes rule,
And nobles—all who judge righteously.Prv 8:17 - I love those who love me,
And those whoPrv 8:18 - Riches and honor are with me,aseek me diligently will find me.
Enduring wealth and righteousness.Prv 8:19 - My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold;
And my yield than choice silver.Prv 8:20 - I walk in the
In the midst of the paths of justice,Prv 8:21 - That I may cause those who love me to inherit substance
And that I may fill their treasuries.Prv 8:22 - Jehovah possessed me in the
Before His works of old.Prv 8:23 - I was set up from eternity,
From the beginning, before the earth was.Prv 8:24 - When there were no depths, I was
When there were no fountains abounding with water.Prv 8:25 - Before the mountains were settled,
Before the hills, I was brought forth;Prv 8:26 - When He had not yet made the earth and the fields,
Nor the first dust of the world.Prv 8:27 - When He
When He inscribed aPrv 8:28 - When He madebcircle upon the surface of the deep,
When the fountains of the deep became strong,Prv 8:29 - When He set for the sea its
That the waters should not transgress His commandment,When He marked out the foundations of the earth;
And I was daily HisRejoicing always before Him,adelight,
And my delight was in the sons of men.Prv 8:32 - Now therefore, my sons, listen to me;
For blessed are they who keep my ways.Prv 8:33 - Hear instruction, and be wise;
And do not neglect it.Prv 8:34 - Blessed is the man who listens to me,
Watching daily at my doors,Waiting at my doorposts.
And will obtain favor from Jehovah.Prv 8:36 - But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul;
All who hate me love death.
She has hewn out her seven pillars;Prv 9:2 - She has slaughtered her beasts;
She has mingled her wine;She has also set her table;
She calls from the highest places of the city:Prv 9:4 - Whoever is simple, let him turn in here;
As for him who lacks sense, she says to him,Prv 9:5 - Come, eat of my bread,
And drink of thePrv 9:6 - Forsake foolishness, and live,awine which I have mingled.
And walk in the way of understanding.Prv 9:7 - He who corrects a scorner gets dishonor for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man blemishes himself.Prv 9:8 - Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you;
Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.Prv 9:9 - Impart something to a wise man, and he will become wiser still;
Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.Prv 9:10 -
And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.Prv 9:11 - For by me your days will be multiplied,
And the years of your life will be increased.Prv 9:12 - If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
And if you are scornful, you alone will bear it.Prv 9:13 - The woman Foolishness is rowdy;
She is simple and knows nothing.Prv 9:14 - And she sits at the door of her house,
On a seat in the heights of the city,Prv 9:15 - To call to those who pass by,
Who go straight on their ways:Prv 9:16 - Whoever is simple, let him turn in here;
And as for him who lacks sense, she says to him,Prv 9:17 - Stolen waters are sweet,
And bread gotten in secret is pleasant.Prv 9:18 - But he does not know that the dead are there,
That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.aA wise son makes a father glad,
But righteousness delivers from death.Prv 10:3 - Jehovah will not allow the soul of the righteous man to go hungry,
But He thrusts away the desire of the wicked.Prv 10:4 - A slack hand causes poverty,
But the hand of the diligent makes rich.Prv 10:5 - He who gathers in summer is a prudent son,
But he who sleeps at harvest time is a son who brings shame.Prv 10:6 - Blessings are upon the head of the righteous man,
Prv 10:7 - The memory of the righteous man is blessed,1But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
But the name of the wicked will rot.Prv 10:8 - The wise in heart will receive commandments,
But the foolish in speech will be cast down.Prv 10:9 - He who walks in integrity walks securely,
But he who perverts his ways will be known.Prv 10:10 - He who winks with the eye causes grief,
And the foolish in speech will be cast down.Prv 10:11 - The mouth of the righteous man is a fountain of life,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.Prv 10:12 - Hatred stirs up strife,
But lovePrv 10:13 - In the lips of one who has understanding wisdom is found,acovers all transgressions.
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.Prv 10:14 - Wise men treasure up knowledge,
But the mouth of a fool is imminent destruction.Prv 10:15 -
The ruin of the poor is their poverty.Prv 10:16 - The wages of the righteous man lead to life;
The income of the wicked man, to sin.Prv 10:17 - He who heeds instruction is on the path of life,
But he who forsakes reproof goes astray.Prv 10:18 - He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who utters slander is a fool.Prv 10:19 - When there are many words transgression does not cease,
But he whoPrv 10:20 - The tongue of the righteous man is like choice silver;arestrains his lips is prudent.
The heart of the wicked is worth little.Prv 10:21 - The lips of the righteous man feed many,
But fools die for lack of sense.Prv 10:22 - It is the blessing of Jehovah that makes rich,
And He adds no sorrow with it.Prv 10:23 - Carrying out a wicked scheme is like sport to a fool,
But so is wisdom to a man of understanding.Prv 10:24 - The fear of the wicked man will come upon him,
And the desire of the righteous will be granted.Prv 10:25 - When the whirlwind passes, the wicked man is no more;
But the righteous man is an everlasting foundation.Prv 10:26 - Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to those who send him.Prv 10:27 - The fear of Jehovah prolongs days,
But the years of the wicked will be shortened.Prv 10:28 - The hope of the righteous is joy,
But the expectation of the wicked will perish.Prv 10:29 - The way of Jehovah is a stronghold to the upright,
But it is ruin to the workers of iniquity.Prv 10:30 - The righteous man will never be moved,
But the wicked will not dwell in the land.Prv 10:31 - The mouth of the righteous man brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut off.Prv 10:32 - The lips of the righteous man know what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
But a full weight is His delight.Prv 11:2 - When pride comes, then comes dishonor;
But wisdom is with the humble.Prv 11:3 - The integrity of the upright will guide them,
But the perverseness of the treacherous will destroy them.Prv 11:4 -
But righteousness delivers from death.Prv 11:5 - The righteousness of the perfect man will make his way straight,
But the wicked man will fall by his own wickedness.Prv 11:6 - The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the treacherous will be taken in their own craving.Prv 11:7 - When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish;
And the hope of the strong perishes.Prv 11:8 - The righteous man is delivered out of trouble,
And the wicked man comes into it instead of him.Prv 11:9 - With his mouth the profane man destroys his neighbor,
But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered.Prv 11:10 - When it goes well with the righteous, the city exults;
And when the wicked perish, there is a ringing shout.Prv 11:11 - By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted,
But it is torn down by the mouth of the wicked.Prv 11:12 - He who despises his neighbor lacks sense,
But a man of understanding keeps silent.Prv 11:13 -
But he who is of a faithful spirit conceals a matter.Prv 11:14 - Where no sound counsel is, the people fall;
But in thePrv 11:15 - He who is surety for a stranger will surely be troubled,amultitude of counselors there is safety.
But he who hates giving pledges is secure.Prv 11:16 - A gracious woman lays hold of honor,
And violent men lay hold of riches.Prv 11:17 - The
But the cruel troubles his own flesh.Prv 11:18 - The wicked man earns deceitful wages,
But he whoPrv 11:19 - He who is steadfast in righteousness shall attain to life,asows righteousness gets a true reward.
And he who pursues evil advances to his own death.Prv 11:20 - Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah,
But those who are perfect in their way are His delight.Prv 11:21 -
But the seed of the righteous will be delivered.Prv 11:22 - Like a nose-ring of gold in a pig’s snout,
So is a beautiful woman who is without discretion.Prv 11:23 - The desire of the righteous is only good,
But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.Prv 11:24 - There is one who
And there is one who withholds what is appropriate but ends up only in want.Prv 11:25 - The
And he who waters will also be watered himself.Prv 11:26 - As for him who withholds grain, the people will curse him;
But blessing will be upon the head of him who sells it.Prv 11:27 - He who diligently seeks good seeks favor;
But as for him who searches after evil, it will come to him.Prv 11:28 - He who
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.Prv 11:29 - He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind,
And a fool will be servant to the wise in heart.Prv 11:30 - The fruit of the righteous man is a tree of life,
And he who is wise winsPrv 11:31 - If the righteous man will beasouls.
How much more the wicked man and the sinner!
But he who hates reproof is stupid.Prv 12:2 - A good man will obtain the favor of Jehovah,
But a man of wicked devices He will condemn.Prv 12:3 - A man will not be established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous will not be moved.Prv 12:4 - A
But she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.Prv 12:5 - The thoughts of the righteous are just,
But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.Prv 12:6 - The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,
But the mouth of the upright will deliver them.Prv 12:7 - The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
But the house of the righteous will stand.Prv 12:8 - A man will be praised according to his prudence,
But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.Prv 12:9 - Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant,
Than he who honors himself and lacks bread.Prv 12:10 - A righteous man regards the life of his beast,
But the inward parts of the wicked are cruel.Prv 12:11 -
But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense.Prv 12:12 - The wicked man desires the catch of evil men,
But the root of the righteous yields fruit.Prv 12:13 - In the transgression of the lips there is a snare for the evil man,
But the righteous man will come out of trouble.Prv 12:14 - A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth,
And the result of man’s deeds will be rendered to him.Prv 12:15 - The way of a fool is right in his
But a wise man listens to counsel.Prv 12:16 - A fool’s anger is known
But a prudent man conceals shame.Prv 12:17 - He who utters truth tells forth righteousness;
But a false witness, deceit.Prv 12:18 - There is one who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.Prv 12:19 - The lip of truth shall be established forever,
But a lying tongue is only for a moment.Prv 12:20 - Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.Prv 12:21 - No harm will happen to the righteous man,
But the wicked are filled with trouble.Prv 12:22 - Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.Prv 12:23 - A prudent man conceals knowledge,
But the heart of fools proclaims folly.Prv 12:24 - The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slothful will be under forced labor.Prv 12:25 -
But a goodPrv 12:26 - The righteous man is a guide to his neighbor,bword brings it joy.
But the way of the wicked leads them astray.Prv 12:27 - The slothful man does not roast his game,
But the precious substance of men is to the diligent.Prv 12:28 - In the way of righteousness is life,
And in its pathway there is no death.
But a scorner does not listen to rebuke.Prv 13:2 - A man will eat good from the fruit of his mouth,
But the desire of the treacherous is violence.Prv 13:3 - He who guards his
But he who opens wide his lips will have destruction.Prv 13:4 - The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing,
But the soul of the diligent will be made fat.Prv 13:5 - A righteous man hates what is false,
But a wicked man is odious and is confounded.Prv 13:6 - Righteousness guards him who is blameless in the way,
But wickedness overthrows the sinner.Prv 13:7 - There is one who pretends to be rich yet has nothing;
There is one who pretends to be poor yet has greatPrv 13:8 - The ransom of a man’s life is his riches,awealth.
But the poor hears no threatening.Prv 13:9 - The light of the righteous rejoices,
But the lamp of the wicked goes out.Prv 13:10 - Through pride comes nothing but strife,
But wisdom is with those who receive counsel.Prv 13:11 - Wealth obtained by vanity will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor increases it.Prv 13:12 - Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.Prv 13:13 - Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.Prv 13:14 - The teaching of the wise is a
To turn one aside from the snares of death.Prv 13:15 - Good understanding gives favor,
But the way of the treacherous is hard.Prv 13:16 - Every prudent man works with knowledge,
But a fool displays his folly.Prv 13:17 - A wicked messenger falls into evil,
But a faithful envoy brings healing.Prv 13:18 - Poverty and shame will come to him who refuses correction,
But he who regards reproof will be honored.Prv 13:19 - A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.Prv 13:20 - He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But thePrv 13:21 - Evil pursues sinners,acompanion of fools will be troubled.
But good recompenses the righteous.Prv 13:22 - A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
But the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous man.Prv 13:23 - The fallow ground of the poor yields much food,
But it is destroyed through injustice.Prv 13:24 - He who spares his rod hates his son,
But he who loves himPrv 13:25 - The righteous man eats to the satisfying of his soul,achastens him early.
But the belly of the wicked will lack.
But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.Prv 14:2 - He who walks in his uprightness fears Jehovah,
But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.Prv 14:3 - In the mouth of a fool is a rod for his pride,
But the lips of the wise will preserve them.Prv 14:4 - Where no oxen are, the manger is clean,
But much increase comes by the strength of the ox.Prv 14:5 - A faithful witness will not lie,
But a false witness utters lies.Prv 14:6 - A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none,
But knowledge comes easily to one who has understanding.Prv 14:7 - Go from the presence of a foolish man,
For you will not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.Prv 14:8 - The wisdom of the prudent man is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.Prv 14:9 -
But among the upright there is good will.Prv 14:10 - The heart knows its own bitterness,
And a stranger does not share in its joy.Prv 14:11 - The house of the wicked will be destroyed,
But the tent of the upright will flourish.Prv 14:12 -
But the end of it is the ways of death.Prv 14:13 - Even in
And the end of joy is grief.Prv 14:14 - The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways,
And a good man will be satisfied from himself.Prv 14:15 - The simple man believes every word,
But the prudent man considers his steps.Prv 14:16 - A wise man fears and departs from evil,
But the fool is arrogant and is confident.Prv 14:17 - He who is quick to
And a man of wicked devices is hated.Prv 14:18 - The simple inherit folly,
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.Prv 14:19 - The evil bow down before the good,
And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous man.Prv 14:20 - The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But thePrv 14:21 - He who despises his neighbor sins,arich man has many friends.
But happy is he who is gracious to the poor.Prv 14:22 - Do not they who devise evil go astray?
But lovingkindness and truth are with those who devise good.Prv 14:23 - In all labor there is profit,
But mere talk leads only to poverty.Prv 14:24 - The crown of the wise is their riches,
But the folly of fools is only folly.Prv 14:25 - A truthful witness delivers souls,
But he who utters lies causes deceit.Prv 14:26 - In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence,
And his children will have a place of refuge.Prv 14:27 - The fear of Jehovah is a
That one may turn aside from the snares of death.Prv 14:28 - In a multitude of people is the king’s glory,
But in an absence of people is the ruin of the prince.Prv 14:29 - He who is
But he who has a hasty spirit exalts folly.Prv 14:30 - A tranquil heart is life to the flesh,
But envy is rottenness to the bones.Prv 14:31 - He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,
But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.Prv 14:32 - The wicked man is thrust down in his evildoing,
But the righteous man has a refuge when he dies.Prv 14:33 - Wisdom rests quietly in the heart of one who has understanding,
But in the inward part of fools it makes itself known.Prv 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation,
But sin is a reproach to any people.Prv 14:35 - The king’s favor is toward a servant who acts prudently,
But his overflowing wrath will be toward him who causes shame.
But a grievous word stirs up anger.Prv 15:2 - The tongue of the wise utters knowledge well,
But the mouth of fools pours out folly.Prv 15:3 - The eyes of Jehovah are in every place,
Keeping watch on the evil and the good.Prv 15:4 - A soothing tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.Prv 15:5 - A fool despises his father’s correction,
But he who regards reproof gets prudence.Prv 15:6 - In the house of the righteous man there is much treasure,
But in the income of the wicked there is trouble.Prv 15:7 - The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,
But the heart of fools does not do so.Prv 15:8 - The
But the prayer of the upright is His delight.Prv 15:9 - The way of the wicked man is an abomination to Jehovah,
But He loves one whoPrv 15:10 - There is grievous correction for one who forsakes the way,apursues righteousness.
And he who hates reproof will die.Prv 15:11 - Sheol and
How much more the hearts of the children of men!Prv 15:12 - A scorner does not love him who reproves him;
He will not go to the wise.Prv 15:13 - A
But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.Prv 15:14 - The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.Prv 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are evil,
But he who is of a cheerful heart has a continual feast.Prv 15:16 -
Than great treasure and turmoil with it.Prv 15:17 - Better is a dinner of vegetables where love is
Than a fattened ox and hatred with it.Prv 15:18 - A wrathful man stirs up contention,
But he who isPrv 15:19 - The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,aslow to anger quiets strife.
But the path of the upright is paved.Prv 15:20 -
But a foolish man despises his mother.Prv 15:21 - Folly is joy to him who lacks sense,
But a man of understanding makes straight his going.Prv 15:22 - Where there is no counsel, plans are frustrated;
But in the multitude of counselors they are established.Prv 15:23 - A man has joy in the apt answer of his mouth;
And aPrv 15:24 - To the wise man the way of life leads upward,aword in its season, how good it is!
That he may depart from Sheol below.Prv 15:25 - Jehovah will tear down the house of the proud,
But He will establish the territory of the widow.Prv 15:26 - Evil plans are an abomination to Jehovah,
But pleasant words are pure.Prv 15:27 - He who is greedy for
But he who hates bribes will live.Prv 15:28 - The heart of the righteous man ponders how to answer,
But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.Prv 15:29 - Jehovah is far from the wicked,
But He hears thePrv 15:30 - The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,aprayer of the righteous.
And good news makes the bones fat.Prv 15:31 - The ear that listens to the reproof of life
Will lodge among the wise.Prv 15:32 - He who ignores instruction despises his own soul,
But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding.Prv 15:33 -
And humility goes before honor.
But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.Prv 16:2 -
But Jehovah weighs the spirits.Prv 16:3 -
And your purposes will be established.Prv 16:4 - Jehovah has
Yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.Prv 16:5 -
Prv 16:6 - By1Be assured: He will not be unpunished.
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.Prv 16:7 - When a man’s ways please Jehovah,
He causes even his enemies to be at peace with him.Prv 16:8 -
Than great income with injustice.Prv 16:9 - A man’s heart devises his way,
But Jehovah directs his steps.Prv 16:10 - A divine decision is on the lips of the king;
His mouth will not transgress in judgment.Prv 16:11 - A
All the weights of the bag are His work.Prv 16:12 - It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness,
For the throne is established by righteousness.Prv 16:13 - Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
And they love one who speaks right.Prv 16:14 - The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,
But a wise man will appease it.Prv 16:15 - In the light of the king’s countenance is life,
And his favor is like a cloud of the latter rain.Prv 16:16 - How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold,
And to acquire understanding is to be chosen above silver.Prv 16:17 - The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who keeps his way preserves his soul.Prv 16:18 - Pride goes before destruction,
And aPrv 16:19 - It is better to be of aahaughty spirit before a fall.
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.Prv 16:20 - He who gives heed to the word will find good,
AndPrv 16:21 - The wise in heart will be called discerning,1blessed is he who trusts in Jehovah.
And the sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness.Prv 16:22 - Insight is a fountain of life to him who has it,
But the correction of fools is folly.Prv 16:23 - The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth
And adds persuasiveness to his lips.Prv 16:24 - Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.Prv 16:25 -
But the end of it is the ways of death.Prv 16:26 - The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;
For his mouth urges him on.Prv 16:27 - A worthless man digs up evil,
And on his lips there is a scorchingPrv 16:28 - A perverse man spreads strife,afire.
And a whisperer separates close friends.Prv 16:29 - A man of violence entices his neighbor
And leads him in a way that is not good.Prv 16:30 - He who shuts his eyes does so to devise perverse things;
He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.Prv 16:31 - The gray head is a crown of glory;
It will be found in the way of righteousness.Prv 16:32 - He who is
And he who rules hisPrv 16:33 - Thebspirit, than he who captures a city.
But everything it decides is from Jehovah.
Than a house full of feasting with strife.Prv 17:2 - A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.Prv 17:3 - The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But JehovahPrv 17:4 - An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips,atries the hearts.
And a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.Prv 17:5 -
He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.Prv 17:6 - Grandchildren are the
And the glory of children is their fathers.Prv 17:7 - Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool;
Much less are lying lips for a noble man.Prv 17:8 - A bribe is like a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor:
Wherever he turns, he prospers.Prv 17:9 - He who
But he who repeats a matter separates close friends.Prv 17:10 - A rebuke strikes deeper into him who has understanding
Than a hundred stripes into a fool.Prv 17:11 - An evil man seeks only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.Prv 17:12 - Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man
Rather than a fool in his folly.Prv 17:13 - Whoever rewards evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.Prv 17:14 - The beginning of contention is like letting out water;
Therefore abandon strife before it breaks out.Prv 17:15 - He who justifies the wicked man, and he who condemns the righteous man,
Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.Prv 17:16 - Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
When he has no sense?Prv 17:17 - A friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.Prv 17:18 - A man lacking sense gives his hand as a pledge
And becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.Prv 17:19 - He who loves transgression loves strife;
He who raises high his entrance seeks destruction.Prv 17:20 - He who has a crooked heart finds no good,
And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.Prv 17:21 - He who begets a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.Prv 17:22 - A
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.Prv 17:23 - A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom,
To pervert the ways of justice.Prv 17:24 - Wisdom is before the face of him who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.Prv 17:25 - A foolish son is a grief to his father,
And bitterness to her who bore him.Prv 17:26 - To also punish the righteous man is not good,
Nor to strike nobles for their uprightness.Prv 17:27 - He who restrains his words has knowledge,
And he who is cool in spirit is one who has understanding.Prv 17:28 - Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise;
When he shuts his lips, he is counted prudent.
And rages against all sound wisdom.Prv 18:2 - A fool has no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart may reveal itself.Prv 18:3 - When the wicked man comes, contempt also comes;
And with dishonor comes reproach.Prv 18:4 - The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters,
A gushing stream, a fountain of wisdom.Prv 18:5 - To respect the person of the wicked man is not good,
Nor to turn aside the righteous man in judgment.Prv 18:6 - A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth invites blows.Prv 18:7 - A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.Prv 18:8 -
And they go down into the innermost parts of one’s being.Prv 18:9 - He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who is a destroyer.Prv 18:10 - The name of Jehovah is a
The righteous man runs into it and is safe.Prv 18:11 -
And like a high wall in his own imagination.Prv 18:12 - Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
Prv 18:13 - As for him who gives an answer before he hears,aBut humility goes before honor.
It is folly and shame.Prv 18:14 - The spirit of a man can sustain his sickness,
But a broken spirit who can bear?Prv 18:15 -
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.Prv 18:16 - A man’s gift makes room for him
And brings him before great men.Prv 18:17 - The first to plead his case seems just,
Until his neighbor comes and cross-examines him.Prv 18:18 - The
And decides between the mighty.Prv 18:19 - A
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.Prv 18:20 - With the fruit of his mouth a man’s stomach will be satisfied;
With the produce of his lips he will be satisfied.Prv 18:21 - Death and life are in the
And those who love it will eat its fruit.Prv 18:22 - Whoever finds a
And obtains favor from Jehovah.Prv 18:23 - The poor man utters supplications,
But the rich manPrv 18:24 - A man of many friends comes to destruction,aanswers roughly.
But there is a trueafriend that sticks closer than a brother.
Than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.Prv 19:2 - Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who makes haste with his feet sins.Prv 19:3 - The foolishness of a man subverts his way,
And his heart is indignant toward Jehovah.Prv 19:4 - Wealth adds many friends,
But the poor man is separated from his friend.Prv 19:5 -
And he who utters lies will not escape.Prv 19:6 - Many will entreat the favor of the generous man,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.Prv 19:7 - All the brothers of the poor man hate him;
How much more do his friends go far from him!He pursues them with words, but they are not there.
He who keeps understanding will find good.Prv 19:9 - A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who utters lies will perish.Prv 19:10 - Delicate living is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a servant to rule over princes.Prv 19:11 - The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
And it is his glory to overlook a transgression.Prv 19:12 - The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion,
But his favor is like dew upon the grass.Prv 19:13 - A foolish son is the ruin of his father,
And thePrv 19:14 - House andacontentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
But a prudentPrv 19:15 - Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,bwife is from Jehovah.
And the idle soul will suffer hunger.Prv 19:16 - He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul;
He who is careless of his ways will die.Prv 19:17 - He who has pity upon a
And He will repay him for his good deed.Prv 19:18 -
But do not set your heart on destroying him.Prv 19:19 - A man of great
For if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again.Prv 19:20 - Listen to counsel, and receive instruction,
That you may be wise at the end of your days.Prv 19:21 - There are many devices in a man’s heart,
But it is thePrv 19:22 - What is desirable in a man is his kindness,acounsel of Jehovah that will stand.
And a poor man is better than a liar.Prv 19:23 - The
And he who has it will lodge in contentment;He will not be visited with evil.
And will not even bring it back to his mouth.Prv 19:25 - Strike a scorner, and the simple will learn prudence;
And reprove one who has understanding, and he will understandknowledge.
Is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.Prv 19:27 - Cease listening, my son, to instruction,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.Prv 19:28 - A worthless witness mocks justice,
And the mouth of the wicked swallows up iniquity.Prv 19:29 - Judgments are prepared for scorners,
And blows for the back of fools.
And whoever errs by it does not become wise.Prv 20:2 - The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
He who provokes him to anger sins against his own life.Prv 20:3 - It is an honor for a man to keep away from strife,
But every fool rushes headlong into it.Prv 20:4 - The
Therefore he will beg in harvest and have nothing.Prv 20:5 - Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water,
But a man of understanding will draw it out.Prv 20:6 - Many a man will proclaim his own kindness,
But who can find a faithful man?Prv 20:7 - A righteous man who walks in his integrity,
Blessed are his children after him.Prv 20:8 - A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters away all evil with his eyes.Prv 20:9 - Who can say, I have made my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin?Prv 20:10 -
Both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.Prv 20:11 - Even a child makes himself known by his deeds,
Whether his work is pure and whether it is upright.Prv 20:12 - The hearing
Jehovah has made both of them.Prv 20:13 - Do not love
Open your eyes, and be satisfied with bread.Prv 20:14 - It is bad, it is bad, says the buyer;
But when he has gone away, then he boasts in his purchase.Prv 20:15 - There is gold and an abundance of corals,
But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.Prv 20:16 -
And hold the pledge when he becomes surety for foreigners.Prv 20:17 - The bread of falsehood is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.Prv 20:18 - Every plan is established by counsel,
And by sound counsel make war.Prv 20:19 -
Therefore do not associate with one who opens his lips wide.Prv 20:20 - Whoever
His lamp will go out in deep darkness.Prv 20:21 - An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.Prv 20:22 - Do
Wait for Jehovah, and He will save you.Prv 20:23 -
And false scales are not good.Prv 20:24 - A man’s
How then can man understand his own way?Prv 20:25 - It is a snare to a man to rashly say, It is holy,
And after making the vows to begin to consider.Prv 20:26 - A wise king winnows the wicked
And drives the threshing wheel over them.Prv 20:27 - The
Searching all the innermost parts of the inner being.Prv 20:28 - Lovingkindness and truth preserve the king,
And his throne is upheld by kindness.Prv 20:29 - The glory of young men is their strength,
And the honor of old men is gray hair.Prv 20:30 - Stripes that wound purge away evil,
And strokes reach the innermost parts of the inner being.
He turns it wherever He wishes.Prv 21:2 - Every
But Jehovah weighs thePrv 21:3 - To do righteousness and justicebhearts.
Is more acceptable to Jehovah thanPrv 21:4 - A high look and a proud heart—asacrifice.
The lamp of the wicked—is sin.Prv 21:5 - The plans of the diligent lead only to plentifulness,
But everyone who is hasty comes only to want.Prv 21:6 - The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, aPrv 21:7 - The violence of the wicked will sweep them away1snare of death.
Because they refuse to do justice.Prv 21:8 - The way of a guilty man is crooked;
But as for the pure, his work is right.Prv 21:9 -
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.Prv 21:10 - The soul of the wicked man desires evil;
His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.Prv 21:11 - When the scorner is punished, the simple man becomes wise;
And when the wise man is instructed, he receives knowledge.Prv 21:12 - The righteous One considers the house of the wicked man,
Overthrowing the wicked to their ruin.Prv 21:13 - Whoever
Also will cry and will not be heard.Prv 21:14 - A gift in secret pacifies anger;
And a present in the bosom, strong wrath.Prv 21:15 - It is joy to the righteous man to do justice,
But it is destruction to the workers of iniquity.Prv 21:16 - The man who wanders from the way of understanding
Will rest in the assembly of the dead.Prv 21:17 - He who
He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.Prv 21:18 - The wicked man is a ransom for the righteous man,
And the treacherous man is in the place of the upright.Prv 21:19 -
Than with a contentious and vexing woman.Prv 21:20 - There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise man,
But a foolish man swallows it up.Prv 21:21 - He who pursues righteousness and kindness
Finds life, righteousness, and honor.Prv 21:22 - A wise man scales the city of the mighty
And brings down the strength in which they trust.Prv 21:23 - Whoever
Keeps his soul from troubles.Prv 21:24 - Proud, Haughty, Scorner are the names
Of him who works in the arrogance of pride.Prv 21:25 - The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work.Prv 21:26 - All day long one covets greedily,
But the righteous man gives and does not hold back.Prv 21:27 -
How much more when he brings it with evil intent!Prv 21:28 - A false witness will perish,
But the man who hears will speak so as to endure.Prv 21:29 - A wicked man hardens his face;
But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.Prv 21:30 - There is no wisdom nor understanding
NorPrv 21:31 - The horse is prepared for the day of battle,acounsel that can avail against Jehovah.
Butavictory belongs to Jehovah.
And favor is better than silver and gold.Prv 22:2 - The rich and the poor have this in common:
Jehovah is thePrv 22:3 -amaker of them all.
But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.Prv 22:4 - The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Are riches and honor and life.Prv 22:5 - Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;
He who guards his soul will keep far from them.Prv 22:6 -
Even when he is old, he will not depart from it.Prv 22:7 - The rich man rules over the poor,
And the borrower is servant to the lender.Prv 22:8 - He who
And the rod of his wrath will fail.Prv 22:9 - He who is1
For he gives some of his bread to the poor.Prv 22:10 - Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;
Indeed, strife and dishonor will cease.Prv 22:11 - He who loves
And whose speech is gracious will have the king as his friend.Prv 22:12 - The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge,
But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.Prv 22:13 -
I will be slain in the streets!Prv 22:14 - The mouth of strange women is a deep pit;
He with whom Jehovah is indignant will fall in there.Prv 22:15 - Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
But thePrv 22:16 - He who oppresses the poor to multiply his gain,arod of correction will drive it far from him.
And he who gives to the rich will only come to want.Prv 22:17 - Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise,
And apply your heart to my knowledge;Prv 22:18 - For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you;
Let them be ready on your lips.Prv 22:19 - So that your trust may be in Jehovah,
I have made them known to you today, even to you.Prv 22:20 - Have not I written to you
Of counsels and knowledge,Prv 22:21 - To make you know the certainty of the words of truth,
That you may answer back words of truth to those who send you?Prv 22:22 - Do not rob the poor, because he is poor;
Nor oppress the afflicted in the gate;Prv 22:23 - For Jehovah will
And rob the life of those who rob them.Prv 22:24 - Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger,
And with a wrathful man do not go;Prv 22:25 - Lest you learn his ways
And get a snare for your soul.Prv 22:26 - Do not be one of those who give their hand as a pledge
Or one of those who are a surety for debts.Prv 22:27 - If you have nothing with which to pay,
Why should your bed be taken away from under you?Prv 22:28 - Do not remove the ancient
Which your fathers have set up.Prv 22:29 - Do you see a man skilled in his work?
He will stand before kings;He will not stand before obscure men.
Consider carefullyPrv 23:2 - And put a knife to your throat1who is before you;
If you are a man of great appetite.Prv 23:3 - Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceitful food.Prv 23:4 - Do not weary yourself to become
Cease from your consideration of it.Prv 23:5 - When you set your eyes upon it, it is gone;
ForLike an eagle that flies toward heaven.awealth certainly makes itself wings,
And do not desire his delicacies;Prv 23:7 - For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, Eat and drink;But his heart is not with you.
And waste your pleasant words.Prv 23:9 -
For he will despise the wisdom of your words.Prv 23:10 -
Or go into the fields of the fatherless;Prv 23:11 - For their
He will plead their cause against you.Prv 23:12 - Apply your heart to instruction,
And your ears to words of knowledge.Prv 23:13 - Do not withhold
If you beat him with the rod, he will not die.Prv 23:14 - If you beat him with the rod,
You will deliver his soul fromPrv 23:15 - My son, if your heart is wise,aSheol.
My own heart will also rejoice;Prv 23:16 - My inward parts will also exult,
When your lips speak right things.Prv 23:17 - Do not let your heart envy sinners,
But live in the fear of Jehovah all day long;Prv 23:18 - For surely there is a latter end,
And your hope will not be cut off.Prv 23:19 - Listen, my son, and be wise,
And direct your heart in the way.Prv 23:20 - Do not be among those who get drunk with wine,
Among gluttonous eaters of flesh;Prv 23:21 - For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
And drowsiness will clothe them with rags.Prv 23:22 - Listen to your
And do not despise your mother when she is old.Prv 23:23 - Buy
Buy wisdom and instruction and understanding.Prv 23:24 - The father of the righteous man will greatly exult,
And he who begets a wise child will rejoice in him.Prv 23:25 - Let your father and your mother rejoice,
And let her who bore you exult.Prv 23:26 - My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyesPrv 23:27 - For a harlot is a deep pit,1observe my ways.
And an adulteress is a narrow well.Prv 23:28 - Indeed, she lies in wait as a robber,
And increases the number of the treacherous among men.Prv 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions?
Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has rednessof eyes?
Those who go to seek out mixed wines.Prv 23:31 - Do not look upon the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,When it goes down smoothly;
And stings like an adder.Prv 23:33 - Your eyes will see strange things,
And your heart will utter perverse things;Prv 23:34 - And you will be like one who lies down while at sea,
Or like one who lies down at the top of a mast.Prv 23:35 - They struck me, you will say, but I was not hurt;
They beat me, but I did not feel it;When will I awake? I will seek another drink.
Nor desire to be with them;Prv 24:2 - For their heart meditates violence,
And their lips talk of mischief.Prv 24:3 - Through
And by understanding it is established,Prv 24:4 - And by knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.Prv 24:5 - A wise man is strong,
And a man of knowledge increases power.Prv 24:6 - For by sound counsel you can wage your war,
And in the multitude ofPrv 24:7 - Wisdom is too high for a fool;acounselors there is1victory.
He does not open his mouth in the gate.Prv 24:8 - He who devises to do evil,
Men will call him a mischief-maker.Prv 24:9 - The devising of folly is sin,
And the scorner is an abomination to men.Prv 24:10 - If you faint in the day of adversity,
Your strength is limited.Prv 24:11 - Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are staggering to be slain, oh, hold back!Prv 24:12 - If you say, Look, we did not know this—
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?And He who keeps your soul, does He not know it ?
And will He not render to every man according to his work?Prv 24:13 - My son, eat
And the drippings from the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:Prv 24:14 - Know that wisdom is such for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a latter end,And your hope will not be cut off.
Do not destroy his resting place;Prv 24:16 - For a righteous man falls seven times and
But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.Prv 24:17 - Do
And do not let your heart exult when he is overthrown;Prv 24:18 - Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease Him,
And He turn away His anger from him.Prv 24:19 - Do not be incensed because of evildoers;
Do not be envious of the wicked;Prv 24:20 - For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.Prv 24:21 - My son,
And do not associate with those who are given to change;Prv 24:22 - For their calamity will rise suddenly,
And who knows the misfortune of both of them?Prv 24:23 - These also are sayings of the wise:
It is not good to have respect of persons inPrv 24:24 - He who says to the wicked man, You are righteous,ajudgment.
Peoples will curse him; nations will abhor him.Prv 24:25 - But those who rebuke the wicked man will have delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.Prv 24:26 - He who gives an honest answer
Kisses the lips.Prv 24:27 - Prepare your work outside,
And make it ready for yourself in the field,And afterward build your house.
And do not deceive with your lips.Prv 24:29 - Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.Prv 24:30 - I passed by the field of the sluggard,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense;Prv 24:31 - And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles,And its stone wall was broken down.
I saw it and received instruction:Prv 24:33 -
A little folding of the hands to rest,Prv 24:34 - And your poverty will come upon you like a robber,
And your want, like an armed man.
But the glory of kings is to search a matter out.Prv 25:3 - As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.Prv 25:4 - Take away the dross from the silver,
And a vessel comes out for the smith;Prv 25:5 - Take away the wicked man from before the king,
And his throne will be established in righteousness.Prv 25:6 - Do not claim honor for yourself in the presence of the king,
And doPrv 25:7 - For it is better that it is said to you, Come up here,anot stand in the place of great men;
Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the noble,Whom your eyes have seen.
Otherwise what will you do in the end,When your neighbor puts you to shame?
And doPrv 25:10 - Lest he who hears it revile you,bnot reveal the secret of another;
And the evil report of you does not go away.Prv 25:11 - A
Is like apples of gold in settings of silver.Prv 25:12 - Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a listening ear.Prv 25:13 - Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,For he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Is one who boasts of his gifts falsely.Prv 25:15 - By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded,
And a soft tongue can break the bone.Prv 25:16 - Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
Lest you become filled up with it and vomit it.Prv 25:17 - Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house,
Otherwise he will become weary of you and hate you.Prv 25:18 - A man who bears false witness against his neighbor
Is like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow.Prv 25:19 - Confidence in a treacherous man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.Prv 25:20 - He who sings songs to a troubled heart
Is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day,Or like vinegar on soda.
And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;Prv 25:22 - For you will heap coals of fire upon his head,
And Jehovah will reward you.Prv 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain;
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.Prv 25:24 -
Than in a house shared with a contentious woman.Prv 25:25 - Like cold water to a thirsty soul,
So is good news from a far country.Prv 25:26 - Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring
Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked man.Prv 25:27 - It is not good to eat much honey,
Nor is it glory for men to search out their own glory.Prv 25:28 - Like a city that is broken down, without walls,
Is a man whoseaspirit is without restraint.
So honor is not fitting for a fool.Prv 26:2 - Like the sparrow in its fluttering, like the swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not alight.Prv 26:3 - A whip for the horse! A
And a rod for the back of fools!Prv 26:4 - Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest you also be like him.Prv 26:5 - Answer a fool according to his folly,
Lest he be wise in his own eyes.Prv 26:6 - He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.Prv 26:7 - Like the legs of the lame which hang down,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.Prv 26:8 - Like one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.Prv 26:9 - Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.Prv 26:10 - Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.Prv 26:11 - Like a
Is a fool who repeats his folly.Prv 26:12 - Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.Prv 26:13 -
A lion is in the streets!Prv 26:14 - As the door turns upon its hinges,
So does the sluggard upon his bed.Prv 26:15 -
He gets weary by bringing it to his mouth again.Prv 26:16 - The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes
Than seven men who can answer discreetly.Prv 26:17 - He who passes by and meddles with strife that does not belong to him,
Is like one who takes a dog by the ears.Prv 26:18 - Like a madman who shoots firebrands, arrows, and death,
And says, Was I not joking?Prv 26:20 - For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.Prv 26:21 - As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.Prv 26:22 -
And they go down into the innermost parts of one’s being.Prv 26:23 - Burning lips and a wicked heart
Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.Prv 26:24 - He who hates disguises it with his lips,
But he lays up deceit within him;Prv 26:25 - When he speaks graciously, do not believe him;
For there are seven abominations in his heart;Prv 26:26 - Though his hatred covers itself with guile,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.Prv 26:27 - Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.Prv 26:28 - A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
For you do not know what a day may bring forth.Prv 27:2 - Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;
A foreigner, and not your own lips.Prv 27:3 - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty,
But a fool’s vexation is heavier than both of them.Prv 27:4 - Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming,
But who can stand before jealousy?Prv 27:5 - Open
Than love that is hidden.Prv 27:6 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
But thePrv 27:7 - The full soul loathes a honeycomb,akisses of an enemy are profuse.
But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.Prv 27:8 - Like a bird that wanders from her nest,
So is a man who wanders from his place.Prv 27:9 - Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So a man’s counsel is sweet to his friend.Prv 27:10 - Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend
To go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity:Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away.
That I may answer him who reproaches me.Prv 27:12 -
But the simple pass on and suffer punishment for it.Prv 27:13 -
And hold one in pledge who is surety for a foreign woman.Prv 27:14 - He who blesses his friend with a loud voice,
Arousing him early in the morning,It will be reckoned as a curse to him.
And a contentious woman are alike;Prv 27:16 - He who would restrain her restrains the wind,
And grasps oil with his right hand.Prv 27:17 - Iron sharpens iron;
So a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.Prv 27:18 - Whoever tends a fig tree will
And he who takes care of his master will be honored.Prv 27:19 - As in water face reflects face,
So the heart of man reflects man.Prv 27:20 -
And thePrv 27:21 -beyes of man are never satisfied.
And a man is tried by the praise given him.Prv 27:22 - Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,
His folly will not depart from him.Prv 27:23 - Know well the condition of your flocks,
And pay attention to your herds—Prv 27:24 - For riches are not forever,
Nor does a crown endure from generation to generation—Prv 27:25 - Then when the grass has disappeared, and the tender grass is seen,
And the herbs of the mountains have been gathered in,Prv 27:26 - The lambs will be for your clothing,
And the goats will bring the price of a field;Prv 27:27 - And there will be goats’ milk enough for your food,
For the food of your household,And for the sustenance for your maidens.
But the righteous are as bold as a lion.Prv 28:2 - When a land revolts, it has many rulers;
But by him who has understanding and knowledge it endures.Prv 28:3 - A destitute man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.Prv 28:4 - Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law contend with them.Prv 28:5 - Evil men do not understand justice,
But those whoPrv 28:6 -aseek Jehovah understand all things.
Than he who is perverse in his ways though he is rich.Prv 28:7 - Whoever keeps the law is an understanding son,
But he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.Prv 28:8 - He who increases his substance by interest and usury
Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor.Prv 28:9 - He who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.Prv 28:10 - Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way
Will himself fall into his own pit,But the perfect will inherit good.
But the poor man who has understanding searches him out.Prv 28:12 - When the righteous triumph, there is great glory;
But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.Prv 28:13 - He who covers his transgressions will not prosper,
But whoeverPrv 28:14 -aconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.Prv 28:15 - Like a roaring lion and a roving bear
Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.Prv 28:16 - The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor,
But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.Prv 28:17 - A man who is burdened with a person’s blood
Let no man support him.1Will be a fugitive until death;
But he who is perverse in his ways will fall all at once.Prv 28:19 -
But he who pursues worthless things will have plenty of poverty.Prv 28:20 - A faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who makes haste to bePrv 28:21 - To have respect of persons is not good,arich will not go unpunished.
Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress.Prv 28:22 - A man who is envious hastens after wealth,
And does not know that want will come upon him.Prv 28:23 - He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who flatters with the tongue.Prv 28:24 - Whoever robs his father or his mother and says,
It is no transgression,Is the companion of a man who destroys.
But he who trusts in Jehovah will prosper.Prv 28:26 - He who trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will be delivered.Prv 28:27 - He who
But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses.Prv 28:28 - When the wicked rise, men hide themselves;
But when they perish, the righteous increase.
Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.Prv 29:2 - When the righteous increase, the people rejoice;
But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.Prv 29:3 - Whoever loves wisdom makes his father glad,
But he who keeps company withPrv 29:4 - The king by justice establishes the land,aharlots wastes his substance.
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.Prv 29:5 - A man who flatters his neighbor
Spreads a net for his steps.Prv 29:6 - In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare,
But the righteous man sings and rejoices.Prv 29:7 - The righteous man knows the rights of the poor;
The wicked man has no understanding of such knowledge.Prv 29:8 - Scorners set a city aflame,
But wise men turn away wrath.Prv 29:9 - If a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man,
The fool is either angry or laughs, and there is no rest.Prv 29:10 - The bloodthirsty hate one who is perfect,
And they seek the life of the upright.Prv 29:11 - A fool utters all his anger,
But a wise man holds it back.Prv 29:12 - If a ruler pays attention to a false word,
All his servants are wicked.Prv 29:13 - The poor man and the oppressor have this in common:
Jehovah gives light to the eyes of them both.Prv 29:14 - If a king judges the poor in truth,
His throne will be established forever.Prv 29:15 - The rod and reproof give wisdom,
But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.Prv 29:16 - When the wicked increase, transgression increases;
But the righteous will see their fall.Prv 29:17 - Correct your son, and he will give you rest;
He will also give delight to your soul.Prv 29:18 - Where there is no
But happy is he who keeps the law.Prv 29:19 - A servant will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, there will be no response.Prv 29:20 - Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.Prv 29:21 - He who delicately brings up his servant from a child
Will have him as a son in the end.Prv 29:22 - An angry man stirs up contention,
And a furious man abounds in transgression.Prv 29:23 - A man’s pride will bring him low,
But he who is of aPrv 29:24 - Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul;alowly spirit will obtain honor.
He hears the adjuration and utters nothing.Prv 29:25 - The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever puts hisPrv 29:26 - Many seek the ruler’s favor,atrust in Jehovah will be1exalted.
ButPrv 29:27 - An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous,ajustice for man comes from Jehovah.
And he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked man.
The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal:Prv 30:2 - Surely I am more
And do not have a man’s understanding;Prv 30:3 - And I have not learned wisdom,
Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.Prv 30:4 - Who has
Who has gathered the wind in His fists?Who has wrapped up the waters in His garment?
Who hasWhat is His name, and what is His Son’s name, if you know?bestablished all the ends of the earth?
He is a shield to those whoPrv 30:6 - Dobtake refuge in Him.
Lest He reprove you and you be found a liar.Prv 30:7 - Two things I have asked of You;
Do not refuse me before I die:Prv 30:8 - Remove far from me falsehood and lies.
Give me neither poverty nor riches;Feed me with the
Or lest I become poor and steal and profane the name of my God.Prv 30:10 - Do not slander a servant to his master,
Lest he curse you, and you be held guilty.Prv 30:11 - There is a generation that curse their father,
And do not bless their mother.Prv 30:12 - There is a generation that are
And yet are notPrv 30:13 - There is a generation—oh how lofty are their eyes,bwashed from their filthiness.
And their eyelids are raised arrogantly.Prv 30:14 - There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
And their jaw teeth like knives,To devour the afflicted from off the earth,
And the needy from among men.Prv 30:15 - The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give.
There are three things that are never satisfied,Indeed, four that do not say, Enough:
The earth that is not satisfied with water,And the fire that does not say, Enough.
And despises to obey his mother,The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles will eat it.Prv 30:18 - There are three things which are too wonderful for me,
Indeed four which I do not know:Prv 30:19 - The way of an
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 maiden.Prv 30:20 - This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouthAnd says, I have done no wickedness.
And under four, it cannot bear up:Prv 30:22 - Under a servant when he is king,
And a fool when he is filled with food;Prv 30:23 - Under a hated woman when she gets married,
And a servant girl who is heir to her mistress.Prv 30:24 - Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:Prv 30:25 - The
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;Prv 30:26 - The rock badgers are a clan without might,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;Prv 30:27 - The swarming locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in ranks;Prv 30:28 - The lizard can be grasped with the hands,
Yet she is in kings’ palaces.Prv 30:29 - There are three things which are stately in their step,
Indeed four which are stately in walking:Prv 30:30 - The lion, which is mightiest among beasts,
And does not turn back before any;Prv 30:31 - The strutting cock girded in the loins, or a male goat,
And a king who has a band of soldiers with him.Prv 30:32 - If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,
Or if you have thought an evil scheme,Put your hand upon your mouth.
And the wringing of the nose brings forth blood,So the pressing of wrath brings forth strife.
And what, O son of my vows?Prv 31:3 - Do not give your strength to women,
Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.Prv 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;
Nor for princes to say, Where is strong drink?Prv 31:5 - Lest they drink and forget what is decreed,
And pervert the rights of all the afflicted.Prv 31:6 - Give strong drink rather to one who is perishing,
And wine to the bitter in soul;Prv 31:7 - Let him drink and forget his poverty,
And remember his misery no more.Prv 31:8 - Open your mouth for the dumb,
And for the rights of all those who are passing away.Prv 31:9 - Open your mouth; judge righteously,
And minister justice to the poor and needy.Prv 31:10 - Who can find a
For her price is far above corals.Prv 31:11 - The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.Prv 31:12 - She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.Prv 31:13 - She seeks wool and flax,
And delights to work with her hands.Prv 31:14 - She is like the merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.Prv 31:15 - She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household,And their task to her serving girls.
With the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.Prv 31:17 - She girds her loins with strength
And makes strong her arms.Prv 31:18 - She samples her merchandise to be sure it is good;
Her lamp does not go out by night.Prv 31:19 - She lays her hands to the distaff,
And her hands hold on to the spindle.Prv 31:20 - She
And she reaches out her hands to the needy.Prv 31:21 - She does not fear for her household when it snows,
For all her household are clothed withPrv 31:22 - She makes coverings for herself;ascarlet.
Her clothing is fine linen andPrv 31:23 - Her husband is known in the gates,apurple.
When he sits among thePrv 31:24 - She makes linen garments and sells themaelders of the land.
And delivers girdles to the merchant.Prv 31:25 - Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she happily looks forward to the time to come.Prv 31:26 - She opens her mouth with wisdom,
And thePrv 31:27 - She watches closely over the ways of her household1law of kindness is on her tongue.
And does not eat the bread of idleness.Prv 31:28 - Her children rise up and call her blessed;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:Prv 31:29 - Many daughters have done worthily,
But you surpass them all.Prv 31:30 - Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
But a woman who fears Jehovah, she will be praised.Prv 31:31 - Give her of the fruit of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.Book of Proverbs