Pr ch 1
V2 Why are proverbs for? To know wisdom and instruction,
to perceive the words of understanding.
V3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity.
V3 To give subtilty to the simple,
to the young men knowledge and discretion.
V5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,
and a man of understanding will attain unto wise counsels.
V6 To understand a proverb and its interpretation,
the words of the wise and their dark sayings.
V7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools despise knowledge and instruction.
V8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
and forsake not the law of your mother.
V9 They shall be an ornament of grace unto your head,
and chains about your neck.
V10 My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not.
V17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
V30 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
V31 Whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
V32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them.
V33 But whoso hearkens unto me shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
Pr ch 2
V2 Incline your ear unto wisdom,
apply your heart to understanding.
V3 If you cry after knowledge
and lift your voice for understanding,
V4 If you seek her as silver
and search for her as hid treasures,
V5 Then shall you understand the fear of the Lord,
and find the knowledge of God.
V6 The Lord gives wisdom;
out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
V7 He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous;
He is a buckler for those that walk uprightly.
V20 That you may walk in the way of good men
and keep the paths of the righteous.
Ps CH 3
V1 My son, forget not my law.
V2 For length of days and long life and peace shall they add to you.
V3 Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
bind them about your neck,
write them upon the tables of your heart.
V4 So shall you find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and men.
V7 Be not wise in your own eyes;
fear the Lord and depart from evil.
V8 It shall be health to your navel
and marrow to your bones.
V9 Honour the Lord with your substance.
V10 So shall your barns be filled with plenty,
and your presses burst out with new wine.
V13 Happy is the man that finds wisdom.
V14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.
V15 She is more precious than rubies,
and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.
V16 What is in her right hand? Length of days,
and in her left riches and honour.
V17 Her ways are the ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life;
those who retain her are happy.
V19 The Lord by wisdom has founded the earth;
by understanding has He established the heavens.
V20 By His knowledge the depths are broken up,
and the clouds drop down the dew.
V26 For the Lord shall be your confidence,
and shall keep your foot from being taken.
V29 Devise not evil against your neighbour,
seeing he dwells securely with you.
V30 Strive not with a man without a cause,
if he has done you no harm.
V31 Envy not the oppressor,
choose none of his ways.
V32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord.
Froward: perverse, devious, crooked.
God’s secret is with the righteous.
V33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,
but He blesses the habitation of the just.
V34 Surely God scorns the scorners,
but He gives grace to the lowly.
V35 The wise shall inherit glory,
but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Pr CH 4
V7 Wisdom is the principal thing.
V9 She shall give to your head an ornament of grace;
a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
V10 Receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many.
V12 When you go, your steps shall not be straightened,
and when you run, you shall not stumble.
V14 Enter not into the path of the wicked,
go not in the way of evil men.
V15 Avoid it, pass not by it;
turn from it and pass away.
V16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
V19 The way of the wicked is as darkness;
they know not at what they stumble.
V23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life.
V24 Put away from you a froward mouth and perverse lips.
V25 Let your eyes look right on,
let your eyelids look straight before you.
V25 Ponder the path of the feet,
and let all your ways be established.
V27 Remove your foot from evil.
Pr ch 5
V1 My son, attend to my wisdom;
bow your ear to my understanding.
V3 The lips of a strange woman drop as honeycomb;
her mouth is sweeter than oil.
V4 But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.
V5 Her feet go down to death;
her steps take hold on hell.
V8 Remove your way far from her,
come not near the door of her house.
V9 Lest you give your honour to others,
and your years unto the cruel.
V10 Lest strangers be filled with your wealth,
and your labours be in the house of a stranger.
V11 And you mourn at the last,
when your flesh and body are consumed.
V12 And say, How have I hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof.
V15 Drink waters out of your own cistern,
running waters out of your own well.
V17 Let them be only your own, and not strangers with you.
Pr ch 6
V1 If you be surety for a friend,
if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,
V2 You are snared by the words of your mouth.
V5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter.
Roe: gazelle, roebuck.
As a bird from the hand of the fowler.
V12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a froward mouth,
speaks with his feet.
V13 He winks with his eyes,
teaches with his fingers.
V16 Six things the Lord hates: a proud look, lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
a heart that devises wicked imaginations,
feet swift in running to mischief.
Mischief: bad, evil, malignant, displeasing, hurtful.
V26 By means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread;
the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
V30 Men do not despise a thief if he steal,
V31 But if he be found,
he will restore sevenfold;
he shall give all the substance of his house.
V32 Whoso commits adultery lacks understanding;
he that does it destroys his own soul.
V33 A wound and dishonour shall he get;
his reproach shall not be wiped away.
V34 For jealousy is the rage of a man;
therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
V35 He will not regard any ransom,
neither will he rest content though you give many gifts.
Pr CH 7
V2 Keep my commandments and live.
V3 Bind them upon your fingers,
write them upon the tables of your heart.
Pr CH 8
V13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil:
pride, arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
Pr CH 9
V7 He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame;
he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
Pr CH 10
V2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing.
V3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish,
but He casts away the substance of the wicked.
V4 He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand,
the hand of the diligent makes rich.
V5 He that gathers in summer is a wise son;
he that sleeps in harvest causes shame.
V6 Blessings are upon the head of the just.
V7 The memory of the just is blessed,
but the name of the wicked shall rot.
V10 He that winks with the eye causes sorrow,
but a prating fool shall fall.
Prating: vain.
V11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,
but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
V12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all sins.
V13 In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found,
but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
V14 Wise men lay up knowledge,
but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
V15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
V15 The labour of the righteous tends to life.
V19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin;
he that refrains his lips is wise.
V20 The heart of the wicked is little worth.
V21 Fools die for want of wisdom.
V24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him;
the desire of the righteous, it shall be granted.
V25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more.
V26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to them that send him.
V28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness.
V30 The wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Ps CH 11
V1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord,
but a just weight is His delight.
V2 When pride comes, then comes shame,
but with the lowly is wisdom.
V4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath.
V8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked comes in his stead.
V12 He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbour,
but a man of understanding holds his peace.
V17 A merciful man does good to his own soul;
he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
V19 As righteousness tends to life,
so he that pursues evil to his own death.
V20 They that have a froward heart are abomination to the Lord,
such as are upright in their way are His delight.
V22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout,
so is a fair woman without discretion.
V24 There is that scatters and increases;
there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.
V25 The liberal soul shall be made fat;
he that waters shall be watered.
V26 He that withholds corn, the people shall curse him;
the blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.
V29 The fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
V31 The righteous shall be recompensed in the earth;
much more the wicked and the sinner.
Pr CH 12
V9 He that is despised and has a servant is better than he that honours himself and lacks bread.
V10 A righteous man regards the life of the beast;
the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
V13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips,
but the just shall come out of trouble.
V14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth;
the recompense of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
V15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
he that listens to counsel is wise.
V19 The lips of truth shall be established forever,
but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
V21 There shall no evil happen to the just,
but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
V22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord,
they that deal truly are His delight.
V23 A prudent man conceals knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
V24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule,
but the slothful shall be under tribute.
V25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop,
but a good word makes it glad.
Pr ch 13
V2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth.
V3 He that keeps his mouth keeps his life,
the soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing,
the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
V8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches.
V10 Only by pride comes contention.
V11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall diminish,
he that gathers by labour shall increase.
V15 The way of transgressors is hard.
V19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul.
V21 Evil pursues sinners, but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
V21 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children;
the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
V23 The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul,
but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Pr ch 14
V1 A foolish woman plucks her house with her own hands.
V9 Fools make a mock at sin.
V19 The evil bow before the good,
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
V21 He that despises his neighbour sins.
V23 In all labour there is profit,
but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
V29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.
V30 Envy is rottenness of the bones.
Pr ch 15
V1 A soft answer turns away wrath,
but grievous words stir up anger.
V3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,
beholding the evil and the good.
V6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure,
but in the revenue of the wicked is trouble.
V17 Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,
than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
V25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud.
V29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
V33 Before honour is humility.
Pr ch 16
V1 The preparation of the heart in man,
and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
V2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes,
but the Lord weighs the spirits.
V4 The Lord has made all things for Himself,
even the wicked for the day of evil.
V5 Everyone that is proud in heart is abomination to the Lord;
though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
V7 When a man’s ways please the Lord,
He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
V8 Better is little with righteousness
than great revenues without right.
V9 A man’s heart devises his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.
V12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
for the throne is established by righteousness.
V14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death,
but a wise man will pacify it.
V19 Better it is to be of a humble spirit
than to divide the spoil with the proud.
V21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent.
V24 Pleasant words are as honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
V29 A whisperer separates chief friends.
V31 The hoary head is a crown of glory.
Hoary: gray, aged.
V32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
V33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but the whole disposing is of the Lord.
Pr ch 17
V1 Better is a dry morsel and quietness
than a house full of sacrifices with strifes.
V2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame.
V5 Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
V9 He that covers a transgression seeks love;
he that repeats a matter separates friends.
V14 The beginning of strife is as one letting out water;
leave off contention before it be meddled with.
V15 He that justifies the wicked and condemns the just are abomination to the Lord.
V17 A friend loves at all times,
a brother is born for adversity.
V18 A man void of understanding strikes hands
and becomes surety in the presence of his friends.
V19 He loves transgression that loves strife.
V20 He that has a froward heart finds no good.
V21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow;
a father of a fool has no joy.
V22 A merry heart does good like a medicine,
a broken spirit dries up the bones.
V24 Wisdom is before him that has understanding,
the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
V28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise;
he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Pr ch 18
V2 A fool has no delight in understanding.
V3 When the wicked comes, then comes contempt.
V4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters.
V5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,
to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
V6 A fool’s lips enter into contention.
V7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soul.
V8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds;
they go down into the innermost part of the belly.
V9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
V10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
the righteous runs into it and is safe.
V11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city.
V12 Before destruction man’s heart is haughty,
and before honour is humility.
V13 He that answers a matter before he hears it,
it is folly and shame unto him.
V14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity,
but a wounded spirit who can bear?
V17 He that is first in his own cause seems just;
but his neighbour comes and searches him.
V19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
and their contentions are like bars of a castle.
V20 A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
V21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
V22 Whoso finds a wife finds a good thing,
and favour of the Lord.
V23 The poor uses intreaties,
but the rich answers roughly.
V24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly,
and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
Pr ch 19
V4 Wealth makes many friends;
the poor is separated from his neighbour.
V5 A false witness shall not be unpunished;
he that speaks lies shall not escape.
V6 Every man is a friend of him that gives gifts.
V7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him.
V8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he that keeps understanding shall find good.
V11 The discretion of a man defers his anger;
it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
V12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion,
but his favour is as the dew upon the grass.
V14 A prudent wife is from the Lord.
V17 He that has pity upon the poor lends to the Lord;
that which he has given will He pay him again.
V18 Chasten your son while there is hope,
let not your soul spare for his crying.
V21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless it is the counsel of the Lord that shall stand.
V22 The desire of a man is his kindness;
a poor man is better than a liar.
Pr ch 20
V3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife,
but every fool will be meddling.
Meddling: exposed, disclosed.
V6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness,
but a faithful man who can find?
V9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?
V13 Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty;
open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
V17 Bread of deceit is sweet, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
V18 Every purpose is established by counsel;
with good advice make war.
V22 Say not, I will recompense evil;
wait on the Lord, and He shall save you.
V24 Man’s goings are of the Lord;
who can understand his own way?
V29 The glory of young men is their strength,
the beauty of old men is the grey head.
Pr ch 21
V1 The king’s heart is in the hands of the Lord;
as the rivers of water, He turns it whithersoever He wills.
V2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
but the Lord ponders the hearts.
V3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
V4 A high look and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
V5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness,
but of every one that is hasty only to want.
V6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is vanity,
tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
V9 It is better to dwell in a corner of a housetop
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
V13 Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself, and not be heard.
V17 He that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
V18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous.
V19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness
than with a contentious and angry woman.
V20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise,
but a foolish man spends it up.
V21 He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, honour.
V22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty,
and casts down the strength of the confidence.
V23 Whom keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
V25 The desire of the slothful kills him,
for his hands refuse to labour.
V28 A false witness shall perish;
he that hears shall speak constantly.
V31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
but safety is of the Lord.
Pr ch 22
V2 The rich and the poor meet together;
the Lord is the maker of them all.
V3 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself,
the simple pass on and are punished.
V4 By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honour, life.
V5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward;
he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
V6 Train up a child in the way that he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
V7 The rich rules over the poor,
and the borrower is servant to the lender.
V9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed,
for he gives his bread to the poor.
V10 Cast out the scorner and contention shall go out;
strife and reproach shall cease.
V13 The slothful man says, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
V14 The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit;
he that is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.
V15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
V22 Rob not the poor because he is poor,
neither oppress the afflicted at the gate.
V23 For the Lord will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
V24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
with a furious man you shall not go,
V25 Lest you learn his ways and get a snare to your soul.
V26 Be not you one of them that strike hands,
and one of them that are surety for debts.
V28 Remove not the ancient landmarks that your fathers have set.
Pr ch 23
V6 Eat not the bread of him that has an evil eye.
V7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
Eat and drink, says he to you, but his heart is not with you.
V9 Speak not in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
V13 Withhold not correction from a child;
if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.
V14 You will beat him with a rod,
and deliver his soul from hell.
V15 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice.
V17 Let not your heart envy sinners,
but be you in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
V18 For surely there is an end,
and your expectation shall not be cut off.
V10 Be not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters of flesh.
V21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty.
V24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice;
he that begat a wise child shall have joy of him.
Pr ch 24
V13 Be not envious of evil men,
neither desire to be with them.
V21 For their heart studies destruction,
and their lips talk of mischief.
V13 Through wisdom an house is builded,
V13 And by knowledge the chambers be filled with all pleasant and precious riches.
V6 In the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
V17 Rejoice not when your enemy falls;
let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
V18 Lest the Lord see it and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from him.
V20 For there shall be no reward for the evil man.
V24 He that says to the wicked, You are righteous,
him shall the people curse;
nations shall abhor him.
V25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight,
a good blessing shall come upon them.
V29 Say not, I’ll do to him as he has done unto me;
I will render to the man according to his works.
Pr ch 25
V2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing;
the honour of a king is to search out the matter.
V11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
V21 If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat;
if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.
V22 For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head,
and the Lord shall reward you.
V23 The north wind drives away rain;
so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
V24 It is better to dwell in the corner of a housetop
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
V25 As cold water to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.
V26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked
is as a troubled fountain and a corrupt spring.
V27 It is not good to eat much honey;
so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
V28 He that has no rule over his own spirit
is like a city broken down and without walls.
Pr ch 26
V1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest,
so honour is not seemly for a fool.
V11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
V14 As a door turns upon its hinges,
so does the slothful upon his bed.
V16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit
than seven men that can render a reason.
V17 He that passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him
is like one that takes dogs by the ears.
V22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds;
they go down into the innermost part of the belly.
V27 Whoso digs a pit shall fall therein;
whoso rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
V28 A lying tongue hates those who are afflicted by it;
a flattering mouth works ruin.
Pr ch 27
V1 Boast not of tomorrow,
for you know not what a day may bring.
V2 Let another man praise you and not your own mouth,
a stranger and not your own lips.
V13 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
V14 Wrath is cruel and anger outrageous,
but who can stand before envy?
V15 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
V6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
V7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb,
but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
V9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart;
so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
V10 Your own friend and your father’s friend forsake not.
V12 A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself,
but the simple pass on and are punished.
V15 A continual dropping in a rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike.
V17 Iron sharpens iron;
so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
V19 As in water face answers to face,
so the heart of man to man.
V20 Hell and destruction are never full;
so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Pr ch 28
V1 The wicked flee when no man pursues,
but the righteous are bold as a lion.
V4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked,
but such as keep the law contend with them.
V5 Evil men understand not judgment,
but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
V8 He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance,
he shall gather it for him that pities the poor.
V9 He that turns his heart from hearing the law,
even his prayer shall be abomination.
V10 Whoso causes the righteous to fall astray in an evil way
shall fall himself in his own pit;
but the upright shall have good things in possession.
V11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit,
but the poor that has understanding searches him out.
V13 He that covers his sin shall not prosper,
but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
V15 As a roaring lion and a ranging bear,
so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
V16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor.
V20 A faithful man shall abound in blessings.
V25 He that is proud of heart stirs up strife,
he that puts his trust in the Lord shall be made fat.
V26 He that trusts on his own heart is a fool.
V27 He that gives to the poor shall not lack;
he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
Pr ch 29
V1 He that, being often reproved, hardens his neck
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
V4 The king by judgment establishes the land,
but he that receives gifts overthrows it.
V5 A man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
V7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor,
but the wicked regards it not to know it.
V9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man,
whether he rage or laughs, there is no rest.
V10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright,
but the just shall seek his soul.
V11 A fool utters all his mind,
but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
V13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together;
the Lord lightens both their eyes.
V14 The king that faithfully judges the poor,
his throne shall be established forever.
V15 The rod and reproof give wisdom,
but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
V16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases,
but the righteous shall see their fall.
V18 Where there is no vision, the people perish.
V20 See you a man hasty in his words?
There is more hope of a fool than of him.
V22 An angry man stirs up strife,
and a furious man abounds in transgression.
V23 A man’s pride shall bring him low,
but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
V24 Whoso is partner with a thief hates his own soul.
V25 The fear of man brings a snare,
but whoso puts their trust in the Lord shall be safe.
V27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just,
he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Pr ch 30
V1 Whose is this proverb from? Agur.
V5 Every word of God is pure;
He is a shield to them that trust in Him.
V5 Add not to His words,
lest He reprove you and you be found a liar.
V9 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.
V12 There is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
and is not washed from their filthiness.
V13 There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes,
and their eyelids are lifted up.
V15 There are three things that are never satisfied, four say not, It is enough.
V16 The grave, the barren womb,
the earth that is not filled with water,
and the fire that says not, It is enough.
V18 There are three things that are too wonderful for me,
four which I know not:
V19 The way of the eagle in the air,
the way of the serpent upon the rock,
the way of the ship in the midst of the sea,
and the way of a man with a maid.
V21 For three things the earth is disquieted,
for four which it cannot bear:
V22 For a servant when he reigns,
for a fool when he is filled with meat.
V23 For an odious woman when she is married,
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
There are four things that are little upon the earth,
but are exceedingly wise.
V25 The ants, conies, locusts, spiders.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in summer.
V26 The conies are but agreeable folk, yet make they their house in the rock.
V27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands.
V28 The spider takes hold with her hands and is in kings’ palaces.
V29 Three things that go well, four are comely in going:
V30 A lion, which is strongest among beasts,
and turns not away for any,
V31 A greyhound and a he goat also,
and a king against whom there is no rising up.
V32 If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself,
or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.
V32 Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter,
the wringing of the nose brings forth blood,
so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
Pr ch 31
V1 The words of king Lemuel.
V4 It is not for kings to drink wine,
V5 Lest they drink and forget the law,
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
V6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish,
and wine to them that are of heavy hearts.
V7 Let him drink and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
V10 Who can find a virtuous woman?
For her price is above rubies.
V11 The heart of her husband safely trusts in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.
V12 She will do him good and not evil
all the days of her life.
V16 She considers a field and buys it;
with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
V23 Her husband is known at the gates,
when he sits among the elders of the land.
V26 She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and in her tongue is the law of kindness.