The Book of Proverbs
Prov:22:1: A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Prov:22:2: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
Prov:22:3: A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Prov:22:4: By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
Prov:22:5: Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Prov:22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov:22:7: The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
Prov:22:8: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Prov:22:9: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Prov:22:10: Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Prov:22:11: He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
Prov:22:12: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
Prov:22:13: The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Prov:22:14: The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Prov:22:15: Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Prov:22:16: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
Prov:22:17: Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Prov:22:18: For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Prov:22:19: That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Prov:22:20: Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Prov:22:21: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Prov:22:22: Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Prov:22:23: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Prov:22:24: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Prov:22:25: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Prov:22:26: Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
Prov:22:27: If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Prov:22:28: Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Prov:22:29: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
The Book of Proverbs
Prov:23:1: When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
Prov:23:2: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.
Prov:23:3: Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.
Prov:23:4: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Prov:23:5: Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Prov:23:6: Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Prov:23:7: For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
Prov:23:8: The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Prov:23:9: Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Prov:23:10: Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Prov:23:11: For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Prov:23:12: Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Prov:23:13: Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Prov:23:14: Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Prov:23:15: My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Prov:23:16: Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Prov:23:17: Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Prov:23:18: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Prov:23:19: Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Prov:23:20: Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Prov:23:21: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Prov:23:22: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Prov:23:23: Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Prov:23:24: The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
Prov:23:25: Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Prov:23:26: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Prov:23:27: For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.
Prov:23:28: She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Prov:23:29: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Prov:23:30: They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Prov:23:31: Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
Prov:23:32: At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Prov:23:33: Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Prov:23:34: Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Prov:23:35: They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
The Book of Proverbs
Prov:24:1: Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Prov:24:2: For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Prov:24:3: Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
Prov:24:4: And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Prov:24:5: A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
Prov:24:6: For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
Prov:24:7: Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Prov:24:8: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Prov:24:9: The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.
Prov:24:10: [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.
Prov:24:11: If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
Prov:24:12: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?
Prov:24:13: My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
Prov:24:14: So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Prov:24:15: Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Prov:24:16: For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Prov:24:17: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Prov:24:18: Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Prov:24:19: Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Prov:24:20: For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov:24:21: My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:
Prov:24:22: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Prov:24:23: These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Prov:24:24: He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Prov:24:25: But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Prov:24:26: [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.
Prov:24:27: Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Prov:24:28: Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
Prov:24:29: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Prov:24:30: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Prov:24:31: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Prov:24:32: Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
Prov:24:33: [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Prov:24:34: So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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