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when what you dread comes like a storm, and your calamity comes on like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

Then you will understand what is right, just, and upright every good path.


For I give you good doctrine;
Do not turn away from my instruction.

he taught me and told me, "Let your heart fully embrace what I have to say; keep my commandments and live!

My son, pay attention to my words, and listen closely to what I say.

My son, be attentive to my wisdom [godly wisdom learned by costly experience],
Incline your ear to my understanding;

Now, children, listen to me. Don't turn away from what I am saying.

Indeed, what a man does is always in the LORD's presence, and he weighs all his paths.

yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat.

like a {robber} shall your poverty come, and what you lack like an armed man.


But when he is found, he must repay seven times [what he stole];
He must give all the property of his house [if necessary to meet his fine].

My son, guard what I say and treasure my commands.

So listen to me, my sons, and pay attention to what I have to say.

"I'm calling to you, men! What I have to say pertains to all mankind!

My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver.

A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

What the righteous person says is like precious silver; the thoughts of the wicked are compared to small things.

What the righteous person says nourishes many, but fools die because they lack discerning hearts.

What the wicked dreads will come to him,
but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.


There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;
And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

The one who searches for what is good finds favor,
but if someone looks for trouble, it will come to him.


If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!

The wicked desire what evil men have,
but the root of the righteous produces fruit.

From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Won't those who plot evil go astray? But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

What the wise have to say disseminates knowledge, but it's not in the heart of fools to do so.

When a king is ready to speak officially, what he says should not err with respect to justice.

To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?

The positive words that a man speaks fill his stomach; he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.

What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

The devastation of the wicked sweepeth them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing.

[In order] to show you what is right--sayings of truth-- [in order] to return a true saying to him who sent you.

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.

And my {insides} will rejoice when your lips speak what is upright.

Look not thou upon the wine, how red it is, and what a color it giveth in the glass.

Your eyes will see strange things, and with slurred words you'll speak what you really believe.

If you say, "Look here, we didn't know about this," doesn't God, who examines motives, discern it? Doesn't the one who guards your soul know about it? Won't he repay each person according to what he has done?

Keep in mind that wisdom is like that for your soul; if you find it, there will be a future for you, and what you hope for won't be cut short.

for destruction from them will come suddenly;
who knows what distress these two can bring?

When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:

For [it is] better [that] he say to you, "Ascend here," than he humble you before a noble. What your eyes have seen,

Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

A muddied spring or a polluted well that's what a righteous person is who compromises with the wicked.

Useless legs to the lame that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.