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Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to you; but his heart is not with you.
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Commit your works unto the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established.
A man's heart plans his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.
A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him early.
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase:
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their riddles.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding.
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither turn away from the words of my mouth.
My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments:
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths.
Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised.
They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge.
My son, if you will receive my words, and lay up my commandments with you;
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother:
If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause:
He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace.
There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.
Whosoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD.
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure with trouble.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.
He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
My son, attend to my words; incline your ear unto my sayings.
Open your mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all who are left desolate.
Whosoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is senseless.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
We shall find all kinds of precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
My son, walk not in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path:
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day.
An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse:
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall escape from trouble.
Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are unstable, that you can not know them.
How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?
Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you.
A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy in him.
Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
A man void of understanding gives pledge, and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying,
So are the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of its owners.
A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fatted ox with hatred.
Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
It shall be health to your body, and strength to your bones.
A greyhound; a male goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the stronghold in which they trust.
Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
But you have ignored all my counsel, and would have none of my reproof:
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes;
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased.
So shall your poverty come upon you like a vagabond, and your want like an armed man.
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a muddied fountain, and a polluted spring.
But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
A man's stomach shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her.
He that is surety for a stranger shall suffer for it: and he that hates being surety is secure.
A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches.
Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you.
Because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights.
He who loves transgression loves strife: and he who exalts his gate seeks destruction.
When your terror comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes upon you.
Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
The labor of the righteous leads to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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.
A fool's wrath is at once known: but a prudent man covers shame.
He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof goes astray.
He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine.
Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
He that is quickly angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked intentions is hated.
The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh.
The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward.
He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.
The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
They would have none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whosoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he.
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a beautiful woman who is without discretion.
Every man shall kiss his lips who gives a right answer.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
As righteousness leads to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
If you are wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scoff, you alone shall bear it.
Though they join hand to hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the descendants of the righteous shall be delivered.
Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice.
He that trusts in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
But whosoever hearkens unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be secure from the fear of evil.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with trouble.
Heaviness in the heart of man makes him stoop: but a good word makes him glad.
Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife.
She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared unto her.
The fear of the LORD leads to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto him.
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace there is joy.
The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors go to the house of a foreigner;
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
He winks with his eyes, he signals with his feet, he motions with his fingers;
In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.
Riches and honor are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored.
He that withholds grain, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that sells it.
The righteous chooses his friends carefully: but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
Now is she outside, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.)
A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brethren.
He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
For the gain from it is better than the gain from silver, and the profit thereof than fine gold.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger quiets strife.
I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of a harlot, and subtle of heart.
She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone that retains her.
Diverse weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility.
Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.
When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto your soul;
The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a shield to them that walk uprightly.
With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Then shall you understand righteousness, and justice, and equity; yea, every good path.
He keeps the paths of justice, and preserves the way of his saints.
Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul.
White hair is a crown of glory, if it is found in the way of righteousness.
Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you:
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks perverse things;
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search out their own glory is not glory.
A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you.
Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the ruin from the wicked, when it comes.
The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
It is as sport to a fool to do wrong: but a man of understanding has wisdom.
A slothful man hides his hand in his dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
My son, if you become surety for your friend, if you have struck your hand with a stranger,
A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding.
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Whose ways are crooked, and who are perverse in their paths:
The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
To deliver you from the immoral woman, even from the seductress who flatters with her words;
He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
He that walks uprightly walks securely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known.
For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being snared.
The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the possessions of a diligent man are precious.
The way of life leads above to the wise, that he may depart from sheol beneath.
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yea, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.
A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, before the earth was.
So shall they be life unto your soul, and grace to your neck.
Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death.
For her house leads unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made a highway.
Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to turn one away from the snares of death.
When you go, your steps shall not be hindered; and when you run, you shall not stumble.
He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates bribes shall live.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to stray from the words of knowledge.
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall go hungry.
The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit.
Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil continually; he sows discord.
By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
A hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked intentions will he condemn.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he drew a circle upon the face of the depth:
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the perverseness of the wicked;
Who forsakes the companion of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God.
If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth.
Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the desire of the wicked.
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
The wise in heart will heed commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Say not unto your neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it with you.
Surely he scorns the scornful: but he gives grace unto the lowly.
When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
Proud and haughty scoffer is his name, who deals in arrogant pride.
A man's steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips shall come right things.
In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to evil,
The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.
That I may cause those that love me to inherit wealth; and I will fill their treasuries.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her allure you with her eyelids.
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own lust.
He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy.
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
Yea, you shall be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!
That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the lips of an immoral woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress.
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and perverse lips put far from you.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.
Then I was by him, like a master workman: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established.
While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the first of the dust of the world.
An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread.
For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Let her be as the loving deer and graceful doe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be ravished always with her love.
The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
For I was my father's son, tender and the only one in the sight of my mother.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
For a harlot is a deep ditch; and a seductress is a narrow well.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.
But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of the grave.
When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you awake, it shall talk with you.
Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you have come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and plead with your friend.
For by means of a harlot a man is reduced to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will prey upon his precious life.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart.
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Men do not despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
He shall die for lack of instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Deliver yourself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us delight ourselves with love.
Should your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets?
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips.
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.
Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil.
He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on sheol.
And why will you, my son, be infatuated with an immoral woman, and embrace the bosom of a seductress?
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you.
Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye.
He that reproves a scoffer gets for himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself injury.
Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Hearken unto me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
So is he that goes in to his neighbor's wife; whosoever touches her shall not be innocent.
Her house is the way to sheol, going down to the chambers of death.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Look not you upon the wine when it is red, when it gives its color in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
That they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words.
Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
For they shall be an ornament of grace unto your head, and chains about your neck.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with colored spreads, with fine linen of Egypt.
The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
Hatred stirs up strife: but love covers all sins.
Till an arrow strikes through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life.
For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
It is a snare to the man to declare something is holy, and afterward to reconsider his vows.
Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with a rod, he shall not die.
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates best friends.
A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scoffer hears not rebuke.
And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
For my husband is not at home, he has gone on a long journey:
Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkens unto counsel is wise.
Bind them upon your fingers, write them upon the table of your heart.
My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also furnished her table.
Boast not yourself of tomorrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
Whosoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that lacks understanding, she says to him,
When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.
A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may express itself.
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom.
The fear of man brings a snare: but whosoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
She has sent forth her maidens: she cries upon the highest places of the city,
Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mixed.
There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
A man, having separated himself, seeks his own desire, and rages against all sound wisdom.
The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Without counsel plans go wrong: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
A righteous man regards the life of his animal: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
The LORD has made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth.
A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom to pervert the ways of justice.
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them upon the table of your heart:
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Better is a dry morsel, with quietness, than a house full of sacrifices with strife.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
The liberal soul shall be made rich: and he that waters shall be watered also himself.
When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you can tell?
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The discretion of a man delays his anger; and it is his glory to overlook a transgression.
Be not envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother:
There is one that scatters, and yet increases; and there is one that withholds more than is right, but it leads to poverty.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase.
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well where he is going.
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
He becomes poor who has a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed on the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.
To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food needful for me:
Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying.
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Let your eyes look directly forward, and let your eyelids look straight before you.
Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the inner depths of the heart.
A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.
Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life.
As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man to man.
He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens.
The thoughts of the diligent lead only to plenty; but of everyone that is hasty, only to want.
He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go:
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weighs the hearts.
She opens her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue is the law of kindness.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.
The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones healthy.
The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well.
Deliver those that are drawn toward death, hold back those that are stumbling to the slaughter;
Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of meat:
He that covers over a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates close friends.
In the multitude of words there lacks not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
Even a child is known by his acts, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.
The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no lack of gain.
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from above himself.
He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children is their fathers.
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast.
He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whosoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
He that speaks first in his own cause seems just; until his neighbor comes and examines him.
House and riches are the inheritance from fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
The lot is cast into the lap; but its every decision is of the LORD.
Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Everyone that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though they join hand in hand, none shall be unpunished.
My son, if sinners entice you, consent not.
Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied.
Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in utter darkness.
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her.
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good.
Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
He that mistreats his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like unto him.
He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.
He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Open rebuke is better than hidden love.
A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Add not unto his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar.
The words of a man's mouth are like deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom like a flowing brook.
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Wisdom is too lofty for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Whosoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded.
Only by pride comes strife: but with the well advised is wisdom.
He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children: but the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
But whosoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul.
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is like rottenness in his bones.
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter days.
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.
Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart unto my knowledge.
Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
A continual dripping on a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman.
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds.
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Smite a scoffer, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore associate not with him who flatters with his lips.
He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles:
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
Your eyes shall behold strange things, and your heart shall utter perverse things.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
The leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
As cold water is to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Will you set your eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after worthless pursuits shall have poverty enough.
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not such knowledge.
Whosoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors feeds on violence.
Sheol and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent.
He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young vultures shall eat it.
The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the boundary of the widow.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
The king by justice establishes the land: but he that receives bribes overthrows it.
Let not your heart envy sinners: but be in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Apply your heart unto instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge.
The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Sheol and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
There is one that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is one that makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
The beginning of strife is like releasing water: therefore leave off contention, before a quarrel starts.
She stretches out her hand to the poor; yea, she reaches forth her hands to the needy.
The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whosoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.
The words of a talebearer are like tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
Fools make a mockery of sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
A scoffer loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Judgments are prepared for scoffers and stripes for the back of fools.
For whosoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD.
He that rebukes a man shall find more favor afterwards than he that flatters with the tongue.
As the bird by flitting, as the swallow by flying, so the curse without cause shall not alight.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without justice.
Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Have you found honey? eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it, and vomit it.
A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.
By long patience is a prince persuaded, and a gentle tongue breaks the bone.
A scoffer seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
There are four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights in the bag are his work.
Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.
The mouth of immoral women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?
A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have partiality in judgment.
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart for it?
The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is grief.
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge its state shall be prolonged.
Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies:
See a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.
He that sows iniquity shall reap trouble: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from sheol.
My son, fear the LORD and the king: and associate not with them that are given to change:
He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be prospered.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them.
He that passes by, and meddles with a quarrel not belonging to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice wage war.
The heart knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share its joy.
For by wise counsel you shall wage your war: and in a multitude of counselors there is safety.
They have stricken me, you shall 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 lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
Happy is the man that is reverent always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into calamity.
He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yea, he shall give delight unto your soul.
If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that weighs the heart consider it? and he that keeps your soul, does not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the recompense of fools.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die.
A reproof enters more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again.
Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die.
She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
My son, eat honey because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:
Better is the poor who walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Surely I am more senseless than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all.
There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Whosoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of gluttonous men shames his father.
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Whosoever boasts about himself of a gift not given is like clouds and wind without rain.
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
She rises also while it is yet night, and gives food to her household, and a portion to her maidservants.
Give not your strength unto women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms.
It is not good to be partial to the wicked, or to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Your own friend, and your father's friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and like a high wall in his own esteem.
He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.
She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.
He that loves pureness of heart and has grace on his lips, the king shall be his friend.
Go not forth hastily to court, lest you know not what to do in the end, when your neighbor has put you to shame.
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger: and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.
The north wind brings forth rain: so does a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;
As a roaring lion, and a charging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tent of the upright shall flourish.
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
It is joy to the just to do justice: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a club, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon soda, so is he that sings songs to a heavy heart.
Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.
As the refining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man judged by his praise.
There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Luxury is not fitting for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Whosoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
My son, if your heart is wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scoffer is an abomination to men.
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Whosoever keeps the fig tree shall eat its fruit: so he that waits on his master shall be honored.
She perceives that her merchandise is good: her lamp goes not out by night.
Whosoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots wastes his substance.
Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Whosoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and reveals it not.
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.
For jealousy causes the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope for a fool than for him.
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away from any;
For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Withdraw your foot from your neighbor's house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you.
The prince that lacks understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a whole house.
The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
There are three things which are stately in stride, yea, four are stately in their walk:
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.
An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maiden.
Evil men understand not justice: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
This is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.
He that says unto the wicked, you are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your hope shall not be cut off.
That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you.
When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with dishonor comes reproach.
A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to a pit; let no man help him.
He that carefully brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son in the end.
The words of a talebearer are tasty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
For an unloved woman when she is married; and a maidservant that is heir to her mistress.
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
But if he is found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give up all the goods of his house.
The great God that formed all things gives the fool his hire, and the transgressor his wages.
Whosoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
The rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor that has understanding will find him out.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Lie not in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
The way of man is perverse and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
So shall your poverty come like a robber; and your want like an armed man.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understands he will not answer.
The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
To show partiality is not good: because for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
For surely there is a future hope; and your expectation shall not be cut off.
As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
It is nothing, it is nothing, says the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
For riches are not forever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are nothing to him.
Whosoever robs his father or his mother, and says, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and disclose not a secret to another:
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.
The badgers are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks;
For you shall heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward you.
When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
The slothful hides his hand in his dish; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks violence.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Take his garment who is surety for a stranger, and hold it as a pledge of him for an immoral woman.
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice.
Yea, my inmost being shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things.
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that says not, It is enough.
That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send unto you?
The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
The spider takes hold with its hands, and is in kings' palaces.
As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.
Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice of any of the afflicted.
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be fitted on your lips.
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.
If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether the foolish man rages or laughs, there is no rest.
The violence of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do justice.
The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands;
When he speaks graciously, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?
The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are for the price of the field.
A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and says, Am I not jesting?
And you shall have goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidservants.
Whosoever's hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be revealed before the whole assembly.
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with food;
He will not regard any ransom; neither will he be appeased, though you give many gifts.
When the wicked arise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
For better it is that it be said unto you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen.
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.