Proverbs 16:25-Proverbs 17:6 - Words Of Advice To A Wise Son
25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him.
27 A worthless man devises mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man scatters abroad strife, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
30 He who shuts his eyes devises perverse things. He who moves his lips brings evil to pass.
31 The hoary head is a crown of glory. It shall be found in the way of righteousness.
32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of LORD.
1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of feasting with strife.
2 A servant who deals wisely shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brothers.
3 The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
4 An evil-doer gives heed to wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
5 He who mocks a poor man reproaches his maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
6 Son's sons are the crown of old men, and the glory of sons are their fathers.