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Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

Verse ConceptsArguingdriving outInsultsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScornersQuarrelsAbusemockers

The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

Verse ConceptsCompliments

To those who linger over wine, to those who come to try mixed wine.

Verse ConceptsAlcoholEffect Of WineMixed Wine

For their downfall will come suddenly; and who has knowledge of the destruction of those in high positions?

Verse ConceptsPunishment Of the WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden Destruction

These things also come from the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Verse ConceptsFavouritismJudging OthersWisdom, Human ImportanceBigotryRacism

But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Verse ConceptsBlessingReproving Peoplerebuking

Thistles had come up everywhere,
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.

Verse ConceptsNettlesArchaeologySlothfulnessWeedGrowing

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.

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsSwallowsSparrowsThose FlyingBirdsflyingcurseswandering

He who makes a hole in the earth will himself go falling into it: and on him by whom a stone is rolled the stone will come back again.

Verse ConceptsPitsRetributionDigging PitsRollingPit Used As TrapsKarma

Whoso keepeth his fig tree, shall enjoy the fruits thereof; he that waiteth upon his master, shall come to honour.

Verse ConceptsServants, GoodStewardshipOrchardsEmployeesThe Honourable Will Be Honoured

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.

Verse ConceptsSpringChange And Growth

When the righteous triumph,
there is great rejoicing,
but when the wicked come to power,
people hide themselves.

Verse ConceptsPower, HumanHiding From People

When the wicked come to power,
people hide,
but when they are destroyed,
the righteous flourish.


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Verse ConceptsPower, HumanHiding From Peoplehiding

When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderCivic RighteousnessWicked RulersProverbsPeople MultiplyingRejoicing Over JusticeLeaders

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

Verse ConceptsVisionBigotryRacismLight In The WorldGod Helps The Poor

When the ungodly come up, wickedness increaseth; but the righteous shall see their fall.

Verse ConceptsEvil AssociationsDownfallrebellion

The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full of weariness, O God, I am full of weariness; O God, I have come to an end:

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? who has taken the winds in his hands, prisoning the waters in his robe? by whom have all the ends of the earth been fixed? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if you are able to say?

Verse ConceptsCreatorCloaksBindingDivine Power Over NatureClimates, TypesCovering The EarthGoing Up To HeavenGod Going DownGod Dispensing WindKnowingWhat Is God's Name?

The shaking of milk makes butter, and the twisting of the nose makes blood come: so the forcing of wrath is a cause of fighting.

Verse ConceptsButterMilkNosesQuarrelsDairyPressingBleedingCovered With Bloodpressure

For fear that through drinking they may come to have no respect for the law, wrongly judging the cause of those who are in trouble.

Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfKings, How They Should ActForgetting Things