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when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

Verse ConceptsStormsWhirlwindsSudden DestructionPeople AppalledHurricanesOvercoming AdversityBeing OverwhelmedThe Storms Of Life

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

Verse ConceptsDiscernmentfairnessacting


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

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentSound DoctrinePeople Not Abandoningdoctrine

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

Verse ConceptsGraspingLife Through Keeping The LawKeeping Man's Word

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;

Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human Importanceattention

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

Verse ConceptsListening

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

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMan's WaysGod, All knowingGod Seeing All People

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

Verse ConceptsForethoughtsSummerPreparing FoodWorking For Food

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

Verse ConceptsBanditsAvoiding Poverty


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].

Verse ConceptsRestitutionSevenfoldKarmathievespotential

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

Verse ConceptsYoung MenKeeping Man's Word

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

Verse ConceptsListening

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

Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneWitness Before Men

Give ear, for my words are true, and my lips are open to give out what is upright.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!God's TrustworthinessExcellence

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

Verse ConceptsAlternatives To Moneyhonour

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

Verse ConceptsWantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

Verse ConceptsThings Like SilverThe TongueWorthValue

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

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsPoverty, SpiritualKind WordsDeath For Other Reasons

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

Verse ConceptsFearPessimismPunishment, By GodFruits Of SinAnswered PromisesFear Is Due

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Verse ConceptsLipsSpeech, Positive Aspects OfObscenity

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

Verse ConceptsFalse HopesRighteous, TheWithout Hopeexpectationswrath

He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinSeeking For Abstract ThingsFavorpositivity

If the righteous receive what they are due here on earth, how much more will the wicked and the sinner.

Verse ConceptsSinnersUngodlinessThe Recompense Of The RighteousGod Will RequiteJudgment According To Works

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

Verse ConceptsRoots

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

Verse ConceptsLipsUnfaithfulness, To GodViolencePursuing ViolenceBeing PositiveThe Power Of Words

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

Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

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

Verse Conceptsevil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

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

Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsOraclesGood KingsPeople Involved In JudgementDecision Making

Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks what is right.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryLipsPleasureTrustworthinessGood KingsAccessTelling The Truth

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

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

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

Verse ConceptsHarvestLipsMouthsStomachsPowers Of SpeechBeing Positive

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

Verse ConceptsProverbsWisdom, Human ImportanceBenefits Of WisdomLoving OneselfLoving YourselfFinding Love

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

Verse ConceptsBeing PoorThe End Of LiarsUnconditional Love

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.

Verse ConceptsDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingNegotiationDishonesty CondemnedWorthLosing FriendsValuecheaterssales

By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

Verse ConceptsFreedom From Violence

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

Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodAbominations, Practicesshunningmotives

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

Verse ConceptsDisfigurement Of SinA Bold FrontBoldnessadvertising

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

Verse ConceptsOrderly AccountsAnswering

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

Verse ConceptsSittingovereating

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

Verse ConceptsCompliments

My innermost being will cheer
when your lips say what is right.

Verse ConceptsLipsKidneys

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

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAlcoholSerpentsNot Drinking WineSparklingColoralcoholism

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

Verse ConceptsAlcoholImagination, Evil SchemingSpectacle

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?

Verse ConceptsDeceitful HeartsHeart, Fallen And RedeemedRetributionGod, All knowingRepaid For DeedsJudgment According To Worksmotives

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.

Verse ConceptsFutureFindingWisdom, Human ImportanceBenefits Of WisdomThe Futureexpectations

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

Verse ConceptsPunishment Of the WickedThe Insecurity Of The WickedSudden Destruction

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

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeSeeing Situations

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

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

If you find honey, eat only what you need;
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.

Verse ConceptsExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating

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

Verse Conceptsdouble mindednessFountainsProverbsSpring Of Waterpressure

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

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs