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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.

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

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

The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable,
But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted.

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 desires what evil people gain, but the foundation of the righteous is productive.

Verse ConceptsRoots

Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.

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

Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

Verse ConceptsFlatteryLipsPleasureTrustworthinessGood KingsAccessTelling The Truth

What helpeth it to give a fool money in his hand, whereas he hath no mind to buy wisdom?

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 in a man is his kindness,
And it is better to be a poor man 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 take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

Verse ConceptsSittingovereating

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

Verse ConceptsCompliments

And my inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak 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

They will be destroyed suddenly, and who knows what kind of punishment will come from these two?

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 it be told you, "Come up here," than for you to be placed lower in the presence of an official. What you've seen with your own eyes,

Verse ConceptsHumiliationSelf ExaltationMoving UpwardsAbasing PeopleWaiting Till Marriage

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?

Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need,
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.

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