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Proverbs 26:7

Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.

Psalm 49:1-4

Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world; Both sons of the low, And sons of the high, - Together both rich and needy: - My mouth, shall speak forth Wisdom, And the soft utterance of my heart be Understanding:read more.
I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.

Proverbs 1:1-6

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel: For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence; For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity;read more.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion. A wise man, will hear, and will increase learning, and a, discreet man, wise counsels, will acquire, By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 26:9

A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.

1 Kings 4:29-34

And God gave wisdom unto Solomon, and discernment, and very great largeness of heart, - like the sand that is on the shore of the sea: so that, the wisdom of Solomon, excelled, the wisdom of all the sons of the East, - and all the wisdom of the Egyptians, so that he was wiser than any man - than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol, - and it came to pass that, his name, was throughout all the nations round about.read more.
And he spake three thousand proverbs, - and it came to pass that, his songs, were a thousand and five. And he discoursed of trees - from the cedar that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyssop, that springeth out in the wall, - and he discoursed of beasts and of birds, and of creeping things, and of fishes. And there came in, of all the peoples, to hear the wisdom of Solomon - of all the kings of the earth, who heard his wisdom.

Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

Proverbs 25:1

These also, are proverbs of Solomon, - which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

Proverbs 10:13

In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.

Proverbs 12:8

In proportion to his prudence, is a man, to be praised, but, the perverse in heart, shall be an object of contempt.

Proverbs 18:4

Deep waters, are the words of a man's mouth, - a bubbling brook, the well-spring of wisdom.

Proverbs 19:8

He that acquireth sense, loveth his own soul, he that guardeth understanding, shall find blessing.

Proverbs 10:3

Yahweh, suffereth not to famish, the soul of the righteous, but, the desire of the lawless, he thrusteth away.

Proverbs 11:10

When it is, well with the righteous, the city, exulteth, When the lawless perish, there is a shout of triumph.

Proverbs 12:3

A son of earth, shall not be established, by lawlessness, but, the root of the righteous, shall not be disturbed.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.

Proverbs 14:32

By his own wickedness, shall the lawless man, be thrust down, but the righteous, seeketh refuge in his integrity.

Proverbs 25:26

A fountain fouled, a spring spoiled, is a righteous man tottering before one who is lawless.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.

Proverbs 22:1-2

More choice, is a name, than great riches, beyond silver and gold, is pleasant grace. The rich and the poor, meet together, the maker of them all, is Yahweh.

Proverbs 23:4-5

Do not toil to get wealth, of thine own understanding, forbear: Wilt thou let thine eye fly thereupon, when it is nothing? for it will, surely make, itself wings, Like an eagle, will it wing its way across the heavens.

Proverbs 28:6

Better a poor man walking in his integrity, than one who is crooked - turning two ways, though, he, be rich.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words, there wanteth not transgression, but, he that restraineth his lips, sheweth prudence.

Proverbs 11:12

He that sheweth contempt for his neighbour, lacketh sense, but, a man of understanding, observeth silence.

Proverbs 12:18-19

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing. A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

Proverbs 17:20

The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.

Proverbs 28:23

He that reproveth a man, shall, afterwards, find more, favour, than he that useth a flattering tongue.

Proverbs 1:10-19

My son, if sinners entice thee, do not consent. If they say - Come with us, - Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent; Let us engulf them, like hades, alive, While in health, like them who are going down to the pit;read more.
All costly substance, shall we find, We shall fill our houses with spoil; Thy lot, shalt thou cast into our midst, One purse, shall there be, for us all. My son, do not walk in the way with them, Withhold thy foot from their path. For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood. Surely, in vain, is spread the net, in the sight of aught that hath wings! Yet, they, for their own blood, lie in wait, They watch in secret for their own life. Such are the ways of every one that graspeth with greed, The life of the owners thereof, it taketh away!

Proverbs 3:1-10

My son, mine instruction, do not thou forget, and, my commandment, let thy heart observe; For, length of days and years of life, and blessedness, shall they and to thee. Lovingkindness and faithfulness, let them not forsake thee, - bind them, upon thy neck, write them upon the tablet of thy heart:read more.
So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man. Trust thou in Yahweh, with all thy heart, and, unto thine own understanding, do not lean: In all thy ways, acknowledge him, and, he, will make straight thy paths. Do not become wise in thine own eyes, revere Yahweh, and avoid evil: Healing, shall it be to thy body, and refreshing, to thy bones. Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase; So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

Proverbs 5:1-23

My son, to my wisdom, attend, and, to mine understanding, incline thou thine ear: That thou mayest preserve discretion, - and, as for knowledge, that thy lips may guard it. For, with sweet droppings, drip the lips of her that is a stranger, and, smoother than oil, is her mouth;read more.
But, the latter end of her, is bitter as wormwood, sharp, as a two-edged sword! Her feet, are going down to death, - on hades, will her steps take firm hold. Lest, the path of life, she should ponder, her tracks have wandered she knoweth not whither . Now, therefore, ye sons, hearken unto me, and do not turn away from the sayings of my mouth. Keep far from her thy way, and do not go near the opening of her house: Lest thou give, to other men, thy vigour, and thy years, to him that is cruel: Lest strange men, be well fed, by thy strength, and, thy toils, be in the house of the alien. So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition; And thou shalt say - How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained; Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear: Soon was I in all evil, in the midst of convocation and assembly. Drink thou water out of thine own cistern, and flowing streams out of the midst of thine own well. Let not thy fountains, flow over, abroad, in the streets, dividings of waters: Let them be for thyself, alone, and not for strangers with thee. Let thy well-spring be blessed, - and get thy joy from the wife of thy youth: - A loving hind! a graceful doe! let, her bosom, content thee at all times, and, in her love, mayst thou stray evermore. Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown? For, before the eyes of Yahweh, are the ways of a man, - and, all his tracks, doth he consider: His own iniquities, shall entrap him with the lawless, and, by the cords of his own sin, shall he be seized. He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

Proverbs 7:1-5

My son, keep my sayings, and, my commandments, treasure by thee; Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye; Bind them upon thy fingers, write them, on the tablet of thy heart;read more.
Say unto wisdom, My sister, thou! and, an acquaintance, call thou, understanding: That thou mayest be kept, from the woman that is a stranger, from the female unknown, who, with her speeches, doth flatter.

Proverbs 30:15-16

The vampire, hath two daughters, Give! Give! Three, there are will not be satisfied, four, have not said, Enough! Hades, and barrenness, - A land not satisfied with water, and fire, that saith not, Enough!

Proverbs 31:10-31

A virtuous woman, who can find? for, far beyond corals, is her worth. The heart of her husband, trusteth her, and, gain, he shall not lack: She doeth him good and not evil, all the days of her life:read more.
She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands: She is like the ships of the merchant, from afar, she bringeth in her food; And she riseth, while yet it is night, and giveth food to her household, and a task to her maidens: She considereth a field, and procureth it, Out of the fruit of her hands, she planteth a vineyard: She girdeth, with strength her loins, and putteth vigour into her arms: She tasteth, whether, good, be her merchandise, and her lamp, goeth not out by night: Her hands, she putteth forth to the distaff, and, her palms, lay hold of the spindle: Her palm, she spreadeth out to the oppressed, and, her hands, she extendeth to the needy: She feareth not, for her household, because of the snow, for, all her household, are clothed with crimson: Coverlets, she maketh for herself, Of white linen and of purple, is her clothing: Known in the gates, is her husband, when he sitteth, with the elders of the land: Fine linen wraps, she maketh and selleth, and, girdles, doth she deliver to the trader: Strength and dignity, are her clothing, and she laugheth at the time to come: Her mouth, she openeth with wisdom, and, the instruction of kindness, is on her tongue: She looketh well to the goings of her household, and, the bread of idleness, will she not eat. Her children rise up, and call her happy! her husband, and he praiseth her: - Many daughters, have done virtuously, but, thou, excellest them all! Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised: Give her of the fruit of her own hands, and let her own works, praise her in the gates.

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Proverbs 1:1

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel:

Proverbs 25:1

These also, are proverbs of Solomon, - which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed.

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Proverbs 1:1-4

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, King of Israel: For the knowledge of wisdom and correction, for discerning the sayings of intelligence; For receiving the correction of prudence, righteousness and justice, and equity; read more.
For giving To the simple shrewdness, To the young man, knowledge and discretion.

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