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The next file is: PROVERBS
1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
 understanding;
1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment,
 and equity;
1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge
 and discretion.
1:5 A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a
 man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:
1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words
 of the wise, and their dark sayings.
1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but]
 fools despise wisdom and instruction.
1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not
 the law of thy mother:
1:9 For they [shalt be] an ornament of grace to thy head, and
 chains about thy neck.
1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
1:11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let
 us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
1:12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as
 those that go down into the pit:
1:13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our
 houses with spoil:
1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy
 foot from their path:
1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
1:18 And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily
 for their [own] lives.
1:19 So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
 [who] taketh away the life of its owners.
1:20 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
 streets:
1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings
 of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],
1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the
 scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit
 to you, I will make known to you my words.
1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out
 my hand, and no man regarded;
1:25 But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and rejected my
 reproof:
1:26 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your
 fear cometh;
1:27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction
 cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon
 you.
1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they
 shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear
 of the LORD:
1:30 They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and
 be filled with their own devices.
1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the
 prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
1:33 But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and
 shall be quiet from fear of evil.
2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
 commandments with thee;
2:2 So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom, [and] apply thy
 heart to understanding;
2:3 Yes, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy
 voice for understanding;
2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as
 [for] hid treasures;
2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find
 the knowledge of God.
2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh]
 knowledge and understanding.
2:7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a
 buckler to them that walk uprightly.
2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of
 his saints.
2:9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and
 equity; [and] every good path.
2:10 When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is
 pleasant to thy soul;
2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep
 thee:
2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the
 man that speaketh froward things;
2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of
 darkness;
2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of
 the wicked;
2:15 Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their
 paths:
2:16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the
 stranger [who] flattereth with her words;
2:17 Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the
 covenant of her God.
2:18 For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the
 dead.
2:19 None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold
 of the paths of life.
2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep
 the paths of the righteous.
2:21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect
 shall remain in it.
2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
 transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
3:1 My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my
 commandments;
3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add
 to thee.
3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy
 neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:
3:4 So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight
 of God and man.
3:5 Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy
 own understanding.
3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy
 paths.
3:7 Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from
 evil.
3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
3:9 Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits
 of all thy increase:
3:10 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses
 shall burst out with new wine.
3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be
 weary of his correction:
3:12 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father
 the son [in whom] he delighteth.
3:13 Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man
 [that] getteth understanding.
3:14 For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise
 of silver, and the gain of it than fine gold.
3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou
 canst desire are not to be compared to her.
3:16 Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left
 hand riches and honor.
3:17 Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
 [are] peace.
3:18 She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and
 happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding
 hath he established the heavens.
3:20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds
 drop down the dew.
3:21 My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound
 wisdom and discretion:
3:22 So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall
 not stumble.
3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou
 shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of
 the wicked, when it cometh.
3:26 For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot
 from being taken.
3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is
 in the power of thy hand to do [it].
3:28 Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow
 I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth
 securely by thee.
3:30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee
 no harm.
3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
3:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his
 secret [is] with the righteous.
3:33 The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but
 he blesseth the habitation of the just.
3:34 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the
 lowly.
3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
 promotion of fools.
4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend
 to know understanding.
4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the
 sight of my mother.
4:4 He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my
 words: keep my commandments, and live.
4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither
 decline from the words of my mouth.
4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and
 she shall keep thee.
4:7 Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and
 with all thy getting get understanding.
4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee
 to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
4:9 She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of
 glory shall she deliver to thee.
4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of
 thy life shall be many.
4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in
 right paths.
4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and
 when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her;
 for she [is] thy life.
4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the
 way of evil [men].
4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and
 their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of
 violence.
4:18 But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that
 shineth more and more to the perfect day.
4:19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at
 what they stumble.
4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.
4:21 Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst
 of thy heart.
4:22 For they [are] life to those that find them, and health to
 all their flesh.
4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the
 issues of life.
4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put
 far from thee.
4:25 Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look
 straight before thee.
4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
 established.
4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot
 from evil.
5:1 My son, attend to my wisdom, [and] bow thy ear to my
 understanding:
5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may
 keep knowledge.
5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] a honey-comb, and
 her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged
 sword.
5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
5:6 Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are
 movable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
5:7 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from
 the words of my mouth.
5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of
 her house:
5:9 Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the
 cruel:
5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors
 [be] in the house of a stranger;
5:11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are
 consumed,
5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
 despised reproof;
5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined
 my ear to them that instructed me!
5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation
 and assembly.
5:15 Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out
 of thy own well.
5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of
 waters in the streets.
5:17 Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.
5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of
 thy youth.
5:19 [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her
 breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always
 with her love.
5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange
 woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
5:21 For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and
 he pondereth all his goings.
5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he
 shall be held with the cords of his sins.
5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of
 his folly he shall go astray.
6:1 My son, if thou art surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast
 stricken thy hand with a stranger,
6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken
 with the words of thy mouth.
6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come
 into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure
 thy friend.
6:4 Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and
 as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be
 wise:
6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:8 Provideth her provisions in the summer, [and] gathereth her
 food in the harvest.
6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise
 out of thy sleep?
6:10 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of
 the hands to sleep:
6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy
 want as an armed man.
6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward
 mouth.
6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he
 teacheth with his fingers;
6:14 Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief
 continually; he soweth discord.
6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall
 he be broken without remedy.
6:16 These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yes, seven [are] an
 abomination to him:
6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
 blood.
6:18 A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are
 swift in running to mischief,
6:19 A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and him that soweth
 discord among brethren.
6:20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the
 law of thy mother:
6:21 Bind them continually upon thy heart, [and] tie them about
 thy neck.
6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it
 shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with
 thee.
6:23 For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light;
 and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the
 tongue of a strange woman.
6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her
 take thee with her eyelids.
6:26 For by means of a lewd woman [a man is brought] to a piece
 of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be
 burned?
6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever
 toucheth her shall not be innocent.
6:30 [Men] do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his
 soul when he is hungry;
6:31 But [if] he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall
 give all the substance of his house.
6:32 [But] whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
 understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
6:33 A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall
 not be wiped away.
6:34 For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not
 spare in the day of vengeance.
6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
 content, though thou givest many gifts.
7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of
 thy eye.
7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy
 heart.
7:4 Say to wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding
 [thy] kinswoman:
7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the
 stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the
 youths, a young man void of understanding,
7:8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the
 way to her house.
7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark
 night:
7:10 And behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of a
 harlot, and subtil of heart.
7:11 (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her
 house:
7:12 Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait
 at every corner.)
7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent
 face said to him,
7:14 [I have] peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my
 vows.
7:15 Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy
 face, and I have found thee.
7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with
 carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let
 us solace ourselves with loves.
7:19 For the good-man [is] not at home, he is gone a long
 journey:
7:20 He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home
 at the day appointed.
7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the
 flattering of her lips she impelled him.
7:22 He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the
 slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
7:23 Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth
 to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
7:24 Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to
 the words of my mouth.
7:25 Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her
 paths.
7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong [men]
 have been slain by her.
7:27 Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers
 of death.
8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
8:2 She standeth on the top of high places, by the way in the
 places of the paths.
8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the
 entrance of the doors.
8:4 To you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.
8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and ye fools, be ye of an
 understanding heart.
8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening
 of my lips [shall be] right things.
8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an
 abomination to my lips.
8:8 All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is]
 nothing froward or perverse in them.
8:9 They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to
 them that find knowledge.
8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge
 rather than choice gold.
8:11 For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that
 may be desired are not to be compared to it.
8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of
 ingenious inventions.
8:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and
 arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
8:14 Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding;
 I have strength.
8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of
 the earth.
8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early
 shall find me.
8:18 Riches and honor [are] with me; durable riches and
 righteousness.
8:19 My fruit [is] better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my
 revenue than choice silver.
8:20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the
 paths of judgment.
8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance;
 and I will fill their treasures.
8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before
 his works of old.
8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever
 the earth was.
8:24 When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when
 [there were] no fountains abounding with water.
8:25 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I
 brought forth.
8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor
 the highest part of the dust of the world.
8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a
 compass upon the face of the depth:
8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened
 the fountains of the deep:
8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should
 not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of
 the earth:
8:30 Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I
 was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my
 delights [were] with the sons of men.
8:32 Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed
 [are they that] keep my ways.
8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
8:34 Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my
 gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
8:35 For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor
 from the LORD.
8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all
 they that hate me love death.
9:1 Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven
 pillars:
9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she
 hath also furnished her table.
9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest
 places of the city,
9:4 Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him
 that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have
 mingled.
9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
 understanding.
9:7 He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and
 he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a
 wise man, and he will love thee.
9:9 Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet
 wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
9:10 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the
 knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of
 thy life shall be increased.
9:12 If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if]
 thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
9:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and
 knoweth nothing.
9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the
 high places of the city,
9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
9:16 Whoever [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for]
 him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is
 pleasant.
9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that]
 her guests [are] in the depths of hell.
10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father:
 but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness
 delivereth from death.
10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
 famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the
 hand of the diligent maketh rich.
10:5 He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that
 sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
10:6 Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence
 covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:7 The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the
 wicked shall perish.
10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating
 fool shall fall.
10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that
 perverteth his ways shall be known.
10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating
 fool shall fall.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but
 violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
10:13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is
 found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of
 understanding.
10:14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish
 [is] near destruction.
10:15 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the
 destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
10:16 The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of
 the wicked to sin.
10:17 He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but
 he that refuseth reproof erreth.
10:18 He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that
 uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he
 that restraineth his lips [is] wise.
10:20 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of
 the wicked [is] little worth.
10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for
 want of wisdom.
10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no
 sorrow with it.
10:23 [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of
 understanding hath wisdom.
10:24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the
 desire of the righteous shall be granted.
10:25 As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]:
 but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is]
 the sluggard to them that send him.
10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the
 wicked shall be shortened.
10:28 The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the
 expectation of the wicked shall perish.
10:29 The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but
 destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall
 not inhabit the earth.
10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the
 froward tongue shall be cut out.
10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the
 mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.
11:1 A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just
 weight [is] his delight.
11:2 [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly
 [is] wisdom.
11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the
 perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness
 delivereth from death.
11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but
 the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but
 transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
11:7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish:
 and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked
 cometh in his stead.
11:9 A hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but
 through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
11:10 When the righteous prosper, the city rejoiceth: and when
 the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it
 is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a
 man of understanding holdeth his peace.
11:13 A tale-bearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
 faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
11:14 Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the
 multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and
 he that hateth suretiship is sure.
11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong [men] retain
 riches.
11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that
 is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that
 soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
11:19 As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth
 evil [pursueth it] to his own death.
11:20 They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the
 LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his
 delight.
11:21 [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be
 unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
11:22 [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair
 woman who is without discretion.
11:23 The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the
 expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there
 is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to
 poverty.
11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth
 shall be watered also himself.
11:26 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but
 blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].
11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he
 that seeketh mischief, it shall come to him.
11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the
 righteous shall flourish as a branch.
11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
 and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he
 that winneth souls [is] wise.
11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth:
 much more the wicked and the sinner.
12:1 Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that
 hateth reproof [is] brutish.
12:2 A good [man] obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of
 wicked devices he will condemn.
12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root
 of the righteous shall not be moved.
12:4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that
 maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
12:5 The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the
 counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
12:6 The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but
 the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of
 the righteous shall stand.
12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he
 that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
12:9 [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than
 he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.
12:10 A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the
 tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:
 but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of
 the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips:
 but the just shall come out of trouble.
12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his]
 mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to
 him.
12:15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that
 hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.
12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man]
 covereth shame.
12:17 [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but
 a false witness, deceit.
12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but
 the tongue of the wise [is] health.
12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a
 lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
12:20 Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to
 the counselors of peace [is] joy.
12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked
 shall be filled with mischief.
12:22 Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that
 deal truly [are] his delight.
12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools
 proclaimeth foolishness.
12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful
 shall be under tribute.
12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good
 word maketh it glad.
12:26 The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but
 the way of the wicked seduceth them.
12:27 The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in
 hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
12:28 In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path
 [of it there is] no death.
13:1 A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a
 scorner heareth not rebuke.
13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the
 soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that
 openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but
 the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
13:5 A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is
 lothsome, and cometh to shame.
13:6 Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but
 wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:
 [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
13:8 The ransom of a man's life [is] his riches: but the poor
 heareth not rebuke.
13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the
 wicked shall be extinguished.
13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised
 [is] wisdom.
13:11 Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that
 gathereth by labor shall increase.
13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire
 cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
13:13 Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that
 feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
13:14 The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart
 from the snares of death.
13:15 Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of
 transgressors [is] hard.
13:16 Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool
 layeth open [his] folly.
13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful
 embassador [is] health.
13:18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth
 instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is]
 abomination to fools to depart from evil.
13:20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a
 companion of fools shall be destroyed.
13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be
 repaid.
13:22 A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's
 children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the
 just.
13:23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is
 [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth
 him chasteneth him betimes.
13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but
 the belly of the wicked shall want.
14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
 plucketh it down with her hands.
14:2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but
 [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
14:3 In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the
 lips of the wise shall preserve them.
14:4 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase
 [is] by the strength of the ox.
14:5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will
 utter lies.
14:6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but
 knowledge [is] easy to him that understandeth.
14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest
 not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
14:8 The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but
 the folly of fools [is] deceit.
14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there
 is] favor.
14:10 The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth
 not intermeddle with its joy.
14:11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the
 tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
14:12 There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end
 of it [are] the ways of death.
14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of
 that mirth [is] heaviness.
14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways:
 and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
14:15 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man
 looketh well to his going.
14:16 A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the
 fool rageth, and is confident.
14:17 [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of
 wicked devices is hated.
14:18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with
 knowledge.
14:19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates
 of the righteous.
14:20 The poor is hated even by his own neighbor: but the rich
 [hath] many friends.
14:21 He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath
 mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth
 [shall be] to them that devise good.
14:23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips
 [tendeth] only to penury.
14:24 The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the
 foolishness of fools [is] folly.
14:25 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness]
 speaketh lies.
14:26 In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his
 children shall have a place of refuge.
14:27 The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart
 from the snares of death.
14:28 In the multitude of people [is] the king's honor: but in
 the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
14:29 [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding:
 but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
14:30 A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the
 rottenness of the bones.
14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he
 that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.
14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the
 righteous hath hope in his death.
14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
 understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is
 made known.
14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach
 to any people.
14:35 The king's favor [is] towards a wise servant: but his
 wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir
 up anger.
15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the
 mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
15:3 The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the
 evil and the good.
15:4 A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness in
 it [is] a breach in the spirit.
15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that
 regardeth reproof is prudent.
15:6 In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in
 the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
15:7 The lips of the wise diffuse knowledge: but the heart of
 the foolish [doeth] not so.
15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the
 LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
15:9 The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD; but
 he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
15:10 Correction [is] grievous to him that forsaketh the way:
 [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.
15:11 Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more
 then the hearts of the children of men?
15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will
 he go to the wise.
15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow
 of the heart the spirit is broken.
15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
 knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
15:15 All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is
 of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
15:16 Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD, than great
 treasure and trouble with it.
15:17 Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a
 stalled ox and hatred with it.
15:18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow
 to anger appeaseth strife.
15:19 The way of the slothful [man is] as a hedge of thorns: but
 the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man
 despiseth his mother.
15:21 Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a
 man of understanding walketh uprightly.
15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
 multitude of counselors they are established.
15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word
 [spoken] in due season, how good [it is]!
15:24 The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart
 from hell beneath.
15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will
 establish the border of the widow.
15:26 The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the
 LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.
15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he
 that hateth gifts shall live.
15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the
 mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
15:29 The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the
 prayer of the righteous.
15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; [and] a good
 report maketh the bones fat.
15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the
 wise.
15:32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but
 he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
15:33 The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom: and
 before honor is humility.
16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the
 tongue, [are] from the LORD.
16:2 All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the
 LORD weigheth the spirits.
16:3 Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be
 established.
16:4 The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yes, even the
 wicked for the day of evil.
16:5 Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination to
 the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be
 unpunished.
16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of
 the LORD [men] depart from evil.
16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
 enemies to be at peace with him.
16:8 Better [is] a little with righteousness, than great
 revenues without right.
16:9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his
 steps.
16:10 A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth
 transgresseth not in judgment.
16:11 A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the
 weights of the bag [are] his work.
16:12 [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for
 the throne is established by righteousness.
16:13 Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love
 him that speaketh right.
16:14 The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a
 wise man will pacify it.
16:15 In the light of a king's countenance [is] life; and his
 favor [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
16:16 How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold? and to
 get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?
16:17 The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he
 that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
16:18 Pride [goeth] before destruction, and a haughty spirit
 before a fall.
16:19 Better [it is to be] of a humble spirit with the lowly,
 than to divide the spoil with the proud.
16:20 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and
 whoever trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
 sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
16:22 Understanding [is] a well-spring of life to him that hath
 it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth
 learning to his lips.
16:24 Pleasant words [are as] a honey-comb, sweet to the soul,
 and health to the bones.
16:25 There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of
 it [is] the ways of death.
16:26 He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth
 craveth it of him.
16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is]
 as a burning fire.
16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth
 chief friends.
16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into
 the way [that is] not good.
16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his
 lips he bringeth evil to pass.
16:31 The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it is found in
 the way of righteousness.
16:32 [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty;
 and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
16:33 The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing of
 it [is] from the LORD.
17:1 Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a
 house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth
 shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the
 brethren.
17:3 The fining-pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold:
 but the LORD trieth the hearts.
17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips: [and] a liar
 giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
17:5 He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker; [and] he
 that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
17:6 Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the
 glory of children [is] their fathers.
17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying
 lips a prince.
17:8 A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that
 hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
17:9 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that
 repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred
 stripes into a fool.
17:11 An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel
 messenger shall be sent against him.
17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a
 fool in his folly.
17:13 Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart
 from his house.
17:14 The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out
 water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled
 with.
17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the
 just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
17:16 Why [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get
 wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
 adversity.
17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh
 surety in the presence of his friend.
17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that
 exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that
 hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
17:21 He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the
 father of a fool hath no joy.
17:22 A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken
 spirit drieth the bones.
17:23 A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert
 the ways of judgment.
17:24 Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the
 eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
17:25 A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness
 to her that bore him.
17:26 Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike
 princes for equity.
17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of
 understanding is of an excellent spirit.
17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
 [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of
 understanding.
18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
 [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart
 may reveal itself.
18:3 When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and
 with ignominy reproach.
18:4 The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the
 well-spring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
18:5 [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to
 overthrow the righteous in judgment.
18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth
 for strokes.
18:7 A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the
 snare of his soul.
18:8 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as wounds, and they go
 down into the innermost parts of the belly.
18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that
 is a great waster.
18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous
 runneth into it, and is safe.
18:11 The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as a high
 wall in his own conceit.
18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before
 honor [is] humility.
18:13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is]
 folly and shame to him.
18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
 wounded spirit who can bear?
18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of
 the wise seeketh knowledge.
18:16 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before
 great men.
18:17 [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but
 his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.
18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between
 the mighty.
18:19 A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong
 city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his
 mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they
 that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
18:22 [Whoever] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and
 obtaineth favor from the LORD.
18:23 The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
18:24 A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly: and
 there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.
19:1 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than
 [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
19:2 Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not
 good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart
 fretteth against the LORD.
19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from
 his neighbor.
19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]
 speaketh lies shall not escape.
19:6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man
 [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do
 his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words,
 [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
19:8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth
 understanding shall find good.
19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]
 speaketh lies shall perish.
19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant
 to have rule over princes.
19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is]
 his glory to pass over a transgression.
19:12 The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his
 favor [is] as dew upon the grass.
19:13 A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the
 contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
19:14 House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a
 prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul
 shall suffer hunger.
19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
 [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and
 that which he hath given will he pay him again.
19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul
 spare for his crying.
19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou
 deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be
 wise in thy latter end.
19:21 [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless
 the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
19:22 The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is]
 better than a liar.
19:23 The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath
 it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
19:24 A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will
 not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
19:25 Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove
 one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand
 knowledge.
19:26 He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his]
 mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to
 err from the words of knowledge.
19:28 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the
 wicked devoureth iniquity.
19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the
 back of fools.
20:1 Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whoever
 is deceived by it is not wise.
20:2 The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoever]
 provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
20:3 [It is] an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every
 fool will be meddling.
20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
 [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
20:5 Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man
 of understanding will draw it out.
20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a
 faithful man who can find?
20:7 The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are]
 blessed after him.
20:8 A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth
 away all evil with his eyes.
20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my
 sin?
20:10 Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are]
 alike abomination to the LORD.
20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [is]
 pure, and whether [it is] right.
20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made
 even both of them.
20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes,
 [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:14 [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when
 he is gone, then he boasteth.
20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of
 knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
20:16 Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take
 a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20:17 Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his
 mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:18 [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good
 advice make war.
20:19 He that goeth about [as] a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
 therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:20 Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall
 be put out in obscure darkness.
20:21 An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning;
 but the end of it shall not be blessed.
20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the
 LORD, and he shall save thee.
20:23 Divers weights [are] an abomination to the LORD; and a
 false balance [is] not good.
20:24 Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then
 understand his own way?
20:25 [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is]
 holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
20:26 A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel
 over them.
20:27 The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching
 all the inward parts of the belly.
20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is
 upheld by mercy.
20:29 The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty
 of old men [is] the gray head.
20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do]
 stripes the inward parts of the belly.
21:1 The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the
 rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
21:2 Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD
 pondereth the hearts.
21:3 To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD
 than sacrifice.
21:4 A high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the
 wicked, [is] sin.
21:5 The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness;
 but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity
 tossed to and fro by them that seek death.
21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they
 refuse to do judgment.
21:8 The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the
 pure, his work [is] right.
21:9 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than
 with a brawling woman in a wide house.
21:10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth
 no favor in his eyes.
21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and
 when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
21:12 The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the
 wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their]
 wickedness.
21:13 Whoever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also
 shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
21:14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the
 bosom, strong wrath.
21:15 [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction
 [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding
 shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
21:17 He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that
 loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
21:18 The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the
 transgressor for the upright.
21:19 [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a
 contentious and an angry woman.
21:20 [There is] a treasure to be desired, and oil in the
 dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21:21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth
 life, righteousness, and honor.
21:22 A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth
 down the strength of its confidence.
21:23 Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul
 from troubles.
21:24 Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in
 proud wrath.
21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands
 refuse to labor.
21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous
 giveth and spareth not.
21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much
 more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth
 speaketh constantly.
21:29 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright,
 he directeth his way.
21:30 [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against
 the LORD.
21:31 The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but
 safety [is] from the LORD.
22:1 A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches,
 [and] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of
 them all.
22:3 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but
 the simple pass on, and are punished.
22:4 By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and
 honor, and life.
22:5 Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he
 that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
 old, he will not depart from it.
22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is]
 servant to the lender.
22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of
 his anger shall fail.
22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
 giveth of his bread to the poor.
22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes,
 strife and reproach shall cease.
22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his
 lips the king [shall be] his friend.
22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he
 overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
22:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I
 shall be slain in the streets.
22:14 The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is
 abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.
22:15 Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the
 rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches],
 [and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to
 want.
22:17 Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and
 apply thy heart to my knowledge.
22:18 For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within
 thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to
 thee this day, even to thee.
22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels
 and knowledge,
22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of
 truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them
 that send to thee?
22:22 Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress
 the afflicted in the gate:
22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of
 those that spoiled them.
22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious
 man thou shalt not go:
22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
22:26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them
 that are sureties for debts.
22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy
 bed from under thee?
22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have
 set.
22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand
 before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].
23:1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently
 what [is] before thee:
23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [art] a man given to
 appetite.
23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful
 food.
23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.
23:5 Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for [riches]
 certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle
 towards heaven.
23:6 Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye,
 neither desire thou his dainties:
23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and drink,
 saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
23:8 The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and
 lose thy sweet words.
23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the
 wisdom of thy words.
23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields
 of the fatherless:
23:11 For their redeemer [is] mighty; he will plead their cause
 with thee.
23:12 Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words
 of knowledge.
23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou
 beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his
 soul from hell.
23:15 My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice,
 even mine.
23:16 Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right
 things.
23:17 Let not thy heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear
 of the LORD all the day long.
23:18 For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not
 be cut off.
23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the
 way.
23:20 Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
 and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
23:22 Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy
 mother when she is old.
23:23 Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and
 instruction, and understanding.
23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he
 that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore
 thee shall rejoice.
23:26 My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my
 ways.
23:27 For a lewd woman [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman
 [is] a narrow pit.
23:28 She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the
 transgressors among men.
23:29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who
 hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness
 of eyes?
23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek
 mixed wine.
23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth
 its color in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an
 adder.
23:33 Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall
 utter perverse things.
23:34 And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of
 the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
23:35 They have stricken me, [wilt thou say], [and] I was not
 sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I
 awake? I will seek it yet again.
24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be
 with them.
24:2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk
 of mischief.
24:3 Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is
 established:
24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all
 precious and pleasant riches.
24:5 A wise man [is] strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth
 strength.
24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
 multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
24:7 Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth
 in the gate.
24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous
 person.
24:9 The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is]
 an abomination to men.
24:10 [If] thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength
 [is] small.
24:11 If thou forbearest to deliver [them that are] drawn to
 death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that
 pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy
 soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and will [not] he render to
 [every] man according to his works?
24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the
 honey-comb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
24:14 So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] to thy soul: when
 thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy
 expectation shall not be cut off.
24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the
 righteous; destroy not his resting-place:
24:16 For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth again:
 but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
24:17 Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart
 be glad when he stumbleth:
24:18 Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn
 away his wrath from him.
24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou
 envious at the wicked;
24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle
 of the wicked shall be extinguished.
24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not
 with them that are given to change:
24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth
 the ruin of them both?
24:23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good
 to have respect of persons in judgment.
24:24 He that saith to the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him
 shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
24:25 But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good
 blessing shall come upon them.
24:26 [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right
 answer.
24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in
 the field; and afterwards build thy house.
24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and
 deceive [not] with thy lips.
24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will
 render to the man according to his work.
24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard
 of the man void of understanding;
24:31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles
 had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
24:32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon
 [it], [and] received instruction.
24:33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
 of the hands to sleep:
24:34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that traveleth; and thy
 want as an armed man.
25:1 These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
 Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
25:2 [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor
 of kings [is] to search out a matter.
25:3 The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the
 heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come
 forth a vessel for the finer.
25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne
 shall be established in righteousness.
25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and
 stand not in the place of great [men]:
25:7 For better [it is] that it be said to thee, Come up hither;
 than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the
 prince whom thy eyes have seen.
25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what
 to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to
 shame.
25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbor [himself]; and reveal
 not a secret to another:
25:10 Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thy
 infamy turn not away.
25:11 A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures
 of silver.
25:12 [As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
 [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a
 faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the
 soul of his masters.
25:14 Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds
 and wind without rain.
25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft
 tongue breaketh the bone.
25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for
 thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be
 weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor [is]
 a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is
 like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
25:20 [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and
 as] vinegar upon nitre; so [is] he that singeth songs to a
 heavy heart.
25:21 If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if
 he shall thirst, give him water to drink:
25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the
 LORD will reward thee.
25:23 The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry
 countenance a backbiting tongue.
25:24 [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than
 with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25:25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from
 a far country.
25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a
 turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.
25:27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search
 their own glory [is not] glory.
25:28 He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a
 city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.
26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honor is not
 seemly for a fool.
26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the
 curse causeless shall not come.
26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for
 the fool's back.
26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be
 like him.
26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
 his own conceit.
26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off
 the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in
 the mouth of fools.
26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that
 giveth honor to a fool.
26:9 [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is]
 a parable in the mouth of fools.
26:10 The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth
 the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to
 his folly.
26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more
 hope of a fool than of him.
26:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a
 lion [is] in the streets.
26:14 [As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so [doth] the
 slothful upon his bed.
26:15 The slothful hideth [his] hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth
 him to bring it again to his mouth.
26:16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men
 that can render a reason.
26:17 He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging]
 not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.
26:18 As a mad [man] who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,
26:19 So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbor, and saith,
 Am not I in sport?
26:20 Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where
 [there is] no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.
26:21 [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so
 [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
26:22 The words of a tale-bearer [are] as wounds, and they go
 down into the innermost parts of the belly.
26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd
 covered with silver dross.
26:24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up
 deceit within him;
26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are]
 seven abominations in his heart.
26:26 [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall
 be shown before the [whole] congregation.
26:27 Whoever diggeth a pit shall fall into it: and he that
 rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
26:28 A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it;
 and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
27:1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a
 day may bring forth.
27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a
 stranger, and not thy own lips.
27:3 A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's
 wrath [is] heavier than both.
27:4 Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is]
 able to stand before envy?
27:5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
27:6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an
 enemy [are] deceitful.
27:7 The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul
 every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that
 wandereth from his place.
27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the
 sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
27:10 Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
 neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
 [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far
 off.
27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer
 him that reproacheth me.
27:12 A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth himself;
 [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a
 pledge of him for a strange woman.
27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising
 early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious
 woman are alike.
27:16 Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of
 his right hand [which] bewrayeth [itself].
27:17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance
 of his friend.
27:18 He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so
 he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.
27:19 As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of man
 to man.
27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man
 are never satisfied.
27:21 [As] the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold;
 so [is] a man to his praise.
27:22 Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat
 with a pestle, [yet] his foolishness will not depart from him.
27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and]
 look well to thy herds.
27:24 For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown [endure]
 to every generation?
27:25 The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself,
 and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
27:26 The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are] the
 price of the field.
27:27 And [thou shalt have] goats milk enough for thy food, for
 the food of thy household, and [for] maintenance for thy
 maidens.
28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are
 bold as a lion.
28:2 For the transgression of a land many [are] its princes: but
 by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof]
 shall be prolonged.
28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping
 rain which leaveth no food.
28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as
 keep the law contend with them.
28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the
 LORD understand all [things].
28:6 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than
 [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [is] rich.
28:7 He who keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a
 companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance,
 he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his
 prayer [shall be] abomination.
28:10 Whoever causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way,
 he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall
 have good [things] in possession.
28:11 The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor
 man that hath understanding searcheth him out.
28:12 When righteous [men] rejoice, [there is] great glory: but
 when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who
 confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
28:14 Happy [is] the man that feareth always: but he that
 hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
28:15 [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked
 ruler over the poor people.
28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great
 oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong
 [his] days.
28:17 A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person
 shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
28:18 He who walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that is]
 perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but
 he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty
 enough.
28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that
 maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
28:21 To have respect of persons [is] not good: for, for a piece
 of bread [that] man will transgress.
28:22 He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and
 considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterward shall find more favor
 than he that flattereth with the tongue.
28:24 He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It
 is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a
 destroyer.
28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he
 that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoever
 walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
28:27 He that giveth to the poor shall not want: but he that
 hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they
 perish, the righteous increase.
29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall
 suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:
 but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
29:3 He that loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that
 keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that
 receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his
 feet.
29:6 In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare: but
 the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
29:7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but] the
 wicked regardeth not to know [it].
29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn
 away wrath.
29:9 [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he
 rageth or laugheth, [there is] no rest.
29:10 The blood-thirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his
 soul.
29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth it
 in till afterwards.
29:12 If a ruler hearkeneth to lies, all his servants [are]
 wicked.
29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD
 enlighteneth both their eyes.
29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne
 shall be established for ever.
29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to
 himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth:
 but the righteous shall see their fall.
29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yes, he
 shall give delight to thy soul.
29:18 Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that
 keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he
 understandeth, he will not answer.
29:20 Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there is]
 more hope of a fool than of him.
29:21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
 shall have him at length become [his] son.
29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
 aboundeth in transgression.
29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold
 the humble in spirit.
29:24 Whoever is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul: he
 heareth cursing, and discloseth [it] not.
29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but he who putteth his
 trust in the LORD shall be safe.
29:26 Many seek the ruler's favor; but [every] man's judgment
 [cometh] from the LORD.
29:27 An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he
 that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
30:1 The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy:
 the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,
30:2 Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the
 understanding of a man.
30:3 I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the
 holy.
30:4 Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath
 gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a
 garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what
 [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst
 tell?
30:5 Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield to them that
 put their trust in him.
30:6 Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou
 be found a liar.
30:7 Two [things] have I required of thee; deny [them] not to me
 before I die:
30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty
 nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
30:9 Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the
 LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God
 [in vain].
30:10 Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee,
 and thou be found guilty.
30:11 [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father, and
 doth not bless their mother.
30:12 [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own eyes,
 and [yet] are not washed from their filthiness.
30:13 [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and
 their eyelids are lifted up.
30:14 [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords, and
 their jaw-teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off the
 earth, and the needy from [among] men.
30:15 The horse-leech hath two daughters, [crying], Give, give.
 There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yes], four
 [things] say not, [It is] enough:
30:16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not
 filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is]
 enough.
30:17 The eye [that] mocketh at [its] father, and despiseth to
 obey [its] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
 and the young eagles shall eat it.
30:18 There are three [things which] are too wonderful for me,
 yes, four which I know not:
30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon
 a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way
 of a man with a maid.
30:20 Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and
 wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
30:21 For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for four
 [which] it cannot bear:
30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is
 filled with food.
30:23 For an odious [woman] when she is married; and a handmaid
 that is heir to her mistress.
30:24 There are four [things which are] little upon the earth,
 but they [are] very wise:
30:25 The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare their
 food in the summer;
30:26 The conies [are but] a feeble people, yet they make their
 houses in the rocks;
30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by
 bands;
30:28 The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's
 palaces.
30:29 There are three [things] which go well, yes, four are
 comely in going:
30:30 A lion, [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth not
 away for any;
30:31 A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom
 [there is] no rising up.
30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if
 thou hast thought evil, [lay] thy hand upon thy mouth.
30:33 Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the
 wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of
 wrath bringeth forth strife.
31:1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother
 taught him.
31:2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the
 son of my vows?
31:3 Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which
 destroyeth kings.
31:4 [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings to
 drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
31:5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
 judgment of any of the afflicted.
31:6 Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine
 to those that are of heavy hearts.
31:7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his
 misery no more.
31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are
 appointed to destruction.
31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of
 the poor and needy.
31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far
 above rubies.
31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that
 he shall have no need of spoil.
31:12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her
 life.
31:13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her
 hands.
31:14 She is like the merchant's ships; she bringeth her food
 from afar.
31:15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to
 her household, and a portion to her maidens.
31:16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of
 her hands she planteth a vineyard.
31:17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her
 arms.
31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her candle
 goeth not out by night.
31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold
 the distaff.
31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yes, she reacheth
 forth her hands to the needy.
31:21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all
 her household [are] clothed with scarlet.
31:22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing
 [is] silk and purple.
31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among
 the elders of the land.
31:24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth
 girdles to the merchant.
31:25 Strength and honor [are] her clothing; and she shall
 rejoice in time to come.
31:26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue [is]
 the law of kindness.
31:27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth
 not the bread of idleness.
31:28 Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband
 [also], and he praiseth her.
31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest
 them all.
31:30 Favor [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman
 [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works
 praise her in the gates.