16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighted the spirits.
16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, 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 directed his steps.
16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgressed 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 the 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 goethe before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
16:20 He that handled a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusted in the LORD, happy is he.
16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increased learning.
16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
16:23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and added learning to his lips.
16:24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
16:25 There is a way that see meth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
16:26 He that labored for himself; for his mouth craved it of him.
16:27 An ungodly man digger up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
16:28 A froward man to contemplate evil: and on mouth him, fs if burning flame.
16:29 A violent man enticed his neighbor, and leaded him into the way that is not good.
16:30 He shuttled his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he brunet evil to pass.
16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruled his spirit than he that take a city.
16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that caused 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 tried the hearts.
17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
17:5 Whoso mocked the poor reproached 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 are their fathers.
17:7 Excellent speeches becomest 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 turned, it prospered.
17:9 He that covered a transgression seeker love; but he that repeated a matter separated very friends.
17:10 A reproof entered more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
17:11 An evil man seeker 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 Whoso rewarded evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letter out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
17:15 He that justified the wicked, and he that condemned the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
17:16. Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? 17:17 A friend loved at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17:18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and become surety in the presence of his friend.
17:19 He loved transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalted his gate seeker destruction.
17:20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue failed 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 dried the bones.
17:23 A wicked man take 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 bare 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 holder his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuttled his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeker and intermeddled with all wisdom.
18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover 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 wellspring 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 called 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 talebearer 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 rennet into it, and is safe.
18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
18:13 He that answered a matter before he heard it, it is folly and shame unto 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 getter knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeker knowledge.
18:16 A man's gift make room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemed just; but his neighbor cometh and searched him.
18:18 The lot caused 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 thereof.
18:22 Whoso fended a wife fended a good thing, and obtained favor of the LORD.
18:23 The poor used entreaties; but the rich answered roughly.
18:24 A man that hath friends must she himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticker closer than a brother.
19:1 Better is the poor that walked 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 hasted with his feet sinned.
19:3 The foolishness of man perverted his way: and his heart fretted against the LORD.
19:4 Wealth make many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
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 pursued them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
19:8 He that getter wisdom loved his own soul: he that understands 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 deferred 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 favour 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 casted 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 despised his ways shall die.
19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor lender unto 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 tended to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
19:24 A slothful man hided 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 wasted his father, and chased away his mother, is a son that caused shame, and brined reproach.
19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that caused err from the words of knowledge.
19:28 An ungodly witness scorned judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoured 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 whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoked him to anger sinned against his own soul.
20:3 It is an honour 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 begin harvest, and have nothing.
20:5 Counsels in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:6 Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? 20:7 The just man walked in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
20:8 A kings that sitter in the throne of judgment scattered 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 diver’s measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.
20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
20:13 Love is not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasted.
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 goes about as a talebearer revealed secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattered with his lips.
20:20 Who so to gossip 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 thereof 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 unto 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 devoured that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
20:26 A wise king scattered the wicked, and turned 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 upholder by mercy.
20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.
20:30 The blueness of a wound cleanest 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 turned it whithersoever he will.
21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondered the hearts.
21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
21:4 An 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 of 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 housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
21:10 The soul of the wicked desired evil: his neighbor finded no favor in his eyes.
21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he received knowledge.
21:12 The righteous man wisely considered the house of the wicked: but God over thrower the wicked for their wickedness.
21:13 Who so stopped his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
21:14 A gift in secret pacified 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 wandered out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
21:17 He that loved pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loved 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 treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spreadeth it up.
21:21 He that followed after righteousness and mercy fended life, righteousness, and honour.
21:22 A wise man scaled the city of the mighty, and casted down the strength of the confidence thereof.
21:23 Who so keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who to act in proud wrath.
21:25 The desire of the slothful killed him; for his hands refuse to labor.
21:26 He coveted greedily all the daylong: but the righteous giveth and spared not.
21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he binged it with a wicked mind? 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
21:29 A wicked man hardened his face: but as for the upright, he directed 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 of 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 foresheet the evil, and hide himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, 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 ruled over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
22:8 He that sowed 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 go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
22:11 He that loved 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 over thrower 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 of 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 oppressed the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
22:19 That they 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 might answer the words of truth to them that send unto 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 sit test to eat with a ruler consider diligently what is before thee: 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
23:4 Labor not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 23:7 For as he trinkets 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 shall plead their cause with thee.
23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou to punish 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 thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
23:17 Let not thine 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 thine expectation shall not be cut off.
23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
23:20 Be not among winebibbers; 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 unto 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 give birth a wise child shall have joy of him.
23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
23:27 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
23:28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increased 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 his color in the cup, when it moved itself aright.
23:32 At the last it bited like a serpent, and stinged like an adder.
23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lied down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lied upon the top of a mast.
23:35 They have stricken me, shalt 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 studied destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
24:3 Through wisdom is an house builder; 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; yea, a man of knowledge increased 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 devised 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 faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; 24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he is that pondered the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto 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; spoil not his resting place: 24:16 For a just man falleth even times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine 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 put out.
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 knowest 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 unto the wicked, Thou are 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 thine house.
24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
24:29 Say no, 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 thereof, and the stone wall thereof 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 travelled; and they 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 honour of kings is to search out a matter.
25:3 The heaven for height, 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 you in the presence of the king, and stand not is in the place of great men:
25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine 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 discover not a secret to another:
25:10 That didn't reproach you heard it, and then the disgrace won't depart from you.
25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprove 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 refreshed the soul of his masters.
25:14 Whoso boasted 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 breaker the bone.
25:16 Hast thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, 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 .That the hammer and a sword and sharp erased, the person saying the false certificate against the neighbor.
25:19 Confidences 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 singed songs to an heavy heart.
25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall 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 the corner of the housetop, 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 troubled 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 honour 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 unto him.
26:5 but answer silly by its nonsense that he didn't become a wise man in the opinion of the.
26:6 Cuts to itself feet, suffers trouble the one, who gives a verbal assignment to the fool. 26:7 7 Roughly rise feet at the lame, - and a parable in lips of fools.
26:8 That putting jewel in I will forgive, rendering silly honor.
26:9 That a prickly sloe in a hand drunk, a parable in lips of fools.
26:10 The strong does everything randomly: both silly awards, and any passerby awards.
26:11 As the dog comes back on vomit the, so silly repeats the nonsense.
26:12 Sees 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 turned upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 26:15 The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieved 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 passed by, and meddled with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
26:18 As a mad man who casted firebrands, arrows, and death, 26:19 So is the man that deceived 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 talebearer, the strife ceased.
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 talebearer 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 hated dissembled 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 If hatred is covered alone, his rage in people's assembly will open.
26:27 Who digs a hole that will fall in it and who will drive up a stone, to that it is turned back.
26:28 A lying tongue hated those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worked ruin.
27:1 Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
27:4 Wraths 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 loathed an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
27:8 As a bird that wandered from her nest, so is a man that wandered 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 Thine 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 reproached me.
27:12 A prudent man foresheet the evil, and hides 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 blessed 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 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
27:17 Iron sharpened iron; so a man sharpened the countenance of his friend.
27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waited on his master shall be honoured.
27:19 As in water face answered 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 will not his foolishness 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 grass vegetates, both greens are, and collect mountain herbs.
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 the 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 the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
28:3 A poor man that oppressed the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves 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 walked in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shamed his father.
28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increased his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
28:9 He that turned away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
28:10 Whoso caused 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 that hath understanding searched him out.
28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
28:13 He that covered his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confessed and forsakes them shall have mercy.
28:14 Happy is the man that feared always: but he that hardened 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 wanted understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hated 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 Whoso walked uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
28:19 He that tilled his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followed after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes 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 hasted to be rich hath an evil eye, and considered not that poverty shall come upon him.
28:23 He that rebuked a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattered with the tongue.
28:24 Whoso rabbet 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 stirred up strife: but he that putted his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
28:26 He that trusted in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walked wisely, he shall be delivered.
28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides 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 hardened 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 beared rule, the people mourn.
29:3 Who loved wisdom rejoiced his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spreadeth his substance.
29:4 The king by judgment established the land: but he that received gifts over thrower it.
29:5 A man that flattered 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 considered the cause of the poor: but the wicked regarded 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 contended with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
29:11 A fool uttered all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightened both their eyes.
29:14 The king that faithfully judged the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bridged 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; yea, he shall give delight unto 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 understand 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 bridget up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
29:22 An angry man stirred up strife, and a furious man abounded in transgression.
29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he hearth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
29:25 The fear of man bridget a snare: but whoso 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 Jake, even the prophecy: the man space unto Ithiel, even unto 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 up 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 unto them that put their trust in him.
30:6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
30:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not 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 unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
30:11 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth notbless their mother.
30:12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is 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 horseleech hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, 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 mocked at his father, and despised to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
30:18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, 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 eaterd and wiped 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 meat; 30:23 For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
30:24 There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
30:26 The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they 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 take hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turned 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 thine hand upon thy mouth.
30:33 Surely the churning of milk binged forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bridged forth blood: so the forcing of wrath binged forth strife.
31:1 The words of king Lemuil’s, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
31:2 What, my son? And what, the son of my womb is? And what, the son of my vows? 31:3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyed 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 unto him that is ready to perish, and wine untothose that be 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 seekers wool, and flax is, and worked willingly with her hands.
31:14 She is like the merchants' ships; she binged her food from afar.
31:15 She rise also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
31:16 She considered a field, and to acquire it: with the fruit of her hands she planted a vineyard.
31:17 She girded her loins with strength, and strengthened her arms.
31:18 She perceived that her merchandise is good: her candle not go out by night.
31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
31:20 She stretched out her hand to the poor; yea, she reached 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 make herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
31:23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he seated among the elders of the land.
31:24 She make fine linen, and to realise it; and delivered girdles unto the merchant.
31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
31:26 She opened her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
31:27 She looked well to the ways of her household, and not eater the bread of idleness.
31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praised her.
31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellent them all.
31:30 Favors is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feared 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.