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Book of Proverbs

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Proverbs 1:1  The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 1:2  To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

Proverbs 1:3  To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

Proverbs 1:4  To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

Proverbs 1:5  A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

Proverbs 1:6  To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

Proverbs 1:7  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:8  My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 1:9  For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

Proverbs 1:10  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 1:11  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Proverbs 1:12  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Proverbs 1:13  We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

Proverbs 1:14  Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

Proverbs 1:15  My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

Proverbs 1:16  For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 1:17  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Proverbs 1:18  And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.

Proverbs 1:19  So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

Proverbs 1:20  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

Proverbs 1:21  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],

Proverbs 1:22  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:23  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

Proverbs 1:24  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

Proverbs 1:25  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

Proverbs 1:26  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

Proverbs 1:27  When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 1:28  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

Proverbs 1:29  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

Proverbs 1:30  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 1:31  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 1:32  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 1:33  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

Proverbs 2:1  My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

Proverbs 2:2  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply thine heart to understanding;

Proverbs 2:3  Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy voice for understanding;

Proverbs 2:4  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

Proverbs 2:5  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

Proverbs 2:6  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

Proverbs 2:7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Proverbs 2:8  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Proverbs 2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path.

Proverbs 2:10  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

Proverbs 2:11  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

Proverbs 2:12  To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the man that speaketh froward things;

Proverbs 2:13  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

Proverbs 2:14  Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

Proverbs 2:15  Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their paths:

Proverbs 2:16  To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words;

Proverbs 2:17  Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

Proverbs 2:18  For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Proverbs 2:19  None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:20  That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.

Proverbs 2:21  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

Proverbs 2:22  But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

Proverbs 3:1  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

Proverbs 3:2  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

Proverbs 3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

Proverbs 3:4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

Proverbs 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Proverbs 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

Proverbs 3:8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Proverbs 3:9  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Proverbs 3:10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Proverbs 3:11  My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

Proverbs 3:12  For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son [in whom] he delighteth.

Proverbs 3:13  Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man [that] getteth understanding.

Proverbs 3:14  For the merchandise of it [is] better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

Proverbs 3:15  She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

Proverbs 3:16  Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.

Proverbs 3:17  Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths [are] peace.

Proverbs 3:18  She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.

Proverbs 3:19  The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

Proverbs 3:20  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

Proverbs 3:21  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

Proverbs 3:22  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

Proverbs 3:23  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

Proverbs 3:24  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Proverbs 3:25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Proverbs 3:26  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

Proverbs 3:27  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].

Proverbs 3:28  Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

Proverbs 3:29  Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

Proverbs 3:30  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

Proverbs 3:31  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

Proverbs 3:32  For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.

Proverbs 3:33  The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Proverbs 3:34  Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

Proverbs 3:35  The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Proverbs 4:1  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Proverbs 4:2  For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

Proverbs 4:3  For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in the sight of my mother.

Proverbs 4:4  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

Proverbs 4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

Proverbs 4:7  Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

Proverbs 4:9  She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

Proverbs 4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Proverbs 4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

Proverbs 4:12  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

Proverbs 4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

Proverbs 4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men].

Proverbs 4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

Proverbs 4:16  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

Proverbs 4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

Proverbs 4:18  But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 4:19  The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Proverbs 4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.

Proverbs 4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

Proverbs 4:22  For they [are] life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

Proverbs 4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:24  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

Proverbs 4:25  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

Proverbs 4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

Proverbs 5:1  My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:

Proverbs 5:2  That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.

Proverbs 5:3  For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb, and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:

Proverbs 5:4  But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.

Proverbs 5:5  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

Proverbs 5:6  Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].

Proverbs 5:7  Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 5:8  Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

Proverbs 5:9  Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

Proverbs 5:10  Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours [be] in the house of a stranger;

Proverbs 5:11  And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Proverbs 5:12  And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Proverbs 5:13  And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

Proverbs 5:14  I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Proverbs 5:15  Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Proverbs 5:16  Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of waters in the streets.

Proverbs 5:17  Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.

Proverbs 5:18  Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 5:20  And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

Proverbs 5:21  For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Proverbs 5:22  His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

Proverbs 5:23  He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 6:1  My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Proverbs 6:2  Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 6:4  Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Proverbs 6:5  Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Proverbs 6:6  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 6:7  Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 6:8  Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

Proverbs 6:9  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 6:10  [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 6:11  So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:12  A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Proverbs 6:13  He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

Proverbs 6:14  Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

Proverbs 6:15  Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

Proverbs 6:16  These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:

Proverbs 6:17  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:18  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

Proverbs 6:19  A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:20  My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Proverbs 6:21  Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them about thy neck.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 6:23  For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:

Proverbs 6:24  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

Proverbs 6:25  Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

Proverbs 6:26  For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

Proverbs 6:27  Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

Proverbs 6:28  Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Proverbs 6:29  So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

Proverbs 6:30  [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

Proverbs 6:31  But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

Proverbs 6:32  [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

Proverbs 6:33  A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Proverbs 6:34  For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

Proverbs 6:35  He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs 7:1  My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

Proverbs 7:2  Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

Proverbs 7:3  Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Proverbs 7:4  Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call understanding [thy] kinswoman:

Proverbs 7:5  That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger [which] flattereth with her words.

Proverbs 7:6  For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

Proverbs 7:7  And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

Proverbs 7:8  Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

Proverbs 7:9  In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

Proverbs 7:10  And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

Proverbs 7:11  (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Proverbs 7:12  Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

Proverbs 7:13  So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an impudent face said unto him,

Proverbs 7:14  [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

Proverbs 7:15  Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Proverbs 7:16  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.

Proverbs 7:17  I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Proverbs 7:18  Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Proverbs 7:19  For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Proverbs 7:20  He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come home at the day appointed.

Proverbs 7:21  With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

Proverbs 7:22  He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 7:23  Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

Proverbs 7:24  Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

Proverbs 7:25  Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

Proverbs 7:26  For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong [men] have been slain by her.

Proverbs 7:27  Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 8:1  Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

Proverbs 8:2  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

Proverbs 8:3  She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.

Proverbs 8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of man.

Proverbs 8:5  O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Proverbs 8:6  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips [shall be] right things.

Proverbs 8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an abomination to my lips.

Proverbs 8:8  All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing froward or perverse in them.

Proverbs 8:9  They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

Proverbs 8:10  Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

Proverbs 8:11  For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

Proverbs 8:12  I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

Proverbs 8:13  The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 8:14  Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.

Proverbs 8:15  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Proverbs 8:16  By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.

Proverbs 8:17  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Proverbs 8:18  Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches and righteousness.

Proverbs 8:19  My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

Proverbs 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

Proverbs 8:21  That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

Proverbs 8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Proverbs 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Proverbs 8:24  When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when [there were] no fountains abounding with water.

Proverbs 8:25  Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

Proverbs 8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:27  When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

Proverbs 8:28  When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

Proverbs 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:

Proverbs 8:30  Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;

Proverbs 8:31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights [were] with the sons of men.

Proverbs 8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed [are they that] keep my ways.

Proverbs 8:33  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

Proverbs 8:34  Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Proverbs 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.

Proverbs 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

Proverbs 9:1  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Proverbs 9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

Proverbs 9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

Proverbs 9:4  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I have mingled.

Proverbs 9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:7  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 9:9  Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.

Proverbs 9:10  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.

Proverbs 9:11  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

Proverbs 9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but [if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].

Proverbs 9:13  A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:14  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:15  To call passengers who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9:16  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 10:1  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.

Proverbs 10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 10:5  He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.

Proverbs 10:6  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:7  The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

Proverbs 10:8  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:9  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Proverbs 10:10  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:11  The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:12  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 10:14  Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

Proverbs 10:15  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.

Proverbs 10:16  The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

Proverbs 10:17  He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

Proverbs 10:18  He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.

Proverbs 10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.

Proverbs 10:20  The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

Proverbs 10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 10:22  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Proverbs 10:23  [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

Proverbs 10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]: but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.

Proverbs 10:26  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

Proverbs 10:27  The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Proverbs 10:28  The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 10:29  The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

Proverbs 10:31  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Proverbs 10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

Proverbs 11:1  A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.

Proverbs 11:2  [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 11:3  The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

Proverbs 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Proverbs 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.

Proverbs 11:7  When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.

Proverbs 11:8  The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

Proverbs 11:9  An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

Proverbs 11:10  When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

Proverbs 11:11  By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 11:12  He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

Proverbs 11:13  A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Proverbs 11:14  Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Proverbs 11:15  He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

Proverbs 11:16  A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men] retain riches.

Proverbs 11:17  The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.

Proverbs 11:19  As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 11:21  [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Proverbs 11:22  [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion.

Proverbs 11:23  The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.

Proverbs 11:24  There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.

Proverbs 11:25  The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

Proverbs 11:26  He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].

Proverbs 11:27  He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Proverbs 11:28  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

Proverbs 11:29  He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 11:30  The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.

Proverbs 11:31  Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 12:1  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

Proverbs 12:2  A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Proverbs 12:3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Proverbs 12:4  A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

Proverbs 12:5  The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

Proverbs 12:6  The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

Proverbs 12:7  The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

Proverbs 12:8  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 12:9  [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

Proverbs 12:10  A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

Proverbs 12:11  He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

Proverbs 12:12  The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

Proverbs 12:13  The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 12:14  A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 12:15  The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.

Proverbs 12:16  A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

Proverbs 12:17  [He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.

Proverbs 12:18  There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

Proverbs 12:19  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

Proverbs 12:20  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.

Proverbs 12:21  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Proverbs 12:22  Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

Proverbs 12:23  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Proverbs 12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Proverbs 12:26  The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

Proverbs 12:27  The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

Proverbs 12:28  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.

Proverbs 13:1  A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:2  A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.

Proverbs 13:3  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Proverbs 13:4  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:5  A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 13:6  Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

Proverbs 13:7  There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.

Proverbs 13:8  The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

Proverbs 13:9  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 13:10  Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

Proverbs 13:11  Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

Proverbs 13:12  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.

Proverbs 13:13  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Proverbs 13:14  The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 13:15  Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.

Proverbs 13:16  Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

Proverbs 13:17  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.

Proverbs 13:18  Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Proverbs 13:19  The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Proverbs 13:20  He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Proverbs 13:21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 13:23  Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.

Proverbs 13:24  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

Proverbs 13:25  The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Proverbs 14:1  Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

Proverbs 14:2  He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but [he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.

Proverbs 14:3  In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

Proverbs 14:4  Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.

Proverbs 14:5  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 14:6  A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

Proverbs 14:7  Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:8  The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way: but the folly of fools [is] deceit.

Proverbs 14:9  Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.

Proverbs 14:10  The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.

Proverbs 14:11  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Proverbs 14:12  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Proverbs 14:13  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

Proverbs 14:14  The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

Proverbs 14:15  The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man] looketh well to his going.

Proverbs 14:16  A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 14:17  [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Proverbs 14:18  The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 14:19  The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

Proverbs 14:20  The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich [hath] many friends.

Proverbs 14:21  He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.

Proverbs 14:22  Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth [shall be] to them that devise good.

Proverbs 14:23  In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.

Proverbs 14:24  The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 14:25  A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful [witness] speaketh lies.

Proverbs 14:26  In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

Proverbs 14:27  The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:28  In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 14:29  [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding: but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 14:30  A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

Proverbs 14:31  He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

Proverbs 14:32  The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 14:33  Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is made known.

Proverbs 14:34  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a reproach to any people.

Proverbs 14:35  The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

Proverbs 15:1  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Proverbs 15:2  The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:3  The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

Proverbs 15:4  A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

Proverbs 15:5  A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 15:6  In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

Proverbs 15:7  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so.

Proverbs 15:8  The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

Proverbs 15:9  The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Proverbs 15:10  Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.

Proverbs 15:11  Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

Proverbs 15:12  A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

Proverbs 15:13  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 15:14  The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Proverbs 15:15  All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.

Proverbs 15:16  Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.

Proverbs 15:17  Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

Proverbs 15:18  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is] slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 15:19  The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.

Proverbs 15:20  A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 15:21  Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 15:22  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 15:23  A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word [spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!

Proverbs 15:24  The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

Proverbs 15:25  The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

Proverbs 15:26  The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.

Proverbs 15:27  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

Proverbs 15:28  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

Proverbs 15:29  The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Proverbs 15:30  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good report maketh the bones fat.

Proverbs 15:31  The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

Proverbs 15:32  He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

Proverbs 15:33  The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom; and before honour [is] humility.

Proverbs 16:1  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:2  All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

Proverbs 16:3  Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 16:4  The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 16:6  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.

Proverbs 16:7  When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 16:8  Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Proverbs 16:9  A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Proverbs 16:10  A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

Proverbs 16:11  A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.

Proverbs 16:12  [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 16:13  Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 16:14  The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

Proverbs 16:15  In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.

Proverbs 16:16  How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!

Proverbs 16:17  The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

Proverbs 16:18  Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:19  Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 16:20  He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.

Proverbs 16:21  The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

Proverbs 16:22  Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 16:23  The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

Proverbs 16:24  Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Proverbs 16:26  He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Proverbs 16:27  An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:28  A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Proverbs 16:29  A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way [that is] not good.

Proverbs 16:30  He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

Proverbs 16:31  The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found in the way of righteousness.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 16:33  The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof [is] of the LORD.

Proverbs 17:1  Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.

Proverbs 17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 17:3  The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

Proverbs 17:4  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

Proverbs 17:5  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 17:6  Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

Proverbs 17:7  Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 17:8  A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

Proverbs 17:9  He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.

Proverbs 17:10  A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:11  An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 17:12  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:13  Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Proverbs 17:14  The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

Proverbs 17:15  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:16  Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

Proverbs 17:17  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

Proverbs 17:18  A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and] becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

Proverbs 17:19  He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

Proverbs 17:20  He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Proverbs 17:21  He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Proverbs 17:22  A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 17:23  A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Proverbs 17:24  Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25  A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 17:26  Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike princes for equity.

Proverbs 17:27  He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 18:1  Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Proverbs 18:2  A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Proverbs 18:3  When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

Proverbs 18:4  The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

Proverbs 18:5  [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Proverbs 18:6  A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 18:7  A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 18:8  The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 18:9  He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Proverbs 18:10  The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

Proverbs 18:11  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.

Proverbs 18:12  Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

Proverbs 18:13  He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it [is] folly and shame unto him.

Proverbs 18:14  The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 18:15  The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

Proverbs 18:16  A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Proverbs 18:17  [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.

Proverbs 18:18  The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

Proverbs 18:19  A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 18:21  Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 18:22  [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

Proverbs 18:23  The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

Proverbs 18:24  A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:1  Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than [he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 19:2  Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

Proverbs 19:3  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Proverbs 19:4  Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

Proverbs 19:5  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

Proverbs 19:6  Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.

Proverbs 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].

Proverbs 19:8  He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

Proverbs 19:9  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.

Proverbs 19:10  Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 19:11  The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory to pass over a transgression.

Proverbs 19:12  The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

Proverbs 19:13  A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.

Proverbs 19:14  House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:15  Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:16  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; [but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.

Proverbs 19:17  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Proverbs 19:18  Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

Proverbs 19:19  A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.

Proverbs 19:20  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Proverbs 19:21  [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 19:22  The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 19:24  A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 19:25  Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge.

Proverbs 19:26  He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

Proverbs 19:27  Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:28  An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Proverbs 19:29  Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Proverbs 20:1  Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:2  The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.

Proverbs 20:3  [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 20:4  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

Proverbs 20:5  Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Proverbs 20:6  Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 20:7  The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.

Proverbs 20:8  A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 20:9  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

Proverbs 20:10  Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 20:11  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.

Proverbs 20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

Proverbs 20:13  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:14  [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Proverbs 20:15  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.

Proverbs 20:16  Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Proverbs 20:17  Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 20:18  [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Proverbs 20:19  He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

Proverbs 20:20  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 20:21  An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

Proverbs 20:22  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

Proverbs 20:23  Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.

Proverbs 20:24  Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

Proverbs 20:25  [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

Proverbs 20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

Proverbs 20:27  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Proverbs 20:29  The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.

Proverbs 20:30  The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.

Proverbs 21:1  The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

Proverbs 21:2  Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Proverbs 21:3  To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Proverbs 21:4  An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.

Proverbs 21:5  The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.

Proverbs 21:6  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

Proverbs 21:7  The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:8  The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.

Proverbs 21:9  [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Proverbs 21:10  The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

Proverbs 21:11  When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Proverbs 21:12  The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

Proverbs 21:13  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

Proverbs 21:14  A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

Proverbs 21:15  [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:16  The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

Proverbs 21:17  He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

Proverbs 21:18  The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Proverbs 21:19  [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

Proverbs 21:20  [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Proverbs 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

Proverbs 21:22  A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

Proverbs 21:23  Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

Proverbs 21:24  Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Proverbs 21:25  The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Proverbs 21:26  He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

Proverbs 21:27  The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

Proverbs 21:28  A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Proverbs 21:29  A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.

Proverbs 21:30  [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Proverbs 21:31  The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.

Proverbs 22:1  A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.

Proverbs 22:2  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.

Proverbs 22:3  A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

Proverbs 22:4  By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.

Proverbs 22:5  Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Proverbs 22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Proverbs 22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 22:10  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Proverbs 22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.

Proverbs 22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

Proverbs 22:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 22:14  The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

Proverbs 22:15  Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.

Proverbs 22:17  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

Proverbs 22:18  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

Proverbs 22:19  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

Proverbs 22:20  Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

Proverbs 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 unto thee?

Proverbs 22:22  Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Proverbs 22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

Proverbs 22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

Proverbs 22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Proverbs 22:26  Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.

Proverbs 22:27  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

Proverbs 22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

Proverbs 22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

Proverbs 23:1  When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:

Proverbs 23:2  And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given to appetite.

Proverbs 23:3  Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are] deceitful meat.

Proverbs 23:4  Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 23:6  Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 23:8  The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Proverbs 23:9  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 23:10  Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

Proverbs 23:11  For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

Proverbs 23:12  Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 23:13  Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

Proverbs 23:14  Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

Proverbs 23:15  My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

Proverbs 23:16  Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

Proverbs 23:17  Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

Proverbs 23:18  For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

Proverbs 23:19  Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

Proverbs 23:20  Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

Proverbs 23:21  For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

Proverbs 23:22  Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Proverbs 23:23  Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

Proverbs 23:24  The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.

Proverbs 23:25  Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

Proverbs 23:26  My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Proverbs 23:27  For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is] a narrow pit.

Proverbs 23:28  She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

Proverbs 23:29  Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Proverbs 23:30  They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

Proverbs 23:31  Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.

Proverbs 23:32  At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

Proverbs 23:33  Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

Proverbs 23:34  Yea, 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.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 24:1  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

Proverbs 24:2  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Proverbs 24:3  Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

Proverbs 24:4  And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

Proverbs 24:5  A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Proverbs 24:6  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

Proverbs 24:7  Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 24:8  He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

Proverbs 24:9  The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

Proverbs 24:10  [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.

Proverbs 24:11  If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;

Proverbs 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 shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

Proverbs 24:13  My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 24:15  Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

Proverbs 24:16  For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 24:17  Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

Proverbs 24:18  Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

Proverbs 24:19  Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked;

Proverbs 24:20  For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

Proverbs 24:21  My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:

Proverbs 24:22  For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Proverbs 24:23  These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 24:24  He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

Proverbs 24:25  But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

Proverbs 24:26  [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.

Proverbs 24:27  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

Proverbs 24:28  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 24:30  I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 24:32  Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.

Proverbs 24:33  [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 24:34  So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 25:1  These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

Proverbs 25:2  [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.

Proverbs 25:3  The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.

Proverbs 25:4  Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Proverbs 25:5  Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:6  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great [men]:

Proverbs 25:7  For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Proverbs 25:8  Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

Proverbs 25:9  Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and discover not a secret to another:

Proverbs 25:10  Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

Proverbs 25:11  A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Proverbs 25:12  [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Proverbs 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.

Proverbs 25:14  Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds and wind without rain.

Proverbs 25:15  By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

Proverbs 25:16  Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Proverbs 25:17  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.

Proverbs 25:18  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Proverbs 25:19  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

Proverbs 25:20  [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

Proverbs 25:21  If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Proverbs 25:22  For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Proverbs 25:23  The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

Proverbs 25:24  [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Proverbs 25:25  [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

Proverbs 25:26  A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Proverbs 25:27  [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

Proverbs 25:28  He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

Proverbs 26:1  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:2  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Proverbs 26:3  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 26:4  Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Proverbs 26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:6  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:7  The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:8  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:9  [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:10  The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Proverbs 26:11  As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

Proverbs 26:12  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 26:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

Proverbs 26:14  [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

Proverbs 26:15  The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Proverbs 26:16  The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

Proverbs 26:17  He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

Proverbs 26:18  As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Proverbs 26:19  So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Proverbs 26:20  Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Proverbs 26:21  [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

Proverbs 26:22  The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Proverbs 26:23  Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:24