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 22:19
That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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 22:28
Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Proverbs 23:6
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
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 23:12
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 23:17
Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs 23:19
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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 23:28
She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
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 23:34
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 24:4
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Proverbs 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
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 24:12
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 24:18
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 are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs 24:27
Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
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 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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 25:13
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 25:15
By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
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 25:26
A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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 26:6
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 26:9
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.
Proverbs 26:10
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
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 26:19
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 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Proverbs 26:26
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Proverbs 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27:9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs 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 neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27:14
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs 27:16
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Proverbs 27:18
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
Proverbs 27:19
As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
Proverbs 27:20
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27:21
As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:23
Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.