Proverbs

Proverbs 1

7: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
8: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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

1: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6: In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8: It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
11: My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12: For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
27: Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
34: Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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

16: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18: An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19: A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

10: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

1: The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
12: Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
27: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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

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

1: A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
2: The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
3: The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
5: A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
8: The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
13: A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
16: Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
29: The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

7: When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
16: How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
18: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
32: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

17: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
22: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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

1: Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
11: Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

1: A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2: The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
6: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

21: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

1: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

5: Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.

30: Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.