Archive for the 'Proverbs' Category

 Proverbs 11

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 [...]



 Proverbs 12

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 [...]



 Proverbs 13

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 [...]



 Proverbs 14

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 [...]



 Proverbs 15

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 [...]



 Proverbs 16

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 [...]



 Proverbs 17

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 [...]



 Proverbs 18

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 [...]



 Proverbs 19

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 [...]



 Proverbs 20

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 [...]