Archive for the 'Proverbs' Category

 Proverbs 21

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 [...]



 Proverbs 22

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 [...]



 Proverbs 23

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 [...]



 Proverbs 24

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 [...]



 Proverbs 25

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 [...]



 Proverbs 26

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 [...]



 Proverbs 27

Proverbs 27:1 ~ Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:2 ~ Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 ~ A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than [...]



 Proverbs 28

Proverbs 28:1 ~ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:2 ~ For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Proverbs 28:3 ~ A poor man that oppresseth the poor is [...]



 Proverbs 29

Proverbs 29:1 ~ He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 29:2 ~ When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:3 ~ Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth [...]



 Proverbs 30

Proverbs 30:1 ~ The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Proverbs 30:2 ~ Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
Proverbs 30:3 ~ I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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