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Proverbs
31 chapters
chapters
- 1The wise sayings of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel.
- 2My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in…
- 3My son, keep my teaching in your memory, and my rules in your heart…
- 4Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that…
- 5My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my…
- 6My son, if you have made yourself responsible for your neighbour, or…
- 7My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.
- 8Is not wisdom crying out, and the voice of knowledge sounding?
- 9Wisdom has made her house, putting up her seven pillars.
- 10A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his…
- 11Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his…
- 12A lover of training is a lover of knowledge; but a hater of teaching is…
- 13A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of…
- 14Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down…
- 15By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of…
- 16The designs of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue comes…
- 17Better a bit of dry bread in peace, than a house full of feasting and…
- 18He who keeps himself separate for his private purpose goes against all…
- 19Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth…
- 20Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and…
- 21The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and…
- 22A good name is more to be desired than great wealth, and to be respected…
- 23When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with…
- 24Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them…
- 25These are more wise sayings of Solomon, copied out by the men of…
- 26Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is…
- 27Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's…
- 28The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright…
- 29A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be…
- 30The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh, from Massa. The man says: I am full…
- 31The words of Lemuel, king of Massa: the teaching which he had from his…