World English BibleOld Testament
Proverbs
31 chapters
chapters
- 1The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel…
- 2My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments…
- 3My son, don’t forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my…
- 4Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know…
- 5My son, pay attention to my wisdom. Turn your ear to my understanding…
- 6My son, if you have become collateral for your neighbor, if you have…
- 7My son, keep my words. Lay up my commandments within you.
- 8Doesn’t wisdom cry out? Doesn’t understanding raise her voice?
- 9Wisdom has built her house. She has carved out her seven pillars.
- 10The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish…
- 11A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but accurate weights are…
- 12Whoever loves correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is…
- 13A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t…
- 14Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down…
- 15A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- 16The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is…
- 17Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting…
- 18A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound…
- 19Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in…
- 20Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is…
- 21The king’s heart is in the Lord’s hand like the watercourses. He turns…
- 22A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is…
- 23When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before…
- 24Don’t be envious of evil men, neither desire to be with them…
- 25These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of…
- 26Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for…
- 27Don’t boast about tomorrow; for you don’t know what a day may bring.
- 28The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a…
- 29He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed…
- 30The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the revelation: the man says to…
- 31The words of King Lemuel—the revelation which his mother taught him…