Proverbs

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The proverbs of Solomon
the son of David, king of Israel;

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To know wisdom and instruction;
to perceive the words of
understanding;

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To receive the instruction of wisdom,
justice, and judgment, and equity;

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To give subtilty to the simple,
to the young man
knowledge and discretion.

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A wise man will hear,
and will increase learning;
and a man of understanding shall
attain unto wise counsels:

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To understand a proverb,
and the interpretation;
the words of the wise,
and their dark sayings.

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The fear of the LORD
is the beginning of knowledge:
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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My son,
hear the instruction of thy father,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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For they shall be
an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.

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My son,
if sinners entice thee,
consent thou not.

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If they say,
Come with us,
let us lay wait for blood,
let us lurk privily
for the innocent without cause:

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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave;
and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

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We shall find all precious substance,
we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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Cast in thy lot among us;
let us all have one purse:

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My son,
walk not thou in the way with them;
refrain thy foot from their path:

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For their feet run to evil,
and make haste to shed blood.

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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

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And they lay wait for their own blood;
they lurk privily for their own lives.

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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

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Wisdom crieth without;
she uttereth her voice in the streets:

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She crieth in the chief place of concourse,
in the openings of the gates:
in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

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How long, ye simple ones,
will ye love simplicity?
and the scorners delight
in their scorning,
and fools hate knowledge?

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Turn you at my reproof:
behold,
I will pour out my spirit unto you,
I will make known my words unto you.

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Because I have called,
and ye refused;
I have stretched out my hand,
and no man regarded;

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But ye have set at nought
all my counsel,
and would none of my reproof:

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I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your fear cometh;

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When your fear cometh as desolation,
and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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Then shall they call upon me,
but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early,
but they shall not find me:

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For that they hated knowledge,
and did not choose
the fear of the LORD:

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They would none of my counsel:
they despised all my reproof.

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Therefore shall they eat
of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.

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For the turning away
of the simple shall slay them,
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

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But whoso hearkeneth unto me
shall dwell safely,
and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

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My son,
if thou wilt receive my words,
and hide my commandments with thee;

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So that thou
incline thine ear unto wisdom,
and apply thine heart to understanding;

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Yea,
if thou criest after knowledge,
and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

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If thou seekest her as silver,
and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

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Then shalt thou understand
the fear of the LORD,
and find the knowledge of God.

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

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He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

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He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of his saints.

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Then shalt thou understand righteousness,
and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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When wisdom entereth into thine heart,
and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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Discretion shall preserve thee,
understanding shall keep thee:

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To deliver thee
from the way of the evil man,
from the man that speaketh froward things;

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Who leave the paths of uprightness,
to walk in the ways of darkness;

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Who rejoice to do evil,
and delight
in the frowardness of the wicked;

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Whose ways are crooked,
and they froward in their paths:

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To deliver thee from the strange woman,
even from the stranger
which flattereth with her words;

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Which forsaketh the guide of her youth,
and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

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For her house inclineth unto death,
and her paths unto the dead.

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None that go unto her return again,
neither take they hold of the paths of life.

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That thou mayest walk
in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.

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For the upright shall dwell in the land,
and the perfect shall remain in it.

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But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth,
and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

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My son,
forget not my law;
but let thine heart
keep my commandments:

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For length of days,
and long life, and peace,
shall they add to thee.

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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:

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So shalt thou find favour
and good understanding
in the sight of God and man.

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Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and He shall direct thy paths.

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Be not wise in thine own eyes:
fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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It shall be health to thy navel,
and marrow to thy bones.

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Honour the LORD with thy substance,
and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

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So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

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My son,
despise not
the chastening of the LORD;
neither be weary of his correction:

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For whom the LORD loveth
He correcteth;
even as a father
the son in whom he delighteth.

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Happy is the man
that findeth wisdom,
and the man
that getteth understanding.

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For the merchandise of it
is better than the merchandise
of silver,
and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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She is more precious than rubies:
and all the things thou canst desire
are not to be compared unto her.

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Length of days is in her right hand;
and in her left hand riches and honour.

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Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
and all her paths are peace.

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She is a tree of life
to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy is every one that retaineth her.

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The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth;
by understanding
hath he established the heavens.

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By his knowledge
the depths are broken up,
and the clouds drop down the dew.

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My son,
let not them depart
from thine eyes:
keep sound wisdom
and discretion:

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So shall they be life unto thy soul,
and grace to thy neck.

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Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely,
and thy foot shall not stumble.

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When thou liest down,
thou shalt not be afraid:
yea,
thou shalt lie down,
and thy sleep shall be sweet.

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Be not afraid of sudden fear,
neither of the desolation of the wicked,
when it cometh.

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For the LORD shall be thy confidence,
and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

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Withhold not good from them
to whom it is due,
when it is in the power
of thine hand to do it.

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Say not unto thy neighbour,
Go, and come again,
and to morrow
I will give;
when thou hast it by thee.

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Devise not evil against thy neighbour,
seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Strive not with a man without cause,
if he have done thee no harm.

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Envy thou not the oppressor,
and choose none of his ways.

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For the froward is abomination
to the LORD:
but his secret is
with the righteous.

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The curse of the LORD
is in the house
of the wicked:
but he blesseth
the habitation of the just.

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Surely he scorneth the scorners:
but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

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The wise shall inherit glory:
but shame shall be
the promotion of fools.

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Hear, ye children,
the instruction of a father,
and attend to know understanding.

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For I give you good doctrine,
forsake ye not my law.

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For I was my father's son,
tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother.

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He taught me also,
and said unto me,
Let thine heart retain my words:
keep my commandments,
and live.

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Get wisdom,
get understanding:
forget it not;
neither decline
from the words of my mouth.

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Forsake her not,
and she shall preserve thee:
love her,
and she shall keep thee.

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Wisdom is the principal thing;
therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting
get understanding.

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Exalt her,
and she shall promote thee:
she shall bring thee to honour,
when thou dost embrace her.

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She shall give to thine head
an ornament of grace:
a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

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Hear, O my son,
and receive my sayings;
and the years of thy life shall be many.

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I have taught thee
in the way of wisdom;
I have led thee in right paths.

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When thou goest,
thy steps shall not be straitened;
and when thou runnest,
thou shalt not stumble.

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Take fast hold of instruction;
let her not go: keep her;
for she is thy life.

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Enter not into the path
of the wicked,
and go not in
the way of evil men.

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Avoid it,
pass not by it,
turn from it,
and pass away.

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For they sleep not,
except they have done mischief;
and their sleep is taken away,
unless they cause some to fall.

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For they eat the bread of wickedness,
and drink the wine of violence.

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But the path of the just
is as the shining light,
that shineth
more and more
unto the perfect day.

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The way of the wicked
is as darkness:
they know not
at what they stumble.

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My son,
attend to my words;
incline thine ear unto my sayings.

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Let them not depart
from thine eyes;
keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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For they are life unto those that find them,
and health to all their flesh.

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

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Put away from thee a froward mouth,
and perverse lips put far from thee.

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Let thine eyes look right on,
and let thine eyelids
look straight before thee.

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Ponder the path of thy feet,
and let all thy ways be established.

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Turn not to the right hand
nor to the left:
remove thy foot from evil.

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My son,
attend unto my wisdom,
and bow thine ear
to my understanding:

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That thou mayest
regard discretion,
and that thy lips
may keep knowledge.

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For the lips of a strange woman
drop as an honeycomb,
and her mouth is smoother than oil:

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But her end is bitter as wormwood,
sharp as a two-edged sword.

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Her feet go down to death;
her steps take hold on hell.

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Lest thou shouldest ponder
the path of life,
her ways are moveable,
that thou canst not know them.

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Hear me now therefore,
O ye children,
and depart not from
the words of my mouth.

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Remove thy way far from her,
and come not nigh the door of her house:

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Lest thou give thine honour unto others,
and thy years unto the cruel:

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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth;
and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

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And thou mourn at the last,
when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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And say,
How have I hated instruction,
and my heart despised reproof;

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And have not obeyed
the voice of my teachers,
nor inclined mine ear
to them that instructed me!

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I was almost in all evil
in the midst of the congregation
and assembly.

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Drink waters out of thine own cistern,
and running waters out of thine own well.

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Let thy fountains
be dispersed abroad,
and rivers of waters
in the streets.

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Let them be only thine own,
and not strangers' with thee.

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Let thy fountain be blessed:
and rejoice with
the wife of thy youth.

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Let her be as the loving hind
and pleasant roe;
let her breasts satisfy thee
at all times;
and be thou ravished
always with her love.

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And why wilt thou,
my son,
be ravished with a strange woman,
and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

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For the ways of man
are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings.

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His own iniquities
shall take the wicked himself,
and he shall be holden
with the cords of his sins.

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He shall die without instruction;
and in the greatness
of his folly he shall go astray.

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My son,
if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

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Thou art snared
with the words of thy mouth,
thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Do this now, my son,
and deliver thyself,
when thou art come
into the hand of thy friend;
go, humble thyself,
and make sure thy friend.

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Give not sleep to thine eyes,
nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Deliver thyself as a roe
from the hand of the hunter,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

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Go to the ant,
thou sluggard;
consider her ways,
and be wise:

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Which having no guide,
overseer, or ruler,

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Provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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How long wilt thou sleep,
O sluggard?
when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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Yet a little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little
folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come
as one that travelleth,
and thy want as an armed man.

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A naughty person,
a wicked man,
walketh with a froward mouth.

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He winketh with his eyes,
he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers;

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Frowardness is in his heart,
he deviseth mischief continually;
he soweth discord.

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Therefore shall
his calamity come suddenly;
suddenly shall
he be broken
without remedy.

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These six things
doth the LORD hate:
yea,
seven are an
abomination unto him:

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A proud look,
a lying tongue,
and hands that
shed innocent blood,

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An heart
that deviseth
wicked imaginations,
feet that be swift
in running to mischief,

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A false witness
that speaketh lies,
and he that soweth discord
among brethren.

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My son,
keep thy father's commandment,
and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Bind them continually
upon thine heart,
and tie them
about thy neck.

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When thou goest,
it shall lead thee;
when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee;
and when thou awakest,
it shall talk with thee.

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For the commandment
is a lamp;
and the law is light;
and reproofs
of instruction
are the way of life:

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To keep thee
from the evil woman,
from the flattery
of the tongue
of a strange woman.

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Lust not after her beauty
in thine heart;
neither let her
take thee with her eyelids.

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For by means of a whorish woman
a man is brought to a piece of bread:
and the adultress will hunt
for the precious life.

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Can a man take fire in his bosom,
and his clothes not be burned?

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Can one go upon hot coals,
and his feet not be burned?

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So he that goeth in to
his neighbour's wife;
whosoever toucheth her
shall not be innocent.

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Men do not despise a thief,
if he steal to satisfy his soul
when he is hungry;

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But if he be found,
he shall restore sevenfold;
he shall give
all the substance of his house.

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But whoso committeth adultery
with a woman lacketh understanding:
he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

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A wound and dishonour shall he get;
and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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For jealousy
is the rage of a man:
therefore
he will not spare
in the day of vengeance.

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He will not regard any ransom;
neither will he rest content,
though thou givest many gifts.

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My son, keep my words,
and lay up my commandments with thee.

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Keep my commandments,
and live;
and my law as
the apple of thine eye.

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Bind them upon thy fingers,
write them upon
the table of thine heart.

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Say unto wisdom,
Thou art my sister;
and call understanding
thy kinswoman:

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That they may keep
thee from
the strange woman,
from the stranger
which flattereth with her words.

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For at the window of my house
I looked through my casement,

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And beheld among the simple ones,
I discerned among the youths,
a young man void of understanding,

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Passing through the street
near her corner;
and he went the way to her house,

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In the twilight,
in the evening,
in the black and dark night:

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And, behold,
there met him a woman
with the attire of an harlot,
and subtil of heart.

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(She is loud and stubborn;
her feet abide not in her house:

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Now is she without,
now in the streets,
and lieth in wait
at every corner.)

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So she caught him,
and kissed him,
and with an impudent face said unto him,

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I have peace offerings with me;
this day have I payed my vows.

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Therefore came I forth to meet thee,
diligently to seek thy face,
and I have found thee.

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I have decked my bed
with coverings of tapestry,
with carved works,
with fine linen of Egypt.

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I have perfumed my bed with myrrh,
aloes, and cinnamon.

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Come,
let us take our fill of love
until the morning:
let us solace ourselves with loves.

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For the goodman is not at home,
he is gone a long journey:

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He hath taken a bag of money with him,
and will come home at the day appointed.

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With her much fair speech
she caused him to yield,
with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

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He goeth after her straightway,
as an ox goeth to the slaughter,
or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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Till a dart strike
through his liver;
as a bird hasteth
to the snare,
and knoweth not
that it is for his life.

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Hearken unto me
now therefore,
O ye children,
and attend to the words of my mouth.

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Let not thine heart
decline to her ways,
go not astray in her paths.

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For she hath cast down
many wounded:
yea, many strong men
have been slain by her.

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Her house is the way to hell,
going down to the chambers of death.

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Doth not wisdom cry?
and understanding put forth her voice?

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She standeth in
the top of high places,
by the way in the places of the paths.

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She crieth at the gates,
at the entry of the city,
at the coming in at the doors.

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Unto you,
O men, I call;
and my voice is to the sons of man.

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O ye simple,
understand wisdom:
and, ye fools,
be ye of an understanding heart.

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Hear;
for I will speak
of excellent things;
and the opening of my lips
shall be right things.

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For my mouth
shall speak truth;
and wickedness is
an abomination to my lips.

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All the words of my mouth
are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward
or perverse in them.

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They are all plain
to him that understandeth,
and right to them that find knowledge.

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Receive my instruction, and not silver;
and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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For wisdom is better than rubies;
and all the things that may be desired
are not to be compared to it.

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I wisdom dwell with prudence,
and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

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The fear of the LORD
is to hate evil:
pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way,
and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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Counsel is mine,
and sound wisdom:
I am understanding;
I have strength.

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By me kings reign,
and princes decree justice.

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By me princes rule,
and nobles,
even all the judges of the earth.

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I love them that love me;
and those that
seek me early
shall find me.

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Riches and honour
are with me;
yea,
durable riches
and righteousness.

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My fruit is better than gold,
yea, than fine gold;
and my revenue than choice silver.

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I lead in the way of righteousness,
in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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That I may cause
those that love me
to inherit substance;
and I will fill their treasures.

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The LORD possessed me
in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.

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I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning,
or ever the earth was.

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When there were no depths,
I was brought forth;
when there were
no fountains abounding with water.

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Before the mountains were settled,
before the hills was I brought forth:

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While as yet
he had not made the earth,
nor the fields, nor
the highest part of the dust of the world.

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When he prepared the heavens,
I was there:
when he set a compass
upon the face of the depth:

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When he established
the clouds above:
when he strengthened
the fountains of the deep:

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When he gave to the sea his decree,
that the waters
should not pass
his commandment:
when he appointed
the foundations of the earth:

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Then I was by him,
as one brought up with him:
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing always before him;

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Rejoicing in
the habitable part
of his earth;
and my delights
were with the sons of men.

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Now therefore
hearken unto me,
O ye children:
for blessed are they
that keep my ways.

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Hear instruction,
and be wise,
and refuse it not.

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Blessed is the man
that heareth me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting at the posts of my doors.

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For whoso
findeth me
findeth life,
and shall obtain
favour of the LORD.

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But he that sinneth
against me
wrongeth his own soul:
all they that
hate me
love death.

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Wisdom hath builded her house,
she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

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She hath killed her beasts;
she hath mingled her wine;
she hath also furnished her table.

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She hath sent forth her maidens:
she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

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Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither:
as for him that wanteth understanding,
she saith to him,

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Come,
eat of my bread,
and drink of the wine
which I have mingled.

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Forsake the foolish,
and live;
and go in the way
of understanding.

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He that reproveth
a scorner getteth
to himself shame:
and he that rebuketh
a wicked man
getteth himself a blot.

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Reprove not a scorner,
lest he hate thee:
rebuke a wise man,
and he will love thee.

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Give instruction to a wise man,
and he will be yet wiser:
teach a just man,
and he will increase in learning.

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

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For by me thy days
shall be multiplied,
and the years of thy life
shall be increased.

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If thou be wise,
thou shalt be wise for thyself:
but if thou scornest,
thou alone shalt bear it.

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A foolish woman is clamorous:
she is simple,
and knoweth nothing.

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For she sitteth
at the door of her house,
on a seat in the high places of the city,

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To call passengers
who go right on their ways:

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Whoso is simple,
let him turn in hither:
and as for him that
wanteth understanding,
she saith to him,

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Stolen waters are sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

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But he knoweth not
that the dead are there;
and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

010:001
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father:
but a foolish son
is the heaviness of his mother.

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Treasures of wickedness
profit nothing:
but righteousness
delivereth from death.

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The LORD will not suffer
the soul of the righteous
to famish:
but he casteth away
the substance of the wicked.

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He becometh poor
that dealeth with a slack hand:
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

010:005
He that gathereth in summer
is a wise son:
but he that sleepeth in harvest
is a son that causeth shame.

010:006
Blessings are upon
the head of the just:
but violence covereth
the mouth of the wicked.

010:007
The memory of the just is blessed:
but the name of the wicked shall rot.

010:008
The wise in heart
will receive commandments:
but a prating fool shall fall.

010:009
He that walketh uprightly
walketh surely:
but he that perverteth his ways
shall be known.

010:010
He that winketh with the eye
causeth sorrow:
but a prating fool shall fall.

010:011
The mouth of a righteous man
is a well of life:
but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked.

010:012
Hatred stirreth up strifes:
but love covereth all sins.

010:013
In the lips of him
that hath understanding
wisdom is found:
but a rod is for the back
of him that is void of understanding.

010:014
Wise men lay up knowledge:
but the mouth of the foolish
is near destruction.

010:015
The rich man's wealth
is his strong city:
the destruction of the poor
is their poverty.

010:016
The labour of the righteous
tendeth to life:
the fruit of the wicked to sin.

010:017
He is in the way of life
that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

010:018
He that hideth hatred
with lying lips,
and he that uttereth a slander,
is a fool.

010:019
In the multitude of words
there wanteth not sin:
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

010:020
The tongue of the just
is as choice silver:
the heart of the wicked
is little worth.

010:021
The lips of the righteous
feed many:
but fools
die for want of wisdom.

010:022
The blessing of the LORD,
it maketh rich,
and he addeth
no sorrow with it.

010:023
It is as sport
to a fool
to do mischief:
but a man of understanding
hath wisdom.

010:024
The fear of the wicked,
it shall come upon him:
but the desire
of the righteous
shall be granted.

010:025
As the whirlwind passeth,
so is the wicked no more:
but the righteous is
an everlasting foundation.

010:026
As vinegar to the teeth,
and as smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard
to them that send him.

010:027
The fear of the LORD
prolongeth days:
but the years of the wicked
shall be shortened.

010:028
The hope of the righteous
shall be gladness:
but the expectation
of the wicked
shall perish.

010:029
The way of the LORD
is strength
to the upright:
but destruction
shall be to the workers of iniquity.

010:030
The righteous shall never be removed:
but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

010:031
The mouth of the just
bringeth forth wisdom:
but the froward tongue
shall be cut out.

010:032
The lips of the righteous
know what is acceptable:
but the mouth of the wicked
speaketh frowardness.

011:001
A false balance
is abomination
to the LORD:
but a just weight
is his delight.

011:002
When pride cometh,
then cometh shame:
but with the lowly
is wisdom.

011:003
The integrity of the upright
shall guide them:
but the perverseness
of transgressors
shall destroy them.

011:004
Riches profit not
in the day of wrath:
but righteousness
delivereth from death.

011:005
The righteousness
of the perfect
shall direct his way:
but the wicked
shall fall by his own wickedness.

011:006
The righteousness
of the upright
shall deliver them:
but transgressors
shall be taken
in their own naughtiness.

011:007
When a wicked man dieth,
his expectation shall perish:
and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

011:008
The righteous
is delivered out of trouble,
and the wicked
cometh in his stead.

011:009
An hypocrite
with his mouth destroyeth
his neighbour:
but through knowledge
shall the just be delivered.

011:010
When it goeth well
with the righteous,
the city rejoiceth:
and when the wicked perish,
there is shouting.

011:011
By the blessing
of the upright
the city is exalted:
but it is overthrown
by the mouth of the wicked.

011:012
He that is void of wisdom
despiseth his neighbour:
but a man of understanding
holdeth his peace.

011:013
A talebearer
revealeth secrets:
but he that is of a faithful spirit
concealeth the matter.

011:014
Where no counsel is,
the people fall:
but in the multitude
of counsellors
there is safety.

011:015
He that is surety
for a stranger
shall smart for it:
and he that hateth
suretiship is sure.

011:016
A gracious woman
retaineth honour:
and strong men retain riches.

011:017
The merciful man
doeth good to his own soul:
but he that is cruel
troubleth his own flesh.

011:018
The wicked worketh
a deceitful work:
but to him that soweth righteousness
shall be a sure reward.

011:019
As righteousness
tendeth to life:
so he that pursueth evil
pursueth it to his own death.

011:020
They that are of a froward heart
are abomination to the LORD:
but such as are upright
in their way are his delight.

011:021
Though hand join in hand,
the wicked shall not be unpunished:
but the seed of the righteous
shall be delivered.

011:022
As a jewel of gold
in a swine's snout,
so is a fair woman
which is without discretion.

011:023
The desire of the righteous
is only good:
but the expectation
of the wicked is wrath.

011:024
There is that scattereth,
and yet increaseth;
and there is that withholdeth
more than is meet,
but it tendeth to poverty.

011:025
The liberal soul
shall be made fat:
and he that watereth shall
be watered also himself.

011:026
He that withholdeth corn,
the people shall curse him:
but blessing shall be
upon the head of him
that selleth it.

011:027
He that diligently seeketh
good procureth favour:
but he that seeketh mischief,
it shall come unto him.

011:028
He that trusteth in his riches
shall fall;
but the righteous
shall flourish as a branch.

011:029
He that troubleth his own house
shall inherit the wind:
and the fool
shall be servant
to the wise of heart.

011:030
The fruit of the righteous
is a tree of life;
and he that winneth souls is wise.

011:031
Behold,
the righteous
shall be recompensed
in the earth:
much more the wicked and the sinner.

012:001
Whoso loveth instruction
loveth knowledge:
but he that hateth reproof
is brutish.

012:002
A good man obtaineth
favour of the LORD:
but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

012:003
A man shall not be established
by wickedness:
but the root of the righteous
shall not be moved.

012:004
A virtuous woman
is a crown to her husband:
but she that maketh ashamed
is as rottenness in his bones.

012:005
The thoughts
of the righteous
are right:
but the counsels
of the wicked are deceit.

012:006
The words of the wicked
are to lie in wait for blood:
but the mouth
of the upright
shall deliver them.

012:007
The wicked are overthrown,
and are not:
but the house
of the righteous shall stand.

012:008
A man shall be commended
according to his wisdom:
but he that is
of a perverse heart
shall be despised.

012:009
He that is despised,
and hath a servant,
is better than
he that honoureth himself,
and lacketh bread.

012:010
A righteous man
regardeth the life
of his beast:
but the tender mercies
of the wicked are cruel.

012:011
He that tilleth
his land
shall be satisfied
with bread:
but he that followeth
vain persons
is void of understanding.

012:012
The wicked desireth the net of evil men:
but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

012:013
The wicked is snared
by the transgression of his lips:
but the just shall come out of trouble.

012:014
A man shall be satisfied
with good by the fruit of his mouth:
and the recompence of a man's hands
shall be rendered unto him.

012:015
The way of a fool
is right in his own eyes:
but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

012:016
A fool's wrath is presently known:
but a prudent man covereth shame.

012:017
He that speaketh truth
sheweth forth righteousness:
but a false witness deceit.

012:018
There is that speaketh
like the piercings of a sword:
but the tongue of the wise is health.

012:019
The lip of truth
shall be established
for ever:
but a lying tongue
is but for a moment.

012:020
Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil:
but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

012:021
There shall no evil happen to the just:
but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

012:022
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD:
but they that deal truly are his delight.

012:023
A prudent man
concealeth knowledge:
but the heart of fools
proclaimeth foolishness.

012:024
The hand of the diligent
shall bear rule:
but the slothful
shall be under tribute.

012:025
Heaviness in the heart of man
maketh it stoop:
but a good word maketh it glad.

012:026
The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

012:027
The slothful man
roasteth not
that which he took in
hunting:
but the substance
of a diligent man is precious.

012:028
In the way of righteousness is life:
and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

013:001
A wise son heareth
his father's instruction:
but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

013:002
A man shall eat good
by the fruit of his mouth:
but the soul of the transgressors
shall eat violence.

013:003
He that keepeth his mouth
keepeth his life:
but he that openeth wide his lips
shall have destruction.

013:004
The soul of the sluggard desireth,
and hath nothing:
but the soul of the diligent
shall be made fat.

013:005
A righteous man hateth lying:
but a wicked man is loathsome,
and cometh to shame.

013:006
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way:
but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

013:007
There is that maketh himself rich,
yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor,
yet hath great riches.

013:008
The ransom of a man's life
are his riches:
but the poor heareth not rebuke.

013:009
The light of the righteous rejoiceth:
but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

013:010
Only by pride cometh contention:
but with the well advised is wisdom.

013:011
Wealth gotten by vanity
shall be diminished:
but he that gathereth
by labour
shall increase.

013:012
Hope deferred
maketh the heart sick:
but when the desire cometh,
it is a tree of life.

013:013
Whoso despiseth the word
shall be destroyed:
but he that feareth the commandment
shall be rewarded.

013:014
The law of the wise
is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.

013:015
Good understanding
giveth favour:
but the way of transgressors
is hard.

013:016
Every prudent man
dealeth with knowledge:
but a fool layeth open his folly.

013:017
A wicked messenger
falleth into mischief:
but a faithful ambassador is health.

013:018
Poverty and shame
shall be to him
that refuseth instruction:
but he that regardeth reproof
shall be honoured.

013:019
The desire accomplished
is sweet to the soul:
but it is abomination
to fools to depart from evil.

013:020
He that walketh with wise men
shall be wise:
but a companion of fools
shall be destroyed.

013:021
Evil pursueth sinners:
but to the righteous
good shall be repayed.

013:022
A good man
leaveth an inheritance
to his children's children:
and the wealth of the sinner
is laid up for the just.

013:023
Much food is in the tillage of the poor:
but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

013:024
He that spareth his rod
hateth his son:
but he that loveth him
chasteneth him betimes.

013:025
The righteous eateth
to the satisfying of his soul:
but the belly of the wicked
shall want.

014:001
Every wise woman
buildeth her house:
but the foolish
plucketh it down
with her hands.

014:002
He that walketh
in his uprightness
feareth the LORD:
but he that is perverse
in his ways despiseth him.

014:003
In the mouth of the foolish
is a rod of pride:
but the lips of the wise
shall preserve them.

014:004
Where no oxen are,
the crib is clean:
but much increase
is by the strength of the ox.

014:005
A faithful witness
will not lie:
but a false witness
will utter lies.

014:006
A scorner seeketh wisdom,
and findeth it not:
but knowledge is easy
unto him that understandeth.

014:007
Go from the presence of a foolish man,
when thou perceivest
not in him
the lips of knowledge.

014:008
The wisdom of the prudent
is to understand his way:
but the folly of fools is deceit.

014:009
Fools make a mock at sin:
but among the righteous
there is favour.

014:010
The heart knoweth
his own bitterness;
and a stranger doth not
intermeddle with his joy.

014:011
The house of the wicked
shall be overthrown:
but the tabernacle
of the upright
shall flourish.

014:012
There is a way
which seemeth right unto a man,
but the end thereof
are the ways of death.

014:013
Even in laughter
the heart is sorrowful;
and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

014:014
The backslider
in heart
shall be filled with
his own ways:
and a good man
shall be satisfied from himself.

014:015
The simple believeth every word:
but the prudent man
looketh well to his going.

014:016
A wise man feareth,
and departeth from evil:
but the fool rageth,
and is confident.

014:017
He that is soon angry
dealeth foolishly:
and a man
of wicked devices
is hated.

014:018
The simple inherit folly:
but the prudent
are crowned with knowledge.

014:019
The evil bow before the good;
and the wicked
at the gates of the righteous.

014:020
The poor is hated
even of his own neighbour:
but the rich hath many friends.

014:021
He that despiseth
his neighbour
sinneth:
but he that hath mercy
on the poor,
happy is he.

014:022
Do they not err
that devise evil?
but mercy and truth shall be
to them that devise good.

014:023
In all labour there is profit:
but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

014:024
The crown of the wise
is their riches:
but the foolishness
of fools is folly.

014:025
A true witness delivereth souls:
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

014:026
In the fear of the LORD
is strong confidence:
and his children
shall have a place of refuge.

014:027
The fear of the LORD
is a fountain of life,
to depart from the snares of death.

014:028
In the multitude of people
is the king's honour:
but in the want of people
is the destruction of the prince.

014:029
He that is slow to wrath
is of great understanding:
but he that is hasty of spirit
exalteth folly.

014:030
A sound heart
is the life of the flesh:
but envy
the rottenness of the bones.

014:031
He that oppresseth
the poor
reproacheth his Maker:
but he that honoureth him
hath mercy on the poor.

014:032
The wicked is driven away
in his wickedness:
but the righteous
hath hope in his death.

014:033
Wisdom resteth in the heart
of him that hath understanding:
but that which is in
the midst of fools
is made known.

014:034
Righteousness exalteth a nation:
but sin is a reproach to any people.

014:035
The king's favour
is toward a wise servant:
but his wrath is against him
that causeth shame.

015:001
A soft answer
turneth away wrath:
but grievous words
stir up anger.

015:002
The tongue of the wise
useth knowledge aright:
but the mouth of fools
poureth out foolishness.

015:003
The eyes of the LORD
are in every place,
beholding the evil
and the good.

015:004
A wholesome tongue
is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein
is a breach in the spirit.

015:005
A fool despiseth
his father's instruction:
but he that
regardeth reproof
is prudent.

015:006
In the house of the righteous
is much treasure:
but in the revenues
of the wicked is trouble.

015:007
The lips of the wise
disperse knowledge:
but the heart
of the foolish doeth not so.

015:008
The sacrifice of the wicked
is an abomination to the LORD:
but the prayer
of the upright
is his delight.

015:009
The way of the wicked
is an abomination
unto the LORD:
but he loveth him
that followeth
after righteousness.

015:010
Correction is grievous
unto him that
forsaketh the way:
and he that
hateth reproof
shall die.

015:011
Hell and destruction
are before the LORD:
how much more then
the hearts of the children of men?

015:012
A scorner loveth
not one
that reproveth him:
neither will he
go unto the wise.

015:013
A merry heart maketh
a cheerful countenance:
but by sorrow of the heart
the spirit is broken.

015:014
The heart of him
that hath understanding
seeketh knowledge:
but the mouth of fools
feedeth on foolishness.

015:015
All the days
of the afflicted are evil:
but he that is
of a merry heart
hath a continual feast.

015:016
Better is little
with the fear
of the LORD
than great treasure
and trouble therewith.

015:017
Better is a dinner
of herbs where love is,
than a stalled ox
and hatred therewith.

015:018
A wrathful man
stirreth up strife:
but he that is slow
to anger appeaseth strife.

015:019
The way of the slothful man
is as an hedge of thorns:
but the way of the righteous is made plain.

015:020
A wise son
maketh a glad father:
but a foolish man
despiseth his mother.

015:021
Folly is joy
to him that is
destitute of wisdom:
but a man of understanding
walketh uprightly.

015:022
Without counsel
purposes are disappointed:
but in the multitude of counsellors
they are established.

015:023
A man hath joy
by the answer of his mouth:
and a word spoken in due season,
how good is it!

015:024
The way of life
is above to the wise,
that he may depart
from hell beneath.

015:025
The LORD will destroy
the house of the proud:
but he will establish
the border of the widow.

015:026
The thoughts of the wicked
are an abomination to the LORD:
but the words of the pure are pleasant words.

015:027
He that is greedy of gain
troubleth his own house;
but he that hateth gifts shall live.

015:028
The heart of the righteous
studieth to answer:
but the mouth of the wicked
poureth out evil things.

015:029
The LORD is far from the wicked:
but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

015:030
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart:
and a good report maketh the bones fat.

015:031
The ear that heareth
the reproof of life
abideth among the wise.

015:032
He that refuseth instruction
despiseth his own soul:
but he that heareth reproof
getteth understanding.

015:033
The fear of the LORD
is the instruction of wisdom;
and before honour is humility.

016:001
The preparations
of the heart in man,
and the answer of the tongue,
is from the LORD.

016:002
All the ways of a man
are clean in his own eyes;
but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

016:003
Commit thy works
unto the LORD,
and thy thoughts
shall be established.

016:004
The LORD hath made
all things for himself:
yea,
even the wicked
for the day of evil.

016:005
Every one
that is proud in heart
is an abomination
to the LORD:
though hand
join in hand,
he shall not be unpunished.

016:006
By mercy
and truth
iniquity is purged:
and by the fear
of the LORD
men depart from evil.

016:007
When a man's ways
please the LORD,
he maketh even
his enemies
to be at peace with him.

016:008
Better is a little
with righteousness
than great revenues
without right.

016:009
A man's heart
deviseth his way:
but the LORD
directeth his steps.

016:010
A divine sentence
is in the lips of the king:
his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

016:011
A just weight
and balance
are the LORD's:
all the weights of
the bag are his work.

016:012
It is an abomination
to kings
to commit wickedness:
for the throne
is established
by righteousness.

016:013
Righteous lips
are the delight
of kings;
and they love him
that speaketh right.

016:014
The wrath of a king
is as messengers of death:
but a wise man will pacify it.

016:015
In the light of the king's countenance is life;
and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

016:016
How much better is it
to get wisdom than gold!
and to get understanding
rather to be chosen than silver!

016:017
The highway of the upright
is to depart from evil:
he that keepeth his way
preserveth his soul.

016:018
Pride goeth before
destruction,
and an haughty spirit
before a fall.

016:019
Better it is to be of
an humble spirit
with the lowly,
than to divide the spoil
with the proud.

016:020
He that handleth
a matter wisely
shall find good:
and whoso trusteth
in the LORD,
happy is he.

016:021
The wise in heart
shall be called prudent:
and the sweetness
of the lips
increaseth learning.

016:022
Understanding
is a wellspring of life
unto him that hath it:
but the instruction of fools is folly.

016:023
The heart of the wise
teacheth his mouth,
and addeth learning to his lips.

016:024
Pleasant words
are as an honeycomb,
sweet to the soul,
and health to the bones.

016:025
There is a way
that seemeth right
unto a man,
but the end
thereof are
the ways of death.

016:026
He that laboureth
laboureth for himself;
for his mouth
craveth it of him.

016:027
An ungodly man
diggeth up evil:
and in his lips
there is as a burning fire.

016:028
A froward man
soweth strife:
and a whisperer
separateth chief friends.

016:029
A violent man
enticeth his neighbour,
and leadeth him into
the way that is not good.

016:030
He shutteth
his eyes
to devise
froward things:
moving his lips
he bringeth evil to pass.

016:031
The hoary head
is a crown of glory,
if it be found
in the way
of righteousness.

016:032
He that is slow to anger
is better than the mighty;
and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh a city.

016:033
The lot is cast
into the lap;
but the whole
disposing thereof
is of the LORD.

017:001
Better is a dry morsel,
and quietness therewith,
than an house
full of sacrifices
with strife.

017:002
A wise servant
shall have rule
over a son
that causeth shame,
and shall have part
of the inheritance
among the brethren.

017:003
The fining pot
is for silver,
and the furnace for gold:
but the LORD trieth the hearts.

017:004
A wicked doer
giveth heed
to false lips;
and a liar giveth ear
to a naughty tongue.

017:005
Whoso mocketh the poor
reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad
at calamities
shall not be unpunished.

017:006
Children's children
are the crown of old men;
and the glory of children
are their fathers.

017:007
Excellent speech
becometh not a fool:
much less
do lying lips
a prince.

017:008
A gift is as a precious stone
in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth,
it prospereth.

017:009
He that covereth
a transgression
seeketh love;
but he that
repeateth a matter
separateth very friends.

017:010
A reproof
entereth more
into a wise man
than an hundred
stripes into a fool.

017:011
An evil man
seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel messenger
shall be sent against him.

017:012
Let a bear
robbed of her whelps
meet a man,
rather than a fool
in his folly.

017:013
Whoso rewardeth
evil for good,
evil shall not
depart from his house.

017:014
The beginning of strife
is as when one
letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention,
before it be meddled with.

017:015
He that justifieth the wicked,
and he that condemneth the just,
even they both are abomination to the LORD.

017:016
Wherefore is there a price
in the hand of a fool
to get wisdom,
seeing he hath no heart to it?

017:017
A friend loveth at all times,
and a brother is born
for adversity.

017:018
A man void of understanding
striketh hands,
and becometh surety
in the presence of his friend.

017:019
He loveth transgression
that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate
seeketh destruction.

017:020
He that hath a froward heart
findeth no good:
and he that hath
a perverse tongue
falleth into mischief.

017:021
He that begetteth a fool
doeth it to his sorrow:
and the father of a fool hath no joy.

017:022
A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine:
but a broken spirit
drieth the bones.

017:023
A wicked man
taketh a gift
out of the bosom
to pervert the ways of judgment.

017:024
Wisdom is before him
that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool
are in the ends of the earth.

017:025
A foolish son
is a grief to his father,
and bitterness to her that bare him.

017:026
Also to punish the just
is not good,
nor to strike princes
for equity.

017:027
He that hath knowledge
spareth his words:
and a man of understanding
is of an excellent spirit.

017:028
Even a fool,
when he holdeth his peace,
is counted wise:
and he that shutteth his lips
is esteemed a man of understanding.

018:001
Through desire a man,
having separated himself,
seeketh and intermeddleth
with all wisdom.

018:002
A fool hath no delight
in understanding,
but that his heart
may discover itself.

018:003
When the wicked cometh,
then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach.

018:004
The words of a man's mouth
are as deep waters,
and the wellspring of wisdom
as a flowing brook.

018:005
It is not good
to accept the person
of the wicked,
to overthrow
the righteous in judgment.

018:006
A fool's lips
enter into contention,
and his mouth
calleth for strokes.

018:007
A fool's mouth
is his destruction,
and his lips
are the snare
of his soul.

018:008
The words of a talebearer
are as wounds,
and they go down
into the innermost parts
of the belly.

018:009
He also that is slothful
in his work
is brother to him
that is a great waster.

018:010
The name of the LORD
is a strong tower:
the righteous
runneth into it,
and is safe.

018:011
The rich man's wealth
is his strong city,
and as an high wall
in his own conceit.

018:012
Before destruction
the heart of man
is haughty,
and before honour
is humility.

018:013
He that answereth
a matter before
he heareth it,
it is folly
and shame unto him.

018:014
The spirit of a man
will sustain his infirmity;
but a wounded spirit who can bear?

018:015
The heart of the prudent
getteth knowledge;
and the ear of the wise
seeketh knowledge.

018:016
A man's gift
maketh room for him,
and bringeth him
before great men.

018:017
He that is first
in his own cause
seemeth just;
but his neighbour
cometh and searcheth him.

018:018
The lot causeth
contentions to cease,
and parteth between the mighty.

018:019
A brother offended
is harder to be won
than a strong city:
and their contentions
are like the bars of a castle.

018:020
A man's belly
shall be satisfied
with the fruit of his mouth;
and with the increase
of his lips shall he be filled.

018:021
Death and life
are in the power
of the tongue:
and they that love it
shall eat the fruit thereof.

018:022
Whoso findeth a wife
findeth a good thing,
and obtaineth favour of the LORD.

018:023
The poor useth intreaties;
but the rich answereth roughly.

018:024
A man that hath friends
must shew himself friendly:
and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.

019:001
Better is the poor
that walketh in his integrity,
than he that is perverse
in his lips,
and is a fool.

019:002
Also,
that the soul
be without knowledge,
it is not good;
and he that hasteth
with his feet
sinneth.

019:003
The foolishness of man
perverteth his way:
and his heart
fretteth against the LORD.

019:004
Wealth maketh many friends;
but the poor
is separated from his neighbour.

019:005
A false witness
shall not be unpunished,
and he that speaketh lies
shall not escape.

019:006
Many will intreat the favour of the prince:
and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

019:007
All the brethren
of the poor
do hate him:
how much more
do his friends
go far from him?
he pursueth them
with words,
yet they are wanting to him.

019:008
He that getteth wisdom
loveth his own soul:
he that keepeth understanding
shall find good.

019:009
A false witness
shall not be unpunished,
and he that speaketh lies
shall perish.

019:010
Delight is not seemly
for a fool;
much less
for a servant
to have rule over princes.

019:011
The discretion
of a man
deferreth his anger;
and it is his glory
to pass over a transgression.

019:012
The king's wrath
is as the roaring of a lion;
but his favour
is as dew upon the grass.

019:013
A foolish son
is the calamity
of his father:
and the contentions
of a wife are a continual dropping.

019:014
House and riches
are the inheritance
of fathers:
and a prudent wife
is from the LORD.

019:015
Slothfulness casteth
into a deep sleep;
and an idle soul
shall suffer hunger.

019:016
He that keepeth
the commandment
keepeth his own soul;
but he that
despiseth his ways
shall die.

019:017
He that hath pity
upon the poor
lendeth unto the LORD;
and that which he hath given
will he pay him again.

019:018
Chasten thy son
while there is hope,
and let not thy soul
spare for his crying.

019:019
A man of great wrath
shall suffer punishment:
for if thou deliver him,
yet thou must do it again.

019:020
Hear counsel,
and receive instruction,
that thou mayest be wise
in thy latter end.

019:021
There are many devices
in a man's heart;
nevertheless
the counsel of the LORD,
that shall stand.

019:022
The desire of a man
is his kindness:
and a poor man
is better than a liar.

019:023
The fear of the LORD
tendeth to life:
and he that hath it
shall abide satisfied;
he shall not be visited with evil.

019:024
A slothful man hideth
his hand in his bosom,
and will not so much
as bring it to his mouth again.

019:025
Smite a scorner,
and the simple will beware:
and reprove one
that hath understanding,
and he will understand knowledge.

019:026
He that wasteth his father,
and chaseth away his mother,
is a son that causeth shame,
and bringeth reproach.

019:027
Cease, my son,
to hear the instruction
that causeth to err
from the words of knowledge.

019:028
An ungodly witness
scorneth judgment:
and the mouth of the wicked
devoureth iniquity.

019:029
Judgments are prepared
for scorners,
and stripes for
the back of fools.

020:001
Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging:
and whosoever is
deceived thereby is not wise.

020:002
The fear of a king
is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger
sinneth against his own soul.

020:003
It is an honour
for a man
to cease from strife:
but every fool
will be meddling.

020:004
The sluggard will not plow
by reason of the cold;
therefore shall he beg in harvest,
and have nothing.

020:005
Counsel in the heart of man
is like deep water;
but a man of understanding
will draw it out.

020:006
Most men will proclaim
every one his own goodness:
but a faithful man who can find?

020:007
The just man
walketh in his integrity:
his children are blessed after him.

020:008
A king that sitteth
in the throne of judgment
scattereth away
all evil with his eyes.

020:009
Who can say,
I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin?

020:010
Divers weights,
and divers measures,
both of them are alike
abomination to the LORD.

020:011
Even a child
is known by his doings,
whether his work be pure,
and whether it be right.

020:012
The hearing ear,
and the seeing eye,
the LORD hath made
even both of them.

020:013
Love not sleep,
lest thou come to poverty;
open thine eyes,
and thou shalt be
satisfied with bread.

020:014
It is naught,
it is naught,
saith the buyer:
but when he is gone his way,
then he boasteth.

020:015
There is gold,
and a multitude of rubies:
but the lips of knowledge
are a precious jewel.

020:016
Take his garment
that is surety for a stranger:
and take a pledge of him
for a strange woman.

020:017
Bread of deceit
is sweet to a man;
but afterwards
his mouth
shall be filled with gravel.

020:018
Every purpose
is established by counsel:
and with good advice make war.

020:019
He that goeth about
as a talebearer
revealeth secrets:
therefore
meddle not with him
that flattereth with his lips.

020:020
Whoso curseth his father
or his mother,
his lamp shall be put out
in obscure darkness.

020:021
An inheritance
may be gotten hastily
at the beginning;
but the end thereof
shall not be blessed.

020:022
Say not thou,
I will recompense evil;
but wait on the LORD,
and he shall save thee.

020:023
Divers weights
are an abomination
unto the LORD;
and a false balance
is not good.

020:024
Man's goings
are of the LORD;
how can a man
then understand
his own way?

020:025
It is a snare
to the man
who devoureth
that which is holy,
and after vows to make enquiry.

020:026
A wise king
scattereth the wicked,
and bringeth
the wheel over them.

020:027
The spirit of man
is the candle of the LORD,
searching all
the inward parts
of the belly.

020:028
Mercy and truth
preserve the king:
and his throne
is upholden by mercy.

020:029
The glory of young men
is their strength:
and the beauty of old men
is the grey head.

020:030
The blueness of a wound
cleanseth away evil:
so do stripes
the inward parts of the belly.

021:001
The king's heart
is in the hand of the LORD,
as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will.

021:002
Every way of a man
is right in his own eyes:
but the LORD
pondereth the hearts.

021:003
To do justice
and judgment
is more acceptable
to the LORD than sacrifice.

021:004
An high look,
and a proud heart,
and the plowing
of the wicked,
is sin.

021:005
The thoughts of the diligent
tend only to plenteousness;
but of every one
that is hasty
only to want.

021:006
The getting of treasures
by a lying tongue
is a vanity tossed
to and fro
of them that seek death.

021:007
The robbery
of the wicked shall
destroy them;
because they
refuse to do judgment.

021:008
The way of man
is froward
and strange:
but as for the pure,
his work is right.

021:009
It is better
to dwell
in a corner
of the housetop,
than with
a brawling woman
in a wide house.

021:010
The soul of the wicked
desireth evil:
his neighbour
findeth no favour in his eyes.

021:011
When the scorner is punished,
the simple is made wise:
and when the wise is instructed,
he receiveth knowledge.

021:012
The righteous man
wisely considereth
the house of the wicked:
but God overthroweth
the wicked for their wickedness.

021:013
Whoso stoppeth his ears
at the cry of the poor,
he also shall cry himself,
but shall not be heard.

021:014
A gift in secret
pacifieth anger:
and a reward
in the bosom
strong wrath.

021:015
It is joy
to the just
to do judgment:
but destruction
shall be to
the workers of iniquity.

021:016
The man that wandereth
out of the way
of understanding
shall remain
in the congregation
of the dead.

021:017
He that loveth pleasure
shall be a poor man:
he that loveth wine
and oil shall not be rich.

021:018
The wicked shall be
a ransom for the righteous,
and the transgressor
for the upright.

021:019
It is better
to dwell in the wilderness,
than with a contentious
and an angry woman.

021:020
There is treasure
to be desired
and oil in the dwelling
of the wise;
but a foolish man
spendeth it up.

021:021
He that followeth after righteousness
and mercy findeth life,
righteousness,
and honour.

021:022
A wise man
scaleth the city
of the mighty,
and casteth down
the strength
of the confidence thereof.

021:023
Whoso keepeth his mouth
and his tongue
keepeth his soul
from troubles.

021:024
Proud and haughty
scorner is his name,
who dealeth in
proud wrath.

021:025
The desire of the slothful
killeth him;
for his hands
refuse to labour.

021:026
He coveteth greedily
all the day long:
but the righteous
giveth and spareth not.

021:027
The sacrifice
of the wicked
is abomination:
how much more,
when he bringeth it
with a wicked mind?

021:028
A false witness
shall perish:
but the man that heareth
speaketh constantly.

021:029
A wicked man hardeneth his face:
but as for the upright,
he directeth his way.

021:030
There is no wisdom
nor understanding
nor counsel
against the LORD.

021:031
The horse is prepared
against the day of battle:
but safety is of the LORD.

022:001
A GOOD name
is rather to be chosen
than great riches,
and loving favour
rather than silver and gold.

022:002
The rich and poor meet together:
the LORD is the maker of them all.

022:003
A prudent man
foreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself:
but the simple pass on,
and are punished.

022:004
By humility
and the fear of the LORD
are riches,
and honour,
and life.

022:005
Thorns and snares
are in the way
of the froward:
he that doth keep his soul
shall be far from them.

022:006
Train up a child
in the way he should go:
and when he is old,
he will not depart from it.

022:007
The rich ruleth over the poor,
and the borrower
is servant to the lender.

022:008
He that soweth iniquity
shall reap vanity:
and the rod of his anger shall fail.

022:009
He that hath a bountiful eye
shall be blessed;
for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

022:010
Cast out the scorner,
and contention shall go out;
yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

022:011
He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips
the king shall be his friend.

022:012
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge,
and he overthroweth
the words of the transgressor.

022:013
The slothful man saith,
There is a lion without,
I shall be slain in the streets.

022:014
The mouth of strange women
is a deep pit:
he that is abhorred
of the LORD
shall fall therein.

022:015
Foolishness
is bound
in the heart
of a child;
but the rod
of correction
shall drive it
far from him.

022:016
He that oppresseth the poor
to increase his riches,
and he that giveth to the rich,
shall surely come to want.

022:017
Bow down thine ear,
and hear the words
of the wise,
and apply thine heart
unto my knowledge.

022:018
For it is a pleasant thing
if thou keep them
within thee;
they shall withal
be fitted in thy lips.

022:019
That thy trust
may be in the LORD,
I have made known
to thee this day,
even to thee.

022:020
Have not I written
to thee excellent things
in counsels
and knowledge,

022:021
That I might make thee
know the certainty
of the words of truth;
that thou mightest
answer the words of truth
to them that send unto thee?

022:022
Rob not the poor,
because he is poor:
neither oppress
the afflicted
in the gate:

022:023
For the LORD
will plead their cause,
and spoil the soul
of those that spoiled them.

022:024
Make no friendship
with an angry man;
and with a furious man
thou shalt not go:

022:025
Lest thou learn his ways,
and get a snare to thy soul.

022:026
Be not thou one of them
that strike hands,
or of them that are sureties for debts.

022:027
If thou hast nothing to pay,
why should he take away
thy bed from under thee?

022:028
Remove not
the ancient landmark,
which thy fathers have set.

022:029
Seest thou a man
diligent in his business?
he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men.

023:001
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee:

023:002
And put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite.

023:003
Be not desirous
of his dainties:
for they are deceitful meat.

023:004
Labour not
to be rich:
cease from
thine own wisdom.

023:005
Wilt thou
set thine eyes
upon that which
is not?
for riches
certainly make
themselves wings;
they fly away
as an eagle toward heaven.

023:006
Eat thou not the bread
of him that hath an evil eye,
neither desire thou his dainty meats:

023:007
For as he thinketh in his heart,
so is he:
Eat and drink,
saith he to thee;
but his heart is not with thee.

023:008
The morsel
which thou hast eaten
shalt thou vomit up,
and lose thy sweet words.

023:009
Speak not
in the ears of a fool:
for he will despise
the wisdom of thy words.

023:010
Remove not
the old landmark;
and enter not
into the fields
of the fatherless:

023:011
For their redeemer
is mighty;
he shall plead their cause
with thee.

023:012
Apply thine heart
unto instruction,
and thine ears
to the words of knowledge.

023:013
Withhold not
correction from the child:
for if thou beatest him
with the rod,
he shall not die.

023:014
Thou shalt beat him
with the rod,
and shalt deliver his soul
from hell.

023:015
My son,
if thine heart
be wise,
my heart shall rejoice,
even mine.

023:016
Yea, my reins shall rejoice,
when thy lips speak right things.

023:017
Let not thine heart
envy sinners:
but be thou
in the fear
of the LORD
all the day long.

023:018
For surely there is an end;
and thine expectation
shall not be cut off.

023:019
Hear thou,
my son,
and be wise,
and guide thine heart
in the way.

023:020
Be not among winebibbers;
among riotous eaters of flesh:

023:021
For the drunkard
and the glutton
shall come to poverty:
and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags.

023:022
Hearken unto thy father
that begat thee,
and despise not thy mother
when she is old.

023:023
Buy the truth,
and sell it not;
also wisdom,
and instruction,
and understanding.

023:024
The father
of the righteous
shall greatly rejoice:
and he that begetteth
a wise child
shall have joy of him.

023:025
Thy father
and thy mother
shall be glad,
and she that bare thee
shall rejoice.

023:026
My son,
give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes
observe my ways.

023:027
For a whore
is a deep ditch;
and a strange woman
is a narrow pit.

023:028
She also lieth in wait
as for a prey,
and increaseth
the transgressors among men.

023:029
Who hath woe?
who hath sorrow?
who hath contentions?
who hath babbling?
who hath wounds without cause?
who hath redness of eyes?

023:030
They that tarry
long at the wine;
they that go
to seek mixed wine.

023:031
Look not thou
upon the wine
when it is red,
when it giveth
his colour
in the cup,
when it moveth
itself aright.

023:032
At the last
it biteth like a serpent,
and stingeth like an adder.

023:033
Thine eyes shall behold strange women,
and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

023:034
Yea,
thou shalt be as he
that lieth down
in the midst of the sea,
or as he that lieth upon
the top of a mast.

023:035
They have stricken me,
shalt thou say,
and I was not sick;
they have beaten me,
and I felt it not:
when shall I awake?
I will seek it yet again.

024:001
Be not thou envious
against evil men,
neither desire
to be with them.

024:002
For their heart
studieth destruction,
and their lips
talk of mischief.

024:003
Through wisdom
is an house builded;
and by understanding
it is established:

024:004
And by knowledge
shall the chambers
be filled with all
precious and pleasant riches.

024:005
A wise man is strong;
yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth strength.

024:006
For by wise counsel
thou shalt make thy war:
and in multitude of counsellors
there is safety.

024:007
Wisdom is too high
for a fool:
he openeth
not his mouth
in the gate.

024:008
He that deviseth
to do evil
shall be called
a mischievous person.

024:009
The thought of foolishness is sin:
and the scorner is an abomination to men.

024:010
If thou faint
in the day of adversity,
thy strength is small.

024:011
If thou forbear
to deliver them
that are drawn
unto death,
and those that
are ready to be slain;

024:012
If thou sayest,
Behold, we knew it not;
doth not he
that pondereth the heart
consider it?
and he that keepeth thy soul,
doth not he know it?
and shall not he
render to every man
according to his works?

024:013
My son,
eat thou honey,
because it is good;
and the honeycomb,
which is sweet to thy taste:

024:014
So shall the knowledge
of wisdom be unto thy soul:
when thou hast found it,
then there shall be a reward,
and thy expectation
shall not be cut off.

024:015
Lay not wait,
O wicked man,
against the dwelling
of the righteous;
spoil not his resting place:

024:016
For a just man
falleth seven times,
and riseth up again:
but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

024:017
Rejoice not
when thine enemy falleth,
and let not thine heart
be glad when he stumbleth:

024:018
Lest the LORD see it,
and it displease him,
and he turn away his wrath from him.

024:019
Fret not thyself
because of evil men,
neither be thou
envious at the wicked:

024:020
For there shall be
no reward to the evil man;
the candle of the wicked
shall be put out.

024:021
My son,
fear thou the LORD
and the king:
and meddle not
with them
that are given to change:

024:022
For their calamity
shall rise suddenly;
and who knoweth
the ruin of them both?

024:023
These things also belong to the wise.
It is not good to have
respect of persons in judgment.

024:024
He that saith unto the wicked,
Thou are righteous;
him shall the people curse,
nations shall abhor him:

024:025
But to them that rebuke him
shall be delight,
and a good blessing shall come upon them.

024:026
Every man shall kiss his lips
that giveth a right answer.

024:027
Prepare thy work without,
and make it fit for thyself
in the field;
and afterwards build thine house.

024:028
Be not a witness
against thy neighbour
without cause;
and deceive not with thy lips.

024:029
Say not,
I will do so to him
as he hath done to me:
I will render to the man
according to his work.

024:030
I went by the field
of the slothful,
and by the vineyard
of the man void of understanding;

024:031
And, lo,
it was all grown over with thorns,
and nettles had covered the face thereof,
and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

024:032
Then I saw,
and considered it well:
I looked upon it,
and received instruction.

024:033
Yet a little sleep,
a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to sleep:

024:034
So shall thy poverty
come as one
that travelleth;
and thy want as an armed man.

025:001
These are also proverbs of Solomon,
which the men of Hezekiah
king of Judah copied out.

025:002
It is the glory of God
to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings
is to search out a matter.

025:003
The heaven for height,
and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

025:004
Take away the dross from the silver,
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

025:005
Take away the wicked
from before the king,
and his throne
shall be established
in righteousness.

025:006
Put not forth thyself
in the presence
of the king,
and stand not
in the place of great men:

025:007
For better it is
that it be said unto thee,
Come up hither;
than that thou shouldest be
put lower in the presence
of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

025:008
Go not forth hastily
to strive,
lest thou know not
what to do in the end thereof,
when thy neighbour
hath put thee to shame.

025:009
Debate thy cause
with thy neighbour himself;
and discover not a secret to another:

025:010
Lest he that heareth
it put thee to shame,
and thine infamy turn not away.

025:011
A word fitly spoken
is like apples
of gold
in pictures
of silver.

025:012
As an earring of gold,
and an ornament of fine gold,
so is a wise reprover
upon an obedient ear.

025:013
As the cold of snow
in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger
to them that send him:
for he refresheth the soul
of his masters.

025:014
Whoso boasteth himself
of a false gift
is like clouds
and wind without rain.

025:015
By long forbearing
is a prince persuaded,
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

025:016
Hast thou found honey?
eat so much as is sufficient for thee,
lest thou be filled therewith,
and vomit it.

025:017
Withdraw thy foot
from thy neighbour's house;
lest he be weary of thee,
and so hate thee.

025:018
A man that beareth false witness
against his neighbour
is a maul, and a sword,
and a sharp arrow.

025:019
Confidence in an unfaithful man
in time of trouble
is like a broken tooth,
and a foot out of joint.

025:020
As he that taketh away
a garment in cold weather,
and as vinegar upon nitre,
so is he that singeth songs
to an heavy heart.

025:021
If thine enemy be hungry,
give him bread to eat;
and if he be thirsty,
give him water to drink:

025:022
For thou shalt heap
coals of fire upon his head,
and the LORD shall reward thee.

025:023
The north wind
driveth away rain:
so doth an angry countenance
a backbiting tongue.

025:024
It is better
to dwell in the corner
of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman
and in a wide house.

025:025
As cold waters to a thirsty soul,
so is good news from a far country.

025:026
A righteous man
falling down before the wicked
is as a troubled fountain,
and a corrupt spring.

025:027
It is not good
to eat much honey:
so for men to search their
own glory is not glory.

025:028
He that hath no rule
over his own spirit
is like a city
that is broken down,
and without walls.

026:001
As snow in summer,
and as rain in harvest,
so honour is not seemly for a fool.

026:002
As the bird by wandering,
as the swallow by flying,
so the curse causeless shall not come.

026:003
A whip for the horse,
a bridle for the ass,
and a rod for the fool's back.

026:004
Answer not a fool
according to his folly,
lest thou also be like unto him.

026:005
Answer a fool
according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.

026:006
He that sendeth
a message by the hand of a fool
cutteth off the feet,
and drinketh damage.

026:007
The legs of the lame are not equal:
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

026:008
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling,
so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

026:009
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouths of fools.

026:010
The great God that formed all things
both rewardeth the fool,
and rewardeth transgressors.

026:011
As a dog returneth to his vomit,
so a fool returneth to his folly.

026:012
Seest thou
a man wise
in his own conceit?
there is more hope
of a fool than of him.

026:013
The slothful man saith,
There is a lion in the way;
a lion is in the streets.

026:014
As the door turneth upon his hinges,
so doth the slothful upon his bed.

026:015
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

026:016
The sluggard is wiser
in his own conceit
than seven men
that can render a reason.

026:017
He that passeth by,
and meddleth with strife
belonging not to him,
is like one that taketh
a dog by the ears.

026:018
As a mad man
who casteth firebrands,
arrows, and death,

026:019
So is the man
that deceiveth his neighbour,
and saith, Am not I in sport?

026:020
Where no wood is,
there the fire goeth out:
so where there is no talebearer,
the strife ceaseth.

026:021
As coals are to burning coals,
and wood to fire;
so is a contentious man
to kindle strife.

026:022
The words of a talebearer
are as wounds,
and they go down into
the innermost parts of the belly.

026:023
Burning lips
and a wicked heart
are like a potsherd
covered with silver dross.

026:024
He that hateth
dissembleth with his lips,
and layeth up deceit within him;

026:025
When he speaketh fair,
believe him not:
for there are
seven abominations
in his heart.

026:026
Whose hatred is covered by deceit,
his wickedness shall be shewed
before the whole congregation.

026:027
Whoso diggeth a pit
shall fall therein:
and he that rolleth a stone,
it will return upon him.

026:028
A lying tongue
hateth those
that are afflicted by it;
and a flattering mouth
worketh ruin.

027:001
Boast not thyself of to morrow;
for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth.

027:002
Let another man praise thee,
and not thine own mouth;
a stranger,
and not thine own lips.

027:003
A stone is heavy,
and the sand weighty;
but a fool's wrath
is heavier than them both.

027:004
Wrath is cruel,
and anger is outrageous;
but who is able to stand before envy?

027:005
Open rebuke
is better than secret love.

027:006
Faithful are the wounds
of a friend;
but the kisses
of an enemy
are deceitful.

027:007
The full soul
loatheth an honeycomb;
but to the hungry soul
every bitter thing is sweet.

027:008
As a bird that wandereth from her nest,
so is a man that wandereth from his place.

027:009
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart:
so doth the sweetness
of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

027:010
Thine own friend,
and thy father's friend,
forsake not;
neither go into thy brother's house
in the day of thy calamity:
for better is a neighbour
that is near
than a brother far off.

027:011
My son,
be wise,
and make my heart glad,
that I may answer
him that reproacheth me.

027:012
A prudent man foreseeth the evil,
and hideth himself;
but the simple pass on,
and are punished.

027:013
Take his garment
that is surety for a stranger,
and take a pledge
of him for a strange woman.

027:014
He that blesseth his friend
with a loud voice,
rising early in the morning,
it shall be counted a curse to him.

027:015
A continual dropping
in a very rainy day
and a contentious woman are alike.

027:016
Whosoever hideth her
hideth the wind,
and the ointment
of his right hand,
which bewrayeth itself.

027:017
Iron sharpeneth iron;
so a man sharpeneth
the countenance of his friend.

027:018
Whoso keepeth the fig tree
shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth on his master
shall be honoured.

027:019
As in water face answereth to face,
so the heart of man to man.

027:020
Hell and destruction are never full;
so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

027:021
As the fining pot for silver,
and the furnace for gold;
so is a man to his praise.

027:022
Though thou shouldest bray
a fool in a mortar
among wheat with a pestle,
yet will not
his foolishness depart from him.

027:023
Be thou diligent
to know the state of thy flocks,
and look well to thy herds.

027:024
For riches are not for ever:
and doth the crown endure
to every generation?

027:025
The hay appeareth,
and the tender grass sheweth itself,
and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

027:026
The lambs are for thy clothing,
and the goats are the price of the field.

027:027
And thou shalt have goats' milk
enough for thy food,
for the food of thy household,
and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

028:001
The wicked flee
when no man pursueth:
but the righteous are bold as a lion.

028:002
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.

028:003
A poor man
that oppresseth
the poor is like
a sweeping rain
which leaveth no food.

028:004
They that forsake the law
praise the wicked:
but such as keep the law
contend with them.

028:005
Evil men
understand not judgment:
but they that seek the LORD
understand all things.

028:006
Better is the poor
that walketh in his up-rightness,
than he that is perverse in his ways,
though he be rich.

028:007
Whoso keepeth the law
is a wise son:
but he that is a companion
of riotous men
shameth his father.

028:008
He that by usury and unjust gain
increaseth his substance,
he shall gather it
for him that will pity the poor.

028:009
He that turneth away his ear
from hearing the law,
even his prayer
shall be abomination.

028:010
Whoso causeth
the righteous to go astray
in an evil way,
he shall fall himself
into his own pit:
but the upright
shall have good things
in possession.

028:011
The rich man
is wise in his own conceit;
but the poor
that hath understanding
searcheth him out.

028:012
When righteous men do rejoice,
there is great glory:
but when the wicked rise,
a man is hidden.

028:013
He that covereth his sins
shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.

028:014
Happy is the man
that feareth alway:
but he that hardeneth his heart
shall fall into mischief.

028:015
As a roaring lion,
and a ranging bear;
so is a wicked ruler
over the poor people.

028:016
The prince
that wanteth understanding
is also a great oppressor:
but he that hateth covetousness
shall prolong his days.

028:017
A man that doeth violence
to the blood of any person
shall flee to the pit;
let no man stay him.

028:018
Whoso walketh uprightly
shall be saved:
but he that is perverse
in his ways shall fall at once.

028:019
He that tilleth his land
shall have plenty of bread:
but he that followeth after
vain persons
shall have poverty enough.

028:020
A faithful man
shall abound with blessings:
but he that maketh haste
to be rich
shall not be innocent.

028:021
To have respect of persons
is not good:
for for a piece of bread
that man will transgress.

028:022
He that hasteth
to be rich hath an evil eye,
and considereth not
that poverty shall come upon him.

028:023
He that rebuketh a man
afterwards shall find
more favour
than he that flattereth
with the tongue.

028:024
Whoso robbeth his father
or his mother,
and saith,
It is no transgression;
the same is the companion of a destroyer.

028:025
He that is of a proud heart
stirreth up strife:
but he that putteth his trust
in the LORD
shall be made fat.

028:026
He that trusteth
in his own heart
is a fool:
but whoso walketh wisely,
he shall be delivered.

028:027
He that giveth unto the poor
shall not lack:
but he that hideth his eyes
shall have many a curse.

028:028
When the wicked rise,
men hide themselves:
but when they perish,
the righteous increase.

029:001
He, that being often reproved
hardeneth his neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed,
and that without remedy.

029:002
When the righteous
are in authority,
the people rejoice:
but when the wicked
beareth rule, the people mourn.

029:003
Whoso loveth wisdom
rejoiceth his father:
but he that keepeth company
with harlots spendeth his substance.

029:004
The king by judgment
establisheth the land:
but he that receiveth gifts
overthroweth it.

029:005
A man that flattereth his neighbour
spreadeth a net for his feet.

029:006
In the transgression
of an evil man
there is a snare:
but the righteous
doth sing and rejoice.

029:007
The righteous considereth
the cause of the poor:
but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

029:008
Scornful men bring a city into a snare:
but wise men turn away wrath.

029:009
If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man,
whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

029:010
The bloodthirsty hate the upright:
but the just seek his soul.

029:011
A fool uttereth all his mind:
but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

029:012
If a ruler hearken to lies,
all his servants are wicked.

029:013
The poor and the deceitful man meet together:
the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

029:014
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established for ever.

029:015
The rod and reproof give wisdom:
but a child left to himself
bringeth his mother to shame.

029:016
When the wicked are multiplied,
transgression increaseth:
but the righteous shall see their fall.

029:017
Correct thy son,
and he shall give thee rest;
yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

029:018
Where there is no vision,
the people perish:
but he that keepeth the law,
happy is he.

029:019
A servant will not be corrected by words:
for though he understand he will not answer.

029:020
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words?
there is more hope of a fool than of him.

029:021
He that delicately
bringeth up his servant
from a child
shall have him
become his son at the length.

029:022
An angry man stirreth up strife,
and a furious man
aboundeth in transgression.

029:023
A man's pride shall bring him low:
but honour shall uphold
the humble in spirit.

029:024
Whoso is partner with a thief
hateth his own soul:
he heareth cursing,
and bewrayeth it not.

029:025
The fear of man bringeth a snare:
but whoso putteth
his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

029:026
Many seek the ruler's favour;
but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

029:027
An unjust man is an abomination to the just:
and he that is upright in the way
is abomination to the wicked.

030:001
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
even the prophecy:
the man spake unto Ithiel,
even unto Ithiel and Ucal,

030:002
Surely I am more brutish than any man,
and have not the understanding of a man.

030:003
I neither learned wisdom,
nor have the knowledge of the holy.

030:004
Who hath ascended up into heaven,
or descended?
who hath gathered the wind in his fists?
who hath bound the waters in a garment?
who hath established
all the ends of the earth?
what is his name,
and what is his son's name,
if thou canst tell?

030:005
Every word of God is pure:
he is a shield unto them
that put their trust in him.

030:006
Add thou not unto his words,
lest he reprove thee,
and thou be found a liar.

030:007
Two things have I required of thee;
deny me them not before I die:

030:008
Remove far from me vanity and lies:
give me neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food convenient for me:

030:009
Lest I be full,
and deny thee,
and say,
Who is the LORD?
Or lest I be poor,
and steal,
and take
the name of my God in vain.

030:010
Accuse not a servant unto his master,
lest he curse thee,
and thou be found guilty.

030:011
There is a generation
that curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.

030:012
There is a generation
that are pure in their own eyes,
and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

030:013
There is a generation,
O how lofty are their eyes!
and their eyelids are lifted up.

030:014
There is a generation,
whose teeth are as swords,
and their jaw teeth as knives,
to devour the poor from off the earth,
and the needy from among men.

030:015
The horseleach hath two daughters,
crying, Give, give.
There are three things
that are never satisfied,
yea, four things say not,
It is enough:

030:016
The grave;
and the barren womb;
the earth that is not filled with water;
and the fire that saith not,
It is enough.

030:017
The eye that mocketh at his father,
and despiseth to obey his mother,
the ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
and the young eagles shall eat it.

030:018
There be three things
which are too wonderful for me,
yea, four which I know not:

030:019
The way of an eagle in the air;
the way of a serpent upon a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
and the way of a man with a maid.

030:020
Such is the way of an adulterous woman;
she eateth, and wipeth her mouth,
and saith, I have done no wickedness.

030:021
For three things the earth is disquieted,
and for four which it cannot bear:

030:022
For a servant when he reigneth;
and a fool when he is filled with meat;

030:023
For an odious woman when she is married;
and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

030:024
There be four things
which are little upon the earth,
but they are exceeding wise:

030:025
The ants
are a people not strong,
yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

030:026
The conies are but a feeble folk,
yet make they their houses in the rocks;

030:027
The locusts have no king,
yet go they forth all of them by bands;

030:028
The spider taketh hold with her hands,
and is in kings' palaces.

030:029
There be three things
which go well,
yea, four are comely in going:

030:030
A lion which is strongest among beasts,
and turneth not away for any;

030:031
A greyhound;
an he goat also;
and a king,
against whom
there is no rising up.

030:032
If thou hast done foolishly
in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil,
lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

030:033
Surely the churning of milk
bringeth forth butter,
and the wringing of the nose
bringeth forth blood:
so the forcing of wrath
bringeth forth strife.

031:001
The words of king Lemuel,
the prophecy that his mother taught him.

031:002
What, my son?
and what, the son
of my womb?
and what, the son of my vows?

031:003
Give not thy strength unto women,
nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

031:004
It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine;
nor for princes strong drink:

031:005
Lest they drink,
and forget the law,
and pervert the judgment
of any of the afflicted.

031:006
Give strong drink
unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those
that be of heavy hearts.

031:007
Let him drink,
and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.

031:008
Open thy mouth
for the dumb in the cause
of all such as are
appointed to destruction.

031:009
Open thy mouth,
judge righteously,
and plead the cause
of the poor and needy.

031:010
Who can find a virtuous woman?
for her price is far above rubies.

031:011
The heart of her husband
doth safely trust in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.

031:012
She will do him good
and not evil all the days of her life.

031:013
She seeketh wool,
and flax,
and worketh willingly
with her hands.

031:014
She is like the merchants' ships;
she bringeth her food from afar.

031:015
She riseth also while it is yet night,
and giveth meat to her household,
and a portion to her maidens.

031:016
She considereth a field,
and buyeth it:
with the fruit of her hands
she planteth a vineyard.

031:017
She girdeth her loins with strength,
and strengtheneth her arms.

031:018
She perceiveth that
her merchandise is good:
her candle goeth not out by night.

031:019
She layeth her hands to the spindle,
and her hands hold the distaff.

031:020
She stretcheth out her hand
to the poor;
yea,
she reacheth forth
her hands to the needy.

031:021
She is not afraid of the snow
for her household:
for all her household
are clothed with scarlet.

031:022
She maketh herself
coverings of tapestry;
her clothing is silk and purple.

031:023
Her husband is known
in the gates,
when he sitteth among
the elders of the land.

031:024
She maketh fine linen,
and selleth it;
and delivereth girdles
unto the merchant.

031:025
Strength and honour
are her clothing;
and she shall rejoice
in time to come.

031:026
She openeth her mouth
with wisdom;
and in her tongue
is the law of kindness.

031:027
She looketh well
to the ways of her household,
and eateth not the bread of idleness.

031:028
Her children arise up,
and call her blessed;
her husband also,
and he praiseth her.

031:029
Many daughters
have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them all.

031:030
Favour is deceitful,
and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the LORD,
she shall be praised.

031:031
Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works praise her in the gates.

End Proverbs