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Proverbs
  1. 14:4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
  2. 15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
  3. 15:23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
  4. 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
  5. 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
  6. 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  7. 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
  8. 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
  9. 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
  10. 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
  11. 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
  12. 24:3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
  13. 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
  14. 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
  15. 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
  16. 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
  17. 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
  18. 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
  19. 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
  20. 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
  21. 26:28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  22. 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
  23. 28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
  24. 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  25. 29:4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
  26. 29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
  27. 30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
  28. 31:18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
Ecclesiastes
  1. 1:13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
  2. 5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
  3. 5:9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
  4. 5:14 But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
  5. 7:3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
  6. 7:11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
  7. 7:23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
  8. 7:26 And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  9. 7:27 Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account:
  10. 9:1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
  11. 9:15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
  12. 10:3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
  13. 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  14. 12:11 The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
  15. 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Song of Solomon
  1. 1:7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
  2. 1:8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
  3. 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
  4. 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
  5. 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
  6. 5:4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
  7. 5:12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

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