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Proverbs

1. 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2. 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3. 1:3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4. 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
5. 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
6. 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
7. 1:8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
8. 1:9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
9. 1:17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
10. 1:19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
11. 1:21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
12. 1:25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
13. 1:29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
14. 1:30 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
15. 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
16. 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
17. 1:33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
18. 2:5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
19. 2:6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
20. 2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
21. 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
22. 2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
23. 2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
24. 2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
25. 2:19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
26. 2:20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
27. 2:22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
28. 3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
29. 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
30. 3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
31. 3:9 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
32. 3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
33. 3:14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
34. 3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
35. 3:17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
36. 3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
37. 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
38. 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
39. 3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
40. 3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
41. 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
42. 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
43. 4:3 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
44. 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
45. 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
46. 4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
47. 4:11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
48. 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
49. 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
50. 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.