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Proverbs

1. 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
2. 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
3. 19:16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
4. 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
5. 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
6. 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
7. 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
8. 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
9. 20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
10. 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
11. 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
12. 21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
13. 21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14. 21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
15. 21:16 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
16. 21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
17. 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
18. 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
19. 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
20. 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
21. 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
22. 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
23. 22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
24. 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
25. 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
26. 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
27. 22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
28. 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
29. 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
30. 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
31. 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
32. 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
33. 23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
34. 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
35. 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
36. 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
37. 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
38. 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
39. 23:35 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.
40. 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
41. 24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
42. 24:12 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?
43. 24:14 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.
44. 24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
45. 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
46. 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
47. 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
48. 24:25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
49. 24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
50. 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.