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Proverbs

1. 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
2. 1:6 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
3. 3:7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
4. 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
5. 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6. 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
7. 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
8. 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
9. 9:12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
10. 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
11. 10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
12. 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
13. 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
14. 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
15. 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
16. 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
17. 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
18. 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
19. 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
20. 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
21. 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
22. 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
23. 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
24. 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
25. 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
26. 14:35 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
27. 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
28. 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
29. 15:12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
30. 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
31. 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
32. 15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
33. 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
34. 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
35. 16:23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
36. 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
37. 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
38. 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
39. 18:15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
40. 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
41. 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
42. 20:26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
43. 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
44. 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
45. 21:22 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
46. 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
47. 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
48. 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
49. 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
50. 24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.