20-PROVERBS
20-1:14 Cast
in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
20-1:15 My
son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain
thy foot from their path:
20-1:17 Surely
in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
20-1:20 Wisdom
crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
streets:
20-1:21 She
crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in
the city she uttereth her words, saying,
20-1:22 How
long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
20-2:13 Who
leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways
of darkness;
20-2:14 Who
rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
20-2:15 Whose
ways are crooked, and they froward in
their paths:
20-2:20 That
thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the
righteous.
20-2:21 For
the upright shall dwell in the land, and the
perfect shall remain in it.
20-3:4 So
shalt thou find favour and good understanding in
the sight of God and man.
20-3:5 Trust
in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not
unto thine own understanding.
20-3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct
thy paths.
20-3:7 Be
not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and
depart from evil.
20-3:12 For
whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he
delighteth.
20-3:16 Length
of days is in
her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
20-3:23 Then
shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot
shall not stumble.
20-3:27 Withhold
not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in
the power of thine hand to do it.
20-3:33 The
curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the
habitation of the just.
20-4:3 For
I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved
in the sight of my mother.
20-4:11 I
have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have
led thee in right paths.
20-4:14 Enter
not into the path of the wicked, and go not in
the way of evil men.
20-4:21 Let
them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in
the midst of thine heart.
20-5:10 Lest
strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
20-5:14 I
was almost in all evil in
the midst of the congregation and assembly.
20-5:16 Let
thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers
of waters in the streets.
20-5:23 He
shall die without instruction; and in the
greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
20-6:8 Provideth
her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the
harvest.
20-6:14 Frowardness
is in
his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
20-6:18 An
heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
20-6:25 Lust
not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
her take thee with her eyelids.
20-6:27 Can
a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes
not be burned?
20-6:29 So
he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife;
whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
20-6:34 For
jealousy is the rage of a man:
therefore he will not spare in the day of
vengeance.
20-7:9 In the twilight, in the
evening, in the black and dark night:
20-7:11 (She
is loud and stubborn; her feet abide
not in her house:
20-7:12 Now
is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in
wait at every corner.)
20-7:25 Let
not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in
her paths.
20-8:2 She
standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
20-8:3 She
crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
20-8:8 All
the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there
is nothing froward or perverse in them.
20-8:20 I
lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
20-8:22 The
LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
20-8:31 Rejoicing
in the habitable part of his earth; and my
delights were with the sons of men.
20-9:4 Whoso
is simple, let him turn in hither: as
for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
20-9:6 Forsake
the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding.
20-9:9 Give
instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a
just man, and he will increase in learning.
20-9:14 For
she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in
the high places of the city,
20-9:16 Whoso
is simple, let him turn in hither: and as
for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
20-9:17 Stolen
waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
20-9:18 But
he knoweth not that the dead are there;
and that her guests are in
the depths of hell.
20-10:5 He
that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he
that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
20-10:8 The
wise in heart will receive commandments: but a
prating fool shall fall.
20-10:13 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.
20-10:17 He
is in the
way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
20-10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but
he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20-11:4 Riches
profit not in the day of wrath: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
20-11:6 The
righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be
taken in their
own naughtiness.
20-11:8 The
righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
20-11:14 Where
no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
20-11:20 They
that are of a froward heart are abomination
to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way
are his delight.
20-11:21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not
be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
20-11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
20-11:28 He
that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the
righteous shall flourish as a branch.
20-11:31 Behold,
the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth:
much more the wicked and the sinner.
20-12:4 A
virtuous woman is a crown to her
husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as
rottenness in his bones.
20-12:6 The
words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall
deliver them.
20-12:15 The
way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
20-12:20 Deceit
is in
the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
20-12:25 Heaviness
in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good
word maketh it glad.
20-12:27 The
slothful man roasteth not that which
he took in hunting: but the substance of a
diligent man is precious.
20-12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof
there is no death.
20-13:6 Righteousness
keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
20-13:23 Much
food is in
the tillage of the poor: but there is that
is destroyed for want of judgment.
20-14:2 He
that walketh in his uprightness feareth the
LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
20-14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
20-14:7 Go
from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the
lips of knowledge.
20-14:13 Even
in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end
of that mirth is heaviness.
20-14:14 The
backslider in heart shall be filled with his own
ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from
himself.
20-14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the
lips tendeth only to penury.
20-14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of
refuge.
20-14:28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the
want of people is the destruction of
the prince.
20-14:32 The
wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the
righteous hath hope in his death.
20-14:33 Wisdom
resteth in the heart of him that hath
understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
20-15:3 The
eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
20-15:4 A
wholesome tongue is a tree of life:
but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
20-15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the
revenues of the wicked is trouble.
20-15:22 Without
counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
multitude of counsellors they are established.
20-15:23 A
man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
20-16:1 The
preparations of the heart in man, and the answer
of the tongue, is from the LORD.
20-16:2 All
the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
20-16:5 Every
one that is proud in heart is an
abomination to the LORD: though hand join in
hand, he shall not be unpunished.
20-16:10 A
divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
20-16:15 In the light of the king’s countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
20-16:20 He
that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is
he.
20-16:21 The
wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
20-16:27 An
ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
20-16:31 The
hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in
the way of righteousness.
20-17:8 A
gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it
turneth, it prospereth.
20-17:12 Let
a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
20-17:16 Wherefore
is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
20-17:18 A
man void of understanding striketh hands, and
becometh surety in the presence of his
friend.
20-17:24 Wisdom
is before him that hath
understanding; but the eyes of a fool are
in the ends of the earth.
20-18:2 A
fool hath no delight in understanding, but that
his heart may discover itself.
20-18:5 It is not good to accept the person of
the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in
judgment.
20-18:9 He
also that is slothful in his work is brother to
him that is a great waster.
20-18:11 The
rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
and as an high wall in his own conceit.
20-18:17 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just;
but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
20-18:21 Death
and life are in
the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
20-19:1 Better
is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and
is a fool.
20-19:20 Hear
counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
20-19:21 There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the
LORD, that shall stand.
20-19:24 A
slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom,
and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
20-20:4 The
sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest,
and have nothing.
20-20:5 Counsel
in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20-20:7 The
just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
20-20:8 A
king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
20-20:20 Whoso
curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
20-21:1 The
king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
20-21:2 Every
way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
20-21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman in a wide house.
20-21:10 The
soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
20-21:14 A
gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
20-21:16 The
man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
20-21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an
angry woman.
20-21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man
spendeth it up.
20-21:24 Proud
and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
20-22:5 Thorns
and snares are in the way of the froward: he
that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
20-22:6 Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he
is old, he will not depart from it.
20-22:13 The
slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be
slain in the streets.
20-22:15 Foolishness
is bound in
the heart of a child; but the rod of correction
shall drive it far from him.
20-22:18 For
it is a pleasant thing if thou keep
them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in
thy lips.
20-22:19 That
thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known
to thee this day, even to thee.
20-22:20 Have
not I written to thee excellent things in
counsels and knowledge,
20-22:22 Rob
not the poor, because he is poor:
neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
20-22:29 Seest
thou a man diligent in his business? he shall
stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
20-23:7 For
as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
but his heart is not with thee.
20-23:9 Speak
not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise
the wisdom of thy words.
20-23:17 Let
not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou
in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
20-23:19 Hear
thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in
the way.
20-23:28 She
also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
20-23:31 Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when
it moveth itself aright.
20-23:34 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.
20-24:6 For
by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
multitude of counsellors there is safety.
20-24:7 Wisdom
is too high for a fool: he openeth
not his mouth in the gate.
20-24:10 If thou faint in
the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
20-24:23 These
things also belong to the wise. It is not
good to have respect of persons in judgment.
20-24:27 Prepare
thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in
the field; and afterwards build thine house.
20-25:5 Take
away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in
righteousness.
20-25:6 Put
not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men:
20-25:7 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.
20-25:8 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.
20-25:11 A
word fitly spoken is like apples of
gold in pictures of silver.
20-25:13 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.
20-25:19 Confidence
in an unfaithful man in
time of trouble is like a broken
tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20-25:20 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.
20-25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling
woman and in a wide house.
20-26:1 As
snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
20-26:5 Answer
a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
his own conceit.
20-26:7 The
legs of the lame are not equal: so is a
parable in the mouth of fools.
20-26:8 As
he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
20-26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a
drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
20-26:12 Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of
him.
20-26:13 The
slothful man saith, There is a lion in
the way; a lion is in the streets.
20-26:15 The
slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
20-26:16 The
sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a
reason.
20-26:19 So
is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
20-26:25 When
he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there
are seven abominations in his heart.
20-27:10 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.
20-27:14 He
that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
20-27:15 A
continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
contentious woman are alike.
20-27:19 As
in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
20-27:22 Though
thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among
wheat with a pestle, yet will not his
foolishness depart from him.
20-28:6 Better
is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
20-28:10 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.
20-28:11 The
rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath
understanding searcheth him out.
20-28:18 Whoso
walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he
that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
20-28:25 He
that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
20-28:26 He
that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but
whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
20-29:2 When
the righteous are in authority, the people
rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
20-29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth
sing and rejoice.
20-29:11 A
fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man
keepeth it in till afterwards.
20-29:20 Seest
thou a man that is hasty in his words? there
is more hope of a fool than of him.
20-29:22 An
angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.
20-29:23 A
man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
20-29:25 The
fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
20-29:27 An
unjust man is an abomination to the just:
and he that is upright in the way is abomination
to the wicked.
20-30:4 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?
20-30:5 Every
word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their
trust in him.
20-30:9 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.
20-30:12 There is a generation that are pure in
their own eyes, and yet is not washed
from their filthiness.
20-30:19 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.
20-30:25 The
ants are a people not strong, yet
they prepare their meat in the summer;
20-30:26 The
conies are but a feeble folk, yet
make they their houses in the rocks;
20-30:28 The
spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in
kings’ palaces.
20-30:29 There
be three things which go well, yea,
four are comely in going:
20-30:32 If
thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself,
or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine
hand upon thy mouth.
20-31:8 Open
thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such
as are appointed to destruction.
20-31: