20:001:001 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
20:001:002 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
20:001:003 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
20:001:004 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
20:001:005 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
20:001:006 To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
20:001:007 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
20:001:008 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
20:001:009 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
20:001:010 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
20:001:011 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
20:001:012 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
20:001:013 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
20:001:014 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
20:001:015 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
20:001:016 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
20:001:017 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
20:001:018 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
20:001:019 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
20:001:020 Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
20:001:021 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
20:001:022 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
20:001:023 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
20:001:024 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
20:001:025 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
20:001:026 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
20:001:027 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
20:001:028 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
20:001:029 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
20:001:030 They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
20:001:031 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
20:001:032 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
20:001:033 But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
20:002:001 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
20:002:002 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
20:002:003 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
20:002:004 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
20:002:005 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
20:002:006 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
20:002:007 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
20:002:008 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
20:002:009 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
20:002:010 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
20:002:011 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
20:002:012 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
20:002:013 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
20:002:014 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
20:002:015 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
20:002:016 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
20:002:017 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
20:002:018 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
20:002:019 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
20:002:020 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
20:002:021 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
20:002:022 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
20:003:001 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
20:003:002 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
20:003:003 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
20:003:004 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
20:003:005 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
20:003:006 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
20:003:007 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
20:003:008 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
20:003:009 Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
20:003:010 So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
20:003:011 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
20:003:012 For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
20:003:013 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
20:003:014 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
20:003:015 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
20:003:016 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
20:003:017 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
20:003:018 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
20:003:019 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20:003:020 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
20:003:021 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
20:003:022 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
20:003:023 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
20:003:024 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
20:003:025 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
20:003:026 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
20:003:027 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
20:003:028 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
20:003:029 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
20:003:030 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
20:003:031 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
20:003:032 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
20:003:033 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
20:003:034 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
20:003:035 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
20:004:001 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
20:004:002 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
20:004:003 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
20:004:004 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
20:004:005 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
20:004:006 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
20:004:007 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
20:004:008 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
20:004:009 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
20:004:010 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
20:004:011 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
20:004:012 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
20:004:013 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
20:004:014 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
20:004:015 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
20:004:016 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
20:004:017 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
20:004:018 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
20:004:019 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20:004:020 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20:004:021 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
20:004:022 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
20:004:023 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
20:004:024 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
20:004:025 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
20:004:026 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
20:004:027 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
20:005:001 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
20:005:002 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
20:005:003 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
20:005:004 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
20:005:005 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
20:005:006 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
20:005:007 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
20:005:008 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
20:005:009 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
20:005:010 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
20:005:011 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
20:005:012 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
20:005:013 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
20:005:014 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
20:005:015 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
20:005:016 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
20:005:017 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
20:005:018 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
20:005:019 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20:005:020 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
20:005:021 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
20:005:022 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
20:005:023 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
20:006:001 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
20:006:002 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
20:006:003 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
20:006:004 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
20:006:005 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
20:006:006 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
20:006:007 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
20:006:008 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
20:006:009 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
20:006:010 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
20:006:011 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
20:006:012 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
20:006:013 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
20:006:014 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
20:006:015 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
20:006:016 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
20:006:017 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
20:006:018 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
20:006:019 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
20:006:020 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
20:006:021 Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
20:006:022 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
20:006:023 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
20:006:024 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
20:006:025 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
20:006:026 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
20:006:027 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
20:006:028 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
20:006:029 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
20:006:030 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
20:006:031 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
20:006:032 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
20:006:033 A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
20:006:034 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
20:006:035 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
20:007:001 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
20:007:002 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
20:007:003 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
20:007:004 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
20:007:005 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
20:007:006 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
20:007:007 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
20:007:008 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,
20:007:009 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:
20:007:010 And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
20:007:011 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
20:007:012 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
20:007:013 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
20:007:014 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
20:007:015 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
20:007:016 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
20:007:017 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
20:007:018 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
20:007:019 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
20:007:020 He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
20:007:021 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
20:007:022 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
20:007:023 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
20:007:024 Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
20:007:025 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
20:007:026 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
20:007:027 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
20:008:001 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
20:008:002 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
20:008:003 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
20:008:004 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
20:008:005 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
20:008:006 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
20:008:007 For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
20:008:008 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
20:008:009 They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
20:008:010 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
20:008:011 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
20:008:012 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
20:008:013 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
20:008:014 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
20:008:015 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
20:008:016 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
20:008:017 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
20:008:018 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
20:008:019 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
20:008:020 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
20:008:021 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
20:008:022 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
20:008:023 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
20:008:024 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
20:008:025 Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
20:008:026 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
20:008:027 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
20:008:028 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
20:008:029 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
20:008:030 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
20:008:031 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
20:008:032 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
20:008:033 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
20:008:034 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
20:008:035 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
20:008:036 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
20:009:001 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
20:009:002 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
20:009:003 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
20:009:004 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
20:009:005 Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.
20:009:006 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
20:009:007 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
20:009:008 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
20:009:009 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
20:009:010 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
20:009:011 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
20:009:012 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
20:009:013 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
20:009:014 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
20:009:015 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
20:009:016 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
20:009:017 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
20:009:018 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
20:010:001 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
20:010:002 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
20:010:003 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
20:010:004 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
20:010:005 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
20:010:006 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
20:010:007 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
20:010:008 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
20:010:009 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
20:010:010 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
20:010:011 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
20:010:012 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
20:010:013 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.
20:010:014 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
20:010:015 The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
20:010:016 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
20:010:017 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
20:010:018 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
20:010:019 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
20:010:020 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
20:010:021 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
20:010:022 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
20:010:023 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
20:010:024 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
20:010:025 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
20:010:026 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
20:010:027 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
20:010:028 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
20:010:029 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
20:010:030 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
20:010:031 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
20:010:032 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
20:011:001 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
20:011:002 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
20:011:003 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
20:011:004 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
20:011:005 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
20:011:006 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
20:011:007 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
20:011:008 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
20:011:009 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
20:011:010 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
20:011:011 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
20:011:012 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
20:011:013 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
20:011:014 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
20:011:015 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
20:011:016 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
20:011:017 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
20:011:018 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
20:011:019 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
20:011:020 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
20:011:021 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
20:011:022 As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
20:011:023 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
20:011:024 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
20:011:025 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
20:011:026 He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
20:011:027 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
20:011:028 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
20:011:029 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
20:011:030 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
20:011:031 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
20:012:001 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
20:012:002 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
20:012:003 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
20:012:004 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
20:012:005 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
20:012:006 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
20:012:007 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
20:012:008 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
20:012:009 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
20:012:010 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
20:012:011 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
20:012:012 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
20:012:013 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
20:012:014 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
20:012:015 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
20:012:016 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
20:012:017 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
20:012:018 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
20:012:019 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20:012:020 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
20:012:021 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
20:012:022 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
20:012:023 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
20:012:024 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
20:012:025 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
20:012:026 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
20:012:027 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
20:012:028 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
20:013:001 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
20:013:002 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
20:013:003 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
20:013:004 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
20:013:005 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
20:013:006 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
20:013:007 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
20:013:008 The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
20:013:009 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
20:013:010 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
20:013:011 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
20:013:012 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
20:013:013 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
20:013:014 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
20:013:015 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
20:013:016 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
20:013:017 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
20:013:018 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
20:013:019 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
20:013:020 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
20:013:021 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
20:013:022 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
20:013:023 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
20:013:024 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
20:013:025 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
20:014:001 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
20:014:002 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
20:014:003 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
20:014:004 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
20:014:005 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
20:014:006 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
20:014:007 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
20:014:008 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
20:014:009 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
20:014:010 The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
20:014:011 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
20:014:012 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
20:014:013 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
20:014:014 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
20:014:015 The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
20:014:016 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
20:014:017 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
20:014:018 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
20:014:019 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20:014:020 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
20:014:021 He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
20:014:022 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
20:014:023 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
20:014:024 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
20:014:025 A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
20:014:026 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
20:014:027 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
20:014:028 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
20:014:029 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
20:014:030 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
20:014:031 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
20:014:032 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
20:014:033 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
20:014:034 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
20:014:035 The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
20:015:001 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
20:015:002 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
20:015:003 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
20:015:004 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
20:015:005 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
20:015:006 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
20:015:007 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
20:015:008 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
20:015:009 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
20:015:010 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
20:015:011 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
20:015:012 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
20:015:013 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
20:015:014 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
20:015:015 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
20:015:016 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
20:015:017 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
20:015:018 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
20:015:019 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20:015:020 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
20:015:021 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
20:015:022 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
20:015:023 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
20:015:024 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
20:015:025 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
20:015:026 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
20:015:027 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
20:015:028 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
20:015:029 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
20:015:030 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
20:015:031 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
20:015:032 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
20:015:033 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
20:016:001 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
20:016:002 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.
20:016:003 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
20:016:004 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
20:016:005 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
20:016:006 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
20:016:007 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
20:016:008 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
20:016:009 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
20:016:010 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
20:016:011 A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work.
20:016:012 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
20:016:013 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
20:016:014 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
20:016:015 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
20:016:016 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
20:016:017 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
20:016:018 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
20:016:019 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
20:016:020 He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
20:016:021 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
20:016:022 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
20:016:023 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.
20:016:024 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
20:016:025 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
20:016:026 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
20:016:027 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
20:016:028 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
20:016:029 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
20:016:030 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
20:016:031 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
20:016:032 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
20:016:033 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
20:017:001 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
20:017:002 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
20:017:003 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
20:017:004 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
20:017:005 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
20:017:006 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
20:017:007 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
20:017:008 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
20:017:009 He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
20:017:010 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
20:017:011 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
20:017:012 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
20:017:013 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
20:017:014 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
20:017:015 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
20:017:016 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
20:017:017 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
20:017:018 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
20:017:019 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
20:017:020 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
20:017:021 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
20:017:022 A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
20:017:023 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
20:017:024 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
20:017:025 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
20:017:026 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
20:017:027 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
20:017:028 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
20:018:001 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
20:018:002 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
20:018:003 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
20:018:004 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
20:018:005 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
20:018:006 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
20:018:007 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
20:018:008 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
20:018:009 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
20:018:010 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
20:018:011 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
20:018:012 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
20:018:013 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
20:018:014 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
20:018:015 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
20:018:016 A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
20:018:017 He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
20:018:018 The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
20:018:019 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20:018:020 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
20:018:021 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
20:018:022 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
20:018:023 The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
20:018:024 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
20:019:001 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
20:019:002 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
20:019:003 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
20:019:004 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
20:019:005 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
20:019:006 Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
20:019:007 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
20:019:008 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
20:019:009 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
20:019:010 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
20:019:011 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
20:019:012 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
20:019:013 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
20:019:014 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
20:019:015 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
20:019:016 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
20:019:017 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
20:019:018 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
20:019:019 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20:019:020 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
20:019:021 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
20:019:022 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
20:019:023 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
20:019:024 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
20:019:025 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
20:019:026 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
20:019:027 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
20:019:028 An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
20:019:029 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
20:020:001 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
20:020:002 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
20:020:003 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
20:020:004 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
20:020:005 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
20:020:006 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
20:020:007 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
20:020:008 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
20:020:009 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
20:020:010 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
20:020:011 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
20:020:012 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
20:020:013 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
20:020:014 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
20:020:015 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
20:020:016 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
20:020:017 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
20:020:018 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
20:020:019 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20:020:020 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
20:020:021 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
20:020:022 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.