Proverbs
The Proverbs
How each chapter begins
- Proverbs 1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
- Proverbs 2
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
- Proverbs 3
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
- Proverbs 4
Hear, my sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
- Proverbs 5
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
- Proverbs 6
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
- Proverbs 7
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
- Proverbs 8
Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
- Proverbs 9
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
- Proverbs 10
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
- Proverbs 11
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 12
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
- Proverbs 13
A wise son heareth his father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
- Proverbs 14
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 15
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
- Proverbs 16
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
- Proverbs 17
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
- Proverbs 18
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
- Proverbs 19
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
- Proverbs 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 21
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Proverbs 22
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favor rather than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 23
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
- Proverbs 24
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
- Proverbs 25
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
- Proverbs 26
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
- Proverbs 27
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Proverbs 28
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 29
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
- Proverbs 30
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
- Proverbs 31
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.