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Proverbs

The Proverbs

Young's Literal Translation (YLT) · 31 chapters

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  1. Proverbs 1

    Proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:

  2. Proverbs 2

    My son, if thou dost accept my sayings, And my commands dost lay up with thee,

  3. Proverbs 3

    My son! my law forget not, And my commands let thy heart keep,

  4. Proverbs 4

    Hear, ye sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding.

  5. Proverbs 5

    My son! to my wisdom give attention, To mine understanding incline thine ear,

  6. Proverbs 6

    My son! if thou hast been surety for thy friend, Hast stricken for a stranger thy hand,

  7. Proverbs 7

    My son! keep my sayings, And my commands lay up with thee.

  8. Proverbs 8

    Doth not wisdom call? And understanding give forth her voice?

  9. Proverbs 9

    Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out her pillars — seven.

  10. Proverbs 10

    Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son [is] an affliction to his mother.

  11. Proverbs 11

    Balances of deceit [are] an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight [is] His delight.

  12. Proverbs 12

    Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof [is] brutish.

  13. Proverbs 13

    A wise son — the instruction of a father, And a scorner — he hath not heard rebuke.

  14. Proverbs 14

    Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.

  15. Proverbs 15

    A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

  16. Proverbs 16

    Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.

  17. Proverbs 17

    Better [is] a dry morsel, and rest with it, Than a house full of the sacrifices of strife.

  18. Proverbs 18

    For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.

  19. Proverbs 19

    Better [is] the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse [in] his lips, who [is] a fool.

  20. Proverbs 20

    Wine [is] a scorner — strong drink [is] noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

  21. Proverbs 21

    Rivulets of waters [is] the heart of a king in the hand of Jehovah, Wherever He pleaseth He inclineth it.

  22. Proverbs 22

    A name is chosen rather than much wealth, Than silver and than gold — good grace.

  23. Proverbs 23

    When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,

  24. Proverbs 24

    Be not envious of evil men, And desire not to be with them.

  25. Proverbs 25

    Also these are Proverbs of Solomon, that men of Hezekiah king of Judah transcribed: —

  26. Proverbs 26

    As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.

  27. Proverbs 27

    Boast not thyself of to-morrow, For thou knowest not what a day bringeth forth.

  28. Proverbs 28

    The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.

  29. Proverbs 29

    A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.

  30. Proverbs 30

    Words of a Gatherer, son of an obedient one, the declaration, an affirmation of the man: — I have wearied myself [for]…

  31. Proverbs 31

    Words of Lemuel a king, a declaration that his mother taught him:

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