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{\MT The Proverbs

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Proverbs
of
Solomon,
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel:
\VS{2}to
know
wisdom
and
instruction;
to
discern
the
words
of
understanding;
\VS{3}to
receive
the
instruction
of wisdom,
righteousness
and
judgment,
and
equity;
\VS{4}to
give
prudence
to
the simple,
to
the
young
man
knowledge
and
discretion.
\VS{5}He
that
is
wise
will
hear,
and
will
increase
learning;
and
the
intelligent
will
gain
wise
counsels:
\VS{6}to
understand
a
proverb
and an allegory,
the
words
of
the
wise
and
their enigmas.
\VS{7}The
fear
of
Jehovah
is
the
beginning
of
knowledge:
fools
despise
wisdom
and
instruction.
\VS{8}Hear,
my
son,
the
instruction
of thy
father,
and
forsake
not
the
teaching
of thy
mother;
\VS{9}for
they
shall
be
a
garland
of
grace unto thy
head,
and chains about thy
neck.
\VS{10}My
son,
if
sinners entice thee,
consent
not.
\VS{11}If
they
say, Come
with
us, let
us
lay
wait
for
blood, let
us
lurk
secretly
for
the
innocent
without
cause;
\VS{12}let
us
swallow
them
up
alive
as
Sheol,
and
whole,
as those that
go
down
into
the
pit;
\VS{13}we
shall
find
all
precious
substance,
we
shall
fill
our
houses
with
spoil:
\VS{14}cast
in thy
lot
among us;
we
will
all
have
one
purse:
\VS{15}—
my
son,
walk
not
in
the
way
with
them,
keep
back thy
foot
from
their
path;
\VS{16}for
their
feet
run
to
evil,
and
they
make
haste
to
shed
blood.
\VS{17}For
in
vain
the
net
is
spread
in
the
sight
of
anything
which hath
wings.
\VS{18}And
these
lay
wait
for
their
own
blood;
they
lurk
secretly
for
their
own
lives.
\VS{19}So
are
the
paths
of
every
one
that
is
greedy
of
gain:
it taketh
away
the
life
of
its
possessors.
\VS{20}Wisdom crieth without; she raiseth
her
voice
in
the broadways;
\VS{21}she calleth
in
the
chief [place]
of concourse,
in
the
entry
of
the
gates;
in
the
city
she uttereth
her
words:
\VS{22}How
long, simple
ones,
will ye
love simpleness,
and scorners take pleasure
in
their scorning,
and
the
foolish
hate
knowledge?
\VS{23}Turn
you
at
my
reproof:
behold,
I
will
pour
forth
my
spirit unto
you,
I
will
make
known
to
you
my
words.
\VS{24}Because
I
have
called,
and ye
refused;
I
have
stretched
out
my
hand,
and
no
one regarded;
\VS{25}and ye
have rejected
all
my
counsel,
and
would
none
of
my
reproof:
\VS{26}I
also
will
laugh
in
your
calamity,
I
will
mock
when
your
fear cometh;
\VS{27}when
your
fear cometh
as sudden
destruction,
and
your
calamity cometh
as
a whirlwind;
when
distress
and
anguish
come
upon
you:
\VS{28}—
then
will
they
call
upon
me,
but
I
will
not
answer;
they
will
seek
me early,
and
shall
not
find
me.
\VS{29}Because
they
hated
knowledge,
and
did
not
choose
the
fear
of
Jehovah;
\VS{30}they
would
none
of
my
counsel,
they
despised
all
my
reproof:
\VS{31}therefore shall
they
eat
of
the
fruit
of
their
way,
and
be
filled
with
their own
devices.
\VS{32}For
the
turning away
of
the simple shall
slay
them,
and
the
prosperity
of
the
foolish shall cause
them
to
perish.
\VS{33}But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall
dwell
safely,
and shall be
at
rest
from
fear
of
evil.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
son,
if thou receivest
my
words,
and layest
up
my
commandments
with thee,
\VS{2}so
that thou
incline thine
ear unto
wisdom [and] thou apply thy
heart
to
understanding;
\VS{3}yea,
if thou criest
after
discernment [and] liftest
up thy
voice
to
understanding;
\VS{4}if thou seekest
her
as
silver
and searchest
for
her
as
for
hidden
treasures:
\VS{5}then shalt thou
understand
the
fear
of
Jehovah,
and
find
the
knowledge
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:5 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{6}For
Jehovah giveth
wisdom; out
of
his
mouth [come]
knowledge
and
understanding.
\VS{7}He layeth
up
sound
wisdom for
the
upright; [he]
is
a
shield
to
them
that
walk
in
integrity;
\VS{8}guarding
the
paths
of
just
judgment
and
keeping
the
way
of
his
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:8 }
Elohim}godly
ones.
\VS{9}Then shalt thou
understand
righteousness
and
judgment
and
equity:
every
good
path.
\VS{10}When
wisdom entereth
into thy
heart
and
knowledge
is
pleasant unto thy
soul,
\VS{11}discretion shall
keep thee,
understanding shall
preserve thee:
\VS{12}To
deliver thee
from
the
way
of
evil,
from
the
man
that speaketh froward
things;
\VS{13}[from those] who
leave
the
paths
of
uprightness,
to
walk
in
the
ways
of
darkness;
\VS{14}who
rejoice to
do
evil, [and]
delight
in
the frowardness
of
evil;
\VS{15}whose
paths
are
crooked,
and
who
are
perverted
in
their
course:
\VS{16}To
deliver thee
from
the
strange
woman,
from
the
stranger
who flattereth
with
her
words;
\VS{17}who forsaketh
the guide
of
her
youth,
and forgetteth
the
covenant
of
her
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
\VS{18}—
for
her
house inclineth unto
death,
and
her
paths unto
the
dead;
\VS{19}none
that
go unto
her
return
again,
neither
do
they
attain
to
the
paths
of
life:
\VS{20}—
that thou mayest
walk
in
the
way
of
the
good,
and
keep
the
paths
of
the
righteous.
\VS{21}For
the
upright
shall
dwell
in
the
land,
and
the
perfect
shall
remain
in
it;
\VS{22}but
the
wicked
shall
be
cut
off
from
the
land,
and
the unfaithful
shall
be plucked
up
out
of
it.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
son,
forget
not
my
teaching,
and
let thy
heart
observe
my
commandments;
\VS{2}for
length
of
days,
and
years
of
life,
and
peace
shall
they
add
to thee.
\VS{3}Let
not loving-kindness
and
truth
forsake thee;
bind
them
about thy
neck,
write
them
upon
the
tablet
of thy
heart:
\VS{4}and thou shalt
find favour
and
good
understanding
in
the
sight
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:4 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
and
man.
\VS{5}Confide
in
Jehovah
with
all thy
heart,
and
lean
not unto thine own
intelligence;
\VS{6}in
all thy
ways
acknowledge
him,
and
he
will
make plain thy
paths.
\VS{7}Be
not
wise
in thine
own
eyes;
fear
Jehovah,
and
depart
from
evil:
\VS{8}it shall
be health
for thy
navel,
and moisture
for thy
bones.
\VS{9}Honour
Jehovah
with thy
substance,
and
with
the first-fruits
of
all thine
increase;
\VS{10}so shall thy
barns be
filled
with
plenty,
and thy
vats shall
overflow
with
new
wine.
\VS{11}My
son,
despise
not
the
instruction
of
Jehovah,
neither
be weary
of
his chastisement;
\VS{12}for
whom
Jehovah loveth
he chasteneth,
even
as
a
father
the
son
in
whom
he delighteth.
\VS{13}Blessed
is
the
man that findeth
wisdom,
and
the
man that getteth
understanding.
\VS{14}For
the
gain thereof
is
better
than
the
gain
of
silver,
and
her
revenue
than
fine
gold.
\VS{15}She
is
more
precious
than rubies;
and
all
the
things thou canst
desire
are
not equal unto
her.
\VS{16}Length
of
days
is
in
her
right
hand;
in
her
left
hand
riches
and honour.
\VS{17}Her
ways
are
ways
of pleasantness,
and
all
her
paths
are
peace.
\VS{18}She
is
a
tree
of
life
to
them
that lay
hold upon
her;
and
happy
is
he
that retaineth
her.
\VS{19}Jehovah
by
wisdom
founded
the
earth;
by
understanding
he
established
the
heavens.
\VS{20}By
his
knowledge
the
deeps
were
broken
up,
and
the
skies drop
down
the
dew.
\VS{21}My
son,
let
them
not
depart
from thine
eyes;
keep
sound
wisdom
and
discretion:
\VS{22}so
shall
they
be
life unto thy
soul,
and
grace unto thy
neck.
\VS{23}Then shalt thou
walk
in thy
way
securely,
and thy
foot
shall
not
stumble;
\VS{24}when thou liest
down, thou shalt
not
be
afraid,
but thou shalt
lie
down
and thy
sleep
shall
be
sweet.
\VS{25}Be
not
afraid
of
sudden
fear,
neither
of
the
destruction
of
the
wicked,
when
it cometh;
\VS{26}for
Jehovah
shall
be thy
confidence,
and
he
will
keep thy
foot
from
being
taken.
\VS{27}Withhold
not
good
from
them
to whom
it
is
due,
when
it
is
in
the
power
of thy
hand
to
do
it.
\VS{28}Say
not unto thy neighbour,
Go,
and
come
again,
and to-morrow
I
will
give,
when thou hast
it
by thee.
\VS{29}Devise
not
evil
against thy neighbour, seeing
he dwelleth
securely
by thee.
\VS{30}Strive
not
with
a
man
without
cause,
if
he
have
done thee
no
harm.
\VS{31}Envy
not
the
man
of
violence,
and
choose
none
of
his
ways.
\VS{32}For
the perverse
is
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
his
secret
is
with
the
upright.
\VS{33}The
curse
of
Jehovah
is
in
the
house
of
the
wicked;
but
he blesseth
the habitation
of
the
righteous.
\VS{34}He
indeed scorneth
the scorners;
but
he giveth
grace unto
the
lowly.
\VS{35}The
wise shall
inherit
glory; but
shame shall
be
the promotion
of
the
foolish.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear, ye
children,
the
instruction
of
a
father,
and attend
to
know intelligence;
\VS{2}for
I
give
you
good doctrine:
forsake ye
not
my
law.
\VS{3}For
I
was
a
son unto
my
father,
tender
and
an
only
one
in
the
sight
of
my
mother.
\VS{4}And
he
taught
me,
and
said unto
me, Let thy
heart retain
my
words;
keep
my
commandments
and
live.
\VS{5}Get
wisdom,
get intelligence:
forget [it]
not;
neither
decline from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
\VS{6}Forsake
her
not,
and she shall
keep thee;
love
her,
and she shall
preserve thee.
\VS{7}The
beginning
of
wisdom [is],
Get
wisdom;
and
with
all thy getting
get intelligence.
\VS{8}Exalt
her,
and
she shall
promote thee;
she shall bring thee
to honour
when thou dost
embrace
her.
\VS{9}She
shall
give
to thy
head
a
garland
of
grace;
a
crown
of
glory
will she
bestow upon thee.
\VS{10}Hear,
my
son,
and
receive
my
sayings,
and
the
years
of thy
life
shall
be
multiplied.
\VS{11}I
will
teach thee
in
the
way
of
wisdom,
I
will
lead thee
in
paths
of
uprightness.
\VS{12}When thou goest, thy
steps
shall
not
be straitened;
and
when thou runnest, thou shalt
not
stumble.
\VS{13}Take
fast
hold
of
instruction,
let [her]
not
go:
keep
her,
for
she
is thy
life.
\VS{14}Enter
not
into
the
path
of
the
wicked,
and
go
not
in
the
way
of
evil [men]:
\VS{15}avoid
it,
pass
not
by
it;
turn
from
it,
and
pass
away.
\VS{16}For
they
sleep
not
except
they
have done mischief,
and
their
sleep
is
taken
away
unless
they
have caused [some]
to
fall.
\VS{17}For
they
eat
the
bread
of
wickedness,
and
drink
the
wine
of
violence.
\VS{18}But
the
path
of
the
righteous
is
as
the
shining
light,
going
on
and brightening
until
the
day
be fully
come.
\VS{19}The
way
of
the
wicked
is as
darkness:
they
know
not
at
what
they
stumble.
\VS{20}My
son, attend
to
my
words;
incline thine
ear unto
my
sayings.
\VS{21}Let
them
not
depart
from thine
eyes;
keep
them
in
the
midst
of thy
heart.
\VS{22}For
they
are
life unto
those
that
find
them,
and
health
to
all
their
flesh.
\VS{23}Keep thy
heart
more
than
anything
that
is guarded;
for
out
of
it
are
the issues
of
life.
\VS{24}Put
away
from thee perverseness
of
mouth,
and corrupt
lips
put
far
from thee.
\VS{25}Let thine
eyes
look
right
on,
and
let thine
eyelids
look
straight
before thee.
\VS{26}Ponder
the
path
of thy
feet,
and let
all thy
ways
be well-ordered.
\VS{27}Turn
not
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left;
remove thy
foot
from
evil.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
son, attend unto
my
wisdom,
incline thine
ear
to
my
understanding;
\VS{2}that thou mayest
keep reflection,
and that thy
lips
may
preserve
knowledge.
\VS{3}For
the
lips
of
the
strange
woman drop
honey,
and
her
mouth
is
smoother
than
oil;
\VS{4}but her
end
is
bitter
as
wormwood,
sharp
as
a
two-edged
sword.
\VS{5}Her
feet
go
down
to
death;
her
steps
take
hold
on
Sheol.
\VS{6}Lest
she should
ponder
the
path
of
life,
her
ways
wander,
she knoweth
not [whither].
\VS{7}And
now,
children, hearken unto
me,
and
depart
not
from
the
words
of
my
mouth.
\VS{8}Remove thy
way
far
from
her,
and
come
not nigh
the
door
of
her
house:
\VS{9}lest thou
give thine honour unto
others,
and thy
years unto
the
cruel;
\VS{10}lest
strangers
be
filled
with thy wealth,
and
the fruits
of thy toil [come] into
the
house
of a
stranger;
\VS{11}and thou mourn
in thine
end,
when thy
flesh
and thy
body
are
consumed;
\VS{12}and thou
say,
How
have
I
hated
instruction,
and
my
heart
despised
reproof!
\VS{13}and
I
have
not hearkened unto
the
voice
of
my
teachers,
nor
inclined mine
ear
to those
that
instructed
me;
\VS{14}I
was well nigh
in
all
evil
in
the
midst
of
the
congregation
and
assembly.
\VS{15}Drink
waters
out
of thine own
cistern,
and running
waters
out
of thine own
well.
\VS{16}Thy
fountains
shall
be poured forth,
as water-brooks
in
the broadways.
\VS{17}Let
them
be
only thine
own,
and
not strangers'
with thee.
\VS{18}Let thy
fountain
be
blessed;
and
have
joy
of
the
wife
of thy
youth.
\VS{19}As
a lovely hind
and
a
graceful roe,
let
her
breasts
satisfy thee
at
all
times:
be thou ravished
continually
with
her
love.
\VS{20}And
why shouldest thou,
my
son,
be ravished
with
a
strange
woman,
and
embrace
the
bosom
of
a
stranger?
\VS{21}For
the
ways
of
man
are
before
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
and
he pondereth
all
his
paths.
\VS{22}His own
iniquities
shall
take
the
wicked,
and
he
shall
be holden
with
the
cords
of
his
sin.
\VS{23}He
shall
die
for want
of
discipline;
and
in
the
greatness
of
his
folly
he
shall
go
astray.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
son,
if thou hast
become
surety
for thy
friend,
if thou hast stricken thy
hand
for
a stranger,
\VS{2}thou art
snared
with
the
words
of thy
mouth, thou art
taken
with
the
words
of thy
mouth.
\VS{3}Do
this
now,
my
son,
and
deliver thyself,
since thou hast
come
into
the
hand
of thy
friend:
go,
humble thyself,
and
be urgent
with thy
friend.
\VS{4}Give
not
sleep
to thine
eyes,
nor
slumber
to thine
eyelids:
\VS{5}deliver thyself
as
a gazelle
from
the
hand [of
the hunter],
and
as
a
bird
from
the
hand
of
the
fowler.
\VS{6}Go
to
the
ant, thou
sluggard;
consider
her
ways
and
be
wise:
\VS{7}which
having
no
chief,
overseer,
or
ruler,
\VS{8}provideth
her
bread
in
the
summer, [and] gathereth
her
food
in
the
harvest.
\VS{9}How
long,
sluggard, wilt thou
lie
down?
When wilt thou
arise
out
of thy
sleep?
\VS{10}A
little
sleep,
a
little
slumber,
a
little
folding
of
the
hands
to
rest!
\VS{11}So
shall thy
poverty
come
as
a roving plunderer,
and thy penury
as
an
armed
man.
\VS{12}A
man
of Belial,
a
wicked
person,
is
he
that goeth
about
with
a
perverse
mouth;
\VS{13}he winketh
with
his
eyes,
he speaketh
with
his
feet,
he teacheth
with
his
fingers;
\VS{14}deceits
are
in
his
heart;
he deviseth mischief
at
all
times,
he soweth discords.
\VS{15}Therefore
shall
his
calamity
come
suddenly:
in
a moment
shall
he
be
broken,
and
without
remedy.
\VS{16}These
six [things] doth
Jehovah
hate, yea,
seven
are
an
abomination unto
him:
\VS{17}haughty
eyes,
a
lying
tongue,
and
hands
that
shed
innocent
blood;
\VS{18}a
heart
that deviseth
wicked imaginations;
feet
that
are
swift
in
running
to mischief;
\VS{19}a
false
witness
that uttereth
lies,
and
he
that soweth discords
among
brethren.
\VS{20}My
son,
observe thy father's
commandment,
and
forsake
not
the
teaching
of thy
mother;
\VS{21}bind
them
continually
upon thy
heart,
tie
them
about thy
neck:
\VS{22}when thou walkest,
it
shall
lead thee;
when thou sleepest,
it
shall
keep thee;
and [when] thou awakest,
it
shall
talk
with thee.
\VS{23}For
the
commandment
is
a
lamp,
and
the
teaching
a
light,
and reproofs
of
instruction
are
the
way
of
life:
\VS{24}to
keep thee
from
the
evil
woman,
from
the flattery
of
the
tongue
of
a strange
woman.
\VS{25}Lust
not after
her
beauty
in thy
heart,
neither
let
her
take thee
with
her
eyelids;
\VS{26}for
by means
of
a whorish
woman [a
man
is brought]
to
a
loaf
of
bread,
and another's
wife doth
hunt
for
the
precious
soul.
\VS{27}Can
a
man
take
fire
in
his
bosom,
and
his
garments
not
be
burned?
\VS{28}Can
one
go
upon
hot
coals,
and
his
feet
not
be
scorched?
\VS{29}So
he
that goeth
in
to
his neighbour's
wife: whosoever toucheth
her
shall
not
be
innocent.
\VS{30}They do
not
despise
a
thief,
if
he
steal
to
satisfy
his
soul
when
he
is
hungry:
\VS{31}and if
he
be
found,
he
shall restore
sevenfold;
he
shall
give
all
the
substance
of
his
house.
\VS{32}Whoso committeth
adultery
with
a
woman
is void
of
understanding:
he
that doeth
it destroyeth
his
own
soul.
\VS{33}A wound
and
contempt
shall
he get;
and
his
reproach
shall
not
be wiped away.
\VS{34}For
jealousy
is
the
rage
of
a
man,
and
he
will
not
spare
in
the
day
of
vengeance;
\VS{35}he
will
not
regard
any
ransom,
neither
will
he rest content
though thou multipliest [thy]
gifts.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My
son,
keep
my
words,
and
lay
up
my
commandments
with thee.
\VS{2}Keep
my
commandments,
and
live;
and
my
teaching, as
the
apple
of thine
eye.
\VS{3}Bind
them
upon thy
fingers,
write
them
upon
the
tablet
of thy
heart.
\VS{4}Say unto
wisdom, Thou art
my
sister,
and
call intelligence [thy] kinswoman:
\VS{5}that they may
keep thee
from
the
strange
woman,
from
the
stranger
who flattereth
with
her
words.
\VS{6}For
at
the
window
of
my
house,
I
looked forth
through
my
lattice,
\VS{7}and
I beheld among
the simple
ones,
I
discerned among
the
sons,
a
young
man void
of
understanding,
\VS{8}passing
through
the
street
near
her
corner;
and
he
went
the
way
to
her
house,
\VS{9}in
the
twilight,
in
the
evening
of
the
day,
in
the blackness
of
night
and
the
darkness.
\VS{10}And
behold,
there
met
him
a
woman
in
the attire
of
a
harlot,
and subtle
of
heart.
\VS{11}She
is clamorous
and unmanageable;
her
feet
abide
not
in
her
house:
\VS{12}now without,
now
in
the broadways, —
and she lieth
in
wait
at
every
corner.
\VS{13}And
she
caught
him
and
kissed
him,
and
with
an impudent
face
said unto
him,
\VS{14}I
have peace-offerings
with
me;
this
day
have
I paid
my
vows:
\VS{15}therefore
came
I
forth
to
meet thee,
to
seek
earnestly thy
face,
and
I
have
found thee.
\VS{16}I
have decked
my
bed
with tapestry coverlets
of variegated linen
from
Egypt;
\VS{17}I have perfumed
my
couch
with
myrrh,
aloes,
and
cinnamon.
\VS{18}Come, let us revel
in
love
until
the
morning, let us
delight ourselves
with loves.
\VS{19}For
the
husband
is
not
at
home,
he
is
gone
a
long
journey;
\VS{20}he hath
taken
the money-bag
with
him,
he
will
come
home
on
the
day
of
the
full
moon.
\VS{21}With
her
much enticement
she beguiled
him;
with
the smoothness
of
her
lips
she constrained
him.
\VS{22}He
went
after
her straightway,
as
an
ox goeth
to
the
slaughter,
and
as stocks [serve]
for
the
correction
of
the
fool;
\VS{23}till
an
arrow strike
through
his
liver:
as
a
bird hasteth
to
the
snare,
and knoweth
not
that
it
is
for
its
life.
\VS{24}And
now, ye
sons, hearken unto
me,
and attend
to
the
words
of
my
mouth.
\VS{25}Let
not thy
heart decline
to
her
ways,
go
not
astray
in
her
paths:
\VS{26}for
she hath
cast
down
many
wounded,
and
all
slain
by
her
were
strong.
\VS{27}Her
house
is
the
way
to
Sheol,
going
down
to
the
chambers
of
death.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Doth
not
wisdom
cry?
and
understanding
give
forth
her
voice?
\VS{2}On
the
top
of
high
places
by
the
way,
at
the cross-paths she taketh
her
stand.
\VS{3}Beside
the
gates,
at
the
entry
of
the
city,
at
the coming
in
at
the
doors, she crieth
aloud.
\VS{4}Unto
you,
men,
I
call,
and
my
voice
is
to
the
sons
of
man:
\VS{5}O ye simple,
understand
prudence;
and ye
foolish,
understand
sense.
\VS{6}Hear,
for
I
will
speak excellent
things,
and
the
opening
of
my
lips shall
be
right
things.
\VS{7}For
my
palate shall
meditate
truth,
and
wickedness
is
an
abomination
to
my
lips.
\VS{8}All
the
words
of
my
mouth
are
in
righteousness;
there
is
nothing tortuous
or
perverse
in them.
\VS{9}They
are
all plain
to
him
that understandeth,
and
right
to
them
that
find
knowledge.
\VS{10}Receive
my
instruction,
and
not
silver;
and
knowledge
rather
than
choice
gold:
\VS{11}for
wisdom
is
better
than rubies,
and
all
the
things
that
may
be
desired
are
not equal
to
it.
\VS{12}I
wisdom
dwell [with]
prudence,
and
find
the
knowledge [which cometh]
of reflection.
\VS{13}The
fear
of
Jehovah
is
to
hate
evil;
pride,
and arrogancy,
and
the
evil
way,
and
the froward
mouth
do
I
hate.
\VS{14}Counsel
is mine,
and
sound
wisdom:
I
am intelligence;
I
have
strength.
\VS{15}By me
kings
reign,
and
rulers make
just decrees;
\VS{16}by
me
princes
rule,
and
nobles,
all
the
judges
of
the earth.
\VS{17}I
love those that
love
me;
and they that
seek
me early
shall
find
me.
\VS{18}Riches
and honour are
with me; durable
wealth
and
righteousness.
\VS{19}My
fruit
is
better
than
fine
gold, yea,
than
pure
gold;
and
my
revenue
than
choice
silver.
\VS{20}I
walk
in
the
path
of
righteousness,
in
the
midst
of
the
paths
of
judgment:
\VS{21}that
I
may cause those that
love
me
to
inherit substance;
and
I
will
fill
their
treasuries.
\VS{22}Jehovah
possessed
me
in
the
beginning
of
his
way,
before
his works
of old.
\VS{23}I
was set up
from
eternity,
from
the
beginning,
before
the
earth
was.
\VS{24}When
there
were
no
depths,
I
was brought forth, when
there
were
no
fountains
abounding
with
water.
\VS{25}Before
the
mountains
were
settled,
before
the
hills
was
I brought forth;
\VS{26}while
as
yet
he
had
not
made
the
earth,
nor
the
fields,
nor
the
beginning
of
the
dust
of
the
world.
\VS{27}When
he
prepared
the
heavens
I
was
there;
when
he
ordained
the
circle
upon
the
face
of
the
deep;
\VS{28}when he established
the
skies
above, when
the
fountains
of
the
deep
became
strong;
\VS{29}when
he imposed
on
the
sea
his
decree
that
the
waters
should
not
pass
his
commandment,
when
he
appointed
the
foundations
of
the
earth:
\VS{30}then
I
was
by
him [his] nursling,
and
I
was
daily
his
delight,
rejoicing
always
before
him;
\VS{31}rejoicing
in
the habitable part
of
his
earth,
and
my delights [were]
with
the
sons
of
men.
\VS{32}And
now,
sons, hearken unto
me,
and
blessed
are
they
that
keep
my
ways:
\VS{33}hear
instruction
and
be
wise,
and refuse it
not.
\VS{34}Blessed
is
the
man
that heareth
me,
watching
daily
at
my
gates,
waiting
at
the
posts
of
my
doors.
\VS{35}For whoso findeth
me findeth
life,
and obtaineth favour
of
Jehovah;
\VS{36}but
he
that sinneth
against
me doeth
violence
to
his
own
soul:
all
they
that
hate
me
love
death.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wisdom hath
built
her
house, she hath
hewn
out
her
seven
pillars;
\VS{2}she hath
slaughtered
her cattle,
she hath
mingled
her
wine,
she hath
also
prepared
her
table;
\VS{3}she hath
sent
forth
her
maidens:
she crieth
upon
the summits
of
the
high
places
of
the
city,
\VS{4}Whoso
is simple, let
him
turn
in hither.
To
him
that
is void
of
understanding,
she saith,
\VS{5}Come,
eat ye
of
my
bread,
and
drink
of
the
wine
that I have
mingled.
\VS{6}Forsake follies
and
live,
and go
in
the
way
of intelligence.
\VS{7}He that instructeth
a scorner getteth
to himself
shame;
and
he that reproveth
a
wicked [man] [getteth]
to himself
a blot.
\VS{8}Reprove
not
a scorner,
lest
he
hate thee;
reprove
a
wise [man],
and
he
will
love thee.
\VS{9}Impart
to
a
wise [man],
and
he
will become
yet
wiser;
teach
a
righteous [man],
and
he
will
increase
learning.
\VS{10}The
fear
of
Jehovah
is
the
beginning
of
wisdom;
and
the
knowledge
of
the
Holy
is intelligence.
\VS{11}For
by
me thy
days
shall
be
multiplied,
and
years
of
life
shall
be
added
to thee.
\VS{12}If thou art
wise, thou shalt
be
wise
for thyself;
and
if thou scornest, thou
alone shalt
bear
it.
\VS{13}The foolish
woman
is clamorous;
she
is stupid,
and knoweth
nothing.
\VS{14}And she sitteth
at
the
entry
of
her
house,
on
a
seat
in
the
high
places
of
the
city,
\VS{15}to
call passers-by
who
go
right
on
their
ways:
\VS{16}Whoso
is simple, let
him
turn
in hither.
And
to
him
that
is void
of
understanding
she saith,
\VS{17}Stolen
waters are
sweet,
and
the
bread
of secrecy
is
pleasant.
\VS{18}But
he knoweth
not
that
the
dead
are
there; [that]
her
guests
are
in
the depths
of
Sheol.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
Proverbs
of
Solomon.
A
wise
son maketh
a
glad
father;
but
a
foolish
son
is
the
grief
of
his
mother.
\VS{2}Treasures
of
wickedness
profit
nothing;
but
righteousness delivereth
from
death.
\VS{3}Jehovah suffereth
not
the
soul
of
the
righteous [man]
to famish;
but
he repelleth
the
craving
of
the
wicked.
\VS{4}He cometh
to want
that dealeth
with
a slack
hand;
but
the
hand
of
the diligent maketh
rich.
\VS{5}He
that gathereth
in
summer
is
a
wise
son;
he
that sleepeth
in
harvest
is
a
son
that causeth
shame.
\VS{6}Blessings
are upon
the
head
of
a
righteous [man];
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked covereth
violence.
\VS{7}The
memory
of
the
righteous [man]
shall
be
blessed;
but
the
name
of
the
wicked
shall
rot.
\VS{8}The
wise
in
heart receiveth
commandments;
but
a prating
fool
shall fall.
\VS{9}He
that walketh
in
integrity walketh
securely;
but
he
that perverteth
his
ways
shall
be
known.
\VS{10}He
that winketh
with
the
eye causeth grief,
and
a prating
fool shall fall.
\VS{11}The
mouth
of
a
righteous [man]
is
a
fountain
of
life;
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked covereth
violence.
\VS{12}Hatred stirreth
up strifes;
but
love covereth
all
transgressions.
\VS{13}In
the
lips
of
an
intelligent [man]
wisdom
is
found;
but
a
rod
is
for
the back
of
him
that
is void
of
understanding.
\VS{14}The
wise lay
up
knowledge;
but
the
mouth
of
the
fool
is
near destruction.
\VS{15}The
rich man's
wealth is
his
strong
city;
the destruction
of
the
poor is their
poverty.
\VS{16}The labour
of a
righteous [man] [tendeth]
to
life;
the
revenue
of a
wicked [man],
to
sin.
\VS{17}Keeping
instruction is
the
path
to
life;
but he that forsaketh
reproof goeth
astray.
\VS{18}He
that covereth
hatred hath
lying
lips,
and
he
that sendeth
forth
a
slander
is
a
fool.
\VS{19}In
the
multitude
of
words
there wanteth
not
transgression;
but
he
that restraineth
his
lips doeth wisely.
\VS{20}The
tongue
of
the
righteous [man]
is [as]
choice
silver;
the
heart
of
the
wicked
is
little worth.
\VS{21}The
lips
of
a
righteous [man]
feed
many;
but
fools
die
for want
of
understanding.
\VS{22}The
blessing
of
Jehovah,
it maketh
rich,
and
he addeth
no sorrow
to
it.
\VS{23}It
is
as
sport
to
a
foolish [man]
to
do
wickedness;
but
a
man
of
understanding hath
wisdom.
\VS{24}The fear
of
a
wicked [man],
it
shall
come
upon
him;
but
the
desire
of
the
righteous
shall
be
granted.
\VS{25}As
a whirlwind passeth,
so
is
the
wicked
no [more];
but
the
righteous
is
an
everlasting
foundation.
\VS{26}As
vinegar
to
the
teeth,
and
as
smoke
to
the
eyes,
so
is
the
sluggard
to
them
that
send
him.
\VS{27}The
fear
of
Jehovah prolongeth
days;
but
the
years
of
the
wicked
shall
be
shortened.
\VS{28}The
hope
of
the
righteous
is
joy;
but
the
expectation
of
the
wicked
shall
perish.
\VS{29}The
way
of
Jehovah
is
strength
to
the perfect [man],
but destruction
to
the
workers
of
iniquity.
\VS{30}The
righteous [man]
shall
never
be
moved;
but
the
wicked
shall
not
inhabit
the
land.
\VS{31}The
mouth
of
a
righteous [man] putteth forth
wisdom;
but
the froward
tongue
shall
be
cut out.
\VS{32}The
lips
of
a
righteous [man]
know
what
is
acceptable;
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked
is frowardness.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
false
balance
is
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
a
just
weight
is
his
delight.
\VS{2}[When]
pride cometh,
then cometh
shame;
but
with
the lowly
is
wisdom.
\VS{3}The
integrity
of
the
upright guideth
them; but
the
crookedness
of
the unfaithful destroyeth
them.
\VS{4}Wealth profiteth
not
in
the
day
of
wrath;
but
righteousness delivereth
from
death.
\VS{5}The
righteousness
of
the
perfect maketh plain
his
way;
but
the
wicked falleth
by
his own
wickedness.
\VS{6}The
righteousness
of
the
upright delivereth
them; but
the
treacherous
are
taken
in
their own
craving.
\VS{7}When a
wicked
man dieth, [his]
expectation
shall
perish;
and
the
hope
of
evil [men] perisheth.
\VS{8}The
righteous
is delivered
out
of
trouble,
and
the
wicked cometh
in
his
stead.
\VS{9}With
his
mouth
a hypocrite destroyeth
his neighbour;
but through
knowledge
are
the
righteous
delivered.
\VS{10}When it goeth
well
with
the
righteous,
the
city rejoiceth;
and when
the
wicked
perish, there
is
shouting.
\VS{11}By
the
blessing
of
the
upright
the
city
is
exalted;
but
it
is
overthrown
by
the
mouth
of
the
wicked.
\VS{12}He
that despiseth
his neighbour
is void
of
heart;
but
a
man
of
understanding holdeth
his peace.
\VS{13}He
that goeth
about talebearing revealeth
secrets; but
he
that
is
of
a
faithful
spirit concealeth
the
matter.
\VS{14}Where
no
advice
is,
the
people
fall;
but
in
the
multitude
of counsellors
there
is safety.
\VS{15}It goeth ill
with
him
that
is
surety
for
another;
but
he
that hateth suretyship
is
secure.
\VS{16}A
gracious
woman retaineth honour;
and
the
violent retain
riches.
\VS{17}The merciful
man doeth good
to
his
own
soul;
but
the
cruel troubleth
his
own
flesh.
\VS{18}The
wicked worketh a
deceitful
work;
but
he
that soweth
righteousness hath a sure
reward.
\VS{19}As
righteousness [tendeth]
to
life,
so
he
that pursueth
evil [doeth
it]
to
his own
death.
\VS{20}The
perverse
in
heart
are
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
they
that
are
perfect
in [their]
way
are
his
delight.
\VS{21}Hand
for
hand! an
evil [man]
shall
not
be held
innocent;
but
the
seed
of
the
righteous
shall
be
delivered.
\VS{22}A
fair
woman
who
is without
discretion,
is [as]
a
gold
ring
in
a swine's
snout.
\VS{23}The
desire
of
the
righteous
is
only
good;
the expectation
of
the
wicked
is
wrath.
\VS{24}There
is
that scattereth,
and
yet increaseth;
and
there
is
that withholdeth
more
than
is
right,
but [it tendeth]
only
to
want.
\VS{25}The liberal
soul
shall
be
made
fat,
and
he
that watereth
shall
be watered
also
himself.
\VS{26}He that withholdeth corn,
the
people curse him; but
blessing
shall
be upon
the
head
of him that selleth
it.
\VS{27}He
that
is earnest
after
good seeketh favour;
but
he
that searcheth
for mischief,
it shall
come
upon
him.
\VS{28}He
that trusteth
in
his
riches
shall
fall;
but
the
righteous
shall flourish
as
a
leaf.
\VS{29}He
that troubleth
his
own
house
shall
inherit
wind;
and
the
fool
shall
be
servant
to
the
wise
of
heart.
\VS{30}The
fruit
of
the
righteous
is
a
tree
of
life;
and
the
wise winneth
souls.
\VS{31}Behold,
the
righteous
shall
be requited
on
the
earth:
how
much
more
the
wicked
and
the
sinner.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Whoso loveth
discipline loveth
knowledge, but
he that hateth
reproof
is brutish.
\VS{2}A
good [man] obtaineth favour
of
Jehovah;
but
a
man
of mischievous
devices
will
he
condemn.
\VS{3}A
man
shall
not
be
established
by
wickedness;
but
the
root
of
the
righteous
shall
not
be
moved.
\VS{4}A
woman
of worth
is
a
crown
to
her
husband; but she that maketh
ashamed
is as
rottenness
in his
bones.
\VS{5}The
thoughts
of
the
righteous
are
right;
the
counsels
of
the
wicked
are
deceit.
\VS{6}The
words
of
the
wicked
are
a lying-in-wait
for
blood;
but
the
mouth
of
the
upright
shall
deliver
them.
\VS{7}Overthrow
the
wicked,
and
they
are
no [more];
but
the
house
of
the
righteous
shall
stand.
\VS{8}A
man
is commended
according
to
his
wisdom;
but
he
that
is
of
a perverted
heart
shall
be
despised.
\VS{9}Better
is he
that
is
lightly
esteemed,
and hath
a
servant,
than he
that honoureth
himself,
and lacketh
bread.
\VS{10}A
righteous
man
is
concerned
for
the
life
of
his
beast;
but
the tender
mercies
of
the
wicked
are
cruel.
\VS{11}He
that tilleth
his
land
shall
be
satisfied
with
bread;
but
he
that followeth
the
worthless
is void
of
understanding.
\VS{12}The
wicked desireth
the net
of
evil [men];
but
the
root
of
the
righteous yieldeth [fruit].
\VS{13}In
the
transgression
of
the
lips
is
an
evil
snare;
but
a
righteous [man] shall
go
forth
out
of
trouble.
\VS{14}A
man
is
satisfied
with
good
by
the
fruit
of
his
mouth;
and
the
recompense
of
a man's
hands
shall
be rendered unto
him.
\VS{15}The
way
of
a
fool
is
right
in
his
own
eyes;
but he
that
is
wise hearkeneth unto
counsel.
\VS{16}The vexation
of
the
fool
is presently
known;
but
a
prudent [man] covereth
shame.
\VS{17}He
that uttereth
truth sheweth forth
righteousness; but
a
false
witness
deceit.
\VS{18}There
is
that babbleth like
the piercings
of
a
sword; but
the
tongue
of
the
wise
is
health.
\VS{19}The
lip
of
truth
shall
be
established
for
ever;
but
a
lying
tongue
is
but
for
a moment.
\VS{20}Deceit
is
in
the
heart
of them
that devise
evil;
but
to
the counsellors
of
peace
is
joy.
\VS{21}There
shall
no
evil happen
to
a
righteous [man];
but
the
wicked
shall
be
filled
with mischief.
\VS{22}Lying
lips
are
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
they
that
deal truly
are
his
delight.
\VS{23}A
prudent
man concealeth
knowledge;
but
the
heart
of
the
foolish proclaimeth
folly.
\VS{24}The
hand
of
the diligent
shall bear
rule;
but
the slothful [hand]
shall
be
under
tribute.
\VS{25}Heaviness
in
the
heart
of
man maketh
it stoop;
but
a
good
word maketh
it
glad.
\VS{26}The
righteous guideth
his neighbour;
but
the
way
of
the
wicked misleadeth
them.
\VS{27}The slothful roasteth
not what
he took
in hunting;
but man's
precious
substance
is
to
the diligent.
\VS{28}In
the
path
of
righteousness
is
life,
and
in
the
pathway thereof there
is
no
death.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
wise
son [heareth]
his father's
instruction;
but
a scorner heareth
not
rebuke.
\VS{2}A
man
shall
eat
good
by
the
fruit
of
his
mouth;
but
the
soul
of
the
treacherous,
violence.
\VS{3}He
that guardeth
his
mouth keepeth
his
soul; destruction
shall
be
to
him
that openeth
wide
his
lips.
\VS{4}A sluggard's
soul desireth
and hath
nothing;
but
the
soul
of
the diligent
shall
be
made
fat.
\VS{5}A
righteous [man] hateth
lying;
but
the
wicked maketh
himself
odious
and cometh
to
shame.
\VS{6}Righteousness preserveth
him
that
is perfect
in
the
way;
but
wickedness overthroweth
the sinner.
\VS{7}There
is
that feigneth himself
rich,
and hath
nothing;
there
is
that maketh himself
poor,
and hath
great
wealth.
\VS{8}The
ransom
of
a man's
life
is
his
riches;
but
the indigent heareth
not
rebuke.
\VS{9}The
light
of
the
righteous rejoiceth;
but
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
shall
be
put
out.
\VS{10}By
pride there
only cometh
contention;
but
with
the well-advised
is
wisdom.
\VS{11}Wealth [gotten]
by
vanity diminisheth;
but
he
that gathereth
by manual-labour
shall
increase [it].
\VS{12}Hope
deferred maketh
the
heart
sick;
but
the
desire [that] cometh
to
pass
is
a
tree
of
life.
\VS{13}Whoso despiseth
the
word
shall
be held
by
it;
but
he
that feareth
the
commandment
shall
be rewarded.
\VS{14}The
teaching
of
the
wise [man]
is a
fountain
of
life,
to
turn
away
from
the
snares
of
death.
\VS{15}Good
understanding procureth favour;
but
the
way
of
the
treacherous
is
hard.
\VS{16}Every
prudent [man] acteth
with
knowledge;
but
the
foolish layeth open [his]
folly.
\VS{17}A
wicked
messenger falleth
into
evil;
but
a
faithful ambassador
is
health.
\VS{18}Poverty
and
shame shall be [to]
him that refuseth
instruction;
but he that regardeth
reproof shall be honoured.
\VS{19}The
desire accomplished
is
sweet
to
the
soul;
but
it
is
abomination
to
the
foolish
to
depart
from
evil.
\VS{20}He
that walketh
with
wise [men] becometh
wise;
but
a companion
of
the
foolish
will be depraved.
\VS{21}Evil pursueth
sinners;
but
to
the
righteous
good shall
be repaid.
\VS{22}A
good
man leaveth
an
inheritance
to
his children's
children;
but
the
wealth
of
the
sinner
is laid
up
for
the
righteous [man].
\VS{23}Much
food
is
in
the tillage
of
the
poor;
but
there
is
that
is lost
for want
of
judgment.
\VS{24}He
that spareth
his
rod hateth
his
son; but
he
that loveth
him chasteneth
him betimes.
\VS{25}The
righteous eateth
to
the satisfying
of
his
soul;
but
the
belly
of
the
wicked
shall
want.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
wisdom
of
women buildeth
their
house; but
folly plucketh
it
down
with
her
hands.
\VS{2}He
that walketh
in
his
uprightness feareth
Jehovah;
but
he
that
is perverted
in
his
ways despiseth
him.
\VS{3}In
the fool's
mouth
is
a
rod
of
pride;
but
the
lips
of
the
wise
shall
preserve
them.
\VS{4}Where
no
oxen
are,
the crib
is
clean;
but
much
increase
is
by
the
strength
of
the
ox.
\VS{5}A
faithful
witness
will
not
lie;
but
a
false
witness uttereth
lies.
\VS{6}A scorner seeketh
wisdom,
and
there
is
none [for
him];
but
knowledge
is
easy unto
the
intelligent.
\VS{7}Go
from
the
presence
of
a
foolish
man,
in whom thou perceivest
not
the
lips
of
knowledge.
\VS{8}The
wisdom
of
the
prudent
is
to
discern
his
way;
but
the
folly
of
the
foolish
is
deceit.
\VS{9}Fools make
a
mock
at trespass;
but for
the
upright there
is favour.
\VS{10}The
heart knoweth
its
own bitterness,
and
a stranger doth
not intermeddle
with
its
joy.
\VS{11}The
house
of
the
wicked
shall
be overthrown;
but
the
tent
of
the
upright
shall flourish.
\VS{12}There
is
a
way
that seemeth
right unto
a
man,
but
the
end thereof
is
the
ways
of
death.
\VS{13}Even
in
laughter
the
heart
is sorrowful,
and
the
end
of
mirth
is sadness.
\VS{14}The
backslider
in
heart
shall
be
filled
with
his
own
ways,
and
the
good
man
from
what
is
in
himself.
\VS{15}The simple believeth
every
word;
but
the
prudent [man] heedeth
his going.
\VS{16}A
wise [man] feareth
and departeth
from
evil;
but
the
foolish
is overbearing
and
confident.
\VS{17}He
that
is soon
angry dealeth
foolishly,
and
a
man
of mischievous
devices
is
hated.
\VS{18}The simple
inherit
folly; but
the
prudent
are
crowned
with
knowledge.
\VS{19}The
evil
bow
before
the
good,
and
the
wicked
at
the
gates
of
the
righteous [man].
\VS{20}He
that
is
poor
is
hated
even
of
his own neighbour;
but
the
rich hath
many
friends.
\VS{21}He that despiseth
his neighbour sinneth; but he that
is gracious
to
the
afflicted,
happy
is he.
\VS{22}Do
they
not
err
that devise
evil?
but loving-kindness
and
truth
are
for those
that devise
good.
\VS{23}In
all labour
there
is
profit;
but
the
talk
of
the
lips [tendeth]
only
to
want.
\VS{24}The
crown
of the
wise
is their
riches; the
folly
of the
foolish
is
folly.
\VS{25}A
true
witness delivereth
souls; but
deceit uttereth
lies.
\VS{26}In
the
fear
of
Jehovah
is
strong
confidence,
and
his
children
shall
have
a
place
of
refuge.
\VS{27}The
fear
of
Jehovah
is
a
fountain
of
life,
to
turn
away
from
the
snares
of
death.
\VS{28}In
the
multitude
of
people
is
the king's
glory;
but
in
the
lack
of
people
is
the
ruin
of
a prince.
\VS{29}He
that
is
slow
to
anger
is
of
great
understanding;
but
he
that
is hasty
of
spirit exalteth
folly.
\VS{30}A sound
heart
is
the
life
of
the
flesh;
but
envy
the
rottenness
of
the
bones.
\VS{31}He that oppresseth
the
poor reproacheth
his Maker;
but
he that honoureth
Him is gracious
to
the
needy.
\VS{32}The
wicked
is driven
away
by his evil-doing;
but
the
righteous trusteth, [even]
in his
death.
\VS{33}Wisdom resteth
in
the
heart
of
the
intelligent [man];
but
that which
is
in
the
foolish maketh itself
known.
\VS{34}Righteousness exalteth
a
nation; but
sin
is
a reproach
to
peoples.
\VS{35}The king's favour
is toward
a
wise
servant;
but
his
wrath
is [against]
him
that causeth
shame.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
soft
answer turneth
away
fury;
but
a grievous
word stirreth
up
anger.
\VS{2}The
tongue
of
the
wise useth
knowledge aright; but
the
mouth
of
the
foolish poureth
out
folly.
\VS{3}The
eyes
of
Jehovah
are
in
every
place, beholding
the
evil
and
the
good.
\VS{4}Gentleness
of
tongue
is
a
tree
of
life; but
crookedness therein
is
a breaking
of
the
spirit.
\VS{5}A
fool despiseth
his father's
instruction;
but
he
that regardeth
reproof becometh prudent.
\VS{6}In
the
house
of a
righteous [man]
is
much
treasure;
but
in
the
revenue
of a
wicked [man]
is disturbance.
\VS{7}The
lips
of
the
wise
disperse
knowledge,
but
not
so
the
heart
of
the
foolish.
\VS{8}The
sacrifice
of
the
wicked
is
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
the
prayer
of
the
upright
is
his
delight.
\VS{9}The
way
of
a
wicked [man]
is
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
him
that pursueth
righteousness
he loveth.
\VS{10}Grievous
correction
is
for
him
that forsaketh
the
path; he
that hateth
reproof
shall
die.
\VS{11}Sheol
and
destruction
are
before
Jehovah;
how
much
more
then
the
hearts
of
the
children
of
men!
\VS{12}A scorner loveth
not
one
that reproveth
him;
he
will
not go unto
the
wise.
\VS{13}A
joyful
heart maketh
a
cheerful
countenance;
but
by sorrow
of
heart
the
spirit
is broken.
\VS{14}The
heart
of
an
intelligent [man] seeketh
knowledge;
but
the
mouth
of
the
foolish feedeth
on
folly.
\VS{15}All
the
days
of
the
afflicted
are
evil;
but
a cheerful
heart
is
a
continual
feast.
\VS{16}Better
is
little
with
the
fear
of
Jehovah
than
great store
and disquietude therewith.
\VS{17}Better
is
a meal
of herbs
where
love
is,
than
a fatted
ox
and
hatred therewith.
\VS{18}A furious
man stirreth
up
contention;
but
he
that
is
slow
to
anger appeaseth
strife.
\VS{19}The
way
of
the
sluggard
is as
a
hedge
of
thorns;
but
the
path
of
the
upright
is made plain.
\VS{20}A
wise
son maketh
a
glad
father;
but
a
foolish
man despiseth
his
mother.
\VS{21}Folly
is
joy
to him
that
is void
of
sense;
but
a
man
of
understanding regulateth
his walk.
\VS{22}Without
counsel
purposes
are disappointed;
but
in
the
multitude
of counsellors
they
are
established.
\VS{23}A
man hath
joy
by
the
answer
of
his
mouth;
and
a
word
in its
season,
how
good
is
it!
\VS{24}The
path
of
life
is
upwards
for
the
wise,
that he
may
depart
from
Sheol
beneath.
\VS{25}Jehovah plucketh
up
the
house
of
the
proud;
but
he establisheth
the
boundary
of
the
widow.
\VS{26}The
thoughts
of
the
evil [man]
are
an
abomination
to
Jehovah;
but
pure
words
are
pleasant.
\VS{27}He
that
is
greedy
of
gain troubleth
his own
house; but
he
that hateth
gifts
shall
live.
\VS{28}The
heart
of
a
righteous [man] studieth
to
answer;
but
the
mouth
of
the
wicked poureth
out
evil things.
\VS{29}Jehovah
is
far
from
the
wicked;
but
he heareth
the
prayer
of
the
righteous.
\VS{30}That
which enlighteneth
the
eyes rejoiceth
the
heart;
good
tidings
make
the
bones
fat.
\VS{31}The
ear
that heareth
the
reproof
of
life shall abide
among
the
wise.
\VS{32}He
that refuseth
instruction despiseth
his
own
soul;
but
he
that heareth
reproof getteth
sense.
\VS{33}The
fear
of
Jehovah
is
the
discipline
of
wisdom,
and
before honour [goeth]
humility.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The purposes
of
the
heart
are
of
man,
but
the
answer
of
the
tongue
is
from
Jehovah.
\VS{2}All
the
ways
of
a
man
are
clean
in
his
own
eyes;
but
Jehovah weigheth
the
spirits.
\VS{3}Commit thy
works unto
Jehovah,
and thy
thoughts
shall
be
established.
\VS{4}Jehovah hath
wrought
everything
on
his own account, yea,
even
the
wicked
for
the
day
of
evil.
\VS{5}Every proud
heart
is
an
abomination
to
Jehovah:
hand
for
hand,
he
shall
not
be held
innocent.
\VS{6}By loving-kindness
and
truth
iniquity
is atoned
for;
and
by
the
fear
of
Jehovah [men]
depart
from
evil.
\VS{7}When
a man's
ways
please
Jehovah,
he maketh
even
his
enemies
to
be
at peace
with
him.
\VS{8}Better
is
a
little
with
righteousness,
than
great revenues
without
right.
\VS{9}The
heart
of
man deviseth
his
way,
but
Jehovah directeth
his
steps.
\VS{10}An oracle
is
on
the
lips
of
the
king:
his
mouth
will
not
err
in
judgment.
\VS{11}The
just
balance
and
scales
are Jehovah's;
all
the
weights
of
the
bag
are
his
work.
\VS{12}It
is
an
abomination
to
kings
to commit
wickedness;
for
the
throne
is
established
by
righteousness.
\VS{13}Righteous
lips
are
the
delight
of
kings,
and
they
love
him
that speaketh aright.
\VS{14}The
fury
of
a
king
is [as]
messengers
of
death;
but
a
wise
man
will pacify it.
\VS{15}In
the
light
of
the king's
countenance
is
life,
and
his favour
is
as
a
cloud
of
the
latter
rain.
\VS{16}How
much
better
is
it
to
get
wisdom
than
fine
gold,
and
the getting
of intelligence
to
be
preferred
to
silver!
\VS{17}The
highway
of
the
upright
is
to
depart
from
evil: he
that taketh
heed
to
his
way keepeth
his
soul.
\VS{18}Pride [goeth]
before
destruction,
and
a
haughty
spirit
before
a fall.
\VS{19}Better
is
it
to be
of
a
humble
spirit
with
the meek,
than
to
divide
the
spoil
with
the
proud.
\VS{20}He
that giveth heed
to
the
word
shall
find
good;
and whoso confideth
in
Jehovah,
happy
is
he.
\VS{21}The
wise
in
heart
is
called
intelligent,
and
the
sweetness
of
the
lips increaseth
learning.
\VS{22}Wisdom
is a
fountain
of
life
for
him that hath it;
but
the
instruction
of
fools
is
folly.
\VS{23}The
heart
of
the
wise maketh
his
mouth intelligent,
and
upon
his
lips increaseth
learning.
\VS{24}Pleasant
words
are [as] a
honeycomb,
sweet
to the
soul,
and
health
for the
bones.
\VS{25}There
is
a
way
that seemeth
right unto
a
man,
but
the
end thereof
is
the
ways
of
death.
\VS{26}The
appetite
of
the labourer laboureth
for
him,
for
his
mouth urgeth
him
on.
\VS{27}A
man
of Belial diggeth
up
evil,
and
on
his
lips there
is
as
a scorching
fire.
\VS{28}A false
man soweth
contention;
and
a talebearer separateth very
friends.
\VS{29}A
violent
man enticeth
his neighbour,
and leadeth
him
into
a
way
that
is
not
good.
\VS{30}He
that shutteth
his
eyes, [it
is]
to
devise froward
things; biting
his
lips,
he bringeth
evil
to
pass.
\VS{31}The hoary
head
is
a
crown
of
glory, [if]
it
is
found
in
the
way
of
righteousness.
\VS{32}He
that
is
slow
to
anger
is
better
than
the
mighty,
and
he
that ruleth
his
spirit
than
he
that taketh
a
city.
\VS{33}The
lot
is
cast
into
the
lap;
but
the
whole
decision
is
of
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Better
is
a dry
morsel,
and
quietness therewith,
than
a
house
full
of
feasting [with]
strife.
\VS{2}A
wise
servant
shall
rule
over
a
son
that causeth
shame,
and
shall
have
part
in
the
inheritance
among
the
brethren.
\VS{3}The fining-pot
is
for
silver,
and
the
furnace
for
gold;
but
Jehovah trieth
the
hearts.
\VS{4}The evil-doer giveth
heed
to iniquitous
lips;
the
liar giveth
ear
to
a mischievous
tongue.
\VS{5}Whoso mocketh
a
poor [man] reproacheth
his Maker;
he
that
is
glad
at
calamity
shall
not
be
held
innocent.
\VS{6}Children's
children
are
the
crown
of
old
men;
and
the
glory
of
children
are their
fathers.
\VS{7}Excellent
speech becometh
not
a vile [man];
how
much
less
do
lying
lips
a
noble!
\VS{8}A gift
is
a precious
stone
in
the
eyes
of
the possessor: whithersoever
it turneth
it prospereth.
\VS{9}He
that covereth
transgression seeketh
love;
but he
that bringeth
a
matter up
again separateth very
friends.
\VS{10}A reproof entereth more deeply into
him
that hath
understanding than
a
hundred stripes into
a
fool.
\VS{11}An
evil [man] seeketh
only
rebellion;
but
a
cruel
messenger
shall
be
sent against
him.
\VS{12}Let
a
bear
robbed
of
her whelps
meet
a
man
rather
than
a
fool
in
his
folly.
\VS{13}Whoso rewardeth
evil
for
good,
evil
shall
not
depart
from
his
house.
\VS{14}The
beginning
of
contention
is [as] when one letteth
out
water; therefore
leave off
strife
before
it become vehement.
\VS{15}He
that justifieth
the
wicked,
and
he
that condemneth
the
righteous,
even
they
both
are
abomination
to
Jehovah.
\VS{16}To
what
purpose
is
there
a
price
in
the
hand
of
a
fool
to
get
wisdom, seeing [he] hath
no
sense?
\VS{17}The
friend loveth
at
all
times,
and
a
brother
is
born
for
adversity.
\VS{18}A senseless
man striketh
hands, becoming
surety
for
his neighbour.
\VS{19}He loveth
transgression that loveth
a quarrel;
he that maketh
high
his
gate seeketh
destruction.
\VS{20}He
that hath
a
perverse
heart findeth
no
good;
and
he
that shifteth about
with
his
tongue falleth
into
evil.
\VS{21}He
that begetteth
a
fool [doeth
it]
to
his
sorrow,
and
the
father
of
a vile [man] hath
no
joy.
\VS{22}A
joyful
heart promoteth
healing;
but
a broken
spirit drieth
up
the
bones.
\VS{23}A
wicked [man] taketh
a gift
out
of
the
bosom,
to
pervert
the
paths
of
judgment.
\VS{24}Wisdom
is
before
him
that hath
understanding; but
the
eyes
of
a
fool
are
in
the ends
of
the
earth.
\VS{25}A
foolish
son
is
a grief
to
his
father,
and
bitterness
to
her
that
bore
him.
\VS{26}To punish
a
righteous [man]
is
not
good,
nor
to
strike
nobles
because
of [their]
uprightness.
\VS{27}He
that hath
knowledge spareth
his
words;
and
a
man
of
understanding
is
of
a
cool
spirit.
\VS{28}Even
a
fool
when
he holdeth
his peace
is
reckoned
wise, [and]
he
that shutteth
his
lips,
intelligent.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
that separateth
himself seeketh [his] pleasure,
he
is vehement
against
all
sound
wisdom.
\VS{2}A
fool hath
no
delight
in
understanding,
but
only
that
his
heart
may
reveal itself.
\VS{3}When
the
wicked cometh, there cometh
also
contempt,
and
with ignominy
reproach.
\VS{4}The
words
of
a man's
mouth
are
deep
waters, [and]
the
fountain
of
wisdom
is
a gushing
brook.
\VS{5}It
is
not
good
to accept
the person
of
the
wicked,
to wrong
the
righteous
in
judgment.
\VS{6}A fool's
lips
enter
into
contention,
and
his
mouth calleth
for stripes.
\VS{7}A fool's
mouth
is destruction
to
him,
and
his
lips
are
a
snare
to
his
soul.
\VS{8}The
words
of
a talebearer
are
as
dainty
morsels,
and
they
go
down
into
the
innermost
parts
of
the
belly.
\VS{9}He
also
who
is indolent
in
his
work
is
brother
of
the
destroyer.
\VS{10}The
name
of
Jehovah
is
a
strong
tower:
the
righteous runneth into
it,
and
is
safe.
\VS{11}The
rich man's
wealth is
his
strong
city,
and as
a
high
wall
in
his own
imagination.
\VS{12}Before
destruction
the
heart
of
man
is haughty;
and
before honour [goeth]
humility.
\VS{13}He
that giveth
answer
before
he heareth,
it
is
folly
and
shame unto
him.
\VS{14}The
spirit
of
a
man sustaineth
his infirmity;
but
a broken
spirit
who
can
bear?
\VS{15}The
heart
of
an
intelligent [man] getteth
knowledge,
and
the
ear
of
the
wise seeketh
knowledge.
\VS{16}A man's
gift maketh
room
for
him,
and bringeth
him
before
great
men.
\VS{17}He
that
is
first
in
his own
cause [seemeth]
just;
but
his neighbour cometh
and searcheth
him.
\VS{18}The
lot causeth contentions
to
cease,
and parteth
between
the
mighty.
\VS{19}A
brother
offended
is [harder
to
be won] than
a
strong
city;
and
contentions are as
the
bars
of
a
palace.
\VS{20}A man's
belly
is
satisfied
with
the
fruit
of
his
mouth;
with
the
increase
of
his
lips
is
he
satisfied.
\VS{21}Death
and
life
are
in
the
power
of
the
tongue,
and
they
that
love
it
shall
eat
the
fruit thereof.
\VS{22}Whoso hath
found
a
wife hath
found
a
good thing,
and hath obtained favour
from
Jehovah.
\VS{23}He
that
is
poor speaketh
with
supplications,
but
the
rich answereth
roughly.
\VS{24}A
man
of [many]
friends
will come
to ruin
but
there
is
a
friend [that] sticketh closer than
a
brother.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Better
is
a
poor [man]
that walketh
in
his
integrity,
than
he
that
is
perverse
in
his
lips,
and
is
a
fool.
\VS{2}Also
that
a
person
be
without
knowledge
is
not
good;
and
he
that hasteth
with
his
feet maketh false
steps.
\VS{3}The
folly
of
man distorteth
his
way,
and
his
heart
is irritated
against
Jehovah.
\VS{4}Wealth addeth
many
friends;
but
the
poor is
separated
from
his
friend.
\VS{5}A
false
witness
shall
not
be held
innocent,
and
he
that uttereth
lies
shall
not
escape.
\VS{6}Many court
the favour
of
a
noble;
and
every
one
is
friend
to
a
man
that giveth.
\VS{7}All
the
brethren
of
a
poor [man]
hate
him;
how
much
more
do
his
friends
go
far
from
him:
he pursueth [them]
with
words, —
they
are
not [to
be found].
\VS{8}He
that getteth
sense loveth
his
own
soul;
he
that keepeth
understanding
shall
find
good.
\VS{9}A
false
witness
shall
not
be held
innocent,
and
he
that uttereth
lies
shall
perish.
\VS{10}Good living beseemeth
not
a
fool;
how
much
less
for
a
servant
to
have
rule
over
princes.
\VS{11}The
discretion
of
a
man maketh
him
slow
to
anger,
and
it
is
his
glory
to
pass
over
a
transgression.
\VS{12}The king's displeasure
is
as
the
roaring
of
a
lion;
but
his favour
is
as
dew
upon
the
grass.
\VS{13}A
foolish
son
is
the
calamity
of
his
father;
and
the contentions
of
a
wife
are
a continual dropping.
\VS{14}House
and
wealth
are
an
inheritance
from
fathers;
but
a prudent
wife
is
from
Jehovah.
\VS{15}Slothfulness casteth
into
a
deep
sleep,
and
the idle
soul
shall
suffer
hunger.
\VS{16}He
that keepeth
the
commandment keepeth
his
soul; he
that
is
careless
of
his
ways
shall
die.
\VS{17}He
that
is gracious
to
the
poor lendeth unto
Jehovah;
and
what
he hath bestowed
will
he
repay unto
him.
\VS{18}Chasten thy
son,
seeing
there
is
hope;
but
set
not thy
soul
upon
killing
him.
\VS{19}A man
of great
wrath shall
suffer punishment;
for
if thou
deliver [him],
yet thou
must
do
it
again.
\VS{20}Hear
counsel,
and
receive
instruction,
that thou mayest
be
wise
in thy
latter
end.
\VS{21}Many
are
the
thoughts
in
a man's
heart,
but
the
counsel
of
Jehovah,
that doth
stand.
\VS{22}The charm
of
a
man
is
his
kindness;
and
a
poor [man]
is
better
than
a liar.
\VS{23}The
fear
of
Jehovah [tendeth]
to
life,
and
he [that hath
it]
shall rest
satisfied without being
visited
with
evil.
\VS{24}A
sluggard burieth
his
hand
in
the
dish,
and
will
not
even
bring
it
to
his
mouth
again.
\VS{25}Smite
a scorner,
and
the simple
will beware;
reprove
the
intelligent,
and
he
will
understand
knowledge.
\VS{26}He
that ruineth [his]
father
and chaseth
away [his]
mother
is
a
son
that causeth
shame
and bringeth reproach.
\VS{27}Cease,
my
son,
to
hear
the
instruction
which causeth
to
stray
from
the
words
of
knowledge.
\VS{28}A
witness
of Belial scorneth
judgment,
and
the
mouth
of
the
wicked swalloweth down
iniquity.
\VS{29}Judgments
are
prepared
for scorners,
and stripes
for
the back of
the
foolish.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wine
is
a scorner,
strong
drink
is raging;
and whoso erreth thereby
is
not
wise.
\VS{2}The
terror
of
a
king
is
as
the
roaring
of
a
lion:
he
that provoketh
him
to
anger sinneth
against
his
own
soul.
\VS{3}It
is
an honour
for
a
man
to cease
from
strife;
but
every
fool rusheth
into
it.
\VS{4}The
sluggard
will
not plough
by reason
of
the
winter;
he
shall
beg
in
harvest,
and
have
nothing.
\VS{5}Counsel
in
the
heart
of
man
is
deep
water,
and
a
man
of
understanding draweth
it
out.
\VS{6}Most
men
will
proclaim
every
one
his
own
kindness;
but
a
faithful
man
who
shall
find?
\VS{7}The
righteous walketh
in
his
integrity:
blessed
are
his
children
after
him!
\VS{8}A
king
sitting
on
the
throne
of
judgment scattereth
away
all
evil
with
his
eyes.
\VS{9}Who
can
say,
I have made
my
heart
clean,
I am
pure
from
my
sin?
\VS{10}Divers
weights, divers
measures,
even
both
of
them
are
abomination
to
Jehovah.
\VS{11}Even
a
child
is known
by
his
doings,
whether
his
work
be
pure,
and
whether
it
be
right.
\VS{12}The
hearing
ear,
and
the
seeing
eye,
Jehovah hath
made
even
both
of
them.
\VS{13}Love
not
sleep,
lest thou
come
to
poverty;
open thine
eyes, [and] thou shalt
be
satisfied
with
bread.
\VS{14}Bad!
bad! saith
the
buyer;
but
when
he
is
gone
his
way,
then
he boasteth.
\VS{15}There
is
gold,
and
a
multitude
of rubies;
but
the
lips
of
knowledge
are
a
precious
Jewel.
\VS{16}Take
his
garment
that
is
become
surety [for]
another,
and hold
him
in pledge
for
strangers.
\VS{17}Bread
of
falsehood
is
sweet
to
a
man,
but
afterwards
his
mouth
shall
be
filled
with
gravel.
\VS{18}Plans
are
established
by
counsel;
and
with good
advice
make
war.
\VS{19}He
that goeth
about talebearing revealeth
secrets; therefore meddle
not
with
him
that openeth
his
lips.
\VS{20}Whoso curseth
his
father
or
his
mother,
his
lamp
shall
be
put
out
in
the blackest
darkness.
\VS{21}An
inheritance obtained hastily
at
the
beginning
will
not
be
blessed
in
the
end.
\VS{22}Say
not,
I
will recompense
evil:
wait
on
Jehovah,
and
he
shall
save thee.
\VS{23}Divers
weights
are
an
abomination unto
Jehovah;
and
a
false
balance
is
not
good.
\VS{24}The
steps
of
a
man
are
from
Jehovah;
and
how
can
a
man
understand
his own
way?
\VS{25}It
is a
snare
to a
man rashly
to say,
It
is hallowed,
and
after
vows
to
make
inquiry.
\VS{26}A
wise
king scattereth
the
wicked,
and bringeth
the
wheel
over
them.
\VS{27}Man's
spirit
is
the
lamp
of
Jehovah,
searching
all
the
inner
parts
of
the
belly.
\VS{28}Mercy
and
truth
preserve
the
king;
and
he upholdeth
his
throne
by mercy.
\VS{29}The
glory
of
young
men is
their
strength;
and
the
beauty
of
old
men is
the grey
head.
\VS{30}Wounding
stripes purge
away
evil,
and
strokes [purge]
the
inner
parts
of
the
belly.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The king's
heart
in
the
hand
of
Jehovah
is [as] brooks
of
water:
he turneth
it whithersoever
he
will.
\VS{2}Every
way
of
a
man
is
right
in
his
own
eyes;
but
Jehovah weigheth
the
hearts.
\VS{3}To exercise
justice
and
judgment
is more acceptable
to
Jehovah than
sacrifice.
\VS{4}Lofty
eyes,
and
a
proud
heart,
the lamp
of
the
wicked,
is
sin.
\VS{5}The
thoughts
of
the diligent [tend]
only
to plenteousness;
but
of
every
one
that
is
hasty,
only
to
want.
\VS{6}The getting
of
treasures
by
a
lying
tongue
is
a
fleeting
breath
of them
that
seek
death.
\VS{7}The
devastation
of
the
wicked sweepeth
them
away,
because
they
refuse
to
do
what
is
right.
\VS{8}Very
crooked
is
the
way
of
a
guilty
man;
but
as
for
the
pure,
his
work
is
upright.
\VS{9}It
is
better
to
dwell
in
a
corner
of
the
housetop,
than
with
a contentious
woman,
and
a
house
in common.
\VS{10}The
soul
of
the
wicked desireth
evil:
his neighbour findeth
no favour
in
his
eyes.
\VS{11}When
the scorner
is
punished,
the simple becometh
wise;
and
when
the
wise
is instructed,
he receiveth
knowledge.
\VS{12}One
that
is
righteous wisely considereth
the
house
of
the
wicked:
he overthroweth
the
wicked
to [their] ruin.
\VS{13}Whoso stoppeth
his
ears
at
the
cry
of
the
poor,
he
also
himself
shall
cry,
and
shall
not
be heard.
\VS{14}A
gift
in secret pacifieth
anger;
and
a
present
in
the
bosom, vehement
fury.
\VS{15}It
is
joy
to
a
righteous [man]
to
do
what
is
right;
but
it
is
ruin
for
the
workers
of
iniquity.
\VS{16}The
man
that wandereth out
of
the
way
of wisdom
shall abide
in
the
congregation
of
the
dead.
\VS{17}He
that loveth
mirth
shall
be
a
poor
man;
he
that loveth
wine
and
oil
shall
not
be
rich.
\VS{18}The
wicked
is
a
ransom
for
the
righteous,
and
a
treacherous [man]
in
the
stead
of
the
upright.
\VS{19}It
is
better
to
dwell
in
a
desert
land.
than
with
a
contentious
and irritable
woman.
\VS{20}There
is costly store
and
oil
in
the
dwelling
of
a
wise [man];
but
a
foolish
man swalloweth it
up.
\VS{21}He that followeth
after
righteousness
and mercy findeth
life,
righteousness,
and honour.
\VS{22}A
wise [man] scaleth
the
city
of
the
mighty,
and casteth
down
the
strength
of
the
confidence thereof.
\VS{23}Whoso keepeth
his
mouth
and
his
tongue keepeth
his
soul
from troubles.
\VS{24}Proud,
arrogant, scorner
is
his
name
who dealeth
in
proud
wrath.
\VS{25}The
desire
of
the
sluggard killeth
him;
for
his
hands
refuse
to work:
\VS{26}He coveteth
greedily
all
the
day
long;
but
the
righteous giveth
and spareth
not.
\VS{27}The
sacrifice
of
the
wicked
is
abomination:
how
much
more
when
they
bring
it
with
a
wicked purpose!
\VS{28}A
lying
witness
shall
perish;
and
a
man
that heareth
shall
speak constantly.
\VS{29}A
wicked
man hardeneth
his
face;
but
as
for
the
upright,
he establisheth
his
way.
\VS{30}There
is
no
wisdom,
nor
understanding,
nor
counsel
against
Jehovah.
\VS{31}The
horse
is
prepared
for
the
day
of
battle;
but safety
is
of
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A [good]
name
is rather
to
be
chosen
than
great
riches; loving favour rather
than
silver
and
gold.
\VS{2}The
rich
and
poor
meet together;
Jehovah
is
the maker
of
them
all.
\VS{3}A
prudent [man] seeth
the
evil,
and hideth himself;
but
the simple
pass
on,
and
are
punished.
\VS{4}The
reward
of
humility [and]
the
fear
of
Jehovah
is
riches,
and honour,
and
life.
\VS{5}Thorns [and]
snares
are
in
the
way
of
the
perverse: he
that keepeth
his
soul holdeth
himself
far
from
them.
\VS{6}Train
up
the
child
according
to
the tenor
of
his
way,
and
when
he
is
old
he
will
not
depart
from
it.
\VS{7}The
rich ruleth
over
the
poor;
and
the borrower
is
servant
to
the lender.
\VS{8}He
that soweth
unrighteousness
shall
reap
iniquity,
and
the
rod
of
his
wrath
shall
have
an
end.
\VS{9}He
that hath
a bountiful
eye
shall
be
blessed,
for
he giveth
of
his
bread
to
the
poor.
\VS{10}Cast
out
the scorner,
and
contention
will
depart,
and
strife
and ignominy shall
cease.
\VS{11}He
that loveth pureness
of
heart, upon
whose
lips
is
grace,
the
king
is
his
friend.
\VS{12}The
eyes
of
Jehovah
preserve
knowledge;
but
he overthroweth
the
words
of
the unfaithful.
\VS{13}The
sluggard saith,
There
is
a
lion without,
I
shall be
killed
in
the
streets!
\VS{14}The
mouth
of
strange women
is
a
deep ditch:
he
with whom
Jehovah
is
displeased
shall
fall therein.
\VS{15}Folly
is
bound
in
the
heart
of
a
child;
the
rod
of
correction
shall drive
it
far
from
him.
\VS{16}He
that oppresseth
the
poor,
it
is
to enrich
him;
he
that giveth
to
the
rich, [bringeth]
only
to
want.
\VS{17}Incline thine
ear,
and
hear
the
words
of
the
wise,
and
apply thy
heart unto
my
knowledge.
\VS{18}For
it
is
a
pleasant
thing
if thou
keep
them
within thee:
they shall
be
together fitted
on thy
lips.
\VS{19}That thy
confidence
may
be
in
Jehovah,
I
have
made [them]
known
to thee
this
day,
even
to thee.
\VS{20}Have
not
I
written
to thee excellent
things,
in
counsels
and
knowledge,
\VS{21}that
I might
make thee
know
the
certainty
of
the
words
of
truth;
that thou mightest carry
back
words
of
truth
to
them
that
send thee?
\VS{22}Rob
not
the
poor,
because
he
is
poor,
neither oppress
the
afflicted
in
the
gate;
\VS{23}for
Jehovah
will
plead
their
cause,
and despoil
the
soul
of
those
that despoil
them.
\VS{24}Make
no friendship
with
an
angry
man,
and
go
not
with
a furious
man;
\VS{25}lest thou
learn
his
paths,
and
get
a
snare
to thy
soul.
\VS{26}Be
not
of
them
that strike
hands,
of
them
that
are sureties
for
debts:
\VS{27}if thou hast
nothing
to
pay,
why
should
he
take
away thy
bed
from
under thee?
\VS{28}Remove
not
the
ancient landmark
which thy
fathers
have
set.
\VS{29}Hast thou
seen
a
man diligent
in
his
work?
He
shall
stand
before
kings;
he
shall
not
stand
before
the mean.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When thou sittest
to
eat
with
a
ruler,
consider
well
who
is
before thee;
\VS{2}and
put
a
knife
to thy
throat,
if thou
be
a
man given
to
appetite.
\VS{3}Be
not desirous
of
his dainties;
for
they are deceitful
food.
\VS{4}Weary
not thyself
to
become
rich;
cease
from thine own intelligence:
\VS{5}wilt thou
set thine
eyes upon
it,
it
is
gone;
for
indeed
it maketh
itself
wings
and
it flieth
away
as
an
eagle towards
the
heavens.
\VS{6}Eat thou
not
the
food
of
him
that hath an
evil
eye,
neither
desire thou
his dainties.
\VS{7}For
as
he thinketh
in
his
soul,
so
is
he.
Eat
and
drink!
will
he
say unto thee;
but
his
heart
is
not
with thee.
\VS{8}Thy
morsel
which thou hast
eaten must thou
vomit
up,
and thou wilt
have
wasted thy sweet
words.
\VS{9}Speak
not
in
the
ears
of
a
foolish [man],
for
he
will
despise
the
wisdom
of thy
words.
\VS{10}Remove
not
the
ancient landmark;
and
enter
not
into
the
fields
of
the
fatherless:
\VS{11}for
their
redeemer
is
mighty;
he
will
plead
their
cause
against thee.
\VS{12}Apply thy
heart unto
instruction,
and thine
ears
to
the
words
of
knowledge.
\VS{13}Withhold
not
correction
from
the
child;
for [if] thou beatest
him
with
the
rod,
he
shall
not
die:
\VS{14}thou shalt
beat
him
with
the
rod,
and shalt
deliver
his
soul
from
Sheol.
\VS{15}My
son,
if thy
heart
be
wise,
my
heart
shall
rejoice,
even mine;
\VS{16}and
my reins shall
exult,
when thy
lips
speak
right
things.
\VS{17}Let
not thy
heart
envy
sinners,
but [be thou]
in
the
fear
of
Jehovah
all
the
day;
\VS{18}for
surely
there
is
a result,
and thine expectation
shall
not
be
cut
off.
\VS{19}Thou,
my
son,
hear
and
be
wise,
and
direct thy
heart
in
the
way.
\VS{20}Be
not among winebibbers, among riotous eaters
of
flesh.
\VS{21}For
the drunkard
and
the glutton shall
come
to
poverty;
and
drowsiness clotheth
with
rags.
\VS{22}Hearken unto thy
father
that begat thee,
and
despise
not thy
mother
when
she
is
old.
\VS{23}Buy
the
truth,
and
sell
it
not;
wisdom,
and
instruction,
and intelligence.
\VS{24}The
father
of
a
righteous [man]
shall
greatly
rejoice,
and
he
that begetteth
a
wise [son]
shall
have
joy
of
him:
\VS{25}let thy
father
and thy
mother
have
joy,
and
let
her
that
bore thee
rejoice.
\VS{26}My
son,
give
me thy
heart,
and
let thine
eyes
observe
my
ways.
\VS{27}For
a whore
is
a
deep ditch;
and
a strange
woman
is
a narrow
pit.
\VS{28}She
also lieth
in
wait
as
a
robber,
and increaseth
the
treacherous
among
men.
\VS{29}Who hath
woe?
Who hath
sorrow?
Who
contentions?
Who
complaining?
Who
wounds
without
cause?
Who
redness
of
eyes?
\VS{30}—
They
that
tarry
long
at
the
wine;
they
that
go
to try
mixed
wine.
\VS{31}Look
not
upon
the
wine
when
it
is
red,
when
it sparkleth
in
the cup,
and goeth
down
smoothly:
\VS{32}at
the
last
it biteth like a
serpent,
and stingeth like an adder.
\VS{33}Thine
eyes
shall
behold
strange women,
and thy
heart
shall
speak froward
things;
\VS{34}and thou shalt
be
as
he
that lieth
down
in
the
midst
of
the
sea,
and
as
he
that lieth
down
upon
the
top
of
a mast:
\VS{35}— “They
have
smitten
me, [and]
I am
not sore;
they
have
beaten
me, [and]
I
knew
it
not.
When
shall
I awake?
I
will
seek
it
yet
again.”

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be
not thou
envious
of
evil
men,
neither
desire
to
be
with
them;
\VS{2}for
their
heart studieth
destruction,
and
their
lips
talk
of
mischief.
\VS{3}Through
wisdom
is
a
house
built,
and
by
understanding
it
is
established;
\VS{4}and
by
knowledge
are
the
chambers
filled
with
all
precious
and
pleasant
substance.
\VS{5}A
wise
man
is
strong,
and
a
man
of
knowledge increaseth
strength.
\VS{6}For
with good
advice shalt thou
make thy
war;
and
in
the
multitude
of counsellors
there
is safety.
\VS{7}Wisdom
is
too
high
for
a
fool:
he
will
not
open
his
mouth
in
the
gate.
\VS{8}He
that deviseth
to do
evil
shall be
called
a master
of intrigues.
\VS{9}The purpose
of
folly
is
sin,
and
the scorner
is an
abomination
to
men.
\VS{10}[If] thou losest courage
in
the
day
of
trouble, thy
strength
is small.
\VS{11}Deliver
them
that are
taken
forth unto
death,
and withdraw
not
from
them
that stagger
to
slaughter.
\VS{12}If thou sayest,
Behold,
we
knew
it
not,
will
not
he
that weigheth
the
hearts
consider
it?
And
he
that preserveth thy
soul,
he knoweth
it;
and
he rendereth
to
man according
to
his
work.
\VS{13}Eat
honey,
my
son,
for
it
is
good;
and
a honeycomb
is
sweet
to thy
taste:
\VS{14}so
consider
wisdom
for thy
soul;
if thou hast
found
it,
there
shall
be
a result,
and thine expectation
shall
not
be
cut
off.
\VS{15}Lay
not
wait, O
wicked [man], against
the
dwelling
of
the
righteous;
lay
not
waste
his resting-place.
\VS{16}For
the
righteous falleth
seven
times,
and riseth
up
again;
but
the
wicked
stumble
into
disaster.
\VS{17}Rejoice
not
when thine
enemy falleth,
and
let
not thy
heart
be
glad
when
he stumbleth;
\VS{18}lest
Jehovah
see
it,
and
it
be
evil
in
his
sight,
and
he
turn
away
his
anger
from
him.
\VS{19}Fret
not thyself because
of evil-doers, [and]
be
not
envious
of
the
wicked:
\VS{20}for
there
shall
be
no
future
to
the
evil [man];
the
lamp
of
the
wicked
shall
be
put
out.
\VS{21}My
son,
fear
Jehovah
and
the
king: meddle
not
with
them
that
are given
to change.
\VS{22}For
their
calamity
shall
rise
suddenly;
and
who knoweth
the
ruin
of
them
both?
\VS{23}These
things
also come
from
the
wise.
It
is
not
good
to
have
respect
of persons
in
judgment.
\VS{24}He
that saith unto
the
wicked, Thou art
righteous,
peoples
shall curse
him,
nations
shall
abhor
him;
\VS{25}but
to
them
that
rebuke [him] shall be
delight,
and
a
good
blessing cometh
upon
them.
\VS{26}He kisseth
the
lips who giveth
a
right
answer.
\VS{27}Prepare thy
work without,
and
put thy
field
in
order,
and
afterwards
build thy
house.
\VS{28}Be
not
a
witness
against thy neighbour
without
cause;
and wouldest thou deceive
with thy
lips?
\VS{29}Say
not,
I
will
do
so
to
him
as
he hath
done
to
me,
I
will
render
to
the
man
according
to
his
work.
\VS{30}I
went
by
the
field
of
a
sluggard,
and
by
the
vineyard
of
a
man void
of
understanding;
\VS{31}and
lo,
it
was
all grown
over
with thistles,
and
nettles had
covered
the
face thereof,
and
its
stone
wall
was
broken
down.
\VS{32}Then
I
looked,
I
took
it
to
heart;
I
saw,
I
received
instruction:
\VS{33}—
A
little
sleep,
a
little
slumber,
a
little
folding
of
the
hands
to
rest!
\VS{34}So
shall thy
poverty
come [as]
a roving plunderer,
and thy penury
as
an
armed
man.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
are
also
proverbs
of
Solomon,
which
the
men
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah
transcribed.
\VS{2}It
is
the
glory
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 25:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
conceal
a
thing;
but
the
glory
of
kings
is
to
search
out
a
thing.
\VS{3}The
heavens
for
height,
and
the
earth
for
depth,
and
the
heart
of
kings
is unsearchable.
\VS{4}Take
away
the
dross
from
the
silver,
and there cometh
forth
a
vessel
for
the refiner:
\VS{5}take
away
the
wicked
from
before
the
king,
and
his
throne
shall
be
established
in
righteousness.
\VS{6}Put
not thyself
forward
in
the
presence
of
the
king,
and
stand
not
in
the
place
of
the
great;
\VS{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
see.
\VS{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.
\VS{9}Debate thy
cause
with thy neighbour, but
reveal
not
the
secret
of
another;
\VS{10}lest
he
that heareth [it] disgrace thee,
and thine
evil
report
turn
not
away.
\VS{11}[As]
apples
of
gold
in pictures
of
silver,
is
a
word
spoken
in season.
\VS{12}An ear-ring
of
gold,
and
an
ornament
of
fine
gold,
is
a
wise
reprover
upon
an
attentive
ear.
\VS{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.
\VS{14}Clouds
and
wind
without
rain, [so]
is
a
man
that boasteth
himself
of
a
false
gift.
\VS{15}By
long forbearing
is
a
ruler persuaded,
and
a
soft
tongue breaketh
the
bone.
\VS{16}Hast thou
found
honey?
Eat
so much
as
is
sufficient
for thee,
lest thou be surfeited therewith,
and
vomit
it.
\VS{17}Let thy
foot
be seldom
in thy neighbour's
house;
lest
he
be
weary
of thee
and
hate thee.
\VS{18}A maul,
and
a
sword,
and
a
sharp
arrow,
is
a
man
that beareth
false
witness
against
his neighbour.
\VS{19}A broken
tooth,
and
a tottering
foot,
is
confidence
in an unfaithful [man]
in
the
day
of
trouble.
\VS{20}[As]
he
that taketh
off
a
garment
in
cold weather, [and
as]
vinegar
upon nitre,
so
is
he
that singeth
songs
to
a sad
heart.
\VS{21}If thine
enemy
be
hungry,
give
him
bread
to
eat;
and
if
he
be
thirsty,
give
him
water
to
drink:
\VS{22}for thou shalt
heap
coals
of fire
upon
his
head,
and
Jehovah
shall
reward thee.
\VS{23}The
north
wind bringeth forth
rain,
and
the
angry
countenance
a backbiting
tongue.
\VS{24}It
is
better
to
dwell
in
a
corner
of
the
housetop,
than
with
a
contentious
woman,
and
a
house
in common.
\VS{25}[As]
cold
waters
to
a thirsty
soul,
so
is
good
news
from
a
far
country.
\VS{26}A troubled
fountain,
and
a defiled
well,
is
a
righteous [man]
that giveth
way
before
the
wicked.
\VS{27}It
is
not
good
to
eat
much
honey;
and
to
search into weighty matters
is [itself]
a weight.
\VS{28}He
that hath
no rule over
his
own
spirit
is [as]
a
city
broken
down,
without
walls.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}As
snow
in
summer,
and
as
rain
in
harvest,
so honour beseemeth
not
a
fool.
\VS{2}As
the
sparrow
for
flitting
about,
as
the
swallow
for flying,
so
a
curse undeserved
shall
not
come.
\VS{3}A
whip for
the
horse, a
bridle for
the ass,
and a
rod for
the back
of
fools.
\VS{4}Answer
not
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest thou
also
be like unto him.
\VS{5}Answer
a
fool according
to
his
folly,
lest he
be
wise
in
his
own
eyes.
\VS{6}He
that sendeth
a
message
by
the
hand
of
a
fool cutteth
off [his own]
feet, [and] drinketh damage.
\VS{7}The
legs
of
the
lame
hang loose;
so
is
a
proverb
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
\VS{8}As
a bag
of
gems
in
a stoneheap,
so
is
he
that giveth honour
to
a
fool.
\VS{9}[As]
a
thorn goeth
up
into
the
hand
of
a
drunkard,
so
is
a
proverb
in
the
mouth
of
fools.
\VS{10}A master roughly worketh
every
one:
he
both hireth
the
fool
and hireth passers-by.
\VS{11}As
a
dog turneth
back
to
its
vomit, [so]
a
fool repeateth
his
folly.
\VS{12}Hast thou
seen
a
man
wise
in
his
own
eyes? There
is
more
hope
of
a
fool
than
of
him.
\VS{13}The
sluggard saith, There
is
a fierce
lion
in
the
way;
a
lion
is
in
the
midst
of
the
streets!
\VS{14}[As]
the
door turneth
upon
its hinges,
so
the
sluggard
upon
his
bed.
\VS{15}The
sluggard burieth
his
hand
in
the
dish:
it wearieth
him
to
bring
it
again
to
his
mouth.
\VS{16}A
sluggard
is
wiser
in
his
own
eyes than
seven [men]
that
answer discreetly.
\VS{17}He
that
passing
by vexeth
himself
with
strife belonging
not
to
him,
is [like]
one
that taketh
a
dog
by
the
ears.
\VS{18}As a madman who casteth
firebrands,
arrows,
and
death,
\VS{19}so
is
a
man
that deceiveth
his neighbour,
and saith,
Am
I
not
in
sport?
\VS{20}Where
no
wood
is,
the
fire goeth
out;
and where
there
is
no talebearer,
the
contention ceaseth.
\VS{21}[As]
coals
for
hot
coals,
and
wood
for
fire, so
is
a
contentious
man
to inflame
strife.
\VS{22}The
words
of
a talebearer
are
as
dainty
morsels,
and
they
go
down
into
the
innermost
parts
of
the
belly.
\VS{23}Ardent
lips,
and
a
wicked
heart,
are [as]
an
earthen
vessel
overlaid
with
silver
dross.
\VS{24}He that hateth dissembleth
with
his
lips,
but
he layeth
up
deceit
within
him:
\VS{25}when
his
voice
is gracious,
believe
him
not,
for there
are
seven
abominations
in
his
heart.
\VS{26}Though [his]
hatred
is
covered
by dissimulation,
his
wickedness
shall be
made manifest
in
the
congregation.
\VS{27}Whoso diggeth
a
pit
shall
fall therein;
and
he
that rolleth
a
stone,
it
shall
return
upon
him.
\VS{28}A
lying
tongue hateth
those
that
are injured
by
it,
and
a
flattering
mouth worketh
ruin.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Boast
not thyself
of to-morrow,
for thou knowest
not
what
a
day
will
bring
forth.
\VS{2}Let
another
praise thee,
and
not thine own
mouth;
a
stranger,
and
not thine own
lips.
\VS{3}A
stone
is
heavy,
and
the
sand
weighty;
but
a fool's vexation
is
heavier than them
both.
\VS{4}Fury
is cruel,
and
anger
is outrageous; but
who
is able
to
stand
before
jealousy?
\VS{5}Open
rebuke
is
better
than
hidden
love.
\VS{6}Faithful are
the
wounds
of
a
friend; but
the
kisses
of an
enemy are profuse.
\VS{7}The
full
soul trampleth
on
a honeycomb;
but
to
the
hungry
soul
every
bitter
thing
is
sweet.
\VS{8}As
a
bird
that wandereth
from
her
nest,
so
is
a
man
that wandereth
from
his
place.
\VS{9}Ointment
and
perfume
rejoice
the
heart;
and
the
sweetness
of one's
friend
is [the fruit]
of hearty
counsel.
\VS{10}Thine own
friend,
and thy father's
friend,
forsake
not;
and
go
not
into thy brother's
house
in
the
day
of thy
calamity:
better
is
a neighbour
that
is
near
than
a
brother
far
off.
\VS{11}Be
wise,
my
son,
and
make
my
heart
glad,
that
I
may
have wherewith
to
answer
him
that reproacheth
me.
\VS{12}A
prudent [man] seeth
the
evil, [and] hideth himself;
the simple
pass
on, [and]
are
punished.
\VS{13}Take
his
garment
that
is
become
surety [for]
another,
and hold
him
in pledge
for
a
strange
woman.
\VS{14}He
that blesseth
his
friend
with
a
loud
voice,
rising
early
in
the
morning,
it
shall
be
reckoned
a
curse
to
him.
\VS{15}A continual dropping
on
a very rainy
day
and
a
contentious
woman
are alike:
\VS{16}whosoever
will
restrain
her restraineth
the
wind,
and
his
right
hand encountereth
oil.
\VS{17}Iron
is
sharpened
by
iron;
so
a
man sharpeneth
the
countenance
of
his
friend.
\VS{18}Whoso keepeth
the fig-tree
shall
eat
the
fruit thereof;
and he
that guardeth
his
master
shall
be honoured.
\VS{19}As [in]
water
face [answereth]
to
face,
so
the
heart
of
man
to
man.
\VS{20}Sheol
and destruction
are insatiable;
so
the
eyes
of
man
are
never
satisfied.
\VS{21}The fining-pot
is
for
silver,
and
the
furnace
for
gold;
so let
a
man
be
to
the
mouth
that praiseth him.
\VS{22}If thou shouldest bray
a
fool
in
a
mortar
among wheat
with
a
pestle,
yet
will
not
his
folly
depart
from
him.
\VS{23}Be
well
acquainted
with
the
appearance
of thy
flocks; look
well
to thy
herds:
\VS{24}for
wealth
is
not
for
ever;
and doth
the
crown [endure]
from
generation
to
generation?
\VS{25}The hay
is
removed,
and
the
tender
grass sheweth itself,
and
herbs
of
the
mountains
are
gathered
in.
\VS{26}The
lambs are
for thy
clothing,
and
the
goats are
the
price
of
a
field;
\VS{27}and there
is goats'
milk
enough
for thy
food,
for
the
food
of thy
household,
and sustenance
for thy
maidens.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
wicked
flee
when
no
man pursueth;
but
the
righteous
are
bold
as
a
lion.
\VS{2}By
the
transgression
of
a
land
many
are
the
princes thereof;
but
by
a
man
of
understanding [and]
of
knowledge, [its] stability
is
prolonged.
\VS{3}A
poor
man
who oppresseth
the helpless
is
a sweeping
rain
which leaveth
no
food.
\VS{4}They that
forsake
the
law
praise
the
wicked;
but such as
keep
the
law
contend
with
them.
\VS{5}Evil
men
understand
not
judgment;
but
they
that
seek
Jehovah
understand
everything.
\VS{6}Better
is
the
poor
that walketh
in
his
integrity,
than
he
that
is
perverse, double
in
ways,
though
he
be
rich.
\VS{7}Whoso observeth
the
law
is
a
son
that hath
understanding; but
he
that
is
a companion
of profligates bringeth
shame
to
his
father.
\VS{8}He that
by
usury
and unjust gain increaseth his
substance gathereth
it for
him that is gracious
to
the
poor.
\VS{9}He
that turneth
away
his
ear
from
hearing
the
law,
even
his
prayer
is
an
abomination.
\VS{10}Whoso causeth
the
upright
to
go
astray
in
an
evil
way,
shall
himself
fall
into
his
own
pit;
but
the
perfect
shall
inherit
good.
\VS{11}A
rich
man
is
wise
in
his
own
eyes;
but
the
poor
that hath
understanding searcheth
him
out.
\VS{12}When
the
righteous
triumph, there
is
great
glory;
but
when
the
wicked
rise,
men conceal themselves.
\VS{13}He
that covereth
his
transgressions
shall
not
prosper;
but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh [them]
shall obtain
mercy.
\VS{14}Happy
is
the
man
that feareth
always;
but
he
that hardeneth
his
heart
shall
fall
into
evil.
\VS{15}A
roaring
lion,
and
a ranging
bear,
is
a
wicked
ruler
over
a
poor
people.
\VS{16}The
prince void
of intelligence
is
also
a
great
oppressor:
he
that hateth covetousness
shall
prolong [his]
days.
\VS{17}A
man
laden
with
the
blood
of [any]
person, fleeth
to
the
pit:
let
no
man stay
him.
\VS{18}Whoso walketh
in
integrity shall
be
saved;
but
he
that
is perverted
in [his] double
ways, shall
fall
in
one [of
them].
\VS{19}He that tilleth
his
land shall
be
satisfied
with
bread;
but he that followeth
the
worthless shall
have
poverty
enough.
\VS{20}A
faithful
man aboundeth
with
blessings;
but
he
that maketh
haste
to
be
rich
shall
not
be
innocent.
\VS{21}To
have
respect
of persons
is
not
good;
but
for
a
piece
of
bread
will
a
man
transgress.
\VS{22}He
that hath
an
evil
eye hasteth
after
wealth,
and knoweth
not
that
poverty
shall
come
upon
him.
\VS{23}He
that rebuketh
a
man
shall
afterwards
find more favour than
he
that flattereth
with
the
tongue.
\VS{24}Whoso robbeth
his
father
and
his
mother,
and saith,
It
is
no
transgression,
the
same
is
the
companion
of
a
destroyer.
\VS{25}He
that
is puffed
up
in
soul exciteth
contention;
but
he
that relieth
upon
Jehovah
shall
be
made
fat.
\VS{26}He
that confideth
in
his own
heart
is
a
fool;
but whoso walketh
wisely,
he
shall
be
delivered.
\VS{27}He
that giveth unto
the
poor
shall
not
lack;
but
he
that withdraweth
his
eyes
shall
have
many
a
curse.
\VS{28}When
the
wicked
rise,
men
hide themselves;
but
when they
perish,
the
righteous
increase.

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He
that being often reproved hardeneth
his
neck,
shall
suddenly
be
destroyed,
and
without
remedy.
\VS{2}When
the
righteous
increase,
the
people
rejoice;
but
when
the
wicked beareth
rule,
the
people mourn.
\VS{3}Whoso loveth
wisdom rejoiceth
his
father;
but
he
that
is
a companion
of
harlots destroyeth [his]
substance.
\VS{4}A
king
by
just
judgment establisheth
the
land;
but
he
that taketh gifts overthroweth
it.
\VS{5}A
man that flattereth
his neighbour spreadeth
a
net
for
his
steps.
\VS{6}In
the
transgression
of
an
evil
man there
is
a
snare;
but
the
righteous
shall
sing
and
rejoice.
\VS{7}The
righteous taketh
knowledge
of
the
cause
of
the
poor;
the
wicked understandeth
not
knowledge.
\VS{8}Scornful
men
set
the
city
in
a flame;
but
the
wise
turn
away
anger.
\VS{9}If
a
wise
man contendeth
with
a
fool, whether
he rage
or
laugh, [he] hath
no rest.
\VS{10}The bloodthirsty
hate
the
perfect,
but
the
upright care
for
his
soul.
\VS{11}A
fool uttereth
all
his
mind;
but
a
wise [man] keepeth
it
back.
\VS{12}If
a
ruler hearken
to
lying
words,
all
his
servants
are
wicked.
\VS{13}The indigent
and
the oppressor
meet together;
Jehovah lighteneth
the
eyes
of
them
both.
\VS{14}A
king
that
faithfully judgeth
the
poor,
his
throne
shall
be
established
for
ever.
\VS{15}The
rod
and
reproof
give
wisdom; but
a
child
left [to himself] bringeth
his
mother
to
shame.
\VS{16}When
the
wicked
increase,
transgression increaseth;
but
the
righteous
shall
see
their
fall.
\VS{17}Chasten thy
son,
and
he
shall
give thee
rest,
and
shall
give
delight unto thy
soul.
\VS{18}Where
there
is
no
vision
the
people cast off restraint;
but
happy
is
he
that keepeth
the
law.
\VS{19}A
servant
is
not corrected
by
words:
he understandeth
indeed,
but
he
will
not
answer.
\VS{20}Hast thou
seen
a
man
hasty
in
his
words? there
is
more
hope
of
a
fool
than
of
him.
\VS{21}He
that delicately bringeth
up
his
servant
from
a child,
shall
in
the
end
have
him
as
a
son.
\VS{22}An
angry
man exciteth
contention;
and
a furious
man aboundeth
in
transgression.
\VS{23}A man's
pride bringeth
him
low;
but
the
humble
in
spirit
shall
obtain honour.
\VS{24}Whoso shareth
with
a
thief hateth
his
own
soul:
he heareth
the
adjuration,
and declareth
not.
\VS{25}The
fear
of
man bringeth
a
snare;
but whoso putteth
his
confidence
in
Jehovah
is protected.
\VS{26}Many
seek
the ruler's
face;
but
a man's
right
judgment
is
from
Jehovah.
\VS{27}An
unjust
man
is
an
abomination
to
the
righteous;
and
he
that
is
of
upright
way
is
an
abomination
to
the
wicked [man].

\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
Agur
the
son
of
Jakeh;
the prophecy uttered
by
the
man unto
Ithiel, [even] unto
Ithiel
and
Ucal:
\VS{2}Truly
{\BD{
I}}
am
more
stupid
than
any
one;
and
I
have
not
a man's intelligence.
\VS{3}I
have
neither
learned
wisdom,
nor
have
I
the
knowledge
of
the
Holy.
\VS{4}Who hath
ascended
up
into
the
heavens,
and
descended?
Who hath
gathered
the
wind
in
his
fists?
Who hath bound
the
waters
in
a mantle?
Who hath
established
all
the
ends
of
the
earth?
What
is
his
name,
and
what
is
his son's
name,
if thou knowest?
\VS{5}Every
word
of
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 30:5 }
Eloah}God
is
pure:
he
is
a
shield unto
them
that put
their trust
in
him.
\VS{6}Add thou
not unto
his
words,
lest
he
reprove thee,
and thou
be found
a
liar.
\VS{7}Two
things
do
I
ask
of thee;
deny
me [them]
not
before
I
die:
\VS{8}Remove
far
from
me
vanity
and
lies;
give
me
neither
poverty
nor
riches;
feed
me
with
the
bread
of
my
daily
need:
\VS{9}lest
I
be
full
and
deny [thee],
and
say,
Who
is
Jehovah?
or
lest
I
be
poor
and
steal,
and outrage
the
name
of
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 30:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{10}Speak
not too much
about
a
servant
to
his
master,
lest
he
curse thee,
and thou
be
held
guilty.
\VS{11}There
is
a
generation
that curseth
their
father,
and doth
not
bless
their
mother;
\VS{12}there
is
a
generation
that
are
pure
in
their
own
eyes,
yet
are
not
washed
from
their
filthiness;
\VS{13}there
is
a
generation, —
how
lofty
are
their
eyes,
how
their
eyelids
are
lifted
up!
\VS{14}—
a
generation
whose
teeth
are
swords,
and
their jaw-teeth
knives,
to
devour
the
afflicted
from
off
the
earth,
and
the
needy
from [among]
men.
\VS{15}The
leech hath
two
daughters:
Give,
give. There
are
three [things]
never
satisfied;
four which
say
not,
It
is
enough:
\VS{16}—
Sheol,
and
the
barren
womb;
the
earth
which
is
not
filled
with
water,
and
the
fire
which saith
not,
It
is
enough.
\VS{17}The
eye
that mocketh
at
a
father,
and despiseth
to obey
a
mother,
the
ravens
of
the
valley
shall
pick
it out,
and
the
young
eagles
shall
eat
it.
\VS{18}There
are
three [things]
too
wonderful
for
me,
and
four
that
I
know
not:
\VS{19}The
way
of
an
eagle
in
the
heavens,
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.
\VS{20}Such
is
the
way
of
an
adulterous
woman:
she eateth,
and wipeth
her
mouth,
and saith,
I
have
done
no
wickedness.
\VS{21}Under
three [things]
the
earth
is disquieted,
and
under
four
it
cannot
bear
up:
\VS{22}Under
a
servant
when
he reigneth,
and
a churl
when
he
is
filled
with meat;
\VS{23}under
an odious [woman]
when
she
is
married,
and
a handmaid
when
she
is
heir
to
her
mistress.
\VS{24}There
are
four [things]
little upon
the
earth,
and
they
are exceeding
wise:
\VS{25}The
ants,
a
people
not
strong,
yet
they
provide
their
food
in
the
summer;
\VS{26}the rock-badgers
are
but
a feeble folk,
yet
they
make
their
house
in
the
cliff;
\VS{27}the
locusts
have
no
king,
yet
they
go
forth
all
of
them
by bands;
\VS{28}thou takest
hold
of
the
lizard
with
the
hands, yet
is
she
in kings'
palaces.
\VS{29}There
are
three [things] which have
a
stately step,
and
four
are comely
in going:
\VS{30}The
lion,
mighty
among
beasts,
which turneth
not
away
for
any;
\VS{31}a [horse] girt
in
the
loins;
or
the he-goat;
and
a
king,
against whom none can rise
up.
\VS{32}If thou hast
done foolishly
in lifting
up thyself,
or
if thou hast thought evil, [lay]
the
hand
upon thy
mouth.
\VS{33}For
the
pressing
of
milk bringeth
forth
butter,
and
the
pressing
of
the
nose bringeth
forth
blood;
and
the
pressing
of
anger bringeth
forth
strife.

\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
words
of
king
Lemuel,
the prophecy
that
his
mother
taught
him:
\VS{2}What,
my
son?
and
what,
O
son
of
my
womb?
and
what,
O
son
of
my
vows?
\VS{3}Give
not thy
strength unto
women,
nor thy
ways
to
them
that destroy
kings.
\VS{4}It
is
not
for
kings,
Lemuel,
it
is
not
for
kings
to
drink
wine,
nor
for
rulers [to
say], Where
is
the
strong
drink?
\VS{5}—
lest
they
drink
and
forget
the law,
and pervert
the
judgment
of
any
of
the
children
of affliction.
\VS{6}Give
strong
drink unto
him
that
is ready
to
perish,
and
wine unto
the
bitter
of
soul:
\VS{7}let
him
drink,
and
forget
his
poverty,
and
remember
his
misery
no
more.
\VS{8}Open thy
mouth
for
the dumb,
for
the
cause
of
all
those
that
are left desolate.
\VS{9}Open thy
mouth,
judge
righteously,
and minister
justice
to
the
afflicted
and
needy.
\VS{10}Who
can
find
a
woman
of
worth?
for
her
price
is
far above rubies.
\VS{11}The
heart
of her
husband confideth
in her,
and
he
shall
have
no
lack
of
spoil.
\VS{12}She doeth
him
good,
and
not
evil,
all
the
days
of
her
life.
\VS{13}She seeketh
wool
and
flax,
and worketh willingly
with her
hands.
\VS{14}She
is
like
the merchants'
ships: she bringeth
her
food
from
afar;
\VS{15}And
she riseth
while
it
is
yet
night,
and giveth meat
to
her
household,
and
the day's
work
to
her
maidens.
\VS{16}She considereth
a
field,
and acquireth
it;
of
the
fruit
of
her
hands she planteth
a
vineyard.
\VS{17}She girdeth
her
loins
with
strength,
and maketh
strong
her
arms.
\VS{18}She perceiveth
that
her earning
is
good;
her
lamp goeth
not out
by
night.
\VS{19}She putteth
her
hands
to
the
distaff,
and
her
hands
hold
the
spindle.
\VS{20}She stretcheth
out
her
hand
to
the
afflicted,
and she reacheth
forth
her
hands
to
the
needy.
\VS{21}She
is
not
afraid
of
the
snow
for
her
household;
for
all
her
household
are
clothed
with
scarlet.
\VS{22}She maketh herself coverlets; her
clothing
is byssus
and
purple.
\VS{23}Her
husband
is
known
in
the
gates,
when
he sitteth
among
the
elders
of
the
land.
\VS{24}She maketh body
linen
and selleth
it,
and delivereth girdles unto
the merchant.
\VS{25}Strength
and
dignity
are
her
clothing,
and she laugheth [at]
the coming
day.
\VS{26}She openeth
her
mouth
with
wisdom;
and
upon
her
tongue
is
the
law
of
kindness.
\VS{27}She surveyeth
the
ways
of
her
household,
and eateth
not
the
bread
of
idleness.
\VS{28}Her
children
rise
up
and
call
her
blessed;
her
husband [also],
and
he praiseth
her:
\VS{29}Many
daughters
have
done worthily,
but thou excellest
them
all.
\VS{30}Gracefulness
is
deceitful
and
beauty
is
vain;
a
woman [that] feareth
Jehovah,
she
shall
be
praised.
\VS{31}Give
her
of
the
fruit
of
her
hands,
and
let
her own
works
praise
her
in
the
gates.
\par }