Proverbs
| Proverbs 19:26 |
He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. |
| Proverbs 19:27 |
Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge. |
| Proverbs 19:28 |
A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity. |
| Proverbs 19:29 |
Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And stripes for the back of fools. |
| Proverbs 20:1 |
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. |
| Proverbs 20:2 |
The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own life. |
| Proverbs 20:3 |
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling. |
| Proverbs 20:4 |
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
| Proverbs 20:5 |
Counsel in the heart of man is [like] deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out. |
| Proverbs 20:6 |
Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find? |
| Proverbs 20:7 |
A righteous man that walketh in his integrity, Blessed are his children after him. |
| Proverbs 20:8 |
A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment Scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
| Proverbs 20:9 |
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
| Proverbs 20:10 |
Diverse weights, and diverse measures, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah. |
| Proverbs 20:11 |
Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, Whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
| Proverbs 20:12 |
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them. |
| Proverbs 20:13 |
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
| Proverbs 20:14 |
It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer; But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
| Proverbs 20:15 |
There is gold, and abundance of rubies; But the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
| Proverbs 20:16 |
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; And hold him in pledge [that is surety] for foreigners. |
| Proverbs 20:17 |
Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; But afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
| Proverbs 20:18 |
Every purpose is established by counsel; And by wise guidance make thou war. |
| Proverbs 20:19 |
He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; Therefore company not with him that openeth wide his lips. |
| Proverbs 20:20 |
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness. |
| Proverbs 20:21 |
An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; But the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
| Proverbs 20:22 |
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee. |
| Proverbs 20:23 |
Diverse weights are an abomination to Jehovah; And a false balance is not good. |
| Proverbs 20:24 |
A man's goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way? |
| Proverbs 20:25 |
It is a snare to a man rashly to say, [It is] holy, And after vows to make inquiry. |
| Proverbs 20:26 |
A wise king winnoweth the wicked, And bringeth the [threshing] -wheel over them. |
| Proverbs 20:27 |
The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah, Searching all his innermost parts. |
| Proverbs 20:28 |
Kindness and truth preserve the king; And his throne is upholden by kindness. |
| Proverbs 20:29 |
The glory of young men is their strength; And the beauty of old men is the hoary head. |
| Proverbs 20:30 |
Stripes that wound cleanse away evil; And strokes [reach] the innermost parts. |
| Proverbs 21:1 |
The king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will. |
| Proverbs 21:2 |
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes; But Jehovah weigheth the hearts. |
| Proverbs 21:3 |
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice. |
| Proverbs 21:4 |
A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin. |
| Proverbs 21:5 |
The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; But every one that is hasty [hasteth] only to want. |
| Proverbs 21:6 |
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death. |
| Proverbs 21:7 |
The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice. |
| Proverbs 21:8 |
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked; But as for the pure, his work is right. |
| Proverbs 21:9 |
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house. |
| Proverbs 21:10 |
The soul of the wicked desireth evil: His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes. |
| Proverbs 21:11 |
When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. |
| Proverbs 21:12 |
The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin. |
| Proverbs 21:13 |
Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, He also shall cry, but shall not be heard. |
| Proverbs 21:14 |
A gift in secret pacifieth anger; And a present in the bosom, strong wrath. |
| Proverbs 21:15 |
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity. |
| Proverbs 21:16 |
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead. |
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