Proverbs
| Proverbs 23:7 |
For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee. |
| Proverbs 23:8 |
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. |
| Proverbs 23:9 |
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words. |
| Proverbs 23:10 |
Remove not the ancient landmark; And enter not into the fields of the fatherless: |
| Proverbs 23:11 |
For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their cause against thee. |
| Proverbs 23:12 |
Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge. |
| Proverbs 23:13 |
Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die. |
| Proverbs 23:14 |
Thou shalt beat him with the rod, And shalt deliver his soul from Sheol. |
| Proverbs 23:15 |
My son, if thy heart be wise, My heart will be glad, even mine: |
| Proverbs 23:16 |
Yea, my heart will rejoice, When thy lips speak right things. |
| Proverbs 23:17 |
Let not thy heart envy sinners; But [be thou] in the fear of Jehovah all the day long: |
| Proverbs 23:18 |
For surely there is a reward; And thy hope shall not be cut off. |
| Proverbs 23:19 |
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, And guide thy heart in the way. |
| Proverbs 23:20 |
Be not among winebibbers, Among gluttonous eaters of flesh: |
| Proverbs 23:21 |
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags. |
| Proverbs 23:22 |
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old. |
| Proverbs 23:23 |
Buy the truth, and sell it not; [Yea], wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. |
| Proverbs 23:24 |
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; And he that begetteth a wise child will have joy of him. |
| Proverbs 23:25 |
Let thy father and thy mother be glad, And let her that bare thee rejoice. |
| Proverbs 23:26 |
My son, give me thy heart; And let thine eyes delight in my ways. |
| Proverbs 23:27 |
For a harlot is a deep ditch; And a foreign woman is a narrow pit. |
| Proverbs 23:28 |
Yea, she lieth in wait as a robber, And increaseth the treacherous among men. |
| Proverbs 23:29 |
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes? |
| Proverbs 23:30 |
They that tarry long at the wine; They that go to seek out mixed wine. |
| Proverbs 23:31 |
Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, When it sparkleth in the cup, When it goeth down smoothly: |
| Proverbs 23:32 |
At the last it biteth like a serpent, And stingeth like an adder. |
| Proverbs 23:33 |
Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things. |
| Proverbs 23:34 |
Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, Or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. |
| Proverbs 23:35 |
They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. |
| Proverbs 24:1 |
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them: |
| Proverbs 24:2 |
For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief. |
| Proverbs 24:3 |
Through wisdom is a house builded; And by understanding it is established; |
| Proverbs 24:4 |
And by knowledge are the chambers filled With all precious and pleasant riches. |
| Proverbs 24:5 |
A wise man is strong; Yea, a man of knowledge increaseth might. |
| Proverbs 24:6 |
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. |
| Proverbs 24:7 |
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate. |
| Proverbs 24:8 |
He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker. |
| Proverbs 24:9 |
The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men. |
| Proverbs 24:10 |
If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small. |
| Proverbs 24:11 |
Deliver them that are carried away unto death, And those that are ready to be slain see that thou hold back. |
| Proverbs 24:12 |
If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not this; Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it? And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work? |
| Proverbs 24:13 |
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: |
| Proverbs 24:14 |
So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. |
| Proverbs 24:15 |
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: |
| Proverbs 24:16 |
For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. |
| Proverbs 24:17 |
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; |
| Proverbs 24:18 |
Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him. |
| Proverbs 24:19 |
Fret not thyself because of evil-doers; Neither be thou envious at the wicked: |
| Proverbs 24:20 |
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out. |
| Proverbs 24:21 |
My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; [And] company not with them that are given to change: |
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