Proverbs

Proverbs 1   Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: Proverbs 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; To discern the words of understanding; Proverbs 1:3 To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness and justice and equity; Proverbs 1:4 To give prudence to the simple, To the young man […]

Proverbs 2   Proverbs 2:1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee; Proverbs 2:2 So as to incline thine ear unto wisdom, And apply thy heart to understanding; Proverbs 2:3 Yea, if thou cry after discernment, And lift up thy voice for understanding; Proverbs 2:4 If thou

Proverbs 3   Proverbs 3:1 My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments: Proverbs 3:2 For length of days, and years of life, And peace, will they add to thee. Proverbs 3:3 Let not kindness and truth forsake thee: Bind them about thy neck; Write them upon the tablet of

Proverbs 4   Proverbs 4:1 Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding: Proverbs 4:2 For I give you good doctrine; Forsake ye not my law. Proverbs 4:3 For I was a son unto my father, Tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. Proverbs 4:4 And he

Proverbs 5   Proverbs 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding: Proverbs 5:2 That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge. Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil: Proverbs 5:4 But in the end

Proverbs 6   Proverbs 6:1 My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger; Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing

Proverbs 7   Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee. Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments and live; And my law as the apple of thine eye. Proverbs 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers; Write them upon the tablet of thy heart. Proverbs 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art

Proverbs 8   Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? Proverbs 8:2 On the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; Proverbs 8:3 Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: Proverbs 8:4

Proverbs 9   Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars: Proverbs 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; She hath mingled her wine; She hath also furnished her table: Proverbs 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens; She crieth upon the highest places of the city: Proverbs 9:4 Whoso

Proverbs 10   Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; But righteousness delivereth from death. Proverbs 10:3 Jehovah will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; But he thrusteth away