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Post by MammaMel on May 15, 2020 7:21:23 GMT -6
Pro 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Pro 15:2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
Pro 15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Pro 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Pro 15:5 A fool despises his father's instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent.
Pro 15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Pro 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so.
Pro 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Pro 15:9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.
Pro 15:10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die.
Pro 15:11 Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Pro 15:12 A scorner loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Pro 15:13 A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Pro 15:14 The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Pro 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Pro 15:16 Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Pro 15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Pro 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife.
Pro 15:19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Pro 15:20 A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
Pro 15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
Pro 15:22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
Pro 15:23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Pro 15:24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
Pro 15:25 The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
Pro 15:26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
Pro 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.
Pro 15:28 The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Pro 15:29 The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
Pro 15:30 The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat.
Pro 15:31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
Pro 15:32 He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding.
Pro 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
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Post by MammaMel on May 16, 2020 7:44:55 GMT -6
Pro 16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Pro 16:2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits.
Pro 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Pro 16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Pro 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Pro 16:6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.
Pro 16:7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Pro 16:8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Pro 16:9 A man's heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps.
Pro 16:10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
Pro 16:11 A just weight and balance are the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag are his work.
Pro 16:12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Pro 16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks right.
Pro 16:14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
Pro 16:15 In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Pro 16:16 How much better is it to get wisdom than gold and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
Pro 16:17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul.
Pro 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Pro 16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Pro 16:20 He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusts in the LORD, happy is he.
Pro 16:21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.
Pro 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Pro 16:23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.
Pro 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Pro 16:25 There is a way that seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Pro 16:26 He that labours labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
Pro 16:27 An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Pro 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Pro 16:29 A violent man entices his neighbour, and leads him into the way that is not good.
Pro 16:30 He shuts his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass.
Pro 16:31 The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Pro 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city.
Pro 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.
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Post by MammaMel on May 17, 2020 8:18:32 GMT -6
Pro 17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
Pro 17:2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Pro 17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts.
Pro 17:4 A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue.
Pro 17:5 Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Pro 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Pro 17:7 Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Pro 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whither soever it turns, it prospers.
Pro 17:9 He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends.
Pro 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Pro 17:11 An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Pro 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Pro 17:13 Whoso rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Pro 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Pro 17:15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that condemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Pro 17:16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?
Pro 17:17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Pro 17:18 A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend.
Pro 17:19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction.
Pro 17:20 He that hath a froward heart finds no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
Pro 17:21 He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Pro 17:22 A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones.
Pro 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Pro 17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Pro 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Pro 17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Pro 17:27 He that hath knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Pro 17:28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
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Post by MammaMel on May 18, 2020 7:27:45 GMT -6
Pro 18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and inter-meddles with all wisdom.
Pro 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Pro 18:3 When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Pro 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Pro 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Pro 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes.
Pro 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Pro 18:8 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Pro 18:9 He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
Pro 18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe.
Pro 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Pro 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
Pro 18:13 He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Pro 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Pro 18:15 The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Pro 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Pro 18:17 He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbour comes and searches him.
Pro 18:18 The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty.
Pro 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Pro 18:20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Pro 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Pro 18:22 Whoso finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favour of the LORD.
Pro 18:23 The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly.
Pro 18:24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother.
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Post by MammaMel on May 19, 2020 6:09:31 GMT -6
Pro 19:1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Pro 19:2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.
Pro 19:3 The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD.
Pro 19:4 Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
Pro 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
Pro 19:6 Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts.
Pro 19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him.
Pro 19:8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good.
Pro 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
Pro 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Pro 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Pro 19:12 The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Pro 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Pro 19:14 House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.
Pro 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Pro 19:16 He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die.
Pro 19:17 He that has pity upon the poor lends unto the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again.
Pro 19:18 Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Pro 19:19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Pro 19:20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou may be wise in thy latter end.
Pro 19:21 There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Pro 19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
Pro 19:23 The fear of the LORD tends to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
Pro 19:24 A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Pro 19:25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Pro 19:26 He that wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach.
Pro 19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.
Pro 19:28 An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Pro 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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Post by MammaMel on May 20, 2020 6:14:48 GMT -6
Pro 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Pro 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
Pro 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Pro 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Pro 20:5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Pro 20:6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
Pro 20:7 The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
Pro 20:8 A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Pro 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
Pro 20:10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
Pro 20:11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
Pro 20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
Pro 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Pro 20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
Pro 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Pro 20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Pro 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Pro 20:18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Pro 20:19 He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
Pro 20:20 Whoso curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Pro 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Pro 20:22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Pro 20:23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Pro 20:24 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Pro 20:25 It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
Pro 20:26 A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them.
Pro 20:27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
Pro 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Pro 20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
Pro 20:30 The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
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Post by MammaMel on May 21, 2020 7:13:17 GMT -6
Pro 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it whither-so-ever he will.
Pro 21:2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts.
Pro 21:3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Pro 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Pro 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
Pro 21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
Pro 21:7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
Pro 21:8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Pro 21:9 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Pro 21:10 The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.
Pro 21:11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.
Pro 21:12 The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness.
Pro 21:13 Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
Pro 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Pro 21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Pro 21:16 The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
Pro 21:17 He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
Pro 21:18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Pro 21:19 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
Pro 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.
Pro 21:21 He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.
Pro 21:22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof.
Pro 21:23 Whoso keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
Pro 21:24 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath.
Pro 21:25 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Pro 21:26 He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not.
Pro 21:27 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind?
Pro 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.
Pro 21:29 A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he directs his way.
Pro 21:30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Pro 21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
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Post by MammaMel on May 22, 2020 6:02:21 GMT -6
Pro 22:1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Pro 22:2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.
Pro 22:3 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Pro 22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
Pro 22:5 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them.
Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Pro 22:7 The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Pro 22:8 He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Pro 22:9 He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Pro 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Pro 22:11 He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Pro 22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
Pro 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Pro 22:14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
Pro 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Pro 22:16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Pro 22:17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
Pro 22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Pro 22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
Pro 22:20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
Pro 22:21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou might answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
Pro 22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Pro 22:23 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Pro 22:24 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Pro 22:25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Pro 22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Pro 22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Pro 22:28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
Pro 22:29 See thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
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Post by MammaMel on May 23, 2020 7:49:10 GMT -6
Pro 23:1 When thou sits to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
Pro 23:2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Pro 23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Pro 23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Pro 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Pro 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Pro 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, says he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Pro 23:8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Pro 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Pro 23:10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Pro 23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Pro 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Pro 23:13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beat him with the rod, he shall not die.
Pro 23:14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Pro 23:15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Pro 23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
Pro 23:17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Pro 23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Pro 23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Pro 23:20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Pro 23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Pro 23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Pro 23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Pro 23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him.
Pro 23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Pro 23:26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Pro 23:27 For a sleeper is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Pro 23:28 She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men.
Pro 23:29 Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes?
Pro 23:30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Pro 23:31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it gives his colour in the cup, when it moves itself aright.
Pro 23:32 At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder.
Pro 23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Pro 23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lies down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lies upon the top of a mast.
Pro 23:35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
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Post by MammaMel on May 24, 2020 7:01:55 GMT -6
Pro 24:1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Pro 24:2 For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Pro 24:3 Through wisdom is an house built; and by understanding it is established:
Pro 24:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Pro 24:5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increases strength.
Pro 24:6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.
Pro 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate.
Pro 24:8 He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Pro 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Pro 24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
Pro 24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Pro 24:12 If thou says, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that ponders the heart consider it? and he that keeps thy soul, does not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Pro 24:13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Pro 24:14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Pro 24:15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
Pro 24:16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Pro 24:17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbles:
Pro 24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
Pro 24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Pro 24:20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Pro 24:21 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Pro 24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both?
Pro 24:23 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
Pro 24:24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Pro 24:25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Pro 24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that gives a right answer.
Pro 24:27 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Pro 24:28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Pro 24:29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Pro 24:30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Pro 24:31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Pro 24:32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Pro 24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Pro 24:34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travels; and thy want as an armed man.
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Post by MammaMel on May 25, 2020 7:03:07 GMT -6
Pro 25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Pro 25:2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Pro 25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Pro 25:4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Pro 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Pro 25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Pro 25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Pro 25:8 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.
Pro 25:9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Pro 25:10 Lest he that hears it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Pro 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Pro 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Pro 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Pro 25:14 Whoso boasts himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
Pro 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone.
Pro 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Pro 25:17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
Pro 25:18 A man that bears false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Pro 25:19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Pro 25:20 As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that sings songs to an heavy heart.
Pro 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Pro 25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Pro 25:23 The north wind drives away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
Pro 25:24 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Pro 25:25 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Pro 25:26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Pro 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Pro 25:28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
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Post by MammaMel on May 26, 2020 8:59:23 GMT -6
Pro 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Pro 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Pro 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Pro 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Pro 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Pro 26:6 He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks damage.
Pro 26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Pro 26:8 As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honour to a fool.
Pro 26:9 As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Pro 26:10 The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.
Pro 26:11 As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.
Pro 26:12 Sees thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Pro 26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Pro 26:14 As the door turns upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Pro 26:15 The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.
Pro 26:16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
Pro 26:17 He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears.
Pro 26:18 As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death,
Pro 26:19 So is the man that deceives his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?
Pro 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
Pro 26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Pro 26:22 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Pro 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Pro 26:24 He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him;
Pro 26:25 When he speaks fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Pro 26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shown before the whole congregation.
Pro 26:27 Whoso digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
Pro 26:28 A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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Post by MammaMel on May 27, 2020 8:06:26 GMT -6
Pro 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou know not what a day may bring forth.
Pro 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Pro 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Pro 27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
Pro 27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
Pro 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Pro 27:7 The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Pro 27:8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place.
Pro 27:9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Pro 27:10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Pro 27:11 My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me.
Pro 27:12 A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Pro 27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Pro 27:14 He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Pro 27:15 A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Pro 27:16 Whosoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth** itself.
Pro 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
Pro 27:18 Whoso keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honoured.
Pro 27:19 As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man.
Pro 27:20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
Pro 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Pro 27:22 Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Pro 27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Pro 27:24 For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation?
Pro 27:25 The hay appears, and the tender grass shews itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Pro 27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Pro 27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
** bewrayeth= to make known
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Post by MammaMel on May 28, 2020 7:15:19 GMT -6
Pro 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Pro 28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Pro 28:3 A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Pro 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Pro 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
Pro 28:6 Better is the poor that walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Pro 28:7 Whoso keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shames his father.
Pro 28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Pro 28:9 He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Pro 28:10 Whoso causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Pro 28:11 The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searches him out.
Pro 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Pro 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Pro 28:14 Happy is the man that fears always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Pro 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Pro 28:16 The prince that wants understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
Pro 28:17 A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Pro 28:18 Whoso walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Pro 28:19 He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Pro 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
Pro 28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Pro 28:22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come upon him.
Pro 28:23 He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flatters with the tongue.
Pro 28:24 Whoso robs his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
Pro 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Pro 28:26 He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walks wisely, he shall be delivered.
Pro 28:27 He that gives unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse.
Pro 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
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Post by MammaMel on May 29, 2020 8:28:37 GMT -6
Pro 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Pro 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.
Pro 29:3 Whoso loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance.
Pro 29:4 The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it.
Pro 29:5 A man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
Pro 29:6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Pro 29:7 The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not to know it.
Pro 29:8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
Pro 29:9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Pro 29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
Pro 29:11 A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards.
Pro 29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Pro 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes.
Pro 29:14 The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Pro 29:15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame.
Pro 29:16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Pro 29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Pro 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he.
Pro 29:19 A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Pro 29:20 See thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Pro 29:21 He that delicately brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.
Pro 29:22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
Pro 29:23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Pro 29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and bewrayeth it not.
Pro 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare: but whoso puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
Pro 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.
Pro 29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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