The Old Testament
| Book | Chapter | Verse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 16 | (24) Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (25) There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (26) He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (27) An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (28) A froward man soweth strife: and a whiserer separateth chief friends. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (29) A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (30) He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (31) The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (32) He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. | |
| Proverbs | 16 | (33) The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (1) BETTER IS a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (2) A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (3) The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (4) A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (5) Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (6) Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (7) Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (8) A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (9) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. | |
| Proverbs | 17 | (10) A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. | |