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Proverbs Chapter 10

Proverbs
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Proverbs

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In chapter ten the book contrasts the outcomes of wealth and poverty, showing that the rich may be poor in spirit while the poor may be rich in wisdom. It warns that the wicked prosper through deceit and that true wealth comes from righteousness and knowledge. The chapter emphasizes that God's judgment is just and that the righteous will be satisfied.

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(1) The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
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Proverbs 1:1Proverbs 25:1I Kings 4:32Ecclesiastes 12:9Proverbs 15:20Proverbs 17:21Proverbs 17:25Proverbs 19:13Proverbs 23:15Proverbs 23:16Proverbs 23:24Proverbs 23:25

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Proverbs 15:20Luke 12:53Isaiah 44:25Proverbs 12:25I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(2) Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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Proverbs 11:4Psalms 49:6Psalms 49:7Psalms 49:8Psalms 49:9Psalms 49:10Isaiah 10:2Isaiah 10:3Zephaniah 1:18Luke 12:15Luke 12:16Luke 12:17

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Jeremiah 44:9Ezekiel 33:12Job 35:8Proverbs 11:4Romans 9:30Romans 10:3

(3) The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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Job 5:20Psalms 10:14Psalms 33:19Psalms 34:9Psalms 34:10Psalms 37:3Psalms 37:19Psalms 37:25Isaiah 33:16Matthew 6:30Matthew 6:31Matthew 6:32

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Matthew 10:41

(4) He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 6:7Proverbs 6:8Proverbs 6:9Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 6:11Proverbs 11:24Proverbs 12:24Proverbs 19:15Proverbs 19:24Proverbs 20:4Proverbs 20:13

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I Samuel 2:7Proverbs 13:7II Corinthians 8:9

(5) He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
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Proverbs 6:6Proverbs 6:8Proverbs 30:25Isaiah 55:6Isaiah 55:7Proverbs 12:4Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 19:26

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Proverbs 14:35Proverbs 17:2Proverbs 6:8Luke 10:2

(6) Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Proverbs 11:26Proverbs 24:25Proverbs 28:20Deuteronomy 28:2Job 29:13II Timothy 1:16II Timothy 1:17II Timothy 1:18Proverbs 10:11Esther 7:8Psalms 107:42Romans 3:19

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10Genesis 49:25

(7) The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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I Kings 11:36II Kings 19:34II Chronicles 24:16Psalms 112:6Mark 14:9Luke 1:48Job 18:17Job 27:23Psalms 9:5Psalms 9:6Psalms 109:13Psalms 109:15

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10

(8) The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 9:9Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 14:8Psalms 119:34James 3:13Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 12:13Proverbs 13:3Proverbs 14:23Ecclesiastes 10:12Proverbs 18:6

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Ecclesiastes 2:16Esther 6:13Proverbs 10:10Ecclesiastes 2:19I Corinthians 3:18II Corinthians 11:16

(9) He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
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Proverbs 28:18Psalms 23:4Psalms 25:21Psalms 26:11Psalms 26:12Psalms 84:11Isaiah 33:15Isaiah 33:16Galatians 2:13Galatians 2:14Proverbs 17:20Luke 12:1

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Psalms 39:6Proverbs 28:18Jeremiah 44:25Psalms 128:1Proverbs 14:2Proverbs 28:6

(10) He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Proverbs 6:13Job 15:12Psalms 35:19Proverbs 10:8Proverbs 18:6Proverbs 18:7Proverbs 18:21III John 1:10

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Luke 6:42Proverbs 10:8Proverbs 17:21Deuteronomy 19:21Luke 11:34

(11) The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Proverbs 10:20Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 10:32Proverbs 13:14Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 16:22Proverbs 16:23Proverbs 16:24Proverbs 18:4Proverbs 20:15Psalms 37:30Psalms 37:31

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II Kings 4:26Matthew 10:41

(12) Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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Proverbs 15:18Proverbs 16:27Proverbs 28:25Proverbs 29:22James 4:1Proverbs 17:9I Corinthians 13:4James 5:20I Peter 4:8

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(13) In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 10:11Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 15:23Proverbs 20:15Proverbs 26:3Exodus 10:12Isaiah 50:4Luke 4:22Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 7:22Proverbs 17:10

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Deuteronomy 4:6Proverbs 11:12Proverbs 4:7Daniel 5:11I Corinthians 14:15I Corinthians 14:20

(14) Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 9:9Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:15Proverbs 19:8Matthew 12:35Matthew 13:44Matthew 13:52II Corinthians 4:6II Corinthians 4:7Proverbs 10:8Proverbs 10:10

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Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 18:15Proverbs 21:11Isaiah 44:25Jeremiah 4:22

(15) The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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Proverbs 18:11Job 31:24Job 31:25Psalms 49:6Psalms 52:7Ecclesiastes 7:12Jeremiah 9:23Mark 10:24Luke 12:19I Timothy 6:17Proverbs 14:20Proverbs 19:7

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Proverbs 18:11II Corinthians 8:9II Samuel 12:4Matthew 12:29Mark 3:27Psalms 35:10

(16) The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
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Proverbs 11:30Isaiah 3:10Isaiah 3:11John 6:27I Corinthians 15:58Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:8Galatians 6:9Hebrews 6:10Matthew 7:17Matthew 7:18Matthew 12:33

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33John 15:2

(17) He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
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Proverbs 3:1Proverbs 3:2Proverbs 3:18Proverbs 4:4Proverbs 4:13Proverbs 12:1Proverbs 22:17Proverbs 22:18Proverbs 22:19Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:26

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Proverbs 13:18Proverbs 15:32

(18) He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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Proverbs 26:24Proverbs 26:25Proverbs 26:26I Samuel 18:21I Samuel 18:22I Samuel 18:29II Samuel 3:27II Samuel 11:8II Samuel 11:9II Samuel 11:10II Samuel 11:11II Samuel 11:12

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Proverbs 17:7

(19) In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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Ecclesiastes 5:3Ecclesiastes 10:13Ecclesiastes 10:14James 3:2Proverbs 17:27Proverbs 17:28Psalms 39:1James 1:19

(20) The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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Proverbs 12:18Proverbs 15:4Proverbs 16:13Proverbs 25:11Proverbs 25:12Matthew 12:35Proverbs 23:7Genesis 6:5Genesis 8:21Jeremiah 17:9Matthew 12:34

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10James 3:5Exodus 38:17Proverbs 6:10Proverbs 24:33

(21) The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Proverbs 12:18Proverbs 15:4Job 4:3Job 4:4Job 23:12Job 29:21Job 29:22Psalms 37:30Ecclesiastes 12:9Ecclesiastes 12:10Jeremiah 3:15Jeremiah 15:16

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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Ezekiel 3:20Romans 5:7Romans 14:8Matthew 10:41

(22) The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
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Genesis 12:2Genesis 13:2Genesis 14:23Genesis 24:35Genesis 26:12Deuteronomy 8:17Deuteronomy 8:18I Samuel 2:7I Samuel 2:8Psalms 37:22Psalms 107:38Psalms 113:7

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I Samuel 2:7Proverbs 13:7

(23) It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
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Proverbs 14:9Proverbs 15:21Proverbs 26:18Proverbs 26:19Ecclesiastes 11:9

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Deuteronomy 4:6I Kings 4:30Proverbs 4:7Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 17:24Ecclesiastes 10:3

(24) The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
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Job 3:25Job 15:21Hebrews 10:27Psalms 21:2Psalms 37:4Psalms 145:19Matthew 5:6John 14:18John 16:24I John 5:14I John 5:15

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Matthew 10:41

(25) As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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Proverbs 1:27Job 27:19Job 27:20Job 27:21Psalms 37:9Psalms 37:10Psalms 58:9Psalms 73:18Psalms 73:19Psalms 73:20Isaiah 40:24Proverbs 10:30

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Matthew 10:41

(26) As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Proverbs 25:13Proverbs 25:20Isaiah 65:5Matthew 25:26Romans 12:11Hebrews 6:12

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Exodus 19:18Revelation 9:2Joel 1:6

(27) The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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Proverbs 3:2Proverbs 3:16Proverbs 9:11Psalms 21:4Psalms 34:11Psalms 34:12Psalms 34:13Psalms 91:16Job 15:32Job 15:33Job 22:15Job 22:16

(28) The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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Psalms 16:9Psalms 73:24Psalms 73:25Psalms 73:26Romans 5:2Romans 12:12Romans 15:13II Thessalonians 2:16Proverbs 11:7Proverbs 14:32Job 8:13Job 11:20

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Romans 8:24Matthew 10:41Proverbs 11:7I Corinthians 9:10

(29) The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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Psalms 84:7Isaiah 40:31Zechariah 10:12Philippians 4:13Proverbs 21:15Job 31:3Psalms 1:6Psalms 36:12Psalms 37:20Psalms 92:7Matthew 7:22Matthew 7:23

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Job 31:3Proverbs 21:15

(30) The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
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Proverbs 10:25Psalms 16:8Psalms 37:22Psalms 37:28Psalms 37:29Psalms 112:6Psalms 125:1Romans 8:35Romans 8:36Romans 8:37Romans 8:38Romans 8:39

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Matthew 10:41

(31) The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
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Proverbs 10:11Proverbs 10:13Proverbs 10:20Proverbs 10:21Psalms 37:30Psalms 31:18Psalms 63:11Psalms 120:3Psalms 120:4

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Leviticus 19:36Ezekiel 45:10Proverbs 30:33I Kings 4:30

(32) The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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Ecclesiastes 12:10Daniel 4:27Titus 2:8Proverbs 11:11Proverbs 12:6Proverbs 12:18Proverbs 15:2Proverbs 15:28Proverbs 18:6Proverbs 18:7Proverbs 18:8

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Proverbs 16:13Matthew 10:41I Corinthians 14:2

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