The Holy Bible

(15) Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

(18) For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

(19) That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

(20) Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

(22) Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

(29) Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

(7) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

(9) Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

(17) Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

(19) Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

(28) She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

(31) Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

(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.

(6) For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

(7) Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

(10) If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

(23) These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

(27) Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

(5) Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

(6) Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

(6) Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

(7) For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

(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.

(11) A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

(13) As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

(19) Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

(19) Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

(20) As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

(24) It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

(24) It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

(1) As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

(1) As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

(5) Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

(7) The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

(8) As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

(9) As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

(12) Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

(13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

(13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

(15) The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

(16) The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

(19) So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

(25) When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

(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.

(14) He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

(15) A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

(19) As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.

(22) Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

(6) Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

(6) Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.