Proverbs 3:1

Exhortations to Seek Wisdom and Walk with the Lord

3:1 My child, do not forget my teaching,

but let your heart keep my commandments,

Proverbs 3:29

3:29 Do not plot evil against your neighbor

when he dwells by you unsuspectingly.

Proverbs 4:10

4:10 Listen, my child, and accept my words,

so that the years of your life will be many.

Proverbs 4:23

4:23 Guard your heart with all vigilance,

for from it are the sources of life.

Proverbs 6:11

6:11 and your poverty will come like a robber,

and your need like an armed man.

Proverbs 7:2

7:2 Keep my commands so that you may live,

and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.

Proverbs 22:27

22:27 If you do not have enough to pay,

your bed will be taken right out from under you!

Proverbs 23:8-9

23:8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten,

and will have wasted your pleasant words.

23:9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool,

for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 24:34

24:34 and your poverty will come like a bandit,

and your need like an armed robber.”

Proverbs 25:10

25:10 lest the one who hears it put you to shame

and your infamy will never go away.

Proverbs 25:21

25:21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat,

and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,