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Proverbs 1:1--31:30

The proverbs
<04912>

of Solomon
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the son
<01121>

of David
<01732>_,

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>_;

To know
<03045> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>

and instruction
<04148>_;

to perceive
<0995> (8687)

the words
<0561>

of understanding
<0998>_;

To receive
<03947> (8800)

the instruction
<04148>

of wisdom
<07919> (8687)_,

justice
<06664>_,

and judgment
<04941>_,

and equity
<04339>_;

{equity: Heb. equities}

To give
<05414> (8800)

subtilty
<06195>

to the simple
<06612>_,

to the young man
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knowledge
<01847>

and discretion
<04209>_.

{discretion: or, advisement}

A wise
<02450>

[man] will hear
<08085> (8799)_,

and will increase
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>_;

and a man of understanding
<0995> (8737)

shall attain
<07069> (8799)

unto wise counsels
<08458>_:

To understand
<0995> (8687)

a proverb
<04912>_,

and the interpretation
<04426>_;

the words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>_,

and their dark sayings
<02420>_.

{the interpretation: or, an eloquent speech}

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] the beginning
<07225>

of knowledge
<01847>_:

[but] fools
<0191>

despise
<0936> (8804)

wisdom
<02451>

and instruction
<04148>_.

{the beginning: or, the principal part}

My son
<01121>_,

hear
<08085> (8798)

the instruction
<04148>

of thy father
<01>_,

and forsake
<05203> (8799)

not the law
<08451>

of thy mother
<0517>_:

For they [shall be] an ornament
<03880>

of grace
<02580>

unto thy head
<07218>_,

and chains
<06060>

about thy neck
<01621>_.

{an...: Heb. an adding}

My son
<01121>_,

if sinners
<02400>

entice
<06601> (8762)

thee, consent
<014> (8799)

thou not.

If they say
<0559> (8799)_,

Come
<03212> (8798)

with us, let us lay wait
<0693> (8799)

for blood
<01818>_,

let us lurk
<06845> (8799)

privily for the innocent
<05355>

without cause
<02600>_:

Let us swallow them up
<01104> (8799)

alive
<02416>

as the grave
<07585>_;

and whole
<08549>_,

as those that go down
<03381> (8802)

into the pit
<0953>_:

We shall find
<04672> (8799)

all precious
<03368>

substance
<01952>_,

we shall fill
<04390> (8762)

our houses
<01004>

with spoil
<07998>_:

Cast
<05307> (8686)

in thy lot
<01486>

among
<08432>

us; let us all have one
<0259>

purse
<03599>_:

My son
<01121>_,

walk
<03212> (8799)

not thou in the way
<01870>

with them; refrain
<04513> (8798)

thy foot
<07272>

from their path
<05410>_:

For their feet
<07272>

run
<07323> (8799)

to evil
<07451>_,

and make haste
<04116> (8762)

to shed
<08210> (8800)

blood
<01818>_.

Surely in vain
<02600>

the net
<07568>

is spread
<02219> (8794)

in the sight
<05869>

of any bird
<01167> <03671>_.

{in the...: Heb. in the eyes of every thing that hath a wing}

And they lay wait
<0693> (8799)

for their [own] blood
<01818>_;

they lurk privily
<06845> (8799)

for their [own] lives
<05315>_.

So [are] the ways
<0734>

of every one that is greedy
<01214> (8802)

of gain
<01215>_;

[which] taketh away
<03947> (8799)

the life
<05315>

of the owners
<01167>

thereof.

Wisdom
<02454>

crieth
<07442> (8799)

without
<02351>_;

she uttereth
<05414> (8799)

her voice
<06963>

in the streets
<07339>_:

{Wisdom: Heb. Wisdoms, that is, Excellent wisdom}

She crieth
<07121> (8799)

in the chief place
<07218>

of concourse
<01993> (8802)_,

in the openings
<06607>

of the gates
<08179>_:

in the city
<05892>

she uttereth
<0559> (8799)

her words
<0561>_,

[saying],

How long, ye simple ones
<06612>_,

will ye love
<0157> (8799)

simplicity
<06612>_?

and the scorners
<03887> (8801)

delight
<02530> (8804)

in their scorning
<03944>_,

and fools
<03684>

hate
<08130> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_?

Turn
<07725> (8799)

you at my reproof
<08433>_:

behold, I will pour out
<05042> (8686)

my spirit
<07307>

unto you, I will make known
<03045> (8686)

my words
<01697>

unto you.

Because I have called
<07121> (8804)_,

and ye refused
<03985> (8762)_;

I have stretched out
<05186> (8804)

my hand
<03027>_,

and no man regarded
<07181> (8688)_;

But ye have set at nought
<06544> (8799)

all my counsel
<06098>_,

and would
<014> (8804)

none of my reproof
<08433>_:

I also will laugh
<07832> (8799)

at your calamity
<0343>_;

I will mock
<03932> (8799)

when your fear
<06343>

cometh
<0935> (8800)_;

When your fear
<06343>

cometh
<0935> (8800)

as desolation
<07722> (8675) <07584>_,

and your destruction
<0343>

cometh
<0857> (8799)

as a whirlwind
<05492>_;

when distress
<06869>

and anguish
<06695>

cometh
<0935> (8800)

upon you.

Then shall they call
<07121> (8799)

upon me, but I will not answer
<06030> (8799)_;

they shall seek me early
<07836> (8762)_,

but they shall not find
<04672> (8799)

me:

For that they hated
<08130> (8804)

knowledge
<01847>_,

and did not choose
<0977> (8804)

the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

They would
<014> (8804)

none of my counsel
<06098>_:

they despised
<05006> (8804)

all my reproof
<08433>_.

Therefore shall they eat
<0398> (8799)

of the fruit
<06529>

of their own way
<01870>_,

and be filled
<07646> (8799)

with their own devices
<04156>_.

For the turning away
<04878>

of the simple
<06612>

shall slay
<02026> (8799)

them, and the prosperity
<07962>

of fools
<03684>

shall destroy
<06> (8762)

them. {turning...: or, ease of the simple}

But whoso hearkeneth
<08085> (8802)

unto me shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

safely
<0983>_,

and shall be quiet
<07599> (8768)

from fear
<06343>

of evil
<07451>_.

My son
<01121>_,

if thou wilt receive
<03947> (8799)

my words
<0561>_,

and hide
<06845> (8799)

my commandments
<04687>

with thee;

So that thou incline
<07181> (8687)

thine ear
<0241>

unto wisdom
<02451>_,

[and] apply
<05186> (8686)

thine heart
<03820>

to understanding
<08394>_;

Yea, if thou criest
<07121> (8799)

after knowledge
<0998>_,

[and] liftest up
<05414> (8799)

thy voice
<06963>

for understanding
<08394>_;

{liftest...: Heb. givest thy voice}

If thou seekest
<01245> (8762)

her as silver
<03701>_,

and searchest
<02664> (8799)

for her as [for] hid treasures
<04301>_;

Then shalt thou understand
<0995> (8799)

the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and find
<04672> (8799)

the knowledge
<01847>

of God
<0430>_.

For the LORD
<03068>

giveth
<05414> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>_:

out of his mouth
<06310>

[cometh] knowledge
<01847>

and understanding
<08394>_.

He layeth up
<06845> (8799) (8675) <06845> (8804)

sound wisdom
<08454>

for the righteous
<03477>_:

[he is] a buckler
<04043>

to them that walk
<01980> (8802)

uprightly
<08537>_.

He keepeth
<05341> (8800)

the paths
<0734>

of judgment
<04941>_,

and preserveth
<08104> (8799)

the way
<01870>

of his saints
<02623>_.

Then shalt thou understand
<0995> (8799)

righteousness
<06664>_,

and judgment
<04941>_,

and equity
<04339>_;

[yea], every good
<02896>

path
<04570>_.

When wisdom
<02451>

entereth
<0935> (8799)

into thine heart
<03820>_,

and knowledge
<01847>

is pleasant
<05276> (8799)

unto thy soul
<05315>_;

Discretion
<04209>

shall preserve
<08104> (8799)

thee, understanding
<08394>

shall keep
<05341> (8799)

thee:

To deliver
<05337> (8687)

thee from the way
<01870>

of the evil
<07451>

[man], from the man
<0376>

that speaketh
<01696> (8764)

froward things
<08419>_;

Who leave
<05800> (8802)

the paths
<0734>

of uprightness
<03476>_,

to walk
<03212> (8800)

in the ways
<01870>

of darkness
<02822>_;

Who rejoice
<08056>

to do
<06213> (8800)

evil
<07451>_,

[and] delight
<01523> (8799)

in the frowardness
<08419>

of the wicked
<07451>_;

Whose ways
<0734>

[are] crooked
<06141>_,

and [they] froward
<03868> (8737)

in their paths
<04570>_:

To deliver
<05337> (8687)

thee from the strange
<02114> (8801)

woman
<0802>_,

[even] from the stranger
<05237>

[which] flattereth
<02505> (8689)

with her words
<0561>_;

Which forsaketh
<05800> (8802)

the guide
<0441>

of her youth
<05271>_,

and forgetteth
<07911> (8804)

the covenant
<01285>

of her God
<0430>_.

For her house
<01004>

inclineth
<07743> (8804)

unto death
<04194>_,

and her paths
<04570>

unto the dead
<07496>_.

None that go
<0935> (8802)

unto her return again
<07725> (8799)_,

neither take they hold
<05381> (8686)

of the paths
<0734>

of life
<02416>_.

That thou mayest walk
<03212> (8799)

in the way
<01870>

of good
<02896>

[men], and keep
<08104> (8799)

the paths
<0734>

of the righteous
<06662>_.

For the upright
<03477>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

in the land
<0776>_,

and the perfect
<08549>

shall remain
<03498> (8735)

in it.

But the wicked
<07563>

shall be cut off
<03772> (8735)

from the earth
<0776>_,

and the transgressors
<0898> (8802)

shall be rooted out
<05255> (8799)

of it. {rooted: or, plucked up}

My son
<01121>_,

forget
<07911> (8799)

not my law
<08451>_;

but let thine heart
<03820>

keep
<05341> (8799)

my commandments
<04687>_:

For length
<0753>

of days
<03117>_,

and long
<08141>

life
<02416>_,

and peace
<07965>_,

shall they add
<03254> (8686)

to thee. {long...: Heb. years of life}

Let not mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

forsake
<05800> (8799)

thee: bind
<07194> (8798)

them about thy neck
<01621>_;

write
<03789> (8798)

them upon the table
<03871>

of thine heart
<03820>_:

So shalt thou find
<04672> (8798)

favour
<02580>

and good
<02896>

understanding
<07922>

in the sight
<05869>

of God
<0430>

and man
<0120>_.

{good...: or, good success}

Trust
<0982> (8798)

in the LORD
<03068>

with all thine heart
<03820>_;

and lean
<08172> (8735)

not unto thine own understanding
<0998>_.

In all thy ways
<01870>

acknowledge
<03045> (8798)

him, and he shall direct
<03474> (8762)

thy paths
<0734>_.

Be not wise
<02450>

in thine own eyes
<05869>_:

fear
<03372> (8798)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and depart
<05493> (8798)

from evil
<07451>_.

It shall be health
<07500>

to thy navel
<08270>_,

and marrow
<08250>

to thy bones
<06106>_.

{health: Heb. medicine} {marrow: Heb. watering, or, moistening}

Honour
<03513> (8761)

the LORD
<03068>

with thy substance
<01952>_,

and with the firstfruits
<07225>

of all thine increase
<08393>_:

So shall thy barns
<0618>

be filled
<04390> (8735)

with plenty
<07647>_,

and thy presses
<03342>

shall burst out
<06555> (8799)

with new wine
<08492>_.

My son
<01121>_,

despise
<03988> (8799)

not the chastening
<04148>

of the LORD
<03068>_;

neither be weary
<06973> (8799)

of his correction
<08433>_:

For whom the LORD
<03068>

loveth
<0157> (8799)

he correcteth
<03198> (8686)_;

even as a father
<01>

the son
<01121>

[in whom] he delighteth
<07521> (8799)_.

Happy
<0835>

[is] the man
<0120>

[that] findeth
<04672> (8804)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and the man
<0120>

[that] getteth
<06329> (8686)

understanding
<08394>_.

{that getteth...: Heb. that draweth out understanding}

For the merchandise
<05504>

of it [is] better
<02896>

than the merchandise
<05505>

of silver
<03701>_,

and the gain
<08393>

thereof than fine gold
<02742>_.

She [is] more precious
<03368>

than rubies
<06443>_:

and all the things thou canst desire
<02656>

are not to be compared
<07737> (8799)

unto her.

Length
<0753>

of days
<03117>

[is] in her right hand
<03225>_;

[and] in her left hand
<08040>

riches
<06239>

and honour
<03519>_.

Her ways
<01870>

[are] ways
<01870>

of pleasantness
<05278>_,

and all her paths
<05410>

[are] peace
<07965>_.

She [is] a tree
<06086>

of life
<02416>

to them that lay hold
<02388> (8688)

upon her: and happy
<0833> (8794)

[is every one] that retaineth
<08551> (8802)

her.

The LORD
<03068>

by wisdom
<02451>

hath founded
<03245> (8804)

the earth
<0776>_;

by understanding
<08394>

hath he established
<03559> (8790)

the heavens
<08064>_.

{established: or, prepared}

By his knowledge
<01847>

the depths
<08415>

are broken up
<01234> (8738)_,

and the clouds
<07834>

drop down
<07491> (8799)

the dew
<02919>_.

My son
<01121>_,

let not them depart
<03868> (8799)

from thine eyes
<05869>_:

keep
<05341> (8798)

sound wisdom
<08454>

and discretion
<04209>_:

So shall they be life
<02416>

unto thy soul
<05315>_,

and grace
<02580>

to thy neck
<01621>_.

Then shalt thou walk
<03212> (8799)

in thy way
<01870>

safely
<0983>_,

and thy foot
<07272>

shall not stumble
<05062> (8799)_.

When thou liest down
<07901> (8799)_,

thou shalt not be afraid
<06342> (8799)_:

yea, thou shalt lie down
<07901> (8804)_,

and thy sleep
<08142>

shall be sweet
<06149> (8804)_.

Be not afraid
<03372> (8799)

of sudden
<06597>

fear
<06343>_,

neither of the desolation
<07722>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

when it cometh
<0935> (8799)_.

For the LORD
<03068>

shall be thy confidence
<03689>_,

and shall keep
<08104> (8804)

thy foot
<07272>

from being taken
<03921>_.

Withhold
<04513> (8799)

not good
<02896>

from them to whom it is due
<01167>_,

when it is in the power
<0410>

of thine hand
<03027>

to do
<06213> (8800)

[it]. {them...: Heb. the owners thereof}

Say
<0559> (8799)

not unto thy neighbour
<07453>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)_,

and come again
<07725> (8798)_,

and to morrow
<04279>

I will give
<05414> (8799)_;

when thou hast
<03426>

it by thee.

Devise
<02790> (8799)

not evil
<07451>

against thy neighbour
<07453>_,

seeing he dwelleth
<03427> (8802)

securely
<0983>

by thee. {Devise...: or, Practise no evil}

Strive
<07378> (8799)

not with a man
<0120>

without cause
<02600>_,

if he have done
<01580> (8804)

thee no harm
<07451>_.

Envy
<07065> (8762)

thou not the oppressor
<0376> <02555>_,

and choose
<0977> (8799)

none of his ways
<01870>_.

{the oppressor: Heb. a man of violence}

For the froward
<03868> (8737)

[is] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but his secret
<05475>

[is] with the righteous
<03477>_.

The curse
<03994>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] in the house
<01004>

of the wicked
<07563>_:

but he blesseth
<01288> (8762)

the habitation
<05116>

of the just
<06662>_.

Surely he scorneth
<03887> (8686)

the scorners
<03887> (8801)_:

but he giveth
<05414> (8799)

grace
<02580>

unto the lowly
<06035> (8675) <06041>_.

The wise
<02450>

shall inherit
<05157> (8799)

glory
<03519>_:

but shame
<07036>

shall be the promotion
<07311> (8688)

of fools
<03684>_.

{shall be...: Heb. exalteth the fools}

Hear
<08085> (8798)_,

ye children
<01121>_,

the instruction
<04148>

of a father
<01>_,

and attend
<07181> (8685)

to know
<03045> (8800)

understanding
<0998>_.

For I give
<05414> (8804)

you good
<02896>

doctrine
<03948>_,

forsake
<05800> (8799)

ye not my law
<08451>_.

For I was my father's
<01>

son
<01121>_,

tender
<07390>

and only
<03173>

[beloved] in the sight
<06440>

of my mother
<0517>_.

He taught
<03384> (8686)

me also, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto me, Let thine heart
<03820>

retain
<08551> (8799)

my words
<01697>_:

keep
<08104> (8798)

my commandments
<04687>_,

and live
<02421> (8798)_.

Get
<07069> (8798)

wisdom
<02451>_,

get
<07069> (8798)

understanding
<0998>_:

forget
<07911> (8799)

[it] not; neither decline
<05186> (8799)

from the words
<0561>

of my mouth
<06310>_.

Forsake
<05800> (8799)

her not, and she shall preserve
<08104> (8799)

thee: love
<0157> (8798)

her, and she shall keep
<05341> (8799)

thee.

Wisdom
<02451>

[is] the principal thing
<07225>_;

[therefore] get
<07069> (8798)

wisdom
<02451>_:

and with all thy getting
<07075>

get understanding
<0998>_.

Exalt
<05549> (8769)

her, and she shall promote
<07311> (8787)

thee: she shall bring thee to honour
<03513> (8762)_,

when thou dost embrace
<02263> (8762)

her.

She shall give
<05414> (8799)

to thine head
<07218>

an ornament
<03880>

of grace
<02580>_:

a crown
<05850>

of glory
<08597>

shall she deliver
<04042> (8762)

to thee. {a crown...: or, she shall compass thee with a crown of glory}

Hear
<08085> (8798)_,

O my son
<01121>_,

and receive
<03947> (8798)

my sayings
<0561>_;

and the years
<08141>

of thy life
<02416>

shall be many
<07235> (8799)_.

I have taught
<03384> (8689)

thee in the way
<01870>

of wisdom
<02451>_;

I have led
<01869> (8689)

thee in right
<03476>

paths
<04570>_.

When thou goest
<03212> (8800)_,

thy steps
<06806>

shall not be straitened
<03334> (8799)_;

and when thou runnest
<07323> (8799)_,

thou shalt not stumble
<03782> (8735)_.

Take fast hold
<02388> (8685)

of instruction
<04148>_;

let [her] not go
<07503> (8686)_:

keep
<05341> (8798)

her; for she [is] thy life
<02416>_.

Enter
<0935> (8799)

not into the path
<0734>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

and go
<0833> (8762)

not in the way
<01870>

of evil
<07451>

[men].

Avoid
<06544> (8798)

it, pass
<05674> (8799)

not by it, turn
<07847> (8798)

from it, and pass away
<05674> (8798)_.

For they sleep
<03462> (8799)

not, except they have done mischief
<07489> (8686)_;

and their sleep
<08142>

is taken away
<01497> (8738)_,

unless they cause [some] to fall
<03782> (8686) (8675) <03782> (8799)_.

For they eat
<03898> (8804)

the bread
<03899>

of wickedness
<07562>_,

and drink
<08354> (8799)

the wine
<03196>

of violence
<02555>_.

But the path
<0734>

of the just
<06662>

[is] as the shining
<05051>

light
<0216>_,

that shineth
<0215> (8804)

more
<01980> (8802)

and more unto the perfect
<03559> (8737)

day
<03117>_.

The way
<01870>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] as darkness
<0653>_:

they know
<03045> (8804)

not at what they stumble
<03782> (8735)_.

My son
<01121>_,

attend
<07181> (8685)

to my words
<01697>_;

incline
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>

unto my sayings
<0561>_.

Let them not depart
<03868> (8686)

from thine eyes
<05869>_;

keep
<08104> (8798)

them in the midst
<08432>

of thine heart
<03824>_.

For they [are] life
<02416>

unto those that find
<04672> (8802)

them, and health
<04832>

to all their flesh
<01320>_.

{health: Heb. medicine}

Keep
<05341> (8798)

thy heart
<03820>

with all diligence
<04929>_;

for out of it [are] the issues
<08444>

of life
<02416>_.

{with...: Heb. above all keeping}

Put away
<05493> (8685)

from thee a froward
<06143>

mouth
<06310>_,

and perverse
<03891>

lips
<08193>

put far
<07368> (8685)

from thee. {a froward...: Heb. frowardness of mouth and perverseness of lips}

Let thine eyes
<05869>

look
<05027> (8686)

right on
<05227>_,

and let thine eyelids
<06079>

look straight
<03474> (8686)

before thee.

Ponder
<06424> (8761)

the path
<04570>

of thy feet
<07272>_,

and let all thy ways
<01870>

be established
<03559> (8735)_.

{let...: or, all thy ways shall be ordered aright}

Turn
<05186> (8799)

not to the right hand
<03225>

nor to the left
<08040>_:

remove
<05493> (8685)

thy foot
<07272>

from evil
<07451>_.

My son
<01121>_,

attend
<07181> (8685)

unto my wisdom
<02451>_,

[and] bow
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>

to my understanding
<08394>_:

That thou mayest regard
<08104> (8800)

discretion
<04209>_,

and [that] thy lips
<08193>

may keep
<05341> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_.

For the lips
<08193>

of a strange woman
<02114> (8801)

drop
<05197> (8799)

[as] an honeycomb
<05317>_,

and her mouth
<02441>

[is] smoother
<02509>

than oil
<08081>_:

{mouth: Heb. palate}

But her end
<0319>

is bitter
<04751>

as wormwood
<03939>_,

sharp
<02299>

as a twoedged
<06310>

sword
<02719>_.

Her feet
<07272>

go down
<03381> (8802)

to death
<04194>_;

her steps
<06806>

take hold
<08551> (8799)

on hell
<07585>_.

Lest thou shouldest ponder
<06424> (8762)

the path
<0734>

of life
<02416>_,

her ways
<04570>

are moveable
<05128> (8804)_,

[that] thou canst not know
<03045> (8799)

[them].

Hear
<08085> (8798)

me now therefore, O ye children
<01121>_,

and depart
<05493> (8799)

not from the words
<0561>

of my mouth
<06310>_.

Remove
<07368> (0)

thy way
<01870>

far
<07368> (8685)

from her, and come not nigh
<07126> (8799)

the door
<06607>

of her house
<01004>_:

Lest thou give
<05414> (8799)

thine honour
<01935>

unto others
<0312>_,

and thy years
<08141>

unto the cruel
<0394>_:

Lest strangers
<02114> (8801)

be filled
<07646> (8799)

with thy wealth
<03581>_;

and thy labours
<06089>

[be] in the house
<01004>

of a stranger
<05237>_;

{thy wealth: Heb. thy strength}

And thou mourn
<05098> (8804)

at the last
<0319>_,

when thy flesh
<01320>

and thy body
<07607>

are consumed
<03615> (8800)_,

And say
<0559> (8804)_,

How have I hated
<08130> (8804)

instruction
<04148>_,

and my heart
<03820>

despised
<05006> (8804)

reproof
<08433>_;

And have not obeyed
<08085> (8804)

the voice
<06963>

of my teachers
<03384> (8688)_,

nor inclined
<05186> (8689)

mine ear
<0241>

to them that instructed
<03925> (8764)

me!

I was almost
<04592>

in all evil
<07451>

in the midst
<08432>

of the congregation
<06951>

and assembly
<05712>_.

Drink
<08354> (8798)

waters
<04325>

out of thine own cistern
<0953>_,

and running waters
<05140> (8802)

out of
<08432>

thine own well
<0875>_.

Let thy fountains
<04599>

be dispersed
<06327> (8799)

abroad
<02351>_,

[and] rivers
<06388>

of waters
<04325>

in the streets
<07339>_.

Let them be only thine own, and not strangers
<02114> (8801)_'

with thee.

Let thy fountain
<04726>

be blessed
<01288> (8803)_:

and rejoice
<08055> (8798)

with the wife
<0802>

of thy youth
<05271>_.

[Let her be as] the loving
<0158>

hind
<0365>

and pleasant
<02580>

roe
<03280>_;

let her breasts
<01717>

satisfy
<07301> (8762)

thee at all times
<06256>_;

and be thou ravished
<07686> (8799)

always
<08548>

with her love
<0160>_.

{satisfy...: Heb. water thee} {be thou...: Heb. err thou always in her love}

And why wilt thou, my son
<01121>_,

be ravished
<07686> (8799)

with a strange woman
<02114> (8801)_,

and embrace
<02263> (8762)

the bosom
<02436>

of a stranger
<05237>_?

For the ways
<01870>

of man
<0376>

[are] before
<05227>

the eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and he pondereth
<06424> (8764)

all his goings
<04570>_.

His own iniquities
<05771>

shall take
<03920> (8799)

the wicked
<07563>

himself, and he shall be holden
<08551> (8735)

with the cords
<02256>

of his sins
<02403>_.

{sins: Heb. sin}

He shall die
<04191> (8799)

without instruction
<04148>_;

and in the greatness
<07230>

of his folly
<0200>

he shall go astray
<07686> (8799)_.

My son
<01121>_,

if thou be surety
<06148> (8804)

for thy friend
<07453>_,

[if] thou hast stricken
<08628> (8804)

thy hand
<03709>

with a stranger
<02114> (8801)_,

Thou art snared
<03369> (8738)

with the words
<0561>

of thy mouth
<06310>_,

thou art taken
<03920> (8738)

with the words
<0561>

of thy mouth
<06310>_.

Do
<06213> (8798)

this now
<0645>_,

my son
<01121>_,

and deliver
<05337> (8734)

thyself, when thou art come
<0935> (8804)

into the hand
<03709>

of thy friend
<07453>_;

go
<03212> (8798)_,

humble
<07511> (8690)

thyself, and make sure
<07292> (8798)

thy friend
<07453>_.

{and make...: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend}

Give
<05414> (8799)

not sleep
<08142>

to thine eyes
<05869>_,

nor slumber
<08572>

to thine eyelids
<06079>_.

Deliver
<05337> (8734)

thyself as a roe
<06643>

from the hand
<03027>

[of the hunter], and as a bird
<06833>

from the hand
<03027>

of the fowler
<03353>_.

Go
<03212> (8798)

to the ant
<05244>_,

thou sluggard
<06102>_;

consider
<07200> (8798)

her ways
<01870>_,

and be wise
<02449> (8798)_:

Which having no guide
<07101>_,

overseer
<07860> (8802)_,

or ruler
<04910> (8802)_,

Provideth
<03559> (8686)

her meat
<03899>

in the summer
<07019>_,

[and] gathereth
<0103> (8804)

her food
<03978>

in the harvest
<07105>_.

How long wilt thou sleep
<07901> (8799)_,

O sluggard
<06102>_?

when wilt thou arise
<06965> (8799)

out of thy sleep
<08142>_?

[Yet] a little
<04592>

sleep
<08142>_,

a little
<04592>

slumber
<08572>_,

a little
<04592>

folding
<02264>

of the hands
<03027>

to sleep
<07901> (8800)_:

So shall thy poverty
<07389>

come
<0935> (8804)

as one that travelleth
<01980> (8764)_,

and thy want
<04270>

as an armed
<04043>

man
<0376>_.

A naughty
<01100>

person
<0120>_,

a wicked
<0205>

man
<0376>_,

walketh
<01980> (8802)

with a froward
<06143>

mouth
<06310>_.

He winketh
<07169> (8802)

with his eyes
<05869>_,

he speaketh
<04448> (8802)

with his feet
<07272>_,

he teacheth
<03384> (8688)

with his fingers
<0676>_;

Frowardness
<08419>

[is] in his heart
<03820>_,

he deviseth
<02790> (8802)

mischief
<07451>

continually
<06256>_;

he soweth
<07971> (8762)

discord
<04066> (8675) <04090>_.

{soweth: Heb. casteth forth}

Therefore shall his calamity
<0343>

come
<0935> (8799)

suddenly
<06597>_;

suddenly
<06621>

shall he be broken
<07665> (8735)

without remedy
<04832>_.

These six
<08337>

[things] doth the LORD
<03068>

hate
<08130> (8804)_:

yea, seven
<07651>

[are] an abomination
<08441>

unto him
<05315>_:

{unto...: Heb. of his soul}

A proud
<07311> (8802)

look
<05869>_,

a lying
<08267>

tongue
<03956>_,

and hands
<03027>

that shed
<08210> (8802)

innocent
<05355>

blood
<01818>_,

{A proud...: Heb. Haughty eyes}

An heart
<03820>

that deviseth
<02790> (8802)

wicked
<0205>

imaginations
<04284>_,

feet
<07272>

that be swift
<04116> (8764)

in running
<07323> (8800)

to mischief
<07451>_,

A false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

[that] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

lies
<03577>_,

and he that soweth
<07971> (8764)

discord
<04090>

among brethren
<0251>_.

My son
<01121>_,

keep
<05341> (8798)

thy father's
<01>

commandment
<04687>_,

and forsake
<05203> (8799)

not the law
<08451>

of thy mother
<0517>_:

Bind
<07194> (8798)

them continually
<08548>

upon thine heart
<03820>_,

[and] tie
<06029> (8798)

them about thy neck
<01621>_.

When thou goest
<01980> (8692)_,

it shall lead
<05148> (8686)

thee; when thou sleepest
<07901> (8800)_,

it shall keep
<08104> (8799)

thee; and [when] thou awakest
<06974> (8689)_,

it shall talk
<07878> (8799)

with thee.

For the commandment
<04687>

[is] a lamp
<05216>_;

and the law
<08451>

[is] light
<0216>_;

and reproofs
<08433>

of instruction
<04148>

[are] the way
<01870>

of life
<02416>_:

{lamp: or, candle}

To keep
<08104> (8800)

thee from the evil
<07451>

woman
<0802>_,

from the flattery
<02513>

of the tongue
<03956>

of a strange woman
<05237>_.

{of the...: or, of the strange tongue}

Lust
<02530> (8799)

not after her beauty
<03308>

in thine heart
<03824>_;

neither let her take
<03947> (8799)

thee with her eyelids
<06079>_.

For by means of
<01157>

a whorish
<02181> (8802)

woman
<0802>

[a man is brought] to a piece
<03603>

of bread
<03899>_:

and the adulteress
<0802> <0376>

will hunt
<06679> (8799)

for the precious
<03368>

life
<05315>_.

{the adulteress: Heb. the woman of a man, or, a man's wife}

Can a man
<0376>

take
<02846> (8799)

fire
<0784>

in his bosom
<02436>_,

and his clothes
<0899>

not be burned
<08313> (8735)_?

Can one
<0376>

go
<01980> (8762)

upon hot coals
<01513>_,

and his feet
<07272>

not be burned
<03554> (8735)_?

So he that goeth in
<0935> (8802)

to his neighbour's
<07453>

wife
<0802>_;

whosoever toucheth
<05060> (8802)

her shall not be innocent
<05352> (8735)_.

[Men] do not despise
<0936> (8799)

a thief
<01590>_,

if he steal
<01589> (8799)

to satisfy
<04390> (8763)

his soul
<05315>

when he is hungry
<07456> (8799)_;

But [if] he be found
<04672> (8738)_,

he shall restore
<07999> (8762)

sevenfold
<07659>_;

he shall give
<05414> (8799)

all the substance
<01952>

of his house
<01004>_.

[But] whoso committeth adultery
<05003> (8802)

with a woman
<0802>

lacketh
<02638>

understanding
<03820>_:

he [that] doeth
<06213> (8799)

it destroyeth
<07843> (8688)

his own soul
<05315>_.

{understanding: Heb. heart}

A wound
<05061>

and dishonour
<07036>

shall he get
<04672> (8799)_;

and his reproach
<02781>

shall not be wiped away
<04229> (8735)_.

For jealousy
<07068>

[is] the rage
<02534>

of a man
<01397>_:

therefore he will not spare
<02550> (8799)

in the day
<03117>

of vengeance
<05359>_.

He will not regard
<05375> (8799) <06440>

any ransom
<03724>_;

neither will he rest content
<014> (8799)_,

though thou givest many
<07235> (8686)

gifts
<07810>_.

{He will...: Heb. He will not accept the face of any ransom}

My son
<01121>_,

keep
<08104> (8798)

my words
<0561>_,

and lay up
<06845> (8799)

my commandments
<04687>

with thee.

Keep
<08104> (8798)

my commandments
<04687>_,

and live
<02421> (8798)_;

and my law
<08451>

as the apple
<0380>

of thine eye
<05869>_.

Bind
<07194> (8798)

them upon thy fingers
<0676>_,

write
<03789> (8798)

them upon the table
<03871>

of thine heart
<03820>_.

Say
<0559> (8798)

unto wisdom
<02451>_,

Thou [art] my sister
<0269>_;

and call
<07121> (8799)

understanding
<0998>

[thy] kinswoman
<04129>_:

That they may keep
<08104> (8800)

thee from the strange
<02114> (8801)

woman
<0802>_,

from the stranger
<05237>

[which] flattereth
<02505> (8689)

with her words
<0561>_.

For at the window
<02474>

of my house
<01004>

I looked
<08259> (8738)

through my casement
<0822>_,

And beheld
<07200> (8799)

among the simple ones
<06612>_,

I discerned
<0995> (8799)

among the youths
<01121>_,

a young man
<05288>

void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_,

{the youths: Heb. the sons}

Passing through
<05674> (8802)

the street
<07784>

near
<0681>

her corner
<06434>_;

and he went
<06805> (8799)

the way
<01870>

to her house
<01004>_,

In the twilight
<05399>_,

in the evening
<03117> <06153>_,

in the black
<0380>

and dark
<0653>

night
<03915>_:

{in the evening: Heb. in the evening of days}

And, behold, there met
<07125> (8800)

him a woman
<0802>

[with] the attire
<07897>

of an harlot
<02181> (8802)_,

and subtil
<05341> (8803)

of heart
<03820>_.

(She [is] loud
<01993> (8802)

and stubborn
<05637> (8802)_;

her feet
<07272>

abide
<07931> (8799)

not in her house
<01004>_:

Now
<06471>

[is she] without
<02351>_,

now
<06471>

in the streets
<07339>_,

and lieth in wait
<0693> (8799)

at
<0681>

every corner
<06438>.)

So she caught
<02388> (8689)

him, and kissed
<05401> (8804)

him, [and] with an impudent
<05810> (8689)

face
<06440>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, {with...: Heb. she strengthened her face and said}

[I have] peace
<08002>

offerings
<02077>

with me; this day
<03117>

have I payed
<07999> (8765)

my vows
<05088>_.

{I have...: Heb. Peace offerings are upon me}

Therefore came I forth
<03318> (8804)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

thee, diligently to seek
<07836> (8763)

thy face
<06440>_,

and I have found
<04672> (8799)

thee.

I have decked
<07234> (8804)

my bed
<06210>

with coverings
<04765>

of tapestry, with carved
<02405>

[works], with fine linen
<0330>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

I have perfumed
<05130> (8804)

my bed
<04904>

with myrrh
<04753>_,

aloes
<0174>_,

and cinnamon
<07076>_.

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

let us take our fill
<07301> (8799)

of love
<01730>

until the morning
<01242>_:

let us solace
<05965> (8691)

ourselves with loves
<0159>_.

For the goodman
<0376>

[is] not at home
<01004>_,

he is gone
<01980> (8804)

a long
<07350>

journey
<01870>_:

He hath taken
<03947> (8804)

a bag
<06872>

of money
<03701>

with him
<03027>_,

[and] will come
<0935> (8799)

home
<01004>

at the day
<03117>

appointed
<03677>_.

{with...: Heb. in his hand} {the day...: or, the new moon}

With her much
<07230>

fair speech
<03948>

she caused him to yield
<05186> (8689)_,

with the flattering
<02506>

of her lips
<08193>

she forced
<05080> (8686)

him.

He goeth
<01980> (8802)

after
<0310>

her straightway
<06597>_,

as an ox
<07794>

goeth
<0935> (8799)

to the slaughter
<02874>_,

or as a fool
<0191>

to the correction
<04148>

of the stocks
<05914>_;

{straightway: Heb. suddenly}

Till a dart
<02671>

strike
<06398> (8762)

through his liver
<03516>_;

as a bird
<06833>

hasteth
<04116> (8763)

to the snare
<06341>_,

and knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not that it [is] for his life
<05315>_.

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me now therefore, O ye children
<01121>_,

and attend
<07181> (8685)

to the words
<0561>

of my mouth
<06310>_.

Let not thine heart
<03820>

decline
<07847> (8799)

to her ways
<01870>_,

go not astray
<08582> (8799)

in her paths
<05410>_.

For she hath cast down
<05307> (8689)

many
<07227>

wounded
<02491>_:

yea, many strong
<06099>

[men] have been slain
<02026> (8803)

by her.

Her house
<01004>

[is] the way
<01870>

to hell
<07585>_,

going down
<03381> (8802)

to the chambers
<02315>

of death
<04194>_.

Doth not wisdom
<02451>

cry
<07121> (8799)_?

and understanding
<08394>

put forth
<05414> (8799)

her voice
<06963>_?

She standeth
<05324> (8738)

in the top
<07218>

of high places
<04791>_,

by the way
<01870>

in the places
<01004>

of the paths
<05410>_.

She crieth
<07442> (8799)

at
<03027>

the gates
<08179>_,

at the entry
<06310>

of the city
<07176>_,

at the coming
<03996>

in at the doors
<06607>_.

Unto you, O men
<0376>_,

I call
<07121> (8799)_;

and my voice
<06963>

[is] to the sons
<01121>

of man
<0120>_.

O ye simple
<06612>_,

understand
<0995> (8685)

wisdom
<06195>_:

and, ye fools
<03684>_,

be ye of an understanding
<0995> (8685)

heart
<03820>_.

Hear
<08085> (8798)_;

for I will speak
<01696> (8762)

of excellent things
<05057>_;

and the opening
<04669>

of my lips
<08193>

[shall be] right things
<04339>_.

For my mouth
<02441>

shall speak
<01897> (8799)

truth
<0571>_;

and wickedness
<07562>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to my lips
<08193>_.

{an...: Heb. the abomination of my lips}

All the words
<0561>

of my mouth
<06310>

[are] in righteousness
<06664>_;

[there is] nothing froward
<06617> (8737)

or perverse
<06141>

in them. {froward: Heb. wreathed}

They [are] all plain
<05228>

to him that understandeth
<0995> (8688)_,

and right
<03477>

to them that find
<04672> (8802)

knowledge
<01847>_.

Receive
<03947> (8798)

my instruction
<04148>_,

and not silver
<03701>_;

and knowledge
<01847>

rather than choice
<0977> (8737)

gold
<02742>_.

For wisdom
<02451>

[is] better
<02896>

than rubies
<06443>_;

and all the things that may be desired
<02656>

are not to be compared
<07737> (8799)

to it.

I wisdom
<02451>

dwell
<07931> (8804)

with prudence
<06195>_,

and find out
<04672> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>

of witty inventions
<04209>_.

{prudence: or, subtilty}

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] to hate
<08130> (8800)

evil
<07451>_:

pride
<01344>_,

and arrogancy
<01347>_,

and the evil
<07451>

way
<01870>_,

and the froward
<08419>

mouth
<06310>_,

do I hate
<08130> (8804)_.

Counsel
<06098>

[is] mine, and sound wisdom
<08454>_:

I [am] understanding
<0998>_;

I have strength
<01369>_.

By me kings
<04428>

reign
<04427> (8799)_,

and princes
<07336> (8802)

decree
<02710> (8779)

justice
<06664>_.

By me princes
<08269>

rule
<08323> (8799)_,

and nobles
<05081>_,

[even] all the judges
<08199> (8802)

of the earth
<0776>_.

I love
<0157> (8799)

them that love
<0157> (8802)

me; and those that seek me early
<07836> (8764)

shall find
<04672> (8799)

me.

Riches
<06239>

and honour
<03519>

[are] with me; [yea], durable
<06276>

riches
<01952>

and righteousness
<06666>_.

My fruit
<06529>

[is] better
<02896>

than gold
<02742>_,

yea, than fine gold
<06337>_;

and my revenue
<08393>

than choice
<0977> (8737)

silver
<03701>_.

I lead
<01980> (8762)

in the way
<0734>

of righteousness
<06666>_,

in the midst
<08432>

of the paths
<05410>

of judgment
<04941>_:

{lead: or, walk}

That I may cause those that love
<0157> (8802)

me to inherit
<05157> (8687)

substance
<03426>_;

and I will fill
<04390> (8762)

their treasures
<0214>_.

The LORD
<03068>

possessed
<07069> (8804)

me in the beginning
<07225>

of his way
<01870>_,

before
<06924>

his works
<04659>

of old.

I was set up
<05258> (8738)

from everlasting
<05769>_,

from the beginning
<07218>_,

or ever
<06924>

the earth
<0776>

was.

When [there were] no depths
<08415>_,

I was brought forth
<02342> (8797)_;

when [there were] no fountains
<04599>

abounding
<03513> (8737)

with water
<04325>_.

Before the mountains
<02022>

were settled
<02883> (8717)_,

before
<06440>

the hills
<01389>

was I brought forth
<02342> (8797)_:

While as yet he had not made
<06213> (8804)

the earth
<0776>_,

nor the fields
<02351>_,

nor the highest part
<07218>

of the dust
<06083>

of the world
<08398>_.

{fields: or, open places} {the highest...: or, the chief part}

When he prepared
<03559> (8687)

the heavens
<08064>_,

I [was] there: when he set
<02710> (8800)

a compass
<02329>

upon the face
<06440>

of the depth
<08415>_:

{a compass: or, a circle}

When he established
<0553> (8763)

the clouds
<07834>

above
<04605>_:

when he strengthened
<05810> (8800)

the fountains
<05869>

of the deep
<08415>_:

When he gave
<07760> (8800)

to the sea
<03220>

his decree
<02706>_,

that the waters
<04325>

should not pass
<05674> (8799)

his commandment
<06310>_:

when he appointed
<02710> (8800)

the foundations
<04144>

of the earth
<0776>_:

Then I was by him
<0681>_,

[as] one brought up
<0525>

[with him]: and I was daily
<03117> <03117>

[his] delight
<08191>_,

rejoicing
<07832> (8764)

always
<06256>

before
<06440>

him;

Rejoicing
<07832> (8764)

in the habitable part
<08398>

of his earth
<0776>_;

and my delights
<08191>

[were] with the sons
<01121>

of men
<0120>_.

Now therefore hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto me, O ye children
<01121>_:

for blessed
<0835>

[are they that] keep
<08104> (8799)

my ways
<01870>_.

Hear
<08085> (8798)

instruction
<04148>_,

and be wise
<02449> (8798)_,

and refuse
<06544> (8799)

it not.

Blessed
<0835>

[is] the man
<0120>

that heareth
<08085> (8802)

me, watching
<08245> (8800)

daily
<03117> <03117>

at my gates
<01817>_,

waiting
<08104> (8800)

at the posts
<04201>

of my doors
<06607>_.

For whoso findeth
<04672> (8802)

me findeth
<04672> (8804) (8675) <04672> (8802)

life
<02416>_,

and shall obtain
<06329> (8686)

favour
<07522>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

{obtain: Heb. bring forth}

But he that sinneth
<02398> (8802)

against me wrongeth
<02554> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_:

all they that hate
<08130> (8764)

me love
<0157> (8804)

death
<04194>_.

Wisdom
<02454>

hath builded
<01129> (8804)

her house
<01004>_,

she hath hewn out
<02672> (8804)

her seven
<07651>

pillars
<05982>_:

She hath killed
<02873> (8804)

her beasts
<02874>_;

she hath mingled
<04537> (8804)

her wine
<03196>_;

she hath also furnished
<06186> (8804)

her table
<07979>_.

{her beasts: Heb. her killing}

She hath sent forth
<07971> (8804)

her maidens
<05291>_:

she crieth
<07121> (8799)

upon
<01610>

the highest places
<04791>

of the city
<07176>_,

Whoso [is] simple
<06612>_,

let him turn in
<05493> (8799)

hither: [as for] him that wanteth
<02638>

understanding
<03820>_,

she saith
<0559> (8804)

to him,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

eat
<03898> (8798)

of my bread
<03899>_,

and drink
<08354> (8798)

of the wine
<03196>

[which] I have mingled
<04537> (8804)_.

Forsake
<05800> (8798)

the foolish
<06612>_,

and live
<02421> (8798)_;

and go
<0833> (8798)

in the way
<01870>

of understanding
<0998>_.

He that reproveth
<03256> (8802)

a scorner
<03887> (8801)

getteth
<03947> (8802)

to himself shame
<07036>_:

and he that rebuketh
<03198> (8688)

a wicked
<07563>

[man getteth] himself a blot
<03971>_.

Reprove
<03198> (8686)

not a scorner
<03887> (8801)_,

lest he hate
<08130> (8799)

thee: rebuke
<03198> (8685)

a wise man
<02450>_,

and he will love
<0157> (8799)

thee.

Give
<05414> (8798)

[instruction] to a wise
<02450>

[man], and he will be yet wiser
<02449> (8799)_:

teach
<03045> (8685)

a just
<06662>

[man], and he will increase
<03254> (8686)

in learning
<03948>_.

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] the beginning
<08462>

of wisdom
<02451>_:

and the knowledge
<01847>

of the holy
<06918>

[is] understanding
<0998>_.

For by me thy days
<03117>

shall be multiplied
<07235> (8799)_,

and the years
<08141>

of thy life
<02416>

shall be increased
<03254> (8686)_.

If thou be wise
<02449> (8804)_,

thou shalt be wise
<02449> (8804)

for thyself: but [if] thou scornest
<03887> (8804)_,

thou alone shalt bear
<05375> (8799)

[it].

A foolish
<03687>

woman
<0802>

[is] clamorous
<01993> (8802)_:

[she is] simple
<06615>_,

and
<01077>

knoweth
<03045> (8804)

nothing
<04100>_.

For she sitteth
<03427> (8804)

at the door
<06607>

of her house
<01004>_,

on a seat
<03678>

in the high places
<04791>

of the city
<07176>_,

To call
<07121> (8800)

passengers
<05674> (8802) <01870>

who go right
<03474> (8764)

on their ways
<0734>_:

Whoso [is] simple
<06612>_,

let him turn in
<05493> (8799)

hither: and [as for] him that wanteth
<02638>

understanding
<03820>_,

she saith
<0559> (8804)

to him,

Stolen
<01589> (8803)

waters
<04325>

are sweet
<04985> (8799)_,

and bread
<03899>

[eaten] in secret
<05643>

is pleasant
<05276> (8799)_.

{eaten...: Heb. of secrecies}

But he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not that the dead
<07496>

[are] there; [and that] her guests
<07121> (8803)

[are] in the depths
<06012>

of hell
<07585>_.

The proverbs
<04912>

of Solomon
<08010>_.

A wise
<02450>

son
<01121>

maketh a glad
<08055> (8762)

father
<01>_:

but a foolish
<03684>

son
<01121>

[is] the heaviness
<08424>

of his mother
<0517>_.

Treasures
<0214>

of wickedness
<07562>

profit
<03276> (8686)

nothing: but righteousness
<06666>

delivereth
<05337> (8686)

from death
<04194>_.

The LORD
<03068>

will not suffer
<07456> (0)

the soul
<05315>

of the righteous
<06662>

to famish
<07456> (8686)_:

but he casteth away
<01920> (8799)

the substance
<01942>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

{the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness}

He becometh poor
<07326> (8802)

that dealeth
<06213> (8802)

[with] a slack
<07423>

hand
<03709>_:

but the hand
<03027>

of the diligent
<02742>

maketh rich
<06238> (8686)_.

He that gathereth
<0103> (8802)

in summer
<07019>

[is] a wise
<07919> (8688)

son
<01121>_:

[but] he that sleepeth
<07290> (8737)

in harvest
<07105>

[is] a son
<01121>

that causeth shame
<0954> (8688)_.

Blessings
<01293>

[are] upon the head
<07218>

of the just
<06662>_:

but violence
<02555>

covereth
<03680> (8762)

the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

The memory
<02143>

of the just
<06662>

[is] blessed
<01293>_:

but the name
<08034>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall rot
<07537> (8799)_.

The wise
<02450>

in heart
<03820>

will receive
<03947> (8799)

commandments
<04687>_:

but a prating
<08193>

fool
<0191>

shall fall
<03832> (8735)_.

{a prating...: Heb. a fool of lips} {fall: Heb. be beaten}

He that walketh
<03212> (8799)

uprightly
<08537>

walketh
<01980> (8802)

surely
<0983>_:

but he that perverteth
<06140> (8764)

his ways
<01870>

shall be known
<03045> (8735)_.

He that winketh
<07169> (8802)

with the eye
<05869>

causeth
<05414> (8799)

sorrow
<06094>_:

but a prating
<08193>

fool
<0191>

shall fall
<03832> (8735)_.

{fall: Heb. be beaten}

The mouth
<06310>

of a righteous
<06662>

[man is] a well
<04726>

of life
<02416>_:

but violence
<02555>

covereth
<03680> (8762)

the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

Hatred
<08135>

stirreth up
<05782> (8787)

strifes
<04090>_:

but love
<0160>

covereth
<03680> (8762)

all sins
<06588>_.

In the lips
<08193>

of him that hath understanding
<0995> (8737)

wisdom
<02451>

is found
<04672> (8735)_:

but a rod
<07626>

[is] for the back
<01460>

of him that is void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_.

{of understanding: Heb. of heart}

Wise
<02450>

[men] lay up
<06845> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the foolish
<0191>

[is] near
<07138>

destruction
<04288>_.

The rich man's
<06223>

wealth
<01952>

[is] his strong
<05797>

city
<07151>_:

the destruction
<04288>

of the poor
<01800>

[is] their poverty
<07389>_.

The labour
<06468>

of the righteous
<06662>

[tendeth] to life
<02416>_:

the fruit
<08393>

of the wicked
<07563>

to sin
<02403>_.

He [is in] the way
<0734>

of life
<02416>

that keepeth
<08104> (8802)

instruction
<04148>_:

but he that refuseth
<05800> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

erreth
<08582> (8688)_.

{erreth: or, causeth to err}

He that hideth
<03680> (8764)

hatred
<08135>

[with] lying
<08267>

lips
<08193>_,

and he that uttereth
<03318> (8688)

a slander
<01681>_,

[is] a fool
<03684>_.

In the multitude
<07230>

of words
<01697>

there wanteth
<02308> (8799)

not sin
<06588>_:

but he that refraineth
<02820> (8802)

his lips
<08193>

[is] wise
<07919> (8688)_.

The tongue
<03956>

of the just
<06662>

[is as] choice
<0977> (8737)

silver
<03701>_:

the heart
<03820>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] little worth
<04592>_.

The lips
<08193>

of the righteous
<06662>

feed
<07462> (8799)

many
<07227>_:

but fools
<0191>

die
<04191> (8799)

for want
<02638>

of wisdom
<03820>_.

{of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

The blessing
<01293>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

it maketh rich
<06238> (8686)_,

and he addeth
<03254> (8686)

no sorrow
<06089>

with it.

[It is] as sport
<07814>

to a fool
<03684>

to do
<06213> (8800)

mischief
<02154>_:

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

hath wisdom
<02451>_.

The fear
<04034>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

it shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon him: but the desire
<08378>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall be granted
<05414> (8799)_.

As the whirlwind
<05492>

passeth
<05674> (8800)_,

so [is] the wicked
<07563>

no [more]: but the righteous
<06662>

[is] an everlasting
<05769>

foundation
<03247>_.

As vinegar
<02558>

to the teeth
<08127>_,

and as smoke
<06227>

to the eyes
<05869>_,

so [is] the sluggard
<06102>

to them that send
<07971> (8802)

him.

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

prolongeth
<03254> (8686)

days
<03117>_:

but the years
<08141>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be shortened
<07114> (8799)_.

{prolongeth: Heb. addeth}

The hope
<08431>

of the righteous
<06662>

[shall be] gladness
<08057>_:

but the expectation
<08615>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_.

The way
<01870>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] strength
<04581>

to the upright
<08537>_:

but destruction
<04288>

[shall be] to the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>_.

The righteous
<06662>

shall never
<05769>

be removed
<04131> (8735)_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall not inhabit
<07931> (8799)

the earth
<0776>_.

The mouth
<06310>

of the just
<06662>

bringeth forth
<05107> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>_:

but the froward
<08419>

tongue
<03956>

shall be cut out
<03772> (8735)_.

The lips
<08193>

of the righteous
<06662>

know
<03045> (8799)

what is acceptable
<07522>_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>

[speaketh] frowardness
<08419>_.

{frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses}

A false
<04820>

balance
<03976>

[is] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but a just
<08003>

weight
<068>

[is] his delight
<07522>_.

{A false...: Heb. Balances of deceit} {just...: Heb. perfect stone}

[When] pride
<02087>

cometh
<0935> (8804)_,

then cometh
<0935> (8799)

shame
<07036>_:

but with the lowly
<06800> (8803)

[is] wisdom
<02451>_.

The integrity
<08538>

of the upright
<03477>

shall guide
<05148> (8686)

them: but the perverseness
<05558>

of transgressors
<0898> (8802)

shall destroy
<07703> (8799) (8675) <07703> (8804)

them.

Riches
<01952>

profit
<03276> (8686)

not in the day
<03117>

of wrath
<05678>_:

but righteousness
<06666>

delivereth
<05337> (8686)

from death
<04194>_.

The righteousness
<06666>

of the perfect
<08549>

shall direct
<03474> (8762)

his way
<01870>_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

by his own wickedness
<07564>_.

{direct: Heb. rectify}

The righteousness
<06666>

of the upright
<03477>

shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

them: but transgressors
<0898> (8802)

shall be taken
<03920> (8735)

in [their own] naughtiness
<01942>_.

When a wicked
<07563>

man
<0120>

dieth
<04194>_,

[his] expectation
<08615>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_:

and the hope
<08431>

of unjust
<0205>

[men] perisheth
<06> (8804)_.

The righteous
<06662>

is delivered out
<02502> (8738)

of trouble
<06869>_,

and the wicked
<07563>

cometh
<0935> (8799)

in his stead.

An hypocrite
<02611>

with [his] mouth
<06310>

destroyeth
<07843> (8686)

his neighbour
<07453>_:

but through knowledge
<01847>

shall the just
<06662>

be delivered
<02502> (8735)_.

When it goeth well
<02898>

with the righteous
<06662>_,

the city
<07151>

rejoiceth
<05970> (8799)_:

and when the wicked
<07563>

perish
<06> (8800)_,

[there is] shouting
<07440>_.

By the blessing
<01293>

of the upright
<03477>

the city
<07176>

is exalted
<07311> (8799)_:

but it is overthrown
<02040> (8735)

by the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>_.

He that is void
<02638>

of wisdom
<03820>

despiseth
<0936> (8802)

his neighbour
<07453>_:

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

holdeth his peace
<02790> (8686)_.

{void...: Heb. destitute of heart}

A talebearer
<01980> (8802) <07400>

revealeth
<01540> (8764)

secrets
<05475>_:

but he that is of a faithful
<0539> (8738)

spirit
<07307>

concealeth
<03680> (8764)

the matter
<01697>_.

{A talebearer: Heb. He that walketh, being a talebearer}

Where no counsel
<08458>

[is], the people
<05971>

fall
<05307> (8799)_:

but in the multitude
<07230>

of counsellors
<03289> (8802)

[there is] safety
<08668>_.

He that is surety
<06148> (8804)

for a stranger
<02114> (8801)

shall smart
<07321> (8735) <07451>

[for it]: and he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

suretiship
<08628> (8802)

is sure
<0982> (8802)_.

{smart: Heb. be sore broken} {suretiship: Heb. those that strike hands}

A gracious
<02580>

woman
<0802>

retaineth
<08551> (8799)

honour
<03519>_:

and strong
<06184>

[men] retain
<08551> (8799)

riches
<06239>_.

The merciful
<02617>

man
<0376>

doeth good
<01580> (8802)

to his own soul
<05315>_:

but [he that is] cruel
<0394>

troubleth
<05916> (8802)

his own flesh
<07607>_.

The wicked
<07563>

worketh
<06213> (8802)

a deceitful
<08267>

work
<06468>_:

but to him that soweth
<02232> (8802)

righteousness
<06666>

[shall be] a sure
<0571>

reward
<07938>_.

As righteousness
<06666>

[tendeth] to life
<02416>_:

so he that pursueth
<07291> (8764)

evil
<07451>

[pursueth it] to his own death
<04194>_.

They that are of a froward
<06141>

heart
<03820>

[are] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but [such as are] upright
<08549>

in [their] way
<01870>

[are] his delight
<07522>_.

[Though] hand
<03027>

[join] in hand
<03027>_,

the wicked
<07451>

shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_:

but the seed
<02233>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall be delivered
<04422> (8738)_.

[As] a jewel
<05141>

of gold
<02091>

in a swine's
<02386>

snout
<0639>_,

[so is] a fair
<03303>

woman
<0802>

which is without
<05493> (8802)

discretion
<02940>_.

{is without: Heb. departeth from}

The desire
<08378>

of the righteous
<06662>

[is] only good
<02896>_:

[but] the expectation
<08615>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] wrath
<05678>_.

There is
<03426>

that scattereth
<06340> (8764)_,

and yet increaseth
<03254> (8737)_;

and [there is] that withholdeth
<02820> (8802)

more than is meet
<03476>_,

but [it tendeth] to poverty
<04270>_.

The liberal
<01293>

soul
<05315>

shall be made fat
<01878> (8792)_:

and he that watereth
<07301> (8688)

shall be watered
<03384> (8686)

also himself. {liberal...: Heb. soul of blessing}

He that withholdeth
<04513> (8802)

corn
<01250>_,

the people
<03816>

shall curse
<05344> (8799)

him: but blessing
<01293>

[shall be] upon the head
<07218>

of him that selleth
<07666> (8688)

[it].

He that diligently seeketh
<07836> (8802)

good
<02896>

procureth
<01245> (8762)

favour
<07522>_:

but he that seeketh
<01875> (8802)

mischief
<07451>_,

it shall come
<0935> (8799)

unto him.

He that trusteth
<0982> (8802)

in his riches
<06239>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)_:

but the righteous
<06662>

shall flourish
<06524> (8799)

as a branch
<05929>_.

He that troubleth
<05916> (8802)

his own house
<01004>

shall inherit
<05157> (8799)

the wind
<07307>_:

and the fool
<0191>

[shall be] servant
<05650>

to the wise
<02450>

of heart
<03820>_.

The fruit
<06529>

of the righteous
<06662>

[is] a tree
<06086>

of life
<02416>_;

and he that winneth
<03947> (8802)

souls
<05315>

[is] wise
<02450>_.

{winneth: Heb. taketh}

Behold, the righteous
<06662>

shall be recompensed
<07999> (8792)

in the earth
<0776>_:

much more the wicked
<07563>

and the sinner
<02398> (8802)_.

Whoso loveth
<0157> (8802)

instruction
<04148>

loveth
<0157> (8802)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

[is] brutish
<01198>_.

A good
<02896>

[man] obtaineth
<06329> (8686)

favour
<07522>

of the LORD
<03068>_:

but a man
<0376>

of wicked devices
<04209>

will he condemn
<07561> (8686)_.

A man
<0120>

shall not be established
<03559> (8735)

by wickedness
<07562>_:

but the root
<08328>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall not be moved
<04131> (8735)_.

A virtuous
<02428>

woman
<0802>

[is] a crown
<05850>

to her husband
<01167>_:

but she that maketh ashamed
<0954> (8688)

[is] as rottenness
<07538>

in his bones
<06106>_.

The thoughts
<04284>

of the righteous
<06662>

[are] right
<04941>_:

[but] the counsels
<08458>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] deceit
<04820>_.

The words
<01697>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] to lie in wait
<0693> (8800)

for blood
<01818>_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the upright
<03477>

shall deliver
<05337> (8686)

them.

The wicked
<07563>

are overthrown
<02015> (8800)_,

and [are] not: but the house
<01004>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall stand
<05975> (8799)_.

A man
<0376>

shall be commended
<01984> (8792)

according
<06310>

to his wisdom
<07922>_:

but he that is of a perverse
<05753> (8737)

heart
<03820>

shall be despised
<0937>_.

{of a...: Heb. perverse of heart}

[He that is] despised
<07034> (8737)_,

and hath a servant
<05650>_,

[is] better
<02896>

than he that honoureth
<03513> (8693)

himself, and lacketh
<02638>

bread
<03899>_.

A righteous
<06662>

[man] regardeth
<03045> (8802)

the life
<05315>

of his beast
<0929>_:

but the tender mercies
<07356>

of the wicked
<07563>

[are] cruel
<0394>_.

{tender...: or, bowels}

He that tilleth
<05647> (8802)

his land
<0127>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with bread
<03899>_:

but he that followeth
<07291> (8764)

vain
<07386>

[persons is] void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_.

The wicked
<07563>

desireth
<02530> (8804)

the net
<04685>

of evil
<07451>

[men]: but the root
<08328>

of the righteous
<06662>

yieldeth
<05414> (8799)

[fruit]. {the net: or, the fortress}

The wicked
<07451>

is snared
<04170>

by the transgression
<06588>

of [his] lips
<08193>_:

but the just
<06662>

shall come out
<03318> (8799)

of trouble
<06869>_.

{The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}

A man
<0376>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with good
<02896>

by the fruit
<06529>

of [his] mouth
<06310>_:

and the recompence
<01576>

of a man's
<0120>

hands
<03027>

shall be rendered
<07725> (8686) (8675) <07725> (8799)

unto him.

The way
<01870>

of a fool
<0191>

[is] right
<03477>

in his own eyes
<05869>_:

but he that hearkeneth
<08085> (8802)

unto counsel
<06098>

[is] wise
<02450>_.

A fool's
<0191>

wrath
<03708>

is presently
<03117>

known
<03045> (8735)_:

but a prudent
<06175>

[man] covereth
<03680> (8802)

shame
<07036>_.

{presently: Heb. in that day}

[He that] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

truth
<0530>

sheweth forth
<05046> (8686)

righteousness
<06664>_:

but a false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

deceit
<04820>_.

There is
<03426>

that speaketh
<0981> (8802)

like the piercings
<04094>

of a sword
<02719>_:

but the tongue
<03956>

of the wise
<02450>

[is] health
<04832>_.

The lip
<08193>

of truth
<0571>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)

for ever
<05703>_:

but a lying
<08267>

tongue
<03956>

[is] but for a moment
<07280> (8686)_.

Deceit
<04820>

[is] in the heart
<03820>

of them that imagine
<02790> (8802)

evil
<07451>_:

but to the counsellors
<03289> (8802)

of peace
<07965>

[is] joy
<08057>_.

There shall no evil
<0205>

happen
<0579> (8792)

to the just
<06662>_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall be filled
<04390> (8804)

with mischief
<07451>_.

Lying
<08267>

lips
<08193>

[are] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but they that deal
<06213> (8802)

truly
<0530>

[are] his delight
<07522>_.

A prudent
<06175>

man
<0120>

concealeth
<03680> (8802)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but the heart
<03820>

of fools
<03684>

proclaimeth
<07121> (8799)

foolishness
<0200>_.

The hand
<03027>

of the diligent
<02742>

shall bear rule
<04910> (8799)_:

but the slothful
<07423>

shall be under tribute
<04522>_.

{slothful: or, deceitful}

Heaviness
<01674>

in the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

maketh it stoop
<07812> (8686)_:

but a good
<02896>

word
<01697>

maketh it glad
<08055> (8762)_.

The righteous
<06662>

[is] more excellent
<08446> (8686)

than his neighbour
<07453>_:

but the way
<01870>

of the wicked
<07563>

seduceth
<08582> (8686)

them. {excellent: or, abundant}

The slothful
<07423>

[man] roasteth
<02760> (8799)

not that which he took in hunting
<06718>_:

but the substance
<01952>

of a diligent
<02742>

man
<0120>

[is] precious
<03368>_.

In the way
<0734>

of righteousness
<06666>

[is] life
<02416>_;

and [in] the pathway
<05410> <01870>

[thereof there is] no death
<04194>_.

A wise
<02450>

son
<01121>

[heareth] his father's
<01>

instruction
<04148>_:

but a scorner
<03887> (8801)

heareth
<08085> (8804)

not rebuke
<01606>_.

A man
<0376>

shall eat
<0398> (8799)

good
<02896>

by the fruit
<06529>

of [his] mouth
<06310>_:

but the soul
<05315>

of the transgressors
<0898> (8802)

[shall eat] violence
<02555>_.

He that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

his mouth
<06310>

keepeth
<08104> (8802)

his life
<05315>_:

[but] he that openeth wide
<06589> (8802)

his lips
<08193>

shall have destruction
<04288>_.

The soul
<05315>

of the sluggard
<06102>

desireth
<0183> (8693)_,

and [hath] nothing: but the soul
<05315>

of the diligent
<02742>

shall be made fat
<01878> (8792)_.

A righteous
<06662>

[man] hateth
<08130> (8799)

lying
<01697> <08267>_:

but a wicked
<07563>

[man] is loathsome
<0887> (8686)_,

and cometh to shame
<02659> (8686)_.

Righteousness
<06666>

keepeth
<05341> (8799)

[him that is] upright
<08537>

in the way
<01870>_:

but wickedness
<07564>

overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the sinner
<02403>_.

{the sinner: Heb. sin}

There is
<03426>

that maketh himself rich
<06238> (8693)_,

yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor
<07326> (8711)_,

yet
<03605>

[hath] great
<07227>

riches
<01952>_.

The ransom
<03724>

of a man's
<0376>

life
<05315>

[are] his riches
<06239>_:

but the poor
<07326> (8802)

heareth
<08085> (8804)

not rebuke
<01606>_.

The light
<0216>

of the righteous
<06662>

rejoiceth
<08055> (8799)_:

but the lamp
<05216>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)_.

{lamp: or, candle}

Only by pride
<02087>

cometh
<05414> (8799)

contention
<04683>_:

but with the well advised
<03289> (8737)

[is] wisdom
<02451>_.

Wealth
<01952>

[gotten] by vanity
<01892>

shall be diminished
<04591> (8799)_:

but he that gathereth
<06908> (8802)

by labour
<03027>

shall increase
<07235> (8686)_.

{by labour: Heb. with the hand}

Hope
<08431>

deferred
<04900> (8794)

maketh the heart
<03820>

sick
<02470> (8688)_:

but [when] the desire
<08378>

cometh
<0935> (8802)_,

[it is] a tree
<06086>

of life
<02416>_.

Whoso despiseth
<0936> (8802)

the word
<01697>

shall be destroyed
<02254> (8735)_:

but he that feareth
<03373>

the commandment
<04687>

shall be rewarded
<07999> (8792)_.

{shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}

The law
<08451>

of the wise
<02450>

[is] a fountain
<04726>

of life
<02416>_,

to depart
<05493> (8800)

from the snares
<04170>

of death
<04194>_.

Good
<02896>

understanding
<07922>

giveth
<05414> (8799)

favour
<02580>_:

but the way
<01870>

of transgressors
<0898> (8802)

[is] hard
<0386>_.

Every prudent
<06175>

[man] dealeth
<06213> (8799)

with knowledge
<01847>_:

but a fool
<03684>

layeth open
<06566> (8799)

[his] folly
<0200>_.

{layeth...: Heb. spreadeth}

A wicked
<07563>

messenger
<04397>

falleth
<05307> (8799)

into mischief
<07451>_:

but a faithful
<0529>

ambassador
<06735>

[is] health
<04832>_.

{a faithful...: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness}

Poverty
<07389>

and shame
<07036>

[shall be to] him that refuseth
<06544> (8802)

instruction
<04148>_:

but he that regardeth
<08104> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

shall be honoured
<03513> (8792)_.

The desire
<08378>

accomplished
<01961> (8738)

is sweet
<06149> (8799)

to the soul
<05315>_:

but [it is] abomination
<08441>

to fools
<03684>

to depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_.

He that walketh
<01980> (8802)

with wise
<02450>

[men] shall be wise
<02449> (8799)_:

but a companion
<07462> (8802)

of fools
<03684>

shall be destroyed
<07321> (8735)_.

{destroyed: Heb. broken}

Evil
<07451>

pursueth
<07291> (8762)

sinners
<02400>_:

but to the righteous
<06662>

good
<02896>

shall be repayed
<07999> (8762)_.

A good
<02896>

[man] leaveth an inheritance
<05157> (8686)

to his children's
<01121>

children
<01121>_:

and the wealth
<02428>

of the sinner
<02398> (8802)

[is] laid up
<06845> (8803)

for the just
<06662>_.

Much
<07230>

food
<0400>

[is in] the tillage
<05215>

of the poor
<07218> (8676) <07326> (8802)_:

but there is
<03426>

[that is] destroyed
<05595> (8737)

for want
<03808>

of judgment
<04941>_.

He that spareth
<02820> (8802)

his rod
<07626>

hateth
<08130> (8802)

his son
<01121>_:

but he that loveth
<0157> (8802)

him chasteneth
<04148>

him betimes
<07836> (8765)_.

The righteous
<06662>

eateth
<0398> (8802)

to the satisfying
<07648>

of his soul
<05315>_:

but the belly
<0990>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall want
<02637> (8799)_.

Every wise
<02454>

woman
<0802>

buildeth
<01129> (8804)

her house
<01004>_:

but the foolish
<0200>

plucketh it down
<02040> (8799)

with her hands
<03027>_.

He that walketh
<01980> (8802)

in his uprightness
<03476>

feareth
<03373>

the LORD
<03068>_:

but [he that is] perverse
<03868> (8737)

in his ways
<01870>

despiseth
<0959> (8802)

him.

In the mouth
<06310>

of the foolish
<0191>

[is] a rod
<02415>

of pride
<01346>_:

but the lips
<08193>

of the wise
<02450>

shall preserve
<08104> (8799)

them.

Where no oxen
<0504>

[are], the crib
<018>

[is] clean
<01249>_:

but much
<07230>

increase
<08393>

[is] by the strength
<03581>

of the ox
<07794>_.

A faithful
<0529>

witness
<05707>

will not lie
<03577>_:

but a false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

will utter
<06315> (8686)

lies
<03576> (8762)_.

A scorner
<03887> (8801)

seeketh
<01245> (8765)

wisdom
<02451>_,

and [findeth it] not: but knowledge
<01847>

[is] easy
<07043> (8738)

unto him that understandeth
<0995> (8737)_.

Go
<03212> (8798)

from the presence
<05048>

of a foolish
<03684>

man
<0376>_,

when thou perceivest
<03045> (8804)

not [in him] the lips
<08193>

of knowledge
<01847>_.

The wisdom
<02451>

of the prudent
<06175>

[is] to understand
<0995> (8687)

his way
<01870>_:

but the folly
<0200>

of fools
<03684>

[is] deceit
<04820>_.

Fools
<0191>

make a mock
<03887> (8686)

at sin
<0817>_:

but among the righteous
<03477>

[there is] favour
<07522>_.

The heart
<03820>

knoweth
<03045> (8802)

his own
<05315>

bitterness
<04787>_;

and a stranger
<02114> (8801)

doth not intermeddle
<06148> (8691)

with his joy
<08057>_.

{his own...: Heb. the bitterness of his soul}

The house
<01004>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be overthrown
<08045> (8735)_:

but the tabernacle
<0168>

of the upright
<03477>

shall flourish
<06524> (8686)_.

There is
<03426>

a way
<01870>

which seemeth right
<03477>

unto
<06440>

a man
<0376>_,

but the end
<0319>

thereof [are] the ways
<01870>

of death
<04194>_.

Even in laughter
<07814>

the heart
<03820>

is sorrowful
<03510> (8799)_;

and the end
<0319>

of that mirth
<08057>

[is] heaviness
<08424>_.

The backslider
<05472> (8803)

in heart
<03820>

shall be filled
<07646> (8799)

with his own ways
<01870>_:

and a good
<02896>

man
<0376>

[shall be satisfied] from himself.

The simple
<06612>

believeth
<0539> (8686)

every word
<01697>_:

but the prudent
<06175>

[man] looketh well
<0995> (8799)

to his going
<0838>_.

A wise
<02450>

[man] feareth
<03373>_,

and departeth
<05493> (8802)

from evil
<07451>_:

but the fool
<03684>

rageth
<05674> (8693)_,

and is confident
<0982> (8802)_.

[He that is] soon
<07116>

angry
<0639>

dealeth
<06213> (8799)

foolishly
<0200>_:

and a man
<0376>

of wicked devices
<04209>

is hated
<08130> (8735)_.

The simple
<06612>

inherit
<05157> (8804)

folly
<0200>_:

but the prudent
<06175>

are crowned
<03803> (8686)

with knowledge
<01847>_.

The evil
<07451>

bow
<07817> (8804)

before
<06440>

the good
<02896>_;

and the wicked
<07563>

at the gates
<08179>

of the righteous
<06662>_.

The poor
<07326> (8802)

is hated
<08130> (8735)

even of his own neighbour
<07453>_:

but the rich
<06223>

[hath] many
<07227>

friends
<0157> (8802)_.

{the rich...: Heb. many are the lovers of the rich}

He that despiseth
<0936> (8802)

his neighbour
<07453>

sinneth
<02398> (8802)_:

but he that hath mercy
<02603> (8781)

on the poor
<06035> (8675) <06041>_,

happy
<0835>

[is] he.

Do they not err
<08582> (8799)

that devise
<02790> (8802)

evil
<07451>_?

but mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

[shall be] to them that devise
<02790> (8802)

good
<02896>_.

In all labour
<06089>

there is profit
<04195>_:

but the talk
<01697>

of the lips
<08193>

[tendeth] only to penury
<04270>_.

The crown
<05850>

of the wise
<02450>

[is] their riches
<06239>_:

[but] the foolishness
<0200>

of fools
<03684>

[is] folly
<0200>_.

A true
<0571>

witness
<05707>

delivereth
<05337> (8688)

souls
<05315>_:

but a deceitful
<04820>

[witness] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

lies
<03577>_.

In the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] strong
<05797>

confidence
<04009>_:

and his children
<01121>

shall have a place of refuge
<04268>_.

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] a fountain
<04726>

of life
<02416>_,

to depart
<05493> (8800)

from the snares
<04170>

of death
<04194>_.

In the multitude
<07230>

of people
<05971>

[is] the king's
<04428>

honour
<01927>_:

but in the want
<0657>

of people
<03816>

[is] the destruction
<04288>

of the prince
<07333>_.

[He that is] slow
<0750>

to wrath
<0639>

[is] of great
<07227>

understanding
<08394>_:

but [he that is] hasty
<07116>

of spirit
<07307>

exalteth
<07311> (8688)

folly
<0200>_.

{hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}

A sound
<04832>

heart
<03820>

[is] the life
<02416>

of the flesh
<01320>_:

but envy
<07068>

the rottenness
<07538>

of the bones
<06106>_.

He that oppresseth
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>

reproacheth
<02778> (8765)

his Maker
<06213> (8802)_:

but he that honoureth
<03513> (8764)

him hath mercy
<02603> (8802)

on the poor
<034>_.

The wicked
<07563>

is driven away
<01760> (8735)

in his wickedness
<07451>_:

but the righteous
<06662>

hath hope
<02620> (8802)

in his death
<04194>_.

Wisdom
<02451>

resteth
<05117> (8799)

in the heart
<03820>

of him that hath understanding
<0995> (8737)_:

but [that which is] in the midst
<07130>

of fools
<03684>

is made known
<03045> (8735)_.

Righteousness
<06666>

exalteth
<07311> (8787)

a nation
<01471>_:

but sin
<02403>

[is] a reproach
<02617>

to any people
<03816>_.

{to any...: Heb. to nations}

The king's
<04428>

favour
<07522>

[is] toward a wise
<07919> (8688)

servant
<05650>_:

but his wrath
<05678>

is [against] him that causeth shame
<0954> (8688)_.

A soft
<07390>

answer
<04617>

turneth
<07725> (8686)

away wrath
<02534>_:

but grievous
<06089>

words
<01697>

stir up
<05927> (8686)

anger
<0639>_.

The tongue
<03956>

of the wise
<02450>

useth knowledge
<01847>

aright
<03190> (8686)_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of fools
<03684>

poureth out
<05042> (8686)

foolishness
<0200>_.

{poureth: Heb. belcheth, or, bubbleth}

The eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

[are] in every place
<04725>_,

beholding
<06822> (8802)

the evil
<07451>

and the good
<02896>_.

A wholesome
<04832>

tongue
<03956>

[is] a tree
<06086>

of life
<02416>_:

but perverseness
<05558>

therein [is] a breach
<07667>

in the spirit
<07307>_.

{A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}

A fool
<0191>

despiseth
<05006> (8799)

his father's
<01>

instruction
<04148>_:

but he that regardeth
<08104> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

is prudent
<06191> (8686)_.

In the house
<01004>

of the righteous
<06662>

[is] much
<07227>

treasure
<02633>_:

but in the revenues
<08393>

of the wicked
<07563>

is trouble
<05916> (8737)_.

The lips
<08193>

of the wise
<02450>

disperse
<02219> (8762)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but the heart
<03820>

of the foolish
<03684>

[doeth] not so.

The sacrifice
<02077>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but the prayer
<08605>

of the upright
<03477>

[is] his delight
<07522>_.

The way
<01870>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

unto the LORD
<03068>_:

but he loveth
<0157> (8799)

him that followeth
<07291> (8764)

after righteousness
<06666>_.

Correction
<04148>

[is] grievous
<07451>

unto him that forsaketh
<05800> (8802)

the way
<0734>_:

[and] he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

shall die
<04191> (8799)_.

{Correction: or, Instruction}

Hell
<07585>

and destruction
<011>

[are] before the LORD
<03068>_:

how much more then the hearts
<03826>

of the children
<01121>

of men
<0120>_?

A scorner
<03887> (8801)

loveth
<0157> (8799)

not one that reproveth
<03198> (8687)

him: neither will he go
<03212> (8799)

unto the wise
<02450>_.

A merry
<08056>

heart
<03820>

maketh a cheerful
<03190> (8686)

countenance
<06440>_:

but by sorrow
<06094>

of the heart
<03820>

the spirit
<07307>

is broken
<05218>_.

The heart
<03820>

of him that hath understanding
<0995> (8737)

seeketh
<01245> (8762)

knowledge
<01847>_:

but the mouth
<06310> (8675) <06440>

of fools
<03684>

feedeth
<07462> (8799)

on foolishness
<0200>_.

All the days
<03117>

of the afflicted
<06041>

[are] evil
<07451>_:

but he that is of a merry
<02896>

heart
<03820>

[hath] a continual
<08548>

feast
<04960>_.

Better
<02896>

[is] little
<04592>

with the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

than great
<07227>

treasure
<0214>

and trouble
<04103>

therewith.

Better
<02896>

[is] a dinner
<0737>

of herbs
<03419>

where love
<0160>

is, than a stalled
<075> (8803)

ox
<07794>

and hatred
<08135>

therewith.

A wrathful
<02534>

man
<0376>

stirreth up
<01624> (8762)

strife
<04066>_:

but [he that is] slow
<0750>

to anger
<0639>

appeaseth
<08252> (8686)

strife
<07379>_.

The way
<01870>

of the slothful
<06102>

[man is] as an hedge
<04881>

of thorns
<02312>_:

but the way
<0734>

of the righteous
<03477>

[is] made plain
<05549> (8803)_.

{is made...: Heb. is raised up as a causey}

A wise
<02450>

son
<01121>

maketh a glad
<08055> (8762)

father
<01>_:

but a foolish
<03684>

man
<0120>

despiseth
<0959> (8802)

his mother
<0517>_.

Folly
<0200>

[is] joy
<08057>

to [him that is] destitute
<02638>

of wisdom
<03820>_:

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

walketh
<03212> (8800)

uprightly
<03474> (8762)_.

{destitute...: Heb. void of heart}

Without counsel
<05475>

purposes
<04284>

are disappointed
<06565> (8687)_:

but in the multitude
<07230>

of counsellors
<03289> (8802)

they are established
<06965> (8799)_.

A man
<0376>

hath joy
<08057>

by the answer
<04617>

of his mouth
<06310>_:

and a word
<01697>

[spoken] in due season
<06256>_,

how good
<02896>

[is it]! {due...: Heb. his season}

The way
<0734>

of life
<02416>

[is] above
<04605>

to the wise
<07919> (8688)_,

that he may depart
<05493> (8800)

from hell
<07585>

beneath
<04295>_.

The LORD
<03068>

will destroy
<05255> (8799)

the house
<01004>

of the proud
<01343>_:

but he will establish
<05324> (8686)

the border
<01366>

of the widow
<0490>_.

The thoughts
<04284>

of the wicked
<07451>

[are] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

but [the words] of the pure
<02889>

[are] pleasant
<05278>

words
<0561>_.

{pleasant...: Heb. words of pleasantness}

He that is greedy
<01214> (8802)

of gain
<01215>

troubleth
<05916> (8802)

his own house
<01004>_;

but he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

gifts
<04979>

shall live
<02421> (8799)_.

The heart
<03820>

of the righteous
<06662>

studieth
<01897> (8799)

to answer
<06030> (8800)_:

but the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>

poureth
<05042> (8686)

out evil things
<07451>_.

The LORD
<03068>

[is] far
<07350>

from the wicked
<07563>_:

but he heareth
<08085> (8799)

the prayer
<08605>

of the righteous
<06662>_.

The light
<03974>

of the eyes
<05869>

rejoiceth
<08055> (8762)

the heart
<03820>_:

[and] a good
<02896>

report
<08052>

maketh
<01878> (0)

the bones
<06106>

fat
<01878> (8762)_.

The ear
<0241>

that heareth
<08085> (8802)

the reproof
<08433>

of life
<02416>

abideth
<03885> (8799)

among
<07130>

the wise
<02450>_.

He that refuseth
<06544> (8802)

instruction
<04148>

despiseth
<03988> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_:

but he that heareth
<08085> (8802)

reproof
<08433>

getteth
<07069> (8802)

understanding
<03820>_.

{instruction: or, correction} {heareth: or, obeyeth} {getteth...: Heb. possesseth an heart}

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] the instruction
<04148>

of wisdom
<02451>_;

and before
<06440>

honour
<03519>

[is] humility
<06038>_.

The preparations
<04633>

of the heart
<03820>

in man
<0120>_,

and the answer
<04617>

of the tongue
<03956>_,

[is] from the LORD
<03068>_.

{preparations: or, disposings}

All the ways
<01870>

of a man
<0376>

[are] clean
<02134>

in his own eyes
<05869>_;

but the LORD
<03068>

weigheth
<08505> (8802)

the spirits
<07307>_.

Commit
<01556> (8798)

thy works
<04639>

unto the LORD
<03068>_,

and thy thoughts
<04284>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)_.

{Commit: Heb. Roll}

The LORD
<03068>

hath made
<06466> (8804)

all [things] for himself
<04617>_:

yea, even the wicked
<07563>

for the day
<03117>

of evil
<07451>_.

Every one [that is] proud
<01362>

in heart
<03820>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_:

[though] hand
<03027>

[join] in hand
<03027>_,

he shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

By mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

iniquity
<05771>

is purged
<03722> (8792)_:

and by the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[men] depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_.

When a man's
<0376>

ways
<01870>

please
<07521> (8800)

the LORD
<03068>_,

he maketh even his enemies
<0341> (8802)

to be at peace
<07999> (8686)

with him.

Better
<02896>

[is] a little
<04592>

with righteousness
<06666>

than great
<07230>

revenues
<08393>

without right
<04941>_.

A man's
<0120>

heart
<03820>

deviseth
<02803> (8762)

his way
<01870>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

directeth
<03559> (8686)

his steps
<06806>_.

A divine sentence
<07081>

[is] in the lips
<08193>

of the king
<04428>_:

his mouth
<06310>

transgresseth
<04603> (8799)

not in judgment
<04941>_.

{A divine...: Heb. Divination}

A just
<04941>

weight
<06425>

and balance
<03976>

[are] the LORD'S
<03068>_:

all the weights
<068>

of the bag
<03599>

[are] his work
<04639>_.

{the weights: Heb. the stones}

[It is] an abomination
<08441>

to kings
<04428>

to commit
<06213> (8800)

wickedness
<07562>_:

for the throne
<03678>

is established
<03559> (8735)

by righteousness
<06666>_.

Righteous
<06664>

lips
<08193>

[are] the delight
<07522>

of kings
<04428>_;

and they love
<0157> (8799)

him that speaketh
<01696> (8802)

right
<03477>_.

The wrath
<02534>

of a king
<04428>

[is as] messengers
<04397>

of death
<04194>_:

but a wise
<02450>

man
<0376>

will pacify
<03722> (8762)

it.

In the light
<0216>

of the king's
<04428>

countenance
<06440>

[is] life
<02416>_;

and his favour
<07522>

[is] as a cloud
<05645>

of the latter rain
<04456>_.

How much better
<02896>

[is it] to get
<07069> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>

than gold
<02742>_!

and to get
<07069> (8800)

understanding
<0998>

rather to be chosen
<0977> (8737)

than silver
<03701>_!

The highway
<04546>

of the upright
<03477>

[is] to depart
<05493> (8800)

from evil
<07451>_:

he that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

his way
<01870>

preserveth
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>_.

Pride
<01347>

[goeth] before
<06440>

destruction
<07667>_,

and an haughty
<01363>

spirit
<07307>

before
<06440>

a fall
<03783>_.

Better
<02896>

[it is to be] of an humble
<08217>

spirit
<07307>

with the lowly
<06035> (8675) <06041>_,

than to divide
<02505> (8763)

the spoil
<07998>

with the proud
<01343>_.

He that handleth a matter
<01697>

wisely
<07919> (8688)

shall find
<04672> (8799)

good
<02896>_:

and whoso trusteth
<0982> (8802)

in the LORD
<03068>_,

happy
<0835>

[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}

The wise
<02450>

in heart
<03820>

shall be called
<07121> (8735)

prudent
<0995> (8737)_:

and the sweetness
<04986>

of the lips
<08193>

increaseth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>_.

Understanding
<07922>

[is] a wellspring
<04726>

of life
<02416>

unto him that hath
<01167>

it: but the instruction
<04148>

of fools
<0191>

[is] folly
<0200>_.

The heart
<03820>

of the wise
<02450>

teacheth
<07919> (8686)

his mouth
<06310>_,

and addeth
<03254> (8686)

learning
<03948>

to his lips
<08193>_.

{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}

Pleasant
<05278>

words
<0561>

[are as] an honeycomb
<06688> <01706>_,

sweet
<04966>

to the soul
<05315>_,

and health
<04832>

to the bones
<06106>_.

There is
<03426>

a way
<01870>

that seemeth right
<03477>

unto
<06440>

a man
<0376>_,

but the end
<0319>

thereof [are] the ways
<01870>

of death
<04194>_.

He
<05315>

that laboureth
<06001>

laboureth
<05998> (8804)

for himself; for his mouth
<06310>

craveth
<0404> (8804)

it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}

An ungodly
<01100>

man
<0376>

diggeth up
<03738> (8802)

evil
<07451>_:

and in his lips
<08193>

[there is] as a burning
<06867>

fire
<0784>_.

{An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

A froward
<08419>

man
<0376>

soweth
<07971> (8762)

strife
<04066>_:

and a whisperer
<05372>

separateth
<06504> (8688)

chief friends
<0441>_.

{soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}

A violent
<02555>

man
<0376>

enticeth
<06601> (8762)

his neighbour
<07453>_,

and leadeth
<03212> (8689)

him into the way
<01870>

[that is] not good
<02896>_.

He shutteth
<06095> (8802)

his eyes
<05869>

to devise
<02803> (8800)

froward things
<08419>_:

moving
<07169> (8802)

his lips
<08193>

he bringeth
<03615> (0)

evil
<07451>

to pass
<03615> (8765)_.

The hoary head
<07872>

[is] a crown
<05850>

of glory
<08597>_,

[if] it be found
<04672> (8735)

in the way
<01870>

of righteousness
<06666>_.

[He that is] slow
<0750>

to anger
<0639>

[is] better
<02896>

than the mighty
<01368>_;

and he that ruleth
<04910> (8802)

his spirit
<07307>

than he that taketh
<03920> (8802)

a city
<05892>_.

The lot
<01486>

is cast
<02904> (8714)

into the lap
<02436>_;

but the whole disposing
<04941>

thereof [is] of the LORD
<03068>_.

Better
<02896>

[is] a dry
<02720>

morsel
<06595>_,

and quietness
<07962>

therewith, than an house
<01004>

full
<04392>

of sacrifices
<02077>

[with] strife
<07379>_.

{sacrifices: or, good cheer}

A wise
<07919> (8688)

servant
<05650>

shall have rule
<04910> (8799)

over a son
<01121>

that causeth shame
<0954> (8688)_,

and shall have part
<02505> (8799)

of the inheritance
<05159>

among
<08432>

the brethren
<0251>_.

The fining pot
<04715>

[is] for silver
<03701>_,

and the furnace
<03564>

for gold
<02091>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

trieth
<0974> (8802)

the hearts
<03826>_.

A wicked doer
<07489> (8688)

giveth heed
<07181> (8688)

to false
<0205>

lips
<08193>_;

[and] a liar
<08267>

giveth ear
<0238> (8688)

to a naughty
<01942>

tongue
<03956>_.

Whoso mocketh
<03932> (8802)

the poor
<07326> (8802)

reproacheth
<02778> (8765)

his Maker
<06213> (8802)_:

[and] he that is glad
<08056>

at calamities
<0343>

shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

Children's
<01121>

children
<01121>

[are] the crown
<05850>

of old men
<02205>_;

and the glory
<08597>

of children
<01121>

[are] their fathers
<01>_.

Excellent
<03499>

speech
<08193>

becometh
<05000>

not a fool
<05036>_:

much less do lying
<08267>

lips
<08193>

a prince
<05081>_.

{Excellent...: Heb. A lip of excellency} {lying...: Heb. a lip of lying}

A gift
<07810>

[is as] a precious
<02580>

stone
<068>

in the eyes
<05869>

of him that hath
<01167>

it: whithersoever it turneth
<06437> (8799)_,

it prospereth
<07919> (8686)_.

{a precious...: Heb. a stone of grace}

He that covereth
<03680> (8764)

a transgression
<06588>

seeketh
<01245> (8764)

love
<0160>_;

but he that repeateth
<08138> (8802)

a matter
<01697>

separateth
<06504> (8688)

[very] friends
<0441>_.

{seeketh: or, procureth}

A reproof
<01606>

entereth
<05181> (8799)

more into a wise man
<0995> (8688)

than an hundred
<03967>

stripes
<05221> (8687)

into a fool
<03684>_.

{entereth...: or, aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times}

An evil
<07451>

[man] seeketh
<01245> (8762)

only rebellion
<04805>_:

therefore a cruel
<0394>

messenger
<04397>

shall be sent
<07971> (8792)

against him.

Let a bear
<01677>

robbed
<07909>

of her whelps meet
<06298> (8800)

a man
<0376>_,

rather than
<0408>

a fool
<03684>

in his folly
<0200>_.

Whoso rewardeth
<07725> (8688)

evil
<07451>

for good
<02896>_,

evil
<07451>

shall not depart
<04185> (8799) (8675) <04185> (8686)

from his house
<01004>_.

The beginning
<07225>

of strife
<04066>

[is as] when one letteth out
<06362> (8802)

water
<04325>_:

therefore leave off
<05203> (8800)

contention
<07379>_,

before
<06440>

it be meddled
<01566> (8694)

with.

He that justifieth
<06663> (8688)

the wicked
<07563>_,

and he that condemneth
<07561> (8688)

the just
<06662>_,

even they both
<08147>

[are] abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_.

Wherefore [is there] a price
<04242>

in the hand
<03027>

of a fool
<03684>

to get
<07069> (8800)

wisdom
<02451>_,

seeing [he hath] no heart
<03820>

[to it]?

A friend
<07453>

loveth
<0157> (8802)

at all times
<06256>_,

and a brother
<0251>

is born
<03205> (8735)

for adversity
<06869>_.

A man
<0120>

void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>

striketh
<08628> (8802)

hands
<03709>_,

[and] becometh
<06148> (8802)

surety
<06161>

in the presence
<06440>

of his friend
<07453>_.

{understanding: Heb. heart}

He loveth
<0157> (8802)

transgression
<06588>

that loveth
<0157> (8802)

strife
<04683>_:

[and] he that exalteth
<01361> (8688)

his gate
<06607>

seeketh
<01245> (8764)

destruction
<07667>_.

He that hath a froward
<06141>

heart
<03820>

findeth
<04672> (8799)

no good
<02896>_:

and he that hath a perverse
<02015> (8738)

tongue
<03956>

falleth
<05307> (8799)

into mischief
<07451>_.

{He that hath a froward...: Heb. The froward of heart}

He that begetteth
<03205> (8802)

a fool
<03684>

[doeth it] to his sorrow
<08424>_:

and the father
<01>

of a fool
<05036>

hath no joy
<08055> (8799)_.

A merry
<08056>

heart
<03820>

doeth good
<03190> (8686)

[like] a medicine
<01456>_:

but a broken
<05218>

spirit
<07307>

drieth
<03001> (8762)

the bones
<01634>_.

{like: or, to}

A wicked
<07563>

[man] taketh
<03947> (8799)

a gift
<07810>

out of the bosom
<02436>

to pervert
<05186> (8687)

the ways
<0734>

of judgment
<04941>_.

Wisdom
<02451>

[is] before him that hath understanding
<06440> <0995> (8688)_;

but the eyes
<05869>

of a fool
<03684>

[are] in the ends
<07097>

of the earth
<0776>_.

A foolish
<03684>

son
<01121>

[is] a grief
<03708>

to his father
<01>_,

and bitterness
<04470>

to her that bare
<03205> (8802)

him.

Also to punish
<06064> (8800)

the just
<06662>

[is] not good
<02896>_,

[nor] to strike
<05221> (8687)

princes
<05081>

for equity
<03476>_.

He that hath
<03045> (8802)

knowledge
<01847>

spareth
<02820> (8802)

his words
<0561>_:

[and] a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

is of an excellent
<03368> (8675) <07119>

spirit
<07307>_.

{an...: or, a cool}

Even a fool
<0191>_,

when he holdeth his peace
<02790> (8688)_,

is counted
<02803> (8735)

wise
<02450>_:

[and] he that shutteth
<0331> (8801)

his lips
<08193>

[is esteemed] a man of understanding
<0995> (8737)_.

Through desire
<08378>

a man, having separated
<06504> (8737)

himself, seeketh
<01245> (8762)

[and] intermeddleth
<01566> (8691)

with all wisdom
<08454>_.

{Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}

A fool
<03684>

hath no delight
<02654> (8799)

in understanding
<08394>_,

but that his heart
<03820>

may discover
<01540> (8692)

itself.

When the wicked
<07563>

cometh
<0935> (8800)_,

[then] cometh
<0935> (8804)

also contempt
<0937>_,

and with ignominy
<07036>

reproach
<02781>_.

The words
<01697>

of a man's
<0376>

mouth
<06310>

[are as] deep
<06013>

waters
<04325>_,

[and] the wellspring
<04726>

of wisdom
<02451>

[as] a flowing
<05042> (8802)

brook
<05158>_.

[It is] not good
<02896>

to accept
<05375> (8800)

the person
<06440>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

to overthrow
<05186> (8687)

the righteous
<06662>

in judgment
<04941>_.

A fool's
<03684>

lips
<08193>

enter
<0935> (8799)

into contention
<07379>_,

and his mouth
<06310>

calleth
<07121> (8799)

for strokes
<04112>_.

A fool's
<03684>

mouth
<06310>

[is] his destruction
<04288>_,

and his lips
<08193>

[are] the snare
<04170>

of his soul
<05315>_.

The words
<01697>

of a talebearer
<05372>

[are] as wounds
<03859> (8693)_,

and they go down
<03381> (8804)

into the innermost parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{talebearer: or, whisperer} {as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded} {most...: Heb. chambers}

He also that is slothful
<07503> (8693)

in his work
<04399>

is brother
<0251>

to him that is a great
<01167>

waster
<07843> (8688)_.

The name
<08034>

of the LORD
<03068>

[is] a strong
<05797>

tower
<04026>_:

the righteous
<06662>

runneth
<07323> (8799)

into it, and is safe
<07682> (8738)_.

{safe: Heb. set aloft}

The rich man's
<06223>

wealth
<01952>

[is] his strong
<05797>

city
<07151>_,

and as an high
<07682> (8737)

wall
<02346>

in his own conceit
<04906>_.

Before
<06440>

destruction
<07667>

the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

is haughty
<01361> (8799)_,

and before
<06440>

honour
<03519>

[is] humility
<06038>_.

He that answereth
<07725> (8688)

a matter
<01697>

before he heareth
<08085> (8799)

[it], it [is] folly
<0200>

and shame
<03639>

unto him. {answereth...: Heb. returneth a word}

The spirit
<07307>

of a man
<0376>

will sustain
<03557> (8770)

his infirmity
<04245>_;

but a wounded
<05218>

spirit
<07307>

who can bear
<05375> (8799)_?

The heart
<03820>

of the prudent
<0995> (8737)

getteth
<07069> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_;

and the ear
<0241>

of the wise
<02450>

seeketh
<01245> (8762)

knowledge
<01847>_.

A man's
<0120>

gift
<04976>

maketh room
<07337> (8686)

for him, and bringeth
<05148> (8686)

him before
<06440>

great men
<01419>_.

[He that is] first
<07223>

in his own cause
<07379>

[seemeth] just
<06662>_;

but his neighbour
<07453>

cometh
<0935> (8804) (8675) <0935> (8799)

and searcheth
<02713> (8804)

him.

The lot
<01486>

causeth contentions
<04079>

to cease
<07673> (8686)_,

and parteth
<06504> (8686)

between the mighty
<06099>_.

A brother
<0251>

offended
<06586> (8737)

[is harder to be won] than a strong
<05797>

city
<07151>_:

and [their] contentions
<04079> (8675) <04066>

[are] like the bars
<01280>

of a castle
<0759>_.

A man's
<0376>

belly
<0990>

shall be satisfied
<07646> (8799)

with the fruit
<06529>

of his mouth
<06310>_;

[and] with the increase
<08393>

of his lips
<08193>

shall he be filled
<07646> (8799)_.

Death
<04194>

and life
<02416>

[are] in the power
<03027>

of the tongue
<03956>_:

and they that love
<0157> (8802)

it shall eat
<0398> (8799)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof.

[Whoso] findeth
<04672> (8804)

a wife
<0802>

findeth
<04672> (8804)

a good
<02896>

[thing], and obtaineth
<06329> (8686)

favour
<07522>

of the LORD
<03068>_.

The poor
<07326> (8802)

useth
<01696> (8762)

intreaties
<08469>_;

but the rich
<06223>

answereth
<06030> (8799)

roughly
<05794>_.

A man
<0376>

[that hath] friends
<07453>

must shew himself friendly
<07489> (8710)_:

and there is
<03426>

a friend
<0157> (8802)

[that] sticketh closer
<01695>

than a brother
<0251>_.

Better
<02896>

[is] the poor
<07326> (8802)

that walketh
<01980> (8802)

in his integrity
<08537>_,

than [he that is] perverse
<06141>

in his lips
<08193>_,

and is a fool
<03684>_.

Also, [that] the soul
<05315>

[be] without knowledge
<01847>_,

[it is] not good
<02896>_;

and he that hasteth
<0213> (8801)

with [his] feet
<07272>

sinneth
<02398> (8802)_.

The foolishness
<0200>

of man
<0120>

perverteth
<05557> (8762)

his way
<01870>_:

and his heart
<03820>

fretteth
<02196> (8799)

against the LORD
<03068>_.

Wealth
<01952>

maketh
<03254> (8686)

many
<07227>

friends
<07453>_;

but the poor
<01800>

is separated
<06504> (8735)

from his neighbour
<07453>_.

A false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_,

and [he that] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

lies
<03577>

shall not escape
<04422> (8735)_.

{unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

Many
<07227>

will intreat
<02470> (8762)

the favour
<06440>

of the prince
<05081>_:

and every man [is] a friend
<07453>

to him
<0376>

that giveth gifts
<04976>_.

{him...: Heb. a man of gifts}

All the brethren
<0251>

of the poor
<07326> (8802)

do hate
<08130> (8804)

him: how much more do his friends
<04828>

go far
<07368> (8804)

from him? he pursueth
<07291> (8764)

[them with] words
<0561>_,

[yet] they [are] wanting [to him].

He that getteth
<07069> (8802)

wisdom
<03820>

loveth
<0157> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_:

he that keepeth
<08104> (8802)

understanding
<08394>

shall find
<04672> (8800)

good
<02896>_.

{wisdom: Heb. an heart}

A false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

shall not be unpunished
<05352> (8735)_,

and [he that] speaketh
<06315> (8686)

lies
<03577>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_.

Delight
<08588>

is not seemly
<05000>

for a fool
<03684>_;

much less for a servant
<05650>

to have rule
<04910> (8800)

over princes
<08269>_.

The discretion
<07922>

of a man
<0120>

deferreth
<0748> (8689)

his anger
<0639>_;

and [it is] his glory
<08597>

to pass over
<05674> (8800)

a transgression
<06588>_.

{discretion: or, prudence}

The king's
<04428>

wrath
<02197>

[is] as the roaring
<05099>

of a lion
<03715>_;

but his favour
<07522>

[is] as dew
<02919>

upon the grass
<06212>_.

A foolish
<03684>

son
<01121>

[is] the calamity
<01942>

of his father
<01>_:

and the contentions
<04079>

of a wife
<0802>

[are] a continual
<02956> (8802)

dropping
<01812>_.

House
<01004>

and riches
<01952>

[are] the inheritance
<05159>

of fathers
<01>_:

and a prudent
<07919> (8688)

wife
<0802>

[is] from the LORD
<03068>_.

Slothfulness
<06103>

casteth
<05307> (8686)

into a deep sleep
<08639>_;

and an idle
<07423>

soul
<05315>

shall suffer hunger
<07456> (8799)_.

He that keepeth
<08104> (8802)

the commandment
<04687>

keepeth
<08104> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_;

[but] he that despiseth
<0959> (8802)

his ways
<01870>

shall die
<04191> (8799)_.

He that hath pity
<02603> (8802)

upon the poor
<01800>

lendeth
<03867> (8688)

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

and that which he hath given
<01576>

will he pay him again
<07999> (8762)_.

{that which...: or, his deed}

Chasten
<03256> (8761)

thy son
<01121>

while there is
<03426>

hope
<08615>_,

and let not thy soul
<05315>

spare
<05375> (8799)

for his crying
<04191> (8687)_.

{for...: or, to his destruction: or, to cause him to die}

A man
<01419>

of great
<01632>

wrath
<02534>

shall suffer
<05375> (8802)

punishment
<06066>_:

for if thou deliver
<05337> (8686)

[him], yet thou must do it again
<03254> (8686)_.

{do: Heb. add}

Hear
<08085> (8798)

counsel
<06098>_,

and receive
<06901> (8761)

instruction
<04148>_,

that thou mayest be wise
<02449> (8799)

in thy latter end
<0319>_.

[There are] many
<07227>

devices
<04284>

in a man's
<0376>

heart
<03820>_;

nevertheless the counsel
<06098>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

that shall stand
<06965> (8799)_.

The desire
<08378>

of a man
<0120>

[is] his kindness
<02617>_:

and a poor man
<07326> (8802)

[is] better
<02896>

than
<0376>

a liar
<03577>_.

The fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[tendeth] to life
<02416>_:

and [he that hath it] shall abide
<03885> (8799)

satisfied
<07649>_;

he shall not be visited
<06485> (8735)

with evil
<07451>_.

A slothful
<06102>

[man] hideth
<02934> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

in [his] bosom
<06747>_,

and will not so much as bring
<07725> (0)

it to his mouth
<06310>

again
<07725> (8686)_.

Smite
<05221> (8686)

a scorner
<03887> (8801)_,

and the simple
<06612>

will beware
<06191> (8686)_:

and reprove
<03198> (8689)

one that hath understanding
<0995> (8737)_,

[and] he will understand
<0995> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_.

{will beware: Heb. will be cunning}

He that wasteth
<07703> (8764)

[his] father
<01>_,

[and] chaseth away
<01272> (8686)

[his] mother
<0517>_,

[is] a son
<01121>

that causeth shame
<0954> (8688)_,

and bringeth reproach
<02659> (8688)_.

Cease
<02308> (8798)_,

my son
<01121>_,

to hear
<08085> (8800)

the instruction
<04148>

[that causeth] to err
<07686> (8800)

from the words
<0561>

of knowledge
<01847>_.

An ungodly
<01100>

witness
<05707>

scorneth
<03887> (8686)

judgment
<04941>_:

and the mouth
<06310>

of the wicked
<07563>

devoureth
<01104> (8762)

iniquity
<0205>_.

{An...: Heb. A witness of Belial}

Judgments
<08201>

are prepared
<03559> (8738)

for scorners
<03887> (8801)_,

and stripes
<04112>

for the back
<01460>

of fools
<03684>_.

Wine
<03196>

[is] a mocker
<03887> (8801)_,

strong drink
<07941>

[is] raging
<01993> (8802)_:

and whosoever is deceived
<07686> (8802)

thereby is not wise
<02449> (8799)_.

The fear
<0367>

of a king
<04428>

[is] as the roaring
<05099>

of a lion
<03715>_:

[whoso] provoketh him to anger
<05674> (8693)

sinneth
<02398> (8802)

[against] his own soul
<05315>_.

[It is] an honour
<03519>

for a man
<0376>

to cease
<07674>

from strife
<07379>_:

but every fool
<0191>

will be meddling
<01566> (8691)_.

The sluggard
<06102>

will not plow
<02790> (8799)

by reason of the cold
<02779>_;

[therefore] shall he beg
<07592> (8804) (8675) <07592> (8799)

in harvest
<07105>_,

and [have] nothing. {cold: or, winter}

Counsel
<06098>

in the heart
<03820>

of man
<0376>

[is like] deep
<06013>

water
<04325>_;

but a man
<0376>

of understanding
<08394>

will draw it out
<01802> (8799)_.

Most
<07230>

men
<0120>

will proclaim
<07121> (8799)

every one
<0376>

his own goodness
<02617>_:

but a faithful
<0529>

man
<0376>

who can find
<04672> (8799)_?

{goodness: or, bounty}

The just
<06662>

[man] walketh
<01980> (8693)

in his integrity
<08537>_:

his children
<01121>

[are] blessed
<0835>

after
<0310>

him.

A king
<04428>

that sitteth in
<03427> (8802)

the throne
<03678>

of judgment
<01779>

scattereth away
<02219> (8764)

all evil
<07451>

with his eyes
<05869>_.

Who can say
<0559> (8799)_,

I have made my heart
<03820>

clean
<02135> (8765)_,

I am pure
<02891> (8804)

from my sin
<02403>_?

Divers weights
<068> <068>_,

[and] divers measures
<0374> <0374>_,

both
<08147>

of them [are] alike
<01571>

abomination
<08441>

to the LORD
<03068>_.

{Divers weights: Heb. A stone and a stone} {divers measures: Heb. an ephah and an ephah}

Even a child
<05288>

is known
<05234> (8691)

by his doings
<04611>_,

whether his work
<06467>

[be] pure
<02134>_,

and whether [it be] right
<03477>_.

The hearing
<08085> (8802)

ear
<0241>_,

and the seeing
<07200> (8802)

eye
<05869>_,

the LORD
<03068>

hath made
<06213> (8804)

even both
<08147>

of them.

Love
<0157> (8799)

not sleep
<08142>_,

lest thou come to poverty
<03423> (8735)_;

open
<06491> (8798)

thine eyes
<05869>_,

[and] thou shalt be satisfied
<07646> (8798)

with bread
<03899>_.

[It is] naught
<07451>_,

[it is] naught
<07451>_,

saith
<0559> (8799)

the buyer
<07069> (8802)_:

but when he is gone
<0235> (8801)

his way, then he boasteth
<01984> (8691)_.

There is
<03426>

gold
<02091>_,

and a multitude
<07230>

of rubies
<06443>_:

but the lips
<08193>

of knowledge
<01847>

[are] a precious
<03366>

jewel
<03627>_.

Take
<03947> (8798)

his garment
<0899>

that is surety
<06148> (8804)

[for] a stranger
<02114> (8801)_:

and take a pledge
<02254> (8798)

of him for a strange woman
<05237>_.

Bread
<03899>

of deceit
<08267>

[is] sweet
<06156>

to a man
<0376>_;

but afterwards
<0310>

his mouth
<06310>

shall be filled
<04390> (8735)

with gravel
<02687>_.

{deceit: Heb. lying, or, falsehood}

[Every] purpose
<04284>

is established
<03559> (8735)

by counsel
<06098>_:

and with good advice
<08458>

make
<06213> (8798)

war
<04421>_.

He that goeth about
<01980> (8802)

[as] a talebearer
<07400>

revealeth
<01540> (8802)

secrets
<05475>_:

therefore meddle
<06148> (8691)

not with him that flattereth
<06601> (8802)

with his lips
<08193>_.

{flattereth: or, enticeth}

Whoso curseth
<07043> (8764)

his father
<01>

or his mother
<0517>_,

his lamp
<05216>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)

in obscure
<0380> (8676) <0380>

darkness
<02822>_.

{lamp: or, candle}

An inheritance
<05159>

[may be] gotten hastily
<0926> (8794) (8675) <0973> (8794)

at the beginning
<07223>_;

but the end
<0319>

thereof shall not be blessed
<01288> (8792)_.

Say
<0559> (8799)

not thou, I will recompense
<07999> (8762)

evil
<07451>_;

[but] wait on
<06960> (8761)

the LORD
<03068>_,

and he shall save
<03467> (8686)

thee.

Divers weights
<068> <068>

[are] an abomination
<08441>

unto the LORD
<03068>_;

and a false
<04820>

balance
<03976>

[is] not good
<02896>_.

{a false...: Heb. balance of deceit}

Man's
<01397>

goings
<04703>

[are] of the LORD
<03068>_;

how can a man
<0120>

then understand
<0995> (8799)

his own way
<01870>_?

[It is] a snare
<04170>

to the man
<0120>

[who] devoureth
<03216> (8804)

[that which is] holy
<06944>_,

and after
<0310>

vows
<05088>

to make enquiry
<01239> (8763)_.

A wise
<02450>

king
<04428>

scattereth
<02219> (8764)

the wicked
<07563>_,

and bringeth
<07725> (8686)

the wheel
<0212>

over them.

The spirit
<05397>

of man
<0120>

[is] the candle
<05216>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

searching
<02664> (8802)

all the inward parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{candle: or, lamp}

Mercy
<02617>

and truth
<0571>

preserve
<05341> (8799)

the king
<04428>_:

and his throne
<03678>

is upholden
<05582> (8804)

by mercy
<02617>_.

The glory
<08597>

of young men
<0970>

[is] their strength
<03581>_:

and the beauty
<01926>

of old men
<02205>

[is] the gray head
<07872>_.

The blueness
<02250>

of a wound
<06482>

cleanseth
<08562>

away evil
<07451>_:

so [do] stripes
<04347>

the inward parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{cleanseth...: Heb. is a purging medicine against}

The king's
<04428>

heart
<03820>

[is] in the hand
<03027>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

[as] the rivers
<06388>

of water
<04325>_:

he turneth
<05186> (8686)

it whithersoever he will
<02654> (8799)_.

Every way
<01870>

of a man
<0376>

[is] right
<03477>

in his own eyes
<05869>_:

but the LORD
<03068>

pondereth
<08505> (8802)

the hearts
<03826>_.

To do
<06213> (8800)

justice
<06666>

and judgment
<04941>

[is] more acceptable
<0977> (8737)

to the LORD
<03068>

than sacrifice
<02077>_.

An high
<07312>

look
<05869>_,

and a proud
<07342>

heart
<03820>_,

[and] the plowing
<05215>

of the wicked
<07563>_,

[is] sin
<02403>_.

{An...: Heb. Haughtiness of eyes} {the plowing: or, the light}

The thoughts
<04284>

of the diligent
<02742>

[tend] only to plenteousness
<04195>_;

but of every one [that is] hasty
<0213> (8801)

only to want
<04270>_.

The getting
<06467>

of treasures
<0214>

by a lying
<08267>

tongue
<03956>

[is] a vanity
<01892>

tossed to and fro of
<05086> (8737)

them that seek
<01245> (8764)

death
<04194>_.

The robbery
<07701>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall destroy
<01641> (8799)

them; because they refuse
<03985> (8765)

to do
<06213> (8800)

judgment
<04941>_.

{destroy...: Heb. saw them, or, dwell with them}

The way
<01870>

of man
<0376>

[is] froward
<02019>

and strange
<02054>_:

but [as for] the pure
<02134>_,

his work
<06467>

[is] right
<03477>_.

[It is] better
<02896>

to dwell
<03427> (8800)

in a corner
<06438>

of the housetop
<01406>_,

than with a brawling
<04079> (8675) <04066>

woman
<0802>

in a wide
<02267>

house
<01004>_.

{a brawling...: Heb. a woman of contentions} {a wide...: Heb. an house of society}

The soul
<05315>

of the wicked
<07563>

desireth
<0183> (8765)

evil
<07451>_:

his neighbour
<07453>

findeth no favour
<02603> (8717)

in his eyes
<05869>_.

{findeth...: Heb. is not favoured}

When the scorner
<03887> (8801)

is punished
<06064> (8800)_,

the simple
<06612>

is made wise
<02449> (8799)_:

and when the wise
<02450>

is instructed
<07919> (8687)_,

he receiveth
<03947> (8799)

knowledge
<01847>_.

The righteous
<06662>

[man] wisely considereth
<07919> (8688)

the house
<01004>

of the wicked
<07563>_:

[but God] overthroweth
<05557> (8764)

the wicked
<07563>

for [their] wickedness
<07451>_.

Whoso stoppeth
<0331> (8801)

his ears
<0241>

at the cry
<02201>

of the poor
<01800>_,

he also shall cry
<07121> (8799)

himself, but shall not be heard
<06030> (8735)_.

A gift
<04976>

in secret
<05643>

pacifieth
<03711> (8799)

anger
<0639>_:

and a reward
<07810>

in the bosom
<02436>

strong
<05794>

wrath
<02534>_.

[It is] joy
<08057>

to the just
<06662>

to do
<06213> (8800)

judgment
<04941>_:

but destruction
<04288>

[shall be] to the workers
<06466> (8802)

of iniquity
<0205>_.

The man
<0120>

that wandereth
<08582> (8802)

out of the way
<01870>

of understanding
<07919> (8687)

shall remain
<05117> (8799)

in the congregation
<06951>

of the dead
<07496>_.

He that loveth
<0157> (8802)

pleasure
<08057>

[shall be] a poor
<04270>

man
<0376>_:

he that loveth
<0157> (8802)

wine
<03196>

and oil
<08081>

shall not be rich
<06238> (8686)_.

{pleasure: or, sport}

The wicked
<07563>

[shall be] a ransom
<03724>

for the righteous
<06662>_,

and the transgressor
<0898> (8802)

for the upright
<03477>_.

[It is] better
<02896>

to dwell
<03427> (8800)

in the wilderness
<0776> <04057>_,

than with a contentious
<04079> (8675) <04066>

and an angry
<03708>

woman
<0802>_.

{in...: Heb. in the land of the desert}

[There is] treasure
<0214>

to be desired
<02530> (8737)

and oil
<08081>

in the dwelling
<05116>

of the wise
<02450>_;

but a foolish
<03684>

man
<0120>

spendeth it up
<01104> (8762)_.

He that followeth
<07291> (8802)

after righteousness
<06666>

and mercy
<02617>

findeth
<04672> (8799)

life
<02416>_,

righteousness
<06666>_,

and honour
<03519>_.

A wise
<02450>

[man] scaleth
<05927> (8804)

the city
<05892>

of the mighty
<01368>_,

and casteth down
<03381> (8686)

the strength
<05797>

of the confidence
<04009>

thereof.

Whoso keepeth
<08104> (8802)

his mouth
<06310>

and his tongue
<03956>

keepeth
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>

from troubles
<06869>_.

Proud
<02086>

[and] haughty
<03093>

scorner
<03887> (8801)

[is] his name
<08034>_,

who dealeth
<06213> (8802)

in proud
<02087>

wrath
<05678>_.

{in proud...: Heb. in the wrath of pride}

The desire
<08378>

of the slothful
<06102>

killeth
<04191> (8686)

him; for his hands
<03027>

refuse
<03985> (8765)

to labour
<06213> (8800)_.

He coveteth
<0183> (8694)

greedily
<08378>

all the day
<03117>

long: but the righteous
<06662>

giveth
<05414> (8799)

and spareth
<02820> (8799)

not.

The sacrifice
<02077>

of the wicked
<07563>

[is] abomination
<08441>_:

how much more, [when] he bringeth
<0935> (8686)

it with a wicked mind
<02154>_?

{with...: Heb. in wickedness?}

A false
<03577>

witness
<05707>

shall perish
<06> (8799)_:

but the man
<0376>

that heareth
<08085> (8802)

speaketh
<01696> (8762)

constantly
<05331>_.

{A...: Heb. A witness of lies}

A wicked
<07563>

man
<0376>

hardeneth
<05810> (8689)

his face
<06440>_:

but [as for] the upright
<03477>_,

he directeth
<0995> (8799) (8675) <03559> (8686)

his way
<01870>_.

{directeth: or, considereth}

[There is] no wisdom
<02451>

nor understanding
<08394>

nor counsel
<06098>

against the LORD
<03068>_.

The horse
<05483>

[is] prepared
<03559> (8716)

against the day
<03117>

of battle
<04421>_:

but safety
<08668>

[is] of the LORD
<03068>_.

{safety: or, victory}

A [good] name
<08034>

[is] rather to be chosen
<0977> (8737)

than great
<07227>

riches
<06239>_,

[and] loving
<02896>

favour
<02580>

rather than silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_.

{loving...: or, favour is better than, etc}

The rich
<06223>

and poor
<07326> (8802)

meet together
<06298> (8738)_:

the LORD
<03068>

[is] the maker
<06213> (8802)

of them all.

A prudent
<06175>

[man] foreseeth
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>_,

and hideth
<05641> (8738) (8675) <05641> (8799)

himself: but the simple
<06612>

pass on
<05674> (8804)_,

and are punished
<06064> (8738)_.

By
<06118>

humility
<06038>

[and] the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

[are] riches
<06239>_,

and honour
<03519>_,

and life
<02416>_.

{By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}

Thorns
<06791>

[and] snares
<06341>

[are] in the way
<01870>

of the froward
<06141>_:

he that doth keep
<08104> (8802)

his soul
<05315>

shall be far
<07368> (8799)

from them.

Train up
<02596> (8798)

a child
<05288>

in the way
<01870>

he should go
<06310>_:

and when he is old
<02204> (8686)_,

he will not depart
<05493> (8799)

from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}

The rich
<06223>

ruleth
<04910> (8799)

over the poor
<07326> (8802)_,

and the borrower
<03867> (8801)

[is] servant
<05650>

to the lender
<0376> <03867> (8688)_.

{the lender: Heb. the man that lendeth}

He that soweth
<02232> (8802)

iniquity
<05766>

shall reap
<07114> (8799)

vanity
<0205>_:

and the rod
<07626>

of his anger
<05678>

shall fail
<03615> (8799)_.

{the rod...: or, with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed}

He that hath a bountiful
<02896>

eye
<05869>

shall be blessed
<01288> (8792)_;

for he giveth
<05414> (8804)

of his bread
<03899>

to the poor
<01800>_.

{He that...: Heb. Good of eye}

Cast out
<01644> (8763)

the scorner
<03887> (8801)_,

and contention
<04066>

shall go out
<03318> (8799)_;

yea, strife
<01779>

and reproach
<07036>

shall cease
<07673> (8799)_.

He that loveth
<0157> (8802)

pureness
<02890> (8675) <02889>

of heart
<03820>_,

[for] the grace
<02580>

of his lips
<08193>

the king
<04428>

[shall be] his friend
<07453>_.

{for...: or, and hath grace in his lips}

The eyes
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>

preserve
<05341> (8804)

knowledge
<01847>_,

and he overthroweth
<05557> (8762)

the words
<01697>

of the transgressor
<0898> (8802)_.

{the words: or, the matters}

The slothful
<06102>

[man] saith
<0559> (8804)_,

[There is] a lion
<0738>

without
<02351>_,

I shall be slain
<07523> (8735)

in
<08432>

the streets
<07339>_.

The mouth
<06310>

of strange women
<02114> (8801)

[is] a deep
<06013>

pit
<07745>_:

he that is abhorred
<02194> (8803)

of the LORD
<03068>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

therein.

Foolishness
<0200>

[is] bound
<07194> (8803)

in the heart
<03820>

of a child
<05288>_;

[but] the rod
<07626>

of correction
<04148>

shall drive it far
<07368> (8686)

from him.

He that oppresseth
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>

to increase
<07235> (8687)

his [riches, and] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)

to the rich
<06223>_,

[shall] surely [come] to want
<04270>_.

Bow down
<05186> (8685)

thine ear
<0241>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)

the words
<01697>

of the wise
<02450>_,

and apply
<07896> (8799)

thine heart
<03820>

unto my knowledge
<01847>_.

For [it is] a pleasant thing
<05273>

if thou keep
<08104> (8799)

them within
<0990>

thee; they shall withal
<03162>

be fitted
<03559> (8735)

in thy lips
<08193>_.

{within...: Heb. in thy belly}

That thy trust
<04009>

may be in the LORD
<03068>_,

I have made known
<03045> (8689)

to thee this day
<03117>_,

even to thee. {even...: or, trust thou also}

Have not I written
<03789> (8804)

to thee
<08032>

excellent things
<07991>

in counsels
<04156>

and knowledge
<01847>_,

That I might make thee know
<03045> (8687)

the certainty
<07189>

of the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>_;

that thou mightest answer
<07725> (8687)

the words
<0561>

of truth
<0571>

to them that send
<07971> (8802)

unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}

Rob
<01497> (8799)

not the poor
<01800>_,

because he [is] poor
<01800>_:

neither oppress
<01792> (8762)

the afflicted
<06041>

in the gate
<08179>_:

For the LORD
<03068>

will plead
<07378> (8799)

their cause
<07379>_,

and spoil
<06906> (8804)

the soul
<05315>

of those that spoiled
<06906> (8802)

them.

Make no friendship
<07462> (8691)

with an angry
<0639>

man
<01167>_;

and with a furious
<02534>

man
<0376>

thou shalt not go
<0935> (8799)_:

Lest thou learn
<0502> (8799)

his ways
<0734>_,

and get
<03947> (8804)

a snare
<04170>

to thy soul
<05315>_.

Be not thou [one] of them that strike
<08628> (8802)

hands
<03709>_,

[or] of them that are sureties
<06148> (8802)

for debts
<04859>_.

If thou hast nothing to pay
<07999> (8763)_,

why should he take away
<03947> (8799)

thy bed
<04904>

from under thee?

Remove
<05253> (8686)

not the ancient
<05769>

landmark
<01366>_,

which thy fathers
<01>

have set
<06213> (8804)_.

{landmark: or, bound}

Seest
<02372> (8804)

thou a man
<0376>

diligent
<04106>

in his business
<04399>_?

he shall stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

kings
<04428>_;

he shall not stand
<03320> (8691)

before
<06440>

mean
<02823>

[men]. {mean...: Heb. obscure men}

When thou sittest
<03427> (8799)

to eat
<03898> (8800)

with a ruler
<04910> (8802)_,

consider
<0995> (8799)

diligently
<0995> (8800)

what [is] before
<06440>

thee:

And put
<07760> (8804)

a knife
<07915>

to thy throat
<03930>_,

if thou [be] a man given
<01167>

to appetite
<05315>_.

Be not desirous
<0183> (8691)

of his dainties
<04303>_:

for they [are] deceitful
<03577>

meat
<03899>_.

Labour
<03021> (8799)

not to be rich
<06238> (8687)_:

cease
<02308> (8798)

from thine own wisdom
<0998>_.

Wilt thou set
<05774> (8686) (8675) <05774> (8799)

thine eyes
<05869>

upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly
<06213> (8800)

make
<06213> (8799)

themselves wings
<03671>_;

they fly away
<05774> (8799) (8675) <05774> (8687)

as an eagle
<05404>

toward heaven
<08064>_.

{set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}

Eat
<03898> (8799)

thou not the bread
<03899>

of [him that hath] an evil
<07451>

eye
<05869>_,

neither desire
<0183> (8691)

thou his dainty meats
<04303>_:

For as he thinketh
<08176> (8804)

in his heart
<05315>_,

so [is] he: Eat
<0398> (8798)

and drink
<08354> (8798)_,

saith
<0559> (8799)

he to thee; but his heart
<03820>

[is] not with thee.

The morsel
<06595>

[which] thou hast eaten
<0398> (8804)

shalt thou vomit up
<06958> (8686)_,

and lose
<07843> (8765)

thy sweet
<05273>

words
<01697>_.

Speak
<01696> (8762)

not in the ears
<0241>

of a fool
<03684>_:

for he will despise
<0936> (8799)

the wisdom
<07922>

of thy words
<04405>_.

Remove
<05253> (8686)

not the old
<05769>

landmark
<01366>_;

and enter
<0935> (8799)

not into the fields
<07704>

of the fatherless
<03490>_:

{landmark: or, bound}

For their redeemer
<01350> (8802)

[is] mighty
<02389>_;

he shall plead
<07378> (8799)

their cause
<07379>

with thee.

Apply
<0935> (8685)

thine heart
<03820>

unto instruction
<04148>_,

and thine ears
<0241>

to the words
<0561>

of knowledge
<01847>_.

Withhold
<04513> (8799)

not correction
<04148>

from the child
<05288>_:

for [if] thou beatest
<05221> (8686)

him with the rod
<07626>_,

he shall not die
<04191> (8799)_.

Thou shalt beat
<05221> (8686)

him with the rod
<07626>_,

and shalt deliver
<05337> (8686)

his soul
<05315>

from hell
<07585>_.

My son
<01121>_,

if thine heart
<03820>

be wise
<02449> (8804)_,

my heart
<03820>

shall rejoice
<08055> (8799)_,

even mine
<0589>_.

{even...: or, even I will rejoice}

Yea, my reins
<03629>

shall rejoice
<05937> (8799)_,

when thy lips
<08193>

speak
<01696> (8763)

right things
<04339>_.

Let not thine heart
<03820>

envy
<07065> (8762)

sinners
<02400>_:

but [be thou] in the fear
<03374>

of the LORD
<03068>

all the day
<03117>

long.

For surely there is
<03426>

an end
<0319>_;

and thine expectation
<08615>

shall not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_.

{end: or, reward}

Hear
<08085> (8798)

thou, my son
<01121>_,

and be wise
<02449> (8798)_,

and guide
<0833> (8761)

thine heart
<03820>

in the way
<01870>_.

Be not among winebibbers
<03196> <05433> (8802)_;

among riotous eaters
<02151> (8802)

of flesh
<01320>_:

{of flesh: Heb. of their flesh}

For the drunkard
<05433> (8802)

and the glutton
<02151> (8802)

shall come to poverty
<03423> (8735)_:

and drowsiness
<05124>

shall clothe
<03847> (8686)

[a man] with rags
<07168>_.

Hearken
<08085> (8798)

unto thy father
<01>

that begat
<03205> (8804)

thee, and despise
<0936> (8799)

not thy mother
<0517>

when she is old
<02204> (8804)_.

Buy
<07069> (8798)

the truth
<0571>_,

and sell
<04376> (8799)

[it] not; [also] wisdom
<02451>_,

and instruction
<04148>_,

and understanding
<0998>_.

The father
<01>

of the righteous
<06662>

shall greatly
<01524>

rejoice
<01523> (8799)_:

and he that begetteth
<03205> (8802)

a wise
<02450>

[child] shall have joy
<08055> (8799)

of him.

Thy father
<01>

and thy mother
<0517>

shall be glad
<08055> (8799)_,

and she that bare
<03205> (8802)

thee shall rejoice
<01523> (8799)_.

My son
<01121>_,

give
<05414> (8798)

me thine heart
<03820>_,

and let thine eyes
<05869>

observe
<07521> (8799) <05341> (8799)

my ways
<01870>_.

For a whore
<02181> (8802)

[is] a deep
<06013>

ditch
<07745>_;

and a strange woman
<05237>

[is] a narrow
<06862>

pit
<0875>_.

She also lieth in wait
<0693> (8799)

as [for] a prey
<02863>_,

and increaseth
<03254> (8686)

the transgressors
<0898> (8802)

among men
<0120>_.

{as for...: or, as a robber}

Who hath woe
<0188>_?

who hath sorrow
<017>_?

who hath contentions
<04079> (8675) <04066>_?

who hath babbling
<07879>_?

who hath wounds
<06482>

without cause
<02600>_?

who hath redness
<02448>

of eyes
<05869>_?

They that tarry long
<0309> (8764)

at the wine
<03196>_;

they that go
<0935> (8802)

to seek
<02713> (8800)

mixed wine
<04469>_.

Look
<07200> (8799)

not thou upon the wine
<03196>

when it is red
<0119> (8691)_,

when it giveth
<05414> (8799)

his colour
<05869>

in the cup
<03563> (8675) <03599>_,

[when] it moveth
<01980> (8691)

itself aright
<04339>_.

At the last
<0319>

it biteth
<05391> (8799)

like a serpent
<05175>_,

and stingeth
<06567> (8686)

like an adder
<06848>_.

{an...: or, a cockatrice}

Thine eyes
<05869>

shall behold
<07200> (8799)

strange women
<02114> (8801)_,

and thine heart
<03820>

shall utter
<01696> (8762)

perverse things
<08419>_.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down
<07901> (8802)

in the midst
<03820>

of the sea
<03220>_,

or as he that lieth
<07901> (8802)

upon the top
<07218>

of a mast
<02260>_.

{the midst...: Heb. the heart of the sea}

They have stricken
<05221> (8689)

me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick
<02470> (8804)_;

they have beaten
<01986> (8804)

me, [and] I felt
<03045> (8804)

[it] not: when shall I awake
<06974> (8686)_?

I will seek
<01245> (8762)

it yet
<03254> (8686)

again. {I felt...: Heb. I knew it not}

Be not thou envious
<07065> (8762)

against evil
<07451>

men
<0582>_,

neither desire
<0183> (8691)

to be with them.

For their heart
<03820>

studieth
<01897> (8799)

destruction
<07701>_,

and their lips
<08193>

talk
<01696> (8762)

of mischief
<05999>_.

Through wisdom
<02451>

is an house
<01004>

builded
<01129> (8735)_;

and by understanding
<08394>

it is established
<03559> (8709)_:

And by knowledge
<01847>

shall the chambers
<02315>

be filled
<04390> (8735)

with all precious
<03368>

and pleasant
<05273>

riches
<01952>_.

A wise
<02450>

man
<01397>

[is] strong
<05797>_;

yea, a man
<0376>

of knowledge
<01847>

increaseth
<0553> (8764)

strength
<03581>_.

{is strong: Heb. is in strength} {increaseth...: Heb. strengtheneth might}

For by wise counsel
<08458>

thou shalt make
<06213> (8799)

thy war
<04421>_:

and in multitude
<07230>

of counsellors
<03289> (8802)

[there is] safety
<08668>_.

Wisdom
<02454>

[is] too high
<07311> (8802)

for a fool
<0191>_:

he openeth
<06605> (8799)

not his mouth
<06310>

in the gate
<08179>_.

He that deviseth
<02803> (8764)

to do evil
<07489> (8687)

shall be called
<07121> (8799)

a mischievous
<04209>

person
<01167>_.

The thought
<02154>

of foolishness
<0200>

[is] sin
<02403>_:

and the scorner
<03887> (8801)

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to men
<0120>_.

[If] thou faint
<07503> (8694)

in the day
<03117>

of adversity
<06869>_,

thy strength
<03581>

[is] small
<06862>_.

{small: Heb. narrow}

If thou forbear
<02820> (8799)

to deliver
<05337> (8685)

[them that are] drawn
<03947> (8803)

unto death
<04194>_,

and [those that are] ready
<04131> (8801)

to be slain
<02027>_;

If thou sayest
<0559> (8799)_,

Behold, we knew
<03045> (8804)

it not; doth not he that pondereth
<08505> (8802)

the heart
<03826>

consider
<0995> (8799)

[it]? and he that keepeth
<05341> (8802)

thy soul
<05315>_,

doth [not] he know
<03045> (8799)

[it]? and shall [not] he render
<07725> (8689)

to [every] man
<0120>

according to his works
<06467>_?

My son
<01121>_,

eat
<0398> (8798)

thou honey
<01706>_,

because [it is] good
<02896>_;

and the honeycomb
<05317>_,

[which is] sweet
<04966>

to thy taste
<02441>_:

{to...: Heb. upon thy palate}

So [shall] the knowledge
<03045> (8798)

of wisdom
<02451>

[be] unto thy soul
<05315>_:

when thou hast found
<04672> (8804)

[it], then there shall be
<03426>

a reward
<0319>_,

and thy expectation
<08615>

shall not be cut off
<03772> (8735)_.

Lay not wait
<0693> (8799)_,

O wicked
<07563>

[man], against the dwelling
<05116>

of the righteous
<06662>_;

spoil
<07703> (8762)

not his resting place
<07258>_:

For a just
<06662>

[man] falleth
<05307> (8799)

seven times
<07651>_,

and riseth up again
<06965> (8804)_:

but the wicked
<07563>

shall fall
<03782> (8735)

into mischief
<07451>_.

Rejoice
<08055> (8799)

not when thine enemy
<0341> (8802)

falleth
<05307> (8800)_,

and let not thine heart
<03820>

be glad
<01523> (8799)

when he stumbleth
<03782> (8736)_:

Lest the LORD
<03068>

see
<07200> (8799)

[it], and it displease
<07489> (8804) <05869>

him, and he turn away
<07725> (8689)

his wrath
<0639>

from him. {it displeaseth...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes}

Fret
<02734> (8691)

not thyself because of evil
<07489> (8688)

[men], neither be thou envious
<07065> (8762)

at the wicked
<07563>_;

{Fret...: or, Keep not company with the wicked}

For there shall be no reward
<0319>

to the evil
<07451>

[man]; the candle
<05216>

of the wicked
<07563>

shall be put out
<01846> (8799)_.

{candle: or, lamp}

My son
<01121>_,

fear
<03372> (8798)

thou the LORD
<03068>

and the king
<04428>_:

[and] meddle
<06148> (8691)

not with them that are given to change
<08138> (8802)_:

{them...: Heb. changers}

For their calamity
<0343>

shall rise
<06965> (8799)

suddenly
<06597>_;

and who knoweth
<03045> (8802)

the ruin
<06365>

of them both
<08147>_?

These [things] also [belong] to the wise
<02450>_.

[It is] not good
<02896>

to have respect
<05234> (8687)

of persons
<06440>

in judgment
<04941>_.

He that saith
<0559> (8802)

unto the wicked
<07563>_,

Thou [art] righteous
<06662>_;

him shall the people
<05971>

curse
<05344> (8799)_,

nations
<03816>

shall abhor
<02194> (8799)

him:

But to them that rebuke
<03198> (8688)

[him] shall be delight
<05276> (8799)_,

and a good
<02896>

blessing
<01293>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon them. {a good...: Heb. a blessing of good}

[Every man] shall kiss
<05401> (8799)

[his] lips
<08193>

that giveth
<07725> (8688)

a right
<05228>

answer
<01697>_.

{that...: Heb. that answereth right words}

Prepare
<03559> (8685)

thy work
<04399>

without
<02351>_,

and make it fit
<06257> (8761)

for thyself in the field
<07704>_;

and afterwards
<0310>

build
<01129> (8804)

thine house
<01004>_.

Be not a witness
<05707>

against thy neighbour
<07453>

without cause
<02600>_;

and deceive
<06601> (8765)

[not] with thy lips
<08193>_.

Say
<0559> (8799)

not, I will do
<06213> (8799)

so to him as he hath done
<06213> (8804)

to me: I will render
<07725> (8686)

to the man
<0376>

according to his work
<06467>_.

I went
<05674> (8804)

by the field
<07704>

of the slothful
<0376> <06102>_,

and by the vineyard
<03754>

of the man
<0120>

void
<02638>

of understanding
<03820>_;

And, lo, it was all grown over
<05927> (8804)

with thorns
<07063>_,

[and] nettles
<02738>

had covered
<03680> (8795)

the face
<06440>

thereof, and the stone
<068>

wall
<01444>

thereof was broken down
<02040> (8738)_.

Then I saw
<02372> (8799)_,

[and] considered [it] well
<07896> (8799) <03820>_:

I looked
<07200> (8804)

upon [it, and] received
<03947> (8804)

instruction
<04148>_.

{considered...: Heb. set my heart}

[Yet] a little
<04592>

sleep
<08142>_,

a little
<04592>

slumber
<08572>_,

a little
<04592>

folding
<02264>

of the hands
<03027>

to sleep
<07901> (8800)_:

So shall thy poverty
<07389>

come
<0935> (8804)

[as] one that travelleth
<01980> (8693)_;

and thy want
<04270>

as an armed
<04043>

man
<0376>_.

{an...: Heb. a man of shield}

These [are] also proverbs
<04912>

of Solomon
<08010>_,

which the men
<0582>

of Hezekiah
<02396>

king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

copied out
<06275> (8689)_.

[It is] the glory
<03519>

of God
<0430>

to conceal
<05641> (8687)

a thing
<01697>_:

but the honour
<03519>

of kings
<04428>

[is] to search out
<02713> (8800)

a matter
<01697>_.

The heaven
<08064>

for height
<07312>_,

and the earth
<0776>

for depth
<06011>_,

and the heart
<03820>

of kings
<04428>

[is] unsearchable
<02714>_.

{is...: Heb. there is no searching}

Take away
<01898> (8800)

the dross
<05509>

from the silver
<03701>_,

and there shall come forth
<03318> (8799)

a vessel
<03627>

for the finer
<06884> (8802)_.

Take away
<01898> (8800)

the wicked
<07563>

[from] before
<06440>

the king
<04428>_,

and his throne
<03678>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)

in righteousness
<06664>_.

Put not forth
<01921> (8691)

thyself in the presence
<06440>

of the king
<04428>_,

and stand
<05975> (8799)

not in the place
<04725>

of great
<01419>

[men]: {Put...: Heb. Set not out thy glory}

For better
<02896>

[it is] that it be said
<0559> (8800)

unto thee, Come up
<05927> (8798)

hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower
<08213> (8687)

in the presence
<06440>

of the prince
<05081>

whom thine eyes
<05869>

have seen
<07200> (8804)_.

Go not forth
<03318> (8799)

hastily
<04118>

to strive
<07378> (8800)_,

lest [thou know not] what to do
<06213> (8799)

in the end
<0319>

thereof, when thy neighbour
<07453>

hath put thee to shame
<03637> (8687)_.

Debate
<07378> (8798)

thy cause
<07379>

with thy neighbour
<07453>

[himself]; and discover
<01540> (8762)

not a secret
<05475>

to another
<0312>_:

{a secret...: or, the secret of}

Lest he that heareth
<08085> (8802)

[it] put thee to shame
<02616> (8762)_,

and thine infamy
<01681>

turn not away
<07725> (8799)_.

A word
<01697>

fitly
<0212> (8675) <0655>

spoken
<01696> (8803)

[is like] apples
<08598>

of gold
<02091>

in pictures
<04906>

of silver
<03701>_.

{fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}

[As] an earring
<05141>

of gold
<02091>_,

and an ornament
<02481>

of fine gold
<03800>_,

[so is] a wise
<02450>

reprover
<03198> (8688)

upon an obedient
<08085> (8802)

ear
<0241>_.

As the cold
<06793>

of snow
<07950>

in the time
<03117>

of harvest
<07105>_,

[so is] a faithful
<0539> (8737)

messenger
<06735>

to them that send
<07971> (8802)

him: for he refresheth
<07725> (8686)

the soul
<05315>

of his masters
<0113>_.

Whoso
<0376>

boasteth
<01984> (8693)

himself of a false
<08267>

gift
<04991>

[is like] clouds
<05387>

and wind
<07307>

without rain
<01653>_.

{of a...: Heb. in a gift of falsehood}

By long
<0753>

forbearing
<0639>

is a prince
<07101>

persuaded
<06601> (8792)_,

and a soft
<07390>

tongue
<03956>

breaketh
<07665> (8799)

the bone
<01634>_.

Hast thou found
<04672> (8804)

honey
<01706>_?

eat
<0398> (8798)

so much as is sufficient
<01767>

for thee, lest thou be filled
<07646> (8799)

therewith, and vomit
<06958> (8689)

it.

Withdraw
<03365> (8685)

thy foot
<07272>

from thy neighbour's
<07453>

house
<01004>_;

lest he be weary
<07646> (8799)

of thee, and [so] hate
<08130> (8804)

thee. {Withdraw...: or, Let thy foot be seldom in} {weary...: Heb. full of thee}

A man
<0376>

that beareth
<06030> (8802)

false
<08267>

witness
<05707>

against his neighbour
<07453>

[is] a maul
<04650>_,

and a sword
<02719>_,

and a sharp
<08150> (8802)

arrow
<02671>_.

Confidence
<04009>

in an unfaithful man
<0898> (8802)

in time
<03117>

of trouble
<06869>

[is like] a broken
<07465>

tooth
<08127>_,

and a foot
<07272>

out of joint
<04154>_.

[As] he that taketh away
<05710> (8688)

a garment
<0899>

in cold
<07135>

weather
<03117>_,

[and as] vinegar
<02558>

upon nitre
<05427>_,

so [is] he that singeth
<07891> (8802)

songs
<07892>

to an heavy
<07451>

heart
<03820>_.

If thine enemy
<08130> (8802)

be hungry
<07457>_,

give him bread
<03899>

to eat
<0398> (8685)_;

and if he be thirsty
<06771>_,

give him water
<04325>

to drink
<08248> (8685)_:

For thou shalt heap
<02846> (8802)

coals of fire
<01513>

upon his head
<07218>_,

and the LORD
<03068>

shall reward
<07999> (8762)

thee.

The north
<06828>

wind
<07307>

driveth away
<02342> (8787)

rain
<01653>_:

so [doth] an angry
<02194> (8737)

countenance
<06440>

a backbiting
<05643>

tongue
<03956>_.

{driveth...: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance}

[It is] better
<02896>

to dwell
<03427> (8800)

in the corner
<06438>

of the housetop
<01406>_,

than with a brawling
<04079> (8675) <04066>

woman
<0802>

and in a wide
<02267>

house
<01004>_.

[As] cold
<07119>

waters
<04325>

to a thirsty
<05889>

soul
<05315>_,

so [is] good
<02896>

news
<08052>

from a far
<04801>

country
<0776>_.

A righteous
<06662>

man falling down
<04131> (8801)

before
<06440>

the wicked
<07563>

[is as] a troubled
<07515> (8737)

fountain
<04599>_,

and a corrupt
<07843> (8716)

spring
<04726>_.

[It is] not good
<02896>

to eat
<0398> (8800)

much
<07235> (8687)

honey
<01706>_:

so [for men] to search
<02714>

their own glory
<03519>

[is not] glory
<03519>_.

He
<0376>

that [hath] no rule
<04623>

over his own spirit
<07307>

[is like] a city
<05892>

[that is] broken down
<06555> (8803)_,

[and] without walls
<02346>_.

As snow
<07950>

in summer
<07019>_,

and as rain
<04306>

in harvest
<07105>_,

so honour
<03519>

is not seemly
<05000>

for a fool
<03684>_.

As the bird
<06833>

by wandering
<05110> (8800)_,

as the swallow
<01866>

by flying
<05774> (8800)_,

so the curse
<07045>

causeless
<02600>

shall not come
<0935> (8799)_.

A whip
<07752>

for the horse
<05483>_,

a bridle
<04964>

for the ass
<02543>_,

and a rod
<07626>

for the fool's
<03684>

back
<01460>_.

Answer
<06030> (8799)

not a fool
<03684>

according to his folly
<0200>_,

lest thou also be like
<07737> (8799)

unto him.

Answer
<06030> (8798)

a fool
<03684>

according to his folly
<0200>_,

lest he be wise
<02450>

in his own conceit
<05869>_.

{conceit: Heb. eyes}

He that sendeth
<07971> (8802)

a message
<01697>

by the hand
<03027>

of a fool
<03684>

cutteth off
<07096> (8764)

the feet
<07272>_,

[and] drinketh
<08354> (8802)

damage
<02555>_.

{damage: or, violence}

The legs
<07785>

of the lame
<06455>

are not equal
<01809> (8804)_:

so [is] a parable
<04912>

in the mouth
<06310>

of fools
<03684>_.

{are...: Heb. are lifted up}

As he that bindeth
<06872> (8675) <06887> (8800)

a stone
<068>

in a sling
<04773>_,

so [is] he that giveth
<05414> (8802)

honour
<03519>

to a fool
<03684>_.

{bindeth...: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones}

[As] a thorn
<02336>

goeth up
<05927> (8804)

into the hand
<03027>

of a drunkard
<07910>_,

so [is] a parable
<04912>

in the mouth
<06310>

of fools
<03684>_.

The great
<07227>

[God] that formed
<02342> (8789)

all [things] both rewardeth
<07936> (8802)

the fool
<03684>_,

and rewardeth
<07936> (8802)

transgressors
<05674> (8802)_.

{The great...: or, A great man grieveth all, and he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors}

As a dog
<03611>

returneth
<07725> (8804)

to his vomit
<06892>_,

[so] a fool
<03684>

returneth
<08138> (8802)

to his folly
<0200>_.

{returneth to his folly: Heb. iterateth his folly}

Seest
<07200> (8804)

thou a man
<0376>

wise
<02450>

in his own conceit
<05869>_?

[there is] more hope
<08615>

of a fool
<03684>

than of him.

The slothful
<06102>

[man] saith
<0559> (8804)_,

[There is] a lion
<07826>

in the way
<01870>_;

a lion
<0738>

[is] in the streets
<07339>_.

[As] the door
<01817>

turneth
<05437> (8735)

upon his hinges
<06735>_,

so [doth] the slothful
<06102>

upon his bed
<04296>_.

The slothful
<06102>

hideth
<02934> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

in [his] bosom
<06747>_;

it grieveth
<03811> (8738)

him to bring it again
<07725> (8687)

to his mouth
<06310>_.

{it grieveth...: or, he is weary}

The sluggard
<06102>

[is] wiser
<02450>

in his own conceit
<05869>

than seven men
<07651>

that can render
<07725> (8688)

a reason
<02940>_.

He that passeth by
<05674> (8802)_,

[and] meddleth
<05674> (8693)

with strife
<07379>

[belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh
<02388> (8688)

a dog
<03611>

by the ears
<0241>_.

{meddleth: or, is enraged}

As a mad
<03856> (8700)

[man] who casteth
<03384> (8802)

firebrands
<02131>_,

arrows
<02671>_,

and death
<04194>_,

{firebrands: Heb. flames, or, sparks}

So [is] the man
<0376>

[that] deceiveth
<07411> (8765)

his neighbour
<07453>_,

and saith
<0559> (8804)_,

Am not I in sport
<07832> (8764)_?

Where no
<0657>

wood
<06086>

is, [there] the fire
<0784>

goeth out
<03518> (8799)_:

so where [there is] no talebearer
<05372>_,

the strife
<04066>

ceaseth
<08367> (8799)_.

{Where no...: Heb. Without wood} {talebearer: or, whisperer} {ceaseth: Heb. is silent}

[As] coals
<06352>

[are] to burning coals
<01513>_,

and wood
<06086>

to fire
<0784>_;

so [is] a contentious
<04079> (8675) <04066>

man
<0376>

to kindle
<02787> (8771)

strife
<07379>_.

The words
<01697>

of a talebearer
<05372>

[are] as wounds
<03859> (8693)_,

and they go down
<03381> (8804)

into the innermost parts
<02315>

of the belly
<0990>_.

{innermost...: Heb. chambers}

Burning
<01814> (8801)

lips
<08193>

and a wicked
<07451>

heart
<03820>

[are like] a potsherd
<02789>

covered
<06823> (8794)

with silver
<03701>

dross
<05509>_.

He that hateth
<08130> (8802)

dissembleth
<05234> (8735)

with his lips
<08193>_,

and layeth up
<07896> (8799)

deceit
<04820>

within
<07130>

him; {dissembleth: or, is known}

When he speaketh
<06963>

fair
<02603> (8762)_,

believe
<0539> (8686)

him not: for [there are] seven
<07651>

abominations
<08441>

in his heart
<03820>_.

{speaketh...: Heb. maketh his voice gracious}

[Whose] hatred
<08135>

is covered
<03680> (8691)

by deceit
<04860>_,

his wickedness
<07451>

shall be shewed
<01540> (8735)

before the [whole] congregation
<06951>_.

{by...: or, in secret}

Whoso diggeth
<03738> (8802)

a pit
<07845>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

therein: and he that rolleth
<01556> (8802)

a stone
<068>_,

it will return
<07725> (8799)

upon him.

A lying
<08267>

tongue
<03956>

hateth
<08130> (8799)

[those that are] afflicted
<01790>

by it; and a flattering
<02509>

mouth
<06310>

worketh
<06213> (8799)

ruin
<04072>_.

Boast
<01984> (8691)

not thyself of to morrow
<04279>_;

for thou knowest
<03045> (8799)

not what a day
<03117>

may bring forth
<03205> (8799)_.

{to...: Heb. to morrow day}

Let another man
<02114> (8801)

praise
<01984> (8762)

thee, and not thine own mouth
<06310>_;

a stranger
<05237>_,

and not thine own lips
<08193>_.

A stone
<068>

[is] heavy
<03514>_,

and the sand
<02344>

weighty
<05192>_;

but a fool's
<0191>

wrath
<03708>

[is] heavier
<03515>

than them both
<08147>_.

{heavy: Heb. heaviness}

Wrath
<02534>

[is] cruel
<0395>_,

and anger
<0639>

[is] outrageous
<07858>_;

but who [is] able to stand
<05975> (8799)

before
<06440>

envy
<07068>_?

{Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing} {envy: or, jealousy?}

Open
<01540> (8794)

rebuke
<08433>

[is] better
<02896>

than secret
<05641> (8794)

love
<0160>_.

Faithful
<0539> (8737)

[are] the wounds
<06482>

of a friend
<0157> (8802)_;

but the kisses
<05390>

of an enemy
<08130> (8802)

[are] deceitful
<06280> (8737)_.

{deceitful: or, earnest, or, frequent}

The full
<07649>

soul
<05315>

loatheth
<0947> (8799)

an honeycomb
<05317>_;

but to the hungry
<07457>

soul
<05315>

every bitter thing
<04751>

is sweet
<04966>_.

{loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}

As a bird
<06833>

that wandereth
<05074> (8802)

from her nest
<07064>_,

so [is] a man
<0376>

that wandereth
<05074> (8802)

from his place
<04725>_.

Ointment
<08081>

and perfume
<07004>

rejoice
<08055> (8762)

the heart
<03820>_:

so [doth] the sweetness
<04986>

of a man's friend
<07453>

by hearty
<05315>

counsel
<06098>_.

{by...: Heb. from the counsel of the soul}

Thine own friend
<07453>_,

and thy father's
<01>

friend
<07453>_,

forsake
<05800> (8799)

not; neither go
<0935> (8799)

into thy brother's
<0251>

house
<01004>

in the day
<03117>

of thy calamity
<0343>_:

[for] better
<02896>

[is] a neighbour
<07934>

[that is] near
<07138>

than a brother
<0251>

far off
<07350>_.

My son
<01121>_,

be wise
<02449> (8798)_,

and make my heart
<03820>

glad
<08055> (8761)_,

that I may answer
<07725> (8686) <01697>

him that reproacheth
<02778> (8802)

me.

A prudent
<06175>

[man] foreseeth
<07200> (8804)

the evil
<07451>_,

[and] hideth
<05641> (8738)

himself; [but] the simple
<06612>

pass on
<05674> (8804)_,

[and] are punished
<06064> (8738)_.

Take
<03947> (8798)

his garment
<0899>

that is surety
<06148> (8804)

for a stranger
<02114> (8801)_,

and take a pledge
<02254> (8798)

of him for a strange woman
<05237>_.

He that blesseth
<01288> (8764)

his friend
<07453>

with a loud
<01419>

voice
<06963>_,

rising early
<07925> (8687)

in the morning
<01242>_,

it shall be counted
<02803> (8735)

a curse
<07045>

to him.

A continual
<02956> (8802)

dropping
<01812>

in a very rainy
<05464>

day
<03117>

and a contentious
<04079> (8675) <04066>

woman
<0802>

are alike
<07737> (8739)_.

Whosoever hideth
<06845> (8802)

her hideth
<06845> (8804)

the wind
<07307>_,

and the ointment
<08081>

of his right hand
<03225>_,

[which] bewrayeth
<07121> (8799)

[itself].

Iron
<01270>

sharpeneth
<02300> (8799)

iron
<01270>_;

so a man
<0376>

sharpeneth
<02300> (8686)

the countenance
<06440>

of his friend
<07453>_.

Whoso keepeth
<05341> (8802)

the fig tree
<08384>

shall eat
<0398> (8799)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof: so he that waiteth
<08104> (8802)

on his master
<0113>

shall be honoured
<03513> (8792)_.

As in water
<04325>

face
<06440>

[answereth] to face
<06440>_,

so the heart
<03820>

of man
<0120>

to man
<0120>_.

Hell
<07585>

and destruction
<011> (8675) <010>

are never
<03808>

full
<07646> (8799)_;

so the eyes
<05869>

of man
<0120>

are never satisfied
<07646> (8799)_.

{never: Heb. not}

[As] the fining pot
<04715>

for silver
<03701>_,

and the furnace
<03564>

for gold
<02091>_;

so [is] a man
<0376>

to
<06310>

his praise
<04110>_.

Though thou shouldest bray
<03806> (8799)

a fool
<0191>

in a mortar
<04388>

among
<08432>

wheat
<07383>

with a pestle
<05940>_,

[yet] will not his foolishness
<0200>

depart
<05493> (8799)

from him.

Be thou diligent
<03045> (8799)

to know
<03045> (8800)

the state
<06440>

of thy flocks
<06629>_,

[and] look
<07896> (8798)

well
<03820>

to thy herds
<05739>_.

{look...: Heb. set thy heart}

For riches
<02633>

[are] not for ever
<05769>_:

and doth the crown
<05145>

[endure] to every
<01755>

generation
<01755>_?

{riches: Heb. strength} {to...: Heb. to generation and generation?}

The hay
<02682>

appeareth
<01540> (8804)_,

and the tender grass
<01877>

sheweth
<07200> (8738)

itself, and herbs
<06212>

of the mountains
<02022>

are gathered
<0622> (8738)_.

The lambs
<03532>

[are] for thy clothing
<03830>_,

and the goats
<06260>

[are] the price
<04242>

of the field
<07704>_.

And [thou shalt have] goats
<05795>_'

milk
<02461>

enough
<01767>

for thy food
<03899>_,

for the food
<03899>

of thy household
<01004>_,

and [for] the maintenance
<02416>

for thy maidens
<05291>_.

{maintenance: Heb. life}

The wicked
<07563>

flee
<05127> (8804)

when no man pursueth
<07291> (8802)_:

but the righteous
<06662>

are bold
<0982> (8799)

as a lion
<03715>_.

For the transgression
<06588>

of a land
<0776>

many
<07227>

[are] the princes
<08269>

thereof: but by a man
<0120>

of understanding
<0995> (8688)

[and] knowledge
<03045> (8802)

the state
<03651>

[thereof] shall be prolonged
<0748> (8686)_.

{by...: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged}

A poor
<07326> (8802)

man
<01397>

that oppresseth
<06231> (8802)

the poor
<01800>

[is like] a sweeping
<05502> (8802)

rain
<04306>

which leaveth no food
<03899>_.

{which...: Heb. without food}

They that forsake
<05800> (8802)

the law
<08451>

praise
<01984> (8762)

the wicked
<07563>_:

but such as keep
<08104> (8802)

the law
<08451>

contend
<01624> (8691)

with them.

Evil
<07451>

men
<0582>

understand
<0995> (8799)

not judgment
<04941>_:

but they that seek
<01245> (8764)

the LORD
<03068>

understand
<0995> (8799)

all [things].

Better
<02896>

[is] the poor
<07326> (8802)

that walketh
<01980> (8802)

in his uprightness
<08537>_,

than [he that is] perverse
<06141>

[in his] ways
<01870>_,

though he [be] rich
<06223>_.

Whoso keepeth
<05341> (8802)

the law
<08451>

[is] a wise
<0995> (8688)

son
<01121>_:

but he that is a companion
<07462> (8802)

of riotous
<02151> (8802)

[men] shameth
<03637> (8686)

his father
<01>_.

{is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}

He that by usury
<05392>

and unjust gain
<08636>

increaseth
<07235> (8688)

his substance
<01952>_,

he shall gather
<06908> (8762)

it for him that will pity
<02603> (8802)

the poor
<01800>_.

{unjust...: Heb. by increase}

He that turneth away
<05493> (8688)

his ear
<0241>

from hearing
<08085> (8800)

the law
<08451>_,

even his prayer
<08605>

[shall be] abomination
<08441>_.

Whoso causeth the righteous
<03477>

to go astray
<07686> (8688)

in an evil
<07451>

way
<01870>_,

he shall fall
<05307> (8799)

himself into his own pit
<07816>_:

but the upright
<08549>

shall have good
<02896>

[things] in possession
<05157> (8799)_.

The rich
<06223>

man
<0376>

[is] wise
<02450>

in his own conceit
<05869>_;

but the poor
<01800>

that hath understanding
<0995> (8688)

searcheth him out
<02713> (8799)_.

{own...: Heb. eyes}

When righteous
<06662>

[men] do rejoice
<05970> (8800)_,

[there is] great
<07227>

glory
<08597>_:

but when the wicked
<07563>

rise
<06965> (8800)_,

a man
<0120>

is hidden
<02664> (8792)_.

{hidden: or, sought for}

He that covereth
<03680> (8764)

his sins
<06588>

shall not prosper
<06743> (8686)_:

but whoso confesseth
<03034> (8688)

and forsaketh
<05800> (8802)

[them] shall have mercy
<07355> (8792)_.

Happy
<0835>

[is] the man
<0120>

that feareth
<06342> (8764)

alway
<08548>_:

but he that hardeneth
<07185> (8688)

his heart
<03820>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

into mischief
<07451>_.

[As] a roaring
<05098> (8802)

lion
<0738>_,

and a ranging
<08264> (8802)

bear
<01677>_;

[so is] a wicked
<07563>

ruler
<04910> (8802)

over the poor
<01800>

people
<05971>_.

The prince
<05057>

that wanteth
<02638>

understanding
<08394>

[is] also a great
<07227>

oppressor
<04642>_:

[but] he that hateth
<08130> (8802)

covetousness
<01215>

shall prolong
<0748> (8686)

[his] days
<03117>_.

A man
<0120>

that doeth violence
<06231> (8803)

to the blood
<01818>

of [any] person
<05315>

shall flee
<05127> (8799)

to the pit
<0953>_;

let no man stay
<08551> (8799)

him.

Whoso walketh
<01980> (8802)

uprightly
<08549>

shall be saved
<03467> (8735)_:

but [he that is] perverse
<06140> (8737)

[in his] ways
<01870>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

at once
<0259>_.

He that tilleth
<05647> (8802)

his land
<0127>

shall have plenty
<07646> (8799)

of bread
<03899>_:

but he that followeth
<07291> (8764)

after vain
<07386>

[persons] shall have poverty enough
<07389>_.

A faithful
<0530>

man
<0376>

shall abound
<07227>

with blessings
<01293>_:

but he that maketh haste
<0213> (8801)

to be rich
<06238> (8687)

shall not be innocent
<05352> (8735)_.

{innocent: or, unpunished}

To have respect
<05234> (8687)

of persons
<06440>

[is] not good
<02896>_:

for for a piece
<06595>

of bread
<03899>

[that] man
<01397>

will transgress
<06586> (8799)_.

He
<0376>

that hasteth
<0926> (8737)

to be rich
<01952>

[hath] an evil
<07451>

eye
<05869>_,

and considereth
<03045> (8799)

not that poverty
<02639>

shall come
<0935> (8799)

upon him. {hasteth...: or, hath and evil eye hasteth to be rich}

He that rebuketh
<03198> (8688)

a man
<0120>

afterwards
<0310>

shall find
<04672> (8799)

more favour
<02580>

than he that flattereth
<02505> (8688)

with the tongue
<03956>_.

Whoso robbeth
<01497> (8802)

his father
<01>

or his mother
<0517>_,

and saith
<0559> (8802)_,

[It is] no transgression
<06588>_;

the same [is] the companion
<02270>

of a destroyer
<0376> <07843> (8688)_.

{a destroyer: Heb. a man destroying}

He that is of a proud
<07342>

heart
<05315>

stirreth up
<01624> (8762)

strife
<04066>_:

but he that putteth his trust
<0982> (8802)

in the LORD
<03068>

shall be made fat
<01878> (8792)_.

He that trusteth
<0982> (8802)

in his own heart
<03820>

is a fool
<03684>_:

but whoso walketh
<01980> (8802)

wisely
<02451>_,

he shall be delivered
<04422> (8735)_.

He that giveth
<05414> (8802)

unto the poor
<07326> (8802)

shall not lack
<04270>_:

but he that hideth
<05956> (8688)

his eyes
<05869>

shall have many
<07227>

a curse
<03994>_.

When the wicked
<07563>

rise
<06965> (8800)_,

men
<0120>

hide
<05641> (8735)

themselves: but when they perish
<06> (8800)_,

the righteous
<06662>

increase
<07235> (8799)_.

He
<0376>_,

that being often reproved
<08433>

hardeneth
<07185> (8688)

[his] neck
<06203>_,

shall suddenly
<06621>

be destroyed
<07665> (8735)_,

and that without remedy
<04832>_.

{He...: Heb. A man of reproofs}

When the righteous
<06662>

are in authority
<07235> (8800)_,

the people
<05971>

rejoice
<08055> (8799)_:

but when the wicked
<07563>

beareth rule
<04910> (8800)_,

the people
<05971>

mourn
<0584> (8735)_.

{in...: or, increased}

Whoso
<0376>

loveth
<0157> (8802)

wisdom
<02451>

rejoiceth
<08055> (8762)

his father
<01>_:

but he that keepeth company
<07462> (8802)

with harlots
<02181> (8802)

spendeth
<06> (8762)

[his] substance
<01952>_.

The king
<04428>

by judgment
<04941>

establisheth
<05975> (8686)

the land
<0776>_:

but he
<0376>

that receiveth gifts
<08641>

overthroweth
<02040> (8799)

it. {he...: Heb. a man of oblations}

A man
<01397>

that flattereth
<02505> (8688)

his neighbour
<07453>

spreadeth
<06566> (8802)

a net
<07568>

for his feet
<06471>_.

In the transgression
<06588>

of an evil
<07451>

man
<0376>

[there is] a snare
<04170>_:

but the righteous
<06662>

doth sing
<07442> (8799)

and rejoice
<08056>_.

The righteous
<06662>

considereth
<03045> (8802)

the cause
<01779>

of the poor
<01800>_:

[but] the wicked
<07563>

regardeth
<0995> (8799)

not to know
<01847>

[it].

Scornful
<03944>

men
<0582>

bring
<06315> (0)

a city
<07151>

into a snare
<06315> (8686)_:

but wise
<02450>

[men] turn away
<07725> (8686)

wrath
<0639>_.

{bring...: or, set a city on fire}

[If] a wise
<02450>

man
<0376>

contendeth
<08199> (8737)

with a foolish
<0191>

man
<0376>_,

whether he rage
<07264> (8804)

or laugh
<07832> (8804)_,

[there is] no rest
<05183>_.

The bloodthirsty
<0582> <01818>

hate
<08130> (8799)

the upright
<08535>_:

but the just
<03477>

seek
<01245> (8762)

his soul
<05315>_.

{The bloodthirsty: Heb. Men of blood}

A fool
<03684>

uttereth
<03318> (8686)

all his mind
<07307>_:

but a wise
<02450>

[man] keepeth
<07623> (8762)

it in till afterwards
<0268>_.

If a ruler
<04910> (8802)

hearken
<07181> (8688)

to lies
<01697> <08267>_,

all his servants
<08334> (8764)

[are] wicked
<07563>_.

The poor
<07326> (8802)

and the deceitful
<08501>

man
<0376>

meet together
<06298> (8738)_:

the LORD
<03068>

lighteneth
<0215> (8688)

both
<08147>

their eyes
<05869>_.

{the deceitful...: or, the usurer}

The king
<04428>

that faithfully
<0571>

judgeth
<08199> (8802)

the poor
<01800>_,

his throne
<03678>

shall be established
<03559> (8735)

for ever
<05703>_.

The rod
<07626>

and reproof
<08433>

give
<05414> (8799)

wisdom
<02451>_:

but a child
<05288>

left
<07971> (8794)

[to himself] bringeth his mother
<0517>

to shame
<0954> (8688)_.

When the wicked
<07563>

are multiplied
<07235> (8800)_,

transgression
<06588>

increaseth
<07235> (8799)_:

but the righteous
<06662>

shall see
<07200> (8799)

their fall
<04658>_.

Correct
<03256> (8761)

thy son
<01121>_,

and he shall give thee rest
<05117> (8686)_;

yea, he shall give
<05414> (8799)

delight
<04574>

unto thy soul
<05315>_.

Where [there is] no vision
<02377>_,

the people
<05971>

perish
<06544> (8735)_:

but he that keepeth
<08104> (8802)

the law
<08451>_,

happy
<0835>

[is] he. {perish: or, is made naked}

A servant
<05650>

will not be corrected
<03256> (8735)

by words
<01697>_:

for though he understand
<0995> (8799)

he will not answer
<04617>_.

Seest
<02372> (8804)

thou a man
<0376>

[that is] hasty
<0213> (8801)

in his words
<01697>_?

[there is] more hope
<08615>

of a fool
<03684>

than of him. {words: or, matters?}

He that delicately bringeth up
<06445> (8764)

his servant
<05650>

from a child
<05290>

shall have him become [his] son
<04497>

at the length
<0319>_.

An angry
<0639>

man
<0376>

stirreth up
<01624> (8762)

strife
<04066>_,

and a furious
<02534>

man
<01167>

aboundeth in
<07227>

transgression
<06588>_.

A man's
<0120>

pride
<01346>

shall bring him low
<08213> (8686)_:

but honour
<03519>

shall uphold
<08551> (8799)

the humble
<08217>

in spirit
<07307>_.

Whoso is partner
<02505> (8802)

with a thief
<01590>

hateth
<08130> (8802)

his own soul
<05315>_:

he heareth
<08085> (8799)

cursing
<0423>_,

and bewrayeth
<05046> (8686)

[it] not.

The fear
<02731>

of man
<0120>

bringeth
<05414> (8799)

a snare
<04170>_:

but whoso putteth his trust
<0982> (8802)

in the LORD
<03068>

shall be safe
<07682> (8792)_.

{safe: Heb. set on high}

Many
<07227>

seek
<01245> (8764)

the ruler's
<04910> (8802)

favour
<06440>_;

but [every] man's
<0376>

judgment
<04941>

[cometh] from the LORD
<03068>_.

{the ruler's...: Heb. the face of a ruler}

An unjust
<05766>

man
<0376>

[is] an abomination
<08441>

to the just
<06662>_:

and [he that is] upright
<03477>

in the way
<01870>

[is] abomination
<08441>

to the wicked
<07563>_.

The words
<01697>

of Agur
<094>

the son
<01121>

of Jakeh
<03348>_,

[even] the prophecy
<04853>_:

the man
<01397>

spake
<05002> (8803)

unto Ithiel
<0384>_,

even unto Ithiel
<0384>

and Ucal
<0401>_,

Surely I [am] more brutish
<01198>

than [any] man
<0376>_,

and have not the understanding
<0998>

of a man
<0120>_.

I neither learned
<03925> (8804)

wisdom
<02451>_,

nor have
<03045> (8799)

the knowledge
<01847>

of the holy
<06918>_.

{have: Heb. know}

Who hath ascended up
<05927> (8804)

into heaven
<08064>_,

or descended
<03381> (8799)_?

who hath gathered
<0622> (8804)

the wind
<07307>

in his fists
<02651>_?

who hath bound
<06887> (8804)

the waters
<04325>

in a garment
<08071>_?

who hath established
<06965> (8689)

all the ends
<0657>

of the earth
<0776>_?

what [is] his name
<08034>_,

and what [is] his son's
<01121>

name
<08034>_,

if thou canst tell
<03045> (8799)_?

Every word
<0565>

of God
<0433>

[is] pure
<06884> (8803)_:

he [is] a shield
<04043>

unto them that put their trust
<02620> (8802)

in him. {pure: Heb. purified}

Add
<03254> (8686)

thou not unto his words
<01697>_,

lest he reprove
<03198> (8686)

thee, and thou be found a liar
<03576> (8738)_.

Two
<08147>

[things] have I required
<07592> (8804)

of thee; deny
<04513> (8799)

me [them] not before I die
<04191> (8799)_:

{deny...: Heb. withhold not from me}

Remove far
<07368> (8685)

from me vanity
<07723>

and lies
<01697> <03577>_:

give
<05414> (8799)

me neither poverty
<07389>

nor riches
<06239>_;

feed
<02963> (8685)

me with food
<03899>

convenient
<02706>

for me: {convenient...: Heb. of my allowance}

Lest I be full
<07646> (8799)_,

and deny
<03584> (8765)

[thee], and say
<0559> (8804)_,

Who [is] the LORD
<03068>_?

or lest I be poor
<03423> (8735)_,

and steal
<01589> (8804)_,

and take
<08610> (8804)

the name
<08034>

of my God
<0430>

[in vain]. {deny...: Heb. belie thee}

Accuse
<03960> (8686)

not a servant
<05650>

unto his master
<0113>_,

lest he curse
<07043> (8762)

thee, and thou be found guilty
<0816> (8804)_.

{Accuse...: Heb. Hurt not with thy tongue}

[There is] a generation
<01755>

[that] curseth
<07043> (8762)

their father
<01>_,

and doth not bless
<01288> (8762)

their mother
<0517>_.

[There is] a generation
<01755>

[that are] pure
<02889>

in their own eyes
<05869>_,

and [yet] is not washed
<07364> (8795)

from their filthiness
<06675>_.

[There is] a generation
<01755>_,

O how lofty
<07311> (8804)

are their eyes
<05869>_!

and their eyelids
<06079>

are lifted up
<05375> (8735)_.

[There is] a generation
<01755>_,

whose teeth
<08127>

[are as] swords
<02719>_,

and their jaw teeth
<04973>

[as] knives
<03979>_,

to devour
<0398> (8800)

the poor
<06041>

from off the earth
<0776>_,

and the needy
<034>

from [among] men
<0120>_.

The horseleach
<05936>

hath two
<08147>

daughters
<01323>_,

[crying], Give
<03051> (8798)_,

give
<03051> (8798)_.

There are three
<07969>

[things that] are never satisfied
<07646> (8799)_,

[yea], four
<0702>

[things] say
<0559> (8804)

not, [It is] enough
<01952>_:

{It is...: Heb. Wealth}

The grave
<07585>_;

and the barren
<06115>

womb
<07356>_;

the earth
<0776>

[that] is not filled
<07646> (8804)

with water
<04325>_;

and the fire
<0784>

[that] saith
<0559> (8804)

not, [It is] enough
<01952>_.

The eye
<05869>

[that] mocketh
<03932> (8799)

at [his] father
<01>_,

and despiseth
<0936> (8799)

to obey
<03349>

[his] mother
<0517>_,

the ravens
<06158>

of the valley
<05158>

shall pick it out
<05365> (8799)_,

and the young
<01121>

eagles
<05404>

shall eat
<0398> (8799)

it. {the valley: or, the brook}

There be three
<07969>

[things which] are too wonderful
<06381> (8738)

for me, yea, four
<0702>

which I know
<03045> (8804)

not:

The way
<01870>

of an eagle
<05404>

in the air
<08064>_;

the way
<01870>

of a serpent
<05175>

upon a rock
<06697>_;

the way
<01870>

of a ship
<0591>

in the midst
<03820>

of the sea
<03220>_;

and the way
<01870>

of a man
<01397>

with a maid
<05959>_.

{midst: Heb. heart}

Such [is] the way
<01870>

of an adulterous
<05003> (8764)

woman
<0802>_;

she eateth
<0398> (8804)_,

and wipeth
<04229> (8804)

her mouth
<06310>_,

and saith
<0559> (8804)_,

I have done
<06466> (8804)

no wickedness
<0205>_.

For three
<07969>

[things] the earth
<0776>

is disquieted
<07264> (8804)_,

and for four
<0702>

[which] it cannot
<03201> (8799)

bear
<05375> (8800)_:

For a servant
<05650>

when he reigneth
<04427> (8799)_;

and a fool
<05036>

when he is filled
<07646> (8799)

with meat
<03899>_;

For an odious
<08130> (8803)

[woman] when she is married
<01166> (8735)_;

and an handmaid
<08198>

that is heir
<03423> (8799)

to her mistress
<01404>_.

There be four
<0702>

[things which are] little
<06996>

upon the earth
<0776>_,

but they [are] exceeding
<02449> (8794)

wise
<02450>_:

{exceeding...: Heb. wise, made wise}

The ants
<05244>

[are] a people
<05971>

not strong
<05794>_,

yet they prepare
<03559> (8686)

their meat
<03899>

in the summer
<07019>_;

The conies
<08227>

[are but] a feeble
<06099>

folk
<05971>_,

yet make
<07760> (8799)

they their houses
<01004>

in the rocks
<05553>_;

The locusts
<0697>

have no king
<04428>_,

yet go they forth
<03318> (8799)

all of them by bands
<02686> (8802)_;

{by...: Heb. gathered together}

The spider
<08079>

taketh hold
<08610> (8762)

with her hands
<03027>_,

and is in kings
<04428>_'

palaces
<01964>_.

There be three
<07969>

[things] which go
<06806>

well
<03190> (8688)_,

yea, four
<0702>

are comely
<02895> (8688)

in going
<03212> (8800)_:

A lion
<03918>

[which is] strongest
<01368>

among beasts
<0929>_,

and turneth not away
<07725> (8799)

for
<06440>

any;

A greyhound
<04975> <02223>_;

an he goat
<08495>

also
<0176>_;

and a king
<04428>_,

against whom [there is] no rising up
<0510>_.

{greyhound: or, horse: Heb. girt in the loins}

If thou hast done foolishly
<05034> (8804)

in lifting up
<05375> (8692)

thyself, or if thou hast thought evil
<02161> (8804)_,

[lay] thine hand
<03027>

upon thy mouth
<06310>_.

Surely the churning
<04330>

of milk
<02461>

bringeth forth
<03318> (8686)

butter
<02529>_,

and the wringing
<04330>

of the nose
<0639>

bringeth forth
<03318> (8686)

blood
<01818>_:

so the forcing
<04330>

of wrath
<0639>

bringeth forth
<03318> (8686)

strife
<07379>_.

The words
<01697>

of king
<04428>

Lemuel
<03927>_,

the prophecy
<04853>

that his mother
<0517>

taught
<03256> (8765)

him.

What, my son
<01248>_?

and what, the son
<01248>

of my womb
<0990>_?

and what, the son
<01248>

of my vows
<05088>_?

Give
<05414> (8799)

not thy strength
<02428>

unto women
<0802>_,

nor thy ways
<01870>

to that which destroyeth
<04229> (8687)

kings
<04428>_.

[It is] not for kings
<04428>_,

O Lemuel
<03927>_,

[it is] not for kings
<04428>

to drink
<08354> (8800)

wine
<03196>_;

nor for
<0335> (8675) <0176>

princes
<07336> (8802)

strong drink
<07941>_:

Lest they drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and forget
<07911> (8799)

the law
<02710> (8794)_,

and pervert
<08138> (8762)

the judgment
<01779>

of any of the afflicted
<01121> <06040>_.

{prevert: Heb. alter} {of any...: Heb. of all the sons of affliction}

Give
<05414> (8798)

strong drink
<07941>

unto him that is ready to perish
<06> (8802)_,

and wine
<03196>

unto those that be of heavy
<04751>

hearts
<05315>_.

{of...: Heb. bitter of soul}

Let him drink
<08354> (8799)_,

and forget
<07911> (8799)

his poverty
<07389>_,

and remember
<02142> (8799)

his misery
<05999>

no more.

Open
<06605> (8798)

thy mouth
<06310>

for the dumb
<0483>

in the cause
<01779>

of all such as are appointed
<01121>

to destruction
<02475>_.

{such...: Heb. the sons of destruction}

Open
<06605> (8798)

thy mouth
<06310>_,

judge
<08199> (8798)

righteously
<06664>_,

and plead
<01777> (8798)

the cause of the poor
<06041>

and needy
<034>_.

Who can find
<04672> (8799)

a virtuous
<02428>

woman
<0802>_?

for her price
<04377>

[is] far
<07350>

above rubies
<06443>_.

The heart
<03820>

of her husband
<01167>

doth safely trust
<0982> (8804)

in her, so that he shall have no need
<02637> (8799)

of spoil
<07998>_.

She will do
<01580> (8804)

him good
<02896>

and not evil
<07451>

all the days
<03117>

of her life
<02416>_.

She seeketh
<01875> (8804)

wool
<06785>_,

and flax
<06593>_,

and worketh
<06213> (8799)

willingly
<02656>

with her hands
<03709>_.

She is like the merchants
<05503> (8802)_'

ships
<0591>_;

she bringeth
<0935> (8686)

her food
<03899>

from afar
<04801>_.

She riseth
<06965> (8799)

also while it is yet night
<03915>_,

and giveth
<05414> (8799)

meat
<02964>

to her household
<01004>_,

and a portion
<02706>

to her maidens
<05291>_.

She considereth
<02161> (8804)

a field
<07704>_,

and buyeth
<03947> (8799)

it: with the fruit
<06529>

of her hands
<03709>

she planteth
<05193> (8804)

a vineyard
<03754>_.

{buyeth: Heb. taketh}

She girdeth
<02296> (8804)

her loins
<04975>

with strength
<05797>_,

and strengtheneth
<0553> (8762)

her arms
<02220>_.

She perceiveth
<02938> (8804)

that her merchandise
<05504>

[is] good
<02896>_:

her candle
<05216>

goeth not out
<03518> (8799)

by night
<03915>_.

{She...: Heb. She tasteth}

She layeth
<07971> (8765)

her hands
<03027>

to the spindle
<03601>_,

and her hands
<03709>

hold
<08551> (8804)

the distaff
<06418>_.

She stretcheth out
<06566> (8804)

her hand
<03709>

to the poor
<06041>_;

yea, she reacheth forth
<07971> (8765)

her hands
<03027>

to the needy
<034>_.

{She...: Heb. She spreadeth}

She is not afraid
<03372> (8799)

of the snow
<07950>

for her household
<01004>_:

for all her household
<01004>

[are] clothed
<03847> (8803)

with scarlet
<08144>_.

{scarlet: or, double garments}

She maketh
<06213> (8804)

herself coverings of tapestry
<04765>_;

her clothing
<03830>

[is] silk
<08336>

and purple
<0713>_.

Her husband
<01167>

is known
<03045> (8737)

in the gates
<08179>_,

when he sitteth
<03427> (8800)

among the elders
<02205>

of the land
<0776>_.

She maketh
<06213> (8804)

fine linen
<05466>_,

and selleth
<04376> (8799)

[it]; and delivereth
<05414> (8804)

girdles
<02289>

unto the merchant
<03669>_.

Strength
<05797>

and honour
<01926>

[are] her clothing
<03830>_;

and she shall rejoice
<07832> (8799)

in time
<03117>

to come
<0314>_.

She openeth
<06605> (8804)

her mouth
<06310>

with wisdom
<02451>_;

and in her tongue
<03956>

[is] the law
<08451>

of kindness
<02617>_.

She looketh well
<06822> (8802)

to the ways
<01979> (8675) <01979>

of her household
<01004>_,

and eateth
<0398> (8799)

not the bread
<03899>

of idleness
<06104>_.

Her children
<01121>

arise up
<06965> (8804)_,

and call her blessed
<0833> (8762)_;

her husband
<01167>

[also], and he praiseth
<01984> (8762)

her.

Many
<07227>

daughters
<01323>

have done
<06213> (8804)

virtuously
<02428>_,

but thou excellest
<05927> (8804)

them all. {have...: or, have gotten riches}

Favour
<02580>

[is] deceitful
<08267>_,

and beauty
<03308>

[is] vain
<01892>_:

[but] a woman
<0802>

[that] feareth
<03373>

the LORD
<03068>_,

she shall be praised
<01984> (8691)_.

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