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                        PROVERBS 1
 1:1  The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
 1:2  To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding;
 1:3  To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and
judgment, and equity;
 1:4  To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man
knowledge and discretion.
 1:5  A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a
man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
 1:6  To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the
words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
 1:7  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge:
[but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.
 1:8  My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake
not the law of thy mother:
 1:9  For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head,
and chains about thy neck.
 1:10  My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
 1:11  If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,
let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
 1:12  Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as
those that go down into the pit:
 1:13  We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our
houses with spoil:
 1:14  Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
 1:15  My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy
foot from their path:
 1:16  For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed
blood.
 1:17  Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any
bird.
 1:18  And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk
privily for their [own] lives.
 1:19  So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
[which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
 1:20  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the
streets:
 1:21  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the
openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,
[saying],
 1:22  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and
the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate
knowledge?
 1:23  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my
spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
 1:24  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched
out my hand, and no man regarded;
 1:25  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none
of my reproof:
 1:26  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
your fear cometh;
 1:27  When your fear cometh as desolation, and your
destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish
cometh upon you.
 1:28  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
 1:29  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the
fear of the LORD:
 1:30  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my
reproof.
 1:31  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way,
and be filled with their own devices.
 1:32  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
 1:33  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and
shall be quiet from fear of evil.

                        PROVERBS 2
 2:1  My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my
commandments with thee;
 2:2  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, [and] apply
thine heart to understanding;
 2:3  Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, [and] liftest up thy
voice for understanding;
 2:4  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as
[for] hid treasures;
 2:5  Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find
the knowledge of God.
 2:6  For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh]
knowledge and understanding.
 2:7  He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a
buckler to them that walk uprightly.
 2:8  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way
of his saints.
 2:9  Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,
and equity; [yea], every good path.
 2:10  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is
pleasant unto thy soul;
 2:11  Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep
thee:
 2:12  To deliver thee from the way of the evil [man], from the
man that speaketh froward things;
 2:13  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways
of darkness;
 2:14  Who rejoice to do evil, [and] delight in the frowardness
of the wicked;
 2:15  Whose ways [are] crooked, and [they] froward in their
paths:
 2:16  To deliver thee from the strange woman, [even] from the
stranger [which] flattereth with her words;
 2:17  Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth
the covenant of her God.
 2:18  For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto
the dead.
 2:19  None that go unto her return again, neither take they
hold of the paths of life.
 2:20  That thou mayest walk in the way of good [men], and keep
the paths of the righteous.
 2:21  For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect
shall remain in it.
 2:22  But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the
transgressors shall be rooted out of it.

                        PROVERBS 3
 3:1  My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my
commandments:
 3:2  For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they
add to thee.
 3:3  Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy
neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
 3:4  So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the
sight of God and man.
 3:5  Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto
thine own understanding.
 3:6  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy
paths.
 3:7  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart
from evil.
 3:8  It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
 3:9  Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the
firstfruits of all thine increase:
 3:10  So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine.
 3:11  My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither
be weary of his correction:
 3:12  For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father
the son [in whom] he delighteth.
 3:13  Happy [is] the man [that] findeth wisdom, and the man
[that] getteth understanding.
 3:14  For the merchandise of it [is] better than the
merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
 3:15  She [is] more precious than rubies: and all the things
thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
 3:16  Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left
hand riches and honour.
 3:17  Her ways [are] ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
[are] peace.
 3:18  She [is] a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
and happy [is every one] that retaineth her.
 3:19  The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by
understanding hath he established the heavens.
 3:20  By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the
clouds drop down the dew.
 3:21  My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound
wisdom and discretion:
 3:22  So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy
neck.
 3:23  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot
shall not stumble.
 3:24  When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea,
thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
 3:25  Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation
of the wicked, when it cometh.
 3:26  For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy
foot from being taken.
 3:27  Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it
is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
 3:28  Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to
morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
 3:29  Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he
dwelleth securely by thee.
 3:30  Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done
thee no harm.
 3:31  Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his
ways.
 3:32  For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his
secret [is] with the righteous.
 3:33  The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked:
but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
 3:34  Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace
unto the lowly.
 3:35  The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the
promotion of fools.

                        PROVERBS 4
 4:1  Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and
attend to know understanding.
 4:2  For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
 4:3  For I was my father's son, tender and only [beloved] in
the sight of my mother.
 4:4  He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart
retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
 4:5  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither
decline from the words of my mouth.
 4:6  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her,
and she shall keep thee.
 4:7  Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get understanding.
 4:8  Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring
thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
 4:9  She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a
crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
 4:10  Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of
thy life shall be many.
 4:11  I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee
in right paths.
 4:12  When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and
when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
 4:13  Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep
her; for she [is] thy life.
 4:14  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the
way of evil [men].
 4:15  Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
 4:16  For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and
their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
 4:17  For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine
of violence.
 4:18  But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that
shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 4:19  The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at
what they stumble.
 4:20  My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my
sayings.
 4:21  Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the
midst of thine heart.
 4:22  For they [are] life unto those that find them, and
health to all their flesh.
 4:23  Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are]
the issues of life.
 4:24  Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips
put far from thee.
 4:25  Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look
straight before thee.
 4:26  Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be
established.
 4:27  Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy
foot from evil.

                        PROVERBS 5
 5:1  My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my
understanding:
 5:2  That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips
may keep knowledge.
 5:3  For the lips of a strange woman drop [as] an honeycomb,
and her mouth [is] smoother than oil:
 5:4  But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged
sword.
 5:5  Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
 5:6  Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are
moveable, [that] thou canst not know [them].
 5:7  Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from
the words of my mouth.
 5:8  Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door
of her house:
 5:9  Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years
unto the cruel:
 5:10  Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy
labours [be] in the house of a stranger;
 5:11  And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body
are consumed,
 5:12  And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart
despised reproof;
 5:13  And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor
inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
 5:14  I was almost in all evil in the midst of the
congregation and assembly.
 5:15  Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running
waters out of thine own well.
 5:16  Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, [and] rivers of
waters in the streets.
 5:17  Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with
thee.
 5:18  Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife
of thy youth.
 5:19  [Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe; let
her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished
always with her love.
 5:20  And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange
woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
 5:21  For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD,
and he pondereth all his goings.
 5:22  His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he
shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
 5:23  He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness
of his folly he shall go astray.

                        PROVERBS 6
 6:1  My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast
stricken thy hand with a stranger,
 6:2  Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
taken with the words of thy mouth.
 6:3  Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art
come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make
sure thy friend.
 6:4  Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids.
 6:5  Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter],
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
 6:6  Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be
wise:
 6:7  Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
 6:8  Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her
food in the harvest.
 6:9  How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep?
 6:10  [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to sleep:
 6:11  So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and
thy want as an armed man.
 6:12  A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward
mouth.
 6:13  He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he
teacheth with his fingers;
 6:14  Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief
continually; he soweth discord.
 6:15  Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
shall he be broken without remedy.
 6:16  These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are]
an abomination unto him:
 6:17  A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed
innocent blood,
 6:18  An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be
swift in running to mischief,
 6:19  A false witness [that] speaketh lies, and he that soweth
discord among brethren.
 6:20  My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not
the law of thy mother:
 6:21  Bind them continually upon thine heart, [and] tie them
about thy neck.
 6:22  When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with
thee.
 6:23  For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light;
and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life:
 6:24  To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of
the tongue of a strange woman.
 6:25  Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
her take thee with her eyelids.
 6:26  For by means of a whorish woman [a man is brought] to a
piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious
life.
 6:27  Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be
burned?
 6:28  Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
 6:29  So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever
toucheth her shall not be innocent.
 6:30  [Men] do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his
soul when he is hungry;
 6:31  But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house.
 6:32  [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
 6:33  A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away.
 6:34  For jealousy [is] the rage of a man: therefore he will
not spare in the day of vengeance.
 6:35  He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
content, though thou givest many gifts.

                        PROVERBS 7
 7:1  My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with
thee.
 7:2  Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple
of thine eye.
 7:3  Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of
thine heart.
 7:4  Say unto wisdom, Thou [art] my sister; and call
understanding [thy] kinswoman:
 7:5  That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the
stranger [which] flattereth with her words.
 7:6  For at the window of my house I looked through my
casement,
 7:7  And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the
youths, a young man void of understanding,
 7:8  Passing through the street near her corner; and he went
the way to her house,
 7:9  In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark
night:
 7:10  And, behold, there met him a woman [with] the attire of
an harlot, and subtle of heart.
 7:11  (She [is] loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her
house:
 7:12  Now [is she] without, now in the streets, and lieth in
wait at every corner.)
 7:13  So she caught him, and kissed him, [and] with an
impudent face said unto him,
 7:14  [I have] peace offerings with me; this day have I payed
my vows.
 7:15  Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek
thy face, and I have found thee.
 7:16  I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with
carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.
 7:17  I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
 7:18  Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning:
let us solace ourselves with loves.
 7:19  For the goodman [is] not at home, he is gone a long
journey:
 7:20  He hath taken a bag of money with him, [and] will come
home at the day appointed.
 7:21  With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with
the flattering of her lips she forced him.
 7:22  He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the
slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
 7:23  Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth
to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.
 7:24  Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend
to the words of my mouth.
 7:25  Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray
in her paths.
 7:26  For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong
[men] have been slain by her.
 7:27  Her house [is] the way to hell, going down to the
chambers of death.

                        PROVERBS 8
 8:1  Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her
voice?
 8:2  She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the
places of the paths.
 8:3  She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the
coming in at the doors.
 8:4  Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice [is] to the sons of
man.
 8:5  O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of
an understanding heart.
 8:6  Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the
opening of my lips [shall be] right things.
 8:7  For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness [is] an
abomination to my lips.
 8:8  All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there
is] nothing froward or perverse in them.
 8:9  They [are] all plain to him that understandeth, and right
to them that find knowledge.
 8:10  Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge
rather than choice gold.
 8:11  For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things
that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
 8:12  I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of
witty inventions.
 8:13  The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
 8:14  Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am]
understanding; I have strength.
 8:15  By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
 8:16  By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of
the earth.
 8:17  I love them that love me; and those that seek me early
shall find me.
 8:18  Riches and honour [are] with me; [yea], durable riches
and righteousness.
 8:19  My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and
my revenue than choice silver.
 8:20  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the
paths of judgment:
 8:21  That I may cause those that love me to inherit
substance; and I will fill their treasures.
 8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way,
before his works of old.
 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or
ever the earth was.
 8:24  When [there were] no depths, I was brought forth; when
[there were] no fountains abounding with water.
 8:25  Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was
I brought forth:
 8:26  While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields,
nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
 8:27  When he prepared the heavens, I [was] there: when he set
a compass upon the face of the depth:
 8:28  When he established the clouds above: when he
strengthened the fountains of the deep:
 8:29  When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters
should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the
foundations of the earth:
 8:30  Then I was by him, [as] one brought up [with him]: and I
was daily [his] delight, rejoicing always before him;
 8:31  Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my
delights [were] with the sons of men.
 8:32  Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for
blessed [are they that] keep my ways.
 8:33  Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
 8:34  Blessed [is] the man that heareth me, watching daily at
my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain
favour of the LORD.
 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul:
all they that hate me love death.

                        PROVERBS 9
 9:1  Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her
seven pillars:
 9:2  She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine;
she hath also furnished her table.
 9:3  She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the
highest places of the city,
 9:4  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: [as for] him
that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
 9:5  Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine [which] I
have mingled.
 9:6  Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of
understanding.
 9:7  He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and
he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.
 9:8  Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise
man, and he will love thee.
 9:9  Give [instruction] to a wise [man], and he will be yet
wiser: teach a just [man], and he will increase in learning.
 9:10  The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: and
the knowledge of the holy [is] understanding.
 9:11  For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of
thy life shall be increased.
 9:12  If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
[if] thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear [it].
 9:13  A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and
knoweth nothing.
 9:14  For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in
the high places of the city,
 9:15  To call passengers who go right on their ways:
 9:16  Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for]
him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
 9:17  Stolen waters are sweet, and bread [eaten] in secret is
pleasant.
 9:18  But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that]
her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

                        PROVERBS 10
 10:1  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad
father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
 10:2  Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but
righteousness delivereth from death.
 10:3  The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to
famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
 10:4  He becometh poor that dealeth [with] a slack hand: but
the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
 10:5  He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he
that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
 10:6  Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence
covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 10:7  The memory of the just [is] blessed: but the name of the
wicked shall rot.
 10:8  The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a
prating fool shall fall.
 10:9  He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that
perverteth his ways shall be known.
 10:10  He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a
prating fool shall fall.
 10:11  The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but
violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
 10:12  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
 10:13  In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is
found: but a rod [is] for the back of him that is void of
understanding.
 10:14  Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the
foolish [is] near destruction.
 10:15  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city: the
destruction of the poor [is] their poverty.
 10:16  The labour of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the
fruit of the wicked to sin.
 10:17  He [is in] the way of life that keepeth instruction:
but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
 10:18  He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that
uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.
 10:19  In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he
that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
 10:20  The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart
of the wicked [is] little worth.
 10:21  The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for
want of wisdom.
 10:22  The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth
no sorrow with it.
 10:23  [It is] as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of
understanding hath wisdom.
 10:24  The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the
desire of the righteous shall be granted.
 10:25  As the whirlwind passeth, so [is] the wicked no [more]:
but the righteous [is] an everlasting foundation.
 10:26  As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so
[is] the sluggard to them that send him.
 10:27  The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of
the wicked shall be shortened.
 10:28  The hope of the righteous [shall be] gladness: but the
expectation of the wicked shall perish.
 10:29  The way of the LORD [is] strength to the upright: but
destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
 10:30  The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked
shall not inhabit the earth.
 10:31  The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the
froward tongue shall be cut out.
 10:32  The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but
the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] frowardness.

                        PROVERBS 11
 11:1  A false balance [is] abomination to the LORD: but a just
weight [is] his delight.
 11:2  [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the
lowly [is] wisdom.
 11:3  The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the
perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
 11:4  Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness
delivereth from death.
 11:5  The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way:
but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
 11:6  The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but
transgressors shall be taken in [their own] naughtiness.
 11:7  When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish:
and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
 11:8  The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the
wicked cometh in his stead.
 11:9  An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour:
but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
 11:10  When it goeth well with the righteous, the city
rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.
 11:11  By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but
it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
 11:12  He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but
a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
 11:13  A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a
faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
 11:14  Where no counsel [is], the people fall: but in the
multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
 11:15  He that is surety for a stranger shall smart [for it]:
and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
 11:16  A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong [men]
retain riches.
 11:17  The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he
that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that
soweth righteousness [shall be] a sure reward.
 11:19  As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth
evil [pursueth it] to his own death.
 11:20  They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to
the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his
delight.
 11:21  [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be
unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
 11:22  [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair
woman which is without discretion.
 11:23  The desire of the righteous [is] only good: [but] the
expectation of the wicked [is] wrath.
 11:24  There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
[there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth]
to poverty.
 11:25  The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that
watereth shall be watered also himself.
 11:26  He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him:
but blessing [shall be] upon the head of him that selleth [it].
 11:27  He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but
he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
 11:28  He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the
righteous shall flourish as a branch.
 11:29  He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind:
and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.
 11:30  The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he
that winneth souls [is] wise.
 11:31  Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the
earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

                        PROVERBS 12
 12:1  Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that
hateth reproof [is] brutish.
 12:2  A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of
wicked devices will he condemn.
 12:3  A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the
root of the righteous shall not be moved.
 12:4  A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she
that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
 12:5  The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the
counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
 12:6  The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood:
but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
 12:7  The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house
of the righteous shall stand.
 12:8  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he
that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
 12:9  [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better
than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
 12:10  A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but
the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
 12:11  He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread:
but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
 12:12  The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root
of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
 12:13  The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his]
lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
 12:14  A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of
[his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be
rendered unto him.
 12:15  The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he
that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
 12:16  A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man]
covereth shame.
 12:17  [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness:
but a false witness deceit.
 12:18  There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword:
but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
 12:19  The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a
lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
 12:20  Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but
to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
 12:21  There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked
shall be filled with mischief.
 12:22  Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that
deal truly [are] his delight.
 12:23  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of
fools proclaimeth foolishness.
 12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the
slothful shall be under tribute.
 12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a
good word maketh it glad.
 12:26  The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour:
but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
 12:27  The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in
hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
 12:28  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the
pathway [thereof there is] no death.

                        PROVERBS 13
 13:1  A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a
scorner heareth not rebuke.
 13:2  A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but
the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
 13:3  He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: [but] he
that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
 13:4  The soul of the sluggard desireth, and [hath] nothing:
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
 13:5  A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is
loathsome, and cometh to shame.
 13:6  Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright in the way:
but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
 13:7  There is that maketh himself rich, yet [hath] nothing:
[there is] that maketh himself poor, yet [hath] great riches.
 13:8  The ransom of a man's life [are] his riches: but the
poor heareth not rebuke.
 13:9  The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of
the wicked shall be put out.
 13:10  Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well
advised [is] wisdom.
 13:11  Wealth [gotten] by vanity shall be diminished: but he
that gathereth by labour shall increase.
 13:12  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but [when] the
desire cometh, [it is] a tree of life.
 13:13  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he
that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
 13:14  The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart
from the snares of death.
 13:15  Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of
transgressors [is] hard.
 13:16  Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool
layeth open [his] folly.
 13:17  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a
faithful ambassador [is] health.
 13:18  Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth
instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
 13:19  The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it
is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.
 13:20  He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a
companion of fools shall be destroyed.
 13:21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall
be repayed.
 13:22  A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children's
children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the
just.
 13:23  Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is
[that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
 13:24  He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that
loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
 13:25  The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but
the belly of the wicked shall want.

                        PROVERBS 14
 14:1  Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish
plucketh it down with her hands.
 14:2  He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but
[he that is] perverse in his ways despiseth him.
 14:3  In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the
lips of the wise shall preserve them.
 14:4  Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much
increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
 14:5  A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness
will utter lies.
 14:6  A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but
knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.
 14:7  Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou
perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.
 14:8  The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way:
but the folly of fools [is] deceit.
 14:9  Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there
is] favour.
 14:10  The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger
doth not intermeddle with his joy.
 14:11  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the
tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
 14:12  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof [are] the ways of death.
 14:13  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of
that mirth [is] heaviness.
 14:14  The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own
ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.
 14:15  The simple believeth every word: but the prudent [man]
looketh well to his going.
 14:16  A wise [man] feareth, and departeth from evil: but the
fool rageth, and is confident.
 14:17  [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of
wicked devices is hated.
 14:18  The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned
with knowledge.
 14:19  The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the
gates of the righteous.
 14:20  The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the
rich [hath] many friends.
 14:21  He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that
hath mercy on the poor, happy [is] he.
 14:22  Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth
[shall be] to them that devise good.
 14:23  In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips
[tendeth] only to penury.
 14:24  The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the
foolishness of fools [is] folly.
 14:25  A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful
[witness] speaketh lies.
 14:26  In the fear of the LORD [is] strong confidence: and his
children shall have a place of refuge.
 14:27  The fear of the LORD [is] a fountain of life, to depart
from the snares of death.
 14:28  In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but
in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
 14:29  [He that is] slow to wrath [is] of great understanding:
but [he that is] hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
 14:30  A sound heart [is] the life of the flesh: but envy the
rottenness of the bones.
 14:31  He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but
he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
 14:32  The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the
righteous hath hope in his death.
 14:33  Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath
understanding: but [that which is] in the midst of fools is
made known.
 14:34  Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin [is] a
reproach to any people.
 14:35  The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his
wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

                        PROVERBS 15
 15:1  A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words
stir up anger.
 15:2  The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the
mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
 15:3  The eyes of the LORD [are] in every place, beholding the
evil and the good.
 15:4  A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness
therein [is] a breach in the spirit.
 15:5  A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that
regardeth reproof is prudent.
 15:6  In the house of the righteous [is] much treasure: but in
the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
 15:7  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart
of the foolish [doeth] not so.
 15:8  The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the
LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.
 15:9  The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD:
but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
 15:10  Correction [is] grievous unto him that forsaketh the
way: [and] he that hateth reproof shall die.
 15:11  Hell and destruction [are] before the LORD: how much
more then the hearts of the children of men?
 15:12  A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither
will he go unto the wise.
 15:13  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by
sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
 15:14  The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh
knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
 15:15  All the days of the afflicted [are] evil: but he that
is of a merry heart [hath] a continual feast.
 15:16  Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great
treasure and trouble therewith.
 15:17  Better [is] a dinner of herbs where love is, than a
stalled ox and hatred therewith.
 15:18  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but [he that is]
slow to anger appeaseth strife.
 15:19  The way of the slothful [man is] as an hedge of thorns:
but the way of the righteous [is] made plain.
 15:20  A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man
despiseth his mother.
 15:21  Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom:
but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
 15:22  Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the
multitude of counsellors they are established.
 15:23  A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word
[spoken] in due season, how good [is it]!
 15:24  The way of life [is] above to the wise, that he may
depart from hell beneath.
 15:25  The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he
will establish the border of the widow.
 15:26  The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the
LORD: but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words.
 15:27  He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but
he that hateth gifts shall live.
 15:28  The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the
mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
 15:29  The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the
prayer of the righteous.
 15:30  The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: [and] a good
report maketh the bones fat.
 15:31  The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among
the wise.
 15:32  He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul:
but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
 15:33  The fear of the LORD [is] the instruction of wisdom;
and before honour [is] humility.

                        PROVERBS 16
 16:1  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of
the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
 16:2  All the ways of a man [are] clean in his own eyes; but
the LORD weigheth the spirits.
 16:3  Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall
be established.
 16:4  The LORD hath made all [things] for himself: yea, even
the wicked for the day of evil.
 16:5  Every one [that is] proud in heart [is] an abomination
to the LORD: [though] hand [join] in hand, he shall not be
unpunished.
 16:6  By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear
of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
 16:7  When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him.
 16:8  Better [is] a little with righteousness than great
revenues without right.
 16:9  A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth
his steps.
 16:10  A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his
mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
 16:11  A just weight and balance [are] the LORD's: all the
weights of the bag [are] his work.
 16:12  [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:
for the throne is established by righteousness.
 16:13  Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they
love him that speaketh right.
 16:14  The wrath of a king [is as] messengers of death: but a
wise man will pacify it.
 16:15  In the light of the king's countenance [is] life; and
his favour [is] as a cloud of the latter rain.
 16:16  How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to
get understanding rather to be chosen than silver!
 16:17  The highway of the upright [is] to depart from evil: he
that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
 16:18  Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit
before a fall.
 16:19  Better [it is to be] of an humble spirit with the
lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
 16:20  He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and
whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy [is] he.
 16:21  The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the
sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.
 16:22  Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that
hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.
 16:23  The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth
learning to his lips.
 16:24  Pleasant words [are as] an honeycomb, sweet to the
soul, and health to the bones.
 16:25  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the
end thereof [are] the ways of death.
 16:26  He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth
craveth it of him.
 16:27  An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there
is] as a burning fire.
 16:28  A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth
chief friends.
 16:29  A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him
into the way [that is] not good.
 16:30  He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving
his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
 16:31  The hoary head [is] a crown of glory, [if] it be found
in the way of righteousness.
 16:32  [He that is] slow to anger [is] better than the mighty;
and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
 16:33  The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing
thereof [is] of the LORD.

                        PROVERBS 17
 17:1  Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than
an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
 17:2  A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth
shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the
brethren.
 17:3  The fining pot [is] for silver, and the furnace for
gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
 17:4  A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar
giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
 17:5  Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he
that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
 17:6  Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the
glory of children [are] their fathers.
 17:7  Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying
lips a prince.
 17:8  A gift [is as] a precious stone in the eyes of him that
hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
 17:9  He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he
that repeateth a matter separateth [very] friends.
 17:10  A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred
stripes into a fool.
 17:11  An evil [man] seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel
messenger shall be sent against him.
 17:12  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than
a fool in his folly.
 17:13  Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart
from his house.
 17:14  The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out
water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled
with.
 17:15  He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth
the just, even they both [are] abomination to the LORD.
 17:16  Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to
get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?
 17:17  A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity.
 17:18  A man void of understanding striketh hands, [and]
becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
 17:19  He loveth transgression that loveth strife: [and] he
that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
 17:20  He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he
that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
 17:21  He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow: and
the father of a fool hath no joy.
 17:22  A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a
broken spirit drieth the bones.
 17:23  A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom to
pervert the ways of judgment.
 17:24  Wisdom [is] before him that hath understanding; but the
eyes of a fool [are] in the ends of the earth.
 17:25  A foolish son [is] a grief to his father, and
bitterness to her that bare him.
 17:26  Also to punish the just [is] not good, [nor] to strike
princes for equity.
 17:27  He that hath knowledge spareth his words: [and] a man
of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
 17:28  Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted
wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of
understanding.

                        PROVERBS 18
 18:1  Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
[and] intermeddleth with all wisdom.
 18:2  A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his
heart may discover itself.
 18:3  When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and
with ignominy reproach.
 18:4  The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and]
the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.
 18:5  [It is] not good to accept the person of the wicked, to
overthrow the righteous in judgment.
 18:6  A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth
calleth for strokes.
 18:7  A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are]
the snare of his soul.
 18:8  The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go
down into the innermost parts of the belly.
 18:9  He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him
that is a great waster.
 18:10  The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous
runneth into it, and is safe.
 18:11  The rich man's wealth [is] his strong city, and as an
high wall in his own conceit.
 18:12  Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and
before honour [is] humility.
 18:13  He that answereth a matter before he heareth [it], it
[is] folly and shame unto him.
 18:14  The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a
wounded spirit who can bear?
 18:15  The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear
of the wise seeketh knowledge.
 18:16  A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him
before great men.
 18:17  [He that is] first in his own cause [seemeth] just; but
his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
 18:18  The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth
between the mighty.
 18:19  A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong
city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
 18:20  A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his
mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
 18:21  Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and
they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
 18:22  [Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and
obtaineth favour of the LORD.
 18:23  The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth
roughly.
 18:24  A man [that hath] friends must show himself friendly:
and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.

                        PROVERBS 19
 19:1  Better [is] the poor that walketh in his integrity, than
[he that is] perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
 19:2  Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is]
not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.
 19:3  The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart
fretteth against the LORD.
 19:4  Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated
from his neighbour.
 19:5  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]
speaketh lies shall not escape.
 19:6  Many will entreat the favour of the prince: and every
man [is] a friend to him that giveth gifts.
 19:7  All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more
do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them with] words,
[yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
 19:8  He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that
keepeth understanding shall find good.
 19:9  A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that]
speaketh lies shall perish.
 19:10  Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a
servant to have rule over princes.
 19:11  The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it
is] his glory to pass over a transgression.
 19:12  The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his
favour [is] as dew upon the grass.
 19:13  A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the
contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
 19:14  House and riches [are] the inheritance of fathers: and
a prudent wife [is] from the LORD.
 19:15  Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle
soul shall suffer hunger.
 19:16  He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
[but] he that despiseth his ways shall die.
 19:17  He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD;
and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
 19:18  Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy
soul spare for his crying.
 19:19  A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if
thou deliver [him], yet thou must do it again.
 19:20  Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest
be wise in thy latter end.
 19:21  [There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless
the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
 19:22  The desire of a man [is] his kindness: and a poor man
[is] better than a liar.
 19:23  The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that
hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with
evil.
 19:24  A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and
will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
 19:25  Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and
reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand
knowledge.
 19:26  He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his]
mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
 19:27  Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth]
to err from the words of knowledge.
 19:28  An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of
the wicked devoureth iniquity.
 19:29  Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for
the back of fools.

                        PROVERBS 20
 20:1  Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
 20:2  The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion:
[whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
 20:3  [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but
every fool will be meddling.
 20:4  The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
[therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
 20:5  Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a
man of understanding will draw it out.
 20:6  Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a
faithful man who can find?
 20:7  The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children
[are] blessed after him.
 20:8  A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth
away all evil with his eyes.
 20:9  Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from
my sin?
 20:10  Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them
[are] alike abomination to the LORD.
 20:11  Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
[be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
 20:12  The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made
even both of them.
 20:13  Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine
eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
 20:14  [It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but
when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
 20:15  There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips
of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
 20:16  Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
 20:17  Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his
mouth shall be filled with gravel.
 20:18  [Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with
good advice make war.
 20:19  He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth
secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his
lips.
 20:20  Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall
be put out in obscure darkness.
 20:21  An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the
beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
 20:22  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the
LORD, and he shall save thee.
 20:23  Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and
a false balance [is] not good.
 20:24  Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then
understand his own way?
 20:25  [It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which
is] holy, and after vows to make inquiry.
 20:26  A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the
wheel over them.
 20:27  The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
 20:28  Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is
upholden by mercy.
 20:29  The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the
beauty of old men [is] the grey head.
 20:30  The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do]
stripes the inward parts of the belly.

                        PROVERBS 21
 21:1  The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the
rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
 21:2  Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the
LORD pondereth the hearts.
 21:3  To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the
LORD than sacrifice.
 21:4  An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of
the wicked, [is] sin.
 21:5  The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to
plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
 21:6  The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity
tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
 21:7  The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because
they refuse to do judgment.
 21:8  The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for]
the pure, his work [is] right.
 21:9  [It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
 21:10  The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour
findeth no favour in his eyes.
 21:11  When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise:
and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
 21:12  The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the
wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their]
wickedness.
 21:13  Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also
shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
 21:14  A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the
bosom strong wrath.
 21:15  [It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction
[shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
 21:16  The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding
shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
 21:17  He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that
loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
 21:18  The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and
the transgressor for the upright.
 21:19  [It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a
contentious and an angry woman.
 21:20  [There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the
dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
 21:21  He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth
life, righteousness, and honour.
 21:22  A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and
casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
 21:23  Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul
from troubles.
 21:24  Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth
in proud wrath.
 21:25  The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands
refuse to labour.
 21:26  He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the
righteous giveth and spareth not.
 21:27  The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much
more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
 21:28  A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth
speaketh constantly.
 21:29  A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the
upright, he directeth his way.
 21:30  [There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel
against the LORD.
 21:31  The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but
safety [is] of the LORD.

                        PROVERBS 22
 22:1  A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great
riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
 22:2  The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker
of them all.
 22:3  A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself:
but the simple pass on, and are punished.
 22:4  By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and
honour, and life.
 22:5  Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he
that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
 22:6  Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.
 22:7  The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is]
servant to the lender.
 22:8  He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod
of his anger shall fail.
 22:9  He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he
giveth of his bread to the poor.
 22:10  Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea,
strife and reproach shall cease.
 22:11  He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of
his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
 22:12  The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he
overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
 22:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I
shall be slain in the streets.
 22:14  The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is
abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
 22:15  Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but]
the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
 22:16  He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches,
and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
 22:17  Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and
apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
 22:18  For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within
thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
 22:19  That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to
thee this day, even to thee.
 22:20  Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels
and knowledge,
 22:21  That I might make thee know the certainty of the words
of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them
that send unto thee?
 22:22  Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress
the afflicted in the gate:
 22:23  For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul
of those that spoiled them.
 22:24  Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a
furious man thou shalt not go:
 22:25  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
 22:26  Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of
them that are sureties for debts.
 22:27  If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away
thy bed from under thee?
 22:28  Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have
set.
 22:29  Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall
stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].

                        PROVERBS 23
 23:1  When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider
diligently what [is] before thee:
 23:2  And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [be] a man given
to appetite.
 23:3  Be not desirous of his dainties: for they [are]
deceitful meat.
 23:4  Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
 23:5  Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for
[riches] certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an
eagle toward heaven.
 23:6  Eat thou not the bread of [him that hath] an evil eye,
neither desire thou his dainty meats:
 23:7  For as he thinketh in his heart, so [is] he: Eat and
drink, saith he to thee; but his heart [is] not with thee.
 23:8  The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
and lose thy sweet words.
 23:9  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the
wisdom of thy words.
 23:10  Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the
fields of the fatherless:
 23:11  For their redeemer [is] mighty; he shall plead their
cause with thee.
 23:12  Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to
the words of knowledge.
 23:13  Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
 23:14  Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his
soul from hell.
 23:15  My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice,
even mine.
 23:16  Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right
things.
 23:17  Let not thine heart envy sinners: but [be thou] in the
fear of the LORD all the day long.
 23:18  For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall
not be cut off.
 23:19  Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart
in the way.
 23:20  Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of
flesh:
 23:21  For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty:
and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
 23:22  Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise
not thy mother when she is old.
 23:23  Buy the truth, and sell [it] not; [also] wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding.
 23:24  The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and
he that begetteth a wise [child] shall have joy of him.
 23:25  Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that
bare thee shall rejoice.
 23:26  My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe
my ways.
 23:27  For a whore [is] a deep ditch; and a strange woman [is]
a narrow pit.
 23:28  She also lieth in wait as [for] a prey, and increaseth
the transgressors among men.
 23:29  Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions?
who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath
redness of eyes?
 23:30  They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek
mixed wine.
 23:31  Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it
giveth his colour in the cup, [when] it moveth itself aright.
 23:32  At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like
an adder.
 23:33  Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart
shall utter perverse things.
 23:34  Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst
of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
 23:35  They have stricken me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not
sick; they have beaten me, [and] I felt [it] not: when shall I
awake? I will seek it yet again.

                        PROVERBS 24
 24:1  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to
be with them.
 24:2  For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips
talk of mischief.
 24:3  Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding
it is established:
 24:4  And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all
precious and pleasant riches.
 24:5  A wise man [is] strong; yea, a man of knowledge
increaseth strength.
 24:6  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in
multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.
 24:7  Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his
mouth in the gate.
 24:8  He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a
mischievous person.
 24:9  The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner
[is] an abomination to men.
 24:10  [If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
[is] small.
 24:11  If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto
death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;
 24:12  If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he
that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy
soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to
[every] man according to his works?
 24:13  My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good; and the
honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:
 24:14  So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul:
when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and
thy expectation shall not be cut off.
 24:15  Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of
the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
 24:16  For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up
again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
 24:17  Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine
heart be glad when he stumbleth:
 24:18  Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he
turn away his wrath from him.
 24:19  Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou
envious at the wicked;
 24:20  For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the
candle of the wicked shall be put out.
 24:21  My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle
not with them that are given to change:
 24:22  For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth
the ruin of them both?
 24:23  These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not
good to have respect of persons in judgment.
 24:24  He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous;
him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
 24:25  But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a
good blessing shall come upon them.
 24:26  [Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right
answer.
 24:27  Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself
in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
 24:28  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
and deceive [not] with thy lips.
 24:29  Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I
will render to the man according to his work.
 24:30  I went by the field of the slothful, and by the
vineyard of the man void of understanding;
 24:31  And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and]
nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall
thereof was broken down.
 24:32  Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon
[it, and] received instruction.
 24:33  [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little
folding of the hands to sleep:
 24:34  So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and
thy want as an armed man.

                        PROVERBS 25
 25:1  These [are] also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of
Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
 25:2  [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the
honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
 25:3  The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the
heart of kings [is] unsearchable.
 25:4  Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall
come forth a vessel for the finer.
 25:5  Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his
throne shall be established in righteousness.
 25:6  Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and
stand not in the place of great [men]:
 25:7  For better [it is] that it be said unto thee, Come up
hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence
of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
 25:8  Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not]
what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee
to shame.
 25:9  Debate thy cause with thy neighbour [himself]; and
discover not a secret to another:
 25:10  Lest he that heareth [it] put thee to shame, and thine
infamy turn not away.
 25:11  A word fitly spoken [is like] apples of gold in
pictures of silver.
 25:12  [As] an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
[so is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
 25:13  As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a
faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the
soul of his masters.
 25:14  Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift [is like] clouds
and wind without rain.
 25:15  By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft
tongue breaketh the bone.
 25:16  Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for
thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
 25:17  Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he
be weary of thee, and [so] hate thee.
 25:18  A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour
[is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
 25:19  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble [is
like] a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
 25:20  [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,
[and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to
an heavy heart.
 25:21  If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if
he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
 25:22  For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and
the LORD shall reward thee.
 25:23  The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry
countenance a backbiting tongue.
 25:24  [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,
than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
 25:25  [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news
from a far country.
 25:26  A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as]
a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
 25:27  [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to
search their own glory [is not] glory.
 25:28  He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a
city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

                        PROVERBS 26
 26:1  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is
not seemly for a fool.
 26:2  As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so
the curse causeless shall not come.
 26:3  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod
for the fool's back.
 26:4  Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also
be like unto him.
 26:5  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in
his own conceit.
 26:6  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth
off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.
 26:7  The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in
the mouth of fools.
 26:8  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that
giveth honour to a fool.
 26:9  [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
[is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
 26:10  The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth
the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
 26:11  As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth
to his folly.
 26:12  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is]
more hope of a fool than of him.
 26:13  The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way;
a lion [is] in the streets.
 26:14  [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the
slothful upon his bed.
 26:15  The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it
grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
 26:16  The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven
men that can render a reason.
 26:17  He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife
[belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the
ears.
 26:18  As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and
death,
 26:19  So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and
saith, Am not I in sport?
 26:20  Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where
[there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
 26:21  [As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so
[is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
 26:22  The words of a talebearer [are] as wounds, and they go
down into the innermost parts of the belly.
 26:23  Burning lips and a wicked heart [are like] a potsherd
covered with silver dross.
 26:24  He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up
deceit within him;
 26:25  When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are]
seven abominations in his heart.
 26:26  [Whose] hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness
shall be showed before the [whole] congregation.
 26:27  Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that
rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
 26:28  A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

                        PROVERBS 27
 27:1  Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not
what a day may bring forth.
 27:2  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a
stranger, and not thine own lips.
 27:3  A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's
wrath [is] heavier than them both.
 27:4  Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who
[is] able to stand before envy?
 27:5  Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
 27:6  Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of
an enemy [are] deceitful.
 27:7  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry
soul every bitter thing is sweet.
 27:8  As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man
that wandereth from his place.
 27:9  Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
 27:10  Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not;
neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
[for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far
off.
 27:11  My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may
answer him that reproacheth me.
 27:12  A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, [and] hideth
himself; [but] the simple pass on, [and] are punished.
 27:13  Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and
take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
 27:14  He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising
early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
 27:15  A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a
contentious woman are alike.
 27:16  Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment
of his right hand, [which] bewrayeth [itself].
 27:17  Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the
countenance of his friend.
 27:18  Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
 27:19  As in water face [answereth] to face, so the heart of
man to man.
 27:20  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man
are never satisfied.
 27:21  [As] the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for
gold; so [is] a man to his praise.
 27:22  Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among
wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from
him.
 27:23  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and]
look well to thy herds.
 27:24  For riches [are] not for ever: and doth the crown
[endure] to every generation?
 27:25  The hay appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself,
and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
 27:26  The lambs [are] for thy clothing, and the goats [are]
the price of the field.
 27:27  And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food,
for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for
thy maidens.

                        PROVERBS 28
 28:1  The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous
are bold as a lion.
 28:2  For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes
thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the
state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
 28:3  A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping
rain which leaveth no food.
 28:4  They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as
keep the law contend with them.
 28:5  Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the
LORD understand all [things].
 28:6  Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness,
than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
 28:7  Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a
companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
 28:8  He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his
substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
 28:9  He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even
his prayer [shall be] abomination.
 28:10  Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil
way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright
shall have good [things] in possession.
 28:11  The rich man [is] wise in his own conceit; but the poor
that hath understanding searcheth him out.
 28:12  When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great
glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
 28:13  He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso
confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
 28:14  Happy [is] the man that feareth alway: but he that
hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
 28:15  [As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a
wicked ruler over the poor people.
 28:16  The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great
oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong
[his] days.
 28:17  A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person
shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
 28:18  Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but [he that
is] perverse [in his] ways shall fall at once.
 28:19  He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread:
but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty
enough.
 28:20  A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that
maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.
 28:21  To have respect of persons [is] not good: for for a
piece of bread [that] man will transgress.
 28:22  He that hasteth to be rich [hath] an evil eye, and
considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
 28:23  He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more
favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
 28:24  Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, [It
is] no transgression; the same [is] the companion of a
destroyer.
 28:25  He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he
that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
 28:26  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso
walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
 28:27  He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he
that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
 28:28  When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when
they perish, the righteous increase.

                        PROVERBS 29
 29:1  He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck,
shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
 29:2  When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice:
but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
 29:3  Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that
keepeth company with harlots spendeth [his] substance.
 29:4  The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that
receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
 29:5  A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for
his feet.
 29:6  In the transgression of an evil man [there is] a snare:
but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
 29:7  The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: [but]
the wicked regardeth not to know [it].
 29:8  Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men]
turn away wrath.
 29:9  [If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether
he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.
 29:10  The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek
his soul.
 29:11  A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise [man] keepeth
it in till afterwards.
 29:12  If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are]
wicked.
 29:13  The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD
lighteneth both their eyes.
 29:14  The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne
shall be established for ever.
 29:15  The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left [to
himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
 29:16  When the wicked are multiplied, transgression
increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
 29:17  Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he
shall give delight unto thy soul.
 29:18  Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he
that keepeth the law, happy [is] he.
 29:19  A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he
understand he will not answer.
 29:20  Seest thou a man [that is] hasty in his words? [there
is] more hope of a fool than of him.
 29:21  He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
shall have him become [his] son at the length.
 29:22  An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man
aboundeth in transgression.
 29:23  A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall
uphold the humble in spirit.
 29:24  Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he
heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.
 29:25  The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his
trust in the LORD shall be safe.
 29:26  Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's
judgment [cometh] from the LORD.
 29:27  An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he
that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.

                        PROVERBS 30
 30:1  The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy:
the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
 30:2  Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not
the understanding of a man.
 30:3  I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the
holy.
 30:4  Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath
gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a
garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what
[is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst
tell?
 30:5  Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them
that put their trust in him.
 30:6  Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and
thou be found a liar.
 30:7  Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not
before I die:
 30:8  Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither
poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
 30:9  Lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who [is] the
LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God
[in vain].
 30:10  Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse
thee, and thou be found guilty.
 30:11  [There is] a generation [that] curseth their father,
and doth not bless their mother.
 30:12  [There is] a generation [that are] pure in their own
eyes, and [yet] is not washed from their filthiness.
 30:13  [There is] a generation, O how lofty are their eyes!
and their eyelids are lifted up.
 30:14  [There is] a generation, whose teeth [are as] swords,
and their jaw teeth [as] knives, to devour the poor from off
the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
 30:15  The horseleach hath two daughters, [crying], Give,
give. There are three [things that] are never satisfied, [yea],
four [things] say not, [It is] enough:
 30:16  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth [that] is not
filled with water; and the fire [that] saith not, [It is]
enough.
 30:17  The eye [that] mocketh at [his] father, and despiseth
to obey [his] mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it
out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
 30:18  There be three [things which] are too wonderful for me,
yea, four which I know not:
 30:19  The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent
upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the
way of a man with a maid.
 30:20  Such [is] the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth,
and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
 30:21  For three [things] the earth is disquieted, and for
four [which] it cannot bear:
 30:22  For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is
filled with meat;
 30:23  For an odious [woman] when she is married; and an
handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
 30:24  There be four [things which are] little upon the earth,
but they [are] exceeding wise:
 30:25  The ants [are] a people not strong, yet they prepare
their meat in the summer;
 30:26  The conies [are but] a feeble folk, yet make they their
houses in the rocks;
 30:27  The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them
by bands;
 30:28  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings'
palaces.
 30:29  There be three [things] which go well, yea, four are
comely in going:
 30:30  A lion [which is] strongest among beasts, and turneth
not away for any;
 30:31  A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom
[there is] no rising up.
 30:32  If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or
if thou hast thought evil, [lay] thine hand upon thy mouth.
 30:33  Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and
the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing
of wrath bringeth forth strife.

                        PROVERBS 31
 31:1  The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother
taught him.
 31:2  What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what,
the son of my vows?
 31:3  Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that
which destroyeth kings.
 31:4  [It is] not for kings, O Lemuel, [it is] not for kings
to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
 31:5  Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the
judgment of any of the afflicted.
 31:6  Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and
wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
 31:7  Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his
misery no more.
 31:8  Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as
are appointed to destruction.
 31:9  Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause
of the poor and needy.
 31:10  Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price [is] far
above rubies.
 31:11  The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so
that he shall have no need of spoil.
 31:12  She will do him good and not evil all the days of her
life.
 31:13  She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with
her hands.
 31:14  She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food
from afar.
 31:15  She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat
to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
 31:16  She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit
of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
 31:17  She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth
her arms.
 31:18  She perceiveth that her merchandise [is] good: her
candle goeth not out by night.
 31:19  She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold
the distaff.
 31:20  She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she
reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
 31:21  She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for
all her household [are] clothed with scarlet.
 31:22  She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing
[is] silk and purple.
 31:23  Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth
among the elders of the land.
 31:24  She maketh fine linen, and selleth [it]; and delivereth
girdles unto the merchant.
 31:25  Strength and honour [are] her clothing; and she shall
rejoice in time to come.
 31:26  She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue
[is] the law of kindness.
 31:27  She looketh well to the ways of her household, and
eateth not the bread of idleness.
 31:28  Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her
husband [also], and he praiseth her.
 31:29  Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest
them all.
 31:30  Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a
woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
 31:31  Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own
works praise her in the gates.