Proverbs 14:23
American Standard Version
23 In all labor there is profit;
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs 15:6
American Standard Version
6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure;
But in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
Proverbs 15:16
American Standard Version
16 Better is little, with the fear of Jehovah,
Than great treasure and trouble therewith.
Proverbs 16:6-7
American Standard Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
7 When a man’s ways please Jehovah,
He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 16:26
American Standard Version
26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;
For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
Proverbs 17:2
American Standard Version
2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that [a]causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:2 Or, doeth shamefully
Proverbs 19:17
American Standard Version
17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.
Proverbs 20:13
American Standard Version
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty;
Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 22:4
American Standard Version
4 The reward of humility and the fear of Jehovah
Is riches, and honor, and life.
Proverbs 24:27
American Standard Version
27 Prepare thy work without,
And make it ready for thee in the field;
And afterwards build thy house.
Proverbs 27:18
American Standard Version
18 Whoso keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit thereof;
And he that regardeth his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 27:23-27
American Standard Version
23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
And look well to thy herds:
24 For riches are not for ever;
And doth the crown endure unto all generations?
25 The [a]hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself,
And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.
26 The lambs are for thy clothing,
And the goats are the price of the field;
27 And there will be goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household,
And maintenance for thy maidens.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:25 Hebrew grass.
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