Chronological
19 ¶ Better is the poor that walks in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
2 ¶ That the soul be without wisdom is not good, and he that hastens with his feet sins.
3 ¶ The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart is wroth against the LORD.
4 ¶ Wealth makes many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
5 ¶ A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.
6 ¶ Many will intreat the favour of the prince, but every man is a friend to him that gives.
7 All the brethren of the poor hate him; how much more shall his friends separate themselves from him? He shall seek their friendship and not find it.
8 ¶ He that gets wisdom loves his own soul; he keeps intelligence that he might find that which is good.
9 ¶ The false witness shall not go unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish.
10 ¶ Delight is not suitable for a fool; much less for a slave to have rule over princes.
11 ¶ The discretion of a man defers his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
12 ¶ The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
13 ¶ A foolish son is a pain unto his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
14 ¶ House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but the prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 ¶ Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the negligent soul shall suffer hunger.
16 ¶ He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul, but he that despises his ways shall die.
17 ¶ He that gives unto the poor lends unto the LORD, and he will give him his reward.
18 ¶ Chasten thy son while there is hope, but do not stir up thy soul to destroy him.
19 ¶ A man of great wrath shall suffer the consequences, for even if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
20 ¶ Hear counsel, and receive chastening that thou may be wise in thy old age.
21 ¶ There are many thoughts in the heart of man; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand.
22 ¶ Contentment is unto men to show mercy, but it is better to do it unto the poor than to the liar.
23 ¶ The fear of the LORD is unto life, and he that has it shall live satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
24 ¶ The slothful man hides his hand in his bosom and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
25 ¶ Smite a scorner, and the simple will become prudent, and reproving one that has understanding, he will understand knowledge.
26 ¶ He that steals from his father and chases away his mother is a son that causes shame and brings reproach.
27 ¶ Cease, my son, to hear the teaching that induces one to deviate from the reasons of wisdom.
28 ¶ A witness of Belial shall scorn judgment, and the mouth of the wicked shall cover iniquity.
29 ¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners and stripes for the back of fools.
20 ¶ Wine makes a mocker, and beer a reveler, and whoever errs concerning them shall never be wise.
2 ¶ The fear of the king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
3 ¶ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.
4 ¶ The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
5 ¶ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of intelligence will draw it out.
6 ¶ Most men will proclaim each one his own mercy, but who can find a man of truth?
7 ¶ The just man who walks in his integrity, blessed shall be his sons after him.
8 ¶ A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
9 ¶ Who shall be able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10 ¶ Double weights and double measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
11 ¶ Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure and whether it is right.
12 ¶ The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made both of them.
13 ¶ Do not love sleep lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14 ¶ It is bad, it is bad, the buyer says; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
15 ¶ There is gold and a multitude of precious stones, but the lips of wisdom are a precious vessel.
16 ¶ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him that is surety for a strange woman.
17 ¶ Bread of deceit is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18 ¶ Every thought must be ordered by counsel, and with intelligence war is made.
19 ¶ He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
20 ¶ Whosoever curses his father or his mother, his fire shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21 ¶ An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22 ¶ Say not thou, I will take vengeance, but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23 ¶ Double weights are an abomination unto the LORD, and a false balance is not good.
24 ¶ Man’s steps are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25 ¶ It is a snare unto man to devour that which is holy and afterward to reconsider his vows.
26 ¶ A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.
27 ¶ The spirit of man is the fire of the LORD, which searches the secrets of the inward parts.
28 ¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.
29 ¶ The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
30 ¶ The scars of past wounds are medicine for evil, and living reproof reaches the most secret places in the inward parts.
21 ¶ The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.
2 ¶ Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD weighs the hearts.
3 ¶ To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4 ¶ A high look and a proud heart, which is the fire of the wicked, is sin.
5 ¶ The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.
6 ¶ The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of those that seek death.
7 ¶ The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them because they refuse to do judgment.
8 ¶ The way of the perverse man is crooked and strange, but as for the pure, his work is right.
9 ¶ It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10 ¶ The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbour finds no favour in his eyes.
11 ¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise, and by instructing the wise, he receives wisdom.
12 ¶ The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked, how God overthrows the wicked for their evil.
13 ¶ Whosoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself but shall not be heard.
14 ¶ A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the bosom strong wrath.
15 ¶ It is joy to the just to do judgment, but it shall be destruction to the workers of iniquity.
16 ¶ The man that wanders out of the way of wisdom shall end up in the congregation of the dead.
17 ¶ He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
18 ¶ The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19 ¶ It is better to dwell in the wilderness than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20 ¶ There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up.
21 ¶ He that follows after righteousness and mercy shall find life, righteousness, and honour.
22 ¶ The wise man took the city of the mighty and cast down its strength in which it trusted.
23 ¶ Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
24 ¶ Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath.
25 ¶ The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26 There is one who covets greedily all day long, but the righteous gives and keeps on giving.
27 ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination; how much more, when he brings it with lewdness?
28 ¶ The false witness shall perish, but the man that hears shall stand fast in his word.
29 ¶ The wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he orders his ways.
30 ¶ There is no wisdom nor intelligence nor counsel against the LORD.
31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but salvation is of the LORD.
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