#### Pro 1

1 The proverbs 04912 of Solomon 08010 the son 01121 of David 01732, king 04428 of Israel 03478;
2 To know 03045 08800 wisdom 02451 and instruction 04148; to perceive 0995 08687 the words 0561 of understanding 0998;
3 To receive 03947 08800 the instruction 04148 of wisdom 07919 08687, justice 06664, and judgment 04941, and equity 04339;
4 To give 05414 08800 subtilty 06195 to the simple 06612, to the young man 05288 knowledge 01847 and discretion 04209.
5 A wise 02450 [man] will hear 08085 08799, and will increase 03254 08686 learning 03948; and a man of understanding 0995 08737 shall attain 07069 08799 unto wise counsels 08458:
6 To understand 0995 08687 a proverb 04912, and the interpretation 04426; the words 01697 of the wise 02450, and their dark sayings 02420.
7 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] the beginning 07225 of knowledge 01847: [but] fools 0191 despise 0936 08804 wisdom 02451 and instruction 04148.
8 My son 01121, hear 08085 08798 the instruction 04148 of thy father 01, and forsake 05203 08799 not the law 08451 of thy mother 0517:
9 For they [shall be] an ornament 03880 of grace 02580 unto thy head 07218, and chains 06060 about thy neck 01621.
10 My son 01121, if sinners 02400 entice 06601 08762 thee, consent 014 08799 thou not.
11 If they say 0559 08799, Come 03212 08798 with us, let us lay wait 0693 08799 for blood 01818, let us lurk 06845 08799 privily for the innocent 05355 without cause 02600:
12 Let us swallow them up 01104 08799 alive 02416 as the grave 07585; and whole 08549, as those that go down 03381 08802 into the pit 0953:
13 We shall find 04672 08799 all precious 03368 substance 01952, we shall fill 04390 08762 our houses 01004 with spoil 07998:
14 Cast 05307 08686 in thy lot 01486 among 08432 us; let us all have one 0259 purse 03599:
15 My son 01121, walk 03212 08799 not thou in the way 01870 with them; refrain 04513 08798 thy foot 07272 from their path 05410:
16 For their feet 07272 run 07323 08799 to evil 07451, and make haste 04116 08762 to shed 08210 08800 blood 01818.
17 Surely in vain 02600 the net 07568 is spread 02219 08794 in the sight 05869 of any bird 01167 03671.
18 And they lay wait 0693 08799 for their [own] blood 01818; they lurk privily 06845 08799 for their [own] lives 05315.
19 So [are] the ways 0734 of every one that is greedy 01214 08802 of gain 01215; [which] taketh away 03947 08799 the life 05315 of the owners 01167 thereof.
20 Wisdom 02454 crieth 07442 08799 without 02351; she uttereth 05414 08799 her voice 06963 in the streets 07339:
21 She crieth 07121 08799 in the chief place 07218 of concourse 01993 08802, in the openings 06607 of the gates 08179: in the city 05892 she uttereth 0559 08799 her words 0561, [saying],
22 How long, ye simple ones 06612, will ye love 0157 08799 simplicity 06612? and the scorners 03887 08801 delight 02530 08804 in their scorning 03944, and fools 03684 hate 08130 08799 knowledge 01847?
23 Turn 07725 08799 you at my reproof 08433: behold, I will pour out 05042 08686 my spirit 07307 unto you, I will make known 03045 08686 my words 01697 unto you.
24 Because I have called 07121 08804, and ye refused 03985 08762; I have stretched out 05186 08804 my hand 03027, and no man regarded 07181 08688;
25 But ye have set at nought 06544 08799 all my counsel 06098, and would 014 08804 none of my reproof 08433:
26 I also will laugh 07832 08799 at your calamity 0343; I will mock 03932 08799 when your fear 06343 cometh 0935 08800;
27 When your fear 06343 cometh 0935 08800 as desolation 07722 08675 07584, and your destruction 0343 cometh 0857 08799 as a whirlwind 05492; when distress 06869 and anguish 06695 cometh 0935 08800 upon you.
28 Then shall they call 07121 08799 upon me, but I will not answer 06030 08799; they shall seek me early 07836 08762, but they shall not find 04672 08799 me:
29 For that they hated 08130 08804 knowledge 01847, and did not choose 0977 08804 the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068:
30 They would 014 08804 none of my counsel 06098: they despised 05006 08804 all my reproof 08433.
31 Therefore shall they eat 0398 08799 of the fruit 06529 of their own way 01870, and be filled 07646 08799 with their own devices 04156.
32 For the turning away 04878 of the simple 06612 shall slay 02026 08799 them, and the prosperity 07962 of fools 03684 shall destroy 06 08762 them.
33 But whoso hearkeneth 08085 08802 unto me shall dwell 07931 08799 safely 0983, and shall be quiet 07599 08768 from fear 06343 of evil 07451.

#### Pro 2

1 My son 01121, if thou wilt receive 03947 08799 my words 0561, and hide 06845 08799 my commandments 04687 with thee;
2 So that thou incline 07181 08687 thine ear 0241 unto wisdom 02451, [and] apply 05186 08686 thine heart 03820 to understanding 08394;
3 Yea, if thou criest 07121 08799 after knowledge 0998, [and] liftest up 05414 08799 thy voice 06963 for understanding 08394;
4 If thou seekest 01245 08762 her as silver 03701, and searchest 02664 08799 for her as [for] hid treasures 04301;
5 Then shalt thou understand 0995 08799 the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068, and find 04672 08799 the knowledge 01847 of God 0430.
6 For the LORD 03068 giveth 05414 08799 wisdom 02451: out of his mouth 06310 [cometh] knowledge 01847 and understanding 08394.
7 He layeth up 06845 08799 08675 06845 08804 sound wisdom 08454 for the righteous 03477: [he is] a buckler 04043 to them that walk 01980 08802 uprightly 08537.
8 He keepeth 05341 08800 the paths 0734 of judgment 04941, and preserveth 08104 08799 the way 01870 of his saints 02623.
9 Then shalt thou understand 0995 08799 righteousness 06664, and judgment 04941, and equity 04339; [yea], every good 02896 path 04570.
10 When wisdom 02451 entereth 0935 08799 into thine heart 03820, and knowledge 01847 is pleasant 05276 08799 unto thy soul 05315;
11 Discretion 04209 shall preserve 08104 08799 thee, understanding 08394 shall keep 05341 08799 thee:
12 To deliver 05337 08687 thee from the way 01870 of the evil 07451 [man], from the man 0376 that speaketh 01696 08764 froward things 08419;
13 Who leave 05800 08802 the paths 0734 of uprightness 03476, to walk 03212 08800 in the ways 01870 of darkness 02822;
14 Who rejoice 08056 to do 06213 08800 evil 07451, [and] delight 01523 08799 in the frowardness 08419 of the wicked 07451;
15 Whose ways 0734 [are] crooked 06141, and [they] froward 03868 08737 in their paths 04570:
16 To deliver 05337 08687 thee from the strange 02114 08801 woman 0802, [even] from the stranger 05237 [which] flattereth 02505 08689 with her words 0561;
17 Which forsaketh 05800 08802 the guide 0441 of her youth 05271, and forgetteth 07911 08804 the covenant 01285 of her God 0430.
18 For her house 01004 inclineth 07743 08804 unto death 04194, and her paths 04570 unto the dead 07496.
19 None that go 0935 08802 unto her return again 07725 08799, neither take they hold 05381 08686 of the paths 0734 of life 02416.
20 That thou mayest walk 03212 08799 in the way 01870 of good 02896 [men], and keep 08104 08799 the paths 0734 of the righteous 06662.
21 For the upright 03477 shall dwell 07931 08799 in the land 0776, and the perfect 08549 shall remain 03498 08735 in it.
22 But the wicked 07563 shall be cut off 03772 08735 from the earth 0776, and the transgressors 0898 08802 shall be rooted out 05255 08799 of it.

#### Pro 3

1 My son 01121, forget 07911 08799 not my law 08451; but let thine heart 03820 keep 05341 08799 my commandments 04687:
2 For length 0753 of days 03117, and long 08141 life 02416, and peace 07965, shall they add 03254 08686 to thee.
3 Let not mercy 02617 and truth 0571 forsake 05800 08799 thee: bind 07194 08798 them about thy neck 01621; write 03789 08798 them upon the table 03871 of thine heart 03820:
4 So shalt thou find 04672 08798 favour 02580 and good 02896 understanding 07922 in the sight 05869 of God 0430 and man 0120.
5 Trust 0982 08798 in the LORD 03068 with all thine heart 03820; and lean 08172 08735 not unto thine own understanding 0998.
6 In all thy ways 01870 acknowledge 03045 08798 him, and he shall direct 03474 08762 thy paths 0734.
7 Be not wise 02450 in thine own eyes 05869: fear 03372 08798 the LORD 03068, and depart 05493 08798 from evil 07451.
8 It shall be health 07500 to thy navel 08270, and marrow 08250 to thy bones 06106.
9 Honour 03513 08761 the LORD 03068 with thy substance 01952, and with the firstfruits 07225 of all thine increase 08393:
10 So shall thy barns 0618 be filled 04390 08735 with plenty 07647, and thy presses 03342 shall burst out 06555 08799 with new wine 08492.
11 My son 01121, despise 03988 08799 not the chastening 04148 of the LORD 03068; neither be weary 06973 08799 of his correction 08433:
12 For whom the LORD 03068 loveth 0157 08799 he correcteth 03198 08686; even as a father 01 the son 01121 [in whom] he delighteth 07521 08799.
13 Happy 0835 [is] the man 0120 [that] findeth 04672 08804 wisdom 02451, and the man 0120 [that] getteth 06329 08686 understanding 08394.
14 For the merchandise 05504 of it [is] better 02896 than the merchandise 05505 of silver 03701, and the gain 08393 thereof than fine gold 02742.
15 She [is] more precious 03368 than rubies 06443: and all the things thou canst desire 02656 are not to be compared 07737 08799 unto her.
16 Length 0753 of days 03117 [is] in her right hand 03225; [and] in her left hand 08040 riches 06239 and honour 03519.
17 Her ways 01870 [are] ways 01870 of pleasantness 05278, and all her paths 05410 [are] peace 07965.
18 She [is] a tree 06086 of life 02416 to them that lay hold 02388 08688 upon her: and happy 0833 08794 [is every one] that retaineth 08551 08802 her.
19 The LORD 03068 by wisdom 02451 hath founded 03245 08804 the earth 0776; by understanding 08394 hath he established 03559 08790 the heavens 08064.
20 By his knowledge 01847 the depths 08415 are broken up 01234 08738, and the clouds 07834 drop down 07491 08799 the dew 02919.
21 My son 01121, let not them depart 03868 08799 from thine eyes 05869: keep 05341 08798 sound wisdom 08454 and discretion 04209:
22 So shall they be life 02416 unto thy soul 05315, and grace 02580 to thy neck 01621.
23 Then shalt thou walk 03212 08799 in thy way 01870 safely 0983, and thy foot 07272 shall not stumble 05062 08799.
24 When thou liest down 07901 08799, thou shalt not be afraid 06342 08799: yea, thou shalt lie down 07901 08804, and thy sleep 08142 shall be sweet 06149 08804.
25 Be not afraid 03372 08799 of sudden 06597 fear 06343, neither of the desolation 07722 of the wicked 07563, when it cometh 0935 08799.
26 For the LORD 03068 shall be thy confidence 03689, and shall keep 08104 08804 thy foot 07272 from being taken 03921.
27 Withhold 04513 08799 not good 02896 from them to whom it is due 01167, when it is in the power 0410 of thine hand 03027 to do 06213 08800 [it].
28 Say 0559 08799 not unto thy neighbour 07453, Go 03212 08798, and come again 07725 08798, and to morrow 04279 I will give 05414 08799; when thou hast 03426 it by thee.
29 Devise 02790 08799 not evil 07451 against thy neighbour 07453, seeing he dwelleth 03427 08802 securely 0983 by thee.
30 Strive 07378 08799 not with a man 0120 without cause 02600, if he have done 01580 08804 thee no harm 07451.
31 Envy 07065 08762 thou not the oppressor 0376 02555, and choose 0977 08799 none of his ways 01870.
32 For the froward 03868 08737 [is] abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but his secret 05475 [is] with the righteous 03477.
33 The curse 03994 of the LORD 03068 [is] in the house 01004 of the wicked 07563: but he blesseth 01288 08762 the habitation 05116 of the just 06662.
34 Surely he scorneth 03887 08686 the scorners 03887 08801: but he giveth 05414 08799 grace 02580 unto the lowly 06035 08675 06041.
35 The wise 02450 shall inherit 05157 08799 glory 03519: but shame 07036 shall be the promotion 07311 08688 of fools 03684.

#### Pro 4

1 Hear 08085 08798, ye children 01121, the instruction 04148 of a father 01, and attend 07181 08685 to know 03045 08800 understanding 0998.
2 For I give 05414 08804 you good 02896 doctrine 03948, forsake 05800 08799 ye not my law 08451.
3 For I was my father's 01 son 01121, tender 07390 and only 03173 [beloved] in the sight 06440 of my mother 0517.
4 He taught 03384 08686 me also, and said 0559 08799 unto me, Let thine heart 03820 retain 08551 08799 my words 01697: keep 08104 08798 my commandments 04687, and live 02421 08798.
5 Get 07069 08798 wisdom 02451, get 07069 08798 understanding 0998: forget 07911 08799 [it] not; neither decline 05186 08799 from the words 0561 of my mouth 06310.
6 Forsake 05800 08799 her not, and she shall preserve 08104 08799 thee: love 0157 08798 her, and she shall keep 05341 08799 thee.
7 Wisdom 02451 [is] the principal thing 07225; [therefore] get 07069 08798 wisdom 02451: and with all thy getting 07075 get understanding 0998.
8 Exalt 05549 08769 her, and she shall promote 07311 08787 thee: she shall bring thee to honour 03513 08762, when thou dost embrace 02263 08762 her.
9 She shall give 05414 08799 to thine head 07218 an ornament 03880 of grace 02580: a crown 05850 of glory 08597 shall she deliver 04042 08762 to thee.
10 Hear 08085 08798, O my son 01121, and receive 03947 08798 my sayings 0561; and the years 08141 of thy life 02416 shall be many 07235 08799.
11 I have taught 03384 08689 thee in the way 01870 of wisdom 02451; I have led 01869 08689 thee in right 03476 paths 04570.
12 When thou goest 03212 08800, thy steps 06806 shall not be straitened 03334 08799; and when thou runnest 07323 08799, thou shalt not stumble 03782 08735.
13 Take fast hold 02388 08685 of instruction 04148; let [her] not go 07503 08686: keep 05341 08798 her; for she [is] thy life 02416.
14 Enter 0935 08799 not into the path 0734 of the wicked 07563, and go 0833 08762 not in the way 01870 of evil 07451 [men].
15 Avoid 06544 08798 it, pass 05674 08799 not by it, turn 07847 08798 from it, and pass away 05674 08798.
16 For they sleep 03462 08799 not, except they have done mischief 07489 08686; and their sleep 08142 is taken away 01497 08738, unless they cause [some] to fall 03782 08686 08675 03782 08799.
17 For they eat 03898 08804 the bread 03899 of wickedness 07562, and drink 08354 08799 the wine 03196 of violence 02555.
18 But the path 0734 of the just 06662 [is] as the shining 05051 light 0216, that shineth 0215 08804 more 01980 08802 and more unto the perfect 03559 08737 day 03117.
19 The way 01870 of the wicked 07563 [is] as darkness 0653: they know 03045 08804 not at what they stumble 03782 08735.
20 My son 01121, attend 07181 08685 to my words 01697; incline 05186 08685 thine ear 0241 unto my sayings 0561.
21 Let them not depart 03868 08686 from thine eyes 05869; keep 08104 08798 them in the midst 08432 of thine heart 03824.
22 For they [are] life 02416 unto those that find 04672 08802 them, and health 04832 to all their flesh 01320.
23 Keep 05341 08798 thy heart 03820 with all diligence 04929; for out of it [are] the issues 08444 of life 02416.
24 Put away 05493 08685 from thee a froward 06143 mouth 06310, and perverse 03891 lips 08193 put far 07368 08685 from thee.
25 Let thine eyes 05869 look 05027 08686 right on 05227, and let thine eyelids 06079 look straight 03474 08686 before thee.
26 Ponder 06424 08761 the path 04570 of thy feet 07272, and let all thy ways 01870 be established 03559 08735.
27 Turn 05186 08799 not to the right hand 03225 nor to the left 08040: remove 05493 08685 thy foot 07272 from evil 07451.

#### Pro 5

1 My son 01121, attend 07181 08685 unto my wisdom 02451, [and] bow 05186 08685 thine ear 0241 to my understanding 08394:
2 That thou mayest regard 08104 08800 discretion 04209, and [that] thy lips 08193 may keep 05341 08799 knowledge 01847.
3 For the lips 08193 of a strange woman 02114 08801 drop 05197 08799 [as] an honeycomb 05317, and her mouth 02441 [is] smoother 02509 than oil 08081:
4 But her end 0319 is bitter 04751 as wormwood 03939, sharp 02299 as a twoedged 06310 sword 02719.
5 Her feet 07272 go down 03381 08802 to death 04194; her steps 06806 take hold 08551 08799 on hell 07585.
6 Lest thou shouldest ponder 06424 08762 the path 0734 of life 02416, her ways 04570 are moveable 05128 08804, [that] thou canst not know 03045 08799 [them].
7 Hear 08085 08798 me now therefore, O ye children 01121, and depart 05493 08799 not from the words 0561 of my mouth 06310.
8 Remove 07368 00 thy way 01870 far 07368 08685 from her, and come not nigh 07126 08799 the door 06607 of her house 01004:
9 Lest thou give 05414 08799 thine honour 01935 unto others 0312, and thy years 08141 unto the cruel 0394:
10 Lest strangers 02114 08801 be filled 07646 08799 with thy wealth 03581; and thy labours 06089 [be] in the house 01004 of a stranger 05237;
11 And thou mourn 05098 08804 at the last 0319, when thy flesh 01320 and thy body 07607 are consumed 03615 08800,
12 And say 0559 08804, How have I hated 08130 08804 instruction 04148, and my heart 03820 despised 05006 08804 reproof 08433;
13 And have not obeyed 08085 08804 the voice 06963 of my teachers 03384 08688, nor inclined 05186 08689 mine ear 0241 to them that instructed 03925 08764 me!
14 I was almost 04592 in all evil 07451 in the midst 08432 of the congregation 06951 and assembly 05712.
15 Drink 08354 08798 waters 04325 out of thine own cistern 0953, and running waters 05140 08802 out of 08432 thine own well 0875.
16 Let thy fountains 04599 be dispersed 06327 08799 abroad 02351, [and] rivers 06388 of waters 04325 in the streets 07339.
17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' 02114 08801 with thee.
18 Let thy fountain 04726 be blessed 01288 08803: and rejoice 08055 08798 with the wife 0802 of thy youth 05271.
19 [Let her be as] the loving 0158 hind 0365 and pleasant 02580 roe 03280; let her breasts 01717 satisfy 07301 08762 thee at all times 06256; and be thou ravished 07686 08799 always 08548 with her love 0160.
20 And why wilt thou, my son 01121, be ravished 07686 08799 with a strange woman 02114 08801, and embrace 02263 08762 the bosom 02436 of a stranger 05237?
21 For the ways 01870 of man 0376 [are] before 05227 the eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068, and he pondereth 06424 08764 all his goings 04570.
22 His own iniquities 05771 shall take 03920 08799 the wicked 07563 himself, and he shall be holden 08551 08735 with the cords 02256 of his sins 02403.
23 He shall die 04191 08799 without instruction 04148; and in the greatness 07230 of his folly 0200 he shall go astray 07686 08799.

#### Pro 6

1 My son 01121, if thou be surety 06148 08804 for thy friend 07453, [if] thou hast stricken 08628 08804 thy hand 03709 with a stranger 02114 08801,
2 Thou art snared 03369 08738 with the words 0561 of thy mouth 06310, thou art taken 03920 08738 with the words 0561 of thy mouth 06310.
3 Do 06213 08798 this now 0645, my son 01121, and deliver 05337 08734 thyself, when thou art come 0935 08804 into the hand 03709 of thy friend 07453; go 03212 08798, humble 07511 08690 thyself, and make sure 07292 08798 thy friend 07453.
4 Give 05414 08799 not sleep 08142 to thine eyes 05869, nor slumber 08572 to thine eyelids 06079.
5 Deliver 05337 08734 thyself as a roe 06643 from the hand 03027 [of the hunter], and as a bird 06833 from the hand 03027 of the fowler 03353.
6 Go 03212 08798 to the ant 05244, thou sluggard 06102; consider 07200 08798 her ways 01870, and be wise 02449 08798:
7 Which having no guide 07101, overseer 07860 08802, or ruler 04910 08802,
8 Provideth 03559 08686 her meat 03899 in the summer 07019, [and] gathereth 0103 08804 her food 03978 in the harvest 07105.
9 How long wilt thou sleep 07901 08799, O sluggard 06102? when wilt thou arise 06965 08799 out of thy sleep 08142?
10 [Yet] a little 04592 sleep 08142, a little 04592 slumber 08572, a little 04592 folding 02264 of the hands 03027 to sleep 07901 08800:
11 So shall thy poverty 07389 come 0935 08804 as one that travelleth 01980 08764, and thy want 04270 as an armed 04043 man 0376.
12 A naughty 01100 person 0120, a wicked 0205 man 0376, walketh 01980 08802 with a froward 06143 mouth 06310.
13 He winketh 07169 08802 with his eyes 05869, he speaketh 04448 08802 with his feet 07272, he teacheth 03384 08688 with his fingers 0676;
14 Frowardness 08419 [is] in his heart 03820, he deviseth 02790 08802 mischief 07451 continually 06256; he soweth 07971 08762 discord 04066 08675 04090.
15 Therefore shall his calamity 0343 come 0935 08799 suddenly 06597; suddenly 06621 shall he be broken 07665 08735 without remedy 04832.
16 These six 08337 [things] doth the LORD 03068 hate 08130 08804: yea, seven 07651 [are] an abomination 08441 unto him 05315:
17 A proud 07311 08802 look 05869, a lying 08267 tongue 03956, and hands 03027 that shed 08210 08802 innocent 05355 blood 01818,
18 An heart 03820 that deviseth 02790 08802 wicked 0205 imaginations 04284, feet 07272 that be swift 04116 08764 in running 07323 08800 to mischief 07451,
19 A false 08267 witness 05707 [that] speaketh 06315 08686 lies 03577, and he that soweth 07971 08764 discord 04090 among brethren 0251.
20 My son 01121, keep 05341 08798 thy father's 01 commandment 04687, and forsake 05203 08799 not the law 08451 of thy mother 0517:
21 Bind 07194 08798 them continually 08548 upon thine heart 03820, [and] tie 06029 08798 them about thy neck 01621.
22 When thou goest 01980 08692, it shall lead 05148 08686 thee; when thou sleepest 07901 08800, it shall keep 08104 08799 thee; and [when] thou awakest 06974 08689, it shall talk 07878 08799 with thee.
23 For the commandment 04687 [is] a lamp 05216; and the law 08451 [is] light 0216; and reproofs 08433 of instruction 04148 [are] the way 01870 of life 02416:
24 To keep 08104 08800 thee from the evil 07451 woman 0802, from the flattery 02513 of the tongue 03956 of a strange woman 05237.
25 Lust 02530 08799 not after her beauty 03308 in thine heart 03824; neither let her take 03947 08799 thee with her eyelids 06079.
26 For by means of 01157 a whorish 02181 08802 woman 0802 [a man is brought] to a piece 03603 of bread 03899: and the adulteress 0802 0376 will hunt 06679 08799 for the precious 03368 life 05315.
27 Can a man 0376 take 02846 08799 fire 0784 in his bosom 02436, and his clothes 0899 not be burned 08313 08735?
28 Can one 0376 go 01980 08762 upon hot coals 01513, and his feet 07272 not be burned 03554 08735?
29 So he that goeth in 0935 08802 to his neighbour's 07453 wife 0802; whosoever toucheth 05060 08802 her shall not be innocent 05352 08735.
30 [Men] do not despise 0936 08799 a thief 01590, if he steal 01589 08799 to satisfy 04390 08763 his soul 05315 when he is hungry 07456 08799;
31 But [if] he be found 04672 08738, he shall restore 07999 08762 sevenfold 07659; he shall give 05414 08799 all the substance 01952 of his house 01004.
32 [But] whoso committeth adultery 05003 08802 with a woman 0802 lacketh 02638 understanding 03820: he [that] doeth 06213 08799 it destroyeth 07843 08688 his own soul 05315.
33 A wound 05061 and dishonour 07036 shall he get 04672 08799; and his reproach 02781 shall not be wiped away 04229 08735.
34 For jealousy 07068 [is] the rage 02534 of a man 01397: therefore he will not spare 02550 08799 in the day 03117 of vengeance 05359.
35 He will not regard 05375 08799 06440 any ransom 03724; neither will he rest content 014 08799, though thou givest many 07235 08686 gifts 07810.

#### Pro 7

1 My son 01121, keep 08104 08798 my words 0561, and lay up 06845 08799 my commandments 04687 with thee.
2 Keep 08104 08798 my commandments 04687, and live 02421 08798; and my law 08451 as the apple 0380 of thine eye 05869.
3 Bind 07194 08798 them upon thy fingers 0676, write 03789 08798 them upon the table 03871 of thine heart 03820.
4 Say 0559 08798 unto wisdom 02451, Thou [art] my sister 0269; and call 07121 08799 understanding 0998 [thy] kinswoman 04129:
5 That they may keep 08104 08800 thee from the strange 02114 08801 woman 0802, from the stranger 05237 [which] flattereth 02505 08689 with her words 0561.
6 For at the window 02474 of my house 01004 I looked 08259 08738 through my casement 0822,
7 And beheld 07200 08799 among the simple ones 06612, I discerned 0995 08799 among the youths 01121, a young man 05288 void 02638 of understanding 03820,
8 Passing through 05674 08802 the street 07784 near 0681 her corner 06434; and he went 06805 08799 the way 01870 to her house 01004,
9 In the twilight 05399, in the evening 03117 06153, in the black 0380 and dark 0653 night 03915:
10 And, behold, there met 07125 08800 him a woman 0802 [with] the attire 07897 of an harlot 02181 08802, and subtil 05341 08803 of heart 03820.
11 (She [is] loud 01993 08802 and stubborn 05637 08802; her feet 07272 abide 07931 08799 not in her house 01004:
12 Now 06471 [is she] without 02351, now 06471 in the streets 07339, and lieth in wait 0693 08799 at 0681 every corner 06438.)
13 So she caught 02388 08689 him, and kissed 05401 08804 him, [and] with an impudent 05810 08689 face 06440 said 0559 08799 unto him,
14 [I have] peace 08002 offerings 02077 with me; this day 03117 have I payed 07999 08765 my vows 05088.
15 Therefore came I forth 03318 08804 to meet 07125 08800 thee, diligently to seek 07836 08763 thy face 06440, and I have found 04672 08799 thee.
16 I have decked 07234 08804 my bed 06210 with coverings 04765 of tapestry, with carved 02405 [works], with fine linen 0330 of Egypt 04714.
17 I have perfumed 05130 08804 my bed 04904 with myrrh 04753, aloes 0174, and cinnamon 07076.
18 Come 03212 08798, let us take our fill 07301 08799 of love 01730 until the morning 01242: let us solace 05965 08691 ourselves with loves 0159.
19 For the goodman 0376 [is] not at home 01004, he is gone 01980 08804 a long 07350 journey 01870:
20 He hath taken 03947 08804 a bag 06872 of money 03701 with him 03027, [and] will come 0935 08799 home 01004 at the day 03117 appointed 03677.
21 With her much 07230 fair speech 03948 she caused him to yield 05186 08689, with the flattering 02506 of her lips 08193 she forced 05080 08686 him.
22 He goeth 01980 08802 after 0310 her straightway 06597, as an ox 07794 goeth 0935 08799 to the slaughter 02874, or as a fool 0191 to the correction 04148 of the stocks 05914;
23 Till a dart 02671 strike 06398 08762 through his liver 03516; as a bird 06833 hasteth 04116 08763 to the snare 06341, and knoweth 03045 08804 not that it [is] for his life 05315.
24 Hearken 08085 08798 unto me now therefore, O ye children 01121, and attend 07181 08685 to the words 0561 of my mouth 06310.
25 Let not thine heart 03820 decline 07847 08799 to her ways 01870, go not astray 08582 08799 in her paths 05410.
26 For she hath cast down 05307 08689 many 07227 wounded 02491: yea, many strong 06099 [men] have been slain 02026 08803 by her.
27 Her house 01004 [is] the way 01870 to hell 07585, going down 03381 08802 to the chambers 02315 of death 04194.

#### Pro 8

1 Doth not wisdom 02451 cry 07121 08799? and understanding 08394 put forth 05414 08799 her voice 06963?
2 She standeth 05324 08738 in the top 07218 of high places 04791, by the way 01870 in the places 01004 of the paths 05410.
3 She crieth 07442 08799 at 03027 the gates 08179, at the entry 06310 of the city 07176, at the coming 03996 in at the doors 06607.
4 Unto you, O men 0376, I call 07121 08799; and my voice 06963 [is] to the sons 01121 of man 0120.
5 O ye simple 06612, understand 0995 08685 wisdom 06195: and, ye fools 03684, be ye of an understanding 0995 08685 heart 03820.
6 Hear 08085 08798; for I will speak 01696 08762 of excellent things 05057; and the opening 04669 of my lips 08193 [shall be] right things 04339.
7 For my mouth 02441 shall speak 01897 08799 truth 0571; and wickedness 07562 [is] an abomination 08441 to my lips 08193.
8 All the words 0561 of my mouth 06310 [are] in righteousness 06664; [there is] nothing froward 06617 08737 or perverse 06141 in them.
9 They [are] all plain 05228 to him that understandeth 0995 08688, and right 03477 to them that find 04672 08802 knowledge 01847.
10 Receive 03947 08798 my instruction 04148, and not silver 03701; and knowledge 01847 rather than choice 0977 08737 gold 02742.
11 For wisdom 02451 [is] better 02896 than rubies 06443; and all the things that may be desired 02656 are not to be compared 07737 08799 to it.
12 I wisdom 02451 dwell 07931 08804 with prudence 06195, and find out 04672 08799 knowledge 01847 of witty inventions 04209.
13 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] to hate 08130 08800 evil 07451: pride 01344, and arrogancy 01347, and the evil 07451 way 01870, and the froward 08419 mouth 06310, do I hate 08130 08804.
14 Counsel 06098 [is] mine, and sound wisdom 08454: I [am] understanding 0998; I have strength 01369.
15 By me kings 04428 reign 04427 08799, and princes 07336 08802 decree 02710 08779 justice 06664.
16 By me princes 08269 rule 08323 08799, and nobles 05081, [even] all the judges 08199 08802 of the earth 0776.
17 I love 0157 08799 them that love 0157 08802 me; and those that seek me early 07836 08764 shall find 04672 08799 me.
18 Riches 06239 and honour 03519 [are] with me; [yea], durable 06276 riches 01952 and righteousness 06666.
19 My fruit 06529 [is] better 02896 than gold 02742, yea, than fine gold 06337; and my revenue 08393 than choice 0977 08737 silver 03701.
20 I lead 01980 08762 in the way 0734 of righteousness 06666, in the midst 08432 of the paths 05410 of judgment 04941:
21 That I may cause those that love 0157 08802 me to inherit 05157 08687 substance 03426; and I will fill 04390 08762 their treasures 0214.
22 The LORD 03068 possessed 07069 08804 me in the beginning 07225 of his way 01870, before 06924 his works 04659 of old.
23 I was set up 05258 08738 from everlasting 05769, from the beginning 07218, or ever 06924 the earth 0776 was.
24 When [there were] no depths 08415, I was brought forth 02342 08797; when [there were] no fountains 04599 abounding 03513 08737 with water 04325.
25 Before the mountains 02022 were settled 02883 08717, before 06440 the hills 01389 was I brought forth 02342 08797:
26 While as yet he had not made 06213 08804 the earth 0776, nor the fields 02351, nor the highest part 07218 of the dust 06083 of the world 08398.
27 When he prepared 03559 08687 the heavens 08064, I [was] there: when he set 02710 08800 a compass 02329 upon the face 06440 of the depth 08415:
28 When he established 0553 08763 the clouds 07834 above 04605: when he strengthened 05810 08800 the fountains 05869 of the deep 08415:
29 When he gave 07760 08800 to the sea 03220 his decree 02706, that the waters 04325 should not pass 05674 08799 his commandment 06310: when he appointed 02710 08800 the foundations 04144 of the earth 0776:
30 Then I was by him 0681, [as] one brought up 0525 [with him]: and I was daily 03117 03117 [his] delight 08191, rejoicing 07832 08764 always 06256 before 06440 him;
31 Rejoicing 07832 08764 in the habitable part 08398 of his earth 0776; and my delights 08191 [were] with the sons 01121 of men 0120.
32 Now therefore hearken 08085 08798 unto me, O ye children 01121: for blessed 0835 [are they that] keep 08104 08799 my ways 01870.
33 Hear 08085 08798 instruction 04148, and be wise 02449 08798, and refuse 06544 08799 it not.
34 Blessed 0835 [is] the man 0120 that heareth 08085 08802 me, watching 08245 08800 daily 03117 03117 at my gates 01817, waiting 08104 08800 at the posts 04201 of my doors 06607.
35 For whoso findeth 04672 08802 me findeth 04672 08804 08675 04672 08802 life 02416, and shall obtain 06329 08686 favour 07522 of the LORD 03068.
36 But he that sinneth 02398 08802 against me wrongeth 02554 08802 his own soul 05315: all they that hate 08130 08764 me love 0157 08804 death 04194.

#### Pro 9

1 Wisdom 02454 hath builded 01129 08804 her house 01004, she hath hewn out 02672 08804 her seven 07651 pillars 05982:
2 She hath killed 02873 08804 her beasts 02874; she hath mingled 04537 08804 her wine 03196; she hath also furnished 06186 08804 her table 07979.
3 She hath sent forth 07971 08804 her maidens 05291: she crieth 07121 08799 upon 01610 the highest places 04791 of the city 07176,
4 Whoso [is] simple 06612, let him turn in 05493 08799 hither: [as for] him that wanteth 02638 understanding 03820, she saith 0559 08804 to him,
5 Come 03212 08798, eat 03898 08798 of my bread 03899, and drink 08354 08798 of the wine 03196 [which] I have mingled 04537 08804.
6 Forsake 05800 08798 the foolish 06612, and live 02421 08798; and go 0833 08798 in the way 01870 of understanding 0998.
7 He that reproveth 03256 08802 a scorner 03887 08801 getteth 03947 08802 to himself shame 07036: and he that rebuketh 03198 08688 a wicked 07563 [man getteth] himself a blot 03971.
8 Reprove 03198 08686 not a scorner 03887 08801, lest he hate 08130 08799 thee: rebuke 03198 08685 a wise man 02450, and he will love 0157 08799 thee.
9 Give 05414 08798 [instruction] to a wise 02450 [man], and he will be yet wiser 02449 08799: teach 03045 08685 a just 06662 [man], and he will increase 03254 08686 in learning 03948.
10 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] the beginning 08462 of wisdom 02451: and the knowledge 01847 of the holy 06918 [is] understanding 0998.
11 For by me thy days 03117 shall be multiplied 07235 08799, and the years 08141 of thy life 02416 shall be increased 03254 08686.
12 If thou be wise 02449 08804, thou shalt be wise 02449 08804 for thyself: but [if] thou scornest 03887 08804, thou alone shalt bear 05375 08799 [it].
13 A foolish 03687 woman 0802 [is] clamorous 01993 08802: [she is] simple 06615, and 01077 knoweth 03045 08804 nothing 04100.
14 For she sitteth 03427 08804 at the door 06607 of her house 01004, on a seat 03678 in the high places 04791 of the city 07176,
15 To call 07121 08800 passengers 05674 08802 01870 who go right 03474 08764 on their ways 0734:
16 Whoso [is] simple 06612, let him turn in 05493 08799 hither: and [as for] him that wanteth 02638 understanding 03820, she saith 0559 08804 to him,
17 Stolen 01589 08803 waters 04325 are sweet 04985 08799, and bread 03899 [eaten] in secret 05643 is pleasant 05276 08799.
18 But he knoweth 03045 08804 not that the dead 07496 [are] there; [and that] her guests 07121 08803 [are] in the depths 06012 of hell 07585.

#### Pro 10

1 The proverbs 04912 of Solomon 08010. A wise 02450 son 01121 maketh a glad 08055 08762 father 01: but a foolish 03684 son 01121 [is] the heaviness 08424 of his mother 0517.
2 Treasures 0214 of wickedness 07562 profit 03276 08686 nothing: but righteousness 06666 delivereth 05337 08686 from death 04194.
3 The LORD 03068 will not suffer 07456 00 the soul 05315 of the righteous 06662 to famish 07456 08686: but he casteth away 01920 08799 the substance 01942 of the wicked 07563.
4 He becometh poor 07326 08802 that dealeth 06213 08802 [with] a slack 07423 hand 03709: but the hand 03027 of the diligent 02742 maketh rich 06238 08686.
5 He that gathereth 0103 08802 in summer 07019 [is] a wise 07919 08688 son 01121: [but] he that sleepeth 07290 08737 in harvest 07105 [is] a son 01121 that causeth shame 0954 08688.
6 Blessings 01293 [are] upon the head 07218 of the just 06662: but violence 02555 covereth 03680 08762 the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563.
7 The memory 02143 of the just 06662 [is] blessed 01293: but the name 08034 of the wicked 07563 shall rot 07537 08799.
8 The wise 02450 in heart 03820 will receive 03947 08799 commandments 04687: but a prating 08193 fool 0191 shall fall 03832 08735.
9 He that walketh 03212 08799 uprightly 08537 walketh 01980 08802 surely 0983: but he that perverteth 06140 08764 his ways 01870 shall be known 03045 08735.
10 He that winketh 07169 08802 with the eye 05869 causeth 05414 08799 sorrow 06094: but a prating 08193 fool 0191 shall fall 03832 08735.
11 The mouth 06310 of a righteous 06662 [man is] a well 04726 of life 02416: but violence 02555 covereth 03680 08762 the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563.
12 Hatred 08135 stirreth up 05782 08787 strifes 04090: but love 0160 covereth 03680 08762 all sins 06588.
13 In the lips 08193 of him that hath understanding 0995 08737 wisdom 02451 is found 04672 08735: but a rod 07626 [is] for the back 01460 of him that is void 02638 of understanding 03820.
14 Wise 02450 [men] lay up 06845 08799 knowledge 01847: but the mouth 06310 of the foolish 0191 [is] near 07138 destruction 04288.
15 The rich man's 06223 wealth 01952 [is] his strong 05797 city 07151: the destruction 04288 of the poor 01800 [is] their poverty 07389.
16 The labour 06468 of the righteous 06662 [tendeth] to life 02416: the fruit 08393 of the wicked 07563 to sin 02403.
17 He [is in] the way 0734 of life 02416 that keepeth 08104 08802 instruction 04148: but he that refuseth 05800 08802 reproof 08433 erreth 08582 08688.
18 He that hideth 03680 08764 hatred 08135 [with] lying 08267 lips 08193, and he that uttereth 03318 08688 a slander 01681, [is] a fool 03684.
19 In the multitude 07230 of words 01697 there wanteth 02308 08799 not sin 06588: but he that refraineth 02820 08802 his lips 08193 [is] wise 07919 08688.
20 The tongue 03956 of the just 06662 [is as] choice 0977 08737 silver 03701: the heart 03820 of the wicked 07563 [is] little worth 04592.
21 The lips 08193 of the righteous 06662 feed 07462 08799 many 07227: but fools 0191 die 04191 08799 for want 02638 of wisdom 03820.
22 The blessing 01293 of the LORD 03068, it maketh rich 06238 08686, and he addeth 03254 08686 no sorrow 06089 with it.
23 [It is] as sport 07814 to a fool 03684 to do 06213 08800 mischief 02154: but a man 0376 of understanding 08394 hath wisdom 02451.
24 The fear 04034 of the wicked 07563, it shall come 0935 08799 upon him: but the desire 08378 of the righteous 06662 shall be granted 05414 08799.
25 As the whirlwind 05492 passeth 05674 08800, so [is] the wicked 07563 no [more]: but the righteous 06662 [is] an everlasting 05769 foundation 03247.
26 As vinegar 02558 to the teeth 08127, and as smoke 06227 to the eyes 05869, so [is] the sluggard 06102 to them that send 07971 08802 him.
27 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 prolongeth 03254 08686 days 03117: but the years 08141 of the wicked 07563 shall be shortened 07114 08799.
28 The hope 08431 of the righteous 06662 [shall be] gladness 08057: but the expectation 08615 of the wicked 07563 shall perish 06 08799.
29 The way 01870 of the LORD 03068 [is] strength 04581 to the upright 08537: but destruction 04288 [shall be] to the workers 06466 08802 of iniquity 0205.
30 The righteous 06662 shall never 05769 be removed 04131 08735: but the wicked 07563 shall not inhabit 07931 08799 the earth 0776.
31 The mouth 06310 of the just 06662 bringeth forth 05107 08799 wisdom 02451: but the froward 08419 tongue 03956 shall be cut out 03772 08735.
32 The lips 08193 of the righteous 06662 know 03045 08799 what is acceptable 07522: but the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563 [speaketh] frowardness 08419.

#### Pro 11

1 A false 04820 balance 03976 [is] abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but a just 08003 weight 068 [is] his delight 07522.
2 [When] pride 02087 cometh 0935 08804, then cometh 0935 08799 shame 07036: but with the lowly 06800 08803 [is] wisdom 02451.
3 The integrity 08538 of the upright 03477 shall guide 05148 08686 them: but the perverseness 05558 of transgressors 0898 08802 shall destroy 07703 08799 08675 07703 08804 them.
4 Riches 01952 profit 03276 08686 not in the day 03117 of wrath 05678: but righteousness 06666 delivereth 05337 08686 from death 04194.
5 The righteousness 06666 of the perfect 08549 shall direct 03474 08762 his way 01870: but the wicked 07563 shall fall 05307 08799 by his own wickedness 07564.
6 The righteousness 06666 of the upright 03477 shall deliver 05337 08686 them: but transgressors 0898 08802 shall be taken 03920 08735 in [their own] naughtiness 01942.
7 When a wicked 07563 man 0120 dieth 04194, [his] expectation 08615 shall perish 06 08799: and the hope 08431 of unjust 0205 [men] perisheth 06 08804.
8 The righteous 06662 is delivered out 02502 08738 of trouble 06869, and the wicked 07563 cometh 0935 08799 in his stead.
9 An hypocrite 02611 with [his] mouth 06310 destroyeth 07843 08686 his neighbour 07453: but through knowledge 01847 shall the just 06662 be delivered 02502 08735.
10 When it goeth well 02898 with the righteous 06662, the city 07151 rejoiceth 05970 08799: and when the wicked 07563 perish 06 08800, [there is] shouting 07440.
11 By the blessing 01293 of the upright 03477 the city 07176 is exalted 07311 08799: but it is overthrown 02040 08735 by the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563.
12 He that is void 02638 of wisdom 03820 despiseth 0936 08802 his neighbour 07453: but a man 0376 of understanding 08394 holdeth his peace 02790 08686.
13 A talebearer 01980 08802 07400 revealeth 01540 08764 secrets 05475: but he that is of a faithful 0539 08738 spirit 07307 concealeth 03680 08764 the matter 01697.
14 Where no counsel 08458 [is], the people 05971 fall 05307 08799: but in the multitude 07230 of counsellors 03289 08802 [there is] safety 08668.
15 He that is surety 06148 08804 for a stranger 02114 08801 shall smart 07321 08735 07451 [for it]: and he that hateth 08130 08802 suretiship 08628 08802 is sure 0982 08802.
16 A gracious 02580 woman 0802 retaineth 08551 08799 honour 03519: and strong 06184 [men] retain 08551 08799 riches 06239.
17 The merciful 02617 man 0376 doeth good 01580 08802 to his own soul 05315: but [he that is] cruel 0394 troubleth 05916 08802 his own flesh 07607.
18 The wicked 07563 worketh 06213 08802 a deceitful 08267 work 06468: but to him that soweth 02232 08802 righteousness 06666 [shall be] a sure 0571 reward 07938.
19 As righteousness 06666 [tendeth] to life 02416: so he that pursueth 07291 08764 evil 07451 [pursueth it] to his own death 04194.
20 They that are of a froward 06141 heart 03820 [are] abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but [such as are] upright 08549 in [their] way 01870 [are] his delight 07522.
21 [Though] hand 03027 [join] in hand 03027, the wicked 07451 shall not be unpunished 05352 08735: but the seed 02233 of the righteous 06662 shall be delivered 04422 08738.
22 [As] a jewel 05141 of gold 02091 in a swine's 02386 snout 0639, [so is] a fair 03303 woman 0802 which is without 05493 08802 discretion 02940.
23 The desire 08378 of the righteous 06662 [is] only good 02896: [but] the expectation 08615 of the wicked 07563 [is] wrath 05678.
24 There is 03426 that scattereth 06340 08764, and yet increaseth 03254 08737; and [there is] that withholdeth 02820 08802 more than is meet 03476, but [it tendeth] to poverty 04270.
25 The liberal 01293 soul 05315 shall be made fat 01878 08792: and he that watereth 07301 08688 shall be watered 03384 08686 also himself.
26 He that withholdeth 04513 08802 corn 01250, the people 03816 shall curse 05344 08799 him: but blessing 01293 [shall be] upon the head 07218 of him that selleth 07666 08688 [it].
27 He that diligently seeketh 07836 08802 good 02896 procureth 01245 08762 favour 07522: but he that seeketh 01875 08802 mischief 07451, it shall come 0935 08799 unto him.
28 He that trusteth 0982 08802 in his riches 06239 shall fall 05307 08799: but the righteous 06662 shall flourish 06524 08799 as a branch 05929.
29 He that troubleth 05916 08802 his own house 01004 shall inherit 05157 08799 the wind 07307: and the fool 0191 [shall be] servant 05650 to the wise 02450 of heart 03820.
30 The fruit 06529 of the righteous 06662 [is] a tree 06086 of life 02416; and he that winneth 03947 08802 souls 05315 [is] wise 02450.
31 Behold, the righteous 06662 shall be recompensed 07999 08792 in the earth 0776: much more the wicked 07563 and the sinner 02398 08802.

#### Pro 12

1 Whoso loveth 0157 08802 instruction 04148 loveth 0157 08802 knowledge 01847: but he that hateth 08130 08802 reproof 08433 [is] brutish 01198.
2 A good 02896 [man] obtaineth 06329 08686 favour 07522 of the LORD 03068: but a man 0376 of wicked devices 04209 will he condemn 07561 08686.
3 A man 0120 shall not be established 03559 08735 by wickedness 07562: but the root 08328 of the righteous 06662 shall not be moved 04131 08735.
4 A virtuous 02428 woman 0802 [is] a crown 05850 to her husband 01167: but she that maketh ashamed 0954 08688 [is] as rottenness 07538 in his bones 06106.
5 The thoughts 04284 of the righteous 06662 [are] right 04941: [but] the counsels 08458 of the wicked 07563 [are] deceit 04820.
6 The words 01697 of the wicked 07563 [are] to lie in wait 0693 08800 for blood 01818: but the mouth 06310 of the upright 03477 shall deliver 05337 08686 them.
7 The wicked 07563 are overthrown 02015 08800, and [are] not: but the house 01004 of the righteous 06662 shall stand 05975 08799.
8 A man 0376 shall be commended 01984 08792 according 06310 to his wisdom 07922: but he that is of a perverse 05753 08737 heart 03820 shall be despised 0937.
9 [He that is] despised 07034 08737, and hath a servant 05650, [is] better 02896 than he that honoureth 03513 08693 himself, and lacketh 02638 bread 03899.
10 A righteous 06662 [man] regardeth 03045 08802 the life 05315 of his beast 0929: but the tender mercies 07356 of the wicked 07563 [are] cruel 0394.
11 He that tilleth 05647 08802 his land 0127 shall be satisfied 07646 08799 with bread 03899: but he that followeth 07291 08764 vain 07386 [persons is] void 02638 of understanding 03820.
12 The wicked 07563 desireth 02530 08804 the net 04685 of evil 07451 [men]: but the root 08328 of the righteous 06662 yieldeth 05414 08799 [fruit].
13 The wicked 07451 is snared 04170 by the transgression 06588 of [his] lips 08193: but the just 06662 shall come out 03318 08799 of trouble 06869.
14 A man 0376 shall be satisfied 07646 08799 with good 02896 by the fruit 06529 of [his] mouth 06310: and the recompence 01576 of a man's 0120 hands 03027 shall be rendered 07725 08686 08675 07725 08799 unto him.
15 The way 01870 of a fool 0191 [is] right 03477 in his own eyes 05869: but he that hearkeneth 08085 08802 unto counsel 06098 [is] wise 02450.
16 A fool's 0191 wrath 03708 is presently 03117 known 03045 08735: but a prudent 06175 [man] covereth 03680 08802 shame 07036.
17 [He that] speaketh 06315 08686 truth 0530 sheweth forth 05046 08686 righteousness 06664: but a false 08267 witness 05707 deceit 04820.
18 There is 03426 that speaketh 0981 08802 like the piercings 04094 of a sword 02719: but the tongue 03956 of the wise 02450 [is] health 04832.
19 The lip 08193 of truth 0571 shall be established 03559 08735 for ever 05703: but a lying 08267 tongue 03956 [is] but for a moment 07280 08686.
20 Deceit 04820 [is] in the heart 03820 of them that imagine 02790 08802 evil 07451: but to the counsellors 03289 08802 of peace 07965 [is] joy 08057.
21 There shall no evil 0205 happen 0579 08792 to the just 06662: but the wicked 07563 shall be filled 04390 08804 with mischief 07451.
22 Lying 08267 lips 08193 [are] abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but they that deal 06213 08802 truly 0530 [are] his delight 07522.
23 A prudent 06175 man 0120 concealeth 03680 08802 knowledge 01847: but the heart 03820 of fools 03684 proclaimeth 07121 08799 foolishness 0200.
24 The hand 03027 of the diligent 02742 shall bear rule 04910 08799: but the slothful 07423 shall be under tribute 04522.
25 Heaviness 01674 in the heart 03820 of man 0376 maketh it stoop 07812 08686: but a good 02896 word 01697 maketh it glad 08055 08762.
26 The righteous 06662 [is] more excellent 08446 08686 than his neighbour 07453: but the way 01870 of the wicked 07563 seduceth 08582 08686 them.
27 The slothful 07423 [man] roasteth 02760 08799 not that which he took in hunting 06718: but the substance 01952 of a diligent 02742 man 0120 [is] precious 03368.
28 In the way 0734 of righteousness 06666 [is] life 02416; and [in] the pathway 05410 01870 [thereof there is] no death 04194.

#### Pro 13

1 A wise 02450 son 01121 [heareth] his father's 01 instruction 04148: but a scorner 03887 08801 heareth 08085 08804 not rebuke 01606.
2 A man 0376 shall eat 0398 08799 good 02896 by the fruit 06529 of [his] mouth 06310: but the soul 05315 of the transgressors 0898 08802 [shall eat] violence 02555.
3 He that keepeth 05341 08802 his mouth 06310 keepeth 08104 08802 his life 05315: [but] he that openeth wide 06589 08802 his lips 08193 shall have destruction 04288.
4 The soul 05315 of the sluggard 06102 desireth 0183 08693, and [hath] nothing: but the soul 05315 of the diligent 02742 shall be made fat 01878 08792.
5 A righteous 06662 [man] hateth 08130 08799 lying 01697 08267: but a wicked 07563 [man] is loathsome 0887 08686, and cometh to shame 02659 08686.
6 Righteousness 06666 keepeth 05341 08799 [him that is] upright 08537 in the way 01870: but wickedness 07564 overthroweth 05557 08762 the sinner 02403.
7 There is 03426 that maketh himself rich 06238 08693, yet [hath] nothing: [there is] that maketh himself poor 07326 08711, yet 03605 [hath] great 07227 riches 01952.
8 The ransom 03724 of a man's 0376 life 05315 [are] his riches 06239: but the poor 07326 08802 heareth 08085 08804 not rebuke 01606.
9 The light 0216 of the righteous 06662 rejoiceth 08055 08799: but the lamp 05216 of the wicked 07563 shall be put out 01846 08799.
10 Only by pride 02087 cometh 05414 08799 contention 04683: but with the well advised 03289 08737 [is] wisdom 02451.
11 Wealth 01952 [gotten] by vanity 01892 shall be diminished 04591 08799: but he that gathereth 06908 08802 by labour 03027 shall increase 07235 08686.
12 Hope 08431 deferred 04900 08794 maketh the heart 03820 sick 02470 08688: but [when] the desire 08378 cometh 0935 08802, [it is] a tree 06086 of life 02416.
13 Whoso despiseth 0936 08802 the word 01697 shall be destroyed 02254 08735: but he that feareth 03373 the commandment 04687 shall be rewarded 07999 08792.
14 The law 08451 of the wise 02450 [is] a fountain 04726 of life 02416, to depart 05493 08800 from the snares 04170 of death 04194.
15 Good 02896 understanding 07922 giveth 05414 08799 favour 02580: but the way 01870 of transgressors 0898 08802 [is] hard 0386.
16 Every prudent 06175 [man] dealeth 06213 08799 with knowledge 01847: but a fool 03684 layeth open 06566 08799 [his] folly 0200.
17 A wicked 07563 messenger 04397 falleth 05307 08799 into mischief 07451: but a faithful 0529 ambassador 06735 [is] health 04832.
18 Poverty 07389 and shame 07036 [shall be to] him that refuseth 06544 08802 instruction 04148: but he that regardeth 08104 08802 reproof 08433 shall be honoured 03513 08792.
19 The desire 08378 accomplished 01961 08738 is sweet 06149 08799 to the soul 05315: but [it is] abomination 08441 to fools 03684 to depart 05493 08800 from evil 07451.
20 He that walketh 01980 08802 with wise 02450 [men] shall be wise 02449 08799: but a companion 07462 08802 of fools 03684 shall be destroyed 07321 08735.
21 Evil 07451 pursueth 07291 08762 sinners 02400: but to the righteous 06662 good 02896 shall be repayed 07999 08762.
22 A good 02896 [man] leaveth an inheritance 05157 08686 to his children's 01121 children 01121: and the wealth 02428 of the sinner 02398 08802 [is] laid up 06845 08803 for the just 06662.
23 Much 07230 food 0400 [is in] the tillage 05215 of the poor 07218 08676 07326 08802: but there is 03426 [that is] destroyed 05595 08737 for want 03808 of judgment 04941.
24 He that spareth 02820 08802 his rod 07626 hateth 08130 08802 his son 01121: but he that loveth 0157 08802 him chasteneth 04148 him betimes 07836 08765.
25 The righteous 06662 eateth 0398 08802 to the satisfying 07648 of his soul 05315: but the belly 0990 of the wicked 07563 shall want 02637 08799.

#### Pro 14

1 Every wise 02454 woman 0802 buildeth 01129 08804 her house 01004: but the foolish 0200 plucketh it down 02040 08799 with her hands 03027.
2 He that walketh 01980 08802 in his uprightness 03476 feareth 03373 the LORD 03068: but [he that is] perverse 03868 08737 in his ways 01870 despiseth 0959 08802 him.
3 In the mouth 06310 of the foolish 0191 [is] a rod 02415 of pride 01346: but the lips 08193 of the wise 02450 shall preserve 08104 08799 them.
4 Where no oxen 0504 [are], the crib 018 [is] clean 01249: but much 07230 increase 08393 [is] by the strength 03581 of the ox 07794.
5 A faithful 0529 witness 05707 will not lie 03577: but a false 08267 witness 05707 will utter 06315 08686 lies 03576 08762.
6 A scorner 03887 08801 seeketh 01245 08765 wisdom 02451, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge 01847 [is] easy 07043 08738 unto him that understandeth 0995 08737.
7 Go 03212 08798 from the presence 05048 of a foolish 03684 man 0376, when thou perceivest 03045 08804 not [in him] the lips 08193 of knowledge 01847.
8 The wisdom 02451 of the prudent 06175 [is] to understand 0995 08687 his way 01870: but the folly 0200 of fools 03684 [is] deceit 04820.
9 Fools 0191 make a mock 03887 08686 at sin 0817: but among the righteous 03477 [there is] favour 07522.
10 The heart 03820 knoweth 03045 08802 his own 05315 bitterness 04787; and a stranger 02114 08801 doth not intermeddle 06148 08691 with his joy 08057.
11 The house 01004 of the wicked 07563 shall be overthrown 08045 08735: but the tabernacle 0168 of the upright 03477 shall flourish 06524 08686.
12 There is 03426 a way 01870 which seemeth right 03477 unto 06440 a man 0376, but the end 0319 thereof [are] the ways 01870 of death 04194.
13 Even in laughter 07814 the heart 03820 is sorrowful 03510 08799; and the end 0319 of that mirth 08057 [is] heaviness 08424.
14 The backslider 05472 08803 in heart 03820 shall be filled 07646 08799 with his own ways 01870: and a good 02896 man 0376 [shall be satisfied] from himself.
15 The simple 06612 believeth 0539 08686 every word 01697: but the prudent 06175 [man] looketh well 0995 08799 to his going 0838.
16 A wise 02450 [man] feareth 03373, and departeth 05493 08802 from evil 07451: but the fool 03684 rageth 05674 08693, and is confident 0982 08802.
17 [He that is] soon 07116 angry 0639 dealeth 06213 08799 foolishly 0200: and a man 0376 of wicked devices 04209 is hated 08130 08735.
18 The simple 06612 inherit 05157 08804 folly 0200: but the prudent 06175 are crowned 03803 08686 with knowledge 01847.
19 The evil 07451 bow 07817 08804 before 06440 the good 02896; and the wicked 07563 at the gates 08179 of the righteous 06662.
20 The poor 07326 08802 is hated 08130 08735 even of his own neighbour 07453: but the rich 06223 [hath] many 07227 friends 0157 08802.
21 He that despiseth 0936 08802 his neighbour 07453 sinneth 02398 08802: but he that hath mercy 02603 08781 on the poor 06035 08675 06041, happy 0835 [is] he.
22 Do they not err 08582 08799 that devise 02790 08802 evil 07451? but mercy 02617 and truth 0571 [shall be] to them that devise 02790 08802 good 02896.
23 In all labour 06089 there is profit 04195: but the talk 01697 of the lips 08193 [tendeth] only to penury 04270.
24 The crown 05850 of the wise 02450 [is] their riches 06239: [but] the foolishness 0200 of fools 03684 [is] folly 0200.
25 A true 0571 witness 05707 delivereth 05337 08688 souls 05315: but a deceitful 04820 [witness] speaketh 06315 08686 lies 03577.
26 In the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] strong 05797 confidence 04009: and his children 01121 shall have a place of refuge 04268.
27 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] a fountain 04726 of life 02416, to depart 05493 08800 from the snares 04170 of death 04194.
28 In the multitude 07230 of people 05971 [is] the king's 04428 honour 01927: but in the want 0657 of people 03816 [is] the destruction 04288 of the prince 07333.
29 [He that is] slow 0750 to wrath 0639 [is] of great 07227 understanding 08394: but [he that is] hasty 07116 of spirit 07307 exalteth 07311 08688 folly 0200.
30 A sound 04832 heart 03820 [is] the life 02416 of the flesh 01320: but envy 07068 the rottenness 07538 of the bones 06106.
31 He that oppresseth 06231 08802 the poor 01800 reproacheth 02778 08765 his Maker 06213 08802: but he that honoureth 03513 08764 him hath mercy 02603 08802 on the poor 034.
32 The wicked 07563 is driven away 01760 08735 in his wickedness 07451: but the righteous 06662 hath hope 02620 08802 in his death 04194.
33 Wisdom 02451 resteth 05117 08799 in the heart 03820 of him that hath understanding 0995 08737: but [that which is] in the midst 07130 of fools 03684 is made known 03045 08735.
34 Righteousness 06666 exalteth 07311 08787 a nation 01471: but sin 02403 [is] a reproach 02617 to any people 03816.
35 The king's 04428 favour 07522 [is] toward a wise 07919 08688 servant 05650: but his wrath 05678 is [against] him that causeth shame 0954 08688.

#### Pro 15

1 A soft 07390 answer 04617 turneth 07725 08686 away wrath 02534: but grievous 06089 words 01697 stir up 05927 08686 anger 0639.
2 The tongue 03956 of the wise 02450 useth knowledge 01847 aright 03190 08686: but the mouth 06310 of fools 03684 poureth out 05042 08686 foolishness 0200.
3 The eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 [are] in every place 04725, beholding 06822 08802 the evil 07451 and the good 02896.
4 A wholesome 04832 tongue 03956 [is] a tree 06086 of life 02416: but perverseness 05558 therein [is] a breach 07667 in the spirit 07307.
5 A fool 0191 despiseth 05006 08799 his father's 01 instruction 04148: but he that regardeth 08104 08802 reproof 08433 is prudent 06191 08686.
6 In the house 01004 of the righteous 06662 [is] much 07227 treasure 02633: but in the revenues 08393 of the wicked 07563 is trouble 05916 08737.
7 The lips 08193 of the wise 02450 disperse 02219 08762 knowledge 01847: but the heart 03820 of the foolish 03684 [doeth] not so.
8 The sacrifice 02077 of the wicked 07563 [is] an abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but the prayer 08605 of the upright 03477 [is] his delight 07522.
9 The way 01870 of the wicked 07563 [is] an abomination 08441 unto the LORD 03068: but he loveth 0157 08799 him that followeth 07291 08764 after righteousness 06666.
10 Correction 04148 [is] grievous 07451 unto him that forsaketh 05800 08802 the way 0734: [and] he that hateth 08130 08802 reproof 08433 shall die 04191 08799.
11 Hell 07585 and destruction 011 [are] before the LORD 03068: how much more then the hearts 03826 of the children 01121 of men 0120?
12 A scorner 03887 08801 loveth 0157 08799 not one that reproveth 03198 08687 him: neither will he go 03212 08799 unto the wise 02450.
13 A merry 08056 heart 03820 maketh a cheerful 03190 08686 countenance 06440: but by sorrow 06094 of the heart 03820 the spirit 07307 is broken 05218.
14 The heart 03820 of him that hath understanding 0995 08737 seeketh 01245 08762 knowledge 01847: but the mouth 06310 08675 06440 of fools 03684 feedeth 07462 08799 on foolishness 0200.
15 All the days 03117 of the afflicted 06041 [are] evil 07451: but he that is of a merry 02896 heart 03820 [hath] a continual 08548 feast 04960.
16 Better 02896 [is] little 04592 with the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 than great 07227 treasure 0214 and trouble 04103 therewith.
17 Better 02896 [is] a dinner 0737 of herbs 03419 where love 0160 is, than a stalled 075 08803 ox 07794 and hatred 08135 therewith.
18 A wrathful 02534 man 0376 stirreth up 01624 08762 strife 04066: but [he that is] slow 0750 to anger 0639 appeaseth 08252 08686 strife 07379.
19 The way 01870 of the slothful 06102 [man is] as an hedge 04881 of thorns 02312: but the way 0734 of the righteous 03477 [is] made plain 05549 08803.
20 A wise 02450 son 01121 maketh a glad 08055 08762 father 01: but a foolish 03684 man 0120 despiseth 0959 08802 his mother 0517.
21 Folly 0200 [is] joy 08057 to [him that is] destitute 02638 of wisdom 03820: but a man 0376 of understanding 08394 walketh 03212 08800 uprightly 03474 08762.
22 Without counsel 05475 purposes 04284 are disappointed 06565 08687: but in the multitude 07230 of counsellors 03289 08802 they are established 06965 08799.
23 A man 0376 hath joy 08057 by the answer 04617 of his mouth 06310: and a word 01697 [spoken] in due season 06256, how good 02896 [is it]!
24 The way 0734 of life 02416 [is] above 04605 to the wise 07919 08688, that he may depart 05493 08800 from hell 07585 beneath 04295.
25 The LORD 03068 will destroy 05255 08799 the house 01004 of the proud 01343: but he will establish 05324 08686 the border 01366 of the widow 0490.
26 The thoughts 04284 of the wicked 07451 [are] an abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: but [the words] of the pure 02889 [are] pleasant 05278 words 0561.
27 He that is greedy 01214 08802 of gain 01215 troubleth 05916 08802 his own house 01004; but he that hateth 08130 08802 gifts 04979 shall live 02421 08799.
28 The heart 03820 of the righteous 06662 studieth 01897 08799 to answer 06030 08800: but the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563 poureth 05042 08686 out evil things 07451.
29 The LORD 03068 [is] far 07350 from the wicked 07563: but he heareth 08085 08799 the prayer 08605 of the righteous 06662.
30 The light 03974 of the eyes 05869 rejoiceth 08055 08762 the heart 03820: [and] a good 02896 report 08052 maketh 01878 00 the bones 06106 fat 01878 08762.
31 The ear 0241 that heareth 08085 08802 the reproof 08433 of life 02416 abideth 03885 08799 among 07130 the wise 02450.
32 He that refuseth 06544 08802 instruction 04148 despiseth 03988 08802 his own soul 05315: but he that heareth 08085 08802 reproof 08433 getteth 07069 08802 understanding 03820.
33 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [is] the instruction 04148 of wisdom 02451; and before 06440 honour 03519 [is] humility 06038.

#### Pro 16

1 The preparations 04633 of the heart 03820 in man 0120, and the answer 04617 of the tongue 03956, [is] from the LORD 03068.
2 All the ways 01870 of a man 0376 [are] clean 02134 in his own eyes 05869; but the LORD 03068 weigheth 08505 08802 the spirits 07307.
3 Commit 01556 08798 thy works 04639 unto the LORD 03068, and thy thoughts 04284 shall be established 03559 08735.
4 The LORD 03068 hath made 06466 08804 all [things] for himself 04617: yea, even the wicked 07563 for the day 03117 of evil 07451.
5 Every one [that is] proud 01362 in heart 03820 [is] an abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068: [though] hand 03027 [join] in hand 03027, he shall not be unpunished 05352 08735.
6 By mercy 02617 and truth 0571 iniquity 05771 is purged 03722 08792: and by the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [men] depart 05493 08800 from evil 07451.
7 When a man's 0376 ways 01870 please 07521 08800 the LORD 03068, he maketh even his enemies 0341 08802 to be at peace 07999 08686 with him.
8 Better 02896 [is] a little 04592 with righteousness 06666 than great 07230 revenues 08393 without right 04941.
9 A man's 0120 heart 03820 deviseth 02803 08762 his way 01870: but the LORD 03068 directeth 03559 08686 his steps 06806.
10 A divine sentence 07081 [is] in the lips 08193 of the king 04428: his mouth 06310 transgresseth 04603 08799 not in judgment 04941.
11 A just 04941 weight 06425 and balance 03976 [are] the LORD'S 03068: all the weights 068 of the bag 03599 [are] his work 04639.
12 [It is] an abomination 08441 to kings 04428 to commit 06213 08800 wickedness 07562: for the throne 03678 is established 03559 08735 by righteousness 06666.
13 Righteous 06664 lips 08193 [are] the delight 07522 of kings 04428; and they love 0157 08799 him that speaketh 01696 08802 right 03477.
14 The wrath 02534 of a king 04428 [is as] messengers 04397 of death 04194: but a wise 02450 man 0376 will pacify 03722 08762 it.
15 In the light 0216 of the king's 04428 countenance 06440 [is] life 02416; and his favour 07522 [is] as a cloud 05645 of the latter rain 04456.
16 How much better 02896 [is it] to get 07069 08800 wisdom 02451 than gold 02742! and to get 07069 08800 understanding 0998 rather to be chosen 0977 08737 than silver 03701!
17 The highway 04546 of the upright 03477 [is] to depart 05493 08800 from evil 07451: he that keepeth 05341 08802 his way 01870 preserveth 08104 08802 his soul 05315.
18 Pride 01347 [goeth] before 06440 destruction 07667, and an haughty 01363 spirit 07307 before 06440 a fall 03783.
19 Better 02896 [it is to be] of an humble 08217 spirit 07307 with the lowly 06035 08675 06041, than to divide 02505 08763 the spoil 07998 with the proud 01343.
20 He that handleth a matter 01697 wisely 07919 08688 shall find 04672 08799 good 02896: and whoso trusteth 0982 08802 in the LORD 03068, happy 0835 [is] he.
21 The wise 02450 in heart 03820 shall be called 07121 08735 prudent 0995 08737: and the sweetness 04986 of the lips 08193 increaseth 03254 08686 learning 03948.
22 Understanding 07922 [is] a wellspring 04726 of life 02416 unto him that hath 01167 it: but the instruction 04148 of fools 0191 [is] folly 0200.
23 The heart 03820 of the wise 02450 teacheth 07919 08686 his mouth 06310, and addeth 03254 08686 learning 03948 to his lips 08193.
24 Pleasant 05278 words 0561 [are as] an honeycomb 06688 01706, sweet 04966 to the soul 05315, and health 04832 to the bones 06106.
25 There is 03426 a way 01870 that seemeth right 03477 unto 06440 a man 0376, but the end 0319 thereof [are] the ways 01870 of death 04194.
26 He 05315 that laboureth 06001 laboureth 05998 08804 for himself; for his mouth 06310 craveth 0404 08804 it of him.
27 An ungodly 01100 man 0376 diggeth up 03738 08802 evil 07451: and in his lips 08193 [there is] as a burning 06867 fire 0784.
28 A froward 08419 man 0376 soweth 07971 08762 strife 04066: and a whisperer 05372 separateth 06504 08688 chief friends 0441.
29 A violent 02555 man 0376 enticeth 06601 08762 his neighbour 07453, and leadeth 03212 08689 him into the way 01870 [that is] not good 02896.
30 He shutteth 06095 08802 his eyes 05869 to devise 02803 08800 froward things 08419: moving 07169 08802 his lips 08193 he bringeth 03615 00 evil 07451 to pass 03615 08765.
31 The hoary head 07872 [is] a crown 05850 of glory 08597, [if] it be found 04672 08735 in the way 01870 of righteousness 06666.
32 [He that is] slow 0750 to anger 0639 [is] better 02896 than the mighty 01368; and he that ruleth 04910 08802 his spirit 07307 than he that taketh 03920 08802 a city 05892.
33 The lot 01486 is cast 02904 08714 into the lap 02436; but the whole disposing 04941 thereof [is] of the LORD 03068.

#### Pro 17

1 Better 02896 [is] a dry 02720 morsel 06595, and quietness 07962 therewith, than an house 01004 full 04392 of sacrifices 02077 [with] strife 07379.
2 A wise 07919 08688 servant 05650 shall have rule 04910 08799 over a son 01121 that causeth shame 0954 08688, and shall have part 02505 08799 of the inheritance 05159 among 08432 the brethren 0251.
3 The fining pot 04715 [is] for silver 03701, and the furnace 03564 for gold 02091: but the LORD 03068 trieth 0974 08802 the hearts 03826.
4 A wicked doer 07489 08688 giveth heed 07181 08688 to false 0205 lips 08193; [and] a liar 08267 giveth ear 0238 08688 to a naughty 01942 tongue 03956.
5 Whoso mocketh 03932 08802 the poor 07326 08802 reproacheth 02778 08765 his Maker 06213 08802: [and] he that is glad 08056 at calamities 0343 shall not be unpunished 05352 08735.
6 Children's 01121 children 01121 [are] the crown 05850 of old men 02205; and the glory 08597 of children 01121 [are] their fathers 01.
7 Excellent 03499 speech 08193 becometh 05000 not a fool 05036: much less do lying 08267 lips 08193 a prince 05081.
8 A gift 07810 [is as] a precious 02580 stone 068 in the eyes 05869 of him that hath 01167 it: whithersoever it turneth 06437 08799, it prospereth 07919 08686.
9 He that covereth 03680 08764 a transgression 06588 seeketh 01245 08764 love 0160; but he that repeateth 08138 08802 a matter 01697 separateth 06504 08688 [very] friends 0441.
10 A reproof 01606 entereth 05181 08799 more into a wise man 0995 08688 than an hundred 03967 stripes 05221 08687 into a fool 03684.
11 An evil 07451 [man] seeketh 01245 08762 only rebellion 04805: therefore a cruel 0394 messenger 04397 shall be sent 07971 08792 against him.
12 Let a bear 01677 robbed 07909 of her whelps meet 06298 08800 a man 0376, rather than 0408 a fool 03684 in his folly 0200.
13 Whoso rewardeth 07725 08688 evil 07451 for good 02896, evil 07451 shall not depart 04185 08799 08675 04185 08686 from his house 01004.
14 The beginning 07225 of strife 04066 [is as] when one letteth out 06362 08802 water 04325: therefore leave off 05203 08800 contention 07379, before 06440 it be meddled 01566 08694 with.
15 He that justifieth 06663 08688 the wicked 07563, and he that condemneth 07561 08688 the just 06662, even they both 08147 [are] abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068.
16 Wherefore [is there] a price 04242 in the hand 03027 of a fool 03684 to get 07069 08800 wisdom 02451, seeing [he hath] no heart 03820 [to it]?
17 A friend 07453 loveth 0157 08802 at all times 06256, and a brother 0251 is born 03205 08735 for adversity 06869.
18 A man 0120 void 02638 of understanding 03820 striketh 08628 08802 hands 03709, [and] becometh 06148 08802 surety 06161 in the presence 06440 of his friend 07453.
19 He loveth 0157 08802 transgression 06588 that loveth 0157 08802 strife 04683: [and] he that exalteth 01361 08688 his gate 06607 seeketh 01245 08764 destruction 07667.
20 He that hath a froward 06141 heart 03820 findeth 04672 08799 no good 02896: and he that hath a perverse 02015 08738 tongue 03956 falleth 05307 08799 into mischief 07451.
21 He that begetteth 03205 08802 a fool 03684 [doeth it] to his sorrow 08424: and the father 01 of a fool 05036 hath no joy 08055 08799.
22 A merry 08056 heart 03820 doeth good 03190 08686 [like] a medicine 01456: but a broken 05218 spirit 07307 drieth 03001 08762 the bones 01634.
23 A wicked 07563 [man] taketh 03947 08799 a gift 07810 out of the bosom 02436 to pervert 05186 08687 the ways 0734 of judgment 04941.
24 Wisdom 02451 [is] before him that hath understanding 06440 0995 08688; but the eyes 05869 of a fool 03684 [are] in the ends 07097 of the earth 0776.
25 A foolish 03684 son 01121 [is] a grief 03708 to his father 01, and bitterness 04470 to her that bare 03205 08802 him.
26 Also to punish 06064 08800 the just 06662 [is] not good 02896, [nor] to strike 05221 08687 princes 05081 for equity 03476.
27 He that hath 03045 08802 knowledge 01847 spareth 02820 08802 his words 0561: [and] a man 0376 of understanding 08394 is of an excellent 03368 08675 07119 spirit 07307.
28 Even a fool 0191, when he holdeth his peace 02790 08688, is counted 02803 08735 wise 02450: [and] he that shutteth 0331 08801 his lips 08193 [is esteemed] a man of understanding 0995 08737.

#### Pro 18

1 Through desire 08378 a man, having separated 06504 08737 himself, seeketh 01245 08762 [and] intermeddleth 01566 08691 with all wisdom 08454.
2 A fool 03684 hath no delight 02654 08799 in understanding 08394, but that his heart 03820 may discover 01540 08692 itself.
3 When the wicked 07563 cometh 0935 08800, [then] cometh 0935 08804 also contempt 0937, and with ignominy 07036 reproach 02781.
4 The words 01697 of a man's 0376 mouth 06310 [are as] deep 06013 waters 04325, [and] the wellspring 04726 of wisdom 02451 [as] a flowing 05042 08802 brook 05158.
5 [It is] not good 02896 to accept 05375 08800 the person 06440 of the wicked 07563, to overthrow 05186 08687 the righteous 06662 in judgment 04941.
6 A fool's 03684 lips 08193 enter 0935 08799 into contention 07379, and his mouth 06310 calleth 07121 08799 for strokes 04112.
7 A fool's 03684 mouth 06310 [is] his destruction 04288, and his lips 08193 [are] the snare 04170 of his soul 05315.
8 The words 01697 of a talebearer 05372 [are] as wounds 03859 08693, and they go down 03381 08804 into the innermost parts 02315 of the belly 0990.
9 He also that is slothful 07503 08693 in his work 04399 is brother 0251 to him that is a great 01167 waster 07843 08688.
10 The name 08034 of the LORD 03068 [is] a strong 05797 tower 04026: the righteous 06662 runneth 07323 08799 into it, and is safe 07682 08738.
11 The rich man's 06223 wealth 01952 [is] his strong 05797 city 07151, and as an high 07682 08737 wall 02346 in his own conceit 04906.
12 Before 06440 destruction 07667 the heart 03820 of man 0376 is haughty 01361 08799, and before 06440 honour 03519 [is] humility 06038.
13 He that answereth 07725 08688 a matter 01697 before he heareth 08085 08799 [it], it [is] folly 0200 and shame 03639 unto him.
14 The spirit 07307 of a man 0376 will sustain 03557 08770 his infirmity 04245; but a wounded 05218 spirit 07307 who can bear 05375 08799?
15 The heart 03820 of the prudent 0995 08737 getteth 07069 08799 knowledge 01847; and the ear 0241 of the wise 02450 seeketh 01245 08762 knowledge 01847.
16 A man's 0120 gift 04976 maketh room 07337 08686 for him, and bringeth 05148 08686 him before 06440 great men 01419.
17 [He that is] first 07223 in his own cause 07379 [seemeth] just 06662; but his neighbour 07453 cometh 0935 08804 08675 0935 08799 and searcheth 02713 08804 him.
18 The lot 01486 causeth contentions 04079 to cease 07673 08686, and parteth 06504 08686 between the mighty 06099.
19 A brother 0251 offended 06586 08737 [is harder to be won] than a strong 05797 city 07151: and [their] contentions 04079 08675 04066 [are] like the bars 01280 of a castle 0759.
20 A man's 0376 belly 0990 shall be satisfied 07646 08799 with the fruit 06529 of his mouth 06310; [and] with the increase 08393 of his lips 08193 shall he be filled 07646 08799.
21 Death 04194 and life 02416 [are] in the power 03027 of the tongue 03956: and they that love 0157 08802 it shall eat 0398 08799 the fruit 06529 thereof.
22 [Whoso] findeth 04672 08804 a wife 0802 findeth 04672 08804 a good 02896 [thing], and obtaineth 06329 08686 favour 07522 of the LORD 03068.
23 The poor 07326 08802 useth 01696 08762 intreaties 08469; but the rich 06223 answereth 06030 08799 roughly 05794.
24 A man 0376 [that hath] friends 07453 must shew himself friendly 07489 08710: and there is 03426 a friend 0157 08802 [that] sticketh closer 01695 than a brother 0251.

#### Pro 19

1 Better 02896 [is] the poor 07326 08802 that walketh 01980 08802 in his integrity 08537, than [he that is] perverse 06141 in his lips 08193, and is a fool 03684.
2 Also, [that] the soul 05315 [be] without knowledge 01847, [it is] not good 02896; and he that hasteth 0213 08801 with [his] feet 07272 sinneth 02398 08802.
3 The foolishness 0200 of man 0120 perverteth 05557 08762 his way 01870: and his heart 03820 fretteth 02196 08799 against the LORD 03068.
4 Wealth 01952 maketh 03254 08686 many 07227 friends 07453; but the poor 01800 is separated 06504 08735 from his neighbour 07453.
5 A false 08267 witness 05707 shall not be unpunished 05352 08735, and [he that] speaketh 06315 08686 lies 03577 shall not escape 04422 08735.
6 Many 07227 will intreat 02470 08762 the favour 06440 of the prince 05081: and every man [is] a friend 07453 to him 0376 that giveth gifts 04976.
7 All the brethren 0251 of the poor 07326 08802 do hate 08130 08804 him: how much more do his friends 04828 go far 07368 08804 from him? he pursueth 07291 08764 [them with] words 0561, [yet] they [are] wanting [to him].
8 He that getteth 07069 08802 wisdom 03820 loveth 0157 08802 his own soul 05315: he that keepeth 08104 08802 understanding 08394 shall find 04672 08800 good 02896.
9 A false 08267 witness 05707 shall not be unpunished 05352 08735, and [he that] speaketh 06315 08686 lies 03577 shall perish 06 08799.
10 Delight 08588 is not seemly 05000 for a fool 03684; much less for a servant 05650 to have rule 04910 08800 over princes 08269.
11 The discretion 07922 of a man 0120 deferreth 0748 08689 his anger 0639; and [it is] his glory 08597 to pass over 05674 08800 a transgression 06588.
12 The king's 04428 wrath 02197 [is] as the roaring 05099 of a lion 03715; but his favour 07522 [is] as dew 02919 upon the grass 06212.
13 A foolish 03684 son 01121 [is] the calamity 01942 of his father 01: and the contentions 04079 of a wife 0802 [are] a continual 02956 08802 dropping 01812.
14 House 01004 and riches 01952 [are] the inheritance 05159 of fathers 01: and a prudent 07919 08688 wife 0802 [is] from the LORD 03068.
15 Slothfulness 06103 casteth 05307 08686 into a deep sleep 08639; and an idle 07423 soul 05315 shall suffer hunger 07456 08799.
16 He that keepeth 08104 08802 the commandment 04687 keepeth 08104 08802 his own soul 05315; [but] he that despiseth 0959 08802 his ways 01870 shall die 04191 08799.
17 He that hath pity 02603 08802 upon the poor 01800 lendeth 03867 08688 unto the LORD 03068; and that which he hath given 01576 will he pay him again 07999 08762.
18 Chasten 03256 08761 thy son 01121 while there is 03426 hope 08615, and let not thy soul 05315 spare 05375 08799 for his crying 04191 08687.
19 A man 01419 of great 01632 wrath 02534 shall suffer 05375 08802 punishment 06066: for if thou deliver 05337 08686 [him], yet thou must do it again 03254 08686.
20 Hear 08085 08798 counsel 06098, and receive 06901 08761 instruction 04148, that thou mayest be wise 02449 08799 in thy latter end 0319.
21 [There are] many 07227 devices 04284 in a man's 0376 heart 03820; nevertheless the counsel 06098 of the LORD 03068, that shall stand 06965 08799.
22 The desire 08378 of a man 0120 [is] his kindness 02617: and a poor man 07326 08802 [is] better 02896 than 0376 a liar 03577.
23 The fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [tendeth] to life 02416: and [he that hath it] shall abide 03885 08799 satisfied 07649; he shall not be visited 06485 08735 with evil 07451.
24 A slothful 06102 [man] hideth 02934 08804 his hand 03027 in [his] bosom 06747, and will not so much as bring 07725 00 it to his mouth 06310 again 07725 08686.
25 Smite 05221 08686 a scorner 03887 08801, and the simple 06612 will beware 06191 08686: and reprove 03198 08689 one that hath understanding 0995 08737, [and] he will understand 0995 08799 knowledge 01847.
26 He that wasteth 07703 08764 [his] father 01, [and] chaseth away 01272 08686 [his] mother 0517, [is] a son 01121 that causeth shame 0954 08688, and bringeth reproach 02659 08688.
27 Cease 02308 08798, my son 01121, to hear 08085 08800 the instruction 04148 [that causeth] to err 07686 08800 from the words 0561 of knowledge 01847.
28 An ungodly 01100 witness 05707 scorneth 03887 08686 judgment 04941: and the mouth 06310 of the wicked 07563 devoureth 01104 08762 iniquity 0205.
29 Judgments 08201 are prepared 03559 08738 for scorners 03887 08801, and stripes 04112 for the back 01460 of fools 03684.

#### Pro 20

1 Wine 03196 [is] a mocker 03887 08801, strong drink 07941 [is] raging 01993 08802: and whosoever is deceived 07686 08802 thereby is not wise 02449 08799.
2 The fear 0367 of a king 04428 [is] as the roaring 05099 of a lion 03715: [whoso] provoketh him to anger 05674 08693 sinneth 02398 08802 [against] his own soul 05315.
3 [It is] an honour 03519 for a man 0376 to cease 07674 from strife 07379: but every fool 0191 will be meddling 01566 08691.
4 The sluggard 06102 will not plow 02790 08799 by reason of the cold 02779; [therefore] shall he beg 07592 08804 08675 07592 08799 in harvest 07105, and [have] nothing.
5 Counsel 06098 in the heart 03820 of man 0376 [is like] deep 06013 water 04325; but a man 0376 of understanding 08394 will draw it out 01802 08799.
6 Most 07230 men 0120 will proclaim 07121 08799 every one 0376 his own goodness 02617: but a faithful 0529 man 0376 who can find 04672 08799?
7 The just 06662 [man] walketh 01980 08693 in his integrity 08537: his children 01121 [are] blessed 0835 after 0310 him.
8 A king 04428 that sitteth in 03427 08802 the throne 03678 of judgment 01779 scattereth away 02219 08764 all evil 07451 with his eyes 05869.
9 Who can say 0559 08799, I have made my heart 03820 clean 02135 08765, I am pure 02891 08804 from my sin 02403?
10 Divers weights 068 068, [and] divers measures 0374 0374, both 08147 of them [are] alike 01571 abomination 08441 to the LORD 03068.
11 Even a child 05288 is known 05234 08691 by his doings 04611, whether his work 06467 [be] pure 02134, and whether [it be] right 03477.
12 The hearing 08085 08802 ear 0241, and the seeing 07200 08802 eye 05869, the LORD 03068 hath made 06213 08804 even both 08147 of them.
13 Love 0157 08799 not sleep 08142, lest thou come to poverty 03423 08735; open 06491 08798 thine eyes 05869, [and] thou shalt be satisfied 07646 08798 with bread 03899.
14 [It is] naught 07451, [it is] naught 07451, saith 0559 08799 the buyer 07069 08802: but when he is gone 0235 08801 his way, then he boasteth 01984 08691.
15 There is 03426 gold 02091, and a multitude 07230 of rubies 06443: but the lips 08193 of knowledge 01847 [are] a precious 03366 jewel 03627.
16 Take 03947 08798 his garment 0899 that is surety 06148 08804 [for] a stranger 02114 08801: and take a pledge 02254 08798 of him for a strange woman 05237.
17 Bread 03899 of deceit 08267 [is] sweet 06156 to a man 0376; but afterwards 0310 his mouth 06310 shall be filled 04390 08735 with gravel 02687.
18 [Every] purpose 04284 is established 03559 08735 by counsel 06098: and with good advice 08458 make 06213 08798 war 04421.
19 He that goeth about 01980 08802 [as] a talebearer 07400 revealeth 01540 08802 secrets 05475: therefore meddle 06148 08691 not with him that flattereth 06601 08802 with his lips 08193.
20 Whoso curseth 07043 08764 his father 01 or his mother 0517, his lamp 05216 shall be put out 01846 08799 in obscure 0380 08676 0380 darkness 02822.
21 An inheritance 05159 [may be] gotten hastily 0926 08794 08675 0973 08794 at the beginning 07223; but the end 0319 thereof shall not be blessed 01288 08792.
22 Say 0559 08799 not thou, I will recompense 07999 08762 evil 07451; [but] wait on 06960 08761 the LORD 03068, and he shall save 03467 08686 thee.
23 Divers weights 068 068 [are] an abomination 08441 unto the LORD 03068; and a false 04820 balance 03976 [is] not good 02896.
24 Man's 01397 goings 04703 [are] of the LORD 03068; how can a man 0120 then understand 0995 08799 his own way 01870?
25 [It is] a snare 04170 to the man 0120 [who] devoureth 03216 08804 [that which is] holy 06944, and after 0310 vows 05088 to make enquiry 01239 08763.
26 A wise 02450 king 04428 scattereth 02219 08764 the wicked 07563, and bringeth 07725 08686 the wheel 0212 over them.
27 The spirit 05397 of man 0120 [is] the candle 05216 of the LORD 03068, searching 02664 08802 all the inward parts 02315 of the belly 0990.
28 Mercy 02617 and truth 0571 preserve 05341 08799 the king 04428: and his throne 03678 is upholden 05582 08804 by mercy 02617.
29 The glory 08597 of young men 0970 [is] their strength 03581: and the beauty 01926 of old men 02205 [is] the gray head 07872.
30 The blueness 02250 of a wound 06482 cleanseth 08562 away evil 07451: so [do] stripes 04347 the inward parts 02315 of the belly 0990.

#### Pro 21

1 The king's 04428 heart 03820 [is] in the hand 03027 of the LORD 03068, [as] the rivers 06388 of water 04325: he turneth 05186 08686 it whithersoever he will 02654 08799.
2 Every way 01870 of a man 0376 [is] right 03477 in his own eyes 05869: but the LORD 03068 pondereth 08505 08802 the hearts 03826.
3 To do 06213 08800 justice 06666 and judgment 04941 [is] more acceptable 0977 08737 to the LORD 03068 than sacrifice 02077.
4 An high 07312 look 05869, and a proud 07342 heart 03820, [and] the plowing 05215 of the wicked 07563, [is] sin 02403.
5 The thoughts 04284 of the diligent 02742 [tend] only to plenteousness 04195; but of every one [that is] hasty 0213 08801 only to want 04270.
6 The getting 06467 of treasures 0214 by a lying 08267 tongue 03956 [is] a vanity 01892 tossed to and fro of 05086 08737 them that seek 01245 08764 death 04194.
7 The robbery 07701 of the wicked 07563 shall destroy 01641 08799 them; because they refuse 03985 08765 to do 06213 08800 judgment 04941.
8 The way 01870 of man 0376 [is] froward 02019 and strange 02054: but [as for] the pure 02134, his work 06467 [is] right 03477.
9 [It is] better 02896 to dwell 03427 08800 in a corner 06438 of the housetop 01406, than with a brawling 04079 08675 04066 woman 0802 in a wide 02267 house 01004.
10 The soul 05315 of the wicked 07563 desireth 0183 08765 evil 07451: his neighbour 07453 findeth no favour 02603 08717 in his eyes 05869.
11 When the scorner 03887 08801 is punished 06064 08800, the simple 06612 is made wise 02449 08799: and when the wise 02450 is instructed 07919 08687, he receiveth 03947 08799 knowledge 01847.
12 The righteous 06662 [man] wisely considereth 07919 08688 the house 01004 of the wicked 07563: [but God] overthroweth 05557 08764 the wicked 07563 for [their] wickedness 07451.
13 Whoso stoppeth 0331 08801 his ears 0241 at the cry 02201 of the poor 01800, he also shall cry 07121 08799 himself, but shall not be heard 06030 08735.
14 A gift 04976 in secret 05643 pacifieth 03711 08799 anger 0639: and a reward 07810 in the bosom 02436 strong 05794 wrath 02534.
15 [It is] joy 08057 to the just 06662 to do 06213 08800 judgment 04941: but destruction 04288 [shall be] to the workers 06466 08802 of iniquity 0205.
16 The man 0120 that wandereth 08582 08802 out of the way 01870 of understanding 07919 08687 shall remain 05117 08799 in the congregation 06951 of the dead 07496.
17 He that loveth 0157 08802 pleasure 08057 [shall be] a poor 04270 man 0376: he that loveth 0157 08802 wine 03196 and oil 08081 shall not be rich 06238 08686.
18 The wicked 07563 [shall be] a ransom 03724 for the righteous 06662, and the transgressor 0898 08802 for the upright 03477.
19 [It is] better 02896 to dwell 03427 08800 in the wilderness 0776 04057, than with a contentious 04079 08675 04066 and an angry 03708 woman 0802.
20 [There is] treasure 0214 to be desired 02530 08737 and oil 08081 in the dwelling 05116 of the wise 02450; but a foolish 03684 man 0120 spendeth it up 01104 08762.
21 He that followeth 07291 08802 after righteousness 06666 and mercy 02617 findeth 04672 08799 life 02416, righteousness 06666, and honour 03519.
22 A wise 02450 [man] scaleth 05927 08804 the city 05892 of the mighty 01368, and casteth down 03381 08686 the strength 05797 of the confidence 04009 thereof.
23 Whoso keepeth 08104 08802 his mouth 06310 and his tongue 03956 keepeth 08104 08802 his soul 05315 from troubles 06869.
24 Proud 02086 [and] haughty 03093 scorner 03887 08801 [is] his name 08034, who dealeth 06213 08802 in proud 02087 wrath 05678.
25 The desire 08378 of the slothful 06102 killeth 04191 08686 him; for his hands 03027 refuse 03985 08765 to labour 06213 08800.
26 He coveteth 0183 08694 greedily 08378 all the day 03117 long: but the righteous 06662 giveth 05414 08799 and spareth 02820 08799 not.
27 The sacrifice 02077 of the wicked 07563 [is] abomination 08441: how much more, [when] he bringeth 0935 08686 it with a wicked mind 02154?
28 A false 03577 witness 05707 shall perish 06 08799: but the man 0376 that heareth 08085 08802 speaketh 01696 08762 constantly 05331.
29 A wicked 07563 man 0376 hardeneth 05810 08689 his face 06440: but [as for] the upright 03477, he directeth 0995 08799 08675 03559 08686 his way 01870.
30 [There is] no wisdom 02451 nor understanding 08394 nor counsel 06098 against the LORD 03068.
31 The horse 05483 [is] prepared 03559 08716 against the day 03117 of battle 04421: but safety 08668 [is] of the LORD 03068.

#### Pro 22

1 A [good] name 08034 [is] rather to be chosen 0977 08737 than great 07227 riches 06239, [and] loving 02896 favour 02580 rather than silver 03701 and gold 02091.
2 The rich 06223 and poor 07326 08802 meet together 06298 08738: the LORD 03068 [is] the maker 06213 08802 of them all.
3 A prudent 06175 [man] foreseeth 07200 08804 the evil 07451, and hideth 05641 08738 08675 05641 08799 himself: but the simple 06612 pass on 05674 08804, and are punished 06064 08738.
4 By 06118 humility 06038 [and] the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 [are] riches 06239, and honour 03519, and life 02416.
5 Thorns 06791 [and] snares 06341 [are] in the way 01870 of the froward 06141: he that doth keep 08104 08802 his soul 05315 shall be far 07368 08799 from them.
6 Train up 02596 08798 a child 05288 in the way 01870 he should go 06310: and when he is old 02204 08686, he will not depart 05493 08799 from it.
7 The rich 06223 ruleth 04910 08799 over the poor 07326 08802, and the borrower 03867 08801 [is] servant 05650 to the lender 0376 03867 08688.
8 He that soweth 02232 08802 iniquity 05766 shall reap 07114 08799 vanity 0205: and the rod 07626 of his anger 05678 shall fail 03615 08799.
9 He that hath a bountiful 02896 eye 05869 shall be blessed 01288 08792; for he giveth 05414 08804 of his bread 03899 to the poor 01800.
10 Cast out 01644 08763 the scorner 03887 08801, and contention 04066 shall go out 03318 08799; yea, strife 01779 and reproach 07036 shall cease 07673 08799.
11 He that loveth 0157 08802 pureness 02890 08675 02889 of heart 03820, [for] the grace 02580 of his lips 08193 the king 04428 [shall be] his friend 07453.
12 The eyes 05869 of the LORD 03068 preserve 05341 08804 knowledge 01847, and he overthroweth 05557 08762 the words 01697 of the transgressor 0898 08802.
13 The slothful 06102 [man] saith 0559 08804, [There is] a lion 0738 without 02351, I shall be slain 07523 08735 in 08432 the streets 07339.
14 The mouth 06310 of strange women 02114 08801 [is] a deep 06013 pit 07745: he that is abhorred 02194 08803 of the LORD 03068 shall fall 05307 08799 therein.
15 Foolishness 0200 [is] bound 07194 08803 in the heart 03820 of a child 05288; [but] the rod 07626 of correction 04148 shall drive it far 07368 08686 from him.
16 He that oppresseth 06231 08802 the poor 01800 to increase 07235 08687 his [riches, and] he that giveth 05414 08802 to the rich 06223, [shall] surely [come] to want 04270.
17 Bow down 05186 08685 thine ear 0241, and hear 08085 08798 the words 01697 of the wise 02450, and apply 07896 08799 thine heart 03820 unto my knowledge 01847.
18 For [it is] a pleasant thing 05273 if thou keep 08104 08799 them within 0990 thee; they shall withal 03162 be fitted 03559 08735 in thy lips 08193.
19 That thy trust 04009 may be in the LORD 03068, I have made known 03045 08689 to thee this day 03117, even to thee.
20 Have not I written 03789 08804 to thee 08032 excellent things 07991 in counsels 04156 and knowledge 01847,
21 That I might make thee know 03045 08687 the certainty 07189 of the words 0561 of truth 0571; that thou mightest answer 07725 08687 the words 0561 of truth 0571 to them that send 07971 08802 unto thee?
22 Rob 01497 08799 not the poor 01800, because he [is] poor 01800: neither oppress 01792 08762 the afflicted 06041 in the gate 08179:
23 For the LORD 03068 will plead 07378 08799 their cause 07379, and spoil 06906 08804 the soul 05315 of those that spoiled 06906 08802 them.
24 Make no friendship 07462 08691 with an angry 0639 man 01167; and with a furious 02534 man 0376 thou shalt not go 0935 08799:
25 Lest thou learn 0502 08799 his ways 0734, and get 03947 08804 a snare 04170 to thy soul 05315.
26 Be not thou [one] of them that strike 08628 08802 hands 03709, [or] of them that are sureties 06148 08802 for debts 04859.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay 07999 08763, why should he take away 03947 08799 thy bed 04904 from under thee?
28 Remove 05253 08686 not the ancient 05769 landmark 01366, which thy fathers 01 have set 06213 08804.
29 Seest 02372 08804 thou a man 0376 diligent 04106 in his business 04399? he shall stand 03320 08691 before 06440 kings 04428; he shall not stand 03320 08691 before 06440 mean 02823 [men].

#### Pro 23

1 When thou sittest 03427 08799 to eat 03898 08800 with a ruler 04910 08802, consider 0995 08799 diligently 0995 08800 what [is] before 06440 thee:
2 And put 07760 08804 a knife 07915 to thy throat 03930, if thou [be] a man given 01167 to appetite 05315.
3 Be not desirous 0183 08691 of his dainties 04303: for they [are] deceitful 03577 meat 03899.
4 Labour 03021 08799 not to be rich 06238 08687: cease 02308 08798 from thine own wisdom 0998.
5 Wilt thou set 05774 08686 08675 05774 08799 thine eyes 05869 upon that which is not? for [riches] certainly 06213 08800 make 06213 08799 themselves wings 03671; they fly away 05774 08799 08675 05774 08687 as an eagle 05404 toward heaven 08064.
6 Eat 03898 08799 thou not the bread 03899 of [him that hath] an evil 07451 eye 05869, neither desire 0183 08691 thou his dainty meats 04303:
7 For as he thinketh 08176 08804 in his heart 05315, so [is] he: Eat 0398 08798 and drink 08354 08798, saith 0559 08799 he to thee; but his heart 03820 [is] not with thee.
8 The morsel 06595 [which] thou hast eaten 0398 08804 shalt thou vomit up 06958 08686, and lose 07843 08765 thy sweet 05273 words 01697.
9 Speak 01696 08762 not in the ears 0241 of a fool 03684: for he will despise 0936 08799 the wisdom 07922 of thy words 04405.
10 Remove 05253 08686 not the old 05769 landmark 01366; and enter 0935 08799 not into the fields 07704 of the fatherless 03490:
11 For their redeemer 01350 08802 [is] mighty 02389; he shall plead 07378 08799 their cause 07379 with thee.
12 Apply 0935 08685 thine heart 03820 unto instruction 04148, and thine ears 0241 to the words 0561 of knowledge 01847.
13 Withhold 04513 08799 not correction 04148 from the child 05288: for [if] thou beatest 05221 08686 him with the rod 07626, he shall not die 04191 08799.
14 Thou shalt beat 05221 08686 him with the rod 07626, and shalt deliver 05337 08686 his soul 05315 from hell 07585.
15 My son 01121, if thine heart 03820 be wise 02449 08804, my heart 03820 shall rejoice 08055 08799, even mine 0589.
16 Yea, my reins 03629 shall rejoice 05937 08799, when thy lips 08193 speak 01696 08763 right things 04339.
17 Let not thine heart 03820 envy 07065 08762 sinners 02400: but [be thou] in the fear 03374 of the LORD 03068 all the day 03117 long.
18 For surely there is 03426 an end 0319; and thine expectation 08615 shall not be cut off 03772 08735.
19 Hear 08085 08798 thou, my son 01121, and be wise 02449 08798, and guide 0833 08761 thine heart 03820 in the way 01870.
20 Be not among winebibbers 03196 05433 08802; among riotous eaters 02151 08802 of flesh 01320:
21 For the drunkard 05433 08802 and the glutton 02151 08802 shall come to poverty 03423 08735: and drowsiness 05124 shall clothe 03847 08686 [a man] with rags 07168.
22 Hearken 08085 08798 unto thy father 01 that begat 03205 08804 thee, and despise 0936 08799 not thy mother 0517 when she is old 02204 08804.
23 Buy 07069 08798 the truth 0571, and sell 04376 08799 [it] not; [also] wisdom 02451, and instruction 04148, and understanding 0998.
24 The father 01 of the righteous 06662 shall greatly 01524 rejoice 01523 08799: and he that begetteth 03205 08802 a wise 02450 [child] shall have joy 08055 08799 of him.
25 Thy father 01 and thy mother 0517 shall be glad 08055 08799, and she that bare 03205 08802 thee shall rejoice 01523 08799.
26 My son 01121, give 05414 08798 me thine heart 03820, and let thine eyes 05869 observe 07521 08799 05341 08799 my ways 01870.
27 For a whore 02181 08802 [is] a deep 06013 ditch 07745; and a strange woman 05237 [is] a narrow 06862 pit 0875.
28 She also lieth in wait 0693 08799 as [for] a prey 02863, and increaseth 03254 08686 the transgressors 0898 08802 among men 0120.
29 Who hath woe 0188? who hath sorrow 017? who hath contentions 04079 08675 04066? who hath babbling 07879? who hath wounds 06482 without cause 02600? who hath redness 02448 of eyes 05869?
30 They that tarry long 0309 08764 at the wine 03196; they that go 0935 08802 to seek 02713 08800 mixed wine 04469.
31 Look 07200 08799 not thou upon the wine 03196 when it is red 0119 08691, when it giveth 05414 08799 his colour 05869 in the cup 03563 08675 03599, [when] it moveth 01980 08691 itself aright 04339.
32 At the last 0319 it biteth 05391 08799 like a serpent 05175, and stingeth 06567 08686 like an adder 06848.
33 Thine eyes 05869 shall behold 07200 08799 strange women 02114 08801, and thine heart 03820 shall utter 01696 08762 perverse things 08419.
34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down 07901 08802 in the midst 03820 of the sea 03220, or as he that lieth 07901 08802 upon the top 07218 of a mast 02260.
35 They have stricken 05221 08689 me, [shalt thou say, and] I was not sick 02470 08804; they have beaten 01986 08804 me, [and] I felt 03045 08804 [it] not: when shall I awake 06974 08686? I will seek 01245 08762 it yet 03254 08686 again.

#### Pro 24

1 Be not thou envious 07065 08762 against evil 07451 men 0582, neither desire 0183 08691 to be with them.
2 For their heart 03820 studieth 01897 08799 destruction 07701, and their lips 08193 talk 01696 08762 of mischief 05999.
3 Through wisdom 02451 is an house 01004 builded 01129 08735; and by understanding 08394 it is established 03559 08709:
4 And by knowledge 01847 shall the chambers 02315 be filled 04390 08735 with all precious 03368 and pleasant 05273 riches 01952.
5 A wise 02450 man 01397 [is] strong 05797; yea, a man 0376 of knowledge 01847 increaseth 0553 08764 strength 03581.
6 For by wise counsel 08458 thou shalt make 06213 08799 thy war 04421: and in multitude 07230 of counsellors 03289 08802 [there is] safety 08668.
7 Wisdom 02454 [is] too high 07311 08802 for a fool 0191: he openeth 06605 08799 not his mouth 06310 in the gate 08179.
8 He that deviseth 02803 08764 to do evil 07489 08687 shall be called 07121 08799 a mischievous 04209 person 01167.
9 The thought 02154 of foolishness 0200 [is] sin 02403: and the scorner 03887 08801 [is] an abomination 08441 to men 0120.
10 [If] thou faint 07503 08694 in the day 03117 of adversity 06869, thy strength 03581 [is] small 06862.
11 If thou forbear 02820 08799 to deliver 05337 08685 [them that are] drawn 03947 08803 unto death 04194, and [those that are] ready 04131 08801 to be slain 02027;
12 If thou sayest 0559 08799, Behold, we knew 03045 08804 it not; doth not he that pondereth 08505 08802 the heart 03826 consider 0995 08799 [it]? and he that keepeth 05341 08802 thy soul 05315, doth [not] he know 03045 08799 [it]? and shall [not] he render 07725 08689 to [every] man 0120 according to his works 06467?
13 My son 01121, eat 0398 08798 thou honey 01706, because [it is] good 02896; and the honeycomb 05317, [which is] sweet 04966 to thy taste 02441:
14 So [shall] the knowledge 03045 08798 of wisdom 02451 [be] unto thy soul 05315: when thou hast found 04672 08804 [it], then there shall be 03426 a reward 0319, and thy expectation 08615 shall not be cut off 03772 08735.
15 Lay not wait 0693 08799, O wicked 07563 [man], against the dwelling 05116 of the righteous 06662; spoil 07703 08762 not his resting place 07258:
16 For a just 06662 [man] falleth 05307 08799 seven times 07651, and riseth up again 06965 08804: but the wicked 07563 shall fall 03782 08735 into mischief 07451.
17 Rejoice 08055 08799 not when thine enemy 0341 08802 falleth 05307 08800, and let not thine heart 03820 be glad 01523 08799 when he stumbleth 03782 08736:
18 Lest the LORD 03068 see 07200 08799 [it], and it displease 07489 08804 05869 him, and he turn away 07725 08689 his wrath 0639 from him.
19 Fret 02734 08691 not thyself because of evil 07489 08688 [men], neither be thou envious 07065 08762 at the wicked 07563;
20 For there shall be no reward 0319 to the evil 07451 [man]; the candle 05216 of the wicked 07563 shall be put out 01846 08799.
21 My son 01121, fear 03372 08798 thou the LORD 03068 and the king 04428: [and] meddle 06148 08691 not with them that are given to change 08138 08802:
22 For their calamity 0343 shall rise 06965 08799 suddenly 06597; and who knoweth 03045 08802 the ruin 06365 of them both 08147?
23 These [things] also [belong] to the wise 02450. [It is] not good 02896 to have respect 05234 08687 of persons 06440 in judgment 04941.
24 He that saith 0559 08802 unto the wicked 07563, Thou [art] righteous 06662; him shall the people 05971 curse 05344 08799, nations 03816 shall abhor 02194 08799 him:
25 But to them that rebuke 03198 08688 [him] shall be delight 05276 08799, and a good 02896 blessing 01293 shall come 0935 08799 upon them.
26 [Every man] shall kiss 05401 08799 [his] lips 08193 that giveth 07725 08688 a right 05228 answer 01697.
27 Prepare 03559 08685 thy work 04399 without 02351, and make it fit 06257 08761 for thyself in the field 07704; and afterwards 0310 build 01129 08804 thine house 01004.
28 Be not a witness 05707 against thy neighbour 07453 without cause 02600; and deceive 06601 08765 [not] with thy lips 08193.
29 Say 0559 08799 not, I will do 06213 08799 so to him as he hath done 06213 08804 to me: I will render 07725 08686 to the man 0376 according to his work 06467.
30 I went 05674 08804 by the field 07704 of the slothful 0376 06102, and by the vineyard 03754 of the man 0120 void 02638 of understanding 03820;
31 And, lo, it was all grown over 05927 08804 with thorns 07063, [and] nettles 02738 had covered 03680 08795 the face 06440 thereof, and the stone 068 wall 01444 thereof was broken down 02040 08738.
32 Then I saw 02372 08799, [and] considered [it] well 07896 08799 03820: I looked 07200 08804 upon [it, and] received 03947 08804 instruction 04148.
33 [Yet] a little 04592 sleep 08142, a little 04592 slumber 08572, a little 04592 folding 02264 of the hands 03027 to sleep 07901 08800:
34 So shall thy poverty 07389 come 0935 08804 [as] one that travelleth 01980 08693; and thy want 04270 as an armed 04043 man 0376.

#### Pro 25

1 These [are] also proverbs 04912 of Solomon 08010, which the men 0582 of Hezekiah 02396 king 04428 of Judah 03063 copied out 06275 08689.
2 [It is] the glory 03519 of God 0430 to conceal 05641 08687 a thing 01697: but the honour 03519 of kings 04428 [is] to search out 02713 08800 a matter 01697.
3 The heaven 08064 for height 07312, and the earth 0776 for depth 06011, and the heart 03820 of kings 04428 [is] unsearchable 02714.
4 Take away 01898 08800 the dross 05509 from the silver 03701, and there shall come forth 03318 08799 a vessel 03627 for the finer 06884 08802.
5 Take away 01898 08800 the wicked 07563 [from] before 06440 the king 04428, and his throne 03678 shall be established 03559 08735 in righteousness 06664.
6 Put not forth 01921 08691 thyself in the presence 06440 of the king 04428, and stand 05975 08799 not in the place 04725 of great 01419 [men]:
7 For better 02896 [it is] that it be said 0559 08800 unto thee, Come up 05927 08798 hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower 08213 08687 in the presence 06440 of the prince 05081 whom thine eyes 05869 have seen 07200 08804.
8 Go not forth 03318 08799 hastily 04118 to strive 07378 08800, lest [thou know not] what to do 06213 08799 in the end 0319 thereof, when thy neighbour 07453 hath put thee to shame 03637 08687.
9 Debate 07378 08798 thy cause 07379 with thy neighbour 07453 [himself]; and discover 01540 08762 not a secret 05475 to another 0312:
10 Lest he that heareth 08085 08802 [it] put thee to shame 02616 08762, and thine infamy 01681 turn not away 07725 08799.
11 A word 01697 fitly 0212 08675 0655 spoken 01696 08803 [is like] apples 08598 of gold 02091 in pictures 04906 of silver 03701.
12 [As] an earring 05141 of gold 02091, and an ornament 02481 of fine gold 03800, [so is] a wise 02450 reprover 03198 08688 upon an obedient 08085 08802 ear 0241.
13 As the cold 06793 of snow 07950 in the time 03117 of harvest 07105, [so is] a faithful 0539 08737 messenger 06735 to them that send 07971 08802 him: for he refresheth 07725 08686 the soul 05315 of his masters 0113.
14 Whoso 0376 boasteth 01984 08693 himself of a false 08267 gift 04991 [is like] clouds 05387 and wind 07307 without rain 01653.
15 By long 0753 forbearing 0639 is a prince 07101 persuaded 06601 08792, and a soft 07390 tongue 03956 breaketh 07665 08799 the bone 01634.
16 Hast thou found 04672 08804 honey 01706? eat 0398 08798 so much as is sufficient 01767 for thee, lest thou be filled 07646 08799 therewith, and vomit 06958 08689 it.
17 Withdraw 03365 08685 thy foot 07272 from thy neighbour's 07453 house 01004; lest he be weary 07646 08799 of thee, and [so] hate 08130 08804 thee.
18 A man 0376 that beareth 06030 08802 false 08267 witness 05707 against his neighbour 07453 [is] a maul 04650, and a sword 02719, and a sharp 08150 08802 arrow 02671.
19 Confidence 04009 in an unfaithful man 0898 08802 in time 03117 of trouble 06869 [is like] a broken 07465 tooth 08127, and a foot 07272 out of joint 04154.
20 [As] he that taketh away 05710 08688 a garment 0899 in cold 07135 weather 03117, [and as] vinegar 02558 upon nitre 05427, so [is] he that singeth 07891 08802 songs 07892 to an heavy 07451 heart 03820.
21 If thine enemy 08130 08802 be hungry 07457, give him bread 03899 to eat 0398 08685; and if he be thirsty 06771, give him water 04325 to drink 08248 08685:
22 For thou shalt heap 02846 08802 coals of fire 01513 upon his head 07218, and the LORD 03068 shall reward 07999 08762 thee.
23 The north 06828 wind 07307 driveth away 02342 08787 rain 01653: so [doth] an angry 02194 08737 countenance 06440 a backbiting 05643 tongue 03956.
24 [It is] better 02896 to dwell 03427 08800 in the corner 06438 of the housetop 01406, than with a brawling 04079 08675 04066 woman 0802 and in a wide 02267 house 01004.
25 [As] cold 07119 waters 04325 to a thirsty 05889 soul 05315, so [is] good 02896 news 08052 from a far 04801 country 0776.
26 A righteous 06662 man falling down 04131 08801 before 06440 the wicked 07563 [is as] a troubled 07515 08737 fountain 04599, and a corrupt 07843 08716 spring 04726.
27 [It is] not good 02896 to eat 0398 08800 much 07235 08687 honey 01706: so [for men] to search 02714 their own glory 03519 [is not] glory 03519.
28 He 0376 that [hath] no rule 04623 over his own spirit 07307 [is like] a city 05892 [that is] broken down 06555 08803, [and] without walls 02346.

#### Pro 26

1 As snow 07950 in summer 07019, and as rain 04306 in harvest 07105, so honour 03519 is not seemly 05000 for a fool 03684.
2 As the bird 06833 by wandering 05110 08800, as the swallow 01866 by flying 05774 08800, so the curse 07045 causeless 02600 shall not come 0935 08799.
3 A whip 07752 for the horse 05483, a bridle 04964 for the ass 02543, and a rod 07626 for the fool's 03684 back 01460.
4 Answer 06030 08799 not a fool 03684 according to his folly 0200, lest thou also be like 07737 08799 unto him.
5 Answer 06030 08798 a fool 03684 according to his folly 0200, lest he be wise 02450 in his own conceit 05869.
6 He that sendeth 07971 08802 a message 01697 by the hand 03027 of a fool 03684 cutteth off 07096 08764 the feet 07272, [and] drinketh 08354 08802 damage 02555.
7 The legs 07785 of the lame 06455 are not equal 01809 08804: so [is] a parable 04912 in the mouth 06310 of fools 03684.
8 As he that bindeth 06872 08675 06887 08800 a stone 068 in a sling 04773, so [is] he that giveth 05414 08802 honour 03519 to a fool 03684.
9 [As] a thorn 02336 goeth up 05927 08804 into the hand 03027 of a drunkard 07910, so [is] a parable 04912 in the mouth 06310 of fools 03684.
10 The great 07227 [God] that formed 02342 08789 all [things] both rewardeth 07936 08802 the fool 03684, and rewardeth 07936 08802 transgressors 05674 08802.
11 As a dog 03611 returneth 07725 08804 to his vomit 06892, [so] a fool 03684 returneth 08138 08802 to his folly 0200.
12 Seest 07200 08804 thou a man 0376 wise 02450 in his own conceit 05869? [there is] more hope 08615 of a fool 03684 than of him.
13 The slothful 06102 [man] saith 0559 08804, [There is] a lion 07826 in the way 01870; a lion 0738 [is] in the streets 07339.
14 [As] the door 01817 turneth 05437 08735 upon his hinges 06735, so [doth] the slothful 06102 upon his bed 04296.
15 The slothful 06102 hideth 02934 08804 his hand 03027 in [his] bosom 06747; it grieveth 03811 08738 him to bring it again 07725 08687 to his mouth 06310.
16 The sluggard 06102 [is] wiser 02450 in his own conceit 05869 than seven men 07651 that can render 07725 08688 a reason 02940.
17 He that passeth by 05674 08802, [and] meddleth 05674 08693 with strife 07379 [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh 02388 08688 a dog 03611 by the ears 0241.
18 As a mad 03856 08700 [man] who casteth 03384 08802 firebrands 02131, arrows 02671, and death 04194,
19 So [is] the man 0376 [that] deceiveth 07411 08765 his neighbour 07453, and saith 0559 08804, Am not I in sport 07832 08764?
20 Where no 0657 wood 06086 is, [there] the fire 0784 goeth out 03518 08799: so where [there is] no talebearer 05372, the strife 04066 ceaseth 08367 08799.
21 [As] coals 06352 [are] to burning coals 01513, and wood 06086 to fire 0784; so [is] a contentious 04079 08675 04066 man 0376 to kindle 02787 08771 strife 07379.
22 The words 01697 of a talebearer 05372 [are] as wounds 03859 08693, and they go down 03381 08804 into the innermost parts 02315 of the belly 0990.
23 Burning 01814 08801 lips 08193 and a wicked 07451 heart 03820 [are like] a potsherd 02789 covered 06823 08794 with silver 03701 dross 05509.
24 He that hateth 08130 08802 dissembleth 05234 08735 with his lips 08193, and layeth up 07896 08799 deceit 04820 within 07130 him;
25 When he speaketh 06963 fair 02603 08762, believe 0539 08686 him not: for [there are] seven 07651 abominations 08441 in his heart 03820.
26 [Whose] hatred 08135 is covered 03680 08691 by deceit 04860, his wickedness 07451 shall be shewed 01540 08735 before the [whole] congregation 06951.
27 Whoso diggeth 03738 08802 a pit 07845 shall fall 05307 08799 therein: and he that rolleth 01556 08802 a stone 068, it will return 07725 08799 upon him.
28 A lying 08267 tongue 03956 hateth 08130 08799 [those that are] afflicted 01790 by it; and a flattering 02509 mouth 06310 worketh 06213 08799 ruin 04072.

#### Pro 27

1 Boast 01984 08691 not thyself of to morrow 04279; for thou knowest 03045 08799 not what a day 03117 may bring forth 03205 08799.
2 Let another man 02114 08801 praise 01984 08762 thee, and not thine own mouth 06310; a stranger 05237, and not thine own lips 08193.
3 A stone 068 [is] heavy 03514, and the sand 02344 weighty 05192; but a fool's 0191 wrath 03708 [is] heavier 03515 than them both 08147.
4 Wrath 02534 [is] cruel 0395, and anger 0639 [is] outrageous 07858; but who [is] able to stand 05975 08799 before 06440 envy 07068?
5 Open 01540 08794 rebuke 08433 [is] better 02896 than secret 05641 08794 love 0160.
6 Faithful 0539 08737 [are] the wounds 06482 of a friend 0157 08802; but the kisses 05390 of an enemy 08130 08802 [are] deceitful 06280 08737.
7 The full 07649 soul 05315 loatheth 0947 08799 an honeycomb 05317; but to the hungry 07457 soul 05315 every bitter thing 04751 is sweet 04966.
8 As a bird 06833 that wandereth 05074 08802 from her nest 07064, so [is] a man 0376 that wandereth 05074 08802 from his place 04725.
9 Ointment 08081 and perfume 07004 rejoice 08055 08762 the heart 03820: so [doth] the sweetness 04986 of a man's friend 07453 by hearty 05315 counsel 06098.
10 Thine own friend 07453, and thy father's 01 friend 07453, forsake 05800 08799 not; neither go 0935 08799 into thy brother's 0251 house 01004 in the day 03117 of thy calamity 0343: [for] better 02896 [is] a neighbour 07934 [that is] near 07138 than a brother 0251 far off 07350.
11 My son 01121, be wise 02449 08798, and make my heart 03820 glad 08055 08761, that I may answer 07725 08686 01697 him that reproacheth 02778 08802 me.
12 A prudent 06175 [man] foreseeth 07200 08804 the evil 07451, [and] hideth 05641 08738 himself; [but] the simple 06612 pass on 05674 08804, [and] are punished 06064 08738.
13 Take 03947 08798 his garment 0899 that is surety 06148 08804 for a stranger 02114 08801, and take a pledge 02254 08798 of him for a strange woman 05237.
14 He that blesseth 01288 08764 his friend 07453 with a loud 01419 voice 06963, rising early 07925 08687 in the morning 01242, it shall be counted 02803 08735 a curse 07045 to him.
15 A continual 02956 08802 dropping 01812 in a very rainy 05464 day 03117 and a contentious 04079 08675 04066 woman 0802 are alike 07737 08739.
16 Whosoever hideth 06845 08802 her hideth 06845 08804 the wind 07307, and the ointment 08081 of his right hand 03225, [which] bewrayeth 07121 08799 [itself].
17 Iron 01270 sharpeneth 02300 08799 iron 01270; so a man 0376 sharpeneth 02300 08686 the countenance 06440 of his friend 07453.
18 Whoso keepeth 05341 08802 the fig tree 08384 shall eat 0398 08799 the fruit 06529 thereof: so he that waiteth 08104 08802 on his master 0113 shall be honoured 03513 08792.
19 As in water 04325 face 06440 [answereth] to face 06440, so the heart 03820 of man 0120 to man 0120.
20 Hell 07585 and destruction 011 08675 010 are never 03808 full 07646 08799; so the eyes 05869 of man 0120 are never satisfied 07646 08799.
21 [As] the fining pot 04715 for silver 03701, and the furnace 03564 for gold 02091; so [is] a man 0376 to 06310 his praise 04110.
22 Though thou shouldest bray 03806 08799 a fool 0191 in a mortar 04388 among 08432 wheat 07383 with a pestle 05940, [yet] will not his foolishness 0200 depart 05493 08799 from him.
23 Be thou diligent 03045 08799 to know 03045 08800 the state 06440 of thy flocks 06629, [and] look 07896 08798 well 03820 to thy herds 05739.
24 For riches 02633 [are] not for ever 05769: and doth the crown 05145 [endure] to every 01755 generation 01755?
25 The hay 02682 appeareth 01540 08804, and the tender grass 01877 sheweth 07200 08738 itself, and herbs 06212 of the mountains 02022 are gathered 0622 08738.
26 The lambs 03532 [are] for thy clothing 03830, and the goats 06260 [are] the price 04242 of the field 07704.
27 And [thou shalt have] goats' 05795 milk 02461 enough 01767 for thy food 03899, for the food 03899 of thy household 01004, and [for] the maintenance 02416 for thy maidens 05291.

#### Pro 28

1 The wicked 07563 flee 05127 08804 when no man pursueth 07291 08802: but the righteous 06662 are bold 0982 08799 as a lion 03715.
2 For the transgression 06588 of a land 0776 many 07227 [are] the princes 08269 thereof: but by a man 0120 of understanding 0995 08688 [and] knowledge 03045 08802 the state 03651 [thereof] shall be prolonged 0748 08686.
3 A poor 07326 08802 man 01397 that oppresseth 06231 08802 the poor 01800 [is like] a sweeping 05502 08802 rain 04306 which leaveth no food 03899.
4 They that forsake 05800 08802 the law 08451 praise 01984 08762 the wicked 07563: but such as keep 08104 08802 the law 08451 contend 01624 08691 with them.
5 Evil 07451 men 0582 understand 0995 08799 not judgment 04941: but they that seek 01245 08764 the LORD 03068 understand 0995 08799 all [things].
6 Better 02896 [is] the poor 07326 08802 that walketh 01980 08802 in his uprightness 08537, than [he that is] perverse 06141 [in his] ways 01870, though he [be] rich 06223.
7 Whoso keepeth 05341 08802 the law 08451 [is] a wise 0995 08688 son 01121: but he that is a companion 07462 08802 of riotous 02151 08802 [men] shameth 03637 08686 his father 01.
8 He that by usury 05392 and unjust gain 08636 increaseth 07235 08688 his substance 01952, he shall gather 06908 08762 it for him that will pity 02603 08802 the poor 01800.
9 He that turneth away 05493 08688 his ear 0241 from hearing 08085 08800 the law 08451, even his prayer 08605 [shall be] abomination 08441.
10 Whoso causeth the righteous 03477 to go astray 07686 08688 in an evil 07451 way 01870, he shall fall 05307 08799 himself into his own pit 07816: but the upright 08549 shall have good 02896 [things] in possession 05157 08799.
11 The rich 06223 man 0376 [is] wise 02450 in his own conceit 05869; but the poor 01800 that hath understanding 0995 08688 searcheth him out 02713 08799.
12 When righteous 06662 [men] do rejoice 05970 08800, [there is] great 07227 glory 08597: but when the wicked 07563 rise 06965 08800, a man 0120 is hidden 02664 08792.
13 He that covereth 03680 08764 his sins 06588 shall not prosper 06743 08686: but whoso confesseth 03034 08688 and forsaketh 05800 08802 [them] shall have mercy 07355 08792.
14 Happy 0835 [is] the man 0120 that feareth 06342 08764 alway 08548: but he that hardeneth 07185 08688 his heart 03820 shall fall 05307 08799 into mischief 07451.
15 [As] a roaring 05098 08802 lion 0738, and a ranging 08264 08802 bear 01677; [so is] a wicked 07563 ruler 04910 08802 over the poor 01800 people 05971.
16 The prince 05057 that wanteth 02638 understanding 08394 [is] also a great 07227 oppressor 04642: [but] he that hateth 08130 08802 covetousness 01215 shall prolong 0748 08686 [his] days 03117.
17 A man 0120 that doeth violence 06231 08803 to the blood 01818 of [any] person 05315 shall flee 05127 08799 to the pit 0953; let no man stay 08551 08799 him.
18 Whoso walketh 01980 08802 uprightly 08549 shall be saved 03467 08735: but [he that is] perverse 06140 08737 [in his] ways 01870 shall fall 05307 08799 at once 0259.
19 He that tilleth 05647 08802 his land 0127 shall have plenty 07646 08799 of bread 03899: but he that followeth 07291 08764 after vain 07386 [persons] shall have poverty enough 07389.
20 A faithful 0530 man 0376 shall abound 07227 with blessings 01293: but he that maketh haste 0213 08801 to be rich 06238 08687 shall not be innocent 05352 08735.
21 To have respect 05234 08687 of persons 06440 [is] not good 02896: for for a piece 06595 of bread 03899 [that] man 01397 will transgress 06586 08799.
22 He 0376 that hasteth 0926 08737 to be rich 01952 [hath] an evil 07451 eye 05869, and considereth 03045 08799 not that poverty 02639 shall come 0935 08799 upon him.
23 He that rebuketh 03198 08688 a man 0120 afterwards 0310 shall find 04672 08799 more favour 02580 than he that flattereth 02505 08688 with the tongue 03956.
24 Whoso robbeth 01497 08802 his father 01 or his mother 0517, and saith 0559 08802, [It is] no transgression 06588; the same [is] the companion 02270 of a destroyer 0376 07843 08688.
25 He that is of a proud 07342 heart 05315 stirreth up 01624 08762 strife 04066: but he that putteth his trust 0982 08802 in the LORD 03068 shall be made fat 01878 08792.
26 He that trusteth 0982 08802 in his own heart 03820 is a fool 03684: but whoso walketh 01980 08802 wisely 02451, he shall be delivered 04422 08735.
27 He that giveth 05414 08802 unto the poor 07326 08802 shall not lack 04270: but he that hideth 05956 08688 his eyes 05869 shall have many 07227 a curse 03994.
28 When the wicked 07563 rise 06965 08800, men 0120 hide 05641 08735 themselves: but when they perish 06 08800, the righteous 06662 increase 07235 08799.

#### Pro 29

1 He 0376, that being often reproved 08433 hardeneth 07185 08688 [his] neck 06203, shall suddenly 06621 be destroyed 07665 08735, and that without remedy 04832.
2 When the righteous 06662 are in authority 07235 08800, the people 05971 rejoice 08055 08799: but when the wicked 07563 beareth rule 04910 08800, the people 05971 mourn 0584 08735.
3 Whoso 0376 loveth 0157 08802 wisdom 02451 rejoiceth 08055 08762 his father 01: but he that keepeth company 07462 08802 with harlots 02181 08802 spendeth 06 08762 [his] substance 01952.
4 The king 04428 by judgment 04941 establisheth 05975 08686 the land 0776: but he 0376 that receiveth gifts 08641 overthroweth 02040 08799 it.
5 A man 01397 that flattereth 02505 08688 his neighbour 07453 spreadeth 06566 08802 a net 07568 for his feet 06471.
6 In the transgression 06588 of an evil 07451 man 0376 [there is] a snare 04170: but the righteous 06662 doth sing 07442 08799 and rejoice 08056.
7 The righteous 06662 considereth 03045 08802 the cause 01779 of the poor 01800: [but] the wicked 07563 regardeth 0995 08799 not to know 01847 [it].
8 Scornful 03944 men 0582 bring 06315 00 a city 07151 into a snare 06315 08686: but wise 02450 [men] turn away 07725 08686 wrath 0639.
9 [If] a wise 02450 man 0376 contendeth 08199 08737 with a foolish 0191 man 0376, whether he rage 07264 08804 or laugh 07832 08804, [there is] no rest 05183.
10 The bloodthirsty 0582 01818 hate 08130 08799 the upright 08535: but the just 03477 seek 01245 08762 his soul 05315.
11 A fool 03684 uttereth 03318 08686 all his mind 07307: but a wise 02450 [man] keepeth 07623 08762 it in till afterwards 0268.
12 If a ruler 04910 08802 hearken 07181 08688 to lies 01697 08267, all his servants 08334 08764 [are] wicked 07563.
13 The poor 07326 08802 and the deceitful 08501 man 0376 meet together 06298 08738: the LORD 03068 lighteneth 0215 08688 both 08147 their eyes 05869.
14 The king 04428 that faithfully 0571 judgeth 08199 08802 the poor 01800, his throne 03678 shall be established 03559 08735 for ever 05703.
15 The rod 07626 and reproof 08433 give 05414 08799 wisdom 02451: but a child 05288 left 07971 08794 [to himself] bringeth his mother 0517 to shame 0954 08688.
16 When the wicked 07563 are multiplied 07235 08800, transgression 06588 increaseth 07235 08799: but the righteous 06662 shall see 07200 08799 their fall 04658.
17 Correct 03256 08761 thy son 01121, and he shall give thee rest 05117 08686; yea, he shall give 05414 08799 delight 04574 unto thy soul 05315.
18 Where [there is] no vision 02377, the people 05971 perish 06544 08735: but he that keepeth 08104 08802 the law 08451, happy 0835 [is] he.
19 A servant 05650 will not be corrected 03256 08735 by words 01697: for though he understand 0995 08799 he will not answer 04617.
20 Seest 02372 08804 thou a man 0376 [that is] hasty 0213 08801 in his words 01697? [there is] more hope 08615 of a fool 03684 than of him.
21 He that delicately bringeth up 06445 08764 his servant 05650 from a child 05290 shall have him become [his] son 04497 at the length 0319.
22 An angry 0639 man 0376 stirreth up 01624 08762 strife 04066, and a furious 02534 man 01167 aboundeth in 07227 transgression 06588.
23 A man's 0120 pride 01346 shall bring him low 08213 08686: but honour 03519 shall uphold 08551 08799 the humble 08217 in spirit 07307.
24 Whoso is partner 02505 08802 with a thief 01590 hateth 08130 08802 his own soul 05315: he heareth 08085 08799 cursing 0423, and bewrayeth 05046 08686 [it] not.
25 The fear 02731 of man 0120 bringeth 05414 08799 a snare 04170: but whoso putteth his trust 0982 08802 in the LORD 03068 shall be safe 07682 08792.
26 Many 07227 seek 01245 08764 the ruler's 04910 08802 favour 06440; but [every] man's 0376 judgment 04941 [cometh] from the LORD 03068.
27 An unjust 05766 man 0376 [is] an abomination 08441 to the just 06662: and [he that is] upright 03477 in the way 01870 [is] abomination 08441 to the wicked 07563.

#### Pro 30

1 The words 01697 of Agur 094 the son 01121 of Jakeh 03348, [even] the prophecy 04853: the man 01397 spake 05002 08803 unto Ithiel 0384, even unto Ithiel 0384 and Ucal 0401,
2 Surely I [am] more brutish 01198 than [any] man 0376, and have not the understanding 0998 of a man 0120.
3 I neither learned 03925 08804 wisdom 02451, nor have 03045 08799 the knowledge 01847 of the holy 06918.
4 Who hath ascended up 05927 08804 into heaven 08064, or descended 03381 08799? who hath gathered 0622 08804 the wind 07307 in his fists 02651? who hath bound 06887 08804 the waters 04325 in a garment 08071? who hath established 06965 08689 all the ends 0657 of the earth 0776? what [is] his name 08034, and what [is] his son's 01121 name 08034, if thou canst tell 03045 08799?
5 Every word 0565 of God 0433 [is] pure 06884 08803: he [is] a shield 04043 unto them that put their trust 02620 08802 in him.
6 Add 03254 08686 thou not unto his words 01697, lest he reprove 03198 08686 thee, and thou be found a liar 03576 08738.
7 Two 08147 [things] have I required 07592 08804 of thee; deny 04513 08799 me [them] not before I die 04191 08799:
8 Remove far 07368 08685 from me vanity 07723 and lies 01697 03577: give 05414 08799 me neither poverty 07389 nor riches 06239; feed 02963 08685 me with food 03899 convenient 02706 for me:
9 Lest I be full 07646 08799, and deny 03584 08765 [thee], and say 0559 08804, Who [is] the LORD 03068? or lest I be poor 03423 08735, and steal 01589 08804, and take 08610 08804 the name 08034 of my God 0430 [in vain].
10 Accuse 03960 08686 not a servant 05650 unto his master 0113, lest he curse 07043 08762 thee, and thou be found guilty 0816 08804.
11 [There is] a generation 01755 [that] curseth 07043 08762 their father 01, and doth not bless 01288 08762 their mother 0517.
12 [There is] a generation 01755 [that are] pure 02889 in their own eyes 05869, and [yet] is not washed 07364 08795 from their filthiness 06675.
13 [There is] a generation 01755, O how lofty 07311 08804 are their eyes 05869! and their eyelids 06079 are lifted up 05375 08735.
14 [There is] a generation 01755, whose teeth 08127 [are as] swords 02719, and their jaw teeth 04973 [as] knives 03979, to devour 0398 08800 the poor 06041 from off the earth 0776, and the needy 034 from [among] men 0120.
15 The horseleach 05936 hath two 08147 daughters 01323, [crying], Give 03051 08798, give 03051 08798. There are three 07969 [things that] are never satisfied 07646 08799, [yea], four 0702 [things] say 0559 08804 not, [It is] enough 01952:
16 The grave 07585; and the barren 06115 womb 07356; the earth 0776 [that] is not filled 07646 08804 with water 04325; and the fire 0784 [that] saith 0559 08804 not, [It is] enough 01952.
17 The eye 05869 [that] mocketh 03932 08799 at [his] father 01, and despiseth 0936 08799 to obey 03349 [his] mother 0517, the ravens 06158 of the valley 05158 shall pick it out 05365 08799, and the young 01121 eagles 05404 shall eat 0398 08799 it.
18 There be three 07969 [things which] are too wonderful 06381 08738 for me, yea, four 0702 which I know 03045 08804 not:
19 The way 01870 of an eagle 05404 in the air 08064; the way 01870 of a serpent 05175 upon a rock 06697; the way 01870 of a ship 0591 in the midst 03820 of the sea 03220; and the way 01870 of a man 01397 with a maid 05959.
20 Such [is] the way 01870 of an adulterous 05003 08764 woman 0802; she eateth 0398 08804, and wipeth 04229 08804 her mouth 06310, and saith 0559 08804, I have done 06466 08804 no wickedness 0205.
21 For three 07969 [things] the earth 0776 is disquieted 07264 08804, and for four 0702 [which] it cannot 03201 08799 bear 05375 08800:
22 For a servant 05650 when he reigneth 04427 08799; and a fool 05036 when he is filled 07646 08799 with meat 03899;
23 For an odious 08130 08803 [woman] when she is married 01166 08735; and an handmaid 08198 that is heir 03423 08799 to her mistress 01404.
24 There be four 0702 [things which are] little 06996 upon the earth 0776, but they [are] exceeding 02449 08794 wise 02450:
25 The ants 05244 [are] a people 05971 not strong 05794, yet they prepare 03559 08686 their meat 03899 in the summer 07019;
26 The conies 08227 [are but] a feeble 06099 folk 05971, yet make 07760 08799 they their houses 01004 in the rocks 05553;
27 The locusts 0697 have no king 04428, yet go they forth 03318 08799 all of them by bands 02686 08802;
28 The spider 08079 taketh hold 08610 08762 with her hands 03027, and is in kings' 04428 palaces 01964.
29 There be three 07969 [things] which go 06806 well 03190 08688, yea, four 0702 are comely 02895 08688 in going 03212 08800:
30 A lion 03918 [which is] strongest 01368 among beasts 0929, and turneth not away 07725 08799 for 06440 any;
31 A greyhound 04975 02223; an he goat 08495 also 0176; and a king 04428, against whom [there is] no rising up 0510.
32 If thou hast done foolishly 05034 08804 in lifting up 05375 08692 thyself, or if thou hast thought evil 02161 08804, [lay] thine hand 03027 upon thy mouth 06310.
33 Surely the churning 04330 of milk 02461 bringeth forth 03318 08686 butter 02529, and the wringing 04330 of the nose 0639 bringeth forth 03318 08686 blood 01818: so the forcing 04330 of wrath 0639 bringeth forth 03318 08686 strife 07379.

#### Pro 31

1 The words 01697 of king 04428 Lemuel 03927, the prophecy 04853 that his mother 0517 taught 03256 08765 him.
2 What, my son 01248? and what, the son 01248 of my womb 0990? and what, the son 01248 of my vows 05088?
3 Give 05414 08799 not thy strength 02428 unto women 0802, nor thy ways 01870 to that which destroyeth 04229 08687 kings 04428.
4 [It is] not for kings 04428, O Lemuel 03927, [it is] not for kings 04428 to drink 08354 08800 wine 03196; nor for 0335 08675 0176 princes 07336 08802 strong drink 07941:
5 Lest they drink 08354 08799, and forget 07911 08799 the law 02710 08794, and pervert 08138 08762 the judgment 01779 of any of the afflicted 01121 06040.
6 Give 05414 08798 strong drink 07941 unto him that is ready to perish 06 08802, and wine 03196 unto those that be of heavy 04751 hearts 05315.
7 Let him drink 08354 08799, and forget 07911 08799 his poverty 07389, and remember 02142 08799 his misery 05999 no more.
8 Open 06605 08798 thy mouth 06310 for the dumb 0483 in the cause 01779 of all such as are appointed 01121 to destruction 02475.
9 Open 06605 08798 thy mouth 06310, judge 08199 08798 righteously 06664, and plead 01777 08798 the cause of the poor 06041 and needy 034.
10 Who can find 04672 08799 a virtuous 02428 woman 0802? for her price 04377 [is] far 07350 above rubies 06443.
11 The heart 03820 of her husband 01167 doth safely trust 0982 08804 in her, so that he shall have no need 02637 08799 of spoil 07998.
12 She will do 01580 08804 him good 02896 and not evil 07451 all the days 03117 of her life 02416.
13 She seeketh 01875 08804 wool 06785, and flax 06593, and worketh 06213 08799 willingly 02656 with her hands 03709.
14 She is like the merchants' 05503 08802 ships 0591; she bringeth 0935 08686 her food 03899 from afar 04801.
15 She riseth 06965 08799 also while it is yet night 03915, and giveth 05414 08799 meat 02964 to her household 01004, and a portion 02706 to her maidens 05291.
16 She considereth 02161 08804 a field 07704, and buyeth 03947 08799 it: with the fruit 06529 of her hands 03709 she planteth 05193 08804 a vineyard 03754.
17 She girdeth 02296 08804 her loins 04975 with strength 05797, and strengtheneth 0553 08762 her arms 02220.
18 She perceiveth 02938 08804 that her merchandise 05504 [is] good 02896: her candle 05216 goeth not out 03518 08799 by night 03915.
19 She layeth 07971 08765 her hands 03027 to the spindle 03601, and her hands 03709 hold 08551 08804 the distaff 06418.
20 She stretcheth out 06566 08804 her hand 03709 to the poor 06041; yea, she reacheth forth 07971 08765 her hands 03027 to the needy 034.
21 She is not afraid 03372 08799 of the snow 07950 for her household 01004: for all her household 01004 [are] clothed 03847 08803 with scarlet 08144.
22 She maketh 06213 08804 herself coverings of tapestry 04765; her clothing 03830 [is] silk 08336 and purple 0713.
23 Her husband 01167 is known 03045 08737 in the gates 08179, when he sitteth 03427 08800 among the elders 02205 of the land 0776.
24 She maketh 06213 08804 fine linen 05466, and selleth 04376 08799 [it]; and delivereth 05414 08804 girdles 02289 unto the merchant 03669.
25 Strength 05797 and honour 01926 [are] her clothing 03830; and she shall rejoice 07832 08799 in time 03117 to come 0314.
26 She openeth 06605 08804 her mouth 06310 with wisdom 02451; and in her tongue 03956 [is] the law 08451 of kindness 02617.
27 She looketh well 06822 08802 to the ways 01979 08675 01979 of her household 01004, and eateth 0398 08799 not the bread 03899 of idleness 06104.
28 Her children 01121 arise up 06965 08804, and call her blessed 0833 08762; her husband 01167 [also], and he praiseth 01984 08762 her.
29 Many 07227 daughters 01323 have done 06213 08804 virtuously 02428, but thou excellest 05927 08804 them all.
30 Favour 02580 [is] deceitful 08267, and beauty 03308 [is] vain 01892: [but] a woman 0802 [that] feareth 03373 the LORD 03068, she shall be praised 01984 08691.
31 Give 05414 08798 her of the fruit 06529 of her hands 03027; and let her own works 04639 praise 01984 08762 her in the gates 08179.