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020:001  Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

020:002 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

020:003 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

020:004 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

020:005 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

020:006 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

020:007 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

020:008 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

020:009 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

020:010 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

020:011 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

020:012 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

020:013 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

020:014 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

020:015 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

020:016 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

020:017 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

020:018 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

020:019 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

020:020 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

020:021 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

020:022 Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

020:023 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

020:024 Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

020:025 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

020:026 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

020:027 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

020:028 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

020:029 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

020:030 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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021:001  The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

021:002 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

021:003 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

021:004 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

021:005 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

021:006 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

021:007 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

021:008 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

021:009 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

021:010 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

021:011 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

021:012 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

021:013 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

021:014 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.

021:015 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

021:016 The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

021:017 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

021:018 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

021:019 It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

021:020 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

021:021 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

021:022 A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.

021:023 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

021:024 Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

021:025 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

021:026 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

021:027 The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

021:028 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

021:029 A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

021:030 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

021:031 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

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022:001  A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

022:002 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

022:003 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

022:004 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

022:005 Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

022:006 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

022:007 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

022:008 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

022:009 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

022:010 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

022:011 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

022:012 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

022:013 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

022:014 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

022:015 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

022:016 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

022:017 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

022:018 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

022:019 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

022:020 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

022:021 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

022:022 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

022:023 For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

022:024 Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

022:025 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

022:026 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

022:027 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

022:028 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

022:029 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

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023:001  When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

023:002 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

023:003 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

023:004 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

023:005 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

023:006 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

023:007 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

023:008 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

023:009 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

023:010 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

023:011 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

023:012 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

023:013 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

023:014 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

023:015 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

023:016 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

023:017 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

023:018 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

023:019 Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

023:020 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

023:021 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

023:022 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

023:023 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

023:024 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

023:025 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

023:026 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

023:027 For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

023:028 She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

023:029 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

023:030 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

023:031 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

023:032 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

023:033 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

023:034 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

023:035 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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024:001  Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

024:002 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

024:003 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

024:004 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

024:005 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

024:006 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

024:007 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

024:008 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

024:009 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

024:010 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

024:011 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

024:012 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?

024:013 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

024:014 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

024:015 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

024:016 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

024:017 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

024:018 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

024:019 Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked:

024:020 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

024:021 My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

024:022 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

024:023 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

024:024 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

024:025 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

024:026 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

024:027 Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.

024:028 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

024:029 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

024:030 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

024:031 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

024:032 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

024:033 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

024:034 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

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025:001  These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

025:002 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

025:003 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

025:004 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

025:005 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

025:006 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

025:007 For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

025:008 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

025:009 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:

025:010 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

025:011 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

025:012 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

025:013 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

025:014 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

025:015 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

025:016 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

025:017 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

025:018 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

025:019 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

025:020 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.

025:021 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

025:022 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

025:023 The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

025:024 It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

025:025 As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

025:026 A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

025:027 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

025:028 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

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