Proverbs
Chapter 1
1: The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
2: To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
3: To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
4: To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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Proverbs
Chapter 2
1: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
2: So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
3: Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
4: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treas ......More in This Proverbs Book
Proverbs
Chapter 3
1: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3: Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
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Chapter 4
1: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
2: For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
3: For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
4: He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments,and l ......More in This Proverbs Book
Proverbs
Chapter 5
1: My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
2: That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
3: For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
4: But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Proverbs
Chapter 6
1: My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2: Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thymouth.
3: Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
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Chapter 7
1: My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2: Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
3: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
4: Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
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Proverbs
Chapter 8
1: Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
2: She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.
3: She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
4: Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
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Proverbs
Chapter 9
1: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
2: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.
3: She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
4: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth under ......More in This Proverbs Book
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Chapter 10
1: The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is theheaviness of his mother.
2: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3: The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
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