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  Proverbs

  1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

  1:2 To knoanding;

  1:3 To receive the instru of y;

  1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knoion.

  1:5 A o wise sels:

  1:6 To uand a proverb, and the interpretation; the heir dark sayings.

  1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knoion.

  1:8 My sohe instru of thy father, and forsake not the laher:

  1:9 For they shall be an or of grato thy head, and s about thy neck.

  1:10 My son, if sinners ehee, sent thou not.

  1:11 If they say, ecause:

  1:12 Let us s:

  1:13 We shall find all precious substance, h spoil:

  1:14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

  1:15 My son, h:

  1:16 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

  1:17 Surely in vain the is spread in the sight of any bird.

  1:18 And they lay heir own lives.

  1:19 So are the hereof.

  1:20 Wisdom crieth s:

  1:21 She crieth in the chief place of course, in the openings of the gates: iy she uttereth her words, saying,

  1:22 Hoe knowledge?

  1:23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I o you.

  1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

  1:25 But ye have set at nought all my sel, and would none of my reproof:

  1:26 I also h;

  1:27 When your feareth as desolation, and your destrueth as a h upon you.

  1:28 Then shall they call upon me, but Ifind me:

  1:29 For that they hated knohe LORD:

  1:30 They hey despised all my reproof.

  1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their oheir own devices.

  1:32 For the turning ahem.

  1:33 Butfrom fear of evil.

  2:1 My son, if thou hee;

  2:2 So that thou ine thine ear unto anding;

  2:3 Yea, if thou criest after knoanding;

  2:4 If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

  2:5 Then shalt thou uand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

  2:6 For the Liveth anding.

  2:7 He layeth up sound ly.

  2:8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the s.

  2:9 Then shalt thou uand righteousness, and judgment, ay; yea, every good path.

  2:10 When hy soul;

  2:11 Discretion shall preserve thee, uanding shall keep thee:

  2:12 To deliver thee from the hings;

  2:13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to he ways of darkness;

  2:14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frohe wicked;

  2:15 Whose hs:

  2:16 To deliver thee from the strange h her words;

  2:17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and fetteth the ant of her God.

  2:18 For her house inclh unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

  2:19 hat go unto her return agaiher take they hold of the paths of life.

  2:20 That thou mayest eous.

  2:21 For the upright shall d.

  2:22 But the .

  3:1 My son, fet not my las:

  3:2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

  3:3 Let not merd truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; :

  3:4 So shalt thou find favour and good uanding in the sight of God and man.

  3:5 Trust in the LORD anding.

  3:6 In all thy hs.

  3:7 Be notfrom evil.

  3:8 It shall be health to thy navel, and marrohy bones.

  3:9 Honour the LORD hine increase:

  3:10 So shall thy barns be filled h new wine.

  3:11 My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; her be ion:

  3:12 For h.

  3:13 Happy is the man that fih anding.

  3:14 For the merdise of it is better than the merdise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

  3:15 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou st desire are not to bepared unto her.

  3:16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

  3:17 Her hs are peace.

  3:18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every ohat retah her.

  3:19 The LORD by he heavens.

  3:20 By his knohe dew.

  3:21 My so not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound ion:

  3:22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

  3:23 Then shalt thou umble.

  3:24 When thou liest do.

  3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, her of the desolation of the h.

  3:26 For the LORD shall be thy fidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

  3:27 Withhold not good from them to .

  3:28 Say not unto thy neighbo, ande again, and to morrohee.

  3:29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dhee.

  3:30 Strive not hee no harm.

  3:31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

  3:32 For the froeous.

  3:33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the .

  3:34 Surely he scoh the sers: but he giveth grato the lowly.

  3:35 The ion of fools.

  4:1 Hear, ye children, the instru of a father, and attend to knoanding.

  4:2 Five you good doe, forsake ye not my law.

  4:3 For I her.

  4:4 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thi retain my s, and live.

  4:5 Get h.

  4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

  4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefet anding.

  4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour,embrace her.

  4:9 She shall give to thine head an or of grace: a crohee.

  4:10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

  4:11 I have taught thee in the hs.

  4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and umble.

  4:13 Take fast hold of instru; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

  4:14 Enter not into the path of the he way of evil men.

  4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

  4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken ao fall.

  4:17 For they eat the bread of he wine of violence.

  4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shh more and more unto the perfect day.

  4:19 The umble.

  4:20 My son, attend to my o my sayings.

  4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thi.

  4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, ah to all their flesh.

  4:23 Keep thy heart he issues of life.

  4:24 Put ahee.

  4:25 Let thine eyes lht on, ahine eyelids look straight before thee.

  4:26 Pohe path of thy feet, a all thy ablished.

  4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

  5:1 My son, attend unto my anding:

  5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.

  5:3 For the lips of a strange han oil:

  5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as ao-edged sword.

  5:5 Her feet go doake hold on hell.

  5:6 Lest thou shouldest pohe path of life, her hem.

  5:7 Hear me noh.

  5:8 Remove thy he door of her house:

  5:9 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

  5:10 Lest strangers be filled ranger;

  5:11 And thou mourn at the last, hy body are ed,

  5:12 And say, Ho despised reproof;

  5:13 And have not obeyed the voiy teachers, nor ined mio them that instructed me!

  5:14 I ion and assembly.

  5:15 Drink hine own well.

  5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of s.

  5:17 Let them be only thine ohee.

  5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice h.

  5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; ahou ravished alh her love.

  5:20 And ranger?

  5:21 For the h all his goings.

  5:22 His ohe cords of his sins.

  5:23 He shall die ray.

  6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stri thy hand ranger,

  6:2 Thou art snared h.

  6:3 Do this nohy friend.

  6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

  6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

  6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; sider her ways, and be wise:

  6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

  6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

  6:9 Hohy sleep?

  6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  6:11 So shall thy povertye as ohat travelleth, and thyas an armed man.

  6:12 A naughty person, a h.

  6:13 He h his fingers;

  6:14 Froh discord.

  6:15 Therefore shall his calamitye suddenly; suddenly shall he be brokenremedy.

  6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

  6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed i blood,

  6:18 A that deviseth o mischief,

  6:19 A false hren.

  6:20 My sohy father"sma, and forsake not the laher:

  6:21 Bind them tinually upon thi, and tie them about thy neck.

  6:22 When thou goest, it shall lead thee; hee.

  6:23 For thema is a l& and the lahe way of life:

  6:24 To keep thee from the evil range woman.

  6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thi; her let her take thee h her eyelids.

  6:26 For by means of a he precious life.

  6:27a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

  6:28one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

  6:29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour"s .

  6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

  6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

  6:32 But h his own soul.

  6:33 Abe wiped away.

  6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he he day of vengeance.

  6:35 He s.

  7:1 My son, keep my hee.

  7:2 Keep mymas, and live; and my lahine eye.

  7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, .

  7:4 Say unto hy kinswoman:

  7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange h her words.

  7:6 For at the ,

  7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I dised among the youths, a young man void of uanding,

  7:8 Passing through the street near her er; and he o her house,

  7:9 In theilight, in the evening, in the blad dark night:

  7:10 And, behold, there met him a .

  7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

  7:12 No every er.)

  7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and o him,

  7:14 I have peace s his day have I payed my vows.

  7:15 Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

  7:16 I have decked my bed .

  7:17 I have perfumed my bed h myrrh, aloes, and amon.

  7:18 e, let us take our fill of love until the m: let us solace ourselves h loves.

  7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

  7:20 He hath taken a bag of money ed.

  7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, ering of her lips she forced him.

  7:22 He goeth after her straigay, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the corre of the stocks;

  7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and kno is for his life.

  7:24 Hearken unto me noh.

  7:25 Let not thi dee to her hs.

  7:26 For she hath cast d men have been slain by her.

  7:27 Her house is the h.

  8:1 Doth not h her voice?

  8:2 She stah iop of high places, by the hs.

  8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at theing in at the doors.

  8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

  8:5 O ye simple, uand .

  8:6 Hear; for I hings.

  8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth; and o my lips.

  8:8 All the hem.

  8:9 They are all plain to him that uah, and right to them that find knowledge.

  8:10 Receive my instru, and not silver; and knohan choice gold.

  8:11 For .

  8:12 I ions.

  8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil e.

  8:14 sel is mine, and sound h.

  8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

  8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

  8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

  8:18 Riches and honour are eousness.

  8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revehan choice silver.

  8:20 I lead in the :

  8:21 That I may cause those that love me to i substance; and I reasures.

  8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

  8:23 I h was.

  8:24 When there er.

  8:25 Before the mountains h:

  8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

  8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I h:

  8:28 Wheablished the clouds above: he deep:

  8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the h:

  8:30 Then I , rejoig always before him;

  8:31 Rejoig in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights he sons of men.

  8:32 No keep my ways.

  8:33 Hear instru, and be .

  8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, s of my doors.

  8:35 For he LORD.

  8:36 But he that sih against me h.

  9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath he her seven pillars:

  9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her able.

  9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

  9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that o him,

  9:5 e, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

  9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the anding.

  9:7 He that reproveth a ser getteth to himself shame: ahat rebuketh a .

  9:8 Reprove not a ser, lest he hate thee: rebuke a hee.

  9:9 Give instru to aman, and he will increase in learning.

  9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of anding.

  9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

  9:12 If thou be .

  9:13 A foolish hing.

  9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

  9:15 To call passengers heir ways:

  9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that o him,

  9:17 Stolen .

  9:18 But he knohs of hell.

  10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A her.

  10:2 Treasures of h.

  10:3 The LORD he wicked.

  10:4 He beth poor that dealeth h rich.

  10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a h shame.

  10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

  10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the .

  10:8 The ing fool shall fall.

  10:9 He that h his ways shall be known.

  10:10 He that ing fool shall fall.

  10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a he wicked.

  10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

  10:13 In the lips of him that hath uanding anding.

  10:14 Wise men lay up knoion.

  10:15 The rich man"s y.

  10:16 The labour of the righteous teo life: the fruit of the o sin.

  10:17 He is in the h.

  10:18 He that hideth hatred h a slander, is a fool.

  10:19 In the multitude ofrefrah his lips is wise.

  10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the h.

  10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die forof wisdom.

  10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorro.

  10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of uanding hath wisdom.

  10:24 The fear of the ed.

  10:25 As the ion.

  10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

  10:27 The fear of the LORD proloh days: but the years of the ened.

  10:28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

  10:29 The y.

  10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the h.

  10:31 The mouth of the just brih forth .

  10:32 The lips of the righteous knoh frowardness.

  11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just .

  11:2 When prideeth, theh shame: but he lowly is wisdom.

  11:3 The iy of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness ressors shall destroy them.

  11:4 Riches profit not in the day of h.

  11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his he wicked shall fall by his own wiess.

  11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their oiness.

  11:7 When a h.

  11:8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the ead.

  11:9 An hypocritebe delivered.

  11:10 When it goeth ing.

  11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrohe wicked.

  11:12 He that is void of h his peace.

  11:13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit cealeth the matter.

  11:14 Where no sel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of sellors there is safety.

  11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: ahat hateth suretiship is sure.

  11:16 A gracious ain riches.

  11:17 The merciful mah good to his oh his own flesh.

  11:18 The eousness shall be a sure reward.

  11:19 As righteouseo life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his oh.

  11:20 They that are of a fro.

  11:21 Though hand join in hand, the eous shall be delivered.

  11:22 As a jeion.

  11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the h.

  11:24 There is that scattereth, a ih; and there is that y.

  11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: ahat ered also himself.

  11:26 He that .

  11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shalle unto him.

  11:28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  11:29 He that troubleth his o.

  11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; ahat wih souls is wise.

  11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be rpensed in the earth: much more the he sinner.

  12:1 Whoso loveth instru loveth knoish.

  12:2 A good man obtah favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he n.

  12:3 A man shall not be established bybe moved.

  12:4 A virtuous enness in his bones.

  12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the sels of the .

  12:6 The hem.

  12:7 The and.

  12:8 A man shall bemended acc to hisshall be despised.

  12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better thahat hoh himself, and lacketh bread.

  12:1hteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

  12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied anding.

  12:12 The .

  12:13 The rouble.

  12:14 A man shall be satisfied o him.

  12:15 The o sel is wise.

  12:16 A fool"s h shame.

  12:17 He that speaketh truth she.

  12:18 There is that speaketh like the piergs of a sh.

  12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

  12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the sellors of peace is joy.

  12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the h mischief.

  12:22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

  12:23 A prudent man cealeth knoh foolishness.

  12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be uribute.

  12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a goodglad.

  12:26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the hem.

  12:27 The slothful man roasteth not thatman is precious.

  12:28 In the h.

  13:1 Arebuke.

  13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

  13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that oph ion.

  13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a o shame.

  13:6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the he sinner.

  13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

  13:8 The ransom of a man"s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

  13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the .

  13:10 Only by prideeth tention: but he well advised is wisdom.

  13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

  13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but ree of life.

  13:13 Whoso despiseth theshall be rewarded.

  13:14 The lah.

  13:15 Good uanding giveth favour: but the ransgressors is hard.

  13:16 Every prudent mah h open his folly.

  13:17 A h.

  13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instru: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  13:19 The desire aplished is s from evil.

  13:20 He that royed.

  13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

  13:22 A good mah an iao his children"s children: and the .

  13:23 Much food is iillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for .

  13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasth him betimes.

  13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the .

  14:1 Every h her hands.

  14:2 He that h him.

  14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the hem.

  14:4 Where no oxehe crib is : but mucrease is by the strength of the ox.

  14:5 A faithful er lies.

  14:6 A ser seeketh h.

  14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, he lips of knowledge.

  14:8 The .

  14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

  14:10 The heart knoh his joy.

  14:11 The house of theshall flourish.

  14:12 There is a h.

  14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorroh is heaviness.

  14:14 The backslider i shall be filled isfied from himself.

  14:15 The simple believeth every o his going.

  14:16 A .

  14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of ed.

  14:18 The simple i folly: but the prudent are croh knowledge.

  14:19 The evil boeous.

  14:20 The poor is hated even of his oh many friends.

  14:21 He that despiseth his neighbour sih: but he that hath mer the poor, happy is he.

  14:22 Do they hat devise evil? but merd truth shall be to them that devise good.

  14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips teh only to penury.

  14:24 The crohe foolishness of fools is folly.

  14:25 A true h lies.

  14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong fidence: and his children shall have a place e.

  14:27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

  14:28 In the multitude of people is the king"s honour: but in the he prince.

  14:29 He that is sloh folly.

  14:30 A sou is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

  14:31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that hoh him hath mer the poor.

  14:32 The h.

  14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath uanding: but thatof fools is made known.

  14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

  14:35 The king"s favour is toh shame.

  15:1 A soft ansir up anger.

  15:2 The tongue of thefoolishness.

  15:3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

  15:4 A .

  15:5 A fool despiseth his father"s instru: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  15:6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the rouble.

  15:7 The lips of theso.

  15:8 The sacrifice of the .

  15:9 The eousness.

  15:10 Corre is grievous unto him that forsaketh the h reproof shall die.

  15:11 Hell aru are before the LORD: hohe children of men?

  15:12 A ser loveth not ohat reproveth him: her he wise.

  15:13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful tenance: but by sorro is broken.

  15:14 The heart of him that hath uandih knoh on foolishness.

  15:15 All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a tinual feast.

  15:16 Better is little h.

  15:17 Better is a dinner of herbs h.

  15:18 A rife.

  15:19 The eous is made plain.

  15:20 A her.

  15:21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of ly.

  15:22 Without sel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of sellors they are established.

  15:23 A man hath joy by the ans!

  15:24 The h.

  15:25 The LORD he widow.

  15:26 The thoughts of thewords.

  15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his os shall live.

  15:28 The heart of the righteous studieth to anshings.

  15:29 The LORD is far from the eous.

  15:30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.

  15:31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

  15:32 He that refuseth instru despiseth his oanding.

  15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instru of y.

  16:1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the anshe LORD.

  16:2 All the s.

  16:3 it thy ablished.

  16:4 The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the he day of evil.

  16:5 Every ohat is proud i is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

  16:6 By merd truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD me from evil.

  16:7 When a man"s h him.

  16:8 Better is a little .

  16:9 A man"s heart deviseth his eps.

  16:10 A divience is in the lips of the king: his mouth trah not in judgment.

  16:11 A just he bag are his work.

  16:12 It is an abomination to kings tomit eousness.

  16:13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

  16:14 The .

  16:15 In the light of the king"s tenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

  16:16 Hohan silver!

  16:17 The highh his soul.

  16:18 Pride goeth before destru, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  16:19 Better it is to be of an humble spirit he proud.

  16:20 He that hah a matter he LORD, happy is he.

  16:21 The h learning.

  16:22 Uanding is a ion of fools is folly.

  16:23 The heart of the o his lips.

  16:24 Pleasant he bones.

  16:25 There is a h.

  16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  16:28 A froh chief friends.

  16:29 A violent maiceth his neighbour, ah him into thegood.

  16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froo pass.

  16:31 The hoary head is a croeousness.

  16:32 He that is sloy.

  16:33 The lot is cast into the lap; but the he LORD.

  17:1 Better is a dry morsel, and quiethererife.

  17:2 A hren.

  17:3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace fold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

  17:4 A ongue.

  17:5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: ahat is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  17:6 Children"s childrehe crohers.

  17:7 Excellent speech beth not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

  17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: h.

  17:9 He that covereth a transgressioh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

  17:10 A reproof eh more into a o a fool.

  17:11 An evil mah only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  17:12 Let a bear robbed of her han a fool in his folly.

  17:13 Whoso re from his house.

  17:14 The beginning of strife is as h.

  17:15 He that justifieth the he LORD.

  17:16 Wherefore is there a pri the hand of a fool to get ?

  17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

  17:18 A man void of uanding striketh hands, ah surety in the presence of his friend.

  17:19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: ahat exalteth his gate seeketh destru.

  17:20 He that hath a froo mischief.

  17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorroh no joy.

  17:22 A merry heart doeth good like a medie: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

  17:23 A .

  17:24 Wisdom is before him that hath uanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

  17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bittero her that bare him.

  17:26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

  17:27 He that hath kno.

  17:28 Even a fool, anding.

  18:1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth h all wisdom.

  18:2 A fool hath no delight in uanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  18:3 When the h ignominy reproach.

  18:4 The he wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the .

  18:6 A fool"s lips enter into tention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  18:7 A fool"s mouth is his destru, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  18:8 The he belly.

  18:9 He also that is slothful in his er.

  18:10 The name of the LORD is a strong to, and is safe.

  18:11 The rich man"s .

  18:12 Before destru the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.

  18:13 He that anso him.

  18:14 The spirit of a manwhobear?

  18:15 The heart of the prudeh knoh knowledge.

  18:16 A man"s gift maketh room for him, and brih him befreat men.

  18:17 He that is first in his oh him.

  18:18 The lot causeth tentions to cease, and parteth been the mighty.

  18:19 A brother offended is harder to be le.

  18:20 A man"s belly shall be satisfied he increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  18:21 Death and life are in the pohereof.

  18:22 Whoso fih a he LORD.

  18:23 The poor useth iies; but the rish roughly.

  18:24 A man that hath friends must sheher.

  19:1 Better is the poor thatis perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  19:2 Also, that the soul besih.

  19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his he LORD.

  19:4 Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.

  19:5 A falseescape.

  19:6 Many s.

  19:7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him: hoo him.

  19:8 He that getteth anding shall find good.

  19:9 A false h lies shall perish.

  19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

  19:11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

  19:12 The king"s he grass.

  19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the tentions of a inual dropping.

  19:14 House and riches are the iance of fathers: and a prudent he LORD.

  19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

  19:16 He that keepeth thema keepeth his oh his ways shall die.

  19:17 He that hath pity upon the poor leh unto the LORD; and that h given will he pay him again.

  19:18 Chasten thy son hy soul spare for his g.

  19:19 A man of greatagain.

  19:20 Hear sel, and receive instru, that thou mayest be er end.

  19:21 There are many devices in a man"s heart; heless the sel of the LORD, that shall stand.

  19:22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.

  19:23 The fear of the LORD teo life: ahat hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited h evil.

  19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and h again.

  19:25 Smite a ser, and the simple and knowledge.

  19:26 He that h reproach.

  19:27 Cease, my son, to hear the instru that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

  19:28 An ungodly y.

  19:29 Judgments are prepared for sers, and stripes for the back of fools.

  20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: andwise.

  20:2 The fear of a king is as the r of a lion:his own soul.

  20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

  20:4 The sluggard hing.

  20:5 sel in the heart of man is like deep .

  20:6 Most men hful man whofind?

  20:7 The just man er him.

  20:8 A king that sitteth ihrone of judgment scattereth ah his eyes.

  20:9 Whosay, I have made my heart , I am pure from my sin?

  20:10 Divers he LORD.

  20:11 Even a child is kno.

  20:12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

  20:13 Love not sleep, lest thoue to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied h bread.

  20:14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but h.

  20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

  20:16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  20:17 Bread of deceit is sh gravel.

  20:18 Every purpose is established by sel: and h good advice make war.

  20:19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not h his lips.

  20:20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

  20:21 An iance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

  20:22 Say not thou, I hee.

  20:23 Diversgood.

  20:24 Man"s goings are of the LORD; hoand his own way?

  20:25 It is a so the man o make enquiry.

  20:26 A hem.

  20:27 The spirit of man is the dle of the LORD, searg all the inhe belly.

  20:28 Merd truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

  20:29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

  20:30 The blueness of a he belly.

  21:1 The king"s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of hersoever he will.

  21:2 Every s.

  21:3 To do justid judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

  21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plohe wicked, is sin.

  21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every ohat is hasty only to .

  21:6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

  21:7 The robbery of the .

  21:8 The .

  21:9 It is better to dh a brawling woman in a wide house.

  21:10 The soul of the h no favour in his eyes.

  21:11 When the ser is puhe simple is made h knowledge.

  21:12 The righteous man heir wiess.

  21:13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

  21:14 A gift i pacifieth anger: and a reh.

  21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destru shall be to the y.

  21:16 The man that he dead.

  21:17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor mahat lovethbe rich.

  21:18 The .

  21:19 It is better to dious and an angry woman.

  21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the d up.

  21:21 He that folloeousness, and honour.

  21:22 A hereof.

  21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

  21:24 Proud and haughty ser is his name, h.

  21:25 The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

  21:26 He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

  21:27 The sacrifice of the h a wicked mind?

  21:28 A false ly.

  21:29 A h his way.

  21:30 There is no he LORD.

  21:31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

  22:1 A GOOD name is rather to be chosen tha riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.

  22:2 The rid poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

  22:3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  22:4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

  22:5 Thorns and snares are in the hem.

  22:6 Train up a child in the .

  22:7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrohe lender.

  22:8 He that sohe rod of his anger shall fail.

  22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

  22:10 Cast out the ser, and tention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  22:11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

  22:12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knressor.

  22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion s.

  22:14 The mouth of strange herein.

  22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of corre shall drive it far from him.

  22:16 He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, ahat giveth to the rich, shall surelye to .

  22:17 Boo my knowledge.

  22:18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them hy lips.

  22:19 That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made knohee.

  22:20 Have not I hings in sels and knowledge,

  22:21 That I might make thee knohee?

  22:22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: her oppress the afflicted ie:

  22:23 For the LORD hem.

  22:24 Make no friendshipgo:

  22:25 Lest thou learn his hy soul.

  22:26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

  22:27 If thou hast nothing to pay, hee?

  22:28 Remove not the a landmark, .

  22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

  23:1 When thou sittest to eat hee:

  23:2 And put a ko thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

  23:3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

  23:4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

  23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that oward heaven.

  23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, her desire thou his dainty meats:

  23:7 For as he thih in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not hee.

  23:8 The morselwords.

  23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he hy words.

  23:10 Remove not the old landmark; aer not into the fields of the fatherless:

  23:11 For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause hee.

  23:12 Apply thi unto instru, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  23:13 Withhold not corre from the child: for if thou beatest himdie.

  23:14 Thou shalt beat himdeliver his soul from hell.

  23:15 My son, if thi beshall rejoice, even mine.

  23:16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, hings.

  23:17 Let not thi envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

  23:18 For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

  23:19 Hear thou, my son, and be he way.

  23:20 Be not among ers of flesh:

  23:21 For the drunkard and the glutton shalle to poverty: and drs.

  23:22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

  23:23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; also anding.

  23:24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: ahat begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

  23:25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

  23:26 My son, give me thi, ahine eyes observe my ways.

  23:27 For a .

  23:28 She also lieth in ransgressors among men.

  23:29 Who hath h redness of eyes?

  23:30 They that tarry long at the o seek mixed wine.

  23:31 Look not thou upon the .

  23:32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stih like an adder.

  23:33 Thine eyes shall behold strange hings.

  23:34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth do.

  23:35 They have stri me, shalt thou say, and Iagain.

  24:1 Be not thou envious against evil meher desire to be hem.

  24:2 For their heart studieth destru, and their lips talk of mischief.

  24:3 Through ablished:

  24:4 And by kno riches.

  24:5 A h.

  24:6 For by y.

  24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he oph not his mouth ie.

  24:8 He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

  24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the ser is an abomination to men.

  24:10 If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

  24:11 If thou forbear to deliver them that are drao be slain;

  24:12 If thou sayest, Behold, o his works?

  24:13 My sohou honey, because it is good; and the honeb, e:

  24:14 So shall the kno off.

  24:15 Lay not ing place:

  24:16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the o mischief.

  24:17 Rejoiot h:

  24:18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, aurn ah from him.

  24:19 Fret not thyself because of evil meher be thou envious at the wicked:

  24:20 For there shall be no re.

  24:21 My sohou the LORD and the king: and meddle not o ge:

  24:22 For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and h?

  24:23 These things also belong to the .

  24:24 He that saith unto the ions shall abhor him:

  24:25 But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shalle upon them.

  24:26 Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.

  24:27 Prepare thy hine house.

  24:28 Be not a hy lips.

  24:29 Say not, I o his work.

  24:30 I anding;

  24:31 And, lo, it hereof was broken down.

  24:32 Then I saion.

  24:33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  24:34 So shall thy povertye as ohat travelleth; and thyas an armed man.

  25:1 These are also proverbs of Solomon, .

  25:2 It is the glory of God to ceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

  25:3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

  25:4 Take ahe finer.

  25:5 Take aeousness.

  25:6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:

  25:7 For better it is that it be said unto thee, e up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lohine eyes have seen.

  25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou knoo shame.

  25:9 Debate thy cause her:

  25:10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.

  25:11 A ures of silver.

  25:12 As an earring of gold, and an or of fine gold, so is aear.

  25:13 As the cold of snoers.

  25:14 Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds andrain.

  25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

  25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is suffit for thee, lest thou be filled there.

  25:17 Withdrahee.

  25:18 A man that beareth falsehis neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

  25:19 fiden an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

  25:20 As he that taketh a.

  25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him o drink:

  25:22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall rehee.

  25:23 The north ongue.

  25:24 It is better to dh a brawling woman and in a wide house.

  25:25 As cold ry.

  25:26 A righteous man falling d.

  25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their o glory.

  25:28 He that hath no rule over his o walls.

  26:1 As sno seemly for a fool.

  26:2 As the bird by e.

  26:3 A he fool"s back.

  26:4 Anso him.

  26:5 Ans.

  26:6 He that seh a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drih damage.

  26:7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

  26:8 As he that bih a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

  26:9 As a thoeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.

  26:10 The great God that formed all things both reransgressors.

  26:11 As a dog retuh to his vomit, so a fool retuh to his folly.

  26:12 Seest thou a man han of him.

  26:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the s.

  26:14 As the door tuh upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

  26:15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him t it again to his mouth.

  26:16 The sluggard is render a reason.

  26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth he ears.

  26:18 As a mad man h,

  26:19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

  26:20 Where no h.

  26:21 As coals are t coals, and rife.

  26:22 The he belly.

  26:23 Burning lips and a h silver dross.

  26:24 He that hateth dissembleth hin him;

  26:25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

  26:26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his ion.

  26:27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: ahat rolleth a sto urn upon him.

  26:28 A lying toeth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth h ruin.

  27:1 Boast not thyself of to morroh.

  27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine ohine own lips.

  27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand h.

  27:4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is eous; but and before envy?

  27:5 Open rebuke is better tha love.

  27:6 Faithful are the ful.

  27:7 The full soul loatheth an honeb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is s.

  27:8 As a bird that h from his place.

  27:9 Oi and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sy sel.

  27:10 Thine oher far off.

  27:11 My son, be h me.

  27:12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  27:13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

  27:14 He that blesseth his friend o him.

  27:15 A tinual dropping in a very rainy day and a tentious woman are alike.

  27:16 Whosoever hideth her hideth the self.

  27:17 Iron sharph iron; so a man sharph the tenance of his friend.

  27:18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that er shall be honoured.

  27:19 As in o man.

  27:20 Hell aru are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

  27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace fold; so is a man to his praise.

  27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar amongfrom him.

  27:23 Be thou diligent to knohy herds.

  27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the croion?

  27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass shehered.

  27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

  27:27 And thou shalt have goats" milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

  28:1 The eous are bold as a lion.

  28:2 For the transgression of a land many are the prihereof: but by a man of uanding and knohereof shall be prolonged.

  28:3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sh no food.

  28:4 They that forsake the lahem.

  28:5 Evil men uand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD uand all things.

  28:6 Better is the poor that hough he be rich.

  28:7 Whoso keepeth the laher.

  28:8 He that by usury and unjust gain ih his substance, he shall gather it for him that he poor.

  28:9 He that tuh aion.

  28:10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil hings in possession.

  28:11 The rich man is .

  28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but he wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but hem shall have mercy.

  28:14 Happy is the man that feareth alo mischief.

  28:15 As a r lion, and a ranging bear; so is a he poor people.

  28:16 The prihat ousness shall prolong his days.

  28:17 A man that doeth violeo the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

  28:18 Whosoonce.

  28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that folloy enough.

  28:20 A faithful man shall abound .

  28:21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man ransgress.

  28:22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and sidereth not that poverty shalle upon him.

  28:23 He that rebuketh a man afterongue.

  28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is nression; the same is thepanion of a destroyer.

  28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

  28:26 He that trusteth in his oh wisely, he shall be delivered.

  28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

  28:28 When the eous increase.

  29:1 He, that being often reproved hardh his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and thatremedy.

  29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but he people mourn.

  29:3 Whoso loveth ance.

  29:4 The king by judgmeablisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthro.

  29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a for his feet.

  29:6 Iransgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

  29:7 The righteous sidereth the cause of the poor: but the .

  29:8 Sful men bring a city into a snare: but h.

  29:9 If a .

  29:10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

  29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a erwards.

  29:12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  29:13 The poor and the deceitful maogether: the LORD lighth both their eyes.

  29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

  29:15 The rod and reproof give o shame.

  29:16 When the heir fall.

  29:17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

  29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the lay is he.

  29:19 A servantanswer.

  29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his han of him.

  29:21 He that delicately brih up his servant from a child shall have him be his son at the length.

  29:22 An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man abouh in transgression.

  29:23 A man"s pride shall bring him lo.

  29:24 Whoso is partner .

  29:25 The fear of man brih a snare: but he LORD shall be safe.

  29:26 Mahe ruler"s favour; but every man"s judgmeh from the LORD.

  29:27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: ahat is upright in the he wicked.

  30:1 The hiel and Ucal,

  30:2 Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the uanding of a man.

  30:3 I her learned he holy.

  30:4 Who hath asded up into heaven, or desded? ell?

  30:5 Everyin him.

  30:6 Add thou not unto his hou be found a liar.

  30:7 T before I die:

  30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me her poverty nor riches; feed mefor me:

  30:9 Lest I be full, ahee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

  30:10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

  30:11 There is a geion that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

  30:12 There is a geion that are pure in their ohiness.

  30:13 There is a geion, O hoed up.

  30:14 There is a geion, he needy from among men.

  30:15 The horseleach hatho daughters, g, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

  30:16 The grave; and the barrenis enough.

  30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

  30:18 There be three things :

  30:19 The h a maid.

  30:20 Such is the h, I have done no wiess.

  30:21 For three things the earth is disquieted, and for fourbear:

  30:22 For a servant ;

  30:23 For an odious ress.

  30:24 There be four things hey are exceeding wise:

  30:25 The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;

  30:26 The ies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

  30:27 The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

  30:28 The spider taketh hold h her hands, and is in kings" palaces.

  30:29 There be three things which go well, yea, four areely in going:

  30:30 A lionaway for any;

  30:31 A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against here is no rising up.

  30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

  30:33 Surely the ing of milk brih forth butter, and the rife.

  31:1 Thehim.

  31:2 What, my son? and he son of my vows?

  31:3 Give not thy strength unto h kings.

  31:4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink rong drink:

  31:5 Lest they drink, and fet the laed.

  31:6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and s.

  31:7 Let him drink, and fet his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

  31:8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appoio destru.

  31:9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  31:10 Whofind a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

  31:11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

  31:12 She he days of her life.

  31:13 She seeketh h her hands.

  31:14 She is like the merts" ships; she brih her food from afar.

  31:15 She riseth also o her maidens.

  31:16 She sidereth a field, and buyeth it: h a vineyard.

  31:17 She girdeth her loins hh her arms.

  31:18 She perceiveth that her merdise is good: her dle goeth not out by night.

  31:19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

  31:20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

  31:21 She is not afraid of the sno.

  31:22 She maketh herself cs of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

  31:23 Her husband is knohe land.

  31:24 She maketh fine linen, ah it; and delivereth girdles unto the mert.

  31:25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoi time toe.

  31:26 She oph her mouth he law of kindness.

  31:27 She looketh he bread of idleness.

  31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

  31:29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

  31:30 Favour is deceitful, ay is vain: but a he LORD, she shall be praised.

  31:31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; a her oes.