PROVERBS

221A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.4 uses2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.3 uses3A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.9 uses4By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.4 uses5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.2 uses

6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.2 uses7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.4 uses8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.3 uses9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.17 uses10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.4 uses

11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.2 uses12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.9 uses13The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.15Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.8 uses

16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.7 uses17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.5 uses18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.6 uses19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.NT use20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,2 uses

21That 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?4 uses22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:NT use23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.2 uses24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:NT use25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.NT use

26Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].4 uses