Minister Selection of Bible Verses: Proverbs

[6] To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

[7] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

[8] My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

[9] For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.

[10] My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not

[11] If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

[12] Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

[13] We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

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

[15] My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

[16] For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

[17] Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

[18] And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

[19] So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.

[30] They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

[31] Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

[32] For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

[33] But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

[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:

[4] So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

[5] Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

[6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

[7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

[8] It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

[9] Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

[10] So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

[11] My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord ; neither be weary of his correction:

[12] For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.

[13] Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

[14] For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

[15] She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.

[16] Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

[17] Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

[18] She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

[19] The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

[20] By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

[21] My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

[22] So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

[23] Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

[24] When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

[25] Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

[26] For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

[27] Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

[28] Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

[29] Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

[30] Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

[31] Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

[32] For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous.

[33] The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

[34] Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.

[35] The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

[32] Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

[33] Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

[34] Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

[35] For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

[36] But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

[7] Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

[7] He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

[8] Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

[9] Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

[10] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

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

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

[13] In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

[14] Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

[15] The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

[16] The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

[17] He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

[18] He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

[19] In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

[20] The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

[21] The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

[29] The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

[30] The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

[31] The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

[32] The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

[1] A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but a just weight is his delight.

[2] When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

[3] The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

[4] Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

[5] The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness

[6] The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.