American Standard Version (1901)
Proverbs
31 chapters
Chapters
Proverbs 1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 2
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 3
My son, forget not my law; But let thy heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4
Hear, [my] sons, the instruction of a father, And attend to know understanding:
Proverbs 5
My son, attend unto my wisdom; Incline thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 6
My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;
Proverbs 7
My son, keep my words, And lay up my commandments with thee.
Proverbs 8
Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice?
Proverbs 9
Wisdom hath builded her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Proverbs 10
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 11
A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah; But a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 12
Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 13
A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 14
Every wise woman buildeth her house; But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 15
A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.
Proverbs 16
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
Proverbs 17
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.
Proverbs 18
He that separateth himself seeketh [his own] desire, And rageth against all sound wisdom.
Proverbs 19
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 20
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 21
The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses: He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 22
A [good] name is rather to be chosen than great riches, [And] loving favor rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 23
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
Proverbs 24
Be not thou envious against evil men; Neither desire to be with them:
Proverbs 25
These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
Proverbs 26
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 27
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 28
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 29
He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs 30
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh; the oracle. The man saith unto Ithiel, unto Ithiel and Ucal:
Proverbs 31
The words of king Lemuel; the oracle which his mother taught him.