King James Version + Apocrypha
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 hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs 3
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 4
Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
Proverbs 5
My son, attend unto my wisdom, [and] bow thine ear to my understanding:
Proverbs 6
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with 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] abomination to the LORD: but a just weight [is] his delight.
Proverbs 12
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Proverbs 13
A wise son [heareth] his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs 14
Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 15
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 16
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, [is] from the LORD.
Proverbs 17
Better [is] a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices [with] strife.
Proverbs 18
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all 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 [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs 21
The king’s heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 22
A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs 23
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what [is] before thee:
Proverbs 24
Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
Proverbs 25
These [are] also 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 honour 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, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
Proverbs 31
The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.