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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.