1 ¶ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. See also: Proverbs 1:1 Proverbs 17:25 Proverbs 29:15 Proverbs 23:15-16 Proverbs 29:3
2 ¶ Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. See also: Proverbs 11:4 Proverbs 12:28 Psalms 49:6-10 Proverbs 21:6 Ezekiel 7:19
3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. See also: Psalms 37:3 Matthew 6:30-33 Psalms 37:25 Psalms 34:9-10 Psalms 33:19
4 ¶ He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. See also: Proverbs 20:4 Proverbs 13:4 Proverbs 19:15 Proverbs 21:5 Proverbs 6:6-11
5 ¶ He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. See also: Proverbs 6:8 Proverbs 30:25 Proverbs 17:2 Proverbs 6:6 Proverbs 19:26
6 ¶ Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. See also: Deuteronomy 28:2 Proverbs 28:20 Job 29:13 Proverbs 10:11 Proverbs 24:25
7 ¶ The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. See also: Psalms 112:6 Luke 1:48 Mark 14:9 Psalms 109:13 2 Chronicles 24:16
8 ¶ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. See also: Matthew 7:24-25 Proverbs 12:1 James 3:13 Psalms 119:34 Proverbs 9:9
9 ¶ He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. See also: Proverbs 28:18 Psalms 26:11-12 Matthew 10:26 Isaiah 33:15-16 1 Corinthians 4:5
10 ¶ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. See also: Psalms 35:19 Proverbs 6:13 Proverbs 10:8 3 John 1:10 Job 15:12
11 ¶ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. See also: Proverbs 13:14 Ephesians 4:29 Proverbs 10:6 Proverbs 10:20-21 Proverbs 18:4
12 ¶ Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. See also: 1 Peter 4:8 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Proverbs 17:9 Proverbs 15:18 James 5:20
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. See also: Proverbs 26:3 Proverbs 6:32 Isaiah 50:4 Psalms 32:9 Proverbs 10:10-11
14 ¶ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. See also: Proverbs 10:8 Proverbs 18:7 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 9:9 Proverbs 10:10
15 ¶ The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. See also: Proverbs 18:11 Proverbs 19:7 Psalms 52:7 Proverbs 14:20 Proverbs 22:22-23
16 ¶ The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. See also: Isaiah 3:10-11 Romans 6:23 John 6:27 Hebrews 6:10 Proverbs 11:18-19
17 ¶ He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. See also: 2 Peter 1:5-11 Proverbs 15:10 Proverbs 5:12 Proverbs 6:23 Luke 11:28
18 ¶ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. See also: Proverbs 26:24-26 Psalms 55:21 2 Samuel 3:27 2 Samuel 13:23-29 Psalms 15:3
19 ¶ In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. See also: James 1:19 James 3:2 Proverbs 17:27-28 Ecclesiastes 10:13-14 Ecclesiastes 5:3
20 ¶ The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. See also: Genesis 6:5 Proverbs 12:18 Jeremiah 17:9 Matthew 12:34-35 Genesis 8:21
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. See also: Hosea 4:6 Proverbs 17:16 Proverbs 1:29 Job 4:3-4 Ecclesiastes 12:9-10
22 ¶ The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. See also: Psalms 107:38 Genesis 26:12 1 Samuel 2:7-8 Genesis 24:35 Genesis 12:2
23 ¶ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. See also: Proverbs 15:21 Proverbs 2:14 Proverbs 14:9 Proverbs 26:18-19 Ecclesiastes 11:9
24 ¶ The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. See also: Psalms 145:19 Isaiah 66:4 Matthew 5:6 Job 15:21 1 John 5:14-15
25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. See also: Psalms 15:5 Psalms 58:9 Proverbs 12:3 Matthew 7:24-27 Job 21:18
26 ¶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. See also: Proverbs 25:13 Proverbs 26:6 Proverbs 25:20 Matthew 25:26 Isaiah 65:5
27 ¶ The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. See also: Proverbs 9:11 Proverbs 3:2 Psalms 91:16 Job 15:32-33 Job 22:15-16
28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. See also: Job 8:13 Psalms 73:24-26 Romans 15:13 Proverbs 11:7 Job 11:20
29 ¶ The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. See also: Proverbs 21:15 Romans 2:8-9 Philippians 4:13 Psalms 36:12 Psalms 37:20
30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. See also: Psalms 37:22 Psalms 125:1 Psalms 37:9-10 Psalms 37:28-29 Proverbs 2:21-22
31 ¶ The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. See also: Psalms 37:30 Proverbs 10:13 Proverbs 10:20-21 Psalms 31:18 Psalms 63:11
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. See also: Proverbs 11:11 Proverbs 12:6 Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 15:28 Proverbs 2:12