1 ¶ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. See also: Proverbs 15:17 Psalms 37:16 Proverbs 21:19 Proverbs 21:9 Proverbs 7:14
2 ¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. See also: Proverbs 10:5 Ecclesiastes 4:13 Proverbs 14:35 Proverbs 19:26 Proverbs 11:29
3 ¶ The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. See also: Isaiah 48:10 Jeremiah 17:10 Psalms 26:2 Proverbs 27:21 1 Chronicles 29:17
4 ¶ A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. See also: 2 Timothy 4:3-4 Proverbs 28:4 1 John 4:5 Isaiah 30:10 Jeremiah 5:31
5 ¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. See also: Proverbs 14:31 Job 31:29 Obadiah 1:11-13 1 John 3:17 Proverbs 14:21
6 ¶ Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. See also: Psalms 127:3-5 Proverbs 13:22 Proverbs 16:31 Psalms 128:3-6 Exodus 3:14-15
7 ¶ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. See also: Proverbs 29:12 Psalms 50:16-17 2 Samuel 23:3 Job 34:12 Psalms 101:3-5
8 ¶ A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. See also: Exodus 23:8 Micah 7:3 Deuteronomy 16:19 1 Samuel 25:35 Proverbs 17:23
9 ¶ He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. See also: Proverbs 10:12 1 Peter 4:8 Proverbs 16:28 Psalms 32:1
10 ¶ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. See also: Revelation 3:19 Proverbs 9:8-9 Psalms 141:5 Proverbs 13:1 Proverbs 15:5
11 ¶ An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. See also: 1 Kings 2:46 2 Samuel 16:5-9 2 Samuel 18:15 2 Samuel 20:22 1 Kings 2:24-25
12 ¶ Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. See also: 2 Samuel 17:8 Hosea 13:8 Proverbs 27:3 Proverbs 28:15 2 Kings 2:24
13 ¶ Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. See also: Psalms 109:4-13 Psalms 55:12-15 Romans 12:17 1 Peter 3:9 Psalms 35:12
14 ¶ The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. See also: Proverbs 20:3 Proverbs 25:8 2 Timothy 2:23-24 Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 1 Thessalonians 4:11
15 ¶ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. See also: Exodus 23:7 Proverbs 18:5 Isaiah 5:23 Proverbs 24:23-24 Amos 6:12
16 ¶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? See also: Proverbs 21:25-26 Proverbs 23:23 Deuteronomy 5:29 Proverbs 8:4-5 Proverbs 18:15
17 ¶ A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. See also: Proverbs 18:24 John 15:13-14 1 Samuel 20:17 1 Samuel 18:3 Proverbs 19:7
18 ¶ A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. See also: Proverbs 11:15 Proverbs 6:1-5 Proverbs 22:26-27 Proverbs 20:16 Proverbs 22:16
19 ¶ He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. See also: Proverbs 16:18 Proverbs 18:12 1 Samuel 25:36-38 James 3:14-16 2 Samuel 15:1
20 ¶ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. See also: James 3:6-8 Proverbs 10:31 Psalms 18:26 Proverbs 3:32 Proverbs 6:12-15
21 ¶ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. See also: Proverbs 10:1 Proverbs 19:13 Genesis 26:34 1 Samuel 2:32-35 Proverbs 15:20
22 ¶ A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. See also: Proverbs 15:13 Proverbs 12:25 Proverbs 18:14 2 Corinthians 7:10 Ecclesiastes 9:7-9
23 ¶ A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. See also: Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19 Proverbs 17:8 Micah 7:3 Isaiah 1:23
24 ¶ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. See also: Ecclesiastes 2:14 Ecclesiastes 8:1 Psalms 119:37 Proverbs 14:6 Proverbs 15:14
25 ¶ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. See also: Proverbs 10:1 2 Samuel 13:1-22 Proverbs 15:20 Proverbs 19:13 Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
26 ¶ Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. See also: Proverbs 17:15 Proverbs 18:5 John 18:22 Job 34:18-19 Genesis 18:25
27 ¶ He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. See also: James 3:18 James 1:19 Proverbs 10:19 Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 15:28
28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. See also: Job 13:5 Proverbs 15:2 Ecclesiastes 10:14 Ecclesiastes 5:3 Ecclesiastes 10:3