Proverbs:21-23
dourh@Proverbs:21:1 @ As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever he will he shall turn it.
dourh@Proverbs:21:2 @ Every way of a man seemeth right to himself: but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
dourh@Proverbs:21:3 @ To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
dourh@Proverbs:21:4 @ Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
dourh@Proverbs:21:5 @ The thoughts of the industrious al- ways bring forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in want.
dourh@Proverbs:21:6 @ He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death.
dourh@Proverbs:21:7 @ The robberies of the wicked shall be their downfall, because they would not do judgment.
dourh@Proverbs:21:8 @ The perverse way of a man is strange: but as for him that is pure, his work is right.
dourh@Proverbs:21:9 @ It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling women, and in a common house.
dourh@Proverbs:21:10 @ The soul of the wicked desireth evil, he will not have pity on his neighbour.
dourh@Proverbs:21:11 @ When a pestilent man is punished, the little one will be wiser: and if he follow the wise, he will receive knowledge.
dourh@Proverbs:21:12 @ The just considereth seriously the house of the wicked, that he may withdraw the wicked from evil.
dourh@Proverbs:21:13 @ He that stoppeth his ear against the cry of the poor, shall also cry himself and shall not be heard.
dourh@Proverbs:21:14 @ A secret present quencheth anger: and a gift in the bosom the greatest wrath.
dourh@Proverbs:21:15 @ It is joy to the just to do judgment: and dread to them that work iniquity.
dourh@Proverbs:21:16 @ A man that shall wander out of the way of doctrine, shall abide in the company of the giants.
dourh@Proverbs:21:17 @ He that loveth good cheer, shall be in want: he that loveth wine, and fat things, shall not be rich.
dourh@Proverbs:21:18 @ The wicked is delivered up for the just: and the unjust for the righteous.
dourh@Proverbs:21:19 @ It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
dourh@Proverbs:21:20 @ There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it.
dourh@Proverbs:21:21 @ He that followeth justice and mercy, shall find life, justice, and glory.
dourh@Proverbs:21:22 @ The wise man hath scaled the city of the strong, and hath cast down the strength of the confidence thereof.
dourh@Proverbs:21:23 @ He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from distress.
dourh@Proverbs:21:24 @ The proud and the arrogant is called ignorant, who in anger worketh pride.
dourh@Proverbs:21:25 @ Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.
dourh@Proverbs:21:26 @ He longeth and desireth all the day: but he that is just, will give, and will not cease.
dourh@Proverbs:21:27 @ The sacrifices of the wicked are abominable, because they are offered of wickedness.
dourh@Proverbs:21:28 @ A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.
dourh@Proverbs:21:29 @ The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
dourh@Proverbs:21:30 @ There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
dourh@Proverbs:21:31 @ The horse is prepared for the day of battle: but the Lord giveth safety.
dourh@Proverbs:22:1 @ A good name is better than great riches: and good favour is above silver and gold.
dourh@Proverbs:22:2 @ The rich and poor have met one another: the Lord is the maker of them both.
dourh@Proverbs:22:3 @ The prudent man saw the evil, and hid himself: the simple passed on, and suffered loss.
dourh@Proverbs:22:4 @ The fruit of humility is the fear of the Lord, riches and glory and life.
dourh@Proverbs:22:5 @ Arms and swords are in the way of the perverse: but he that keepeth his own soul departeth far from them.
dourh@Proverbs:22:6 @ It is a proverb: A young man according to his way, even when he is old he will not depart from it.
dourh@Proverbs:22:7 @ The rich ruleth over the poor: and the borrower is servant to him that lendeth.
dourh@Proverbs:22:8 @ He that soweth iniquity shall reap evils, and with the rod of his anger he shall be consumed.
dourh@Proverbs:22:9 @ He that is inclined to mercy shall be blessed: for of his bread he hath given to the poor. He that maketh presents shall purchase victory and honour: but he carrieth away the souls of the receivers.
dourh@Proverbs:22:10 @ Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.
dourh@Proverbs:22:11 @ He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
dourh@Proverbs:22:12 @ The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
dourh@Proverbs:22:13 @ The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
dourh@Proverbs:22:14 @ The mouth of a strange woman is a deep pit: he whom the Lord is angry with, shall fall into it.
dourh@Proverbs:22:15 @ Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away.
dourh@Proverbs:22:16 @ He that oppresseth the poor, to in- crease his own riches, shall himself give to one that is richer, and shall be in need.
dourh@Proverbs:22:17 @ Incline thy ear, and hear the words of the wise: and apply thy heart to my doctrine:
dourh@Proverbs:22:18 @ Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
dourh@Proverbs:22:19 @ That thy trust may be in the Lord, wherefore I have also shewn it to thee this day.
dourh@Proverbs:22:20 @ Behold I have described it to thee three manner of ways, in thoughts and knowledge:
dourh@Proverbs:22:21 @ That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.
dourh@Proverbs:22:22 @ Do no violence to the poor, because he is poor: and do not oppress the needy in the gate:
dourh@Proverbs:22:23 @ Because the Lord will judge his cause, and will afflict them that have afflicted his soul.
dourh@Proverbs:22:24 @ Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man:
dourh@Proverbs:22:25 @ Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.
dourh@Proverbs:22:26 @ Be not with them that fasten down their hands, and that offer themselves sureties for debts:
dourh@Proverbs:22:27 @ For if thou have not wherewith to restore, what cause is there, that he should take the covering from thy bed?
dourh@Proverbs:22:28 @ Pass not beyond the ancient bounds which thy fathers have set.
dourh@Proverbs:22:29 @ Hast thou seen a man swift in his work? he shall stand before kings, and shall not be before those that are obscure.
dourh@Proverbs:23:1 @ When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.
dourh@Proverbs:23:2 @ And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
dourh@Proverbs:23:3 @ Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
dourh@Proverbs:23:4 @ Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
dourh@Proverbs:23:5 @ Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.
dourh@Proverbs:23:6 @ Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:
dourh@Proverbs:23:7 @ Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.
dourh@Proverbs:23:8 @ The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words.
dourh@Proverbs:23:9 @ Speak not in the ears of fools: because they will despise the instruction of thy speech.
dourh@Proverbs:23:10 @ Touch not the bounds of little ones: and enter not into the field of the fatherless:
dourh@Proverbs:23:11 @ For their near kinsman is strong: and he will judge their cause against thee.
dourh@Proverbs:23:12 @ Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.
dourh@Proverbs:23:13 @ Withhold not correction from a child: for if thou strike him with the rod, he shall not die.
dourh@Proverbs:23:14 @ Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and deliver his soul from hell.
dourh@Proverbs:23:15 @ My son, if thy mind be wise, my heart shall rejoice with thee:
dourh@Proverbs:23:16 @ And my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips shall speak what is right.
dourh@Proverbs:23:17 @ Let not thy heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long:
dourh@Proverbs:23:18 @ Because thou shalt have hope in the latter end, and thy expectation shall not be taken away.
dourh@Proverbs:23:19 @ Hear thou, my son, and be wise: and guide thy mind in the way.
dourh@Proverbs:23:20 @ Be not in the feasts of great drinkers, nor in their revellings, who contribute flesh to eat:
dourh@Proverbs:23:21 @ Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together shall be consumed; and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
dourh@Proverbs:23:22 @ Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
dourh@Proverbs:23:23 @ Buy truth, and do not sell wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
dourh@Proverbs:23:24 @ The father of the just rejoiceth greatly: he that hath begotten a wise son, shall have joy in him.
dourh@Proverbs:23:25 @ Let thy father, and thy mother be joyful, and let her rejoice that bore thee.
dourh@Proverbs:23:26 @ My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.
dourh@Proverbs:23:27 @ For a harlot is a deep ditch: and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
dourh@Proverbs:23:28 @ She lieth in wait in the way as a robber, and him whom she shall see unwary, she will kill.
dourh@Proverbs:23:29 @ Who hath woe? whose father hath woe? who hath contentions? who falls into pits? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
dourh@Proverbs:23:30 @ Surely they that pass their time in wine, and study to drink of their cups.
dourh@Proverbs:23:31 @ Look not upon the wine when it is yellow, when the colour thereof shineth in the glass: it goeth in pleasantly,
dourh@Proverbs:23:32 @ But in the end, it will bite like a snake, and will spread abroad poison like a basilisk.
dourh@Proverbs:23:33 @ Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.
dourh@Proverbs:23:34 @ And thou shalt be as one sleeping in the midst of the sea, and as a pilot fast asleep, when the stern is lost.
dourh@Proverbs:23:35 @ And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again?
dourh@Proverbs:24:1 @ Seek not to be like evil men, neither desire to be with them:
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