Proverbs:8-11
rsv@Proverbs:8:1 @ Does not wisdom call, does not understanding raise her voice?
rsv@Proverbs:8:2 @ On the heights beside the way, in the paths she takes her stand;
rsv@Proverbs:8:3 @ beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
rsv@Proverbs:8:4 @ "To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the sons of men.
rsv@Proverbs:8:5 @ O simple ones, learn prudence; O foolish men, pay attention.
rsv@Proverbs:8:6 @ Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right;
rsv@Proverbs:8:7 @ for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
rsv@Proverbs:8:8 @ All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or crooked in them.
rsv@Proverbs:8:9 @ They are all straight to him who understands and right to those who find knowledge.
rsv@Proverbs:8:10 @ Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold;
rsv@Proverbs:8:11 @ for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.
rsv@Proverbs:8:12 @ I, wisdom, dwell in prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion.
rsv@Proverbs:8:13 @ The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.
rsv@Proverbs:8:14 @ I have counsel and sound wisdom, I have insight, I have strength.
rsv@Proverbs:8:15 @ By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;
rsv@Proverbs:8:16 @ by me princes rule, and nobles govern the earth.
rsv@Proverbs:8:17 @ I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.
rsv@Proverbs:8:18 @ Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and prosperity.
rsv@Proverbs:8:19 @ My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.
rsv@Proverbs:8:20 @ I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
rsv@Proverbs:8:21 @ endowing with wealth those who love me, and filling their treasuries.
rsv@Proverbs:8:22 @ The LORD created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old.
rsv@Proverbs:8:23 @ Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
rsv@Proverbs:8:24 @ When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water.
rsv@Proverbs:8:25 @ Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth;
rsv@Proverbs:8:26 @ before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust of the world.
rsv@Proverbs:8:27 @ When he established the heavens, I was there, when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
rsv@Proverbs:8:28 @ when he made firm the skies above, when he established the fountains of the deep,
rsv@Proverbs:8:29 @ when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
rsv@Proverbs:8:30 @ then I was beside him, like a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,
rsv@Proverbs:8:31 @ rejoicing in his inhabited world and delighting in the sons of men.
rsv@Proverbs:8:32 @ And now, my sons, listen to me: happy are those who keep my ways.
rsv@Proverbs:8:33 @ Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it.
rsv@Proverbs:8:34 @ Happy is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors.
rsv@Proverbs:8:35 @ For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD;
rsv@Proverbs:8:36 @ but he who misses me injures himself; all who hate me love death."
rsv@Proverbs:9:1 @ Wisdom has built her house, she has set up her seven pillars.
rsv@Proverbs:9:2 @ She has slaughtered her beasts, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table.
rsv@Proverbs:9:3 @ She has sent out her maids to call from the highest places in the town,
rsv@Proverbs:9:4 @ "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who is without sense she says,
rsv@Proverbs:9:5 @ "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
rsv@Proverbs:9:6 @ Leave simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
rsv@Proverbs:9:7 @ He who corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
rsv@Proverbs:9:8 @ Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
rsv@Proverbs:9:9 @ Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man and he will increase in learning.
rsv@Proverbs:9:10 @ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
rsv@Proverbs:9:11 @ For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
rsv@Proverbs:9:12 @ If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
rsv@Proverbs:9:13 @ A foolish woman is noisy; she is wanton and knows no shame.
rsv@Proverbs:9:14 @ She sits at the door of her house, she takes a seat on the high places of the town,
rsv@Proverbs:9:15 @ calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way,
rsv@Proverbs:9:16 @ "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" And to him who is without sense she says,
rsv@Proverbs:9:17 @ "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."
rsv@Proverbs:9:18 @ But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
rsv@Proverbs:10:1 @ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
rsv@Proverbs:10:2 @ Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.
rsv@Proverbs:10:3 @ The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
rsv@Proverbs:10:4 @ A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
rsv@Proverbs:10:5 @ A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
rsv@Proverbs:10:6 @ Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
rsv@Proverbs:10:7 @ The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
rsv@Proverbs:10:8 @ The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a prating fool will come to ruin.
rsv@Proverbs:10:9 @ He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
rsv@Proverbs:10:10 @ He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.
rsv@Proverbs:10:11 @ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
rsv@Proverbs:10:12 @ Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
rsv@Proverbs:10:13 @ On the lips of him who has understanding wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
rsv@Proverbs:10:14 @ Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.
rsv@Proverbs:10:15 @ A rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin.
rsv@Proverbs:10:16 @ The wage of the righteous leads to life, the gain of the wicked to sin.
rsv@Proverbs:10:17 @ He who heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who rejects reproof goes astray.
rsv@Proverbs:10:18 @ He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who utters slander is a fool.
rsv@Proverbs:10:19 @ When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
rsv@Proverbs:10:20 @ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.
rsv@Proverbs:10:21 @ The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of sense.
rsv@Proverbs:10:22 @ The blessing of the LORD makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
rsv@Proverbs:10:23 @ It is like sport to a fool to do wrong, but wise conduct is pleasure to a man of understanding.
rsv@Proverbs:10:24 @ What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
rsv@Proverbs:10:25 @ When the tempest passes, the wicked is no more, but the righteous is established for ever.
rsv@Proverbs:10:26 @ Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
rsv@Proverbs:10:27 @ The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
rsv@Proverbs:10:28 @ The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nought.
rsv@Proverbs:10:29 @ The LORD is a stronghold to him whose way is upright, but destruction to evildoers.
rsv@Proverbs:10:30 @ The righteous will never be removed, but the wicked will not dwell in the land.
rsv@Proverbs:10:31 @ The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
rsv@Proverbs:10:32 @ The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.
rsv@Proverbs:11:1 @ A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, but a just weight is his delight.
rsv@Proverbs:11:2 @ When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.
rsv@Proverbs:11:3 @ The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.
rsv@Proverbs:11:4 @ Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
rsv@Proverbs:11:5 @ The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
rsv@Proverbs:11:6 @ The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust.
rsv@Proverbs:11:7 @ When the wicked dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of the godless comes to nought.
rsv@Proverbs:11:8 @ The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead.
rsv@Proverbs:11:9 @ With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
rsv@Proverbs:11:10 @ When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
rsv@Proverbs:11:11 @ By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
rsv@Proverbs:11:12 @ He who belittles his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding remains silent.
rsv@Proverbs:11:13 @ He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.
rsv@Proverbs:11:14 @ Where there is no guidance, a people falls; but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
rsv@Proverbs:11:15 @ He who gives surety for a stranger will smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure.
rsv@Proverbs:11:16 @ A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches.
rsv@Proverbs:11:17 @ A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.
rsv@Proverbs:11:18 @ A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
rsv@Proverbs:11:19 @ He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
rsv@Proverbs:11:20 @ Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
rsv@Proverbs:11:21 @ Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.
rsv@Proverbs:11:22 @ Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
rsv@Proverbs:11:23 @ The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
rsv@Proverbs:11:24 @ One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
rsv@Proverbs:11:25 @ A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
rsv@Proverbs:11:26 @ The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
rsv@Proverbs:11:27 @ He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but evil comes to him who searches for it.
rsv@Proverbs:11:28 @ He who trusts in his riches will wither, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
rsv@Proverbs:11:29 @ He who troubles his household will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
rsv@Proverbs:11:30 @ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, but lawlessness takes away lives.
rsv@Proverbs:11:31 @ If the righteous is requited on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
rsv@Proverbs:12:1 @ Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
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