1 A false balance is abomination to יהוה, but a just weight is His delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame, but with the humble is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath, but …
Category Archives: Proverbs (Mishley)
Proverbs 12
1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man obtaineth favor of יהוה, but a man of wicked devices will He condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. 4 A virtuous woman is a …
Proverbs 13
1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life, but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4 …
Proverbs 14
1 Every wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. 2 He who walketh in his uprightness feareth יהוה; but he who is perverse in his ways despiseth Him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve …
Proverbs 15
1 A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright, but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. 3 The eyes of יהוה are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but …
Proverbs 16
1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from יהוה. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but יהוה weigheth the spirits. 3 Commit your works unto יהוה, and your thoughts shall be established. 4 יהוה hath made all things for Himself; …
Proverbs 17
1 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than a house full of sacrifices with strife. 2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but יהוה trieth …
Proverbs 18
1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the …
Proverbs 19
1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 2 Also, that the soul to be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth …
Proverbs 20
1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool …