1 Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 3 Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 …
Category Archives: Proverbs (Mishley)
Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon (Shelomoh). A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. 2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing; but righteousness delivereth from death. 3 יהוה will not allow the soul of the righteous to famish; but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. …
Proverbs 25
1 These are also proverbs of Solomon (Shelomoh), which the men of Hezekiah (Chizkiyah) king of Judah (Yehudah) copied out. 2 It is the glory of God (Elohim) to conceal a thing, but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the …
Proverbs 11
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 …
Proverbs 26
1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. 4 …
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 27
1 Boast not yourself of tomorrow, for you knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty, but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. 4 Wrath is …
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 28
1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof, but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. 3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain …
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 …