Proverbs 13 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
A wise child loves discipline,[a] but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. 2 From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things,...
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Proverbs 14 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
The wise woman[a] builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands. 2 Those who walk uprightly fear the Lord, but one...
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Proverbs 15 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge,[a] but the mouths of fools...
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Proverbs 16 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2 All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes,...
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Proverbs 17 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. 2 A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts...
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Proverbs 18 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
The one who lives alone is self-indulgent, showing contempt for all who have sound judgment.[a] 2 A fool takes no pleasure in...
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Proverbs 19 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool. 2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves...
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Proverbs 20 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. 2 The dread anger of a king is like the growling...
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Proverbs 21 - Wise Sayings of Solomon
The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. 2 All deeds are right in the sight of the...
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Proverbs 22 - Wise Sayings of Solomon, Sayings of the Wise
A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold. 2 The rich and the poor have this in...
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Proverbs 23 - Sayings of the Wise
When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what[a] is before you, 2 and put a knife to your throat if you have a big...
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Proverbs 24 - Sayings of the Wise, Further Sayings of the Wise
Do not envy the wicked, nor desire to be with them; 2 for their minds devise violence, and their lips talk of mischief. 3 By wisdom a...
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Proverbs 25 - Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
These are other proverbs of Solomon that the officials of King Hezekiah of Judah copied. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal things, but...
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Proverbs 26 - Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. 2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its...
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Proverbs 27 - Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth— a stranger, and...
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Proverbs 28 - Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 2 When a land rebels it has many rulers; but with an...
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Proverbs 29 - Further Wise Sayings of Solomon
One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing. 2 When the righteous are in authority, the...
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Proverbs 30 - Sayings of Agur
The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle. Thus says the man: I am weary, O God, I am weary, O God. How can I prevail?[a] 2 Surely I am...
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Proverbs 31 - The Teaching of King Lemuel’s Mother, Ode to a Capable Wife
The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: 2 No, my son! No, son of my womb! No, son of my vows! 3 Do not give your...
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Ecclesiastes 1 - Reflections of a Royal Philosopher
The words of the Teacher,[a] the son of David, king in Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher,[b] vanity of vanities! All is...
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