Bible verses about "proverbs" | CLV

¹⁵ The way of a fool seems upright in his own eyes, Yet a wise man hearkens to counsel."

⁵ Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, And do not lean to your own understanding."

¹ Do not be jealous of evil men, And do not yearn to be with them." ² For their heart cogitates on devastation, And their lips plan misery." ³ By wisdom a house is built, And by comprehension it is established." ⁴ By knowledge its chambers are filled With all precious and pleasant wealth. ⁵ A wise master is one with strength, And a man of knowledge is resolute with vigor;" ⁶ For you execute war for yourself according to strategy, And in many counselors there is safety." ⁷ Wisdom is too high for the fool; In the gateway he does not open his mouth. ⁸ He who designs to do evil, They call him a scheming person." ⁹ The schemes of folly are sin, And a mocker is an abhorrence to humanity." ¹⁰ If you slacken in a day of distress, How constricted is your vigor!" ¹¹ Rescue those being taken to death, And you should keep back those who are slipping away to the kill." ¹² If you say, Behold, we know nothing about this, Does not He Who regulates hearts detect it, And He Who preserves your soul know it, Who will render to a man according to his deeds? ¹³ My son, eat honey, for it is good, And honeycomb is sweet on your palate;" ¹⁴ Do know that wisdom is so to your soul when you find it, And it has an end so that your expectation shall not be cut off." ¹⁵ Do not wait in ambush as a wicked man against the homestead of a righteous man; Do not devastate his reclining place; ¹⁶ For the righteous one shall fall seven times and still rise, Yet the wicked shall be stumbled by evil." ¹⁷ At the fall of your enemy do not rejoice, And at his stumbling do not let your heart exult, ¹⁸ Lest Yahweh should see and it be evil in His eyes, So that He turns away His anger from him." ¹⁹ Do not grow hot over evildoers; Do not be jealous over the wicked; ²⁰ For there shall be no good end for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished. ²¹ Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; With both of them do not be enraged;" ²² For suddenly calamity from them shall rise, And misfortune from them both, who can know it? ²³ These also are sayings of the wise:To be biased in judgment is never good. ²⁴ He who says to the wicked man, You are righteous--The people shall revile him; the populace shall be indignant toward him." ²⁵ Yet for those who reprove, it shall be pleasant, And on them shall come the blessing of good." ²⁶ He kisses the lips Who replies with corrective words. ²⁷ Prepare your work outside, and equip it for yourself in the field; Afterward you may then build up your household." ²⁸ Do not become a gratuitous witness against your associate, Or would you dupe with your lips? ²⁹ Do not say, Just as he did to me, so shall I do to him; I shall render to the man according to his deeds." ³⁰ I passed by the field of the slothful man, And by the vineyard of the man who lacked heart understanding, ³¹ And behold, all of it came up with sting nettles, Prickly acanthus covered its surface, And its barrier-wall of stones was pulled down." ³² Then I myself set my heart on what I was perceiving; I took admonition from what I saw: ³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands, to lie at rest, ³⁴ And your destitution will come like a wayfarer, And your lack like a man with a shield."

⁹ Do not speak into the ears of the stupid man, For he shall despise the intelligence of your declarations."

¹ The words of Lemuel, a king:The oracle with which his mother admonished him:" ² What, my son, and what, son of my belly! What, son of my vows!" ³ Do not give your potency to women, And your ways to those who wipe out kings." ⁴ It must not be for kings, O Lemuel, It must not be for kings to drink wine, Or for chancellors to yearn for intoxicant, ⁵ Lest such a one should drink and forget the statute, And alter the adjudication of all the sons of humiliation." ⁶ Give intoxicant to him who is perishing, And wine to those bitter of soul." ⁷ Let him drink and forget his destitution, And let him remember his misery no further." ⁸ Open your mouth for the mute, For the adjudication of all the sons of insecurity;" ⁹ Open your mouth; judge righteously; And adjudicate the humble and needy one. ¹⁰ A wife of ability, who can find? Far more than rubies is her worth." ¹¹ Her spouse's heart understanding puts trust in her, So that he lacks no proceeds." ¹² She requites him with good and not evil All the days of her life. ¹³ She seeks after wool and flax And works them according to the delight of her palms. ¹⁴ She is like the ships of a merchant; She brings her bread from afar. ¹⁵ She rises while it is still night And provides viands for her household And dole for her maidens. ¹⁶ She plans for a field and procures it; From the fruit of her palms she plants a vineyard. ¹⁷ She girds her waist with strength, And she makes her arms resolute." ¹⁸ She inspects to see that her merchandise is good; Her lamp is not quenched at night. ¹⁹ She puts forth her hands on the distaff, And her palms hold firm to the spindle." ²⁰ She spreads out her palm to the humble And puts forth her hands to the needy. ²¹ She does not fear the snow for her household, For all in her household are clothed with double garments." ²² She makes decorative covers for herself; Her clothing is cambric and purple. ²³ Her spouse is acknowledged in the gateways, When he sits with the elders of the land." ²⁴ She makes shirts and sells them, And she produces girdles for the trafficker." ²⁵ Strength and honor are her clothing, And she can make sport of the days hereafter." ²⁶ She opens her mouth with wisdom, And the law of benignity is on her tongue." ²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household And does not eat the bread of slothfulness. ²⁸ Her sons arise and call her happy; Her spouse also praises her, saying:" ²⁹ Many daughters do ably, Yet you ascend over them all." ³⁰ Grace may be false and loveliness vain, But the woman fearful of Yahweh, she shall be praised." ³¹ Give honor to her for the fruit of her hands, And let them praise her in the gateways for her deeds."

¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron, So a man sharpens the acumen of his associate."

¹¹ A stupid man speaks forth all his spirit of anger, Yet a wise one becalms it back."

⁵ Now if anyone of you is lacking wisdom, let him be requesting it from God, Who is giving to all generously and is not reproaching, and it shall be given to him."