Proverbs about various matters
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📚The proverbs of Solomon.A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is the heaviness
of his mother.
2 📚Treasures wickedly obtained
profit nothing 📖,
but righteousness delivers 📖 from death.
3 📚The LORD will not let the righteous 📖
go hungry,
but he thrusts aside the craving
of the wicked 📖.
4 📚He who works with a slack hand 📖
becomes poor,
but the hand of the diligent 📖 makes rich.
5 📚He who gathers in summer is
a wise son,
but he who sleeps in harvest is
a son who causes shame.
6 📚Blessings 📖 are on the head
of the just,
but violence covers the mouth
of the wicked.
7 📚The remembrance 📖 of the just is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot 📖.
8 📚The wise in heart will accept commands 📖,
but a chattering fool will fall.
9 📚He who walks uprightly walks securely 📖,
but he who perverts his ways will be found out 📖.
10 📚He who winks 📖 the eye causes trouble,
and a chattering fool will fall.
11 📚The mouth of a righteous person is
a fountain of life 📖, but violence covers
the mouth of the wicked.
12 📚Hatred stirs up strife 📖, but love covers 📖 all sins.
13 📚In the lips of him who has understanding
wisdom is found,
but a rod 📖 is for the back of him
who lacks understanding.
14 📚Wise men store up 📖 knowledge,
but the mouth of the foolish is
near destruction.
15 📚The rich man’s wealth is
his strong city;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
10:15 Wealth brings a certain amount of worldly power which the poor cannot have (Prov 18:23; 22:7). But they should recognize that real security depends on God alone (Prov 18:11; Ps 52:1-7).⚜
16 📚The labour of the righteous tends
to life;
the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17 📚He who heeds instruction is in
the way of life,
but he who refuses correction goes astray.
10:17 Prov 6:23; 15:5; Heb 12:5-11. Because we are sinful by nature and ignorant of God’s holy ways, correction and discipline are very important. We ignore them to our peril.⚜
18 📚He who hides hatred with lying lips,
and he who utters a slander, is a fool.
19 📚In the multitude of words sin is not lacking,
but he who refrains his lips is wise.
20 📚The tongue of the just is like
choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is of
little worth.
21 📚The lips of the righteous feed many,
but fools die for lack of wisdom.
22 📚The blessing of the LORD is
what makes rich,
and he adds no sorrow with it.
23 📚Doing evil is like sport to a fool,
but a man of understanding has wisdom.
24 📚What the wicked fear 📖 will come on him,
but the desire of the righteous
will be granted.
25 📚When the whirlwind passes,
the wicked 📖 is no more;
but the righteous has
an everlasting foundation.
26 📚Like vinegar to the teeth,
and like smoke to the eyes,
so is the lazy one to those
who send him.
27 📚The fear of the LORD prolongs days,
but the years of the wicked will be shortened.
28 📚The hope of the righteous will be joy,
but the expectation of the wicked will perish.
29 📚The way of the LORD is
a stronghold to the upright,
but destruction to evildoers.
30 📚The righteous will never be shaken,
but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.
31 📚The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom,
but the perverse tongue will be cut out.
32 📚The lips of the righteous know
what is suitable,
but the mouth of the wicked
speaks perversity.