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{\MT The Proverbs


\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

\VS{2}To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;

\VS{3}To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

\VS{4}To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

\VS{5}A wise
{\ADD{man}} will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels:

\VS{6}To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

\VS{7}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} the beginning of knowledge:
{\ADD{but}} fools despise wisdom and instruction.

\VS{8}My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

\VS{9}For they
{\ADD{shalt be}} an ornament of grace to thy head, and chains about thy neck.

\VS{10}My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

\VS{11}If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

\VS{12}Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

\VS{13}We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:

\VS{14}Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:

\VS{15}My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

\VS{16}For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

\VS{17}Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

\VS{18}And they lay wait for their
{\ADD{own}} blood; they lurk privily for their
{\ADD{own}} lives.

\VS{19}So
{\ADD{are}} the ways of every one that is greedy of gain;
{\ADD{who}} taketh away the life of its owners.

\VS{20}Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

\VS{21}She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words,
{\ADD{saying}} ,

\VS{22}How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

\VS{23}Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known to you my words.

\VS{24}Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

\VS{25}But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and rejected my reproof:

\VS{26}I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

\VS{27}When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

\VS{28}Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

\VS{29}For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

\VS{30}They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

\VS{31}Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

\VS{32}For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

\VS{33}But whoever hearkeneth to me shall dwell in safety, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.



\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

\VS{2}So that thou incline thy ear to wisdom,
{\ADD{and}} apply thy heart to understanding;

\VS{3}Yes, if thou criest after knowledge,
{\ADD{and}} liftest up thy voice for understanding;

\VS{4}If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as
{\ADD{for}} hid treasures;

\VS{5}Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

\VS{6}For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth
{\ADD{cometh}} knowledge and understanding.

\VS{7}He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous:
{\ADD{he is}} a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

\VS{8}He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

\VS{9}Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity;
{\ADD{and}} every good path.

\VS{10}When wisdom entereth into thy heart, and knowledge is pleasant to thy soul;

\VS{11}Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

\VS{12}To deliver thee from the way of the evil
{\ADD{man}} , from the man that speaketh froward things;

\VS{13}Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

\VS{14}Who rejoice to do evil,
{\ADD{and}} delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

\VS{15}Whose ways
{\ADD{are}} crooked, and
{\ADD{they}} froward in their paths:

\VS{16}To deliver thee from the strange woman,
{\ADD{even}} from the stranger
{\ADD{who}} flattereth with her words;

\VS{17}Who forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

\VS{18}For her house inclineth to death, and her paths to the dead.

\VS{19}None that go to her return again, neither do they take hold of the paths of life.

\VS{20}That thou mayest walk in the way of good
{\ADD{men}} , and keep the paths of the righteous.

\VS{21}For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

\VS{22}But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.



\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments;

\VS{2}For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.

\VS{3}Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thy heart:

\VS{4}So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

\VS{5}Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy own understanding.

\VS{6}In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will direct thy paths.

\VS{7}Be not wise in thy own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

\VS{8}It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

\VS{9}Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase:

\VS{10}So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

\VS{11}My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

\VS{12}For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son
{\ADD{in whom}} he delighteth.

\VS{13}Happy
{\ADD{is}} the man
{\ADD{that}} findeth wisdom, and the man
{\ADD{that}} getteth understanding.

\VS{14}For the merchandise of it
{\ADD{is}} better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain of it than fine gold.

\VS{15}She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared to her.

\VS{16}Length of days
{\ADD{is}} in her right hand;
{\ADD{and}} in her left hand riches and honor.

\VS{17}Her ways
{\ADD{are}} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
{\ADD{are}} peace.

\VS{18}She
{\ADD{is}} a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy
{\ADD{is every one}} that retaineth her.

\VS{19}The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.

\VS{20}By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.

\VS{21}My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

\VS{22}So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck.

\VS{23}Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.

\VS{24}When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

\VS{25}Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

\VS{26}For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken.

\VS{27}Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do
{\ADD{it}} .

\VS{28}Say not to thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

\VS{29}Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

\VS{30}Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm.

\VS{31}Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

\VS{32}For the froward
{\ADD{is}} abomination to the LORD: but his secret
{\ADD{is}} with the righteous.

\VS{33}The curse of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

\VS{34}Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the lowly.

\VS{35}The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.



\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

\VS{2}For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

\VS{3}For I was my father's son, tender and only
{\ADD{beloved}} in the sight of my mother.

\VS{4}He taught me also, and said to me, Let thy heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

\VS{5}Get wisdom, get understanding: forget
{\ADD{it}} not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

\VS{6}Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

\VS{7}Wisdom
{\ADD{is}} the principal thing;
{\ADD{therefore}} get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

\VS{8}Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

\VS{9}She shall give to thy head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

\VS{10}Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

\VS{11}I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.

\VS{12}When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

\VS{13}Take fast hold of instruction; let
{\ADD{her}} not go: keep her; for she
{\ADD{is}} thy life.

\VS{14}Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil
{\ADD{men}} .

\VS{15}Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

\VS{16}For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause
{\ADD{some}} to fall.

\VS{17}For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

\VS{18}But the path of the just
{\ADD{is}} as the shining light, that shineth more and more to the perfect day.

\VS{19}The way of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

\VS{20}My son, attend to my words; incline thy ear to my sayings.

\VS{21}Let them not depart from thy eyes; keep them in the midst of thy heart.

\VS{22}For they
{\ADD{are}} life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

\VS{23}Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it
{\ADD{are}} the issues of life.

\VS{24}Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

\VS{25}Let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee.

\VS{26}Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.

\VS{27}Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.



\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My son, attend to my wisdom,
{\ADD{and}} bow thy ear to my understanding:

\VS{2}That thou mayest regard discretion, and
{\ADD{that}} thy lips may keep knowledge.

\VS{3}For the lips of a strange woman drop
{\ADD{as}} a honey-comb, and her mouth
{\ADD{is}} smoother than oil:

\VS{4}But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.

\VS{5}Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

\VS{6}Lest thou shouldst ponder the path of life, her ways are movable,
{\ADD{that}} thou canst not know
{\ADD{them}} .

\VS{7}Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

\VS{8}Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

\VS{9}Lest thou give thy honor to others, and thy years to the cruel:

\VS{10}Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors
{\ADD{be}} in the house of a stranger;

\VS{11}And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

\VS{12}And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

\VS{13}And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me!

\VS{14}I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

\VS{15}Drink waters out of thy own cistern, and running waters out of thy own well.

\VS{16}Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad,
{\ADD{and}} rivers of waters in the streets.

\VS{17}Let them be only thy own, and not for strangers with thee.

\VS{18}Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

\VS{19}{\ADD{Let her be as}} the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.

\VS{20}And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?

\VS{21}For the ways of man
{\ADD{are}} before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

\VS{22}His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins.

\VS{23}He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.



\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My son, if thou art surety for thy friend,
{\ADD{if}} thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

\VS{2}Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

\VS{3}Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

\VS{4}Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

\VS{5}Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand
{\ADD{of the hunter}} , and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

\VS{6}Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

\VS{7}Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

\VS{8}Provideth her provisions in the summer,
{\ADD{and}} gathereth her food in the harvest.

\VS{9}How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

\VS{10}{\ADD{Yet}} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

\VS{11}So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy want as an armed man.

\VS{12}A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

\VS{13}He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

\VS{14}Frowardness
{\ADD{is}} in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

\VS{15}Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

\VS{16}These six
{\ADD{things}} doth the LORD hate: yes, seven
{\ADD{are}} an abomination to him:

\VS{17}A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

\VS{18}A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

\VS{19}A false witness
{\ADD{that}} speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.

\VS{20}My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

\VS{21}Bind them continually upon thy heart,
{\ADD{and}} tie them about thy neck.

\VS{22}When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and
{\ADD{when}} thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

\VS{23}For the commandment
{\ADD{is}} a lamp; and the law
{\ADD{is}} light; and reproofs of instruction
{\ADD{are}} the way of life:

\VS{24}To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

\VS{25}Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

\VS{26}For by means of a lewd woman
{\ADD{a man is brought}} to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

\VS{27}Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?

\VS{28}Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

\VS{29}So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; whoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.

\VS{30}{\ADD{Men}} do not despise a thief, if he stealeth to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;

\VS{31}But
{\ADD{if}} he is found, he shall restore seven-fold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

\VS{32}{\ADD{But}} whoever committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he
{\ADD{that}} doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

\VS{33}A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

\VS{34}For jealousy
{\ADD{is}} the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

\VS{35}He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.



\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

\VS{2}Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thy eye.

\VS{3}Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thy heart.

\VS{4}Say to wisdom, Thou
{\ADD{art}} my sister; and call understanding
{\ADD{thy}} kinswoman:

\VS{5}That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger
{\ADD{which}} flattereth with her words.

\VS{6}For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

\VS{7}And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

\VS{8}Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house.

\VS{9}In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

\VS{10}And behold, there met him a woman
{\ADD{with}} the attire of a harlot, and subtil of heart.

\VS{11}(She
{\ADD{is}} loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

\VS{12}Now
{\ADD{is she}} without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

\VS{13}So she caught him, and kissed him,
{\ADD{and}} with an impudent face said to him,

\VS{14}{\ADD{I have}} peace-offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows.

\VS{15}Therefore I came forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

\VS{16}I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved
{\ADD{works}} , with fine linen of Egypt.

\VS{17}I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

\VS{18}Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

\VS{19}For the good-man
{\ADD{is}} not at home, he is gone a long journey:

\VS{20}He hath taken a bag of money with him,
{\ADD{and}} will come home at the day appointed.

\VS{21}With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she impelled him.

\VS{22}He goeth after her quickly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

\VS{23}Till a dart striketh through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it
{\ADD{is}} for his life.

\VS{24}Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

\VS{25}Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

\VS{26}For she hath cast down many wounded: yes, many strong
{\ADD{men}} have been slain by her.

\VS{27}Her house
{\ADD{is}} the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.



\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?

\VS{2}She standeth on the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths.

\VS{3}She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors.

\VS{4}To you, O men, I call; and my voice
{\ADD{is}} to the sons of man.

\VS{5}O ye simple, understand wisdom: and ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

\VS{6}Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips
{\ADD{shall be}} right things.

\VS{7}For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to my lips.

\VS{8}All the words of my mouth
{\ADD{are}} in righteousness;
{\ADD{there is}} nothing froward or perverse in them.

\VS{9}They
{\ADD{are}} all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.

\VS{10}Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

\VS{11}For wisdom
{\ADD{is}} better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

\VS{12}I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of ingenious inventions.

\VS{13}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

\VS{14}Counsel
{\ADD{is}} mine, and sound wisdom: I
{\ADD{am}} understanding; I have strength.

\VS{15}By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

\VS{16}By me princes rule, and nobles,
{\ADD{even}} all the judges of the earth.

\VS{17}I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

\VS{18}Riches and honor
{\ADD{are}} with me; durable riches and righteousness.

\VS{19}My fruit
{\ADD{is}} better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

\VS{20}I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment.

\VS{21}That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.

\VS{22}The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

\VS{23}I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

\VS{24}When
{\ADD{there were}} no depths, I was brought forth; when
{\ADD{there were}} no fountains abounding with water.

\VS{25}Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth.

\VS{26}While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

\VS{27}When he prepared the heavens, I
{\ADD{was}} there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:

\VS{28}When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:

\VS{29}When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

\VS{30}Then I was by him,
{\ADD{as}} one brought up
{\ADD{with him}} : and I was daily
{\ADD{his}} delight, rejoicing always before him;

\VS{31}Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights
{\ADD{were}} with the sons of men.

\VS{32}Now therefore hearken to me, O ye children: for blessed
{\ADD{are they that}} keep my ways.

\VS{33}Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

\VS{34}Blessed
{\ADD{is}} the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

\VS{35}For whoever findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor from the LORD.

\VS{36}But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.



\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

\VS{2}She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

\VS{3}She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

\VS{4}Whoever
{\ADD{is}} simple, let him turn in hither:
{\ADD{as for}} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

\VS{5}Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine
{\ADD{which}} I have mingled.

\VS{6}Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

\VS{7}He that reproveth a scorner, getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked
{\ADD{man getteth}} himself a blot.

\VS{8}Reprove not a scorner, lest he shall hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

\VS{9}Give
{\ADD{instruction}} to a wise
{\ADD{man}} , and he will be yet wiser: teach a just
{\ADD{man}} , and he will increase in learning.

\VS{10}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy
{\ADD{is}} understanding.

\VS{11}For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

\VS{12}If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but
{\ADD{if}} thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear
{\ADD{it}} .

\VS{13}A foolish woman
{\ADD{is}} clamorous:
{\ADD{she is}} simple, and knoweth nothing.

\VS{14}For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

\VS{15}To call passengers who go right on their ways:

\VS{16}Whoever
{\ADD{is}} simple, let him turn in hither: and
{\ADD{as for}} him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

\VS{17}Stolen waters are sweet, and bread
{\ADD{eaten}} in secret is pleasant.

\VS{18}But he knoweth not that the dead
{\ADD{are}} there;
{\ADD{and that}} her guests
{\ADD{are}} in the depths of hell.



\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son
{\ADD{is}} the heaviness of his mother.

\VS{2}Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

\VS{3}The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

\VS{4}He becometh poor that dealeth
{\ADD{with}} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

\VS{5}He that gathereth in summer
{\ADD{is}} a wise son:
{\ADD{but}} he that sleepeth in harvest
{\ADD{is}} a son that causeth shame.

\VS{6}Blessings
{\ADD{are}} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

\VS{7}The memory of the just
{\ADD{is}} blessed: but the name of the wicked shall perish.

\VS{8}The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

\VS{9}He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

\VS{10}He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

\VS{11}The mouth of a righteous
{\ADD{man is}} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

\VS{12}Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

\VS{13}In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod
{\ADD{is}} for the back of him that is void of understanding.

\VS{14}Wise
{\ADD{men}} lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish
{\ADD{is}} near destruction.

\VS{15}The rich man's wealth
{\ADD{is}} his strong city: the destruction of the poor
{\ADD{is}} their poverty.

\VS{16}The labor of the righteous
{\ADD{tendeth}} to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

\VS{17}He
{\ADD{is in}} the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

\VS{18}He that hideth hatred
{\ADD{with}} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander,
{\ADD{is}} a fool.

\VS{19}In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that restraineth his lips
{\ADD{is}} wise.

\VS{20}The tongue of the just
{\ADD{is as}} choice silver: the heart of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} little worth.

\VS{21}The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

\VS{22}The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

\VS{23}{\ADD{It is}} as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

\VS{24}The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

\VS{25}As the whirlwind passeth, so
{\ADD{is}} the wicked no
{\ADD{more}} : but the righteous
{\ADD{is}} an everlasting foundation.

\VS{26}As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so
{\ADD{is}} the sluggard to them that send him.

\VS{27}The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

\VS{28}The hope of the righteous
{\ADD{shall be}} gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

\VS{29}The way of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} strength to the upright: but destruction
{\ADD{shall be}} to the workers of iniquity.

\VS{30}The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.

\VS{31}The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

\VS{32}The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked
{\ADD{speaketh}} frowardness.



\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A false balance
{\ADD{is}} abomination to the LORD: but a just weight
{\ADD{is}} his delight.

\VS{2}{\ADD{When}} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly
{\ADD{is}} wisdom.

\VS{3}The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

\VS{4}Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

\VS{5}The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

\VS{6}The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in
{\ADD{their own}} naughtiness.

\VS{7}When a wicked man dieth,
{\ADD{his}} expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust
{\ADD{men}} perisheth.

\VS{8}The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

\VS{9}A hypocrite with
{\ADD{his}} mouth destroyeth his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

\VS{10}When the righteous prosper, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish,
{\ADD{there is}} shouting.

\VS{11}By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

\VS{12}He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbor: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

\VS{13}A tale-bearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

\VS{14}Where no counsel
{\ADD{is}} , the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors
{\ADD{there is}} safety.

\VS{15}He that is surety for a stranger shall smart
{\ADD{for it}} : and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

\VS{16}A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong
{\ADD{men}} retain riches.

\VS{17}The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but
{\ADD{he that is}} cruel troubleth his own flesh.

\VS{18}The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness
{\ADD{shall be}} a sure reward.

\VS{19}As righteousness
{\ADD{tendeth}} to life: so he that pursueth evil
{\ADD{pursueth it}} to his own death.

\VS{20}They that are of a froward heart
{\ADD{are}} abomination to the LORD: but
{\ADD{such as are}} upright in
{\ADD{their}} way
{\ADD{are}} his delight.

\VS{21}{\ADD{Though}} hand
{\ADD{join}} in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

\VS{22}{\ADD{As}} a jewel of gold in a swine's snout,
{\ADD{so is}} a fair woman who is without discretion.

\VS{23}The desire of the righteous
{\ADD{is}} only good:
{\ADD{but}} the expectation of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} wrath.

\VS{24}There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and
{\ADD{there is}} that withholdeth more than is meet, but
{\ADD{it tendeth}} to poverty.

\VS{25}The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

\VS{26}He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing
{\ADD{shall be}} upon the head of him that selleth
{\ADD{it}} .

\VS{27}He that diligently seeketh good procureth favor: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come to him.

\VS{28}He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

\VS{29}He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool
{\ADD{shall be}} servant to the wise of heart.

\VS{30}The fruit of the righteous
{\ADD{is}} a tree of life; and he that winneth souls
{\ADD{is}} wise.

\VS{31}Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed upon the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.



\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof
{\ADD{is}} brutish.

\VS{2}A good
{\ADD{man}} obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.

\VS{3}A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

\VS{4}A virtuous woman
{\ADD{is}} a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed
{\ADD{is}} as rottenness in his bones.

\VS{5}The thoughts of the righteous
{\ADD{are}} right:
{\ADD{but}} the counsels of the wicked
{\ADD{are}} deceit.

\VS{6}The words of the wicked
{\ADD{are}} to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

\VS{7}The wicked are overthrown, and
{\ADD{are}} not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

\VS{8}A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

\VS{9}{\ADD{He that is}} despised, and hath a servant,
{\ADD{is}} better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

\VS{10}A righteous
{\ADD{man}} regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked
{\ADD{are}} cruel.

\VS{11}He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain
{\ADD{persons is}} void of understanding.

\VS{12}The wicked desireth the net of evil
{\ADD{men}} : but the root of the righteous yieldeth
{\ADD{fruit}} .

\VS{13}The wicked is snared by the transgression of
{\ADD{his}} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

\VS{14}A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of
{\ADD{his}} mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

\VS{15}The way of a fool
{\ADD{is}} right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel
{\ADD{is}} wise.

\VS{16}A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent
{\ADD{man}} covereth shame.

\VS{17}{\ADD{He that}} speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.

\VS{18}There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise
{\ADD{is}} health.

\VS{19}The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue
{\ADD{is}} but for a moment.

\VS{20}Deceit
{\ADD{is}} in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace
{\ADD{is}} joy.

\VS{21}There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

\VS{22}Lying lips
{\ADD{are}} abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly
{\ADD{are}} his delight.

\VS{23}A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

\VS{24}The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

\VS{25}Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

\VS{26}The righteous
{\ADD{is}} more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

\VS{27}The slothful
{\ADD{man}} roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man
{\ADD{is}} precious.

\VS{28}In the way of righteousness
{\ADD{is}} life; and
{\ADD{in}} the path
{\ADD{of it there is}} no death.



\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A wise son
{\ADD{heareth}} his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

\VS{2}A man shall eat good by the fruit of
{\ADD{his}} mouth: but the soul of the transgressors
{\ADD{shall eat}} violence.

\VS{3}He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life:
{\ADD{but}} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

\VS{4}The soul of the sluggard desireth, and
{\ADD{hath}} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

\VS{5}A righteous
{\ADD{man}} hateth lying: but a wicked
{\ADD{man}} is lothsome, and cometh to shame.

\VS{6}Righteousness keepeth
{\ADD{him that is}} upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

\VS{7}There is that maketh himself rich, yet
{\ADD{hath}} nothing:
{\ADD{there is}} that maketh himself poor, yet
{\ADD{hath}} great riches.

\VS{8}The ransom of a man's life
{\ADD{is}} his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.

\VS{9}The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.

\VS{10}Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well-advised
{\ADD{is}} wisdom.

\VS{11}Wealth
{\ADD{gotten}} by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labor shall increase.

\VS{12}Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but
{\ADD{when}} the desire cometh,
{\ADD{it is}} a tree of life.

\VS{13}Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

\VS{14}The law of the wise
{\ADD{is}} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

\VS{15}Good understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors
{\ADD{is}} hard.

\VS{16}Every prudent
{\ADD{man}} dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open
{\ADD{his}} folly.

\VS{17}A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful embassador
{\ADD{is}} health.

\VS{18}Poverty and shame
{\ADD{shall be to}} him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

\VS{19}The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but
{\ADD{it is}} abomination to fools to depart from evil.

\VS{20}He that walketh with wise
{\ADD{men}} shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

\VS{21}Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

\VS{22}A good
{\ADD{man}} leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner
{\ADD{is}} laid up for the just.

\VS{23}Much food
{\ADD{is in}} the tillage of the poor: but there is
{\ADD{that is}} destroyed for want of judgment.

\VS{24}He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.

\VS{25}The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.



\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

\VS{2}He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but
{\ADD{he that is}} perverse in his ways despiseth him.

\VS{3}In the mouth of the foolish
{\ADD{is}} a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

\VS{4}Where no oxen
{\ADD{are}} , the crib
{\ADD{is}} clean: but much increase
{\ADD{is}} by the strength of the ox.

\VS{5}A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

\VS{6}A scorner seeketh wisdom, and
{\ADD{findeth it}} not: but knowledge
{\ADD{is}} easy to him that understandeth.

\VS{7}Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not
{\ADD{in him}} the lips of knowledge.

\VS{8}The wisdom of the prudent
{\ADD{is}} to understand his way: but the folly of fools
{\ADD{is}} deceit.

\VS{9}Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous
{\ADD{there is}} favor.

\VS{10}The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

\VS{11}The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

\VS{12}There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but the end of it
{\ADD{are}} the ways of death.

\VS{13}Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth
{\ADD{is}} heaviness.

\VS{14}The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man
{\ADD{shall be satisfied}} from himself.

\VS{15}The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

\VS{16}A wise
{\ADD{man}} feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

\VS{17}{\ADD{He that is}} soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

\VS{18}The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

\VS{19}The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

\VS{20}The poor is hated even by his own neighbor: but the rich
{\ADD{hath}} many friends.

\VS{21}He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy
{\ADD{is}} he.

\VS{22}Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth
{\ADD{shall be}} to them that devise good.

\VS{23}In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips
{\ADD{tendeth}} only to penury.

\VS{24}The crown of the wise
{\ADD{is}} their riches:
{\ADD{but}} the foolishness of fools
{\ADD{is}} folly.

\VS{25}A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful
{\ADD{witness}} speaketh lies.

\VS{26}In the fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

\VS{27}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

\VS{28}In the multitude of people
{\ADD{is}} the king's honor: but in the want of people
{\ADD{is}} the destruction of the prince.

\VS{29}{\ADD{He that is}} slow to wrath
{\ADD{is}} of great understanding: but
{\ADD{he that is}} hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

\VS{30}A sound heart
{\ADD{is}} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.

\VS{31}He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoreth him hath mercy on the poor.

\VS{32}The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

\VS{33}Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but
{\ADD{that which is}} in the midst of fools is made known.

\VS{34}Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin
{\ADD{is}} a reproach to any people.

\VS{35}The king's favor
{\ADD{is}} towards a wise servant: but his wrath is
{\ADD{against}} him that causeth shame.



\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

\VS{2}The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

\VS{3}The eyes of the LORD
{\ADD{are}} in every place, beholding the evil and the good.

\VS{4}A wholesome tongue
{\ADD{is}} a tree of life: but perverseness in it
{\ADD{is}} a breach in the spirit.

\VS{5}A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

\VS{6}In the house of the righteous
{\ADD{is}} much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.

\VS{7}The lips of the wise diffuse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish
{\ADD{doeth}} not so.

\VS{8}The sacrifice of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright
{\ADD{is}} his delight.

\VS{9}The way of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to the LORD; but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

\VS{10}Correction
{\ADD{is}} grievous to him that forsaketh the way:
{\ADD{and}} he that hateth reproof shall die.

\VS{11}Hell and destruction
{\ADD{are}} before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

\VS{12}A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go to the wise.

\VS{13}A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

\VS{14}The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

\VS{15}All the days of the afflicted
{\ADD{are}} evil: but he that is of a merry heart
{\ADD{hath}} a continual feast.

\VS{16}Better
{\ADD{is}} little with the fear of the LORD, than great treasure and trouble with it.

\VS{17}Better
{\ADD{is}} a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred with it.

\VS{18}A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but
{\ADD{he that is}} slow to anger appeaseth strife.

\VS{19}The way of the slothful
{\ADD{man is}} as a hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous
{\ADD{is}} made plain.

\VS{20}A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

\VS{21}Folly
{\ADD{is}} joy to
{\ADD{him that is}} destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

\VS{22}Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

\VS{23}A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word
{\ADD{spoken}} in due season, how good
{\ADD{it is}} !

\VS{24}The way of life
{\ADD{is}} above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

\VS{25}The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

\VS{26}The thoughts of the wicked
{\ADD{are}} an abomination to the LORD: but
{\ADD{the words}} of the pure
{\ADD{are}} pleasant words.

\VS{27}He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

\VS{28}The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

\VS{29}The LORD
{\ADD{is}} far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

\VS{30}The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart;
{\ADD{and}} a good report maketh the bones fat.

\VS{31}The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.

\VS{32}He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.

\VS{33}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{is}} the instruction of wisdom: and before honor is humility.



\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue,
{\ADD{are}} from the LORD.

\VS{2}All the ways of a man
{\ADD{are}} clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

\VS{3}Commit thy works to the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

\VS{4}The LORD hath made all
{\ADD{things}} for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.

\VS{5}Every one
{\ADD{that is}} proud in heart
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to the LORD:
{\ADD{though}} hand
{\ADD{join}} in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

\VS{6}By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD
{\ADD{men}} depart from evil.

\VS{7}When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

\VS{8}Better
{\ADD{is}} a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right.

\VS{9}A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

\VS{10}A divine sentence
{\ADD{is}} in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

\VS{11}A just weight and balance
{\ADD{are}} the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag
{\ADD{are}} his work.

\VS{12}{\ADD{It is}} an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

\VS{13}Righteous lips
{\ADD{are}} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

\VS{14}The wrath of a king
{\ADD{is as}} messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.

\VS{15}In the light of a king's countenance
{\ADD{is}} life; and his favor
{\ADD{is}} as a cloud of the latter rain.

\VS{16}How much better
{\ADD{is it}} to get wisdom than gold? and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver?

\VS{17}The highway of the upright
{\ADD{is}} to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

\VS{18}Pride
{\ADD{goeth}} before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

\VS{19}Better
{\ADD{it is to be}} of a humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

\VS{20}He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusteth in the LORD, happy
{\ADD{is}} he.

\VS{21}The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

\VS{22}Understanding
{\ADD{is}} a well-spring of life to him that hath it: but the instruction of fools
{\ADD{is}} folly.

\VS{23}The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

\VS{24}Pleasant words
{\ADD{are as}} a honey-comb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

\VS{25}There is a way that seemeth right to a man, but the end of it
{\ADD{is}} the ways of death.

\VS{26}He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

\VS{27}An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips
{\ADD{there is}} as a burning fire.

\VS{28}A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

\VS{29}A violent man enticeth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way
{\ADD{that is}} not good.

\VS{30}He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

\VS{31}The hoary head
{\ADD{is}} a crown of glory,
{\ADD{if}} it is found in the way of righteousness.

\VS{32}{\ADD{He that is}} slow to anger
{\ADD{is}} better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.

\VS{33}The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing of it
{\ADD{is}} from the LORD.



\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Better
{\ADD{is}} a dry morsel, and quietness with it, than a house full of sacrifices
{\ADD{with}} strife.

\VS{2}A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

\VS{3}The fining-pot
{\ADD{is}} for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.

\VS{4}A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips:
{\ADD{and}} a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

\VS{5}He that mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker;
{\ADD{and}} he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

\VS{6}Children's children
{\ADD{are}} the crown of old men; and the glory of children
{\ADD{is}} their fathers.

\VS{7}Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

\VS{8}A gift
{\ADD{is as}} a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

\VS{9}He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth
{\ADD{very}} friends.

\VS{10}A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes into a fool.

\VS{11}An evil
{\ADD{man}} seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

\VS{12}Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

\VS{13}Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

\VS{14}The beginning of strife
{\ADD{is as}} when one letteth out water: therefore withdraw from contention, before it be meddled with.

\VS{15}He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both
{\ADD{are}} abomination to the LORD.

\VS{16}Why
{\ADD{is there}} a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing
{\ADD{he hath}} no heart
{\ADD{to it}} ?

\VS{17}A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

\VS{18}A man void of understanding striketh hands,
{\ADD{and}} becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

\VS{19}He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
{\ADD{and}} he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

\VS{20}He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

\VS{21}He that begetteth a fool
{\ADD{doeth it}} to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

\VS{22}A merry heart doeth good
{\ADD{like}} a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

\VS{23}A wicked
{\ADD{man}} taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

\VS{24}Wisdom
{\ADD{is}} before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool
{\ADD{are}} in the ends of the earth.

\VS{25}A foolish son
{\ADD{is}} a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

\VS{26}Also to punish the just
{\ADD{is}} not good,
{\ADD{nor}} to strike princes for equity.

\VS{27}He that hath knowledge spareth his words:
{\ADD{and}} a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.

\VS{28}Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
{\ADD{and}} he that shutteth his lips
{\ADD{is esteemed}} a man of understanding.



\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
{\ADD{and}} intermeddleth with all wisdom.

\VS{2}A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may reveal itself.

\VS{3}When the wicked cometh,
{\ADD{then}} cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

\VS{4}The words of a man's mouth
{\ADD{are as}} deep waters,
{\ADD{and}} the well-spring of wisdom
{\ADD{as}} a flowing brook.

\VS{5}{\ADD{It is}} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

\VS{6}A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

\VS{7}A fool's mouth
{\ADD{is}} his destruction, and his lips
{\ADD{are}} the snare of his soul.

\VS{8}The words of a tale-bearer
{\ADD{are}} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

\VS{9}He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

\VS{10}The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

\VS{11}The rich man's wealth
{\ADD{is}} his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

\VS{12}Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor
{\ADD{is}} humility.

\VS{13}He that answereth a matter before he heareth
{\ADD{it}} , it
{\ADD{is}} folly and shame to him.

\VS{14}The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

\VS{15}The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

\VS{16}A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

\VS{17}{\ADD{He that is}} first in his own cause
{\ADD{seemeth}} just; but his neighbor cometh and searcheth him.

\VS{18}The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

\VS{19}A brother offended
{\ADD{is harder to be won}} than a strong city: and
{\ADD{their}} contentions
{\ADD{are}} like the bars of a castle.

\VS{20}A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
{\ADD{and}} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

\VS{21}Death and life
{\ADD{are}} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.

\VS{22}{\ADD{Whoever}} findeth a wife findeth a good
{\ADD{thing}} , and obtaineth favor from the LORD.

\VS{23}The poor useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

\VS{24}A man
{\ADD{that hath}} friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend
{\ADD{that}} sticketh closer than a brother.



\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Better
{\ADD{is}} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than
{\ADD{he that is}} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

\VS{2}Also,
{\ADD{that}} the soul
{\ADD{be}} without knowledge,
{\ADD{it is}} not good; and he that hasteth with
{\ADD{his}} feet sinneth.

\VS{3}The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

\VS{4}Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

\VS{5}A false witness shall not be unpunished, and
{\ADD{he that}} speaketh lies shall not escape.

\VS{6}Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man
{\ADD{is}} a friend to him that giveth gifts.

\VS{7}All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth
{\ADD{them with}} words,
{\ADD{yet}} they
{\ADD{are}} wanting
{\ADD{to him}} .

\VS{8}He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

\VS{9}A false witness shall not be unpunished, and
{\ADD{he that}} speaketh lies shall perish.

\VS{10}Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

\VS{11}The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and
{\ADD{it is}} his glory to pass over a transgression.

\VS{12}The king's wrath
{\ADD{is}} as the roaring of a lion; but his favor
{\ADD{is}} as dew upon the grass.

\VS{13}A foolish son
{\ADD{is}} the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife
{\ADD{are}} a continual dropping.

\VS{14}House and riches
{\ADD{are}} the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife
{\ADD{is}} from the LORD.

\VS{15}Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

\VS{16}He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul;
{\ADD{but}} he that despiseth his ways shall die.

\VS{17}He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth to the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

\VS{18}Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

\VS{19}A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver
{\ADD{him}} , yet thou must do it again.

\VS{20}Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

\VS{21}{\ADD{There are}} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

\VS{22}The desire of a man
{\ADD{is}} his kindness: and a poor man
{\ADD{is}} better than a liar.

\VS{23}The fear of the LORD
{\ADD{tendeth}} to life: and
{\ADD{he that hath it}} shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

\VS{24}A slothful
{\ADD{man}} hideth his hand in
{\ADD{his}} bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

\VS{25}Smite a scorner and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding,
{\ADD{and}} he will understand knowledge.

\VS{26}He that wasteth
{\ADD{his}} father,
{\ADD{and}} chaseth away
{\ADD{his}} mother,
{\ADD{is}} a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.

\VS{27}Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
{\ADD{that causeth}} to err from the words of knowledge.

\VS{28}An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

\VS{29}Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.



\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Wine
{\ADD{is}} a mocker, strong drink
{\ADD{is}} raging: and whoever is deceived by it is not wise.

\VS{2}The fear of a king
{\ADD{is}} as the roaring of a lion:
{\ADD{whoever}} provoketh him to anger sinneth
{\ADD{against}} his own soul.

\VS{3}{\ADD{It is}} an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

\VS{4}The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
{\ADD{therefore}} shall he beg in harvest, and
{\ADD{have}} nothing.

\VS{5}Counsel in the heart of man
{\ADD{is like}} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.

\VS{6}Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

\VS{7}The just
{\ADD{man}} walketh in his integrity: his children
{\ADD{are}} blessed after him.

\VS{8}A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

\VS{9}Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

\VS{10}Divers weights,
{\ADD{and}} divers measures, both of them
{\ADD{are}} alike abomination to the LORD.

\VS{11}Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work
{\ADD{is}} pure, and whether
{\ADD{it is}} right.

\VS{12}The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.

\VS{13}Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes,
{\ADD{and}} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

\VS{14}{\ADD{It is}} naught,
{\ADD{it is}} naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone, then he boasteth.

\VS{15}There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge
{\ADD{are}} a precious jewel.

\VS{16}Take his garment that is surety
{\ADD{for}} a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

\VS{17}Bread of deceit
{\ADD{is}} sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

\VS{18}{\ADD{Every}} purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

\VS{19}He that goeth about
{\ADD{as}} a tale-bearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

\VS{20}Whoever curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

\VS{21}An inheritance
{\ADD{may be}} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end of it shall not be blessed.

\VS{22}Say not thou, I will recompense evil;
{\ADD{but}} wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

\VS{23}Divers weights
{\ADD{are}} an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance
{\ADD{is}} not good.

\VS{24}Man's goings
{\ADD{are}} of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?

\VS{25}{\ADD{It is}} a snare to the man
{\ADD{who}} devoureth
{\ADD{that which is}} holy, and after vows to make inquiry.

\VS{26}A wise king scatterreth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

\VS{27}The spirit of man
{\ADD{is}} the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

\VS{28}Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy.

\VS{29}The glory of young men
{\ADD{is}} their strength: and the beauty of old men
{\ADD{is}} the gray head.

\VS{30}The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so
{\ADD{do}} stripes the inward parts of the belly.



\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The king's heart
{\ADD{is}} in the hand of the LORD,
{\ADD{as}} the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

\VS{2}Every way of a man
{\ADD{is}} right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

\VS{3}To do justice and judgment
{\ADD{is}} more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

\VS{4}A high look, and a proud heart,
{\ADD{and}} the plowing of the wicked,
{\ADD{is}} sin.

\VS{5}The thoughts of the diligent
{\ADD{tend}} only to plenteousness; but of every one
{\ADD{that is}} hasty only to want.

\VS{6}The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
{\ADD{is}} a vanity tossed to and fro by them that seek death.

\VS{7}The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

\VS{8}The way of man
{\ADD{is}} froward and strange: but
{\ADD{as for}} the pure, his work
{\ADD{is}} right.

\VS{9}{\ADD{It is}} better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

\VS{10}The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.

\VS{11}When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

\VS{12}The righteous
{\ADD{man}} wisely considereth the house of the wicked:
{\ADD{but God}} overthroweth the wicked for
{\ADD{their}} wickedness.

\VS{13}Whoever stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.

\VS{14}A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom, strong wrath.

\VS{15}{\ADD{It is}} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction
{\ADD{shall be}} to the workers of iniquity.

\VS{16}The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

\VS{17}He that loveth pleasure
{\ADD{shall be}} a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

\VS{18}The wicked
{\ADD{shall be}} a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

\VS{19}{\ADD{It is}} better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.

\VS{20}{\ADD{There is}} a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

\VS{21}He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honor.

\VS{22}A wise
{\ADD{man}} scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of its confidence.

\VS{23}Whoever keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.

\VS{24}Proud
{\ADD{and}} haughty scorner
{\ADD{is}} his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

\VS{25}The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

\VS{26}He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

\VS{27}The sacrifice of the wicked
{\ADD{is}} abomination: how much more,
{\ADD{when}} he bringeth it with a wicked mind?

\VS{28}A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

\VS{29}A wicked man hardeneth his face: but
{\ADD{as for}} the upright, he directeth his way.

\VS{30}{\ADD{There is}} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

\VS{31}The horse
{\ADD{is}} prepared against the day of battle: but safety
{\ADD{is}} from the LORD.



\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}A
{\ADD{good}} name
{\ADD{is}} rather to be chosen than great riches,
{\ADD{and}} loving favor rather than silver and gold.

\VS{2}The rich and poor meet together: the LORD
{\ADD{is}} the maker of them all.

\VS{3}A prudent
{\ADD{man}} foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

\VS{4}By humility
{\ADD{and}} the fear of the LORD
{\ADD{are}} riches, and honor, and life.

\VS{5}Thorns
{\ADD{and}} snares
{\ADD{are}} in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

\VS{6}Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

\VS{7}The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower
{\ADD{is}} servant to the lender.

\VS{8}He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

\VS{9}He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

\VS{10}Cast out the scorner, and contention shall end; yes, strife and reproach shall cease.

\VS{11}He that loveth pureness of heart,
{\ADD{for}} the grace of his lips the king
{\ADD{shall be}} his friend.

\VS{12}The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

\VS{13}The slothful
{\ADD{man}} saith,
{\ADD{There is}} a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

\VS{14}The mouth of strange women
{\ADD{is}} a deep pit: he that is abhorred by the LORD shall fall therein.

\VS{15}Foolishness
{\ADD{is}} bound in the heart of a child;
{\ADD{but}} the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

\VS{16}He that oppresseth the poor to increase his
{\ADD{riches}} ,
{\ADD{and}} he that giveth to the rich,
{\ADD{shall}} surely
{\ADD{come}} to want.

\VS{17}Bow down thy ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thy heart to my knowledge.

\VS{18}For
{\ADD{it is}} a pleasant thing if thou keepest them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

\VS{19}That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.

\VS{20}Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

\VS{21}That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send to thee?

\VS{22}Rob not the poor, because he
{\ADD{is}} poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

\VS{23}For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.

\VS{24}Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

\VS{25}Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

\VS{26}Be not thou
{\ADD{one}} of them that strike hands,
{\ADD{or}} of them that are sureties for debts.

\VS{27}If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?

\VS{28}Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

\VS{29}Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean
{\ADD{men}} .



\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
{\ADD{is}} before thee:

\VS{2}And put a knife to thy throat, if thou
{\ADD{art}} a man given to appetite.

\VS{3}Be not desirous of his dainties: for they
{\ADD{are}} deceitful food.

\VS{4}Labor not to be rich: cease from thy own wisdom.

\VS{5}Wilt thou set thy eyes upon that which is not? for
{\ADD{riches}} certainly make to themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.

\VS{6}Eat thou not the bread of
{\ADD{him that hath}} an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

\VS{7}For as he thinketh in his heart, so
{\ADD{is}} he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart
{\ADD{is}} not with thee.

\VS{8}The morsel
{\ADD{which}} thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

\VS{9}Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

\VS{10}Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

\VS{11}For their redeemer
{\ADD{is}} mighty; he will plead their cause with thee.

\VS{12}Apply thy heart to instruction, and thy ears to the words of knowledge.

\VS{13}Withhold not correction from the child: for
{\ADD{if}} thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

\VS{14}Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

\VS{15}My son, if thy heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

\VS{16}Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

\VS{17}Let not thy heart envy sinners: but
{\ADD{be thou}} in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

\VS{18}For surely there is an end; and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

\VS{19}Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thy heart in the way.

\VS{20}Be not among wine-bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

\VS{21}For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe
{\ADD{a man}} with rags.

\VS{22}Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

\VS{23}Buy the truth, and sell
{\ADD{it}} not;
{\ADD{also}} wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

\VS{24}The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise
{\ADD{child}} shall have joy of him.

\VS{25}Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bore thee shall rejoice.

\VS{26}My son, give me thy heart, and let thy eyes observe my ways.

\VS{27}For a lewd woman
{\ADD{is}} a deep ditch; and a strange woman
{\ADD{is}} a narrow pit.

\VS{28}She also lieth in wait as
{\ADD{for}} a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

\VS{29}Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

\VS{30}They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

\VS{31}Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup,
{\ADD{when}} it moveth itself aright.

\VS{32}At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

\VS{33}Thy eyes shall behold strange women, and thy heart shall utter perverse things.

\VS{34}And thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

\VS{35}They have stricken me,
{\ADD{wilt thou say}} ,
{\ADD{and}} I was not sick; they have beaten me,
{\ADD{and}} I felt
{\ADD{it}} not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.



\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

\VS{2}For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

\VS{3}Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:

\VS{4}And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

\VS{5}A wise man
{\ADD{is}} strong; and a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

\VS{6}For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors
{\ADD{there is}} safety.

\VS{7}Wisdom
{\ADD{is}} too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

\VS{8}He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

\VS{9}The thought of foolishness
{\ADD{is}} sin: and the scorner
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to men.

\VS{10}{\ADD{If}} thou faintest in the day of adversity, thy strength
{\ADD{is}} small.

\VS{11}If thou forbearest to deliver
{\ADD{them that are}} drawn to death, and
{\ADD{those that are}} ready to be slain;

\VS{12}If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider
{\ADD{it}} ? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth
{\ADD{not}} he know
{\ADD{it}} ? and will
{\ADD{not}} he render to
{\ADD{every}} man according to his works?

\VS{13}My son, eat thou honey, because
{\ADD{it is}} good; and the honey-comb,
{\ADD{which is}} sweet to thy taste:

\VS{14}So
{\ADD{shall}} the knowledge of wisdom
{\ADD{be}} to thy soul: when thou hast found
{\ADD{it}} , then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

\VS{15}Lay not wait, O wicked
{\ADD{man}} , against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

\VS{16}For a just
{\ADD{man}} falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

\VS{17}Rejoice not when thy enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth:

\VS{18}Lest the LORD see
{\ADD{it}} , and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

\VS{19}Fret not thyself because of evil
{\ADD{men}} , neither be thou envious at the wicked;

\VS{20}For there shall be no reward to the evil
{\ADD{man}} ; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.

\VS{21}My son, fear thou the LORD and the king:
{\ADD{and}} meddle not with them that are given to change:

\VS{22}For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

\VS{23}These
{\ADD{things}} also
{\ADD{belong}} to the wise.
{\ADD{It is}} not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

\VS{24}He that saith to the wicked, Thou
{\ADD{art}} righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

\VS{25}But to them that rebuke
{\ADD{him}} shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

\VS{26}{\ADD{Every man}} shall kiss
{\ADD{his}} lips that giveth a right answer.

\VS{27}Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

\VS{28}Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive
{\ADD{not}} with thy lips.

\VS{29}Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

\VS{30}I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

\VS{31}And lo, it was all grown over with thorns,
{\ADD{and}} nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

\VS{32}Then I saw,
{\ADD{and}} considered
{\ADD{it}} well: I looked upon
{\ADD{it}} ,
{\ADD{and}} received instruction.

\VS{33}{\ADD{Yet}} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

\VS{34}So shall thy poverty come
{\ADD{as}} one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.



\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
{\ADD{are}} also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.

\VS{2}{\ADD{It is}} the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings
{\ADD{is}} to search out a matter.

\VS{3}The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings
{\ADD{is}} unsearchable.

\VS{4}Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

\VS{5}Take away the wicked
{\ADD{from}} before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

\VS{6}Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great
{\ADD{men}} :

\VS{7}For better
{\ADD{it is}} that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

\VS{8}Go not forth hastily to strive, lest
{\ADD{thou know not}} what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

\VS{9}Debate thy cause with thy neighbor
{\ADD{himself}} ; and reveal not a secret to another:

\VS{10}Lest he that heareth
{\ADD{it}} put thee to shame, and thy infamy turn not away.

\VS{11}A word fitly spoken
{\ADD{is like}} apples of gold in pictures of silver.

\VS{12}{\ADD{As}} an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold,
{\ADD{so is}} a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

\VS{13}As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
{\ADD{so is}} a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

\VS{14}Whoever boasteth himself of a false gift
{\ADD{is like}} clouds and wind without rain.

\VS{15}By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

\VS{16}Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

\VS{17}Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and
{\ADD{so}} hate thee.

\VS{18}A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor
{\ADD{is}} a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

\VS{19}Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
{\ADD{is like}} a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

\VS{20}{\ADD{As}} he that taketh away a garment in cold weather,
{\ADD{and as}} vinegar upon nitre; so
{\ADD{is}} he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

\VS{21}If thy enemy shall hunger, give him bread to eat; and if he shall thirst, give him water to drink:

\VS{22}For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward thee.

\VS{23}The north wind driveth away rain: so
{\ADD{doth}} an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

\VS{24}{\ADD{It is}} better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

\VS{25}{\ADD{As}} cold waters to a thirsty soul, so
{\ADD{is}} good news from a far country.

\VS{26}A righteous man falling down before the wicked
{\ADD{is as}} a turbid fountain, and a corrupt spring.

\VS{27}{\ADD{It is}} not good to eat much honey: so
{\ADD{for men}} to search their own glory
{\ADD{is not}} glory.

\VS{28}He that
{\ADD{hath}} no rule over his own spirit
{\ADD{is like}} a city
{\ADD{that is}} broken down,
{\ADD{and}} without walls.



\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honor is not seemly for a fool.

\VS{2}As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

\VS{3}A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

\VS{4}Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.

\VS{5}Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

\VS{6}He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet,
{\ADD{and}} drinketh damage.

\VS{7}The legs of the lame are not equal: so
{\ADD{is}} a parable in the mouth of fools.

\VS{8}As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so
{\ADD{is}} he that giveth honor to a fool.

\VS{9}{\ADD{As}} a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so
{\ADD{is}} a parable in the mouth of fools.

\VS{10}The great
{\ADD{God}} that formed all
{\ADD{things}} both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

\VS{11}As a dog returneth to his vomit,
{\ADD{so}} a fool returneth to his folly.

\VS{12}Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?
{\ADD{there is}} more hope of a fool than of him.

\VS{13}The slothful
{\ADD{man}} saith,
{\ADD{There is}} a lion in the way; a lion
{\ADD{is}} in the streets.

\VS{14}{\ADD{As}} the door turneth upon its hinges, so
{\ADD{doth}} the slothful upon his bed.

\VS{15}The slothful hideth
{\ADD{his}} hand in
{\ADD{his}} bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

\VS{16}The sluggard
{\ADD{is}} wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

\VS{17}He that passeth by,
{\ADD{and}} meddleth with strife
{\ADD{belonging}} not to him,
{\ADD{is like}} one that taketh a dog by the ears.

\VS{18}As a mad
{\ADD{man}} who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,

\VS{19}So
{\ADD{is}} the man
{\ADD{that}} deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

\VS{20}Where no wood is,
{\ADD{there}} the fire goeth out: so where
{\ADD{there is}} no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

\VS{21}{\ADD{As}} coals
{\ADD{are}} to burning coals, and wood to fire; so
{\ADD{is}} a contentious man to kindle strife.

\VS{22}The words of a tale-bearer
{\ADD{are}} as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

\VS{23}Burning lips and a wicked heart
{\ADD{are like}} a potsherd covered with silver dross.

\VS{24}He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

\VS{25}When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for
{\ADD{there are}} seven abominations in his heart.

\VS{26}{\ADD{Whose}} hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shown before the
{\ADD{whole}} congregation.

\VS{27}Whoever diggeth a pit shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

\VS{28}A lying tongue hateth
{\ADD{those that are}} afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.



\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

\VS{2}Let another man praise thee, and not thy own mouth; a stranger, and not thy own lips.

\VS{3}A stone
{\ADD{is}} heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath
{\ADD{is}} heavier than both.

\VS{4}Wrath
{\ADD{is}} cruel, and anger
{\ADD{is}} outrageous; but who
{\ADD{is}} able to stand before envy?

\VS{5}Open rebuke
{\ADD{is}} better than secret love.

\VS{6}Faithful
{\ADD{are}} the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy
{\ADD{are}} deceitful.

\VS{7}The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

\VS{8}As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so
{\ADD{is}} a man that wandereth from his place.

\VS{9}Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so
{\ADD{doth}} the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

\VS{10}Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity:
{\ADD{for}} better
{\ADD{is}} a neighbor
{\ADD{that is}} near, than a brother far off.

\VS{11}My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.

\VS{12}A prudent
{\ADD{man}} foreseeth the evil,
{\ADD{and}} hideth himself;
{\ADD{but}} the simple pass on,
{\ADD{and}} are punished.

\VS{13}Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

\VS{14}He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

\VS{15}A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.

\VS{16}Whoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand
{\ADD{which}} bewrayeth
{\ADD{itself}} .

\VS{17}Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

\VS{18}He that keepeth the fig-tree shall eat the fruit of it: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honored.

\VS{19}As in water face
{\ADD{answereth}} to face, so the heart of man to man.

\VS{20}Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

\VS{21}{\ADD{As}} the fining-pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so
{\ADD{is}} a man to his praise.

\VS{22}Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,
{\ADD{yet}} his foolishness will not depart from him.

\VS{23}Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,
{\ADD{and}} look well to thy herds.

\VS{24}For riches
{\ADD{are}} not for ever: and doth the crown
{\ADD{endure}} to every generation?

\VS{25}The plant appeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.

\VS{26}The lambs
{\ADD{are}} for thy clothing, and the goats
{\ADD{are}} the price of the field.

\VS{27}And
{\ADD{thou shalt have}} goats milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and
{\ADD{for}} maintenance for thy maidens.



\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

\VS{2}For the transgression of a land many
{\ADD{are}} its princes: but by a man of understanding
{\ADD{and}} knowledge the state
{\ADD{thereof}} shall be prolonged.

\VS{3}A poor man that oppresseth the poor
{\ADD{is like}} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

\VS{4}They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

\VS{5}Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all
{\ADD{things}} .

\VS{6}Better
{\ADD{is}} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than
{\ADD{he that is}} perverse
{\ADD{in his}} ways, though he
{\ADD{is}} rich.

\VS{7}He who keepeth the law
{\ADD{is}} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous
{\ADD{men}} shameth his father.

\VS{8}He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

\VS{9}He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer
{\ADD{shall be}} abomination.

\VS{10}Whoever causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good
{\ADD{things}} in possession.

\VS{11}The rich man
{\ADD{is}} wise in his own conceit; but the poor man that hath understanding searcheth him out.

\VS{12}When righteous
{\ADD{men}} rejoice,
{\ADD{there is}} great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

\VS{13}He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh
{\ADD{them}} shall have mercy.

\VS{14}Happy
{\ADD{is}} the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

\VS{15}{\ADD{As}} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear;
{\ADD{so is}} a wicked ruler over the poor people.

\VS{16}The prince that wanteth understanding
{\ADD{is}} also a great oppressor:
{\ADD{but}} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong
{\ADD{his}} days.

\VS{17}A man that doeth violence to the blood of
{\ADD{any}} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

\VS{18}He who walketh uprightly shall be saved: but
{\ADD{he that is}} perverse
{\ADD{in his}} ways shall fall at once.

\VS{19}He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain
{\ADD{persons}} shall have poverty enough.

\VS{20}A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

\VS{21}To have respect of persons
{\ADD{is}} not good: for, for a piece of bread
{\ADD{that}} man will transgress.

\VS{22}He that hasteth to be rich
{\ADD{hath}} an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

\VS{23}He that rebuketh a man afterward shall find more favor than he that flattereth with the tongue.

\VS{24}He that robbeth his father or his mother, and saith,
{\ADD{It is}} no transgression; the same
{\ADD{is}} the companion of a destroyer.

\VS{25}He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.

\VS{26}He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

\VS{27}He that giveth to the poor shall not want: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

\VS{28}When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.



\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}He, that being often reproved hardeneth
{\ADD{his}} neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

\VS{2}When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

\VS{3}He that loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth
{\ADD{his}} substance.

\VS{4}The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

\VS{5}A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

\VS{6}In the transgression of an evil man
{\ADD{there is}} a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.

\VS{7}The righteous considereth the cause of the poor:
{\ADD{but}} the wicked regardeth not to know
{\ADD{it}} .

\VS{8}Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise
{\ADD{men}} turn away wrath.

\VS{9}{\ADD{If}} a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rageth or laugheth,
{\ADD{there is}} no rest.

\VS{10}The blood-thirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

\VS{11}A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise
{\ADD{man}} keepeth it in till afterwards.

\VS{12}If a ruler hearkeneth to lies, all his servants
{\ADD{are}} wicked.

\VS{13}The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD enlighteneth both their eyes.

\VS{14}The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

\VS{15}The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left
{\ADD{to himself}} bringeth his mother to shame.

\VS{16}When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

\VS{17}Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yes, he shall give delight to thy soul.

\VS{18}Where
{\ADD{there is}} no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy
{\ADD{is}} he.

\VS{19}A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understandeth, he will not answer.

\VS{20}Seest thou a man
{\ADD{that is}} hasty in his words?
{\ADD{there is}} more hope of a fool than of him.

\VS{21}He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him at length become
{\ADD{his}} son.

\VS{22}An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

\VS{23}A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit.

\VS{24}Whoever is partner with a thief, hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and discloseth
{\ADD{it}} not.

\VS{25}The fear of man bringeth a snare: but he who putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

\VS{26}Many seek the ruler's favor; but
{\ADD{every}} man's judgment
{\ADD{cometh}} from the LORD.

\VS{27}An unjust man
{\ADD{is}} an abomination to the just: and
{\ADD{he that is}} upright in the way
{\ADD{is}} abomination to the wicked.



\par }\Chap{30}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The words of Agur the son of Jakeh,
{\ADD{even}} the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal,

\VS{2}Surely I
{\ADD{am}} more brutish than
{\ADD{any}} man, and have not the understanding of a man.

\VS{3}I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.

\VS{4}Who hath ascended into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what
{\ADD{is}} his name, and what
{\ADD{is}} his son's name, if thou canst tell?

\VS{5}Every word of God
{\ADD{is}} pure: he
{\ADD{is}} a shield to them that put their trust in him.

\VS{6}Add thou not to his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

\VS{7}Two
{\ADD{things}} have I required of thee; deny
{\ADD{them}} not to me before I die:

\VS{8}Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

\VS{9}Lest I be full, and deny
{\ADD{thee}} , and say, Who
{\ADD{is}} the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God
{\ADD{in vain}} .

\VS{10}Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

\VS{11}{\ADD{There is}} a generation
{\ADD{that}} curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

\VS{12}{\ADD{There is}} a generation
{\ADD{that are}} pure in their own eyes, and
{\ADD{yet}} are not washed from their filthiness.

\VS{13}{\ADD{There is}} a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

\VS{14}{\ADD{There is}} a generation, whose teeth
{\ADD{are as}} swords, and their jaw-teeth
{\ADD{as}} knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from
{\ADD{among}} men.

\VS{15}The horse-leech hath two daughters,
{\ADD{crying}} , Give, give. There are three
{\ADD{things that}} are never satisfied,
{\ADD{yes}} , four
{\ADD{things}} say not,
{\ADD{It is}} enough:

\VS{16}The grave; and the barren womb; the earth
{\ADD{that}} is not filled with water; and the fire
{\ADD{that}} saith not,
{\ADD{It is}} enough.

\VS{17}The eye
{\ADD{that}} mocketh at
{\ADD{its}} father, and despiseth to obey
{\ADD{its}} mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

\VS{18}There are three
{\ADD{things which}} are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not:

\VS{19}The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

\VS{20}Such
{\ADD{is}} the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

\VS{21}For three
{\ADD{things}} the earth is disquieted, and for four
{\ADD{which}} it cannot bear:

\VS{22}For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with food.

\VS{23}For an odious
{\ADD{woman}} when she is married; and a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.

\VS{24}There are four
{\ADD{things which are}} little upon the earth, but they
{\ADD{are}} very wise:

\VS{25}The ants
{\ADD{are}} a people not strong, yet they prepare their food in the summer;

\VS{26}The conies
{\ADD{are but}} a feeble people, yet they make their houses in the rocks;

\VS{27}The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

\VS{28}The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in king's palaces.

\VS{29}There are three
{\ADD{things}} which go well, yes, four are comely in going:

\VS{30}A lion,
{\ADD{which is}} strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

\VS{31}A greyhound; a he-goat also; and a king, against whom
{\ADD{there is}} no rising up.

\VS{32}If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil,
{\ADD{lay}} thy hand upon thy mouth.

\VS{33}Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.



\par }\Chap{31}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

\VS{2}What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

\VS{3}Give not thy strength to women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

\VS{4}{\ADD{It is}} not for kings, O Lemuel,
{\ADD{it is}} not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

\VS{5}Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

\VS{6}Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

\VS{7}Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

\VS{8}Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

\VS{9}Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

\VS{10}Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price
{\ADD{is}} far above rubies.

\VS{11}The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

\VS{12}She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.

\VS{13}She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

\VS{14}She is like the merchant's ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

\VS{15}She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth food to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

\VS{16}She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.

\VS{17}She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.

\VS{18}She perceiveth that her merchandise
{\ADD{is}} good: her candle goeth not out by night.

\VS{19}She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

\VS{20}She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yes, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

\VS{21}She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household
{\ADD{are}} clothed with scarlet.

\VS{22}She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing
{\ADD{is}} silk and purple.

\VS{23}Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land.

\VS{24}She maketh fine linen, and selleth
{\ADD{it}} ; and delivereth girdles to the merchant.

\VS{25}Strength and honor
{\ADD{are}} her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

\VS{26}She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and on her tongue
{\ADD{is}} the law of kindness.

\VS{27}She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

\VS{28}Her children rise up, and call her blessed; her husband
{\ADD{also}} , and he praiseth her.

\VS{29}Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

\VS{30}Favor
{\ADD{is}} deceitful, and beauty
{\ADD{is}} vain:
{\ADD{but}} a woman
{\ADD{that}} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

\VS{31}Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.


\par }