The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
treasures
Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death.
Psalm 49:6-10 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude …
Isaiah 10:2,3 To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right …
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them …
Luke 12:15-21 And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness…
Luke 16:22,23 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the …
Romans 2:5 But after your hardness and impenitent heart treasure up to yourself …
James 5:1-3 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall …
but
Proverbs 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there …
Daniel 4:27 Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your …
Romans 5:21 That as sin has reigned to death, even so might grace reign through …
Philippians 3:9 And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of …
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
will
Job 5:20 In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power …
Psalm 10:14 You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it …
Psalm 33:19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalm 34:9,10 O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him…
Psalm 37:3,19,25 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and …
Isaiah 33:16 He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions …
Matthew 6:30-33 Why, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and …
Luke 12:22-24,31 And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no thought …
Hebrews 13:5,6 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with …
but
Job 20:5-8,20-22,28 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite …
Habakkuk 2:6-8 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting …
Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them …
the substance of the wicked
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has …
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
becometh
Proverbs 6:6-11 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise…
Proverbs 11:24 There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds …
Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall …
Proverbs 19:15,24 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger…
Proverbs 20:4,13 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall …
Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man …
Ecclesiastes 10:18 By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of …
John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures …
Hebrews 6:11,12 And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to …
2 Peter 1:5-10 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; …
with a slack hand
Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of …
Proverbs 21:5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one …
1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always …
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
memory
1 Kings 11:36 And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have …
2 Kings 19:34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for …
2 Chronicles 24:16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because …
Psalm 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in …
Mark 14:9 Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout …
Luke 1:48 For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, …
the name
Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no …
Job 27:23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Psalm 9:5,6 You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you …
Psalm 109:13,15 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let …
Ecclesiastes 8:10 And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place …
Jeremiah 17:13 O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, …
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
that walketh
Proverbs 28:18 Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in …
Psalm 23:4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will …
Psalm 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on you.
Psalm 26:11,12 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me…
Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and …
Isaiah 33:15,16 He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises …
Galatians 2:13,14 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; so that Barnabas …
but
Proverbs 17:20 He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse …
Luke 12:1,2 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable …
1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who …
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
mouth
Proverbs 10:20,21,32 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked …
Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish …
Proverbs 16:22-24 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that has it: but the …
Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring …
Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge …
Psalm 37:30,31 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment…
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that …
but
Psalm 107:42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool …
Matthew 12:34-37 O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? …
James 3:5-8 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. …
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
the lips
Proverbs 10:11,21 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers …
Proverbs 15:7,23 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish …
Proverbs 20:15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge …
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Exodus 10:12 And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of …
Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should …
Luke 4:22 And all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which …
a rod
Proverbs 10:10 He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 7:22 He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or …
Proverbs 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 27:22 Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, …
Psalm 32:9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: …
understanding
Proverbs 6:32 But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he …
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
lay
Proverbs 1:5 A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding …
Proverbs 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a …
Proverbs 18:1,15 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles …
Proverbs 19:8 He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding …
Matthew 12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things…
Matthew 13:44,52 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field; …
2 Corinthians 4:6,7 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined …
the mouth
Proverbs 10:8,10 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall…
Proverbs 13:3 He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his …
Proverbs 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 21:23 Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
rich
Proverbs 18:11 The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in …
Job 31:24,25 If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are …
Psalm 49:6 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude …
Psalm 52:7 See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted …
Ecclesiastes 7:12 For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency …
Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither …
Mark 10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers …
Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for …
1 Timothy 6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, …
the destruction
Proverbs 14:20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends …
Proverbs 22:22,23 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted …
Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when …
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
labour
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise.
Isaiah 3:10,11 Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they …
the fruit
Matthew 7:17,18 Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree …
Matthew 12:33,34 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree …
Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, …
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life …
2 Timothy 2:17,18 And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus…
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and …
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
the way
Proverbs 3:1,2,18 My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments…
Proverbs 4:4,13 He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: …
Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
Proverbs 22:17-19 Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your …
Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will …
Luke 11:28 But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, …
Hebrews 2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which …
2 Peter 1:5-11 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; …
he that
Proverbs 1:25,26,30 But you have set at nothing all my counsel, and would none of my reproof…
Proverbs 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 15:10 Correction is grievous to him that forsakes the way: and he that …
Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be …
2 Chronicles 25:16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to …
Hebrews 12:25 See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not …
erreth or causeth to err
Ecclesiastes 5:6 Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you …
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
that hideth
Proverbs 24:24-26 He that said to the wicked, You are righteous; him shall the people …
1 Samuel 18:21,22,29 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, …
2 Samuel 3:27 And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the …
2 Samuel 11:8-15 And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. …
2 Samuel 13:23-29 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep …
2 Samuel 20:9,10 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took …
Psalm 5:9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is …
Psalm 12:2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips …
Psalm 55:21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in …
Luke 20:20,21 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves …
that uttereth
Psalm 15:3 He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, …
Psalm 50:20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son.
Psalm 101:5 Whoever privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him …
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
feed
Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue …
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is …
Job 4:3,4 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands…
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have …
Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have …
Job 29:21,22 To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel…
Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.
Ecclesiastes 12:9,10 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the …
Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed …
Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me …
John 21:15-17 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of …
1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …
fools
Proverbs 1:29,31 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD…
Proverbs 5:12,23 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof…
Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected …
Matthew 13:19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, …
John 3:19,20 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, …
Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God …
wisdom
Proverbs 17:16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing …
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
it
Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …
Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that …
Genesis 24:35 And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: …
Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred …
Deuteronomy 8:17,18 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has …
1 Samuel 2:7,8 The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up…
Psalm 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that …
Psalm 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers …
Psalm 113:7,8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of …
he
Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end …
Proverbs 28:22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that …
Joshua 6:18 And you, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest …
Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: …
1 Kings 21:19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you …
2 Kings 5:26,27 And he said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man turned …
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when …
Habakkuk 2:6-12 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting …
Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, said the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter …
James 1:1-5 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve …
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
the whirlwind
Proverbs 1:27 When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as …
Job 27:19-21 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens …
Psalm 37:9,10 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait on the LORD, …
Psalm 58:9 Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as …
Psalm 73:18-20 Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into …
Isaiah 40:24 Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, …
an
Proverbs 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit …
Psalm 15:5 He that puts not out his money to usury, nor takes reward against …
Matthew 7:24,25 Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will …
Matthew 16:18 And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will …
Ephesians 2:20 And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus …
1 Timothy 6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time …
2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, …
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
vinegar
Proverbs 25:13,20 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger …
as smoke. As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.
Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier …
so
Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, …
Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
Hebrews 6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith …
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
fear
Proverbs 3:2,16 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you…
Proverbs 9:11 For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life …
Psalm 21:4 He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for …
Psalm 34:11-13 Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD…
Psalm 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.
prolongeth
Job 15:32,33 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green…
Job 22:15,16 Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden…
Psalm 55:23 But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: …
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be you foolish: why should you die …
Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets …
Luke 12:20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required …
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
hope
Psalm 16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also …
Psalm 73:24-26 You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory…
Romans 5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, …
Romans 12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Romans 15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, …
2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which …
but
Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope …
Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has …
Job 8:13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job 11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, …
Psalm 112:10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his …
Luke 16:23-26 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham …
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
way
Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God.
Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall …
Zechariah 10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and …
Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me.
but
Proverbs 21:15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to …
Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the …
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly …
Psalm 36:12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and …
Psalm 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be …
Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of …
Matthew 7:22,23 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied …
Luke 13:26,27 Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in your presence, …
Romans 2:8,9 But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but …
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
never
Proverbs 10:25 As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous …
Psalm 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, …
Psalm 37:22,28,29 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that …
Psalm 112:6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in …
Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot …
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, …
2 Peter 1:10,11 Why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and …
the wicked
Psalm 37:9,10,22 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait on the LORD, …
Psalm 52:5 God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, …
Ezekiel 33:24-26 Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel …
Micah 2:9,10 The women of my people have you cast out from their pleasant houses; …
Matthew 21:41 They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and …
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
