23:29-35 31:4 Ge 9:21-23 19:31-36 1Sa 25:36-38 2Sa 11:13 13:28 1Ki 20:16-21 Isa 28:7 Ho 4:11 7:5 Hab 2:15,16 1Co 6:10 Ga 5:21 Eph 5:18

2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

fear 16:14,15 19:12 Ec 10:4 Ho 11:10 Am 3:8

sinneth 8:36 1Ki 2:23

3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

an 14:29 16:32 17:14 19:11 25:8-10 Eph 1:6-8 4:32 5:1

but 14:17 18:6 21:24 2Ki 14:9 Jas 3:14 4:1

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

sluggard 10:4 19:15,24 26:13-16

cold 6:10,11 19:15 24:34 Mt 25:3-10,24-28 2Pe 1:5-11

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

18:4 Ps 64:6 1Co 2:11

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

proclaim 25:14 27:2 Mt 6:2 Lu 18:8,11,28 22:23 2Co 12:11

goodness Ps 12:1 Ec 7:28 Jer 5:1 Mic 7:2 Lu 18:8 Joh 1:47

7 The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.

just 14:2 19:1 Ps 15:2 26:1,11 Isa 33:15 Lu 1:6 2Co 1:12 Tit 2:11,12 3Jo 1:3,4

his children 13:22 Ge 17:7 Ps 37:26 112:2 Jer 32:39 Ac 2:39

8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

20:26 16:12 29:14 1Sa 23:3,4 2Sa 23:4 Ps 72:4 92:9 99:4 101:6-8 Isa 32:1

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

1Ki 8:46 2Ch 6:36 Job 14:4 15:14 25:4 Ps 51:5 Ec 7:20 1Co 4:4 Jas 3:2 1Jo 1:8-10

10 Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.

divers weights and measures or a stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah De 25:13

both 20:23 11:1 16:11 Le 19:35 De 25:13-15 Am 8:4-7 Mic 6:10,11

abomination De 7:25,26 Re 21:8

11 Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

21:8 22:15 Ps 51:5 58:3 Mt 7:16 Lu 1:15,66 2:46,47 6:43,44

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

Ex 4:11 Ps 94:9 119:18 Mt 13:13-16 Ac 26:18 Eph 1:17,18

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

love 6:9-11 10:4 12:11 13:4 19:15 24:30-34 Ro 12:11 2Th 3:10

open Joh 1:6 Ro 13:11 1Co 15:34 Eph 5:14

14 It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

it is naught Ec 1:10 Ho 12:7,8 1Th 4:6

15 There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

but 3:15 8:11 10:20,21 15:7,23 16:16,21,24 25:12 Job 28:12-19 Ec 12:9-11 Ro 10:14,15 Eph 4:29

16 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

take his 11:15 22:26,27 27:13 Ex 22:26,27

strange 2:16 5:3 7:5,10 23:27

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

18 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

purpose 15:22 24:6

and 25:8 Jud 1:1,2 9:29 20:7,18,23,26-28 2Sa 2:26,27 2Ch 25:17-23 Lu 14:31

19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

that goeth 11:13 18:8 26:20-22 Le 19:16

meddle 24:21

flattereth 16:29 Ro 16:18

20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

curseth 30:11,17 Ex 20:12 21:17 Le 20:9 De 27:16 Mt 22:13 25:8 Jude 1:13

lamp or candle 20:27

21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.

gotten 23:4 28:20,22 1Ti 6:9

but 13:22 28:8 Job 27:16,17 Hab 2:6 Zec 5:4 Mal 2:2

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

I 17:13 24:29 De 32:35 Ro 12:17-19 1Th 5:15 1Pe 3:9

wait 2Sa 6:12 Ps 27:14 37:34 Isa 40:31 La 3:25,26 1Pe 2:23 4:19

23 Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

weights 20:10 Eze 45:10

a false balance Ho 12:7 Am 8:5

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

man's Ps 37:23 Jer 10:23 Da 5:23 Ac 17:28

how 14:8 16:9 Ps 25:4,12 Isa 10:6,7

25 It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.

a snare 18:7 Le 5:15 22:10-15 27:30 Mal 3:8-10

after Le 27:9,10,31 Nu 30:2 Ec 5:4-6 Mt 5:33

26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

wise 20:8 2Sa 4:9-12 Ps 101:5-8

bringeth 2Sa 12:31 Isa 28:27,28

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

spirit Ge 2:7 Job 32:8 Ro 2:15 1Co 2:11 2Co 4:2-6 1Jo 3:19-21

candle or lamp 20:20

searching 20:30 Heb 4:12,13

28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

mercy 16:6 Ps 61:7 101:1

his 16:12 29:14 Ps 21:7 26:1 Isa 16:5

29 The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head.

glory Jer 9:23,24 1Jo 2:14

the beauty 16:31 Le 19:32

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

cleanseth away evil or is a purging medicine against evil 19:25 22:15 Isa 27:9 Heb 12:10