name 1Ki 1:47 Ec 7:1 Lu 10:20 Php 4:3 Heb 11:39

loving favour rather than Ac 7:10

2 The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all.

rich 29:13 1Sa 2:7 Ps 49:1,2 Lu 16:19,20 1Co 12:21 Jas 2:2-5

the lord 14:31 Job 31:15 34:19

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

prudent 14:16 27:12 Ex 9:20,21 Isa 26:20,21 Mt 24:15-18 1Th 5:2-6 Heb 6:18 11:7

the simple 7:7,22,23 9:16-18 29:1

4 By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.

by the reward of humility 3:16 21:21 Ps 34:9,10 112:1-3 Isa 33:6 57:15 Mt 6:33 1Ti 4:8 Jas 4:6,10

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

thorns 13:15 15:19 Jos 23:13 Job 18:8 Ps 11:6 18:26,27

he 13:3 16:17 19:16 Ps 91:1 1Jo 5:18 Jude 1:20,21

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

train up a child Ge 18:19 De 4:9 6:7 Ps 78:3-6 Eph 6:4 2Ti 3:15

the way 1Sa 1:28 2:26 12:2,3

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

rich 22:16,22 14:31 18:23 Am 2:6 4:1 5:11,12 8:4,6 Jas 2:6 5:1,4

the borrower 2Ki 4:1 Ne 5:4,5 Isa 24:2 Mt 18:25

lender

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

that Job 4:8 Ho 8:7 10:13 Ga 6:7,8

the rod of his anger shall fail 14:3 Ps 125:3 Isa 9:4 10:5 14:29 30:31

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

he that hath a bountiful eye 11:25 19:17 21:13 De 15:7-11 28:56 Job 31:16-20 Ps 41:1-3 112:9 Ec 11:1,2 Isa 32:8 58:7-12 Mt 20:15 25:34-40 Mr 7:22 Lu 6:35-38 Ac 20:35 2Co 8:1,2 9:6-11 1Ti 6:18,19 Heb 6:10 13:16 1Pe 4:9

10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

21:24 26:20,21 Ge 21:9,10 Ne 4:1-3 13:28 Ps 101:5 Mt 18:17 1Co 5:5,6,13

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

that 16:13 Ps 101:6 Mt 5:8

for the grace of his lips Ps 45:2 Lu 4:22

the king Ge 41:39 Ezr 7:6 Ne 2:4-6 Es 10:3 Da 2:46-49 3:30 6:20-23

12 The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.

eyes 2Ch 16:9 Isa 59:19-21 Mt 16:16-18 Ac 5:39 12:23,24 Re 11:3-11 12:14-17

he Job 5:12,13 Ac 8:9-12 13:8-12 2Th 2:8 2Ti 3:8,9

words or matters

13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

the slothful that is, the slothful man uses any pretext, however improbable to indulge his love of ease and indolence 15:19 26:13-16 Nu 13:32,33

14 The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.

mouth 2:16-19 5:3 6:24-29 7:5 23:27 Jud 16:20,21 Ne 13:26 Ec 7:26

a deep pit that is, it is like a deep pit or pitfall, in which animals are often taken alive. De 32:19 Ps 81:12

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

foolishness Job 14:4 Ps 51:5 Joh 3:6 Eph 2:3

but 13:24 19:18 23:13,14 29:15,17 Heb 12:10,11

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

that oppresseth 22:22,23 14:31 28:3 Job 20:19 Ps 12:5 Mic 2:2,3 Zec 7:9-14 Jas 2:13 5:1-5

he that giveth Lu 6:33-35 14:12-14 16:24

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.

bow 2:2-5 5:1,2

and hear 1:3 3:1 4:4-8 8:33,34 Isa 55:3 Mt 17:5

apply 23:12 Ps 90:12 Ec 7:25 8:9,16

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

it is 2:10 3:17 24:13,14 Ps 19:10 119:103,111,162 Jer 15:16

within thee Job 32:18,19 Joh 7:38

fitted 8:6 10:13,21 15:7 16:21 25:11 Ps 119:13,171 Mal 2:7 Heb 13:15

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

thy 3:5 Ps 62:8 Isa 12:2 26:4 Jer 17:7 1Pe 1:21

even to thee or trust thou also

20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,

8:6 Ps 12:6 Ho 8:12 2Ti 3:15-17 2Pe 1:19-21

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 unto thee?

I Lu 1:3,4 Joh 20:31 1Jo 5:13

answer 1Pe 3:15

them that send unto thee or those that send thee

22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

rob 23:10 Eze 22:29

oppress 21:16 Ex 23:6 Job 29:12-16 31:16,21 Zec 7:10 Mal 3:5

in the gate that is in the court of justice, which as we have already seen was held at the gates of cities in the east.

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

the lord 23:11 1Sa 24:12,15 25:39 Ps 12:5 35:1,10 43:1 68:5 Ps 140:12 Jer 50:34 51:36 Mic 7:9 Mal 3:5

spoil Isa 33:1 Hab 2:8

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

21:24 29:22 2Co 6:14-17

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

13:20 Ps 106:35 1Co 15:33

26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

6:1-5 11:15 17:18 27:13

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

20:16 Ex 22:26,27 2Ki 4:1

28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

remove 23:10 De 19:14 27:17 Job 24:2

landmark or bound

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

a man 10:4 12:24 1Ki 11:28 Ec 9:10 Mt 25:21,23 Ro 12:11 2Ti 4:2

he shall stand that is, he shall have the honour or serving kings; as the phrase denotes mean men.