Proverbs

Proverbs 13: The Contrast Between Righteousness And Wickedness

• Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
• Proverbs 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul ofthe transgressors shall eat violence,
• Proverbs 13:3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction,
• Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul ofthe diligent shall be made fat.
• Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame

• Proverbs 13:7 There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
• Proverbs 13:8 The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
• Proverbs 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
• Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
• Proverbs 13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
• Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

• Proverbs 13:14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
• Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
• Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
• Proverbs 13:17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
• Proverbs 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
• Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Proverbs 13:21 Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
• Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth ofthe sinner A laid up for the just.
• Proverbs 13:23 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
• Proverbs 13:25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly ofthe wicked shall want.

Proverbs 12: Living With Honesty, Diligence, And Humility

• Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Proverbs 12:2 A good man obtaineth favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn,
• Proverbs 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root ofthe righteous shall not be moved,

“Living With Honesty In Proverbs 12”

• Proverbs 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
• Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels ofthe wicked are deceit.

• Proverbs 12:7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house ofthe righteous shall stand.
• Proverbs 12:8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
• Proverbs 12:9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
• Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies ofthe wicked are cruel.

Bible Verses About Honesty, Diligence, And Humility

• Proverbs 12:11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
• Proverbs 12:12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth right.
• Proverbs 12:13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
• Proverbs 12:14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

• Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
• Proverbs 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but false witness deceit.
• Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
• Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
• Proverbs 12:21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

Lessons From Proverbs 12 On Christian Living

• Proverbs 12:22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
• Proverbs 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
• Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
• Proverbs 12:25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad,
• Proverbs 12:27 The slothful man roasteth, not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
• Proverbs 12:28 In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

Proverbs 11: A Guide To Living A Life That Honors God

• Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
• Proverbs 11:2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
• Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
• Proverbs 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Proverbs 11:5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

• Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
• Proverbs 11:7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
• Proverbs 11:9 An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
• Proverbs 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
• Proverbs 11:11 By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth ofthe wicked.
• Proverbs 11:12 He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
• Proverbs 11:14 Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
• Proverbs 11:15 He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
• Proverbs 11:16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
• Proverbs 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
• Proverbs 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
• Proverbs 11:19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
• Proverbs 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

• Proverbs 11:22 As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
• Proverbs 11:23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
• Proverbs 11:24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth, and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
• Proverbs 11:25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
• Proverbs 11:26 He that withholdeth com, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
• Proverbs 11:27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
• Proverbs 11:28 He thatÿtrusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
• Proverbs 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be a servant to the wise of heart.
• Proverbs 11:31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Proverbs 10: The Power Of Integrity In Shaping Your Life

• Proverbs 10:1 The Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
• Proverbs 10:2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Proverbs 10:3 The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

• Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Proverbs 10:5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

• Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot
• Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
• Proverbs 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
• Proverbs 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
• Proverbs 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth ofthe wicked.
• Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
• Proverbs 10:13 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.
• Proverbs 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
• Proverbs 10:15 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction ofthe poor is their poverty.

• Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
• Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
• Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
• Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart ofthe wicked is little worth.
• Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
• Proverbs 10:23 It is as a sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
• Proverbs 10:24 The fear ofthe wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
• Proverbs 10:25 As the whirlwind passeth so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Proverbs 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
• Proverbs 10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
• Proverbs 10:28 The hope ofthe righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation ofthe wicked shall perish.

• Proverbs 10:30 The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
• Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out
• Proverbs 10:32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.

Proverbs 9: Walking In The Way Of Understanding

• Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
• Proverbs 9:2 She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table

• Proverbs 9:3 She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,
• Proverbs 9:4 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

• Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live, and go in the way of understanding.
• Proverbs 9:7 He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
• Proverbs 9:8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
• Proverbs 9:9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
• Proverbs 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge ofthe holy is understanding.
• Proverbs 9:11 For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.

• Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple and knoweth nothing.
• Proverbs 9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
• Proverbs 9:15 To call passengers who go right on their ways:
• Proverbs 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
• Proverbs 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
• Proverbs 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 8: A Celebration Of Divine Wisdom

• Proverbs 8:1 Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
• Proverbs 8:2 She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths,
• Proverbs 8:3 She crieth at the gates, at the entry ofthe city, at the coming in at the doors,
• Proverbs 8:4 Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.

• Proverbs 8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
• Proverbs 8:6 Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
• Proverbs 8:7 For my mouth shall speak truth, and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
• Proverbs 8:8 All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

• Proverbs 8:10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
• Proverbs 8:11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
• Proverbs 8:12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
• Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
• Proverbs 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
• Proverbs 8:15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice
• Proverbs 8:16 By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges ofthe earth.
• Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me, and those that seek me early shall find me.
• Proverbs 8:18 Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.
• Proverbs 8:19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

• Proverbs 8:21 That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures.
• Proverbs 8:22 The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
• Proverbs 8:23 I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.
• Proverbs 8:24 When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water.
• Proverbs 8:25 Before the mountains were settled before the hills was I brought forth:
• Proverbs 8:26 While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust ofthe world.
• Proverbs 8:27 When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth
• Proverbs 8:28 When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep:
• Proverbs 8:29 When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:

• Proverbs 8:31 Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and my delights were with the sons of men.
• Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
• Proverbs 8:33 Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
• Proverbs 8:34 Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
• Proverbs 8:35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
• Proverbs 8:36 But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death

Proverbs 7: The Role Of Godly Wisdom In Avoiding Temptation

• Proverbs 7:1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
• Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
• Proverbs 7:3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
• Proverbs 7:4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman:

• Proverbs 7:5 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
• Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
• Proverbs 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding
• Proverbs 7:8 Passing through the street near her corner, and he went the way to her house,
• Proverbs 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

• Proverbs 7:11 (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
• Proverbs 7:12 Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
• Proverbs 7:13 So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
• Proverbs 7:14 I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

• Proverbs 7:16 I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
• Proverbs 7:17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
• Proverbs 7:18 Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.
• Proverbs 7:19 For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey

• Proverbs 7:21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
• Proverbs 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
• Proverbs 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
• Proverbs 7:24 Hearken unto me now, therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
• Proverbs 7:25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.
• Proverbs 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
• Proverbs 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 6: Wisdom For Living A Life Of Integrity

• Proverbs 6:1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
• Proverbs 6:2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
• Proverbs 6:3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thy self, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
• Proverbs 6:4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
• Proverbs 6:5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

• Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
• Proverbs 6:7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
• Proverbs 6:8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
• Proverbs 6:9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• Proverbs 6:10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
• Proverbs 6:11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 6:12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
• Proverbs 6:13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

• Proverbs 6:15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
• Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
• Proverbs 6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
• Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Proverbs 6:20 My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
• Proverbs 6:21 Bind them continually upon thine heart and tie them about thy neck.

• Proverbs 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
• Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery ofthe tongue of a strange woman.
• Proverbs 6:25 Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
• Proverbs 6:26 For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.
• Proverbs 6:27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
• Proverbs 6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
• Proverbs 6:29 So he that goeth into his neighbor’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
• Proverbs 6:30 Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
• Proverbs 6:31 But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
• Proverbs 6:32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul.

• Proverbs 6:34 For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
• Proverbs 6:35 He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

Proverbs 5: The Wisdom Of Faithful Love

• Proverbs 5:1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
• Proverbs 5:2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
• Proverbs 5:3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

• Proverbs 5:4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
• Proverbs 5:5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

• Proverbs 5:7 Hear me now, therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
• Proverbs 5:8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
• Proverbs 5:9 Lest thou give thine honor unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
• Proverbs 5:10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labors be in the house of a stranger;
• Proverbs 5:11 And thou mourn at the last when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
• Proverbs 5:12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
• Proverbs 5:13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
• Proverbs 5:14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

• Proverbs 5:16 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
• Proverbs 5:17 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers with thee.
• Proverbs 5:18 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
• Proverbs 5:19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou always ravished with her love.
• Proverbs 5:20 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
• Proverbs 5:21 For the ways of man are before the eyes ofthe LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

• Proverbs 5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

Proverbs 4: The Father’s Call To Wisdom

• Proverbs 4:1 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
• Proverbs 4:2 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

• Proverbs 4:3 For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

• Proverbs 4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
• Proverbs 4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
• Proverbs 4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
• Proverbs 4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
• Proverbs 4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.

• Proverbs 4:11 have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
• Proverbs 4:12 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
• Proverbs 4:13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
• Proverbs 4:14 Enter not into the path of the wicked and go not in the way of evil men.
• Proverbs 4:15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
• Proverbs 4:16 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.
• Proverbs 4:17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
• Proverbs 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Proverbs 4:19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
• Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
• Proverbs 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
• Proverbs 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them and health to all their flesh.

• Proverbs 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
• Proverbs 4:25 Let thine eyes look right on and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
• Proverbs 4:26 Ponder the path of thy feet and let all thy ways be established.
• Proverbs 4:27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.