Proverbs

12:1,18

Any who love knowledge want to be told when they are wrong. It is stupid to hate being corrected.

Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.

13:12-22

When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a wish come true fills you with joy. If you refuse good advice, you are asking for trouble; follow it and you are safe. Th teaching of the wise are a fountain of life; they will help you escape when your life is in danger. Intelligence wins respect, but those who can’t be trusted are on the road to ruin. Sensible people always think before they act, but stupid people advertise their ignorance. Unreliable messengers cause trouble, but those who can be trusted bring peace. Someone who will not learn will be poor and disgraced. Anyone who listens to correction is respected. How good it is to get what you want! Stupid people refuse to turn away from evil. Keep company with the wise and you will become wise. If you make friends with stupid people, you will be ruined. Trouble follows sinners everywhere, but righteous people will be rewarded with good things. Good people will have wealth to leave to their grandchildren, but the wealth of sinners will go to the righteous.

15:4

Kind words bring life, but cruel words crush your spirit.

15:13-15

When people are happy, they smile, but when they are sadthey look depressed. Intelligent people want to learn, but stupid people are satisfied with ignorance. The life of the poor is a constant struggle, but happy people always enjoy life.

16:9

You may make your plans, but God directs your actions.

16:24

Kind words are like honey-sweet to the taste and good for your health.

16:31

Long life is the reward of the righteous; gray hair is a glorious crown.

17:3

Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person’s heart is tested by the LORD.

19:13

Stupid children can bring their parents to ruin. A nagging wife is like a water going drip-drip-drip.

20:15

If you know what you are talking about, you have something more valuable than gold or jewels.

21:9

Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.

21:19

Better to live out in the desert than with a nagging, complaining wife.

21:31

You can get horses ready for battle, but it is the Lord who gives victory.

22:4-7

Obey the LORD, be humble, and you will get riches, honor,and a long life. If you love your life, stay away from the traps that catch the wicked along the way. Teach children how they should live, and they will remember it all their life. Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender’s slave.

22:22-24:22

The Thirty Wise Sayings

1. Don’t take advantage of the poor
2. Don’t make friends with people who have hot, violent tempers
3. Don’t promise to be responsible for someone else’s debts
4. Never move an old property line that your ancestors established
5. Show me someone who does a good job and I will show you someone who is better than most and worthy of the company of kings
6. When you sit down to eat with someone important, keep in mind who he is
7. Be wise enough not to wear yourself out trying to get rich
8. Don’t eat at the table of a stingy person or be greedy for the fine food he serves
9. Don’t try to talk sense o a fool; he can’t appreciate it
10. Never move an old property line or take over land owned by orphans
11. Pay attention to your teacher and learn all you can
12. Don’t hesitate to discipline children
13. If you become wise, I will be very happy. I will be proud when I hear you speaking words of wisdom
14. Don’t be envious of sinful people
15. Be wise and give serious thought to the way you live. Don’t associate with people who drinks too much wine or stuff themselves with food. Drunkards and gluttons will be reduced to poverty. If all you do is eat and sleep, you will soon be wearing rags
16. Listen to your father; without him you would not exist. When your mother is old, show her your appreciation
17. Pay close attention and let my life be your example. Prostitutes and immoral women are deadly trap. They wait for you like robbers and cause many men to be unfaithful
18. Show me people who drink too much, who have to try out fancy drinks, and I will show you people who are miserable and sorry for themselves, always causing trouble and always complaining
19. Don’t be envious of evil people, and don’t try to make friends with them. Causing trouble is all they ever think about; every time they open their mouth someone is going to be hurt
20. Homes are built on the foundations of wisdom and understanding. where there is knowledge, the rooms are furnished with valuable, beautiful things
21. Being wise is better than being strong
22. Wise sayings are too deep for stupid people to understand. They have nothing to say when important matters are being discussed
23. If you are always planning evil, you will earn a reputation as a trouble maker
24. If you are weak in a crisis, you are weak indeed
25. Don’t hesitate to rescue someone who is about to be executed unjustly
26. Eat honey, it’s good. Get wisdom and you have a bright future
27. Don’t be like the wicked who scheme to rob honest people or to take away their homes
28. Don’t be glad when your enemies meet disaster, and don’t rejoyce when they stumble
29. Don’t let evil people worry you; don’t be envious of them. A wicked person has no future-nothing to look forward to
30. Have reverence for the LORD

23:9

Don’t try to talk sense to a fool; he can’t appreciate it.

25:17

Don’t visit your neighbors too often; they may get tired of you and come to hate you.

26:1, 11

Praise for a fool is out of place, like snow in summer or rain at harvest time.

A fool doing same stupid a second time is like a dog going back to it’s vomit.