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8 …1:8. There is one most high Creator Almighty, and a powerful king, and greatly to be feared, who s…
11  1:11. The fear of the Lord is honour, and glory, and gladness, and a crown of joy.
22  1:22. The fear of the Lord is a crown of wisdom, filling up peace and the fruit of salvation:
29  1:29. A patient man shall bear for a time, and afterwards joy shall be restored to him.
30 …1:30. A good understanding will hide his words for a time, and the lips of many shall declare his …
32  1:32. But the worship of God is an abomination to a sinner.
36  1:36. Be not incredulous to the fear of the Lord: and come not to him with a double heart.
37  1:37. Be not a hypocrite in the sight of men, and let not thy lips be a stumblingblock to thee.
53 …te and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all tha…
54 …2:14. Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, an…
68  3:5. And he that honoureth his mother is as one that layeth up a treasure.
70 …3:7. He that honoureth his father shall enjoy a long life: and he that obeyeth the father, shall b…
73  3:10. That a blessing may come upon thee from him, and his blessing may remain in the latter end.
76 …3:13. For the glory of a man is from the honour of his father, and a father without honour is the …
94 …3:31. The heart of the wise is understood in wisdom, and a good ear will hear wisdom with all desi…
96  3:33. Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins:
97 …eweth favour: he remembereth him afterwards, and in the time of his fall he shall find a sure stay.
104 … the congregation of the poor, and humble thy soul to the ancient, and bow thy head to a great man.
107  4:10. In judging be merciful to the fatherless as a father, and as a husband to their mother.
108 …u shalt be as the obedient son of the most High, and he will have mercy on thee more than a mother.
111 …4:14. They that hold her fast, shall inherit life: and whithersoever she entereth, God will give a…
117  4:20. Then she will strengthen him, and make a straight way to him, and give him joy,
122  4:25. For there is a shame that bringeth sin, and there is a shame that bringeth glory and grace.
123  4:26. Accept no person against thy own person, nor against thy soul a lie.
132 …4:35. Be not as a lion in thy house, terrifying them of thy household, and oppressing them that ar…
137 …5:4. Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me? for the most High is a patient reward…
142  5:9. For his wrath shall come on a sudden, and in the time of vengeance he will destroy thee.
144 …5:11. Winnow not with every wind, and go not into every way: for so is every sinner proved by a do…
146  5:13. Be meek to hear the word, that thou mayst understand: and return a true answer with wisdom.
149  5:16. Be not called a whisperer, and be not taken in thy tongue, and confounded.
150 …5:17. For confusion and repentance is upon a thief, and an evil mark of disgrace upon the double t…
152 …6:1. Instead of a friend become not an enemy to thy neighbour: for an evil man shall inherit repro…
153 …6:2. Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by fo…
154 …6:3. And it eat up thy leaves, and destroy thy fruit, and thou be left as a dry tree in the wilder…
155 …6:4. For a wicked soul shall destroy him that hath it, and maketh him to be a joy to his enemies, …
156 …6:5. A sweet word multiplieth friends, and appeaseth enemies, and a gracious tongue in a good man …
157  6:6. Be in peace with many, but let one of a thousand be thy counsellor.
158  6:7. If thou wouldst get a friend, try him before thou takest him, and do not credit him easily.
159  6:8. For there is a friend for his own occasion, and he will not abide in the day of thy trouble.
160 …6:9. And there is a friend that turneth to enmity; and there is a friend that will disclose hatred…
161  6:10. And there is a friend a companion at the table, and he will not abide in the day of distress.
165  6:14. A faithful friend is a strong defence: and he that hath found him, hath found a treasure.
166 …6:15. Nothing can be compared to a faithful friend, and no weight of gold and silver is able to co…
171  6:20. For in working about her thou shalt labour a little, and shalt quickly eat of her fruits.
173 …6:22. She shall be to them as a mighty stone of trial, and they will cast her from them before it …
181 …6:30. Then shall her fetters be a strong defence for thee, and a firm foundation, and her chain a …
182  6:31. For in her is the beauty of life, and her bands are a healthful binding.
183  6:32. Thou shalt put her on as a robe of glory, and thou shalt set her upon thee as a crown of joy.
187 …6:36. And if thou see a man of understanding, go to him early in the morning, and let thy foot wea…
188 …of God, and meditate continually on his commandments: and he will give thee a heart, and the desir…
192  7:4. Seek not of the Lord a preeminence, nor of the king the seat of honour.
194 …k not to be made a judge, unless thou have strength enough to extirpate iniquities: lest thou fear…
195  7:7. Offend not against the multitude of a city, neither cast thyself in upon the people,
201  7:13. Devise not a lie against thy brother: neither do the like against thy friend.
203  7:15. Be not full of words in a multitude of ancients, and repeat not the word in thy prayer.
209 …7:21. Depart not from a wise and good wife, whom thou hast gotten in the fear of the Lord: for the…
211 …7:23. Let a wise servant be dear to thee as thy own soul, defraud him not of liberty, nor leave hi…
214 …7:26. Hast thou daughters? have a care of their body, and shew not thy countenance gay towards the…
215  7:27. Marry thy daughter well, and thou shalt do a great work, and give her to a wise man.
216 …7:28. If thou hast a wife according to thy soul, cast her not off: and to her that is hateful, tru…
218 …7:30. Remember that thou hadst not been born but through them: and make a return to them as they h…
222 …d thee, of the firstfruits and of purifications: and for thy negligences purify thyself with a few.
229  8:1. Strive not with a powerful man, lest thou fall into his hands.
230  8:2. Contend not with a rich man, lest he bring an action against thee.
232  8:4. Strive not with a man that is full of tongue, and heap not wood upon his fire.
234 …8:6. Despise not a man that turneth away from sin, nor reproach him therewith: remember that we ar…
235  8:7. Despise not a man in his old age; for we also shall become old.
242 …8:14. Stand not against the face of an injurious person, lest he sit as a spy to entrap thee in th…
243  8:15. Lend not to a man that is mightier than thyself: and if thou lendest, count it as lost.
245  8:17. Judge not against a judge: for he judgeth according to that which is just.
246 …8:18. Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth accordin…
247 …8:19. Quarrel not with a passionate man, and go not into the desert with a bold man: for blood is …
249  8:21. Before a stranger do no matter of counsel: for thou knowest not what he will bring forth.
251 …9:1. Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, lest she shew in thy regard the malice of a wicked…
252 …9:2. Give not the power of thy soul to a woman, lest she enter upon thy strength, and thou be conf…
253  9:3. Look not upon a woman that hath a mind for many: lest thou fall into her snares.
254 …9:4. Use not much the company of her that is a dancer, and hearken not to her, lest thou perish by…
255  9:5. Gaze not upon a maiden, lest her beauty be a stumblingblock to thee.
258  9:8. Turn away thy face from a woman dressed up, and gaze not about upon another's beauty.
259  9:9. For many have perished by the beauty of a woman, and hereby lust is enkindled as a fire.
260  9:10. Every woman that is a harlot, shall be trodden upon as dung in the way.
266  9:16. Envy not the glory and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what his ruin shall be.
270 …9:20. Know it to be a communication with death: for thou art going in the midst of snares, and wal…
276  10:1. A wise judge shall judge his people, and the government of a prudent man shall be steady.
277 … is himself, so also are his ministers: and what manner of man the ruler of a city is, such also a…
279 …10:4. The power of the earth is in the hand of God, and in his time he will raise up a profitable …
285 …10:10. There is not a more wicked thing than to love money: for such a one setteth even his own so…
287 …10:12. The physician cutteth off a short sickness: so also a king is to day, and to morrow he shal…
288  10:13. For when a man shall die, he shall inherit serpents, and beasts, and worms.
301  10:26. Despise not a just man that is poor, and do not magnify a sinful man that is rich.
303 …10:28. They that are free shall serve a servant that is wise: and a man that is prudent and well i…
308 …10:33. The poor man is glorified by his discipline and fear, and there is a man that is honoured f…
311  11:2. Praise not a man for his beauty, neither despise a man for his look.
317 …11:8. Before thou hear, answer not a word: and interrupt not others in the midst of their discours…
318  11:9. Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners.
332  11:23. For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
333 …11:24. The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beare…
338 …11:29. The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the …
339  11:30. Praise not any man before death, for a man is known by his children.
341 …e, and as the roe into the snare: so also is the heart of the proud, and as a spy that looketh on …
342  11:33. For he lieth in wait and turneth good into evil, and on the elect he will lay a blot.
343 …11:34. Of one spark cometh a great fire, and of one deceitful man much blood: and a sinful man lie…
344 …11:35. Take heed to thyself of a mischievous man, for he worketh evils: lest he bring upon thee re…
345 …11:36. Receive a stranger in, and he shall overthrow thee with a whirlwind, and shall turn thee ou…
350  12:5. Give to the good, and receive not a sinner.
354  12:9. In the prosperity of a man, his enemies are grieved: and a friend is known in his adversity.
355  12:10. Never trust thy enemy for as a brass pot his wickedness rusteth:
358 …ll pity an enchanter struck by a serpent, or any that come near wild beasts? so is it with him tha…
360 … enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he lieth in wait, to throw thee into a pit.
366 …13:2. He shall take a burden upon him that hath fellowship with one more honourable than himself. …
386  13:22. What fellowship hath a holy man with a dog, or what part hath the rich with the poor?
389 …13:25. When a rich man is shaken, he is kept up by his friends: but when a poor man is fallen down…
390 …13:26. When a rich man hath been deceived, he hath many helpers: he hath spoken proud things, and …
395  13:31. The heart of a man changeth his countenance, either for good, or for evil.
396  13:32. The token of a good heart, and a good countenance thou shalt hardly find, and with labour.
397 …14:1. Blessed is the man that hath not slipped by a word out of his mouth, and is not pricked with…
399 …14:3. Riches are not comely for a covetous man and a niggard, and what should an envious man do wi…
410  14:14. Defraud not thyself of the good day, and let not the part of a good gift overpass thee.
414  14:18. All flesh shall fade as grass, and as the leaf that springeth out on a green tree.
421 …14:25. He that lodgeth near her house, and fastening a pin in her walls shall set up his tent high…
425 …15:2. And she will meet him as an honourable mother, and will receive him as a wife married of a v…
428 …ll fill him with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and shall clothe him with a robe of glory.
429 …15:6. She shall heap upon him a treasure of joy and gladness, and shall cause him to inherit an ev…
432  15:9. Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner:
433 …h from God: for praise shall be with the wisdom of God, and shall abound in a faithful mouth, and …
445  15:22. For he desireth not a multitude of faithless and unprofitable children.
448  16:3. For better is one that feareth God, than a thousand ungodly children.
450 …16:5. By one that is wise a country shall be inhabited, the tribe of the ungodly shall become deso…
452 …16:7. In the congregation of sinners a fire shall be kindled, and in an unbelieving nation wrath s…
456 …ther in the hardness of their heart: and if one had been stiffnecked, it is a wonder if he had esc…
458  16:13. According as his mercy is, so his correction judgeth a man according to his works.
460 …16:15. All mercy shall make a place for every man according to the merit of his works, and accordi…
462  16:17. In such a multitude I shall not be known: for what is my soul in such an immense creation?
481 …17:5. He created of him a helpmate like to himself, he gave them counsel, and a tongue, and eyes, …
490  17:14. Over every nation he set a ruler.
494 …17:18. The alms of a man is as a signet with him, and shall preserve the grace of a man as the app…
513  18:6. When a man hath done, then shall he begin: and when he leaveth off, he shall be at a loss.
515 …s of men at the most are a hundred years, as a drop of water of the sea are they esteemed: and as …
520  18:13. He hath mercy, and teacheth, and correcteth, as a shepherd doth his flock.
524  18:17. Lo, is not a word better than a gift? but both are with a justified man.
525  18:18. A fool will upbraid bitterly: and a gift of one ill taught consumeth the eyes.
527 …18:20. Before sickness take a medicine, and before judgment examine thyself, and thou shalt find m…
530  18:23. Before prayer prepare thy soul: and be not as a man that tempteth God.
538  18:31. If thou give to thy soul her desires, she will make thee a joy to thy enemies.
541 …19:1. A workman that is a drunkard shall not be rich: and he that contemneth small things, shall f…
543 …cked. Rottenness and worms shall inherit him, and he shall be lifted up for a greater example, and…
547  19:7. Rehearse not again a wicked and harsh word, and thou shalt not fare the worse.
548  19:8. Tell not thy mind to friend or foe: and if there be a sin with thee, disclose it not.
550 …19:10. Hast thou heard a word against thy neighbour? let it die within thee, trusting that it will…
551 …19:11. At the hearing of a word the fool is in travail, as a woman groaning in the bringing forth …
552  19:12. As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh: so is a word in the heart of a fool.
553 …19:13. Reprove a friend, lest he may not have understood, and say: I did it not: or if he did it, …
555  19:15. Admonish thy friend: for there is often a fault committed.
560 …19:20. There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolis…
561 …19:21. Better is a man that hath less wisdom, and wanteth understanding, with the fear of God, tha…
564 …19:24. And there is one that submitteth himself exceedingly with a great lowliness: and there is o…
566 …19:26. A man is known by his look, and a wise man, when thou meetest him, is known by his countena…
568 …19:28. There is a lying rebuke in the anger of an injurious man: and there is a judgment that is n…
570  20:2. The lust of an eunuch shall deflour a young maiden:
575 …20:7. A wise man will hold his peace till he see opportunity: but a babbler, and a fool, will rega…
577 …20:9. There is success in evil things to a man without discipline, and there is a finding that tur…
578 …20:10. There is a gift that is not profitable: and there is a gift, the recompense of which is dou…
579 …20:11. There is an abasement because of glory: and there is one that shall lift up his head from a…
580  20:12. There is that buyeth much for a small price, and restoreth the same sevenfold.
583 …20:15. He will give a few things, and upbraid much: and the opening of his mouth is the kindling o…
584  20:16. To day a man lendeth, and to morrow he asketh it again: such a man as this is hateful.
586 …20:18. For they that eat his bread, are of a false tongue. How often, and how many will laugh him …
588 …20:20. The slipping of a false tongue is as one that falleth on the pavement: so the fall of the w…
589  20:21. A man without grace is as a vain fable, it shall be continually in the mouth of the unwise.
590 …20:22. A parable coming out of a fool's mouth shall be rejected: for he doth not speak it in due s…
594 …20:26. A lie is a foul blot in a man, and yet it will be continually in the mouth of men without d…
595 …20:27. A thief is better than a man that is always lying: but both of them shall inherit destructi…
597 …20:29. A wise man shall advance himself with his words, and a prudent man shall please the great o…
598 …20:30. He that tilleth his land shall make a high heap of corn: and he that worketh justice shall …
603 …21:2. Flee from sins as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest near them, they will take h…
604  21:3. The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion, killing the souls of men.
605  21:4. All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.
608 …21:7. He that hateth to be reproved walketh in the trace of a sinner: and he that feareth God will…
609  21:8. He that is mighty by a bold tongue is known afar off, but a wise man knoweth to slip by him.
611 …21:10. The congregation of sinners is like tow heaped together, and the end of them is a flame of …
616 …21:15. But there is a wisdom that aboundeth in evil: and there is no understanding where there is …
617 …21:16. The knowledge of a wise man shall abound like a flood, and his counsel continueth like a fo…
618  21:17. The heart of a fool is like a broken vessel, and no wisdom at all shall it hold.
620 …21:19. The talking of a fool is like a burden in the way: but in the lips of the wise, grace shall…
622 …21:21. As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool: and the knowledge of the unwise is as…
623  21:22. Doctrine to a fool is as fetters on the feet, and like manacles on the right hand.
624  21:23. A fool lifteth up his voice in laughter: but a wise man will scarce laugh low to himself.
625  21:24. Learning to the prudent is as an ornament of gold, and like a bracelet upon his right arm.
626 …21:25. The foot of a fool is soon in his neighbour's house: but a man of experience will be abashe…
628 …21:27. It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door: and a wise man will be grieved with the di…
629 …the unwise will be telling foolish things: but the words of the wise shall be weighed in a balance.
633  22:1. The sluggard is pelted with a dirty stone, and all men will speak of his disgrace.
635  22:3. A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss.
636 …all bring an inheritance to her husband: but she that confoundeth, becometh a disgrace to her fath…
639  22:7. He that teacheth a fool, is like one that glueth a potsherd together.
640 …22:8. He that telleth a word to him that heareth not, is like one that waketh a man out of a deep …
641 …22:9. He speaketh with one that is asleep, who uttereth wisdom to a fool: and in the end of the di…
643  22:11. Weep but a little for the dead, for he is at rest.
644  22:12. For the wicked life of a wicked fool is worse than death.
645 …22:13. The mourning for the dead is seven days: but for a fool and an ungodly man all the days of …
646  22:14. Talk not much with a fool and go not with him that hath no sense.
650 …22:18. Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both…
651 …22:19. A frame of wood bound together in the foundation of a building, shall not be loosed: so nei…
654 …22:22. So also a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool shall not resist against the violence …
655 …22:23. As a fearful heart in the thought of a fool at all times will not fear, so neither shall he…
657 …22:25. He that flingeth a stone at birds, shall drive them away: so he that upbraideth his friend,…
658 …22:26. Although thou hast drawn a sword at a friend, despair not: for there may be a returning. To…
659 …a sad mouth, fear not, for there may be a reconciliation: except upbraiding, and reproach, and pri…
660  22:28. Keep fidelity with a friend in his poverty, that in his prosperity also thou mayst rejoice.
662 …22:30. As the vapour of a chimney, and the smoke of the fire goeth up before the fire: so also inj…
663 …22:31. I will not be ashamed to salute a friend, neither will I hide myself from his face: and if …
665 …22:33. Who will set a guard before my mouth, and a sure seal upon my lips, that I fall not by them…
671 …and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolis…
676 …23:11. For as a slave daily put to the question, is never without a blue mark: so every one that s…
677 …23:12. A man that sweareth much, shall be filled with iniquity, and a scourge shall not depart fro…
687  23:22. A hot soul is a burning fire, it will never be quenched, till it devour some thing.
688 …23:23. And a man that is wicked in the mouth of his flesh, will not leave off till he hath kindled…
689 …23:24. To a man that is a fornicator all bread is sweet, he will not be weary of sinning unto the …
692 …23:27. And he understandeth not that his eye seeth all things, for such a man's fear driveth him f…
695 …23:30. This man shall be punished in the streets of the city, and he shall be chased as a colt: an…
709 …24:6. I made that in the heavens there should rise light that never faileth, and as a cloud I cove…
710  24:7. I dwelt in the highest places, and my throne is in a pillar of a cloud.
720  24:17. I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus, and as a cypress tree on mount Sion.
721  24:18. I was exalted like a palm tree in Cades, and as a rose plant in Jericho:
722 …24:19. As a fair olive tree in the plains, and as a plane tree by the water in the streets, was I …
723 …24:20. I gave a sweet smell like cinnamon, and aromatical balm: I yielded a sweet odour like the b…
726 …24:23. As the vine I have brought forth a pleasant odour: and my flowers are the fruit of honour a…
736 …24:33. Moses commanded a law in the precepts of justices, and an inheritance to the house of Jacob…
737 …24:34. He appointed to David his servant to raise up of him a most mighty king, and sitting on the…
741  24:38. Who first hath perfect knowledge of her, and a weaker shall not search her out.
744 …24:41. I, like a brook out of a river of a mighty water; I, like a channel of a river, and like an…
746  24:43. And behold my brook became a great river, and my river came near to a sea:
754  25:4. A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
756  25:6. O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
761 …25:11. Blessed is he that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, a…
762  25:12. Blessed is he that findeth a true friend, and that declareth justice to an ear that heareth.
767  25:17. The sadness of the heart is every plague: and the wickedness of a woman is all evil.
768  25:18. And a man will choose any plague, but the plague of the heart:
769  25:19. And any wickedness, but the wickedness of a woman:
772  25:22. There is no head worse than the head of a serpent:
773 …is no anger above the anger of a woman. It will be more agreeable to abide with a lion and a drago…
774 …25:24. The wickedness of a woman changeth her face: and she darkeneth her countenance as a bear: a…
775  25:25. Her husband groaned, and hearing he sighed a little.
776  25:26. All malice is short to the malice of a woman, let the lot of sinners fall upon her.
777 …25:27. As the climbing of a sandy way is to the feet of the aged, so is a wife full of tongue to a…
778  25:28. Look not upon a woman's beauty, and desire not a woman for beauty.
781  25:31. A wicked woman abateth the courage, and maketh a heavy countenance, and a wounded heart.
782  25:32. Feeble hands, and disjointed knees, a woman that doth not make her husband happy.
784  25:34. Give no issue to thy water, no, not a little: nor to a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad.
787  26:1. Happy is the husband of a good wife: for the number of his years is double.
789 …26:3. A good wife is a good portion, she shall be given in the portion of them that fear God, to a…
792  26:6. The accusation of a city, and the gathering together of the people:
793  26:7. And a false calumny, all are more grievous than death.
795  26:9. With a jealous woman is a scourge of the tongue which communicateth with all.
796 …26:10. As a yoke of oxen that is moved to and fro, so also is a wicked woman: he that hath hold of…
797  26:11. A drunken woman is a great wrath: and her reproach and shame shall not be hid.
798  26:12. The fornication of a woman shall be known by the haughtiness of her eyes and by her eyelids.
799 …26:13. On a daughter that turneth not away herself, set a strict watch: lest finding an opportunit…
801 …26:15. She will open her mouth as a thirsty traveller to the fountain, and will drink of every wat…
802  26:16. The grace of a diligent woman shall delight her husband, and shall fat his bones.
804 …26:18. Such is a wise and silent woman, and there is nothing so much worth as a well instructed so…
806  26:20. And no price is worthy of a continent soul.
807 …26:21. As the sun when it riseth to the world in the high places of God, so is the beauty of a goo…
808  26:22. As the lamp shining upon the holy candlestick, so is the beauty of the face in a ripe age,
809 …26:23. As golden pillars upon bases of silver, so are the firm feet upon the soles of a steady wom…
810 …26:24. As everlasting foundations upon a solid rock, so the commandments of God in the heart of a …
812  26:26. A man of war fainting through poverty, and a man of sense despised:
814 …of callings have appeared to me hard and dangerous: a merchant is hardly free from negligence: and…
816 …27:2. As a stake sticketh fast in the midst of the joining of stones, so also in the midst of sell…
819 …27:5. As when one sifteth with a sieve, the dust will remain: so will the perplexity of a man in h…
821 …27:7. As the dressing of a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the hea…
822  27:8. Praise not a man before he speaketh, for this is the trial of men.
823 …on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with her: and she shall protect thee for ever, a…
826  27:12. A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: but a fool is changed as the moon.
830 …27:16. In the quarrels of the road is the shedding of blood: and their cursing is a grievous heari…
831 …27:17. He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend …
834 …27:20. For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so is he that destroyeth the friendship of his nei…
835 …27:21. And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and t…
836 …27:22. Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the …
837  27:23. Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
838  27:24. But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
840 …thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
842 …27:28. If one cast a stone on high, it will fall upon his own head: and the deceitful stroke will …
843 …. He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall …
845  27:31. Mockery and reproach are of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.
846 …27:32. They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall…
851  28:4. He hath no mercy on a man like himself, and doth he entreat for his own sins?
858 …28:11. For a passionate man kindleth strife, and a sinful man will trouble his friends, and bring …
859 …28:12. For as the wood of the forest is, so the fire burneth, and as a man's strength is, so shall…
860 …28:13. A hasty contention kindleth a fire and a hasty quarrel sheddeth blood and a tongue that bea…
861 …28:14. If thou blow the spark, it shall burn as a fire: and if thou spit upon it, it shall be quen…
863  28:16. The tongue of a third person hath disquieted many, and scattered them from nation to nation.
866 …28:19. The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labour…
867 …28:20. He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he …
868  28:21. The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
870 …28:23. Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath th…
871  28:24. For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
872  28:25. The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
873 …28:26. Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: …
874 … them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it sh…
875 …28:28. Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mou…
876 …28:29. Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy …
881 …29:4. Many have looked upon a thing lent as a thing found, and have given trouble to them that hel…
890  29:13. Lose thy money for thy brother and thy friend: and hide it not under a stone to be lost.
900  29:23. Evil suretyship hath undone many of good estate, and hath tossed them as a wave of the sea.
904  29:27. The chief thing for man's life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.
905 …29:28. Better is the poor man's fare under a roof of boards, than sumptuous cheer abroad in anothe…
907 …29:30. It is a miserable life to go as a guest from house to house: for where a man is a stranger,…
911 …29:34. These things are grievous to a man of understanding: the upbraiding of houseroom, and the r…
917 …30:6. For he left behind him a defender of his house against his enemies, and one that will requit…
919  30:8. A horse not broken becometh stubborn, and a child left to himself will become headstrong.
923 …he is young, and beat his sides while he is a child, lest he grow stubborn, and regard thee not, a…
925 …30:14. Better is a poor man who is sound, and strong of constitution, than a rich man who is weak …
926 …30:15. Health of the soul in holiness of justice, is better than all gold and silver: and a sound …
928  30:17. Better is death than a bitter life, and everlasting rest, than continual sickness.
929 …30:18. Good things that are hidden in a mouth that is shut, are as messes of meat set about a grav…
932  30:21. He seeth with his eyes, and groaneth, as an eunuch embracing a virgin, and sighing.
934 …The joyfulness of the heart, is the life of a man, and a never failing treasure of holiness: and t…
937  30:26. Envy and anger shorten a man's days, and pensiveness will bring old age before the time.
940 …31:2. The thinking beforehand turneth away the understanding, and a grievous sickness maketh the s…
945 …31:7. Gold is a stumblingblock to them that sacrifice to it: woe to them that eagerly follow after…
950  31:12. Art thou set at a great table? be not the first to open thy mouth upon it.
952  31:14. Remember that a wicked eye is evil.
955  31:17. Be not hasty in a feast.
957 …31:19. Use as a frugal man the things that are set before thee: lest if thou eatest much, thou be …
960 …31:22. How sufficient is a little wine for a man well taught, and in sleeping thou shalt not be un…
962 …31:24. Sound and wholesome sleep with a moderate man: he shall sleep till morning, and his soul sh…
979  31:41. Rebuke not thy neighbour in a banquet of wine: and despise him not in his mirth.
983 …32:3. That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the h…
987  32:7. A concert of music in a banquet of wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.
988 …32:8. As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and mod…
994 …32:14. Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reveren…
996  32:16. And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.
998 …th the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.
999 …, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock there…
1000  32:20. They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.
1002 …32:22. A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fea…
1005 …ou shalt not stumble against the stones: trust not thyself to a rugged way, lest thou set a stumbl…
1010 …ateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
1012 …33:4. He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be …
1013  33:5. The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
1014 …33:6. A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sittet…
1023 …33:15. Good is set against evil, and life against death: so also is the sinner against a just man.…
1033 …33:25. Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slav…
1035  33:27. The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
1036  33:28. Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
1039 …33:31. If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother…
1042 …34:1. The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up …
1043 …34:2. The man that giveth heed to lying visions, is like to him that catcheth at a shadow, and fol…
1044 …ams is the resemblance of one thing to another: as when a man's likeness is before the face of a m…
1047 …34:6. And the heart fancieth as that of a woman in travail: except it be a vision sent forth from …
1049 …34:8. The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the …
1060 …t fear him, he is their powerful protector, and strong stay, a defence from the heat, and a cover …
1061 …34:20. A preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling: he raiseth up the soul, and enlight…
1062 …34:21. The offering of him that sacrificeth of a thing wrongfully gotten, is stained, and the mock…
1066 …34:25. The bread of the needy, is the life of the poor: he that defraudeth them thereof, is a man …
1072 …34:31. So a man that fasteth for his sins, and doth the same again, what doth his humbling himself…
1074 …35:2. It is a wholesome sacrifice to take heed to the commandments, and to depart from all iniquit…
1075 …35:3. And to depart from injustice, is to offer a propitiatory sacrifice for injustices, and a beg…
1082  35:10. Give glory to God with a good heart: and diminish not the firstfruits of thy hands.
1083  35:11. In every gift shew a cheerful countenance, and sanctify thy tithes with joy.
1084 …35:12. Give to the most High according to what he hath given to thee, and with a good eye do accor…
1088 …35:16. The Lord will not accept any person against a poor man, and he will hear the prayer of him …
1098 …35:26. The mercy of God is beautiful in the time of affliction, as a cloud of rain in the time of …
1120  36:22. A perverse heart will cause grief, and a man of experience will resist it.
1122 …36:24. The beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing m…
1123 …36:25. If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is no…
1124 …36:26. He that possesseth a good wife, beginneth a possession: she is a help like to himself, and …
1126 …im that hath no rest, and that lodgeth wheresoever the night taketh him, as a robber well appointe…
1127 …end will say: I also am his friend: but there is a friend, that is only a friend in name. Is not t…
1128  37:2. But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy.
1130 …37:4. There is a companion who rejoiceth with his friend in his joys, but in the time of trouble, …
1131 …37:5. There is a companion who condoleth with his friend for his belly's sake, and he will take up…
1133 …37:7. Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy …
1134  37:8. Every counsellor giveth out counsel, but there is one that is a counsellor for himself.
1135 …37:9. Beware of a counsellor. And know before what need he hath: for he will devise to his own min…
1136  37:10. Lest he thrust a stake into the ground, and say to thee:
1138 …a man without religion concerning holiness, nor with an unjust man concerning justice, nor with a …
1141  37:15. But be continually with a holy man, whomsoever thou shalt know to observe the fear of God,
1143 …37:17. And establish within thyself a heart of good counsel: for there is no other thing of more w…
1144 …37:18. The soul of a holy man discovereth sometimes true things, more than seven watchmen that sit…
1147 …ath: and the tongue is continually the ruler of them. There is a man that is subtle and a teacher …
1151 …37:25. There is a wise man that is wise to his own soul: and the fruit of his understanding is com…
1154  37:28. The life of a man is in the number of his days: but the days of Israel are innumerable.
1164  38:4. The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
1171 …38:11. Give a sweet savour, and a memorial of fine flour, and make a fat offering, and then give p…
1173  38:13. For there is a time when thou must fall into their hands:
1177 …38:17. And for fear of being ill spoken of weep bitterly for a day, and then comfort thyself in th…
1178  38:18. And make mourning for him according to his merit for a day, or two, for fear of detraction.
1185 …38:25. The wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall …
1196  38:36. Without these a city is not built.
1214 …39:15. If he continue, he shall leave a name above a thousand: and if he rest, it shall be to his …
1215  39:16. I will yet meditate that I may declare: for I am filled as with a holy transport.
1216 …39:17. By a voice he saith: Hear me, ye divine offspring, and bud forth as the rose planted by the…
1217  39:18. Give ye a sweet odour as frankincense.
1218 …39:19. Send forth flowers, as the lily, and yield a smell, and bring forth leaves in grace, and pr…
1221 …39:22. At his word the waters stood as a heap: and at the words of his mouth the receptacles of wa…
1226  39:27. His blessing hath overflowed like a river.
1227 …39:28. And as a flood hath watered the earth; so shall his wrath inherit the nations, that have no…
1228 …39:29. Even as he turned the waters into a dry land, and the earth was made dry: and his ways were…
1241 …40:1. Great labour is created for all men, and a heavy yoke is upon the children of Adam from the …
1243  40:3. From him that sitteth on a glorious throne, unto him that is humbled in earth and ashes:
1253 …13. The riches of the unjust shall be dried up like a river, and shall pass away with a noise like…
1255 … ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a …
1257  40:17. Grace is like a paradise in blessings, and mercy remaineth for ever.
1258 …40:18. The life of a laborer that is content with what he hath, shall be sweet, and in it thou sha…
1259 …40:19. Children, and the building of a city shall establish a name, but a blameless wife shall be …
1261  40:21. The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
1263 …40:23. A friend and companion meeting together in season, but above them both is a wife with her h…
1264  40:24. Brethren are a help in the time of trouble, but mercy shall deliver more than they.
1268 …40:28. The fear of the Lord is like a paradise of blessing, and they have covered it above all glo…
1270 …40:30. The life of him that looketh toward another man's table is not to be counted a life: for he…
1271  40:31. But a man, well instructed and taught, will look to himself.
1272  40:32. Begging will be sweet in the mouth of the unwise, but in his belly there shall burn a fire.
1273  41:1. O death, how bitter is the remembrance of thee to a man that hath peace in his possessions!
1274 …41:2. To a man that is at rest, and whose ways are prosperous in all things, and that is yet able …
1276 …41:4. Who is in a decrepit age, and that is in care about all things, and to the distrustful that …
1278 …ome upon thee by the good pleasure of the most High? whether ten, or a hundred, or a thousand year…
1281 …41:9. The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a…
1287 …41:15. Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures…
1288  41:16. A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
1289 …41:17. My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not s…
1291  41:19. Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
1293 …41:21. Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a ma…
1294  41:22. Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people:
1295  41:23. Of injustice before a companion and friend: and in regard to the place where thou dwellest,
1297 …41:25. Of silence before them that salute thee: of looking upon a harlot: and of turning away thy …
1298  41:26. Turn not away thy face from thy neighbour, and of taking away a portion and not restoring.
1305 …d of merchants, and of much correction of children, and to make the side of a wicked slave to blee…
1306  42:6. Sure keeping is good over a wicked wife.
1310 …uld be corrupted, and be found with child in her father's house: and having a husband, lest she sh…
1311 … Keep a sure watch over a shameless daughter: lest at anytime she make thee become a laughingstock…
1313  42:13. For from garments cometh a moth, and from a woman the iniquity of a man.
1314 …42:14. For better is the iniquity of a man, than a woman doing a good turn, and a woman bringing s…
1323  42:23. O how desirable are all his works, and what we can know is but as a spark!
1329 …43:3. At noon he burneth the earth, and who can abide his burning heat? As one keeping a furnace i…
1332  43:6. And the moon in all in her season, is for a declaration of times and a sign of the world.
1333  43:7. From the moon is the sign of the festival day, a light that decreaseth in her perfection.
1348 …pon every gathering together of waters it shall rest, and shall clothe the waters as a breastplate.
1350 …43:24. A present remedy of all is the speedy coming of a cloud, and a dew that meeteth it, by the …
1353 …43:27. There are great and wonderful works: a variety of beasts, and of all living things, and the…
1362 …43:36. There are many things hidden from us that are greater than these: for we have seen but a fe…
1371 …44:8. They that were born of them have left a name behind them, that their praises might be relate…
1375  44:12. Their posterity are a holy inheritance, and their seed hath stood in the covenants.
1380  44:17. Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation.
1381  44:18. Therefore was there a remnant left to the earth, when the flood came.
1383 …44:20. Abraham was the great father of a multitude of nations, and there was not found the like to…
1395  45:5. For he heard him, and his voice, and brought him into a cloud.
1396 …45:6. And he gave him commandments before his face, and a law of life and instruction, that he mig…
1399 …45:9. And he girded him about with a glorious girdle, and clothed him with a robe of glory, and cr…
1400 …45:10. He put upon him a garment to the feet, and breeches, and an ephod, and he compassed him wit…
1401 …45:11. That as he went there might be a sound, and a noise made that might be heard in the temple,…
1402 …45:12. He gave him a holy robe of gold, and blue, and purple, a woven work of a wise man, endued w…
1403 …with precious stones cut and set in gold, and graven by the work of a lapidary for a memorial, acc…
1404 …45:14. And a crown of gold upon his mitre wherein was engraved Holiness, an ornament of honour: a …
1410 …im out of all men living, to offer sacrifice to God, incense, and a good savour, for a memorial to…
1414  45:24. He wrought wonders upon them, and consumed them with a flame of fire.
1420 …45:30. Therefore he made to him a covenant of peace, to be the prince of the sanctuary, and of his…
1421 …45:31. And a covenant to David the king, the son of Jesse of the tribe of Juda, an inheritance to …
1428 …46:7. He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed…
1430 …46:9. And in the days of Moses he did a work of mercy, he and Caleb the son of Jephone, in standin…
1437 …46:16. Samuel the prophet of the Lord, the beloved of the Lord his God, established a new governme…
1438 … judged the congregation, and the God of Jacob beheld, and by his fidelity he was proved a prophet.
1440 …n fighting against the enemies who beset him on every side, when he offered a lamb without blemish.
1441  46:20. And the Lord thundered from heaven, and with a great noise made his voice to be heard.
1443 …tested before the Lord, and his anointed: money, or any thing else, even to a shoe, he had not tak…
1451 … he glorify him, and praised him in the blessings of the Lord, in offering to him a crown of glory:
1457 …ay his sins, and exalted his horn for ever: and he gave him a covenant of the kingdom, and a thron…
1458  47:14. After him arose up a wise son, and for his sake he cast down all the power of the enemies.
1459 …God brought all his enemies under him, that he might build a house in his name, and prepare a sanc…
1460  47:16. And thou wast filled as a river with wisdom, and thy soul covered the earth.
1467 …47:23. That thou shouldst make the kingdom to be divided, and out of Ephraim a rebellious kingdom …
1469  47:25. Wherefore he gave a remnant to Jacob, and to David of the same stock.
1476  48:1. And Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch.
1477 …48:2. He brought a famine upon them, and they that provoked him in their envy, were reduced to a s…
1480  48:5. Who raisedst up a dead man from below, from the lot of death, by the word of the Lord God.
1484  48:9. Who wast taken up in a whirlwind of fire, in a chariot of fiery horses.
1492  48:17. And there was left but a small people, and a prince in the house of David.
1494 …y, and brought in water into the midst thereof, and he digged a rock with iron, and made a well fo…
1502 …48:27. With a great spirit he saw the things that are to come to pass at last, and comforted the m…
1504  49:1. The memory of Josias is like the composition of a sweet smell made by the art of a perfumer:
1505  49:2. His remembrance shall be sweet as honey in every mouth, and as music at a banquet of wine.
1510  49:7. So they gave their kingdom to others, and their glory to a strange nation,
1512 …49:9. For they treated him evil, who was consecrated a prophet from his mother's womb, to overthro…
1516  49:13. How shall we magnify Zorobabel? for he was as a signet on the right hand;
1517 …49:14. In like manner Jesus the son of Josedec who in their days built the house, and set up a hol…
1518 …49:15. And let Nehemias be a long time remembered, who raised up for us our walls that were cast d…
1520 …49:17. Nor as Joseph, who was a man born prince of his brethren, the support of his family, the ru…
1528 …50:6. He shone in his days as the morning star in the midst of a cloud, and as the moon at the ful…
1531  50:9. As a bright fire, and frankincense burning in the fire.
1532  50:10. As a massy vessel of gold, adorned with every precious stone.
1533 …50:11. As an olive tree budding forth, and a cypress tree rearing itself on high, when he put on t…
1538  50:16. He stretched forth his hand to make a libation, and offered of the blood of the grape.
1539  50:17. He poured out at the foot of the altar a divine odour to the most high Prince.
1540 …f Aaron shouted, they sounded with beaten trumpets, and made a great noise to be heard for a remem…
1555  51:2. I will give glory to thy name: for thou hast been a helper and protector to me.
1560 …nd from an unclean tongue, and from lying words, from an unjust king, and from a slanderous tongue:
1572 …e the temple, and unto the very end I will seek after her, and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.
1574  51:21. I bowed down my ear a little, and received her.
1577 …51:24. For I have determined to follow her: I have had a zeal for good, and shall not be confounde…
1582  51:29. My entrails were troubled in seeking her: therefore shall I possess a good possession.
1583  51:30. The Lord hath given me a tongue for my reward: and with it I will praise him.
1588  51:35. Behold with your eyes how I have laboured a little, and have found much rest to myself.
1589  51:36. Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.