Proverbs

1 Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife.

2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers.

3 A crucible is for silver and a smelter for gold, but the LORD is a tester of hearts.

4 A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

5 The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

6 Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of sons is their fathers.

7 Excessive speech is not appropriate on a fool's lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler.

8 A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds.

9 Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.

10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness.

13 If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house.

14 To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out.

15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just-- both are detestable to the LORD.

16 Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?

17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time.

18 One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend.

19 One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury.

20 One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

21 A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy.

22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

23 A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice.

24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool's eyes roam to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him.

26 It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person, or to beat a noble for his honesty.

27 The intelligent person restrains his words, and one who keeps a cool head is a man of understanding.

28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent, discerning, when he seals his lips.

English Bible[BR]