Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Eph 5:18Hos 4:11Isa 28:71Co 6:10Pro 31:4Gal 5:21Hab 2:15-162Sa 11:13
Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. Pro 19:12Ecc 10:41Ki 2:23Pro 8:36Amo 3:8Hos 11:10Pro 16:14-15Hab 2:10
He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, Pro 16:32Pro 17:14Pro 19:11Eph 4:32Pro 14:29Pro 18:6Jas 4:1Eph 1:6-8
but every fool will be quarreling.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Pro 10:4Pro 19:15Pro 13:4Mat 25:24-28Mat 25:3-102Pe 1:5-11Pro 26:13-16Pro 19:24
therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, 1Co 2:11Pro 18:4Psa 64:6
but a man of understanding will draw it out.
Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, Psa 12:1Mat 6:2Luk 18:8Luk 22:33Pro 27:2Luk 18:11Pro 25:14Jer 5:1
but who can find a faithful man?
A righteous man walks in integrity. Psa 112:2Psa 37:26Jer 32:392Co 1:12Act 2:393Jn 1:3-4Pro 13:22Pro 19:1
Blessed are his children after him.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment Pro 25:5Pro 20:26Pro 29:14Psa 99:4Psa 92:91Sa 23:3-42Sa 23:4Isa 32:1
scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. Ecc 7:201Jn 1:8-101Ki 8:46Job 14:4Job 15:141Co 4:4Jas 3:2Job 25:4
I am clean and without sin”?
Differing weights and differing measures, Pro 11:1Pro 20:23Deu 25:13-15Lev 19:35Mic 6:10-11Pro 16:11Amo 8:4-7Rev 21:8
both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, Mat 7:16Luk 6:43-44Pro 21:8Luk 2:46-47Luk 1:15Psa 51:5Psa 58:3Luk 1:66
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Mat 13:13-16Psa 94:9Psa 119:18Eph 1:17-18Exo 4:11Act 26:18
the LORD has made even both of them.
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Pro 19:15Rom 12:11Pro 10:4Pro 12:11Rom 13:112Th 3:10Eph 5:14Jon 1:6
Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; 1Th 4:6Hos 12:7-8Ecc 1:10
but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
There is gold and abundance of rubies, Pro 25:12Pro 8:11Pro 16:16Pro 16:24Ecc 12:9-11Pro 15:7Pro 3:15Rom 10:14-15
but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; Pro 27:13Exo 22:26-27Pro 11:15Pro 22:26-27Pro 2:16Pro 23:27Pro 5:3Pro 7:10
and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, Ecc 11:9Pro 9:17-18Job 20:12-20Lam 3:15-16Heb 11:25Gen 3:6-7Pro 4:17
but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
Plans are established by advice; Luk 14:31Pro 15:22Pro 24:6Jdg 1:1-2Pro 11:14Jdg 20:182Sa 2:26-27Jdg 20:7
by wise guidance you wage war!
He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; Pro 11:13Pro 13:3Pro 18:8Rom 16:18Lev 19:16Pro 24:21Pro 16:29Pro 26:20-22
therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Whoever curses his father or his mother, Exo 21:17Pro 30:11Pro 30:17Deu 27:16Jud 1:13Lev 20:9Mat 15:4Pro 24:20
his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning 1Ti 6:9Pro 13:22Pro 28:8Hab 2:6Job 27:16-17Pro 23:4Pro 28:20Pro 28:22
won’t be blessed in the end.
Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Rom 12:17-191Th 5:15Pro 24:29Pro 17:131Pe 3:9Deu 32:351Pe 2:23Mat 5:39
Wait for the LORD, and he will save you.
The LORD detests differing weights, Pro 20:10Hos 12:7Ezk 45:10Pro 11:1Amo 8:5
and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
A man’s steps are from the LORD; Pro 16:9Jer 10:23Psa 25:12Psa 37:23Psa 25:4Pro 14:8Dan 5:23Act 17:28
how then can man understand his way?
It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, Ecc 5:4-6Mat 5:33Lev 27:9-10Num 30:2-16Lev 5:15Mal 3:8-10Pro 18:7Lev 22:10-15
then later to consider his vows.
A wise king winnows out the wicked, Pro 20:82Sa 12:312Sa 4:9-12Isa 28:27-28Psa 101:5-8
and drives the threshing wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the LORD’s lamp, 1Co 2:11Heb 4:12-13Job 32:81Jn 3:19-21Gen 2:7Rom 2:152Co 4:2-6Pro 20:30
searching all his innermost parts.
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. Pro 16:12Pro 29:14Psa 101:1Psa 26:1Isa 16:5Pro 16:6Psa 21:7Psa 61:7
His throne is sustained by love.
The glory of young men is their strength. 1Jn 2:14Pro 16:31Lev 19:32Jer 9:23-24
The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Wounding blows cleanse away evil, Heb 12:10Pro 22:15Pro 19:25Isa 53:5Isa 27:9
and beatings purge the innermost parts.