For in Proverbs
126 verses in Proverbs.
Proverbs 1:9For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
Proverbs 1:16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
Proverbs 1:29For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
Proverbs 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 2:3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
Proverbs 2:4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 2:6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 2:7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
Proverbs 2:18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
Proverbs 2:21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs 3:2For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs 3:12For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Proverbs 3:14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Proverbs 3:26For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
Proverbs 3:32For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 4:2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
Proverbs 4:3For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
Proverbs 4:13Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:22For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
Proverbs 4:23Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
Proverbs 5:3For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Proverbs 6:1My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs 6:26For 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 6:34For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 7:6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Proverbs 7:19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Proverbs 7:23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Proverbs 7:26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
Proverbs 8:6Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Proverbs 8:7For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Proverbs 8:11For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Proverbs 8:32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Proverbs 8:35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Proverbs 9:4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 9:11For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased.
Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Proverbs 9:14For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
Proverbs 9:16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 10:13In 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 10:21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Proverbs 12:19The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Proverbs 13:22A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs 13:23Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 16:4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 16:26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 17:13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Proverbs 17:17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Proverbs 18:16A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
Proverbs 19:10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 19:18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs 20:3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 20:16Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 21:8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
Proverbs 21:12The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Proverbs 21:18The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Proverbs 22:9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 22:18For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
Proverbs 22:23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Proverbs 22:26Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 23:3Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 23:7For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Proverbs 23:9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs 23:11For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.
Proverbs 23:13Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Proverbs 23:18For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 23:27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs 23:28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.
Proverbs 24:2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs 24:6For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 24:16For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:22For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Proverbs 24:27Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs 25:3The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
Proverbs 25:4Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Proverbs 25:7For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Proverbs 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:16Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Proverbs 25:22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Proverbs 26:1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.
Proverbs 26:25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs 27:1Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27:10Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 27:13Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs 27:21As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs 27:24For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs 27:26The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Proverbs 27:27And thou shalt have goats’ milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 28:2For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
Proverbs 28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
Proverbs 29:5A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs 29:19A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Proverbs 30:8Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs 30:18There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
Proverbs 30:21For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
Proverbs 30:22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Proverbs 30:23For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
Proverbs 30:30A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
Proverbs 31:8Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Proverbs 31:10Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
Proverbs 31:21She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.