Ketuvim
Mishlei17
Proverbs · Chapter 17
Better
is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices
with strife.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot
is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) trieth the hearts.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips;
and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker:
and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Children’s children
are the crown of old men; and the glory of children
are their fathers.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
A gift
is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth
very friends.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
An evil
man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife
is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both
are abomination to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Wherefore
is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing
he hath no heart
to it?
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
A man void of understanding striketh hands,
and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife:
and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that begetteth a fool
doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
A merry heart doeth good
like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A wicked
man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Wisdom
is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool
are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son
is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to punish the just
is not good,
nor to strike princes for equity.
He that hath knowledge spareth his words:
and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:
and
he that shutteth his lips
is esteemed a man of understanding.
Ketuvim
Mishlei18
Proverbs · Chapter 18
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh
and
intermeddleth with all wisdom.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
When the wicked cometh,
then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man’s mouth
are as deep waters,
and
the wellspring of wisdom
as a flowing brook.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
A fool’s mouth
is his destruction, and his lips
are
the snare of his nephesh.
The words of a talebearer
are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
The name of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
The rich man’s wealth
is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour
is humility.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth
it, it
is folly and shame unto him.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
He that is first in his own cause
seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
A brother offended
is harder to be won than a strong city: and
their contentions
are like the bars of a castle.
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth;
and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Death and life
are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good
thing, and obtaineth favour of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
A man
that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend
that sticketh closer than a brother.
Ketuvim
Mishlei19
Proverbs · Chapter 19
Better
is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than
he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Also,
that the nephesh
be without knowledge,
it is
not good; and he that hasteth with
his feet sinneth.
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and
he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man
is
a friend to him that giveth gifts.
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth
them with words,
yet they
are wanting
to him.
He that getteth wisdom loveth his own nephesh:
he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and
it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
The king’s wrath
is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour
is as dew upon the grass.
A foolish son
is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife
are a continual dropping.
House and riches
are the inheritance of fathers and a prudent wife
is from 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle nephesh shall suffer hunger.
He that keepeth the mitsvah keepeth his own nephesh;
but
he that despiseth his ways shall die.
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy nephesh spare for his crying.
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver
him, yet thou must do it again.
Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), that shall stand.
The desire of a man
is his kindness: and a poor man
is better than a liar.
The fear of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
tendeth to life: and
he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
A slothful
man hideth his hand in
his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding,
and he will understand knowledge.
He that wasteth
his father,
and chaseth away
his mother,
is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.