1 It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue. 2 All the ways of a man are open to his eyes: the Lord is the weigher of spirits. 3 Lay open thy works to the Lord: and thy thoughts shall be directed. 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: the wicked also for the evil day. 5 Every proud man is an abomination to the Lord: though hand should be joined to hand, he is not innocent. The beginning of a good way is to do justice; and this is more acceptable with God, than to offer sacrifices. 6 By mercy and truth iniquity is redeemed: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. 7 When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace. 8 Better is a little with justice, than great revenues with iniquity. 9 The heart of man disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps. 10 Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment. 11 Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag. 12 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice. 13 Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved. 14 The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it. 15 In the cheerfulness of the king’s countenance is life: and his clemency is like the latter rain. 16 Get wisdom, because it is better than gold: and purchase prudence, for it is more precious than silver. 17 The path of the just departeth from evils: he that keepeth his soul keepeth his way. 18 Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit is lifted up before a fall. 19 It is better to be humbled with the meek, than to divide spoils with the proud. 20 The learned in word shall find good things: and he that trusteth in the Lord is blessed. 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and he that is sweet in words shall attain to greater things. 22 Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness. 23 The heart of the wise shall instruct his mouth: and shall add grace to his lips. 24 Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25 There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death. 26 The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it. 27 The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. 28 A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes. 29 An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good. 30 He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass. 31 Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice. 32 The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities. 33 Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.
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- 1 Proverbios 19:21; Proverbios 16:9; Lucas 21:14–15; Filipenses 2:13; Proverbios 20:24
- 2 Proverbios 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; Lucas 16:15; Proverbios 30:12; Jeremías 17:10
- 3 Salmo 37:4–5; Proverbios 3:6; Salmo 55:22; Filipenses 4:6; 1 Pedro 5:7
- 4 2 Pedro 2:9; Isaías 43:21; Romanos 9:22; Isaías 43:7; 1 Pedro 2:8
- 5 Proverbios 6:16–17; Proverbios 8:13; Proverbios 11:21; Romanos 2:8–9; Santiago 4:6
- 6 Proverbios 14:16; Job 28:28; 2 Corintios 7:1; Daniel 4:27; Lucas 11:41
- 7 Romanos 8:31; 1 Juan 3:22; 2 Crónicas 17:10; Colosenses 1:10; Jeremías 15:11
- 8 Proverbios 15:16; Salmo 37:16; 1 Timoteo 6:6–9; Jeremías 17:11; Proverbios 21:6–7
- 9 Proverbios 19:21; Salmo 37:23; Proverbios 16:1; Proverbios 20:24; Jeremías 10:23
- 10 Isaías 32:1–2; Génesis 44:5; Génesis 44:15; Oseas 10:4; Deuteronomio 17:18–20
- 11 Proverbios 11:1; Proverbios 20:10; Proverbios 20:23; Deuteronomio 25:13–15; Levítico 19:35–36
- 12 Proverbios 25:5; Proverbios 29:14; Proverbios 28:9; Lucas 12:48; Salmo 99:4
- 13 Proverbios 14:35; Proverbios 22:11; Salmo 101:5–7
- 14 Proverbios 20:2; Proverbios 19:12; Eclesiastés 10:4; Lucas 12:4–5; Proverbios 17:11
- 15 Salmo 72:6; Job 29:23–24; Oseas 6:3; Hechos 2:28; Salmo 21:6
- 16 Proverbios 8:10–11; Mateo 16:26; Proverbios 8:19; Lucas 12:21; Proverbios 3:15–18
- 17 Isaías 35:8; Proverbios 19:16; Proverbios 10:9; Judas 21; Apocalipsis 3:10
- 18 Proverbios 11:2; Isaías 2:11–12; Proverbios 18:12; Abdías 3–4; Proverbios 29:23
- 19 Mateo 5:3; Salmo 138:6; Isaías 57:15; Éxodo 15:9; Salmo 34:18
- 20 Jeremías 17:7–8; Isaías 30:18; Salmo 2:12; Isaías 26:3–4; Salmo 34:8
- 21 Proverbios 16:23–24; Isaías 50:4; Proverbios 15:7; Proverbios 27:9; Santiago 3:17
- 22 Proverbios 13:14; Juan 6:63; Mateo 15:14; Juan 5:24; Proverbios 18:4
- 23 Proverbios 15:28; Mateo 12:34–35; Proverbios 22:17–18; Colosenses 3:16; Salmo 45:1
- 24 Proverbios 12:18; Proverbios 24:13–14; Proverbios 4:22; Proverbios 25:11–12; Proverbios 23:16
- 25 Proverbios 14:12; Proverbios 12:15; 2 Corintios 13:5; Proverbios 12:26; Juan 7:47–49
- 26 Eclesiastés 6:7; Proverbios 14:23; Proverbios 9:12; 2 Tesalonicenses 3:8–12; 1 Tesalonicenses 4:11–12
- 27 Santiago 3:6; Proverbios 6:14; Isaías 5:18; Salmo 17:14–15; Salmo 52:2–4
- 28 Proverbios 17:9; Santiago 3:14–16; Romanos 1:29; Proverbios 18:8; Proverbios 6:14
- 29 Proverbios 2:12–15; 2 Pedro 3:17; Proverbios 12:26; Proverbios 3:31; Proverbios 1:10–14
- 30 Proverbios 6:12–14; Mateo 13:15; Proverbios 16:27; Isaías 6:10; Mateo 14:7–8
- 31 Proverbios 20:29; Levítico 19:32; Proverbios 3:1–2; Proverbios 17:6; 1 Samuel 12:2–5
- 32 Santiago 1:19; Proverbios 15:18; Proverbios 25:28; Proverbios 14:29; Proverbios 19:11
- 33 Proverbios 18:18; Jonás 1:7; Hechos 1:26; Proverbios 29:26; 1 Samuel 14:41–42
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… which seeth in secret will reward." Lest then he repay them that recompense evil, he overcomes his anger rather than another man, being instructed too by those writings, wherein it is written, "Better is he that overcometh his anger, than he that taketh a city." "If I have repaid them that recompense me evil, may I therefore fall by my …
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