Proverbs

915 passages indexed from Proverbs (THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition) — Page 1 of 19

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Proverbs 30:10
Do not inform on a slave to his master,Lest he curse you and you incur guilt.
Proverbs 18:17
The first to speak in court seems rightTill the other party cross-examines.
Proverbs 9:12
If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;If you are a scoffer, you bear it alone.
Proverbs 27:8
Like a sparrow wandering from its nestIs a man who wanders from his home.
Proverbs 24:18
Lest GOD see it and be displeased,And avert God’s wrath from them.
Proverbs 8:6
Listen, for I speak noble things;Uprightness comes from my lips.
Proverbs 1:21
At the head of the busy streets she calls;At the entrance of the gates, in the city, she speaks out:
Proverbs 10:30
The righteous person will never be shaken;The wicked will not inhabit the earth.
Proverbs 19:23
One who fears GOD earns life,And shall abide in contentment,gAnd shall abide in contentment Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Free from misfortune.
Proverbs 27:6
Wounds by a loved one are long lasting;The kisses of an enemy are profuse.
Proverbs 1:20
WisdombWisdom In Proverbs, wisdom is personified as a woman. cries aloud in the streets,Raises her voice in the squares.
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a scoffer, strong drink a roisterer;No one who is muddled by them will ever grow wise.
Proverbs 18:15
The mind of an intelligent person acquires knowledge;The ears of the wise seek out knowledge.
Proverbs 7:21
She sways him with her eloquence,Turns him aside with her smooth talk.
Proverbs 24:19
Do not be vexed by evildoers;Do not be incensed by the wicked;
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the blameless smooths their way,But the wicked fall by their wickedness.
Proverbs 24:22
For disaster comes from them suddenly;The doom both decree who can foreknow?
Proverbs 9:16
“Let the simple enter here”;And to those devoid of sense she says,
Proverbs 23:7
He is like one keeping accounts;“Eat and drink,” he says to you,But he does not really mean it.
Proverbs 23:10
Do not remove ancient boundary stones;Do not encroach upon the field of orphans,
Proverbs 24:4
By knowledge are its rooms filledWith all precious and beautiful things.
Proverbs 23:22
Listen to your father who begot you;Do not disdain your mother when she is old.
Proverbs 24:15
Wicked ones! Do not lurk by the home of the righteous;Do no violence to their dwellings.
Proverbs 22:19
That you may put your trust in GOD.I let you know today—yes, you—
Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before ruin,Arrogance, before failure.
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil;They hurry to shed blood.
Proverbs 12:8
A man is commended according to his intelligence;A twisted mind is held up to contempt.
Proverbs 3:9
Honor GOD with your wealth,With the best of all your income,
Proverbs 26:18
Like a lunaticelunatic Meaning of Heb. uncertain. scattering deadly firebrands, arrows,
Proverbs 10:4
Negligent hands cause poverty,But diligent hands enrich.
Proverbs 24:20
For there is no future for an evildoer;The lamp of the wicked goes out.
Proverbs 17:2
A capable servant will dominate an incompetent sonAnd share the inheritance with the brothers.
Proverbs 12:18
There is blunt talk like sword-thrusts,But the speech of the wise is healing.
Proverbs 4:7
The beginningbbeginning Or “best part.” of wisdom is—acquire wisdom;With all your acquisitions, acquire discernment.
Proverbs 18:1
aMeaning of verse uncertain. Those who isolate themselves pursue their desires;They disdain all competence.
Proverbs 22:23
For GOD will take up their causeAnd despoil those who despoil them of life.
Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of a righteous person is choice silver,But the mind of the wicked is of little worth.
Proverbs 20:8
The king seated on the throne of judgmentCan winnow out all evil by his glance.
Proverbs 30:24
Four are among the tiniest on earth,Yet they are the wisest of the wise:
Proverbs 19:22
Greed is a reproach to a man;fGreed is a reproach to a man Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Better be poor than a deceitful man.
Proverbs 21:23
One who watches over mouth and tongueKeeps out of trouble.
Proverbs 29:7
The righteous are concerned with the cause of the wretched;The wicked cannot understand such concern.
Proverbs 14:1
The wisest of women builds her house,But folly tears it down with its own hands.
Proverbs 23:6
Do not eat of a miser’s food;Do not crave for his dainties;
Proverbs 17:12
Sooner meet a bereaved she-bearThan a fool immersed in nonsense.
Proverbs 27:10
Do not desert your friend and your father’s friend;Do not enter your brother’s house in your time of misfortune;A close neighbor is better than a distant brother.
Proverbs 10:31
The mouth of a righteous person produces wisdom,But the treacherous tongue shall be cut off.
Proverbs 23:8
The morsel you eat you will vomit;You will waste your courteous words.
Proverbs 8:22
cWisdom recounts her existence and role prior to the Creation (see also 3.19–20). “I was created at the beginning of GOD’s courseAs the first of the works of old.
Proverbs 21:2
People look approvingly on their own ways,But GOD probes the mind.
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