Study Desk

They should be for you aloneand not for you to share with strangers.

For a man’s ways are before the Lord’s eyes,and he considers all his paths.

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor

Do this, then, my son, and free yourself,for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power:Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor.

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,and corrective discipline is the way to life.

Don’t lust in your heart for her beautyor let her captivate you with her eyelashes.

For a prostitute’s fee is only a loaf of bread,but the wife of another man goes after a precious life.

For jealousy enrages a husband,and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

So I came out to meet you,to search for you, and I’ve found you.

For she has brought many down to death;her victims are countless.

Listen, for I speak of noble things,and what my lips say is right.

For my mouth tells the truth,and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

For wisdom is better than jewels,and nothing desirable can equal it.

I love those who love me,and those who search for me find me.

when he set a limit for the seaso that the waters would not violate his command,when he laid out the foundations of the earth.

For the one who finds me finds lifeand obtains favor from the Lord,

For by me your days will be many,and years will be added to your life.

If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit;if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.”

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.

The lips of the righteous feed many,but fools die for lack of sense.