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Monday, May 6th, 2024
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:11-22; Proverbs 3:31-32; Proverbs 6:12-15; Proverbs 10:6; Proverbs 10:11-13; Proverbs 10:18; Proverbs 11:13; Proverbs 12:15-18; Proverbs 13:16; Proverbs 16:27-30; Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 17:9; Proverbs 17:11; Proverbs 17:19-20; Proverbs 17:24; Proverbs 18:1-2; Proverbs 20:14; Proverbs 21:29; Proverbs 22:10; Proverbs 22:8; Proverbs 22:26
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45 verses • Page 1 of 3
Discretion will watch over you, Understanding will guard you,
Proverbs 2:11
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
To rescue you from the way of evil, From a person who speaks perverse things;
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs 2:13
Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil;
Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways;
Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
To rescue you from the strange woman, From the foreign woman who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 2:16
To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Who leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God;
Proverbs 2:17
Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
For her house sinks down to death, And her tracks lead to the dead;
Proverbs 2:18
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
None who go to her return, Nor do they reach the paths of life.
Proverbs 2:19
None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
So you will walk in the way of good people And keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:20
That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
For the upright will live in the land, And the blameless will remain in it;
Proverbs 2:21
For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
But the wicked will be eliminated from the land, And the treacherous will be torn away from it.
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Do not envy a violent person, And do not choose any of his ways.
Proverbs 3:31
Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.
Proverbs 3:32
For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous.
A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;
Proverbs 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Therefore his disaster will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.
Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found, But a rod is for the back of him who has no sense.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
One who conceals hatred has lying lips, And one who spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
One who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, But one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
Proverbs 11:13
A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a person who listens to advice is wise.
Proverbs 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
A fool's anger is known at once, But a prudent person conceals dishonor.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
One who declares truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit.
Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Every prudent person acts with knowledge, But a fool displays foolishness.
Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
A worthless person digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A perverse person spreads strife, And a slanderer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
A person of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good.
Proverbs 16:29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.
Proverbs 16:30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
Proverbs 17:4
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
One who conceals an offense seeks love, But one who repeats a matter separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:9
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A rebellious person seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:11
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
Proverbs 17:19
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
One who has a crooked mind finds nothing good, And one who is corrupted in his language falls into evil.
Proverbs 17:20
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
One who separates himself seeks his own desire; He quarrels against all sound wisdom.
Proverbs 18:1
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
A fool does not delight in understanding, But in revealing his own mind.
Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
Proverbs 20:14
It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
A wicked person displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
Drive out the scoffer, and strife will leave, Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
One who sows injustice will reap disaster, And the rod of his fury will perish.
Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Do not be among those who shake hands, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
Proverbs 22:26
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
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