The Bible, King James version, Book 20: Proverbs. Unknown
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20:003:018 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
20:003:019 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20:003:020 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
20:003:021 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
20:003:022 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
20:003:023 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
20:003:024 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
20:003:025 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
20:003:026 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
20:003:027 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
20:003:028 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
20:003:029 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
20:003:030 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
20:003:031 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
20:003:032 For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
20:003:033 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
20:003:034 Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
20:003:035 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
20:004:001 Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
20:004:002 For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.
20:004:003 For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.
20:004:004 He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
20:004:005 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
20:004:006 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
20:004:007 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
20:004:008 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
20:004:009 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.
20:004:010 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
20:004:011 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
20:004:012 When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
20:004:013 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.
20:004:014 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
20:004:015 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
20:004:016 For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
20:004:017 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
20:004:018 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
20:004:019 The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
20:004:020 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
20:004:021 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
20:004:022 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
20:004:023 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
20:004:024 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
20:004:025 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
20:004:026 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
20:004:027 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
20:005:001 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
20:005:002 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
20:005:003 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
20:005:004 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
20:005:005 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
20:005:006 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
20:005:007 Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
20:005:008 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
20:005:009 Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
20:005:010 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;
20:005:011 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
20:005:012 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
20:005:013 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
20:005:014 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
20:005:015 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
20:005:016 Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.
20:005:017 Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.
20:005:018 Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
20:005:019 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
20:005:020 And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?
20:005:021 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
20:005:022 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
20:005:023 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
20:006:001 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
20:006:002 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
20:006:003 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
20:006:004 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
20:006:005 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird