Proverbs 10
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The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
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.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

feed

Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue …

Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is …

Job 4:3,4 Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands…

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have …

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have …

Job 29:21,22 To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel…

Psalm 37:30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.

Ecclesiastes 12:9,10 And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the …

Jeremiah 3:15 And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed …

Jeremiah 15:16 Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me …

John 21:15-17 So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of …

1 Peter 5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, …

fools

Proverbs 1:29,31 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD…

Proverbs 5:12,23 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof…

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected …

Matthew 13:19 When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, …

John 3:19,20 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, …

Romans 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God …

wisdom

Proverbs 17:16 Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing …

The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

it

Genesis 12:2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and …

Genesis 13:2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

Genesis 14:23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that …

Genesis 24:35 And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: …

Genesis 26:12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred …

Deuteronomy 8:17,18 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has …

1 Samuel 2:7,8 The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up…

Psalm 37:22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that …

Psalm 107:38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers …

Psalm 113:7,8 He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of …

he

Proverbs 20:21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end …

Proverbs 28:22 He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that …

Joshua 6:18 And you, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest …

Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: …

1 Kings 21:19 And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you …

2 Kings 5:26,27 And he said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man turned …

Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when …

Habakkuk 2:6-12 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting …

Zechariah 5:4 I will bring it forth, said the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter …

James 1:1-5 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve …

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

vinegar

Proverbs 25:13,20 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger …

as smoke. As the acidity of vinegar causes the unpleasantness and pain to the teeth, and by softening and dissolving alkali of the bone, impairs their texture, and renders them incapable of mastication; and as smoke, by irritating the tender vessels, causes the eyes to smart, and prevents distinct vision; so a sluggish messenger is a continual vexation and loss to those by whom he is employed.

Isaiah 65:5 Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier …

so

Matthew 25:26 His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, …

Romans 12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12 That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith …

The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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