Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Proverbs 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man …
Psalm 26:2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart.
Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried.
Isaiah 48:10 Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you …
Jeremiah 17:10 I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every …
Zechariah 13:9 And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine …
Malachi 3:2,3 But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when …
1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold …
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall …
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
mocketh
Proverbs 14:21,31 He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the …
Psalm 69:9 For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of …
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, …
and
Proverbs 24:17,18 Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad …
Job 31:29 If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up …
Jeremiah 17:16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: …
Obadiah 1:11-13,16 In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that the …
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Romans 16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved …
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
gift
Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Psalm 18:16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalm 19:6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to …
Psalm 27:13 I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD …
Psalm 29:4 The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts …
Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither …
precious stone or stone of grace
whithersoever
Genesis 33:9-11 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that you have to yourself…
Genesis 43:11 And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; …
1 Samuel 25:35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and …
2 Samuel 16:1-4 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba …
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
2 Samuel 15:12 And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, …
2 Samuel 16:5-9 And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man …
2 Samuel 18:15,19 And ten young men that bore Joab's armor compassed about and smote …
2 Samuel 20:1,22 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, …
1 Kings 2:24,25,31,46 Now therefore, as the LORD lives, which has established me, and set …
Matthew 21:41 They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and …
Matthew 22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth …
Luke 19:27 But those my enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, …
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
a bear
Proverbs 28:15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over …
2 Samuel 17:8 For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be …
2 Kings 2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name …
Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will …
rather
Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier …
Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding …
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
beginning
Proverbs 17:19 He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his …
Proverbs 26:21 As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious …
Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.
Judges 12:1-6 And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, …
2 Samuel 2:14-17 And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before …
2 Samuel 19:41-43 And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to …
2 Samuel 20:1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, …
2 Chronicles 10:14-16 And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father …
2 Chronicles 13:17 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there …
2 Chronicles 25:17-24 Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son …
2 Chronicles 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty …
leave
Proverbs 13:10 Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is …
Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs 16:32 He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules …
Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to …
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the …
Genesis 13:8,9 And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between …
Judges 8:1-3 And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, …
Ecclesiastes 7:8,9 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the …
Matthew 5:39-41 But I say to you, That you resist not evil: but whoever shall smite …
Acts 6:1-5 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, …
Acts 15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation …
Romans 12:18 If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and …
2 Timothy 2:23,24 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender …
James 3:14-18 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, …
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
that justifieth
Proverbs 24:23,24 These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect …
Exodus 23:7 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous …
1 Kings 21:13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: …
Isaiah 5:23 Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness …
Isaiah 55:8,9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, …
Ezekiel 22:27-29 Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, …
Amos 5:7,12 You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth…
Amos 6:12 Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for …
Luke 23:18-25 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release …
Romans 4:5 But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the …
James 5:6 You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.
abomination
Proverbs 6:16 These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the …
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Proverbs 1:22,23 How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners …
Proverbs 8:4,5 To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man…
Proverbs 9:4-6 Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, …
Isaiah 55:1-3 Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has …
Acts 13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that …
2 Corinthians 6:1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you …
seeing
Proverbs 14:6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to …
Proverbs 18:15 The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise …
Proverbs 21:25,26 The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor…
Deuteronomy 5:29 O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, …
Psalm 81:11-13 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me…
Hosea 4:11 Prostitution and wine and new wine take away the heart.
John 3:20 For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the …
Acts 28:26,27 Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall …
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24 A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a …
Proverbs 19:7 All the brothers of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends …
Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following …
1 Samuel 18:3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
1 Samuel 19:2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told …
1 Samuel 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for …
1 Samuel 23:16 And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and …
2 Samuel 1:26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have …
2 Samuel 9:1 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, …
Esther 4:14 For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall there …
John 15:13,14 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for …
Hebrews 2:11 For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of …
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
loveth
Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore …
Proverbs 29:9,22 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, …
2 Corinthians 12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, …
James 1:20 For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God.
James 3:14-16 But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, …
he that
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility.
Proverbs 24:27 Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; …
1 Samuel 25:36-38 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, …
2 Samuel 15:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots …
1 Kings 1:5 Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will …
Jeremiah 22:13-15 Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers …
Daniel 4:20,21 The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached …
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
that
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish …
Proverbs 15:20 A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions …
Genesis 26:34 And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter …
1 Samuel 2:32-35 And you shall see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which …
1 Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, …
2 Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the …
hath
Proverbs 23:15,16 My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine…
2 Corinthians 2:3 And I wrote this same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow …
3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Proverbs 17:8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever …
Proverbs 18:16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.
Proverbs 21:14 A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
Exodus 23:8 And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts …
Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither …
1 Samuel 8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, …
1 Samuel 12:3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before …
Isaiah 1:23 Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one …
Ezekiel 22:12 In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase…
Micah 7:3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, …
Mark 14:10,11 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, …
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
to punish
Proverbs 17:15 He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even …
Proverbs 18:5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the …
Genesis 18:25 That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous …
to strike
2 Samuel 3:23-25,39 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told …
2 Samuel 16:7,8 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody …
2 Samuel 19:7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants: …
Job 34:18,19 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly…
Micah 5:1 Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid …
John 18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck …
He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
