Verse
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Verse
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Pro 1:7
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Pro 9:10
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (or
wisdom)
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Pro 1:8
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Pro 6:20
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Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not
forsake your mother's teaching
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Pro 1:16
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Isa 59:7
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For their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed
blood
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Pro 2:1
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Pro 7:1
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My son, keep my words and store up my commands within
you
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Pro 2:16
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Pro 6:24
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[Wisdom] will save you also from the adulteress, from the
wayward wife with her seductive words
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Pro 3:3
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Pro 6:21; 7:3
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Bind them [love, faithfulness, commands, teachings] upon your
heart, fasten them around your neck [and bind them on your fingers]
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Pro 3:15
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Pro 8:11
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Wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire
can compare with her
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Pro 4:20
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Pro 5:1
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My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my
words
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Pro 5:7
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Pro 7:24
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Now then, my sons, listen to me
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Pro 6:10,11
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Pro 24:33,34
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to rest -- and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an
armed man
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Pro 10:1
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Pro 15:20
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A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief
to his mother
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Pro 10:2
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Pro 11:4
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Ill-gotten treasures are of no value [in the day of wrath],
but righteousness delivers from death
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Pro 10:15
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Pro 18:11
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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city
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Pro 11:1
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Pro 20:10,23; Deu 25:13-16
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The LORD abhors dishonest scales [and differing
weights]
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Pro 11:13
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Pro 20:19
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A gossip betrays a confidence
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Pro 11:20
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Pro 12:22
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The LORD detests men of perverse heart [or lying lips], but he
delights in those whose ways are blameless [or men who are truthful]
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Pro 11:21
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Pro 16:5
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Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished
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Pro 12:11
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Pro 28:19
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He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who
chases fantasies lacks judgment [or will have his fill of poverty]
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Pro 13:14
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Pro 14:27
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The teaching of the wise [or the fear of the LORD] is a
fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death
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Pro 14:12
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Pro 16:25
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There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it
leads to death
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Pro 15:8
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Pro 21:27
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The LORD detests the sacrifice of the wicked
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Pro 15:13
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Pro 17:22
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A happy [or cheerful] heart makes the face cheerful [or is
good medicine], but heartache crushes the spirit [or a crushed spirit dries up
the bones]
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Pro 15:16
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Pro 16:8
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Better a little with the fear of the LORD [or with
righteousness] than great wealth with turmoil [or injustice]
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Pro 15:33
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Pro 18:12
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Humility comes before honor.
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Pro 16:2
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Pro 21:2
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All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed
by the LORD
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Pro 16:18
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Pro 18:12
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Pride goes before destruction
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Pro 18:8
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Pro 26:22
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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to
a man's inmost parts
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Pro 19:1
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Pro 28:6
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Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose
lips are perverse [or than a rich man whose ways are perverse]
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Pro 19:5
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Pro 19:9
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out
lies will not go free
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Pro 20:16
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Pro 27:13
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger;
hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman
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Pro 21:9
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Pro 25:24
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Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with
a quarrelsome wife
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Pro 22:3
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Pro 27:12
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A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple
keep going and suffer for it
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Pro 22:13
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Pro 26:13
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be
murdered in the streets!"
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Pro 22:28
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Pro 23:10; Deu 19:14
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Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your
forefathers
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PROVERB
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BETTER IS...
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...THAN...
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Pro 8:19
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Wisdom's fruit, or yield
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Fine gold, and choice silver
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Pro 12:9
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To be a nobody, and yet have a servant
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To pretend to be somebody and have no food
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Pro 15:16
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A little with the fear of the LORD
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Great wealth with turmoil
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Pro 15:17
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A meal of vegetables where there is love
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A fattened calf with hatred
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Pro 16:8
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A little with righteousness
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Much gain with injustice
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Pro 16:16
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To get wisdom, or understanding
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Gold, or silver
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Pro 16:19
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To be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed
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To share plunder with the proud
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Pro 16:32
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A patient man... a man who controls his temper
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A warrior... one who takes a city
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Pro 17:1
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A dry crust with peace and quiet
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A house full of feasting, with strife
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Pro 17:12
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To meet a bear robbed of her cubs
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A fool in his folly
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Pro 19:1; 28:6
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A poor man whose walk is blameless
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A fool whose lips are perverse... a rich man whose ways are
perverse
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Pro 19:22
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To be poor
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(To be) a liar
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Pro 21:9
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To live on a corner of the roof
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To share a house with a quarrelsome wife
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Pro 21:19; 25:24
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To live in a desert
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(To live) with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife
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Pro 22:1
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A good name... to be esteemed
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Great riches... silver or gold
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Pro 25:7
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(The king) to say, "Come up here"
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(The king) to humiliate you before a nobleman
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Pro 27:5
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Open rebuke
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Hidden love
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Pro 27:10
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A neighbor nearby
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A brother far away
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