Proverbs 19:7
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them (a) with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him]. (a) To have comfort from them.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth [them (a) with] words, [yet] they [are] lacking [to him]. (a) To have comfort from them.... [ Continue Reading ]
He that getteth wisdom (b) loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. (b) He that is upright in judgment finds favour from God.... [ Continue Reading ]
(c) Delight is not proper for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (c) The free use of things are not to be permitted to him who cannot use them correctly.... [ Continue Reading ]
The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and [it is] his glory (d) to pass over a transgression. (d) That is, to cover it by charity, and to do in it as may most serve to God's glory.... [ Continue Reading ]
A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual (e) dropping. (e) As rain that drops and rots the house.... [ Continue Reading ]
A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou (f) deliver [him], yet thou must do it again. (f) Though for a time he gives place to counsel, yet soon after will he give place to his raging affections.... [ Continue Reading ]
[There are] many devices in a (g) man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. (g) Man's device will not have success, unless God governs it, whose purpose is unchangeable.... [ Continue Reading ]
The desire of a man [is] his (h) kindness: and a poor man [is] better than a liar. (h) That is, that he be honest: for the poor man who is honest is to be esteemed above the rich who is not virtuous.... [ Continue Reading ]
Smite a scorner, and the (i) simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, [and] he will understand knowledge. (i) That is, the simple and ignorant men learn when they see the wicked punished.... [ Continue Reading ]
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked (k) devoureth iniquity. (k) Takes a pleasure and delight in it, as gluttons and drunkards in delicate meats and drinks.... [ Continue Reading ]