Category Archives: Proverbs

Without Good Direction, People Lose Their Way 1 Godhates cheating in the marketplace; he loves it when business is aboveboard. 2 The stuck-up fall flat on their faces, but down-to-earth people stand firm. 3 The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin. 4 A thick bankroll […]

If You Love Learning 1 If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction! 2 A good person basks in the delight ofGod, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers. 3 You can’t find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands […]

Walk with the Wise 1 Intelligent children listen to their parents; foolish children do their own thing. 2 The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life. 3 Careful words make for a careful life; careless talk may ruin everything. 4 Indolence wants it all and gets nothing; […]

A Way That Leads to Hell 1 Lady Wisdom builds a lovely home; Sir Fool comes along and tears it down brick by brick. 2 An honest life shows respect forGod; a degenerate life is a slap in his face. 3 Frivolous talk provokes a derisive smile; wise speech evokes nothing but respect. 4 No […]

God Doesn’t Miss a Thing 1 A gentle response defuses anger, but a sharp tongue kindles a temper-fire. 2 Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense. 3 Goddoesn’t miss a thing— he’s alert to good and evil alike. 4 Kind words heal and help; cutting words wound and […]

Everything with a Place and a Purpose 1 Mortals make elaborate plans, butGodhas the last word. 2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; Godprobes for whatisgood. 3 PutGodin charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place. 4 Godmade everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included—but forjudgment. 5 […]

A Whack on the Head of a Fool 1 A meal of bread and water in contented peace is better than a banquet spiced with quarrels. 2 A wise servant takes charge of an unruly child and is honored as one of the family. 3 As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, […]

Words Kill, Words Give Life 1 Loners who care only for themselves spit on the common good. 2 Fools care nothing for thoughtful discourse; all they do is run off at the mouth. 3 When wickedness arrives, shame’s not far behind; contempt for life is contemptible. 4 Many words rush along like rivers in flood, […]

If You Quit Listening 1 Better to be poor and honest than a rich person no one can trust. 2 Ignorant zeal is worthless; haste makes waste. 3 People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why doesGodalways get blamed? 4 Wealth attracts friends as honey draws flies, but poor people are avoided like […]

Deep Water in the Heart 1 Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome— a staggering drunk is not much fun. 2 Quick-tempered leaders are like mad dogs— cross them and they bite your head off. 3 It’s a mark of good character to avert quarrels, but fools love to pick fights. 4 A farmer […]