Proverbs 10:9–10

Proverbs 10:9–10 (Listen)

9   Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
    but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
10   Whoever winks the eye causes trouble,
    and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:7–8

Proverbs 10:7–8 (Listen)

7   The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
    but the name of the wicked will rot.
8   The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:5–6

Proverbs 10:5–6 (Listen)

5   He who gathers in summer is a prudent son,
    but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
6   Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11">1

Footnotes

Proverbs 10:3–4

Proverbs 10:3–4 (Listen)

3   The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry,
    but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.
4   A slack hand causes poverty,
    but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 10:1–2

Proverbs 10:1–2 (Listen)

The Proverbs of Solomon

  A wise son makes a glad father,
    but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
2   Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 9:13–18

Proverbs 9:13–18 (Listen)

The Way of Folly

13   The woman Folly is loud;
    she is seductiveOr full of simpleness">1 and knows nothing.
14   She sits at the door of her house;
    she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
15   calling to those who pass by,
    who are going straight on their way,
16   “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    And to him who lacks sense she says,
17   “Stolen water is sweet,
    and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18   But he does not know that the deadHebrew Rephaim">2 are there,
    that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

Footnotes

[2] 9:18 Hebrew Rephaim

Proverbs 9:7–12

Proverbs 9:7–12 (Listen)

7   Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse,
    and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury.
8   Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
    reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9   Give instructionHebrew lacks instruction">1 to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
10   The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
    and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
11   For by me your days will be multiplied,
    and years will be added to your life.
12   If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;
    if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

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Proverbs 9:1–6

Proverbs 9:1–6 (Listen)

The Way of Wisdom

9   Wisdom has built her house;
    she has hewn her seven pillars.
2   She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
    she has also set her table.
3   She has sent out her young women to call
    from the highest places in the town,
4   “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
    To him who lacks sense she says,
5   “Come, eat of my bread
    and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6   Leave your simple ways,Or Leave the company of the simple">1 and live,
    and walk in the way of insight.”

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Proverbs 8:32–36

Proverbs 8:32–36 (Listen)

32   “And now, O sons, listen to me:
    blessed are those who keep my ways.
33   Hear instruction and be wise,
    and do not neglect it.
34   Blessed is the one who listens to me,
    watching daily at my gates,
    waiting beside my doors.
35   For whoever finds me finds life
    and obtains favor from the LORD,
36   but he who fails to find me injures himself;
    all who hate me love death.”

Proverbs 8:22–31

Proverbs 8:22–31 (Listen)

22   “The LORD possessedOr fathered; Septuagint created">1 me at the beginning of his work,Hebrew way">2
    the first of his acts of old.
23   Ages ago I was set up,
    at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
24   When there were no depths I was brought forth,
    when there were no springs abounding with water.
25   Before the mountains had been shaped,
    before the hills, I was brought forth,
26   before he had made the earth with its fields,
    or the first of the dust of the world.
27   When he established the heavens, I was there;
    when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
28   when he made firm the skies above,
    when he establishedThe meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain">3 the fountains of the deep,
29   when he assigned to the sea its limit,
    so that the waters might not transgress his command,
  when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
30     then I was beside him, like a master workman,
  and I was daily hisOr daily filled with">4 delight,
    rejoicing before him always,
31   rejoicing in his inhabited world
    and delighting in the children of man.

Footnotes

[2] 8:22 Hebrew way

[3] 8:28 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

[4] 8:30 Or daily filled with