Proverbs Commentary

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?

He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.