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Proverbs 1 - 31

Search for wisdom and seek understanding for through this you will learn the fear of the Lord. (Pr 2)

Don't withold good from those who deserve it (Pr 3)

Keep my commands and you will leave. Get wisdom, it will cost all you have but strive to get it. Keep them within your heart. For it is the wellspring of life (Pr 4)

Keep your path away from godless woman. May you enjoy in the wife of your yout








Xh. May she satisfy me always. Captivated by her love. For man's ways are always before the Lord. (Pr 5)

Consider the ant and its ways. Bind them upon your heart. For the prostitute reduces you t a loaf of bread. Wow! For truly that's what it is. Based on us spending money on such things, we provide a living for others. For such lacks judfement. (Pr 6)

With her smooth talk, she seduced him. For her house is a highway to the grave. (Pr 7)

To fear God is to hate evil and I hate pride and arrogance. Do I also hate pride in people? For surely it needs to start with me and my household. (Pr 8)

The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry. The memory of the righteous is a blessing. When words are many, sin is not absent. But he who holds his tongue is wise. (Pr 10)

12 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death.

A simple man believes anything. It's so true that when we need to be prudent, we're ignorant. God wants humility and not ignorance.

All hard work brings a profit. For we reap what we've sown. God still expects hard work eventhough he blesses us with everything we need for life. (Pr 14)

4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit. Better a little with the Lord, better vegetable where there's love. Humility goes before honour (Pr 15)

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. For surely such principles are almost forgotten even amongst fellow christians. There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death. (Pr 16)

Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? He who loves quarrel loves sin. (Pr 17)

whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. Whoever gets sense loves his own soul. Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed.(Pr 19)

Make plans by seeking advice. A man's steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way? (Pr 20)

better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife. Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered. (Pr 21)

Rich and poor have this in common. The Lord is the maker of them all. I guess sometimes we feel we can't relate to each other, but God is the ultimate link between all nations. Teach a child the way where he should go. (Pr 22)

Don't withhold punishment from a child. For he will not die if he's punished. We live in a society where our children demand so much yet are ill-disciplined. Punishment of our children is for their benefit. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. (Pr 23)

It is the glory of God to conceal things,but the glory of kings is to search things out. Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of a gift he does not give. (Pr 25)

Don't boast about tomorow for you don't know when it will come. Let another praise you and not your own mouth. The prudent see danger and take refuge. (Pr 27)

A rod of correction departs wisdom. A servant can't be corrected by mere words. Don't refuse before I die. The leech has two daughters: give and give. (Pr 29)

Don't spend your strength on woman. A wife of noble character who can find. For there is a bread of idleness which we shouldn't eat. This is a warning for ecetyoje. (Pr 31)

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