Various observations of moral virtues and their contrary vices.
1BETTER is aa dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of 1sacrifices with strife.
1Or, good cheer.
a ch. 15.16,17; 16.8. Ec. 4.6. 1Ti. 6.6,8. Ps. 37.16.
2A wise servant shall have rule over ba son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
b ch. 10.5; 19.26; 29.15; 28.7,24.
3The c*fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
*fining-refining.
c ch. 27.21. Ps. 26.2; 17.3; 139.23,24. Je. 17.10. Mal. 3.3. 1Pe. 1.7. Is. 48.10.
4A dwicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a *naughty tongue.
*naughty-worthless, bad.
d 1Sa. 22.7-11. 1Ki. 22.6-27. ch. 29.12.
5eWhoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be 2unpunished.
2Heb. held innocent.
e ch. 14.31. Ja. 2.15,16. 1Jn. 3.17. Ob. 11-16. Je. 17.16. Job 31.29. Re. 11.10,13.
6fChildren's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
f Ps. 127.3,5; 128.3,6. Job 42.16. Ge. 50.23.
73Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do 4lying lips a prince.
3Heb. A lip of excellency. ch. 26.7; 16.10-13; 29.12.
4Heb. a lip of lying.
8A ggift is as 5a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
5Heb. a stone of grace.
g ch. 18.16; 19.6; 21.14. Ge. 33. 1Sa. 25. 2Sa. 16.1-4.
9He hthat covereth a transgression 6seeketh love; ibut he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
6Or, procureth.
h ch. 10.12; 19.11. 1Pe. 4.8. i ch. 16.28; 6.19.
107A jreproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
7Or, A reproof aweth more a wise man than to strike a fool a hundred times.
j Ps. 141.5. ch. 9.8,9; 12.1; 15.5,31,32.
11An kevil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
k 2Sa. 18; 20. Nu. 16.
12lLet a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
l Ho. 13.8. ch. 28.15. 2Ki. 2.24.
13Whoso mrewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
m Ps. 55.12-15; 35.12; 109.4-20. Ro. 12.17. 1Th. 5.15. 1Pe. 3.9. Mat. 5.39.
14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: ntherefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
n He. 12.14. Ro. 12.18. ch. 13.10; 16.32; 20.3; 25.8,9. 1Th. 4.11.
15oHe that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
o Ex. 23.7. ch. 24.24. Is. 5.23,24. Eze. 13.10,16. 1Ki. 21.13.
16pWherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
p Is. 55.1-7. Ps. 81.8-11. Ho. 11.2,7. Ac. 13.46,47. 2Co. 6.1. He. 2.3.
17A qfriend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
q ch. 18.24. 1Sa. 18-20; 23. 2Sa. 1; 9. Ru. 1.16. Es. 4.14. Job 6.14.
18A rman void of 8understanding *striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
8Heb. heart.
*striketh hands-shakes hands, usually concluding an agreement.
r ch. 6.1-5; 11.15; 20.16; 22.26,27.
19He sloveth transgression that loveth strife: and the that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
s Ps. 36.1-4. ch. 10.12; 13.10. Ja. 4.1; 3.6,16. t ch. 11.2; 16.18; 18.12; 29.23. 1Sa. 25.36-38. Da. 4.30,31.
209He uthat hath a *froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
9Heb. The froward of heart.
*froward-perverse, contrary, self-willed.
u Ps. 18.26. ch. 3.32; 8.13; 16.28; 22.5; 18.6,7. Ja. 3.6.
21He vthat begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
v ch. 10.1; 15.20; 19.13. v.25. Ge. 26.35; 42.38.
22A wmerry heart doeth good 10like a medicine: but xa broken spirit drieth the bones.
10Or, to a medicine.
w ch. 15.13,15; 12.25. Ec. 9.7-9. Ps. 22.15. 2Co. 2.7. x ch. 18.14.
23A ywicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
y ch. 21.14; 18.16. 1Sa. 8.3. Ex. 23.2,8. 2Ki. 5.21. Ec. 7.9.
24zWisdom is before him that hath understanding; abut the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
z ch. 14.6; 15.14. Ec. 2.14; 8.1. a ch. 23.5. Ps. 119.37.
25A bfoolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
b ch. 10.1; 15.20; 19.13. v.25. 2Sa. 13-18.
26cAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
c 1Ki. 1. ch. 18.5; 10.19. v.11,15. Ja. 1.19; 3.2.
27He dthat hath knowledge espareth his words: and a man of understanding is of 11an excellent spirit.
11Or, a cool spirit.
d Am. 5.13. Ps. 39.1,9. e ch. 10.19. Ja. 1.19.
28fEven a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
f Job 13.5. Ec. 5.3; 10.3. ch. 15.2; 14.6-8; 18.6,7.