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Proverbs 24:10 (NIV)
If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!
Proverbs 24:15 (NIV)
Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;
Proverbs 24:16 (NIV)
for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
Proverbs 24:21 (NIV)
Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,
Proverbs 25:4 (NIV)
Remove the dross from the silver, and a silversmith can produce a vessel;
Proverbs 25:11 (NIV)
Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given.
Proverbs 25:13 (NIV)
Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him; he refreshes the spirit of his master.
Proverbs 25:17 (NIV)
Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house— too much of you, and they will hate you.
Proverbs 25:22 (NIV)
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
Proverbs 25:28 (NIV)
Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.
Proverbs 26:17 (NIV)
Like one who grabs a stray dog by the ears is someone who rushes into a quarrel not their own.
Proverbs 26:20 (NIV)
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
Proverbs 26:22 (NIV)
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Proverbs 27:2 (NIV)
Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth; an outsider, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:3 (NIV)
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.
Proverbs 27:5 (NIV)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27:13 (NIV)
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
Proverbs 27:19 (NIV)
As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
Proverbs 27:25 (NIV)
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
Proverbs 28:6 (NIV)
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
Proverbs 28:17 (NIV)
Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.
Proverbs 28:26 (NIV)
Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
Proverbs 29:12 (NIV)
If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials become wicked.
Proverbs 29:18 (NIV)
Where there is no revelation, people cast off restraint; but blessed is the one who heeds wisdom’s instruction.
Proverbs 30:2 (NIV)
Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.