proverbs 31

A good reason to open my big mouth - Proverbs 31:8-9 - 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously,defend the rights of the poor and needy

proverbs 30

A good prayer for every day - Proverbs 30:8-9. 8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying;give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,9 lest I be full and deny youand say, "Who is the Lord?"or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God.

proverbs 29

So when I just have to give someone a piece of my mind I would be a ..........

Proverbs 29:11 A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
but a wise man quietly holds it back.

proverbs 28

Voting by my conduct

Proverbs 28:4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law strive against them.

proverbs 27

Friendship and Loyalty

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.
Better is a neighbor who is near
than a brother who is far away.

proverbs 26

What goes around, come around!

27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

proverbs 25

File under "defenseless"

28  A man without self-control
is like a city broken into and left without walls.

proverbs 24

Get Involved

10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength is small.
11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12If you say, "Behold, we did not know this,"
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it,
and will he not repay man according to his work?

proverbs 23

Fearing the Lord is a state of being that rescues me from myself

17 Let not your heart envy sinners,
but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day.

proverbs 22

24  Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
nor go with a wrathful man,
25  lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

proverbs 21

Planning + Diligence = success

5  The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.

proverbs 20

Get good counsel and then get more good counsel than act


18 Plans are established by counsel;
by wise guidance wage war.

proverbs 19

Don't blame the Lord when we ruin our lives by violating His principles

3 When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin,
his heart rages against the LORD.

proverbs 18

Isolation is so that I can do what want to do

1 Whoever isolates himself seeks his own desire;
he breaks out against all sound judgment.

proverbs 17

In the portait of a wise individual their mouth is always shut

27 Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
28 Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

proverbs 16

The plans that I have coming to fruition must be a God driven endeavour

3 Commit your work to the LORD,
and your plans will be established.
9 The heart of man plans his way,
but the LORD establishes his steps.

proverbs 15

Get good advice and a lot of it


22 Without counsel plans fail,
but with many advisers they succeed.

proverbs 14

No other human being knows how I feel. In reality only God and I know

10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no stranger shares its joy.

proverbs 13

This is why 65% of lotto winners are broke with in a few years of winning

11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle,
but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.

proverbs 12

Get rich schemes don't work11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,
but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.

Dilgent work does work

24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
while the slothful will be put to forced labor.



27 Whoever is slothful will not roast his game,
but the diligent man will get precious wealth.

proverbs 11

Our city needs us to flourish and bless it.

10  When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices,
and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.
11  By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted,
but

proverbs 10

Living right in the eyes of God is the best security I can have

9 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,
but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.

proverbs 9

Receiving rebuke will result in receiving wisdom. Don't close the door on rebuke. Invite it in.

8  Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you;
reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
9  Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

proverbs 8

What's in your wallet

10  Take my instruction instead of silver,
and knowledge rather than choice gold,
11  for wisdom is better than jewels,
and all that you may desire cannot compare with her.

proverbs 7

I need some serious engraving work done on my heart

2 keep my commandments and live;
keep my teaching as the apple of your eye;
3 bind them on your fingers;
write them on the tablet of your heart.

proverbs 6

These will kill you!!!!

16 There are six things that the LORD hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,
18 a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,
19 a false witness who breathes out lies,
and one who sows discord among brothers.

proverbs 5

Really, the LORD is really watching


21 For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD,
and he ponders all his paths.

proverbs 4

Evaluation of where I am is a very wise move
A good step before you step is to watch your step

26  Ponder the path of your feet;
then all your ways will be sure.
27  Do not swerve to the right or to the left;
turn your foot away from evil.

Proverbs 3

When I honor God by putting Him first He honors me by blessings my labors.

11 Honor the LORD with your wealth
and with the firstfruits of all your produce;
10 then your barns will be filled with plenty,
and your vats will be bursting with wine.

This is the Old Testament Matthew 6:33

proverbs 2

The dual deliverance of wisdom

12  delivering you from the way of evil,
from men of perverted speech,

16  So you will be delivered from the forbidden woman,
from the adulteress with her smooth words

proverbs 1

Proverbs 1:25-26 - 25  because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
26  I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,

Listen to wisdom or be laughed at by wisdom