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Saying Seven 23  When you sit to eat with a ruler,     consider diligently what is before you; 2  and put a knife to your throat,     if you are a man given to appetite. 3  Be not desirous of his delicacies,     for they are deceptive food. Saying Eight 4  Do not labor to be rich;     cease from your own wisdom. 5  Will you set your eyes on that which is not?     For riches certainly make themselves wings;     they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Saying Nine 6  Do not eat

1  A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,     and loving favor rather than silver and gold. 2  The rich and poor have this in common,     the Lord is the maker of them all. 3  A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself,     but the simple pass on and are punished. 4  By humility and the fear of the Lord     are riches, and honor, and life. 5  Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse;     he who guards his soul will be far from them. 6  Train up a

1  The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,     as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will. 2  Every way of a man is...

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging,     and whoever is deceived by it is not wise. 2  The terror of a king is as the roaring of a...

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity     than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2  Also, it is not good for the soul...

He who separates himself seeks his own desire;     he seeks and quarrels against all wisdom. 2  A fool has no delight in understanding,...

Better is a dry morsel with quietness     than a house full of sacrifices with strife. 2  A wise servant will have rule over a son who...

What are you holding onto? Or better yet, who are you holding on to? Look at the love that surrounds. Life can throw some serious curve balls. Some start out life on a curve ball. For others a curve is introduced early in life. And yet there are several different types of pitches thrown between each curve ball. Life is not a still life picture. It is flowing daily. We can choose to go with the flow and grow in a positive way or we can hold onto life’s many curves balls that t

16  The preparations of the heart belong to man,     but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. 2  All the ways of a man are clean in...

14  Every wise woman builds her house,     but the foolish pulls it down with her hands. 2  He who walks in his uprightness fears the...

13  A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,     but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. 2  A man will eat well by the fruit of his...

12  Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,     but he who hates reproof is brutish. 2  A good man obtains favor of the Lord,     but...

11  A false balance is abomination to the Lord,     but a just weight is His delight. 2  When pride comes, then comes shame;     but with...

Modern English Version The Proverbs of Solomon 10  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father,     but a foolish son is the...