The Wise
Better than a dry morsel...
What is a house full of feasting, with strife?
vs.1
A wicked person listens to this____and a liar pays attention to this...
What are deceitful lips and a destructive tongue?
vs. 4
Mockers show this for their maker...
What is contempt? vs. 5
Punishment waits for whom...
What is whoever gloats over disaster? vs. 5
They are a crown to the aged...
What are children's children? vs. 6
A prudent servant will rule over this...
What is a son who brings shame? vs. 2
These are unsuited to a godless fool...
What are eloquent lips? vs. 7
Fostering love does this...
What is covers over an offense? vs. 9
Repeating a matter does this...
What is separates close friends? vs. 9
Starting a quarrel is like breaching this_____;so you must do this ______before a dispute breaks out...
What is a dam and you must drop the matter?
vs. 14
The crucible and the furnace make these pure...
What are silver and pure gold?
This impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool...
What is a rebuke? vs. 10
Fools are not able to understand this even though they have money in hand to buy it...
What is wisdom? vs. 16
To have this ______for a child brings grief; there is no_____for a parent of this...
What is a fool; no joy; a godless fool? vs. 21
This_____ is good medicine, but a______dries up the bones...
What are a cheerful heart and a crushed spirit?
vs. 22
The Lord detests both of these...
What are acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent? vs. 15
The wicked do this_____ in secret to pervert this______...
What are accept and the course of justice? vs. 23
These people foster rebellion against God; and the messenger of death will be sent against them...
Who are evildoers? vs. 13
A discerning person does this_____, but a fool's eyes wander here____...
What are keeps wisdom in view, and wander to the ends of the earth? vs. 24
The one who has knowledge does this_____, and having this_____makes you even tempered...
What are knowledge and understanding? vs. 27
One whose heart is this_____does not prosper; one whose tongue is this_______falls into trouble...
What are corrupt and perverse? vs.20
This ______brings grief to a father and this_____ to the mother who bore him...
What is a foolish son? vs 25
Doing one of these is not good and the other not right...
What are imposing a fine on the innocent and flogging an honest official? vs. 26
Even fools are this______ if they keep silent, and this_____if they hold their tongues...
What are wise and discerning? vs. 28
One who has no sense does this_____and puts up this for a neighbor...
What are shakes hands in pledge and security? vs.18