Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+012   Proverbs 12 (ESV) 1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 2 A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of evil devices he condemns. 3 No one is established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved. 4 An excellent wife is the crown of her […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+011   Proverbs 11 (ESV) 1 A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. 4 Riches do not profit in […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+010   Proverbs 10 (ESV) 1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. 2 Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death. 3 The Lord does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+009   Proverbs 9 (ESV) 7 Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. 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 […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Proverbs+008   Proverbs 8 (ESV) 22 “The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. 23 Ages ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. 24 When there were no depths I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with water. 25 Before the mountains had been shaped, […]