Proverbs 10:5

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of Yahweh.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.

It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?

Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

The life of the body is a heart at peace, but envy rots the bones.

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Discipline your son, for there is hope; don’t be a willing party to his death.

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

One who spares the rod hates his son, but one who loves him is careful to discipline him.

Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.

It is better to dwell in a desert land, than with a contentious and fretful woman.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

Correct your son, and he will give you peace; yes, he will bring delight to your soul.

“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.

Her husband is respected in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land.

Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.

I heard, and my body trembled. My lips quivered at the voice. Rottenness enters into my bones, and I tremble in my place, because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, for the coming up of the people who invade us.

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

For a man indeed ought not to have his head covered, because he is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the glory of the man.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and Potiphar made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

“But ask the animals, now, and they will teach you; the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

A worthy woman is the crown of her husband, but a disgraceful wife is as rottenness in his bones.

Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

He who heeds the Word finds prosperity. Whoever trusts in Yahweh is blessed.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.

Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path!

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

The hay is removed, and the new growth appears, the grasses of the hills are gathered in.

Whoever keeps the law is a wise son; but he who is a companion of gluttons shames his father.

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, “It’s not wrong,” is a partner with a destroyer.

The rod of correction gives wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.

He who pampers his servant from youth will have him become a son in the end.

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn’t bless their mother.

The ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

“The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”

Then Yahweh said to me, “Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not turn toward this people. Cast them out of my sight, and let them go out!

Therefore I am to Ephraim like a moth, and to the house of Judah like rottenness.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

But when this your son came, who has devoured your living with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.’

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,