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My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

HandsShaking HandsDebtFriendship Kjv

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Folly, Effects OfAcquiring WisdomFools Becoming Wise

Whoever corrects a mocker invites only insult, and whoever rebukes the wicked will himself become stained.

InsultsMockerySpeech, Negative Aspects OfWasteScoffersAbusemockers


He who puts up security and guarantees a debt for an outsider will surely suffer [for his foolishness],
But he who hates (declines) being a guarantor is secure [from its penalties].

CreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSafetySecurityDebtLosing A FriendLosing FriendsProtecting Your FamilyProtection From Danger


If the righteous will be rewarded on the earth [with godly blessings],
How much more [will] the wicked and the sinner [be repaid with punishment]!

SinnersUngodlinessThe Recompense Of The RighteousGod Will RequiteJudgment According To Works

Shall they not, become vagrants, who devise evil? but, lovingkindness and faithfulness, be to them who devise good.

evil, warnings againstImagination, Evil SchemingPlansEvil PlansEvil DevicesFinding LoveMaking Mistakes

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

Folly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

HighwayIdlenessSluggardsThornsTroubleProcrastinationHard TasksWorking Hard And Not Being Lazysloth


A man lacking common sense gives a pledge
And becomes guarantor [for the debt of another] in the presence of his neighbor.

CreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSecurityShaking HandsDebt


When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes,
And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).

Contempt, Examples OfLosing Honourwickedness

Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd,
But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge.

Folly, Effects OfFloggingMockeryRebukeScornersAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving Peoplemockers

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for strangers.

Borrowing, SuretyPledges

With the punishment of a scoffer, the simple will become wise, and with the instruction of the wise, he will obtain knowledge.

Folly, Effects OfMockeryScornersAcquiring KnowledgeJudicial PunishmentMan's Wisdommockers


The wicked become a ransom for the righteous,
And the treacherous in the place of the upright [for they fall into their own traps].

Unfaithfulness, To GodContentiousnessPunishment of the The Wickedtraitors


Do not be among those who give pledges [involving themselves in others’ finances],
Or among those who become guarantors for others’ debts.

CreditBeing In DebtShaking HandsDebtResponsibility

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

AlcoholSleep, PhysicalThe Insecurity Of The WickedIn The Heart Of The Sea

“They struck me, but I did not become ill;
They beat me, but I did not know it.
When shall I awake?
I will seek another drink.”

AlcoholInsensibilityAccepting BeatingsAbsence Of FeelingWake Up!AlcoholicsOvercomingHurtFeeling Losthurtingdrunkards

When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.

ExcessSelf DenialDietsOverweightObesityHoneyMore Than EnoughCandyovereating

Answer a fool according to his foolishness
or he’ll become wise in his own eyes.

False WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own.

disagreementsBusybodiesMeddlingGentlenessMinding Your Own BusinessFamily ProblemsConflictFamily ConflictPets

Take his garment that is become surety for another, and hold him in pledge for a strange woman.

CreditBorrowing, SuretyPledges


When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves;
But when the wicked perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become great.

Power, HumanHiding From Peoplehiding

When the righteous become great, the people rejoice, but, when a lawless man beareth rule, a people sigh.

Being A LeaderCivic RighteousnessWicked RulersProverbsPeople MultiplyingRejoicing Over JusticeLeaders


If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.

Kings Warned AboutServant Leadershiplieing

When the lawless become great, transgression increaseth, but, the righteous, shall behold, their ruin.

Evil AssociationsDownfallrebellion

He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length.

Treatment From YouthSoft TreatmentslaveryRaising Children

Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.

IrreverenceDenying GodProfaning God's NameShortagesWho Is God?The poorBeing Contentdenial

Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you, and you will become guilty.

InjuryServanthood, In SocietySlanderSlavescriticismgossipingaccusations
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