Prov 3:3 Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Prov 3:5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not rely on your own insight.
Prov 3:27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
Prov 3:29-30 Do not plan harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you. Do not quarrel with anyone without cause, when no harm has been done to you.
Prov 3:34 Toward the scorners God is scornful, but to the humble God shows favor.
Prov 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Prov 6:16-19 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that hurry to run to evil, a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.
Prov 10:9-10 Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever follows perverse ways will be found out. Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but the one who rebukes boldly makes peace.
Prov 11:14 Where there is no guidance, a nation falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.
Prov 11:29 Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
Prov 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
Prov 12:22-23 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.One who is clever conceals knowledge, but the mind of a fool broadcasts folly.
Prov 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Prov 13:17 A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.
Prov 14:16-17 The wise are cautious and turn away from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is careless.One who is quick-tempered acts foolishly, and the schemer is hated.
Prov 14:21 Those who despise their neighbors are sinners, but happy are those who are kind to the poor.
Prov 14:29-30 Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but one who has a hasty temper exalts folly. A tranquil mind gives life to the flesh, but passion makes the bones rot.
Prov 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Prov 15:4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Prov 15:18 Those who are hot-tempered stir up strife, but those who are slow to anger calm contention.
Prov 15:22 Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.
Prov 15:23 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone, and a word in season, how good it is!
Prov 17:9 One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a friend.
Prov 17:22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
Prov 18:13 If one gives answer before hearing, it is folly and shame.
Prov 19:1-Better the poor walking in integrity than one perverse of speech who is a fool.
Prov 19:2 Desire without knowledge is not good, and one who moves too hurriedly misses the way.
Prov 20:9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin”?
Prov 21:2 All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the LORD weighs the heart.
Prov 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Prov 22:24-25 Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads, or you may learn their ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Prov 23:23 Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
Prov 24:28 Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Prov 26:21 As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
Prov 29:22 One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression.
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