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Dictionary of Proverbs and Quotations

He that keepeth [silent] his mouth, keepeth his life; but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind; and the fool shall be servant of the wise of heart.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad. Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his own sins.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.

If sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength; but wisdom is profitable to direct.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. If ye cast pearls before swine, they will turn again and rend you. In all labor there is profit; but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. It is nought, it is nought, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

It is better to dwell in a corner of the house-top, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Remove not the old land mark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless. Reprove not a scorner lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man and he will love thee. Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business: he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words: there is more hope of a fool than of him. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and He addeth no sorrow with it. The curse causeless shall not come.

The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful shall be under tribute. The labor of the righteous tendeth to life, the fruit of the wicked to sin. The memory of the just is blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot. DICTIONARY OF