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21.30 :There is no wisdom nor understanding
 * Nor counsel against the.


 * The horse is prepared against the day of battle;
 * But victory is of the.


 * A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,
 * And loving favour rather than silver and gold.


 * The rich and the poor meet together—
 * The is the maker of them all.


 * A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself;
 * But the thoughtless pass on, and are punished.


 * The reward of humility is the fear of the ,
 * Even riches, and honour, and life.


 * Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward;
 * He that keepeth his soul holdeth himself far from them.


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


 * The rich ruleth over the poor,
 * And the borrower is servant to the lender.


 * He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity;
 * And the rod of his wrath shall fail.


 * He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;
 * For he giveth of his bread to the poor.


 * Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out;
 * Yea, strife and shame will cease.


 * He that loveth pureness of heart,
 * That hath grace in his lips, the king shall be his friend.


 * The eyes of the preserve him that hath knowledge,
 * But He overthroweth the words of the faithless man.


 * The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without;
 * I shall be slain in the streets.'


 * The mouth of strange women is a deep pit:
 * He that is abhorred of the shall fall therein.


 * Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;
 * But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.


 * One may oppress the poor, yet will their gain increase;
 * One may give to the rich, yet will want come.


 * Incline thine ear, and hear the words of the wise,
 * And apply thy heart unto my knowledge.
 * For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee;
 * Let them be established altogether upon thy lips.
 * That thy trust may be in the ,
 * I have made them known to thee this day, even to thee.