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Proverbs 24:9 (NIV)

The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.

Proverbs 24:10 (NIV)

If you falter in a time of trouble, how small is your strength!

Proverbs 24:11 (NIV)

Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

Proverbs 24:12 (NIV)

If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done?

Proverbs 24:13 (NIV)

Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.

Proverbs 24:14 (NIV)

Know also that wisdom is like honey for you: If you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.

Proverbs 24:15 (NIV)

Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous, do not plunder their dwelling place;

Proverbs 24:16 (NIV)

for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

Proverbs 24:17 (NIV)

Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,

Proverbs 24:18 (NIV)

or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.

Proverbs 24:19 (NIV)

Do not fret because of evildoers or be envious of the wicked,

Proverbs 24:20 (NIV)

for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

Proverbs 24:21 (NIV)

Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials,

Proverbs 29:27 (NIV)

The righteous detest the dishonest; the wicked detest the upright.

Proverbs 30:1 (NIV)

The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance. This man’s utterance to Ithiel: “I am weary, God, but I can prevail.

Proverbs 30:2 (NIV)

Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.

Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Whose hands have gathered up the wind? Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is the name of his son? Surely you know!

Proverbs 30:5 (NIV)

“Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.

Proverbs 30:6 (NIV)

Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Proverbs 30:7 (NIV)

“Two things I ask of you, Lord ; do not refuse me before I die:

Proverbs 30:8 (NIV)

Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

Proverbs 30:9 (NIV)

Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, ‘Who is the Lord ?’ Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Proverbs 30:10 (NIV)

“Do not slander a servant to their master, or they will curse you, and you will pay for it.

Proverbs 30:11 (NIV)

“There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;

Proverbs 30:12 (NIV)

those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;