- Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. - A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends. - Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city. - Children’s children are a crown to the aged,
and parents are the pride of their children. - Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler! - Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,
but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. - A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity. - A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. - Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues. - Fools find no pleasure in understanding
but delight in airing their own opinions. - The lips of fools bring them strife,
and their mouths invite a beating. - The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
they go down to the inmost parts. - The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;
the righteous run to it and are safe. - The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;
they imagine it a wall too high to scale. - Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor. - A gift opens the way
and ushers the giver into the presence of the great. - The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit. - He who finds a wife finds what is good
and receives favor from the Lord. - One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. - The one who gets wisdom loves life;
the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. - Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the Lord. - Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die. - Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails. - What a person desires is unfailing love;
better to be poor than a liar. - It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel.
It is a trap to dedicate something rashly
and only later to consider one’s vows.Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.Next verse!With image 
