Wisdom & Truth Verses
Every verse of God's eternal Word carries wisdom and truth. A home for all the rich teachings not captured elsewhere.
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. {loatheth: Heb. treadeth under foot}
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so {is} a man that wandereth from his place.
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, {which} bewrayeth {itself}.
Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.
As in water face {answereth} to face, so the heart of man to man.
Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. {never: Heb. not}
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
The lambs {are} for thy clothing, and the goats {are} the price of the field.