Proverbs KJV

King James Version · 31 chapters · 915 verses

The book of Proverbs has 31 chapters and 915 verses in the King James Version. Below is the beginning of verse 1 for each chapter.

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• Proverbs 1 (33 verses)
  1. The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
• Proverbs 2 (22 verses)
  1. My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
• Proverbs 3 (35 verses)
  1. My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
• Proverbs 4 (27 verses)
  1. Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.
• Proverbs 5 (23 verses)
  1. My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding:
• Proverbs 6 (35 verses)
  1. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
• Proverbs 7 (27 verses)
  1. My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
• Proverbs 8 (36 verses)
  1. Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
• Proverbs 9 (18 verses)
  1. Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
• Proverbs 10 (32 verses)
  1. The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
• Proverbs 11 (31 verses)
  1. A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
• Proverbs 12 (28 verses)
  1. Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
• Proverbs 13 (25 verses)
  1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
• Proverbs 14 (35 verses)
  1. Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
• Proverbs 15 (33 verses)
  1. A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
• Proverbs 16 (33 verses)
  1. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
• Proverbs 17 (28 verses)
  1. Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
• Proverbs 18 (24 verses)
  1. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
• Proverbs 19 (29 verses)
  1. Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
• Proverbs 20 (30 verses)
  1. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
• Proverbs 21 (31 verses)
  1. The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
• Proverbs 22 (29 verses)
  1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
• Proverbs 23 (35 verses)
  1. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
• Proverbs 24 (34 verses)
  1. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
• Proverbs 25 (28 verses)
  1. These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
• Proverbs 26 (28 verses)
  1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
• Proverbs 27 (27 verses)
  1. Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
• Proverbs 28 (28 verses)
  1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Proverbs 29 (27 verses)
  1. He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Proverbs 30 (33 verses)
  1. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
• Proverbs 31 (31 verses)
  1. The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.