Study Desk

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

There are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

All a poor man's brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them.

A king's wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew upon the grass.

House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling.

The purpose in a man's mind is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.

Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, but a faithful man who can find?

"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.

There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.

The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.

Precious treasure remains in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

All day long the wicked covets, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.