"The prudent man looketh well to his going."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 15.

"The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 23.

"The righteous hath hope in his death."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 32.

"Righteousness exalteth a nation."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xiv. 34.

"A soft answer turneth away wrath."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 1.

"A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 13.

"He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 15.

"Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 17.

"A word spoken in due season, how good is it!"

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xv. 23.

"A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth his steps."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 9.

"The hoary head is a crown of glory."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 31.

"He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 32.

"The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvi. 33.

"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 8.

"He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 9.

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 22.

"The eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 24.

"He that hath knowledge spareth his words."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 27.

"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xvii. 28.

"A wounded spirit who can bear?"

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 14.

"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 22.

"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xviii. 24.

"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xix. 17.

"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 1.

"Every fool will be meddling."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 3.

"The hearing ear and the seeing eye."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 12.

"It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xx. 14.

"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxi. 9.

"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 1.

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 6.

"The borrower is servant to the lender."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 7.

"Remove not the ancient landmark."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 28; xxiii. 10.

"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxii. 29.

"Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 2.

"Riches certainly make themselves wings."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 5.

"As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 7.

"Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 21.

"Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup; . . . at the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiii. 31, 32.

"A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiv. 5.

"If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxiv. 10.

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 11.

"Heap coals of fire upon his head."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 22.

"As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxv. 25.

"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 2.

"Answer a fool according to his folly."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 5.

"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 12.

"There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 13.

"Wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 16.

"Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvi. 27.

"Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth."

The Bible, Old Testament. Proverbs xxvii. 1.