Pamela T. Loper
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Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 27:15-16 ESV
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in one's right hand.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 27:10 ESV
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 27:6-7 ESV
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 27:1-2 ESV
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 26:20-28 ESV
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 26:17-19 ESV
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, "I am only joking!"
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 26:14 ESV
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 26:3-12 ESV
Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard. Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly. Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool. Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 25:28 ESV
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 25:21-24 ESV
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you. The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 25:16-19 ESV
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it. Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you. A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or a sword, or a sharp arrow. Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 25:9-10 ESV
lest he who hears you bring shame upon you, and your ill repute have no end. Argue your case with your neighbor himself, and do not reveal another's secret,
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 24:28-29 ESV
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. Do not say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done."
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 24:17-20 ESV
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, lest the Lord see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 23:23-26 ESV
Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him. Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 23:20-21 ESV
Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat, for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 23:12-17 ESV
Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge. Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol. My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad. My inmost being will exult when your lips speak what is right. Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the Lord all the day.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 23:9 ESV
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 22:22-25 ESV
Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate, for the Lord will plead their cause and rob of life those who rob them. Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.
Jun 26
Pamela T. Loper
highlighted Proverbs 22:15-19 ESV
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you.
Jun 26