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Proverbs · read by Bruce Rodgers
25 verses, in order. Only the verses Bruce read aloud are shown.
Proverbs 6
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My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger,Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
2
if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth,Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
3
then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor's hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor.Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
4
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
5
Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
6
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
7
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
8
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.Read from NKJV · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
9
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
Proverbs 9
10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.Read from KJV · The Conscience, Part 2
Proverbs 10
4
Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 2, budget)
Proverbs 11
30
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.Read from KJV · The Conscience, Part 2
Proverbs 12
24
The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.Read from KJV · Romans 12:9-11
27
A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.Read from KJV · Living in Love
Proverbs 13
10
Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised.Read from KJV · Overcoming Conflict in our relationships
Proverbs 15
19
The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.Read from KJV · Living in Love
Proverbs 24
30
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.Read from KJV · Romans 12:9-11
31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.Read from KJV · Romans 12:9-11
32
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:Read from KJV · Living in Love
33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,Read from KJV · Stewardship with finances (part 1)
34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.Read from KJV · Living in Love
Proverbs 30
11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Temperaments
12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Temperaments
13
There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—Read from NKJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Temperaments
14
there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Read from KJV · Stewardship: Relationships & Temperaments