Bible Reading For Thursday, September 9, 2010:  Proverbs 20-22, 1 Corinthians 16

 Proverbs 20
1Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
3[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
5Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
9Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
10Divers weights, [and] divers measures, both of them [are] alike abomination to the LORD.
11Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work [be] pure, and whether [it be] right.
12The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
14[It is] naught, [it is] naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
16Take his garment that is surety [for] a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
17Bread of deceit [is] sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
18[Every] purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
19He that goeth about [as] a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
21An inheritance [may be] gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
22Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
23Divers weights [are] an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance [is] not good.
24Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
25[It is] a snare to the man [who] devoureth [that which is] holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
27The spirit of man [is] the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
29The glory of young men [is] their strength: and the beauty of old men [is] the gray head.
30The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so [do] stripes the inward parts of the belly.
 Proverbs 21
1The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
2Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
4An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
5The thoughts of the diligent [tend] only to plenteousness; but of every one [that is] hasty only to want.
6The getting of treasures by a lying tongue [is] a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
8The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.
9[It is] better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
10The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
12The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.
13Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard.
14A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
15[It is] joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction [shall be] to the workers of iniquity.
16The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
17He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
18The wicked [shall be] a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
19[It is] better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman.
20[There is] treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
22A wise [man] scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof.
23Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
24Proud [and] haughty scorner [is] his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
26He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
27The sacrifice of the wicked [is] abomination: how much more, [when] he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.
30[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31The horse [is] prepared against the day of battle: but safety [is] of the LORD.
 Proverbs 22
1A [good] name [is] rather to be chosen than great riches, [and] loving favour rather than silver and gold.
2The rich and poor meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
3A prudent [man] foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
4By humility [and] the fear of the LORD [are] riches, and honour, and life.
5Thorns [and] snares [are] in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
6Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
7The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower [is] servant to the lender.
8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
14The mouth of strange women [is] a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [riches, and] he that giveth to the rich, [shall] surely [come] to want.
17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge.
18For [it is] a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.
19That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
20Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge,
21That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?
22Rob not the poor, because he [is] poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
23For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
24Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
25Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
26Be not thou [one] of them that strike hands, [or] of them that are sureties for debts.
27If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
28Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.
29Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean [men].