29,314 verses contain “And” (in the KJV: 28,365, in the BSB: 19,838) — showing 26,901–27,000
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Stand in the multitude of the elders;
and cleave unto him that is wise.
Be willing to hear every godly discourse; and let not the parables of understanding escape thee.
And if thou seest a man of understanding, get thee
betimes unto him,
and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.
Let thy mind be upon the ordinances of the Lord
and meditate continually in his commandments: he shall establish thine heart,
and give thee wisdom at thine owns desire.
Depart from the unjust, and iniquity shall turn away from thee.
My son,
sow not upon the furrows of unrighteousness,
and thou shalt not
reap them
sevenfold.
Offend not against the multitude of a city,
and then thou shalt not cast
thyself down among the people.
Say not, God will look upon the multitude of my oblations, and when I offer to the most high God, he will accept it.
Laugh no man to
scorn in the bitterness of his soul: for there is one which humbleth
and exalteth.
Use not many words in a multitude of elders,
and make not much
babbling when thou prayest.
Forego not a wise
and good woman: for her grace is above gold.
Let thy soul love a good servant,
and defraud him not of liberty.
Hast thou cattle? have an eye to them: and if they be for thy profit, keep them with thee.
Hast thou children?
instruct them,
and bow down their neck from their youth.
Marry thy daughter,
and so shalt thou have performed a
weighty matter: but give her to a man of understanding.
Honour thy father with thy whole heart,
and forget not the sorrows of thy mother.
Remember that thou
wast begotten of them;
and how canst thou
recompense them the things that they have done for thee?
Fear the Lord with all thy soul, and reverence his priests.
Love him that made thee with all thy strength,
and forsake not his ministers.
Fear the Lord,
and honor the priest;
and give him his portion, as it is commanded thee; the firstfruits,
and the
trespass offering,
and the gift of the shoulders,
and the sacrifice of
sanctification,
and the firstfruits of the holy things.
And stretch thine hand unto the poor, that thy blessing may be perfected.
A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living;
and for the dead
detain it not.
Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end,
and thou shalt never do
amiss.
Strive not with a man that is full of tongue,
and heap not wood upon his fire.
Despise not the discourse of the wise, but
acquaint thyself with their
proverbs: for of them thou shalt learn instruction,
and how to serve great men with ease.
Miss not the discourse of the elders: for they also learned of their fathers, and of them thou shalt learn understanding, and to give answer as need requireth.
Travel not by the way with a bold fellow, lest he become
grievous unto thee: for he will do according to his own will,
and thou shalt perish with him through his folly.
Strive not with an
angry man,
and go not with him into a solitary place: for blood is as nothing in his sight,
and where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman,
and look not upon another’s beauty; for many have been
deceived by the beauty of a woman; for
herewith love is
kindled as a fire.
Sit not at all with another man’s wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms,
and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart
incline unto her,
and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction.
Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city.
As near as thou canst,
guess at thy neighbour,
and consult with the wise.
Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High.
And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
For the hand of the
artificer the work shall be
commended:
and the wise ruler of the people for his speech.
A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city;
and he that is
rash in his talk shall be
hated.
A wise judge will
instruct his people;
and the government of a
prudent man is well ordered.
As the judge of the people is himself, so are his officers; and what manner of man the ruler of the city is, such are all they that dwell therein.
The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable.
In the hand of God is the prosperity of man:
and upon the person of the
scribe shall he lay his honour.
Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong; and do nothing at all by injurious practices.
Pride is
hateful before God
and man:
and by both
doth one commit iniquity.
Because of unrighteous dealings,
injuries,
and riches got by
deceit, the kingdom is translated from one people to another.
Why is earth
and ashes proud? There is not a more wicked thing than a
covetous man: for such an one setteth his own soul to sale; because while he liveth he casteth away his
bowels.
The physician cutteth off a long disease;
and he that is to day a king to
morrow shall die.
For when a man is dead, he shall
inherit creeping things, beasts,
and worms.
The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God, and his heart is turned away from his Maker.
For pride is the beginning of sin,
and he that hath it shall pour out
abomination:
and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange
calamities,
and overthrew them utterly.
The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes,
and set up the
meek in their
stead.
The Lord hath
plucked up the roots of the proud nations,
and planted the lowly in their place.
The Lord overthrew countries of the heathen, and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
He took some of them away,
and destroyed them,
and hath made their
memorial to cease from the earth.
They that fear the Lord are a sure seed,
and they that love him an honourable plant: they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed; they that
transgress the commandments are a
deceivable seed.
The fear of the Lord goeth before the obtaining of authority: but roughness and pride is the losing thereof.
Great men, and judges, and potentates, shall be honoured; yet is there none of them greater than he that feareth the Lord.
Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service:
and he that hath knowledge will not
grudge when he is reformed.
Be not overwise in doing thy business;
and boast not
thyself in the time of thy distress.
Better is he that laboureth, and aboundeth in all things, than he that boasteth himself, and wanteth bread.
My son,
glorify thy soul in
meekness,
and give it honour according to the dignity thereof.
Who will
justify him that sinneth against his own soul?
and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life?
The poor man is honoured for his skill, and the rich man is honoured for his riches.
He that is honoured in poverty, how much more in riches? and he that is dishonourable in riches, how much more in poverty?
Wisdom lifteth up the head of him that is of low degree, and maketh him to sit among great men.
Boast not of thy clothing
and raiment,
and exalt not
thyself in the day of honour: for the works of the Lord are wonderful,
and his works among men are hidden.
Many kings have sat down upon the ground; and one that was never thought of hath worn the crown.
Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced; and the honourable delivered into other men’s hands.
Blame not before thou hast examined the truth: understand first,
and then
rebuke.
Strive not in a matter that concerneth thee not;
and sit not in judgment with sinners.
My son,
meddle not with many matters: for if thou
meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent;
and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by
fleeing.
There is one that laboureth,
and taketh pains,
and maketh
haste,
and is so much the more behind.
Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, wanting ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
And lifted up his head from misery; so that many that saw from him is peace over all the
Prosperity
and adversity, life
and death, poverty
and riches, come of the Lord.
Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from him.
Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners: and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.
The gift of the Lord remaineth with the ungodly, and his favour bringeth prosperity for ever.
There is that waxeth rich by his
wariness and pinching,
and this his the portion of his reward:
Whereas he saith, I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods; and yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
Marvel not at the works of sinners; but trust in the Lord,
and abide in thy labour: for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.
The blessing of the Lord is in the reward of the godly,
and suddenly he maketh his blessing
flourish.
Say not, What profit is there of my service?
and what good things shall I have
hereafter?
Again, say not, I have enough,
and possess many things,
and what evil shall I have
hereafter?
The
affliction of an hour maketh a man
forget pleasure:
and in his end his deeds shall be discovered.
Like as a
partridge taken
and kept in a
cage, so is the heart of the proud;
and like as a
spy, watcheth he for thy fall:
For he lieth in wait,
and turneth good into evil,
and in things worthy praise will lay
blame upon thee.
Of a
spark of fire a
heap of coals is
kindled:
and a sinful man layeth wait for blood.
Receive a stranger into thine house,
and he will
disturb thee,
and turn thee out of thine own.
Do good to the godly man, and thou shalt find a recompence; and if not from him, yet from the most High.
Give to the godly man,
and help not a
sinner.
Do well unto him that is lowly, but give not to the ungodly: hold back thy bread, and give it not unto him, lest he overmaster thee thereby: for else thou shalt receive twice as much evil for all the good thou shalt have done unto him.
For the most High hateth sinners,
and will repay
vengeance unto the ungodly,
and keepeth them against the mighty day of their punishment.