Daily Devotions

Proverbs 19:6–7: Many entreat the favor of the nobility, and every man is a friend to one who gives gifts. All the brothers of the poor hate him; How much more do his friends go far from him! He may pursue them with words, yet they abandon him.

Proverbs 19:5: A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will not escape.

Proverbs 19:1–2: Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge, and he sins who hastens with his feet.

Proverbs 18:24: A man who has friends must himself be friendly, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 18:22: He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.

Proverbs 18:20–21: A man’s stomach shall be satisfied from the fruit of his mouth; From the produce of his lips he shall be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:19: A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and contentions are like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 18:17: The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him.

Proverbs 18:16: A man’s gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

Proverbs 18:14: The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, but who can bear a broken spirit?