C.Alcover's Highlights
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 28:15 ESV
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
Aug 19
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 28:13 ESV
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
Aug 19
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 28:2 ESV
When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.
Aug 19
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 27:1 ESV
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 27:2 ESV
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:28 ESV
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:27 ESV
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:24 ESV
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:25 ESV
when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart;
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:17 ESV
Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:12 ESV
Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 26:4 ESV
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:28 ESV
A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:24 ESV
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:22 ESV
for you will heap burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:21 ESV
If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:17 ESV
Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor's house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 25:15 ESV
With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
Aug 18
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 24:25 ESV
but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.
Aug 17
C.Alcover
highlighted Proverbs 24:16 ESV
for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
Aug 17