Highlights from Proverbs

I read through Proverbs over the last couple of weeks.  I just thought I would share the verses that jumped out at me.

11:9 - The righteous person is rescued from trouble, and it falls on the wicked
12:1 - Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
12:4 - A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
12:16 - Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook insult.
12:22 - The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
14:30 - A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
16:1-4 - To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.  All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the Lord.  Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.  The Lord works out everything to its proper end - even the wicked for a day of disaster.
18:2 - Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.
19:21 - Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.
20:1 - Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
21:9 - Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
21:13 - Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered.
21:19 - Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
22:2 - Rich and poor have this in common:  The Lord is the Maker of them all.
22:6 - Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
22:9 - The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor.
22:24 & 25 - Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.
23:3 - Do not crave his (a ruler) delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
23:4 - Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness.
23:6-8 - Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies; for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost.  "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you.  You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.
23:13 & 14 - Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.  Punish them with the rod and save them from death.
23:20 & 21 - Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat, for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
27:1 - Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
28:11 - The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are.
28:13 - Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
28:22 - The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.
29:13 - The poor and the oppressor have this in common:  The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.
29:20 - Do you see someone who speaks in haste?  There is more hope for a fool than for them. 
29:21 - A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
30:15 & 16 - "The leech has two daughters.  'Give!  Give!'  they cry.  "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':  the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'
31:10-12 - A wife of noble character who can find?  She is worth far more than rubies.  Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value.  She brings him good, not harm, all the days of her life.
31:25 & 26 - She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.  She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.