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Irrelevant Proverbs

Your Mouth

18. Be Codependent...

Have you found honey, eat only what you need, lest you vomit it up… let your foot be seldom in the home of your neighbor lest he come to hate you. Proverbs 25:16-17

19. Be Inconsistent…

A friend loves at ALL times, a brother is born for adversity.

Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel. Proverbs 20:17

1. Be a Bad Listener…

He who gives an answer before he hears, is folly and shame to him. Proverbs 18:13

2. Be a Know it All…

A prudent man keeps his knowledge to himself, but the heart of fools blurt out folly. Proverbs 12:23

3. Be Argumentative…

Every fool is quick to quarrel. Proverbs 20:3

20. Be Crooked…

4. Be Loosed-lipped…

He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy conceals a matter. Proverbs 11:13

21. Surround Yourself with Idiots… He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13:20

5. Be Rough and Rude… The unrighteous answer roughly. Proverbs 18:23b 6. Be Critical...

Sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. Prov. 16:21

7. Be Sarcastic… 8. Be a Big Talker…

Proverbs 17:17

Your Heart / Attitude

A fool mocks or laughs at sin. Proverbs 14:9

22. Be Angry…

Contentions are like bars of a castle, and a brother offended is harder to be won back than a strong city. Proverbs 18:19

He that boasts of his gifts falsely, is like a cloud that brings no water. Proverbs 25:14

23. Be Selfish…

He who withholds grain shall be cursed, but blessed is him who gives. Proverbs 11:26

24. Be Cruel…

He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished. Prov. 17:5

25. Be Inflexible…

Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, but much increase comes with the strength of the ox. Proverbs 14:4

26. Be Unteachable…

A wise man seeks to understand his way, but the folly of fool is deceit. Proverbs 14:8

27. Be a Pessimist…

A joyful heart has a continual feast, but all the days of the wicked are bad. Proverbs 15:15

Your Interaction with Others 9. Be a Loner…

He who separates himself, seeks his own desire. Prov. 18:1

10. Be Unforgiving…

It is a man’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. Proverbs 20:3

11. Be Irresponsible…

As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him. Proverbs 10:26

12. Be Two Faced…

The mouth of the wicked conceals violence. Proverbs 10:6

13. Be Insensitive…

He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice in the morning, it shall be reckoned to him as a curse. Proverbs 27:14

14. Be Unsympathetic… Like vinegar on soda is one who sings happy songs to a troubled heart. Proverbs 25:20

28. Be Overly-Sensitive... The wise man conceals dishonor, when he’s hurt, but in the heart of fools is vexation readily known. Proverbs 12:16 29. Be Jealous…

Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy. Proverbs 27:4

30. Be Cold…

Better is open rebuke than love that is concealed…. Prov. 27:5

15. Be a User of People… When you eat with a rich man, put a knife to your throat because his food is deceptive and you will vomit them up. Proverbs 23:1-3

31. Be Arrogant…

Pride precedes destruction and arrogance comes before failure. Proverbs 16:18

16. Be a Mooch…

The leech has two daughters, “give and give”. Proverbs 30:15

32.Be Insubordinate… The eye that mocks its mother and scorned its father the birds of the air will pluck it out. Proverbs 30:17

17. Be a Liar…

A false witness will not go unpunished, the mouth that speaks lies will perish… Proverbs 19:9

33.Be Unconfrontable… The scoffer hates the one that reproves him, he will not go to the wise. Proverbs 29:1