Web transcription of the official 2026 PDF, with links (Crown & Covenant Publications), or the unchanged file. Where they differ, the PDF governs.Transcribed from the official 2026 PDF, with links (or the unchanged file). Where they differ, the PDF governs.
Proverbs 23
The 2026 edition cites 8 passages touching Proverbs 23, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Proverbs 23:5
5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…
Proverbs 23:10
10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…
Proverbs 23:20-21
20 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 142
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is…
Shorter Catechism 1
- SC 75
The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth, or may, unjustly hinder our own, or our neighbor’s, wealth, or outward estate.
Proverbs 23:22
22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 2
- LC 124
By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s…
- LC 127
The honor which inferiors owe to their superiors is, all due reverence in heart, word, and behavior; prayer and thanksgiving for them; imitation of their…
Proverbs 23:25
25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 124
By father and mother, in the fifth commandment, are meant, not only natural parents, but all superiors in age and gifts; and especially such as, by God’s…
Proverbs 23:29
29 Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 136
The sins forbidden in the sixth commandment are, all taking away the life of ourselves, or of others, except in case of public justice, lawful war, or…
Proverbs 23:30-33
30 They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
31 Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.
32 At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
33 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 139
The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural…
Proverbs 23:35
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 151
Sins receive their aggravations, 1. From the persons offending: if they be of riper age, greater experience or grace, eminent for profession, gifts, place…