- 1. ¶ A WISE woman builds her house; but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
- 2. ¶ He who walks in uprightness has reverence for the LORD; but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
- 3. ¶ In the mouth of the foolish is provocation and disgrace; but the lips of wise men shall preserve them.
- 4. ¶ Where there are no oxen, the cribs are clean; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
- 5. ¶ A faithful witness will not deceive; but a false witness will utter lies.
- 6. ¶ An evil man seeks wisdom, and finds it not; but knowledge is easy to a man of understanding.
- 7. ¶ Everything is a hindrance to a foolish man; but the lips of a wise man are like a weapon.
- 8. ¶ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; but the way of fools is deceit.
- 9. ¶ Truly the households of the wicked need purifying; but the households of the righteous are acceptable.
- 10. ¶ Fools commit sins; but the children of the upright have good will.
- 11. ¶ A heart which has understanding knows its own bitterness; and a stranger does not share in its joy. The house of the wicked shall be destroyed; but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
- 12. ¶ There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- 13. ¶ Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of joy is grief.
- 14. ¶ The insolent in heart shall be filled with the fruit of his ways; and a good man shall be satisfied with the respect he receives.
- 15. ¶ The simple man believes every word; but the prudent discerns between good and evil.
- 16. ¶ A wise man is cautious, and departs from evil; but the fool tampers with it confidently.
- 17. ¶ A man hasty in whatever he does never seeks counsel; but a wise man is moderate.
- 18. ¶ Fools inherit folly; but the prudent dispense knowledge.
- 19. ¶ Evil men shall prostrate themselves before good men; and the wicked shall come to beg at the gates of the righteous.
- 20. ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbors; but the rich has many friends.
- 21. ¶ He who despises his neighbor sins; but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- 22. ¶ The wicked err when they devise evil; but compassionate and righteous men do all kinds of good. The workers of iniquity do not understand truth and mercy; kindness and truth are with the workers of good things.
- 23. ¶ In all your labor there is profit; but he who is young is carefree and at ease. The LORD heals every wound; but the talk of the lips of the wicked tends only to poverty.
- 24. ¶ The crown of the wise is their riches; but the perverseness of fools is their folly.
- 25. ¶ A true witness delivers lives; but a deceitful witness speaks falsehood.
- 26. ¶ in reverence for the LORD is strong confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.
- 27. Reverence for the LORD is a fountain of life to those who turn away from the snares of death.
- 28. ¶ In the abundance of population is the king’s honor; but in the destruction of the people is the ruin of the king.
- 29. ¶ He who is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he who is hasty of temper is exceedingly foolish.
- 30. ¶ He who cools down his anger is a healer of his own heart; but wrath is the rottenness of the bones.
- 31. ¶ He who oppresses the poor provokes his Maker; but he who honors the LORD has mercy on the needy.
- 32. ¶ The wicked is overthrown through his wickedness; but he who is confident that he is without sin is a righteous man.
- 33. ¶ Wisdom shall rest in the heart of the righteous; but in the heart of fools it shall not be made known.
- 34. ¶ Righteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.
- 35. ¶ The king’s favor is toward a wise servant; but the wicked shall be overthrown by his own devices. He who is confident that he is without sin is righteous. Anger destroys even wise men.
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