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Proverbs 14
Proverbs 14:1. Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Proverbs 14:2. Whoso is walking in his uprightness is fearing Jehovah, And the perverted [in] his ways is despising Him.
Proverbs 14:3. In the mouth of a fool [is] a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them. Proverbs 14:4. Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox. Proverbs 14:5. A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
Proverbs 14:6. A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Proverbs 14:7. Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:8. The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way, And the folly of fools [is] deceit.
Proverbs 14:9. Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.
Proverbs 14:10. The heart knoweth its own bitterness, And with its joy a stranger doth not intermeddle.
Proverbs 14:11. The house of the wicked is destroyed, And the tent of the upright flourisheth.
Proverbs 14:12. There is a way--right before a man, And its latter end [are] ways of death. Proverbs 14:13. Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy [is] affliction. Proverbs 14:14. From his ways is the backslider in heart filled, And a good man--from his fruits. Proverbs 14:15. The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.
Proverbs 14:16. The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.
Proverbs 14:17. Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Proverbs 14:18. The simple have inherited folly, And the prudent are crowned [with] knowledge.
Proverbs 14:19. The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 14:20. Even of his neighbour is the poor hated, And those loving the rich [are] many.
Proverbs 14:21. Whoso is despising his neighbour sinneth, Whoso is favouring the humble, O his happiness.
Proverbs 14:22. Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth [are] to those devising good,
Proverbs 14:23. In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips [is] only to want.
Proverbs 14:24. The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools [is] folly.
Proverbs 14:25. A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies. Proverbs 14:26. In the fear of Jehovah [is] strong confidence, And to His sons there is a refuge. Proverbs 14:27 The fear of Jehovah [is] a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
Proverbs 14:28. In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
Proverbs 14:29. Whoso is slow to anger [is] of great understanding, And whoso is short in temper is exalting folly.
Proverbs 14:30. A healed heart [is] life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones [is] envy.
Proverbs 14:31. An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
Proverbs 14:32. In his wickedness is the wicked driven away, And trustful in his death [is] the righteous.
Proverbs 14:33. In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
Proverbs 14:34. Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples [is] a sin-offering.
Proverbs 14:35. The favour of a king [is] to a wise servant, And an object of his wrath is one causing shame!