chapter_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 &#8212; 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 &#8212; 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 &#8212; 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!
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