Proverbs 14
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| 1 | Euery wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it downe with her hands. |
| 2 | He that walketh in his vprightnesse, feareth the Lord: but he that is peruerse in his wayes, despiseth him. |
| 3 | In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise shall preserue them. |
| 4 | Where no Oxen are, the crib is cleane: but much increase is by the strength of the Oxe. |
| 5 | A faithfull witnesse will not lye: but a false witnesse will vtter lyes. |
| 6 | A scorner seeketh wisedome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto him that vnderstandeth. |
| 7 | Goe from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge. |
| 8 | The wisedome of the prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the folly of fooles is deceit. |
| 9 | Fooles make a mocke at sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour. |
| 10 | The heart knoweth his owne bitternesse; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his ioy. |
| 11 | The house of the wicked shall bee ouerthrowen: but the tabernacle of the vpright shall flourish. |
| 12 | There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death. |
| 13 | Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse. |
| 14 | The backslider in heart shall be filled with his owne wayes: and a good man shall be satisfied from himselfe. |
| 15 | The simple beleeueth euery word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. |
| 16 | A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but the foole rageth, and is confident. |
| 17 | Hee that is soone angry, dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked deuices is hated. |
| 18 | The simple inherite folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. |
| 19 | The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. |
| 20 | The poore is hated euen of his owne neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. |
| 21 | He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poore, happy is he. |
| 22 | Doe they not erre that deuise euil? but mercy and trueth shall be to them that deuise good. |
| 23 | In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury. |
| 24 | The crowne of the wise is their riches: but the foolishnesse of fooles is folly. |
| 25 | A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes. |
| 26 | In the feare of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall haue a place of refuge. |
| 27 | The feare of the Lord, is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death. |
| 28 | In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. |
| 29 | Hee that is slow to wrath, is of great vnderstanding: but hee that is hasty of spirit, exalteth folly. |
| 30 | A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones. |
| 31 | Hee that oppresseth the poore, reprocheth his Maker: but hee that honoureth him, hath mercy on the poore. |
| 32 | The wicked is driuen away in his wickednes: but the righteous hath hope in his death. |
| 33 | Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding: but that which is in the midst of fooles, is made knowen. |
| 34 | Righteousnes exalteth a nation: but sinne is a reproch to any people. |
| 35 | The Kings fauour is toward a wise seruant: but his wrath, is against him that causeth shame. |
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