Proverbs 14

Jubilee Bible 2000

14 ¶ Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

² ¶ He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.

³ ¶ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴ ¶ Without oxen, the storehouse is clean, but by the strength of the ox there is abundance of bread.

⁵ ¶ The true witness will not lie, but the false witness will utter lies.

⁶ ¶ The scorner sought wisdom and found it not, but wisdom comes easy unto him that understands.

⁷ ¶ Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

⁸ ¶ The wisdom of the sane is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹ ¶ Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.

¹⁰ ¶ The heart knows the bitterness of his soul, and a stranger shall not intermeddle with his joy.

¹¹ ¶ The house of the wicked shall be made desolate, but the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹² ¶ There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

¹³ ¶ Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

¹⁴ ¶ The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.

¹⁵ ¶ The simple believes every word, but the prudent man understands his steps.

¹⁶ ¶ The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

¹⁷ ¶ He that is soon angry shall deal foolishly, and the man of wicked devices shall be hated.

¹⁸ ¶ The simple shall inherit folly, but the prudent shall be crowned with wisdom.

¹⁹ ¶ Those who are evil shall bow before those who are good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰ ¶ The poor is hated even of his own neighbour, but many are those who love the rich.

²¹ ¶ The sinner despises his neighbour, but he that has mercy on the poor is blessed.

²² ¶ Do they not err that meditate upon evil? but those that meditate upon good shall attain mercy and truth.

²³ ¶ In all labour there is fruit, but to talk and not do, brings poverty.

²⁴ ¶ The crown of the wise is their wisdom, but that which distinguishes fools is their folly.

²⁵ ¶ The true witness delivers souls, but the deceitful one speaks lies.

²⁶ ¶ In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and there his sons shall have hope.

²⁷ The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

²⁸ ¶ In the multitude of the people is the king’s glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.

²⁹ ¶ He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.

³⁰ ¶ A sound heart is life to the flesh, but envy is rottenness of the bones.

³¹ ¶ He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he that has mercy on the poor, honours him.

³² ¶ For his wickedness shall the wicked be cast out, but the righteous in his death has hope.

³³ ¶ Wisdom shall rest in the heart of him that is sane and is made known in the midst of the fools.

³⁴ ¶ Righteousness exalts a people, but sin is a reproach to the nations.

³⁵ ¶ The king’s favour is toward the wise slave, but his wrath is against him that causes shame.