Proverbs 14

14 ¹Every wise woman buildeth her house;

But the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands.

²He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;

But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

³In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his pride;

But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

⁴Where no oxen are, the crib is clean;

But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

⁵A faithful witness will not lie;

But a false witness uttereth lies.

⁶A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not;

But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.

⁷Go into the presence of a foolish man,

And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

⁸The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;

But the folly of fools is deceit.

⁹A trespass-offering mocketh fools;

But among the upright there is good will.

¹⁰The heart knoweth its own bitterness;

And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

¹¹The house of the wicked shall be overthrown;

But the tent of the upright shall flourish.

¹²There is a way which seemeth right unto a man;

But the end thereof are the ways of death.

¹³Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;

And the end of mirth is heaviness.

¹⁴The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways;

And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

¹⁵The simple believeth every word;

But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

¹⁶A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil;

But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.

¹⁷He that is soon angry will deal foolishly;

And a man of wicked devices is hated.

¹⁸The simple inherit folly;

But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

¹⁹The evil bow down before the good;

And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.

²⁰The poor is hated even of his own neighbor;

But the rich hath many friends.

²¹He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;

But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

²²Do they not err that devise evil?

But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

²³In all labor there is profit;

But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

²⁴The crown of the wise is their riches;

But the folly of fools is only folly.

²⁵A true witness delivereth souls;

But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

²⁶In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence;

And his children shall have a place of refuge.

²⁷The fear of Jehovah is a fountain of life,

That one may depart from the snares of death.

²⁸In the multitude of people is the king's glory;

But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

²⁹He that is slow to anger is of great understanding;

But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

³⁰A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh;

But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;

But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

³²The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing;

But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.

³³Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding;

But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.

³⁴Righteousness exalteth a nation;

But sin is a reproach to any people.

³⁵The king's favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely;

But his wrath will be against him that causeth shame.