Proverbs 14

1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
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2 He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
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3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
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6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
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7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
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8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
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10 The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
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11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
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12 There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
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15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
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16 A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
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17 He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
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18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
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21 He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
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22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
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23 In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
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24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
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25 A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
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26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
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27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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28 In the multitude of people is the king's honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
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29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
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30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
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31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
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32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
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33 Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.
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34 Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
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35 The king's favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
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