Jubilee2000 - Proverbs - 12

12:1  Whosoever loves chastening loves knowledge, but he that hates reproof [is] carnal.

12:2  The good [man] shall attain the favour of the LORD, but the man of wicked thoughts he will condemn.

12:3  Man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

12:4  The virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, but she that makes ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

12:5  The thoughts of the righteous [are] upright, [but] the astuteness of the wicked [is] deceit.

12:6  The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

12:7  God shall overthrow the wicked, and they shall not be any longer, but the house of the righteous shall remain.

12:8  A man shall be commended according to his wisdom, but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

12:9  He that despises himself and becomes a servant [is] better than he that honours himself and lacks bread.

12:10  The righteous is merciful [even] unto his beast, but the piety of the wicked [is] cruel.

12:11  He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he that follows vain [persons is] void of understanding.

12:12  The wicked desires the net of evil [men], but the root of the righteous shall yield fruit.

12:13  The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the just shall come out of the tribulation.

12:14  Man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

12:15  The way of the fool [is] right in his own eyes, but he that hears counsel [is] wise.

12:16  A fool's wrath is presently known, but he who covers the injury [is] sane.

12:17  [He that] speaks truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness, deceit.

12:18  There are [those] that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise [is] medicine.

12:19  The lip of truth shall be established for ever, but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

12:20  Deceit [is] in the heart of those whose thoughts are evil, but joy in that of those whose thoughts are good.

12:21  No iniquity shall overtake the righteous: but the wicked shall be filled with evil.

12:22  Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but the workers of the truth [are] his delight.

12:23  The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the negligent shall be under tribute.

12:25  Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

12:26  The righteous causes his neighbour to consider: but the way of the wicked causes them to err.

12:27  The deceitful [man] does not [even] roast that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

12:28  In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.: