AFV2020 - Proverbs - 14

14:1  Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

14:2  He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.

14:3  In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

14:4  Where no cattle are, the stall is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

14:5  A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will speak lies.

14:6  A scorner seeks wisdom and does not find it, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.

14:7  Depart from the presence of a foolish man when you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

14:8  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

14:9  Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

14:10  The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share in its joy.

14:11  The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

14:12  There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

14:13  Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

14:14  The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, but a good man shall be satisfied with his own actions.

14:15  The simple believes every word, but the wise man watches his step.

14:16  A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

14:17  He who is soon angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked devices is hated.

14:18  The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

14:19  The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

14:20  The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.

14:21  He who despises his neighbor sins, but he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.

14:22  Do not those who devise evil go astray? But mercy and truth shall be to those who think of good.

14:23  In all labor there is gain, but the talk of the lips tends only to poverty.

14:24  The crown of the wise is their riches; the foolishness of fools is folly.

14:25  A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

14:26  In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence, and His children shall have a place of refuge.

14:27  The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life to depart from the snares of death.

14:28  In the multitude of people is the king's honor, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

14:29  He who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.

14:30  A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but envy the rottenness of the bones.

14:31  He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him has mercy upon the poor.

14:32  When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down, but the righteous, even when he is brought to death, has hope.

14:33  Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has discernment, but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

14:34  Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

14:35  The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.