Most Popular Bible Verses in Proverbs 14
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There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.
The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.
Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.
He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy.
For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.
He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.
Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.
A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.
The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.
Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.
A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.
He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox.
In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.
No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy.
In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.
The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.
The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.